"Sir, Ricky was caught in the wee hours of this morning by our men stealing dope from our godowns and exporting it to the African harbors." Charles tightened his fists with eyes emitting fire. "Where is he now?" He growled in an untamed ire. "Sir since he was resisting our men he was given an injection of Morphine and is now lying unconscious tied with ropes in our underground cell."
"Good," Charles remarked. "I will be reaching there in twenty." At the speed of a flight, Charles drove to his underground torture cell on the outskirts of the city where he taught the delinquents an irreproachable lesson - a victory of truth over injustice. "How dare you steal from me, Ricky Mendos?" Charles hit Ricky so hard that blood began to ooze out of his lips in the first blow. He punched him in the stomach like a bulldozer and the victim vomited blood. He signaled the man beside him to ready the defibrillators. Continuous shock treatments were given to Ricky. His face became blue and he vibrated with force on every inlet of electricity in his body. "Please award me death." He pleaded feebly. "Oh you are destined to get death but before that, you need to experience what is defying Charles Rodriguez, how dangerous it is to meddle with the merciless mafia leader of the Dark soul gang. You need to suffer the irresistible torture in my hands." He declared with no mercy grinding his teeth. Charles signaled once again the man operating defibrillators and another jolt of electricity passed into his bloodstream of Ricky. The defaulter couldn't bear it anymore and he died on the spot. "This is what you get when you try to cheat on me. So better be careful before you try to show your smartness." Charles roared to his men assembled in the dark room. The men bowed their heads, unable to use their words to meet the unbounded fusillade of their boss. "Send the body to his family and inform them that Rickey was punished for his breach of conduct." Lighting up a cigarette Charles spoke in subtle softness. "I do not want his innocent kids and family to suffer the brunt of his sinful actions. Inform them a five million allowance is deposited in the bank and for anything required in future they can surely call me. Give his wife my number and I will always be there to help them." He spoke to one of his right-hand men. His bodyguards and men gazed at him in untold admiration after experiencing the soft side of their boss. "Sir we will never go disloyal to you and will continue to be your bound workers till our last breath." One of the men spoke standing perked and others joined him in a slogan. Charles simply nodded to them and walked out of the room buttoning up his jacket in powerful long strides like a king after presiding over his subjects. ***** "Tonight is our engagement followed by a party. Do not try to play your smart games before the public because if you do you are going to face hell from me." Fredrick threatened Aliza and squeezed her breasts. "Wow, they are so soft. I am eager to taste them." He reckoned like an evil wizard staring at Aliza's shapely plums in wantonness. The party started and everyone at the venue was enjoying their time except Aliza. "Today we assembled here to organize my niece's engagement with my wife's younger brother Fredrick Roger. I wish the pair cherish many long years of happy marital bliss. Cheers to the couple." Nelson remarked, holding out his drink. Aliza gave a forced smile with tears in her eyes. Nobody knew they weren't tears of happiness except Charla who was present at the engagement as one of the guests. Today after her engagement Aliza's situation became more perilous. Fredrick drank too much and abused Aliza to no recovery. She asked him for a couple of days to convince her boss and resign from her job. "You bloody bitch you still dare to decline me?" Fredrick snarled at Aliza's face, forcefully brought her into his arms, and kissed her like a monster. Aliza wanted to hide in some corner of the room like a scared kitten but Alas she had no chance to escape the evil eyes of her 'would-be' fiance. "Fredrick please let us do this after marriage." She begged him but Fredrick had no heart. He gave her a treacherous smile and made predatory steps toward her. Unable to stand his advances Aliza slapped him going foolish and that was the biggest blunder she made. Something sparkled in the eyes of the demon. Fredrick heated the frying pan on the gas stove and plastered it on Aliza's face. "I will wipe away every bit of the courage in you so that next time you wouldn't dare slap me back." He declared monstrous and hit one more time in Aliza's stomach. "Please do not hit me like that. I am going to be your wife soon, have some mercy upon me." Aliza pleaded but Fredrick did not have the beating organ in his chest. He blew her in the stomach making use of a hockey stick Andrew played with and struck her repeatedly on her knees until she couldn't walk and walked away from the room. Making soft sobs Aliza dragged herself to the phone in her bedroom and called Charla to help her out of the home for the night. The next morning Aliza did not want to think about what was going to happen to her in the office. She feared the abhorrence of her boss was too small a statement to describe her anxiety. What will be his reaction when he sees his secretary with abusive marks on her face unable to even walk properly to his room? Will he retrench her off the job because of her unchanged approach towards work or become the knight in shining armor for her?Chapter 6Rays of light began to occupy the sky in the early hours of dawn. Aliza grimaced on when the light will arrive in her life or was she ever fated for such happiness? As soon as she placed her legs on the floor a shooting pain bothered her knee. Aliza trembled in ache and slowly walked to the bathroom holding the walls of the room.She reached into the mirror of the bathroom and looked at her face. Tears flowed endless out of her eyes for the horrible suffering she endured because of her aunt and her monster fiancé. How was she going to face her boss with such a dreadful appearance was the first question that occupied her mind. A round purplish lesion surrounded her eye. The corner of her lips had blood marks because of bruising kisses Fredrick gave her. Red marks of bytes occupied her neck.Her knees were beaten so badly that she couldn't stop but limp with pain. What was the answer she was going to give her boss if he asked her about the artworks on her face? Will he continu
Chapter 7"Marry her Sandro, we cannot have a better groom for Edith than you. You have known her since her childhood being the best friend of Charles you are affiliated to each of her tantrums." Edith's father Allen Rodriguez insisted. "Man, I always wished you to be my brother-in-law. She is the only princess of our family. Can we trust anyone better for her than you?" Charles asked his best friend Sandro. "She is innocent and we know she behaved like a child in running away. Please excuse her and accept her as your wife." Henry seconded his older brother Charles.", you are glorifying me too much." Sandro added timorous running a hand in his hair. Allen patted the shoulder of Allesandro. "Son, you deserve it. Please accept her." His aged eyes held a request looking at Sandro. "She had been living with you all this time, no one in this world knows her better than you apart from us." Charles supported his father. He brought Allesandro to a side hug to which Sandro reflected a magnifi
Chapter 8"Hello Darling you seem too happy enjoying your life? Your love heart's driver beat me black and blue and you did not even call to enquire about my health." Fredrick accused Aliza. "It...it is not something like you...you think, I was busy unpacking the luggage, I...I was supposed to call you tomorrow." Aliza replied, stammering in fear. "Oh yeah keep your false sympathy with you Aliza, I know your true colors, you are too happy to reach for your new toy. You are a fucking whore." He spat his last words with venom."But I'm not a mum to keep my hands folded. Remember we are engaged? How could you dare leave your fiance in his helpless state while you enjoy bonking that man there?" He roared at her nursing his injured leg."Fredrick please do not accuse me of something I haven't ever done." Aliza cried claiming her innocence. "Do not show me your crocodile tears and listen to me good, you whore." He catapulted Aliza by his Accenture. "My sister pleaded with me to marry you. I
Chapter 9He smiled at her. It was the most beguiling, chivalrous smile she had seen since her birth. He was the sexy, hot, arresting and most prepossessing handsome in the complete universe. For a moment Aliza felt lost from the world. The atmosphere was getting hotter than she had estimated. She was unable to control the stupid hormones going wild inside her body. She was sexually attracted to her boss and to digest the reality, Aliza would be the last woman in the universe who the richest billionaire in the world Charles Rodriguez the CEO of Richmond Industries would think of marrying.Aliza stared at her boss like she was seeing a supernatural human. She gulped heavily with a faint nod and wanted to sprint away from the room. But before she could do that she hit her leg to the table in her haste. "Careful" Charles voiced behind but before he reached Aliza ran away from the room like a dunce moron.As soon as Aliza left, Charles dialed the security and informed them to direct a ma
Chapter 10A low squeak involuntarily went out of Aliza's throat as she wasn't able to believe what her aunt spoke. Fredrick slipped in his bathroom. From the sudden fall he suffered a shock which landed him in a paralytic stroke. His jaw and lips went twisted to the side. With the irreversible damage undergone by his throat his vocal cords suffered the brunt of a major damage. He wouldn't be able to speak for the rest of his life.Small injuries were sustained by his hands and legs too. The damage was beyond repair and the doctor advised he needed a complete bed rest for next two months if he wishes to be self dependent till his death.Stella had recommended Aliza to take care of him but Fredrick immediately denied. There was a horror in his eyes no sooner he heard Aliza's name. Stella was dumb struck at her brother's sudden transformation. The marriage was out of the question but what got her more annoyed was Fredrick's denial for Aliza's assistance. She argued with her brother that
Chapter 11Having no guts to counter her boss Aliza went outside the room with frightful steps. After he confirms the door is locked, Charles tightens his lips, staring down at Stella. "How could you bring down your heart to slap such an unsullied girl? Charles spat the words in disgust. Before Stella could appropriate the meaning of the words, her head pulled to a side followed by a sharp sting on her cheek. Stella went into shock, still with her eyes wide staring up at Charles's unexpected action. "Did you just beat me? How dare you raise your hand against a woman?" Stella yelled with tears welling her eyes.Charles ignored the chitter-chatter of Stella. "Didn't you warn your sister about my words at the office?" Charles asked Fredrick in a perilously low tone with his eyes fuming to flames. Fredrick gulped heavily and tried to word out but he was already a retired dumb senior citizen. "I'm speaking here." Stella shrieked with her hand banging against the bed of her brother to catch
Chapter 12Charles did not stop Aliza from crying. Sometimes silence has more eloquence than speech. He simply stood there in mute and held her to his chest for he did not know how long. After Aliza emptied her tears completely, he covered her in a blanket with no words. Yet on the night Aliza felt a gratification she had never felt before.The next day started off with usual meetings and work. Charles did not raise the topic of yesterday and neither did Aliza because both of them wanted to avoid the black truths of their unfortunate lives. He is a mafia don and she is a homeless orphaned teenager.It is often said that opposites attract. Slowly Aliza began to achieve her solace in the arms of her boss, an irony but the truth which was difficult to absorb even for her. He was giving her the protection, love and care she was long deprived of since the age of six. On the contrary Charles was an underworld leader. He had done the most sinful, brutest crimes in the world. Was it pitifu
Chapter 13As Aliza was about to enter inside her quarter, Charles stopped her holding her hand. "Liza" he called her softly. Titillations crawled her nerves at the adorable address. It was the name with which her father and mother used to call her. Emotions rushed on her like a whirlwind accompanied with wetness in her eyes. Aliza turned back gulping a quaver in her throat.Charles held her face tenderly in his hands, bent his head and attached his lips to her. Aliza pulled her rims together in tightness and crumbled her dress in tight fists. Charles might have noticed her discomfort. He chuckled softly, pulling his head away and observing her. "Relax my love, open your lips for me." He called in a tone that was heard more like a melody. "Sir?" Aliza asked Charles in surprise with trembling lips.He grazed the soft lips of her with the pad of his thumb. "Liza, do you think we are still walking in the balloon of professional relationship?" He shook his head to her with an extension of