Earlier that day, Leo had attended his appointment. He was supposed to meet a business partner that afternoon then meet a representative from another mafia gang later that night. But he had been caught off guard. He didn't know that it was a trap set for him by the Santinos. They had obviously had help from an insider for them to have had him fooled so well.
What happened was Leo had showed up on time for his appointment with the representative from the other mafia gang on time. But when he got there the other had not yet arrived so he waited. He didn't know that outside the Santinos were already putting their men in position. He waited for 30 minutes and by then he had already started getting really impatient. He called out to the man who he thought was a "muscle" from the other mafia gang and asked in a cold and domineering voice that would give anyone chills, "When is your boss getting here?" Soon the man had replied him stating that his boss had encountered some problems on his way. Leo thought this was not uncommon and decide to wait a little bit longer. But as he was waiting he realized that the place was getting more and more quiet. He looked at the men around him and something just felt off.
He tried to secretly call his men who he had ordered to stay outside so it wouldn't seem he was coming for a fight rather than a diplomatic meeting. But then his worst fear was confirmed his men were not responding. Which meant he was right. This was a trap. When he tried calling his men two, three more times and no one responded he realized that he had indeed fallen into a trap. So as not to arouse any suspicion from the men around him and buy himself sometime to think of a way to escape, he pretended not to have noticed anything. He sat back down calmly and looked around the room. There was a door and a window. He knew he couldn't just suddenly break through the window for surely there would be men stationed outside waiting for him. So his only option was the door. He looked at the men in the room. There were 4 in number. At that moment someone walked into the room and whispered something into the ears of the man he suspected to be the leader. They all immediately stood up and surrounded him. He knew it was now or never.
With one motion he kicked the first man that advanced towards him and punched the other leaving them momentarily dazed. He then brought out his knife and started tackling the other men. He soon handled them then he advanced towards the more burly man who was the leader. Leo was good but this guy was huge and seemed to have a lot of stamina so when Leo's guard was lowered the man had stabbed him. Feeling the pain searing through him, Leo knew he couldn't hold out for much longer and needed to find a way to escape. He evaded all the guy's attacks and immediately dashed for the door once he saw an opening. He ran out and carefully sneaked out onto the alleyway and started running. He ran for a while trying to loose the men who were noe running after him. As he was running he heard music. There must be a club around he thought. He ran towards the music. And there at the back entrance of the club he saw a familiar figure. And despite all the dim lighting he could recognize those sea blue eyes anywhere. It was the woman from the park and she seemed to have recognized him too as she immediately asked "You?". She had also noticed his bleeding. Just then he heard the foot steps of the pursuers behind him. Seeing no other to escape he immediately grabbed the beauty in front of her and kissed her.
She seemed really shocked as it was written in her eyes. Perhaps too shocked to even try and push him away and that was good for him as his pursuers ran right past them probably mistaken them for some horny teenage couple. It was only after his pursuers had run past them he realized what he was doing. He didn't have time to savor the kiss because as if just coming back to her senses she suddenly pushed him away and slapped him.
"What the hell do you think you are doing?!", Cassie asked immediately she came back to her senses. He seemed really pale and shocked and then almost immediately he passed out. "What the hell!!", she exclaimed as the man passed out. It was only then she realized how much blood he had lost. Seeing he was in danger a part of her wanted to help and the other part didn't want to get involved and just wanted to walk away. But she couldn't. There was just something about this man that drew her to him. "Ah I can't believe I'm doing this", she sighed as she half carried, half dragged the man to her car which she had parked, thankfully, near the alleyway. Feeling bad about abruptly leaving she texted Sarah saying she had to leave early. And almost immediately she replied saying it was fine and that she had actually met a new friend and that he would drop her off.
Seeing Sarah's reply Cassie felt at ease and started her car. At first she wanted to take him to the hospital but when ahe remembered the situation he was in earlier, she decided against it. But where else could she take him. The man didn't have his cell phone on him and she couldn't find an ID Card either. Realizing that although she didn't like it there was only one place she could take this mysterious stranger and that was her hotel. So she drove to her hotel. Before that she tried her best to stop the bleeding and she was able to do it. Arriving at the hotel she got the bell boy to help her get him up to her room after completely hiding his wound, under the guise that he was with her and that he was seriously drunk.
As soon as she got to her room, the bell boy assisted in laying him on the bed and after she tipped him he left. She then got down to taking a look at his wound and also that although he had lost a lot of blood it was not that deep which was a good thing. She sloppily patched him up, gave him some pain relief and stayed by his side all through the night.
It was morning. Leo opened his eyes and didn't recognize the place. Where the hell was he?
The first thing Leo thought was that he had been captured by the men running after him the previous night. But then he faintly remembered escaping last night. So what happened? Where was he? He looked round the room. He was currently on a King sized bed. It looked like he was in a hotel room. There was a vanity table next to the bed and it's content led him to believe that the occupant was a woman. There was a make up set on the table, some hairbrushes and fragrance. But why would he be in a woman's hotel room? Then it hit him; he was kissing someone last night! He remembered running towards a club's back door entrance and seeing a woman standing there. She had clear blur eyes and looked so much like the lady he had seen at the park earlier that day. In a bid to escape from his pursuers he had grabbed her and kissed her. He also remembered she seemed really angry and had slapped just before he passed out. So was that where he was now? That woman's hotel room? Bu
As he stood so close to her that Cassie could feel his breath on her skin. It tingled and it was like something inside of her awoke. She looked back up at him with the same fierce eyes trying to conceal what she was actually feeling inside. She replied, "You can consider it however you want. If you want to consider it a threat go ahead". Cassie slowly moved away from him and walked back into the living room. "Although I would consider it a friendly reminder", she continued. Leo was stunned. Never had a woman or anyone ever challenged him like that. He swiftly turned back to look at her and asked, "You don't know who I am, do you?". Cassie looked a little bit surprised as she turned back to him and replied, "No, should I?" "Well you should considering I am........", Leo was going to introduce himself when she suddenly interrupted him "Oh wait I just realized I have no interest in the identity of a perver
"Yes a contract", Cassie replied"And what would this contract state if I may ask?", Leo asked clearly getting more and more intrigued by this woman."That you would help me whenever I need your help",she replied "As I said earlier I am a business woman and as a business woman I'm about to dabble into business people around me believe I shouldn't because I am a woman", she continued"Well if it is what I'm thinking it is, then I'd suggest you listen to them. A woman like you has no business dabbling in matters like that", he replied"Oh but I beg to disagree", she started with a glint in her eyes "I don't see why my gender should matter in business like this. If I remember correctly in business like this it is power that speaks, no?", she continued"And you think you have that kind of power?", Leo asked half amused"And what if I say I do", Cassie replied"I'd say you are definitely delusional", Leo stated with a smirk"Y
**WARNING: SOME SLIGHT SMUT SCENES TOWARDS THE END. PLEASE FREE FEEL TO SKIP THAT PART IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE**"And after yesterday I think I'm going to steer clear off drinking for a while", Sarah finished"Hm hm", Cassie absentmindedly replied. Sarah stopped talking and looked at her"Cassie", she called "Cassie, Earth to Cassandra!""What?! Why are you yelling?", Cassie asked startled"Probably because you've been spacing out and not been listening to anything I have to say.", Sarah replied"What are you thinking about?", she asked"Nothing", she replied"Oh really?", she asked suspiciously"Yes", Cassie affirmed"Ok forget that. Maybe now you can tell me exactly what happened last night", Sarah said"What do you mean? Nothing happened with me last night.", Cassie replied rather uneasily"Really?""Yeah I wasn't feeling great so I decided to come back early, took some meds and then I wen
Leo's face fell as the person at the other side of the door immediately jumped on him and hugged him. Leo immediately pushed the person off. He then tried to slam the door shut but the person was quicker than him and immediately squeezed into the room. Leo sighed as he locked the door and walked back into the living room."Uh bro is that how you are going to treat me""Why are you here Edgar?", Leo asked as he sat on the couch"Why am I here? I heard you got into a bit of a situation with the Santinos. How are you? Are you okay? You didn't break a nail did you? Have a fracture? Break your spleen?", Edgar rambled on as he started fussing over Leo checking him if he was alright."What do you think you are doing? Get off me!", Leo bellowed"How could you say that to me? Do you know how worried I was?", Edgar replied feigning hurt"I thought I'd loose my best friend before he even had a chance to sleep with a woman", h
Edgar stopped walking as soon as he noticed Leo had. He looked up at him and saw that he was staring at somewhere and looked over to see who he was staring at. He looked over and saw Lucian Santino; Leo's archenemy. The Santinos were another really powerful mafia family. Some even said they were on par with the Minettis. The only difference was that the Santinos was a relatively older family. Edgar didn't know why but apparently some bad blood had been going on between the two families for decades now. And Lucian Santino was the heir to the Santino family. He was about the same age as Leo. But he was the exact opposite of him. Although he was smart and very handsome that one could easily mistake him for a model, he also had a rather easygoing and friendly personality to hide his devilish side. He was cunning as he was ruthless but only when he needed to be. He was also the pride of the Santino family. He ran their company and so far he had been very successful with that
Cassie sat at the breakfast table with Sarah, who was chirping away next to her. Not that she was actually paying attention to her. Oh no, Cassie was definitely not paying attention to her friend, rather she was staring at the table across her at the other end of the hall. When the stranger had left her room this morning after refusing her offer, she had thought it would be very difficult to find him again but she certainly didn't expect to bump into him merely hours later and find out his name too. "Leo, what a nice name", she thought as she kept her gaze on him. "And he certainly has a nice face to go with it", she smirked as she turned back to Sarah who was currently making passes at the waiter who was serving them.Leo sat at his table, doing everything possible to avoid looking at that particular table where she sat. He knew she was there and he also knew that she had been staring at him for a while now. He could feel her gaze but he had done e
Leo sat at his study desk, a file in his hands. He sighed. No matter how many times he looked at the file he just couldn't understand it. Uncle Sanchez had sent him the results of their investigations on Cassandra Turner. And he just couldn't quite get it. There was lots of information about her and it was quite easy to get them which was understandable as she was the public figure for her company. Unlike him who used his connections to keep most of his information and his past in the dark as he didn't want to blow his cover.The file Sanchez had sent him had all the basic information like her acquaintances both from her past and now, her business partners and so on. But they couldn't find much about her family. All they found was that her mom had passed away when she was 15 and her dad had abandoned them long before that and had died a while back. But the funny thing was they couldn't find her father's death certificate. They said it was a hit and run case and h
48 Hours before"Hey bro, what's up?", Edgar asked a very tired looking Leo."Hm", Leo acknowledged his presence without even looking at him."Woah. You look like quite stressed out", Edgar noted."You can't even begin to imagine. With dad away settling the investors overseas and also working on something secret I don't know about, I have to take care of everything here and many other major issues. It's taxing", Leo replied."Too bad dude. See this is why I would never want to be you.""Of course. You are better off just being irresponsible and childish", Leo fired"Hey! That hurt you know?", Edgar said pretending to look hurt."Whatever. What do you want this time? Why did you come?""Heol! Are you trying to say I can't come to see you without wanting something?", Edgar asked pitifully"Yes", Leo replied blankly. "What did you do?", he asked"Nothing! Ah you really don't have much fate in me. Well for your
Knock knock. "Enter" "Miss Turner, the interview will begin shortly." "Alright. You may leave.", Cassie responded. She sighed before trying to call Sarah again. Beep Beep. The sound of the line being disconnected came through on her phone. "Once again there was no reply", she sighed again before putting down her phone. She couldn't really blame Sarah, she was a bit too harsh to her last time. Cassie sighed again before standing up from her chair. She put herself together and headed towards the room where the interview was going to take place. Today they were holding an interview for the post of Assistant to the Marketing Manager. The last one was fired due to his incompetence. And to prevent that from happening again she wanted to oversee this interview herself. She wouldn't be the one conducting the interview. She would just sit on the sidelines and watch the procedure noting down some important things or anyone who pa
"Who came to see you?", Leo asked with his brows raised."Miss Lee, Miss Turner's friend I believe", Edgar replied nonchalantly"Oh? And what did she want?", he asked relaxing on his chair."She wanted you.""What?!", Leo nearly choked on his saliva."Oh?", Edgar raised his eyes to him"I didn't mean it that way. She came asking about you.""Asking about me?""Yeah. She wanted to know your information."Leo thought about it for a while before he slowly asked in a low voice,"Well.... was she asking for herself or did she say someone sent her?"Edgar eyed his friend for a long time. Looks like Leo's feelings for Cassie ran deep. He clearly wanted to know if she was looking for him. Could this actually be a good thing?"She said she was there for a friend." Leo's eyes sparked"But I don't exactly think Miss Turner actually sent her, if that's what you wanted to know"Leo raised his eyes.
Minetti MansionLeo sat in front of his father. His father had been silent since he arrived and honestly it was beginning to get on his nerves. He was not in the mood for whatever mind games his father wanted to play with him, he thought as he sighed wearily. He glanced at his father again.Growing up, Leo couldn't exactly his father was the best father. Heck! His father wasn't even a normal father much less the best. At a very young age Leo was already being trained for when he would take over his father's position in the Mafia. At age 7, he was already being trained in martial arts. Age 10, and his father already thought he was old enough to use a gun. He remembered on his 12th birthday his father had gifted him a gun as a present. "Definitely not a normal father", Leo smirked. But then again his family wasn't a normal one anyway. But regardless of how weird Leo's father might have been, he had loved his mother. And that was one thing Leo respected about him. He had
"Nothing?", Cassie asked as she looked at Sarah. "Yes nothing. I couldn't find a record of any Leo around either Lucian Santino; which was quite understandable at first because it seemed they weren't too close but with Edgar Monroe? I was expecting to find something since they seemed really close but I couldn't find anything. It's almost as if such a person doesn't exist around them.", she replied. Cassie fell into deep thought. It's either Leo was no one significant which seemed very unlikely because they should at least be able to find something about him if he was ordinary or he wasn't an ordinary person at all. Then who was he? He was acquaintances with two very powerful people and now they couldn't find anything about him. "Anyways I think maybe I didn't dig deep enough. Maybe I should try...." "No don't", Cassie said "What? Why?", Sarah asked her dumbfounded. "No need. I shouldn't focus myself on finding some man anyway. It's not my way.
"He's here! Everyone to your stations!". These were the shouts that rang through the precinct as the police officers readied themselves for the arrival of one of the most important figure in their entire State Security Department.He walked in with a powerful aura. Calm yet powerfully he headed straight for the Chief's office ignoring all the people who had lined to greet him."Woah. Who is he?", one of the younger policemen asked an older one."Sealey", the older one replied."Detective James Sealey. One of the most brilliant detective in our entire State Department if not the entire country", he continued in awe."Woah", the younger one responded surprised."Then what is he doing here?", another young officer asked."I heard he was recently transferred to our District on Special assignment", the elder one replied."Really?", the officer responded as he looked towards the Chief's office where the man was currently shaking hand
Somewhere in Country Z"Sir", the man greeted an older man who sat in front of a window.The older man slowly turned back"Are they still together?". he asked."No they've since returned from Kingston and are no longer together", he replied."Good. And what about the attacks we staged within a branch of their gang?""It was effective. The Minettis are currently invested in finding out the people behind it as they lost a lot""And the information?""We made sure they only got the information we purposefully released to them""Good. Now keep watching them and hold off on the attacks for now""Yes sir", the man left the room.The older man sighed and turned back to the window. He closed his eyes and drifted off into his memories."No....please...no"Country M"So you are saying, if we do not make changes in our company's strategy, when the stock market peak come
"So I think I know a way to find him", Sarah announced as she barged into Cassie's office. Cassie sighed,"Sarah what do you think you are doing? This is my office you can't just barge in here like that. And who are you talking about?""Your mystery romance of course""Ah", Cassie signed once again. She was beginning to regret telling Sarah what happened. Because as you can see, she gets a little over excited when it come to things like this. Now she was talking about looking for him."Sarah, please just leave it okay? I really don't want to", Cassie attempted to make her drop the topic."What do you mean you don't want to? You have to find him then punch him in the face for ever leaving like that. Like seriously how could he just leave like that?""Aish I swear if I was you and I get my hands on him I'll wack him on that nice smooth butt of his", Sarah said."What?! Sarah!""What? Don't tell me you didn't notice how round and
"He already checked out ma'am", the receptionist told Cassie. Cassie looked at the woman and calming herself down she asked, "Really?", she still couldn't believe it. "Yes, this morning he checked out. He looked like he was in a hurry to catch a flight", the receptionist replied politely. No, Cassie wouldn't believe it. He had actually left. He had left without saying goodbye. After everything yesterday he had left just like that. Since Cassie was drunk last night she couldn't remember much, but she remembered her had carried her to her room and she had said somethings. What she said exactly? She couldn't remember but she didn't think she had said something that would make him leave just like that so why? Why had he just left her like that? She had woken up this morning with a headache only to see that he was gone. She had searched her room and had rushed down to the reception desk not minding how she looked only to find out that her fears were actually true.