****Ava's POV****
I woke up with a splitting headache, I look around and thought I was blind, it was pitch dark and I couldn't see a thing, my back hurt from the pain of lying on the cold floor,"Where am I?" I asked myself.All I remember is crying and suddenly feeling the sharp pain of being hit on my neck before I blanked out."Hello, is somebody there!" I yelled out.I yelled again and I was greeted with silence.I knew not where I was going but I struggled to get on my feet, I used my hands to trace the walls as I try to find the door, it seems I have been walking in circles, I couldn't even find the damn door.I tried again as my eyes had started getting used to the darkness, this time I found the door knobs, luckily for me it was not locked.joyously, I quietly creaked the door open and step out, my heart jump in my stomach when I bumped into a huge man with a feature of a bouncer, he had bald hair and an ironed face, and he was not happy to see me."I'm sorry Mister, can this gentle lady use the restroom please," I said with pleading eyes.he dragged me roughly by my coat, my head hit the knob as he shoved me inside the dark room.I heard the door lock twice and a jingling of keys, the thumping sounds of footsteps as he walks away.I should have resumed crying by now but I have no energy left in me. I lift my hand to my head and touch the liquid dripping down my head, I use my coat to clean up the liquid then I curled myself like a meatball, on that cold floor I slept off.****Drexel's POV****I had just gotten to my office, I was informed that the foreigners that are interested in buying the wholesale company's goods in the market had just flown into Central City and they will like to have an official meeting with the CEO of Mace Company.I wanted to go home with that strange woman, I had a lot of questions probing my mind that I needed to ask her.SOME HOURS BACK****I went to her apartment and didn't find her in, then I hurried out, when I was descending the stairs of that slum building I saw her coming right towards me inside the rain.I pulled out my gun to shoot her but something happened, out of a sudden the lightning struck right between the two of us and I found myself flying in the air.The force hit me on the wall and I hurt my back. I wanted to go back there to finish what I started but when I got up, I found out she was lying lifeless on the floor, I was an expert in my job but I guess I let my guard down,I came there less prepared because I felt like she was a vulnerable one, she's a woman after all and after going through her file, I found out that she never gym."she sure lived an unhealthy lifestyle," I said as I scoffed at her file in my hands.I should have sent my boys for the hit but I decided to take care of it myself since I was less busy and I thought she won't be a hard target.After I almost got hit by that lightning which send me flying in the air, my whole body reverberated in pain, it felt like I was lashed with hundreds of bolt canes. I had been shot and stabbed so many times on different occasions but this pain was different.I left her there in the rain and went back home.after undressing and I took my bath, all I thought about was that lady that live in the slum, I hated that feeling of thinking about someone, I was uneasy so I went back to check if she had died due to the lightning.which would have been a joyful and less stressful coincidence that can ever happen. unfortunately, I found her sleeping peacefully in her small apartment.happily, I could just finish the job, and choke her to death then I will dispose of the body without a trace, I came with my Assistant, Tyler and he is outside in the car.I held her neck, luckily she was a heavy sleeper, I press my whole weight on her choking her, I started having the same feeling of being choked, the more I pressed onto her neck the more breathless I become, she woke up, her green eyes glitter in the darkness, she was kicking violently but I overpowered her, the pain in my neck become unbearable as I was also running out of breath I was utterly confused about what was going on."Why do I feel choked when I'm the one choking her?" I asked myself."Have I finally lost it, everyone knows I had no emotion, it can't possibly be that I pity her," I thought to myself.I slowly let go of her neck and she switched on the light, she jolted towards the door ready to rush out, thank God I had locked the door the moment I came in.though I passed through the window,she had only blue flowery pants and a bralette on, and her long dark hair which was long to her waist dangled in her back as she run. I can't deny the fact that she had a beautiful body.I thought she would scream but she didn't.when she pleaded crying to me to spare her life, I felt sad out of a sudden, and a tear drop down my eyes."Why the f*ck am I crying?" I couldn't stand what was happening to me so I hit her on her neck which made her pass out.hitting her on her neck left me in pain in that same spot I had hit her.I laughed manically,"I doubted it at first but this....does that mean that I can't hurt her without hurting myself?" I gritted my teeth in pure anger and hatred. "I can never be tamed, not by a mere lady," I said as I called Tyler to come to take her to the car, for now, I will watch her closely and figure out why she had to cast such a spell on the most dangerous man.Now that I sat down in my office, I was so pissed off at everything."Ava, I was thinking of giving you a quick death since you look so fragile but now, that you fucking messed up my life, I will give you the most painful slow death you had ever imagined," I said out loud.Drexel was in the meeting hall with the foreigners, when he felt like someone hit him on his head. He had a hard and aggressive countenance on. "Are you okay?" one of the men asked. "Yes I'm fine, thank you," Drexel did not care to fake a smile.He lifts his hand to his face as he felt hot liquid dripping down his face. He brought his hand down to his face. "Blood!" he said alarmed. He knew what was going on, his forehead was already red from the hit. he wanted to end the meeting as he was afraid someone might have decided to kill her."what if Albert gets to her," he thought.he was absentminded and he was not listening to what the men around him were saying."What's your take on that, Mister Mason," one of the gray-haired man asked.he looked on at them speechless as he doesn't even know what they were talking about anymore."We would see about that," Drexel said nodding his head.All the men at the table were confused by his response as they do not know what he was talking ab
Drexel walked up to her, her long hair covering her face So, he was not able to see a clear glimpse of her face. He squats close to her and slowly removes those long strands of her covering her face. He stare at the little bruise on her forehead which is now a big swollen red patch on her head, he saw the dried blood glued to her skin. Drexel checked his right-hand pocket and brought out a tube in his hand, he had bought it on his way home. He was about to apply it on her head when she flutter her eyes open. As soon as she saw him, she jolted and crawl away from his reach to the corner of the room. She was weak and had no life in her to scream or cry. Drexel stood up and walked toward her, she didn't try to run again. He roughly rubbed the healing balm on her head. Then he stood up to go, and he felt something tug on his trouser, "Please let me go," she whisper almost inaudibly to him. Drexel felt his heartache with a sudden sadness. This feeling is frustrating him so much. H
***Ava's POV **Even when I tried to be strong, I still cried. Why do bad things happen to me? I asked myself. The moment that huge man lock me in, I lay down without a fight. I was exhausted the whole situation made me hungry. I remember I didn't eat last night before going to bed and my stomach growled in response to my thoughts about food. Slowly I draw back to sleep only to be woken by a slight touch of hands on my face.the smell of pines and sweet and a shadow of someone hovered over me.I fluttered my eyes open and they fell on a dark with flickers of gray hair man in his thirties, he wore a white long sleeve and suit trousers, his suit coat hung around his shoulder, and his hair was well creamed and made to cover half of his left eye, he had an oval-shaped face with well shaved defined jaws, his close well-arched brows always look crease due to his never smiling personality, he had a long pointed nose and a fiery ocean blue eyes, he had a peach colored small but full lips wh
***Godfather Albertrosso******A middle-aged man with dyed long jet black hair in his office, he has a grey color suit on and a big cigarette in between his fingers, his teeth were crooked and tainted with stains from tobacco.he puffed out the smoke from his nose as he breathe out with his mouth tightly shut.he's the boss of the underworld, the Capo of the Malvagio clan, here in the central city his words were the law.He's feared by many, including the laws and those that governed the law.he has lots of prominent leaders under his arm, the ones who had come to him for a favor, and once he helps them, they become his pawn forever and when Godfather Albertrosso find them unworthy or not important, he gets rid of them before they become a problem to him.He has an Italian wife, his moll, which he met as a thug, two sons, and one daughter who always fight over their father's criminal throne.To Drexel who sees him as only his business partner, they both respected their title and for ye
Drexel took Ava to a room and roughly dropped her on the bed. "Ahhh" she cried out. Drexel marvels at her complaint about everything. "ish, what a crybaby," he mumbled to himself. After crying out as if he had thrown her down from the top of the mountain, she lay down motionless. "What again?" Drexel asked, if not for this unknown curse that had to bind them together he was never someone that will stoop to anyone's level of understanding. She did not answer him and continued pretending to have fainted. Drexel move towards the big family-size bed where he had dropped her and with one of his hands placed on the bedside slightly above her head, he undid the first button of her oversized coat. She immediately pushes him off her and covers her chest where he had undone the button with her hands. He stood up from the bed and gaze at this little kitten who dares to taunt him. "The next time you play such foolish trick with me I will make sure I pull off all your clothes!" he said w
Drexel was quiet, not that he had nothing to say, he became interested in the woman fighting for the servant who would have dealt with her if he had not shown up in the first place. Tyler tries to get past her to the servant but Ava was not having it. "Take me with her or better still, let her go. Everything happened because of me" Ava pleaded. "enlighten me, how it happened since you dim me punishing her wrong," Drexel said knitting his brows. "She was only asking me not to touch the painting, but... bbu.. but I was so caught up in its beauty that I ignored her plea to me not to touch it," Ava explained, not daring to look into Drexel's eyes for fear of getting caught. "So everything is your fault not hers right?" Drexel asked. Tyler had moved away from the servant and Ava, the servant was now on her kneels sobbing loudly without saying a word. Ava did not respond to his question, even though she was scared of what he would do to her, but if she denies it, the servant alone wi
******Drexel's POV *******When she asked me what the occasion was, I found my tongue-tied, I didn't know what to say to her the only thing that popped up in my head was her death, I'm not the type to sugarcoat someone, regardless of the reason she's still alive and well, was all thanks to the life bound or what it is, that I don't know.I want to make her happy today, my mood had changed a hundred times since I meet her, I was either happy, sad, or crying, right now I feel so hungry even when I just finished eating.Those fucking emotions are what I never had to bother myself with in the past.and here she's opening the door to my locked-up emotions, I won't let that happen.I will find a way and put an end to this feeling, and after that, I will put an end to her miserable life.I'm only doing her a favor anyway, she should be lucky she was given the opportunity to die in my hand. I thought to myself.the table was already set and I sit in the middle of the dining room. I have never
Drexel took her upstairs to his room, then he called in Tyler who was oblivious to what happened.He meet Drexel seated at the side of his bed and was shocked when he looked around and found a woman lying comfortably on Drexel's bed.Tyler use his hands to rub his eyes as he could never believe a day like this would come when his cold-hearted boss will let a woman lay in his bed.Tyler open his mouth to say something, but he was interrupted by Drexel's commanding voice."Get me doctor Amelia," Drexel said to him.Amelia is Drexel's home doctor right from the early days."Ye..ye..yes boss," Tyler stuttered.he opened the door about to walk out but stop in his trail to ask what had happened. As if Drexel already know what was going on in his mind, this time he yelled at him aggressively."What are you still standing there doing!!"Tyler hurried downstairs, and within some minutes he was back with the doctor.She hurried to the patient's side without many pleasantries.After she was done