There was a moment of silence as Mabel was contemplating on what to say to the rude man. “I was just trying to help. There’s no need to be so rude about it,” she finally responded.
“You wanted my attention and so you punctured my tyre. Well now you’ve got it. Now leave, women like you who stoop so low for attention aren't really my type,” Christian told Mabel who was left astonished with his statement.Her brows scrunched into confusion as she had no idea of what the man in front of her was talking about. Did he really think she had nothing better to do than stooping so low to get his attention? Sure he was good-looking but that was as far as it went."Excuse me? I honestly do not understand what you’re talking about," She stated as she stood unfazed and unbothered by the man's gaze."So you just managed to pass by at the same time my car’s tyre got punctured?" Christian asked as he started to move closer towards her.He had encountered women like her who would try to get his attention through cheap tricks like this and he always ensured to teach them a lesson they wouldn't forget.Mabel was dumbfounded by how arrogant this man was and she hated arrogant men like him as they reminded her of her father and brother.“Does it look like I’m attracted to you?” she retorted. “Honestly, if I had a gun, I would put a bullet through your thick skull to make it clear that I wasn’t the one behind whatever happened to your stupid car!”This one was a good pretender as he almost believed her if not for the fact that he had been through similar scenarios in the past. “Since you’re playing hard to get, let me make it easy for you and give you the attention you crave,” he said and he made his way to where she was standing.Mabel’s heart pounded in her chest and her breathing became heavier when Christian leaned forward and brought his face close to hers.Her eyes darted to his lips which were close to hers and she felt the urge to press her lips against his. She felt the sexual allure and it scared her as she had never felt such an allure.She however, snapped out of the trance she was in when she noticed the man smirk arrogantly. Her brain immediately started thinking about the best answer she could give, and there was only one answer it could provide to prove to the asshole that she had no intention of getting his attention."SLAM!!! "She rammed her knee in between his legs as hard as she could and he groaned in pain.Christian’s eyes became bloodshot as he realized what had just happened. He raised his head up and if looks could kill, Mabel would have died on the spot.The driver who had focused on fixing the tyre, eyes almost popped out seeing what the woman he was looking at had done.She really was something to go this far to capture his boss’ attention. He gulped in fear as he knew his boss wouldn't spare this woman.Christian couldn't believe what had just happened. He was seething with rage. "How dare you?! You have no idea who I am, do you?!” He yelled in anger and glared at the woman in front of him. Unconsciously, he took a step back in case she would try to do the same thing again.No one had ever dared to even hit him and she had gone this far? He would destroy her and watch her beg for mercy from him.He was regarded as a devil in human form because of how ruthless he was as he didn't spare his enemies, and forgiveness was not something in his dictionary.It applied to both men and women which meant that she and whatever family she belonged to were going down.Mabel was starting to get angry. Every man she had ever known had a tendency to treat her like dirt and threaten her, she couldn’t fight against the others as she was scared of them but not this stranger. After all, she wouldn't be meeting him ever again."Do you really think you can scare me with your glare?" she scoffed and rolled her eyes.Mabel knitted her eyebrows, seeing no reaction from Christian. "You have messed with the wrong person and you’ll forever regret it," He promised her, his gaze cutting deep into her spine and turning her blood coldMabel gulped as she was a little scared but she remained calm on the surface and held her head up."I don't give a fuck about who you are. You have no right to speak to me like this so please, don't try to bring your identity into this".“You’ll regret this for the rest of your life,” Christian promised her.“Meeting you has already ruined my mood for the rest of my life, so do your worst,” Mabel dared him, after which she turned and walked away.Christian watched as she walked away with a deep scowl on his face. None of the women who had resorted to such cheap tricks to gain his attention never treated him this way as they were infatuated with him.Without wasting time, he picked up his phone and texted a number. ‘I want you to find out everything there is to know about a woman,’ he sent to the receiver.“Give me your gun quickly,” Christian then said to his driver. Even though he was going to ruin the lady till he had nothing left to ruin, he wasn’t going to allow her to walk away without doing something to her.The driver shook his head when he heard his boss’ order. Not many had the guts to go against Christian Romero and those who had dared to do so, didn’t live to tell the story as Christian slowly destroyed them.“Here you go, sir,” he said, and he stretched the gun to Christian after he had put the silencer on it so it wouldn’t make too much noise.Christian didn’t hesitate as he pointed the gun at Mabel and pulled the trigger. Damn whatever consequence this would have on him. He would take care of the authorities and the backlash this would cause in the media.Mabel was still making her way to the car when she felt something graze her arm, causing her to cry out in pain. When she looked at it, she saw her clothes had torn and her skin was very red.She immediately turned and found the man pointing a gun at her with a crazy look in his eyes. This man was crazy! All she wanted to do was to help him and the asshole actually shot at her.“Are you crazy?!” She yelled at him. “I won’t be nice and miss next time. Apologize for puncturing my tyre,” Christian demanded. “You really haven’t gotten it through your thick skull that I didn’t puncture your tyre. It was a darn coincidence that I showed up,” Mabel scoffed as she stretched her hands towards Rufus.“You have five seconds to…” Christian couldn’t complete his words as he felt something graze his arm and he felt a slight pain. It all happened so fast that he didn’t see it coming. When he looked down, he saw a graze on his arm. She had actually shot him, well, grazed his skin but still. “You’r
“Ma’am, we have bigger things to worry about, like the one who just called,” Rufus said, referring to her father so she would come back to her senses.It thankfully did the trick as Mabel slowly lowered her gun. Not wanting to delay anymore, she turned and faced Rufus. “Can you fix the tyre?” she asked him in a shaky voice.“Yes, there’s a spare, but your father is not going to be happy about what happened,” Rufus replied in a whisper.“We’ll cross that bridge when we get there, please fix the car,” Mabel requested and Rufus immediately got to work. Not wanting to give in to the urge to kill the crazy man, Mabel walked away from the car while waiting for Rufus to finish.“I’ll call for another car, sir,” Christian’s driver said and he immediately brought out his phone. Christian didn’t say anything, instead, he focused his attention on the woman who now stood at a distance from him. He saw her pacing around, and his eyes furrowed when he noticed that she was shaking.He was no expe
"I-i," Mabel stuttered as she didn't know what to say.How was she supposed to help when the family didn't even include her in anything they did? She had no idea who this supposed family was and why they were her family's enemy.All she knew about the Romeros was that they were her family's arch-enemy. Nothing more, nothing less."Don't worry, I already have a task for her," Anthony responded to Kendra and Mabel knew she wasn't going to like the task as it would be close to impossible.The rest of dinner went by silently for Mabel as the rest of the family talked while she just stared at her empty plate as she was unable to eat anything.“Honey, aren’t you going to eat anything?” Claire asked after they were done having dinner.“Mom, leave her alone, any more food and she’ll blow up like an inflated balloon,” Kendra mocked Mabel. “Just a few years apart from us and you have gained so much weight.”“I’ll go get settled in,” Mabel said, immediately standing up from her seat. “Excuse me,”
Mabel woke up the next morning to the sound of someone banging on her door. She groaned in annoyance as she had barely gotten any sleep due to her trying to clear the dust from her room."Wake up, you fat pig," she heard her half-sister's voice, and this just urged her to continue her sleep."Fine, I'll go tell Dad that you refused to see him after he called you," she heard Kendra say, and this was effective in getting Mabel up.She jumped off her bed and opened the door to find an annoyed Kendra at her door. "You fat pig, do you know how long I've been at the door?!""Less than three minutes," Mabel rolled her eyes at her overly dramatic sister."Wow, someone seems to have grown some guts after spending time away from us," Kendra sneered and she dragged Mabel by her hair. The latter was left helpless as if she touched Kendra, her father and stepmother wouldn't spare her."Just because you managed to get into that prestigious college and graduate top of your class doesn't change the f
Anthony had everything planned out. He was tired of Mabel and he finally wanted to take her out. She would die without him having to touch her and he would take down Christian. The two biggest problems in his life would be out for good. It was like killing two birds with one stone.“Keep an eye on her to make sure she doesn’t mess up the plan. Use force if necessary,” Anthony instructed his son.“With pleasure,” Kelvin responded with a devious smile on his face. It had been a long time since he had fun with Mabel and he had missed it a lot.After Mabel left her father’s study, she headed straight to her room. Thankfully, she hadn’t unpacked yet and so she didn’t have to go through the stress of packing her bags once again. She was however met by someone when she got to her room and that was her stepmother.Mabel took a deep breath as she knew that the woman didn’t have any good intentions coming there. “Mother,” she called.Claire turned to look at her and in her hands was the takeou
When Christian woke up the next day, he was more calm and composed than the previous night but that didn’t mean he was going to let the lady go scot-free.He immediately got himself ready for the office after which he left his house. As per his custom, his driver drove him to the coffee shop his mother owned, where he usually got coffee every morning before going to the office. When he however got there, he found someone else already in the shop. This made him frown a bit as he had given strict orders that no one should be allowed in until after he got his coffee in order to avoid dealing with anyone. In case he didn’t show up by a particular time, the coffee shop was free to open. He looked at his watch and it wasn’t even yet time so why was someone already in it.Without wasting time, he made his way over to the woman who didn’t know he was there as she had her back turned to him. As he got closer, he realized that there was something annoyingly familiar about her. His eyes went o
‘It would have been better if I stayed at home and dealt with my family than having to deal with him,’ Mabel muttered to herself as she walked on the sidewalk. Not only was her mood ruined, but she didn’t get her coffee and now she wasn’t in the mood for it anymore.Wanting to get her mind off what had just happened, she brought out her phone and proceeded to call someone she hadn’t heard from in four years, her grandparents.Just like the last four years when she had tried to get in touch with them, the call didn’t go through and the guilt hit her once again as she was the reason why her life was in danger. If they had just abandoned her after the death of their daughter, they would have led peaceful lives.After her father made her leave the country, her grandparents kept in touch with her and sent her money for her upkeep. They were careful with it but somehow, her father found out and he was unhappy with it. He said they were just spoiling her and that she wouldn’t be able to s
Christian looked at his father and then at Dorian, he was sure they were planning something devious as they often plotted against him. "Oh yes, I almost forgot to tell you. I was going through the applications and I found the perfect person," Reginald informed Christian. He grinned inwardly as his son wasn't going to like it at all but maybe a woman who could take Christian head on was what his son needed.'You're about to go for the ride of a lifetime, you asshole,' Dorian muttered under his breath. The rest of breakfast went by with them discussing other light-hearted issues and Reginald having spent some time with his sons, retired to his room. “What twisted game are you playing this time, Dorian?” Christian immediately fired at the latter as soon as they were alone.“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Dorian feigned innocence. “It is unclear to me as to how you knew about her when you weren’t there last night and today, somehow, you knew she was going to be at the cof