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Chapter 33
2:35 PM
enter my father’s office. He doesn’t even bother in look up
“Maria told me you wanted to see me.”
“You’re still calling her Maria? Do I need to remind you after all these years that she’s nothing more than an employee?”
“What do you want me to call her?”
“By her last pume”
“She’ll always be Maria to me. That’s not going to change. You’re wasting your time.”
“I don’t want to argue with you today
Just say you need me and prefer not to piss me off so I can be fully functional.
“I brought your sweet Maria back, it wasn’t to please you–it was to remind you of your duties to me and the gang”
frown
“What are you trying to say?”
“With each of your failures, that poor Maria will suffer the consequences.”
My blood boils. I clench my fists tightly, jaw locked.
He’s reminding me that he holds the power, if I disappoint him, he won’t hesitate to take it out on me. He can allow me to be with her, or take her away from me at any moment.
“You’re not allowed to touch Maria.”
He lets out a mocking laugh.
“I think I’m the boss here”
“I’ll do good work as long as you ensure her safety!”
“Watch your tone when you’re in my office. Don’t forget I can kill you both in one minute.
look away to avoid losing control.
“I’m glad we found common ground. This week, you go back to work as usual.”
“Your activities outside the gang should bring me a lot. I suggest you follow my instructions.”
“know what I have to do”
I was about to leave when he said:
“I suppose if I ask you what that public confrontation with Alexander meant, you won’t answer me, right?”
I remain impassĪVE.
“I don’t give a damn as long as you mapage to get me the information I’m looking for without crossing the line with Alexander.”
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Crossing the line with Alexander? For Khalid, that means “sleeping with Alexander“.
I’ll never sleep with that man, Never.
“Did you deliver the weapons to Mark?”
I try to hide my stress,
“What are you waiting for? Why is it taking so long?”
*I’ll deliver them in the next few days. I don’t want to draw attention.”
*Speed it up! People will start looking at us because I have burned off hall your face!”
“Cant po!”
about Hakim
ited to talk to you ab
“I wanted
At those words, it feels like my heart stops and I’m about to collapse.
1 hope Hakim didn’t tell my father he suspected a man was hiding in my bathroom last night. Khalid will destroy me.
d you to sleep with him? Forget everything I said about that.”
“You remember asked y
Topen my eyes wide.
“You changed your mind? Why?”
“I thought you’d be happy to hear that ”
“Of course I am.”
It’s not like I was going to obey that order, but, strangely, he changed his mind. He must have something worse planned.
“Why did you change your mind? Hakim didn’t take it badly?”
“I realized that act wouldn’t benefit you. And to answer
er your second question, Hakim is under my command and respects me as his boss.”
Impossible. He’s lying. Hakim wouldn’t have given up so easily unless my father offered him something better than sleeping with me.
“Fine. Better that we’re on the same page, right?”
He nods, and I give a fake smile.
“I don’t want to see you getting close to any man in the gang.”
It sounds like both an order and a threat. He needs to think I believe his lies, so he doesn’t get suspicious. I’ll investigate on my own.
Before leaving, I turned back to him.
“I need a day off tomorrow is that possible?”
“Why? Do you have something planned?”
“I have to go back to the prison to pick u
cup my paycheck.
“Aren’t they supposed to mail it to you?”
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The director wants to hand it to me in person.”.
“You don’t need that money”
“If I don’t show up, he might start asking questions. If he starts digging, he’ll find out I’m an impostor.“
“And you need the whole day for that?!
“The prison is far from the villa, I thought I’d use the opportunity to train at a new gym that’s two hours away”
“You have everything you need here!”
need a change of scenery, I need a little refresh.”
give you one day. That refreshment had better meet my expectations”
leave his office with a small, sly smile,
I could’ve been an actress in another lile.
The next day, 4:45 PM
I join Alexander, who’s already sitting in his luxury car, and I get in on the passenger side.
He doesn’t even glance at me. I fasten my seatbelt, and he speeds off
I’m going to spend about two hours in a car with this man. This is going to be long
“Couldn’t you have arranged to meet this person somewhere else? Proferably much closer to home.”
“You’re
re not the one driving, so shutup.”
“Talk to me with a bit more respect.”
He flashes a crooked smile and finally looks at me.
I conect him.
“Stop looking at me like that and focus on the road.”
“You spend your life giving orders. I don’t take orders from anyone, especially not from a woman like you”
Iraise my eyebrows.
“What do you mean by a woman like me?”
“Dolls like you aren’t for me, you know? I like real women, not little girls.”
glare at him.
“I’m the little girl? I’m twenty years old.”
“Yeah? You look sixteen. You realize you hid me in your bathroom so that other son of a bitch wouldn’t see me?”
“You wouldn’t understand”
“I get that you wanted to screw him, but since I was there, you held back.”
“Shut the fuck up.”
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He smirks while boil inside.
“What’s wrong? Did I hit a nerve]”
“Dive and don’t talk to me. I already being too nice by coming with you to do your bullshit.”
“You’re here to get your weapons back. This isn’t charity”
I can’t stand this guy anymore.
“Your weapons? You mean my weapons that you stole, right?”
“If you had been more careful, I wouldn’t have been able to take them.”
“So now it’s my fault?”
“If I open my mouth and tell your father how I got the weapons, you’ll be the one who gets in trouble, not me,
Idiot
He gives me a dirty look and winks.
“Don’t forget I’m the one calling thes shots, and at any moment, I can order your precious weapons to be thrown in the water.”“
Asshole.
I turn my head to look at the landscape, He’s proud of having the last word. Fine, if that amuses him.
Easy to laugh when it’s not your life on the line
BAR–6:45 PM
Alexander parks in the lot outside the bar Lopen the door and grab my gym bag.
He looks me up and down, raising an eyebrow
“What’s wrong with you?”
“You planning to get the attention of every guy in there dressed like that?”
I’m wearing a big hoodie, black pants, and black sneakers. Not exactly sexy.
“And what’s with the gym bag?”
I’m supposed to head to a new gym, not spend the day with you
“I’ll be back. Go inside the bar and meat you there,” say to cut short his remarks.
He looks at me indifferently, I don’t give him time to respond before I walk away.
I head to a secluded spot behind the bar in an alleyway. I undress while opening my gym bag and slip on a tight black top with a plunging neck black pants that show off my ass. I put on a pair of black high heels. I let my hair down, I take a small mirror and a lipstick out of my bag
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