Author’s POV
Lorden chuckled amusingly to himself as he punched a few numbers into his phone and dialed the contact. He was seated in his office, a wide and luxurious space with about three beautiful paintings on the wall.
“Hello” He rasped as soon as the call was answered.
“Yes boss” A masculine voice answered from the other side of the line.
“Still have your eyes on Monalisa?” He asked.
“Yes boss”
“Good. It’s time. Lucius has shown a reaction signifying that family is still as important to him as they have always been.”
“What do we do, sir?”
“Kidnap her and take her to the new base. I am sure Lucius knows nothing about the new base”
“Yes boss”
“And remember if you are caught, you are to commit suicide. If any word leaks to Lucius that I am behind this, your families are all going down”
“Very much understood, boss. We won’t dare disappoint you”
“Of course, you know better” Lorden replied and ended the call with a grin on his face.
After his carefully picked words the previous night, he was sure that Lucius would not think he was behind Seb’s family being in danger.
“Lucius is such a joke” He laughed and leaned into his chair.
“Partnered with the bastard for years and he just backs out? Business has not been the same without that bastard. How many deals have I lost? How many huge deals have I made over the last one year? Almost none. No one considers me good enough without Lucius Devine. Good thing I recalled Seb’s family and good thing Lucius is still attached to that family” He cackled and then took his left hand to his beard, gently caressing it and wondering why Lucius took such special interest in the family anyways.
“Not a particular business of mine, though.” He shrugged it off eventually.
MONALISA
“Young lady, why are you late?” The professor asked Francesca who was just walking in.
“I had a delay with the bus. I apologize sir” She replied. The professor stared at Francesca for a couple seconds before waving his hand.
“Take a seat” He said and Francesca mumbled a thank you as she walked up to the back seat to sit.
Her eyes met mine but I looked away from her quickly. I had no relation with her anymore.
“Are you okay?” Irene asked softly.
“Yes, very okay. I am not scared of Francesca or anything” I replied in a whisper.
Irene nodded and the rest of the lecture went pretty smoothly. After the lecture, Irene suggested we take a walk around school. She had a quiet spot where she wanted us to be at and of course, I followed after her.
In no time, we had gotten to her quiet spot. It was close to a small woods and was a bit bushy at some part but we found a moderately grassy area and sat there.
“This place is really beautiful” I said, looking around.
“Glad you see that too” She replied and I closed my eyes, spreading my arms and letting the breeze run through me. My hands soon dropped to my side but my eyes remained closed and suddenly for no reason, I was thinking of him. Lucius Devine. When exactly was I not thinking about him anyways?
My head was filled with him almost every moment? Whenever I saw blue, I recalled the blue of his eyes. Seeing couples kiss around me made me think about his kisses. What was there about him not to think about? His beautiful body? His jet black hair with some of it plastering to his forehead with sweat while he fucked me.
It had been that way last night and he had looked so fucking sexy. And was it the way he drove his cock inside of me? Fuck, I was starting to feel hot with all of these thoughts roaming my head.
“Hey, loving this place that much?” Irene’s voice made me open my eyes.
“Oh… Yes. Very much” I smiled.
“Or were you thinking about something?” She asked.
“Not really” I reached for my hair and twirled it between my fingers. I was contemplating telling Irene about I and daddy but I decided against it. It was just a temporary thing after all, right? And there wasn’t going to be anything more once we grew tired of each other like sex partners always do, right?
“I do have a question though”
“And what question is that?”
“Do you have a crush on any guy at the moment?” Irene asked and my suspicions of her having a crush on me spiked.
“Why do you ask?”
“Just because” She shrugged.
“Hmmm” I pretended to be in a thoughtful daze for a few seconds. The only person that popped up in my head was Lucius Devine.
‘It’s just lust. I am not really crushing on him’ I concluded
“I don’t have any” I replied after the brief silence.
“I see” She mumbled and just then we heard the rough rustling of bushes behind us.
We both immediately turned towards the direction of the noise but there was no one behind us.
I and Irene exchanged glances. The rustling could not have simply been the breeze.
“Perhaps an animal?” I asked Irene and she shrugged her shoulders.
Right at that moment, I heard a groan that could only come from a man.
“Who is there?” I called out and behind the tall bushes on the far opposite of where we were staying, I saw some men running and almost immediately, another group of men ran after them.
“Who is there?!…” Irene grabbed my hand as a gunshot filled the air.
“Fuck! Run!”
We sprinted away from the place as fast as we could. My heart raced and pounded as we kept running till we were far away from the spot and back in the midst of other students.
Irene stopped and grabbed my shoulders.
“Are you okay?” I asked the question before Irene could ask.
“Yes, I am okay. You?” She asked, breathlessly.
“I am fine too but what the hell was that?” I asked.
“Trust me. Such has never happened there before. It has always been just me there” She said and I took in a deep breath.
“Should we report the incident to the authorities? I mean, yes we should…” I said and saw Irene pause for a few seconds.
“I don’t think so. Could be some guys in school fighting and all. I would not like us to get ourselves involved in their shit, okay?” Irene asked.
“You see it that way?”
“Yes, Lisa. It’s better to act like we saw nothing at all. Trust me.”
I remained silent, wondering exactly what had happened back there.
“You must be shaken up by what just happened, let’s go grab a drink” Irene took me by the wrist and led me away.
Even though I felt calmer now, there was a feeling about all of this that I could not shake away. I looked at Irene’s face and stopped in my tracks, snatching my hand away from her.
“Maybe I should just go home instead” I said and reached for my pocket, bringing my phone out.
My phone rang at that exact moment and I picked up, seeing who it was.
“Hello”
“Cupcake, where are you?” His voice came.
“In school”
“Who is with you?”
“A friend of mine.”
“You will be picked up in five minutes”
Something about his tone suggested that he knew something had just happened.
“Uhm… Why?” I asked, my feeling of unease heightening as Irene’s gaze rested on me.
“Just listen to me, okay? Get home and we’ll talk”