Still Mia’s POV
“What the hell is she doing here?” I thought to myself as I walked out of his office. I guess I would get my answer pretty soon because I spotted her standing by my car, waiting impatiently for me.
“What do you want, Rosalie?
Why are you bent on frustrating me?
This contract means a lot to my family, I won’t let you ruin it for me. Stay the fuck away from me, Rosalie. And stay away from me!” I scolded her furiously, trying to walk away from her. But she simply laughed at me and pulled me back, forcing me to stay back and listen to what she had to say.
“I guess you’ll have to choose which is more important to you, Drake or this contract?
I want my man back, Mia. You better stay out of my way, or I’m going to ruin you!” she threatened fiercely, trying to intimidate me. I laughed within myself as she huffed in my face and walked away from me. This is a new kind of crazy, like, who the hell does she think that she is?
I think Drake is underestimating this bitch. He said she is here because she needed his protection, but I think that is just one of the many reasons why she is here. She may have been able to fool Drake, but she can never fool me. She tricked him into helping her, but that’s not why she is here. She had other plans, but I won’t let her succeed. I’ll expose her for who she really is, and I’ll let her face Drake’s anger.
I’m so glad that I didn’t come here with Carrie, she would have beaten the crap out of this bitch. She won’t care about the contract we came to get, she would have gone all crazy on this whore that thinks she can waltz in here and steal my man. I have no time to fight her or banter words with her, I have a more pressing need to attend to, I need to deal with another gold-digging bitch before she could destroy my brother-in-law.
I’m sure he doesn’t know that she is connected to the Russian Mafia. If he did, he would not be fooling around with her because she is a danger to him a d his entire family. I may no longer want to have anything to do with him anymore, but it doesn’t mean that I want him dead. Besides, I have to take full responsibility for bringing that bitch, Loretta into our lives. I was stupid enough to trust her, and she showed me her true colors when she stole my man.
I let her fool me once, I let her hurt me and steal what is mine. But not anymore, not when I’m this strong and tough, all thanks to Drake. I’m married to the godfather, that is enough reason for me to toughen up and put my enemies right where they belong. I’m starting with that whore Loretta…
I picked up Carrie from a Chinese restaurant where she sat with a couple of friends having a late lunch. It’s Riley I want to see, I want to send her to warn Riley about his affairs with Loretta. I know it seems a bit too much to be warning him to stay away from her, considering the fact that he is my ex-boyfriend and she is my best friend. But I need to do this for him, at least that would clear my conscience a bit because it is my fault that they met each other. If I wasn’t naive and stupid, she would not be in our lives and she wouldn’t have ruined my marriage as well.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that I regret being with Drake, I do not regret marrying him. No, far from it. I’m glad I met him, I’m glad I’m married to him and not his brother. But that doesn’t stop me from saving Riley when I know that he is in danger, right?
“Drake will kill you for this!
I don’t know why you won’t just leave him to his fate, Mia. He chose to be with her, he cheated on you with her. If I were you, I would simply sit back and watch the show because he deserves anything that he gets from that relationship. He is a fucking bastard, and I say we should let him burn in hell.” Cassie let out angrily when I told her what is going on. She hates his guts, even when I dated him, eye still refused to have anything to do with him, not even holding a conversation with him.
“Carrie, please, I need to do this, I need to get that bitch out of his life. She is more dangerous than we thought. She may end up killing him, and his death will be on me because I brought her into his life, I fucking granted her entrance into our lives. I just want you to warn him, nothing else. He doesn’t know about her, I’m pretty sure that he will stop seeing her if he finds out that she is doing business with the Russians. Please, Carrie, pleaseee…” as usual, I was giving her my best puppy look as I pleaded with her. She had never been able to resist my requests whenever I say it this way. But today, she blatantly refused…
“Don’t give me that look Mia-Mia, and don’t try to make me do this because I won’t!” She started firmly.
“Come on, Mia…
You have an amazing relationship with your husband, who happens to be his brother, in case you have forgotten. You are in a good place right now, you have an amazing life and a super gorgeous husband who I’m proud to call my brother-in-law.
Why do you want to ruin something, so beautiful?
Why can’t you just focus on your marriage and the company like we agreed?
You are not a knight in shining armor, Mia. And even if you were, I’ll remind you that Riley is not a damsel in distress. If anything, I think he is the villain here. A villain needs to be defeated and destroyed, we don’t help villains!” she yelled in my face, attracting the attention of the two guards who stood a few feet away, waiting for us to finish our private meeting. We were sitting in the back seat of the car, keeping our voice low. I don’t want Drake’s guards to know about this, they could report back to him and he would be so pissed if he finds out that I am still thinking about his brother.
“Fine!
I’ll do it myself!
You could have just said no, you don’t have to be so cocky and dramatic.” I scolded her angrily. She looked out the car window, ignoring me. I chose to ignore her as well, I can’t believe that she would choose not to help me with this. I thought she had my back always, but she just proved to me that she will not always be there for me. So I need to come up with a way to help myself.
First, I called Riley to confirm his location and find out if he is willing to see me. He said he was just checking out of the office, and he is going to pick Loretta up so they can both head home together. When I told him that I needed to see him, he laughed out loudly and he asked me,
“What do you want from me this time, did your husband put you up to this?
Did he ask you to lure me in so he can have me killed?
Go back home Mia, and tell him to go fuck himself!
Or better yet, you can go fuck him, bitch!” He yelled at me through the receiver.
“Don’t be rude to me, Riley!
Maybe if you stop acting like such an asshole, maybe you will save yourself before you get into more problems. I’m trying to help you, Riley, and if you don’t want to see me, that’s fine. But I need you to know that your life is in danger. There are many things that you don’t know about Stacy, and that is what I’m about to tell you. I’m going to be waiting for you at the lounge where we had our first date. You can come if you want to live, but trust me, I won’t wait for you for more than thirty minutes. And if you don’t show up, I will never try to see you again. You can die if you chose to,” I reprimanded him angrily.
He is such an asshole!
And now that I think about it, I think Cassie was right, he deserves whatever he gets from this relationship. Talking to him just now has weakened my resolve to help him. He is such an asshole, and if he doesn’t show up in thirty minutes, I’ll gladly let him burn in hell.
“I’m having a meeting with a Drakes brother and I don’t want him to know about it. Can I trust you guys to keep this between us?” I asked them calmly, using a pleading tone. They exchanged a knowing look and nodded at each other before turning to me.
“We don’t care about your meetings and who you meet with, as long as you don’t betray the Don, we are cool with it. But one of us will have to follow you in so we can keep an eye on you and protect you, ma’am. Master Riley is not as good as you would like to believe, he is a tricky bastard. Our boss would have our heads if we let him hurt you in any way. So please, let us do our job and protect you.” They responded. I know there is no way I can ask them to stay back without raising questions in their minds, so I just let them carry on with their job. I opened the door to step out, but Carrie held by a hand, causing me to hold back and gaze at her again,
“Mia…
Please be careful, don’t let him fool you with his charms and sweet talks, and don’t let him make you feel guilty for leaving him. You are not guilty because you didn’t cheat, he cheated. So keep your guard up around him, and when you are done, you get the hell out of there.” she warned me. I scoffed and stepped out of the car, leaving her all alone in the car. If she truly cared about me, she could have gone in to meet with him while I sit here and wait for her. She turned down my request and now she sits here and warns me like a fucking child. That is unacceptable!
I got into the lounge and I chose our favorite booth. I’m hoping it reminds him of the good time we spent together, and I’m praying he conducts himself properly as well. One of Drake’s men that he assigned to me is seated in the next booth, I would hate for him to be hurt by my guard if he tries to hurt me. I felt the vibration of my phone, and when I checked who it was, it turns out that it was Carrie. I guess she is being this cautious because she feels guilty for turning me down.
“What is it, Carrie?
Why won’t you let me be, why are you trying to sabotage this meeting why are you…”
“He’s here, Mia!
And he is not alone like you requested. He came with her…
He came with Loretta…