CASSIUS’S POV
Today, I was supposed to pick Alessia from the hospital – no, I had plans of picking her, if only Father didn’t ruin my plan.
I was dressing up, ready to head to the hospital, when I got a call from him.
” What do you want?” That was the first words that left my lips, immediately I picked up his call.
He is bad news.
Whatever he had to say, wasn’t anything close to good news, my instincts were never wrong.
” Come to Magdalene’s villa, we need to discuss about the wedding.” He cold authorative voice said from the other end of the phone.
I remained silent for a few seconds, before a dark chuckle spilled out of my lips.
Was this old man kidding me?
He is definitely fucking with me, and I swear, it won’t be funny- it would be fucking bloody.
” I need a response from you, Cassius!” He yelled but I cut him off.
” You don’t get to yell at me old man!” I was pissed off. ” If you really want to be in-laws with Magdalene, you can as well marry her daughter, and leave me the fuck alone!”
” You’re going to regret this, Cassius.” His voice was dark to a chilling end, but I didn’t bait an eyelid.
If he proves to be a demon, well, I’m the king of hell.
” Don’t you dare put to act whatever you’re thinking in that fucked up head of yours.” I gritted and trailed off. ” I won’t spare you Father. I swear to God, I won’t.”
” Well, you leave me with no choice.” He said. ” Check for phone, I just sent you a video of your girl in the hospital. My men are on the rooftop of a building with snipers, ready to blow her skull off!”
Shit!
Shit!
Shit!
I’m fucked!
I hung up the call to watch the video, and it was nothing short of true.
My blood froze, boiled, and rolled out in anger.
” I won’t spare you, Father. If you as well, lay a finger on Alessia.” I gritted my teeth, but voice cold to a chilling end.
The grip on the phone tightened, almost breaking into two equal halves.
” I won’t touch her, if you agree to get married to Adeline.” He continued, his voice filled with mockery. ” You can still keep her as your side chick. It’s boring to keep repeating one pussy.”
A chuckle, it was, but it came out as a scoff. ” So you do cheat on Mom?”
” I don’t, because I’m getting old, and moreover, I only love your Mom.”
” So why won’t you leave me the fuck alone? Only Alessia can tame my demons!”
” Adeline can, If you give her a chance!” He yelled. ” Be at Magdalene’s villa by 9am, or kiss Alessia or whatever her name is, goodbye.”
With that said, he hung up, and it took the last strength in me not to smash the phone against the wall.
No. Fucking. Body mess with me and go scott free.
I’m coming for you father, await my return.
Since there was a change of plans now, I had to send Alessia a text message over the phone. A brief and cold message.
I knew it would hurt her, but I was doing it for her safety.
‘ I won’t be there with you, I have something important to attend.’
After sending her the message, I got on my bike, heading towards Magdalene’s villa.
Screw Magdalene
Screw Adeline
And screw Father, for making me do this.
I have been to Magdalene’s villa, a few times for business, as she also an umpire figure in the underworld and also in politics.
Father wanted her influence to develop his clan, using me.
He wants to get me married to Magdalene’s daughter, so he could be in-laws with her.
If not for the fact that Alessia’s life was in line, I wouldn’t have think twice before hanging up on Father, even before he starts.
Getting to the villa, I was led in my the butler, and I already met Father, Magdalene, Adeline and also a bodyguard behind Magdalene.
” I told you not to be late.” Father gritted his teeth, glaring at me, but I ignored him straight out, taking a seat on a sofa, with my legs crossed.
” What matter is, I’m here now, so ..” I trailed off, my eyes meeting that of Adeline.
Her face remained blank with no expression on it
I bet she also doesn’t want this marriage, and maybe, that would favour me.
” Say whatever you have to say, Magdalene. I have a clan to run.”
Magdalene started at me for some seconds before she chuckled. ” A cold devil, huh?”
” Now you know that, can you get straight to the point? Time is money, and I don’t have plenty of that.”
” The wedding date has been picked.” She announced, staring at each and everyone of us present in the room, trying to scrutinize our expression.
As always, I remained blank.
” And what date is that?” I asked.
” In two weeks time.” She added, and a smirk graced my lips.
” Aren’t you taking this marriage shit too fast?”
” No, she’s not. The earlier the better.” Father concluded and I just look at him with a calculative gaze.
If not for the fact that my mother would become a widow if i end up killing my own father, I would have done it.
The minute he brought up the issue of marriage.
Soon, our discussion was over and I left my phone to talk to father who was leaving Magdalene’s villa.
Upon returning, I saw my phone with Adeline – replying to someone in a call with my phone.
I hissed in annoyance as I took long stride towards her, grabbed the phone from her hand and looked at the caller’s ID.
It was My Bunny. Alessia.
” Hello, Alessia.” I called but no reply as the call went dead, and I cut Adeline a glare.
How dare she pick my calls?
” What permission do you have to touch my phone?” I asked, my voice tinged with anger, coldness and darkness.
” I…. I… it was ringing for a while, so I had to pick it up.” Adeline stuttered, as she tried to avoid my dark gaze.
” What did you say to her that made her frozen?” I asked, my gaze cut through her like a sharp edge of sword.
” I…. I…”
” Fucking answer me!” I growled like a manic.
” I told her that I was your soon-to-be wife.” She replied, and my blood ran cold.
Fuck!
Why does she have to mess things up, when we just got over a rough patch?
I felt the need to hold her by the throat, and choke the fuck out of her, until she lose her breath and faint, for all I bloody care.
Calm the fuck down, Cassius.
You just have to explain it all to Alessia. She will understand. She certainly will.
But…. fuck… what if she doesn’t?