77Warning: Heavy Violence In The Chapter. Please Read It At Your Own Risk With An Open Mind.ARMANDOI tramped inside the warehouse, my every step trembled the ground and I was convinced those three men were aware of my presence as I could hear my men announcing my arrival. Those three of them came before sight, sitting on chairs, tied with ropes. “Bravo, my monkeys, lookin’ good sittin’ there. Heard that you wanted me to pay a visit,” I sneered, my eyes lashing out the malice all my heart contained for them. “What is it that I was required for?” I asked, folding my hands across my chest, my biceps stretched out as I fisted.“We want to make a deal…” The middle one asserted, raising his head to meet my face. “And what exactly is it?” I gritted, clenching my jaw so hard it just looked like a blazing knife. “We want drugs in exchange for the information,” Add the bald man. I turned my eyes towards him and then rolled them back to where Leone was standing with hands crossed, I narrow
78LANA“Are you liking me hitting you? Are you enjoying it?” Armando sneered as he continued hitting me with a hockey bat. I swore my chest was in my mouth. “No, p-please, I-I’ll die, please don’t h-hurt me,” I pleaded in my defence while folding my body in a roll and covering it with my arms. “I’ll hit you till you tell me where our son is,” He growled, his shout resonated everywhere in the dark warehouse. The bat hit my head and I hissed in pain, praying God this pain would end soon when I’ll be dead. “I-I d-don’t know,” I cried, gasping for air as my head started clouding and I knew my end time was near. My childhood again repeated before my eyes the first time when he was about to kill me in Spain.“You bitch *A hit on my head* You’re lying,” No lie another hit on my head would be my death. As I saw the bat revolving around my head, I glanced at Armando for the last time and every memory of us rewinded in my scarred mind, from the day when he saw me in the torture room till no
79“Claire, is this really you?” I couldn’t accept it. The abductor of my son was no other than a woman whose brother was killed by my husband. It was indeed a blow to listen from her after so many years, there was no logical answer of her calling me until she broke the silence after I concluded her motive. I swear I wouldn’t leave any hair on her head if she would try to harm my son in any way.“It’s nice to see you recognise me, I missed you a lot, do you know?” Claire tried to fuck up my mind with her endless shit in a British accent.“What the hell you want?!” I growled, clutching the phone near my ear. God, give me power to control my anger because I was already shivering and tinting in red.“Relax. Relax, why to rush? I have plenty of time to explain to you what the hell that I want and been wanting. You first tell me when are you coming to see my nephew? Also, you should bring my niece too, she will love it here,” she said, making it sound like Sebastian was having fun of his l
80The buzzer nearly deafened me but I didn’t stop running away. I just wished to get out of the mansion through the hidden exit I spotted and get away before they could reach me and lock me up in a room.I ran and ran and ran until I saw exactly what I feared not to, “No… hell no,” I whispered under my breath while pulling up my brakes. I didn't want him here, I didn’t want him to block my way. Armando was here, he stood ahead of me, wrapped in those three-piece all-black suit with hands in his pockets but now, his arms crossed in dominance, his biceps stretched in agony, his face looked like a deadly weapon ready to murder me, he was deadpan but I was not blind to ignore his real intentions. He was inwardly revengeful, all red in wrath and ready to punish its prey. I was on my reverse steps when I felt him plodding towards me, I feared those thick eyebrows today, the same like I feared when I first looked at them, his jaw was suffocating me like I committed a crime to be raped aga
81Warning: This Content Is Suitable For Mature Audience, Read It At Your Own Risk.“I need you, baby. Take my soul away from my body, I need to be in you,” Armando grunted in my collarbone, I was holding him from his shoulder, he loosened his body and I was supporting his weight till my hands gave up and he fell on me—him above me. “Honey, talk to me, don’t burden your soul by hiding things from me. I’m sure we can solve it better together,” I whispered faintly, hoping he would respond to me and clear my doubts because I was apprehensive about our tomorrow, through his current behaviour I was able to smell something big and devastating was coming between us otherwise he wouldn’t be confessing it to me. “I’m being trapped once again, my inner devil is dragging me into hell, I don’t want to go, I don’t want to lose myself again, it was so hard for me to be normal again, I don’t want to be a poison in anyone’s life,” Armando protested, burying his face in the valley of my breasts like
82Armando Anything that I ever wanted was this lady to stay by my side and be safe. How should I make her understand this world did not think the way she thinks? This world of sins was not for someone like her but unfortunately, she was a part of it, she had to be here because she was written for me in the name of love. The day our pages joined together, I vowed to protect her from the devils of the darkness, who loved to suck the soul of an innocent in the name of power and revenge. This wife of mine who was sleeping peacefully in my arms never paid attention to see how much I worry for her. How much I get afraid of losing her every time she would do something stupid thinking that stunt of hers would help me. No! That never helped me. She should’ve considered a thought about what I would feel if she would’ve run away to that bag of shit and gotten under her along with our son. She never cared to think about the consequences. It’d only worsen the situation. But then, my mind repli
83ArmandoI gathered my men in my room, it was exactly three in the morning. I didn’t care how inappropriate timing it was as I could care less about my people because I pay them for my obedience. I had other things to catch up on such as destroying Claire the way she wanted to diminish my life. Dream on, girl. Many had tried but none could succeed—so as your brother who had a fire of revenge burning within him. I was sitting in my seat, everyone was standing before my eyes, their hands clenched together and eyes towards the ground. I cleared my throat as my right hand held a cigarette and left one resting on the desk. I gaped at them openly, calculating which person was perfect for which task. At last, I decided to break the silence because we had less time and much bigger things to handle for the war. The way she threatened me told me she was prepared for the attack and with that, every second of these days were precious to me, anything could take place in the next minute. “Ther
84ArmandoI’d been longing for Lana from the moment I left her embrace and went to my wardrobe to pack my essentials for the counterattack, it’s like I left my heart with her and now, I wasn’t able to breathe properly. Within fifteen minutes, my belongings were packed and I left for the airport, not forgetting to give a farewell kiss to my little kitten; Isabella. She awoke by the time I was about to leave the room. I was forced to spend some time with her when she opened her arms for me to pick her up, although I was already running out of time but I couldn’t neglect my daughter or my wife no matter what, they’d always come first.After those moments together, I rushed to the airport. When I sat in my car that waited long for me on the porch, I observed my bodyguards' faces holding a question concerning about my late arrival as it never happened before. I was dangerously punctual before my kids but now, things have changed. I was a family man and I had to mould myself for my loved o