LILIYA Okay, I could no longer go through with the lingerie plan anymore. I mean, I'd just had some junk and my stomach had gained weight.To make do for it, I forfeited a bra and even panties. This is even better, right? Hopefully, Dice doesn't look at me weird because of this.Today, I went hard on my makeup. Well, as hard as I could go. I applied every cute hack I'd heard about until I looked at the mirror and was convinced I looked stunning enough.Dice had not come home yet and it was going to be 7pm in five minutes. For a few seconds, I felt stupid while thinking about it. Dice would be arriving for our date in his work clothes, but here I was, getting myself all glammed up for something that was not even so important.I was finally done at 7:05pm, and I took one last look at my light blue, long sleeved body con dress with a V-neckline. Everything seemed nice enough, so I wished myself good luck in front of the mirror before turning to leave.The driver waited for me at the ent
LILIYA"You're such a tyrant." My words were muffled as a result of the amount of food in my mouth. Dice had gone ahead to order for me. Cream pasta, sandwiches, all my favorites. I refused to welcome the giddy feeling that came with the fact that he still remembered. I was done getting my hopes up with this man."Swallow, and afterwards, you can pretend you do not like your meal." He chided. My cheeks turned crimson."Whatever." I murmured, but I'd finished swallowing now.After a long pause, Dice spoke out of nowhere, "You look so fucking gorgeous tonight, princess." I almost choked on my champagne.Dice frowned, watching me grab my towel and immediately cover my mouth while coughing."Do I really not compliment you that much? You looked like you were about to have a seizure." I could tell he was hurt by my reaction, his facial expression had closed on me again. There was nothing to see now, he had his walls back up."You do not really compliment me at all, Dice. Of course, I was
LILIYAThe incident that night did not stop Dice from fucking the hell out of me. He'd even threatened to use my ass if I gave him any more attitude. I looked forward to that, to my horror.Our second date was at home, an indoor picnic sort of thing. Dice was more closed off on this one, but the date didn't go so bad.We now had breakfast together, too, on days like today."I really want to work somewhere, Dice. This is wrong, you cannot trap me here like this." I was nagging him again. "You can work from home." Dice told me."Why? What does your revenge truly entail? It's just to make me feel unloved, isn't it? I already feel very much unloved; this whole thing has nothing to do with letting me work.""Making you feel unloved is not your only punishment, princess. I thought you'd figure that out long ago." Dice responded, not looking at me. I groaned."I want to work, Dice. I need to use my degree." I kept nagging him. His cutlery hit the table with a sound that made me jerk."If at
DICEPAST,——Five years ago—— I kept seeing her face. Even as my nose bled and my face felt like it was on fire, I kept thinking of my mother.My mother was going to die. A call had come from home, requesting for her inhaler which I'd forgotten in my pocket and just as I started to rush towards the exit, Trevor blocked my path and knocked me out with some drug.I woke up to six boys holding me up while they took turns to beat the hell out of me. Yes. It had taken six males to hold me down. And I did not go down without a fight.Of course, Trevor was behind this. He was the mastermind, in fact. My vision was blurred as I glared at him. Blood had gotten in my eyes, my mouth... every damn opening."Liya gave me a go ahead. She gave her consent to this and I'm sure you saw her run off a while ago without sparing you a glance." Trevor said, striking a chord like he'd intended to.Liya. I would deal with Liya later. I gave her my forgiveness. Yet this was how she repaid me. Betrayed my tru
DICE"We can't find her, Boss." Devin announced over the phone."Do not return without her, Devin. Find my wife. Pick up every single guard in that house, I'll kill them myself. Mount new guards immediately." I ended the call with that, then placed my phone on the table. I stood still, sandwiched between my office desk and the chair behind me. Then after a few seconds, I swirled around, lifted my chair and flung it against a nearby wall.That did not calm my nerves, still; the beast in me was asking for blood. I would end whoever was behind this, I just had not decided how it would go yet. One thing was for sure, though. I'd definitely kill the bastard and bathe in his/her blood.All my men were on the move. All my partners—from the top dogs, to the assassins, the gunmen, the messengers... Everyone was working overtime. I could not stop pacing about in my office. Why was I so worked up about a girl I was supposed to not give a shit about? I had no idea, either. All I knew was that
LILIYA"You really thought you could do me dirty like that and get away with it, didn't you? You thought I wouldn't get my revenge?" Trevor spoke, his tone sadistic.I shook violently, in a bid to loosen the ropes tied around me but my attempts proved futile."What did I do to you now? Everyone seems to want revenge against me. I bet I'm some pathetic villain in a book at this point." I cried out. Trevor chuckled. His face was covered with a green mask, but his hair stuck out in different angles, looking rougher than I remembered it. His hair was scantier, too. Trevor was always rough-looking. Handsome as hell, but he always looked rough, like he did not give a fuck about the world's ethics. Back in highschool, it was attractive. Now? Not in the slightest.He crouched down to my height and replied, "Pathetic, yes. But unfortunately, you're far from a villain. People like you do not get such titles, because you're the type that goes around to casually cause havoc, then disappear into
DICEI drove faster than I'd ever driven in my entire life. Just the thought of some other fucker laying his hands on my wife drove me completely nuts. Two minutes had passed since I got that text; Devin had sent the address immediately I drove out of the house.A convoy was following behind me and in front. I did not know how or where they assembled from—I was not in any mood to care about my protection at the moment.I was supposed to be getting revenge against this woman, it was a reminder that kept ringing in my head. I could not care less about it, though, the only thing which lingered in my mind in that moment was how to save Liya.Three minutes. Fuck.My phone vibrated, indicating a call. Not many people had my private number, and no one called me for trivial reasons. It was the reason why even if the number was unsaved, I accepted the call and placed my phone against my ear."My daughter has been kidnapped. When were you planning on telling me?" Aleksander's annoying baritone
LILIYAPapa did not let me stay the night.He offered to drive me back to Dice's mansion, but I refused and insisted on going back alone. Needless to say, I did not return to Dice's mansion. Instead, I called Inker. Dice had thrown my phone to the ground on his way out—thankfully.I had to call three times before she finally answered, her breathing heavy, "Hey, Liya! I'm so sorry, had to gym for a bit. What's up?""Hey, Ink. Um, can I come over to your place tonight? I'm a bit stranded." I asked right away. She didn't say anything for a while. I got nervous and added, "It's okay if you—""Of course, you can come over! Do you even have to ask?" My dry lips lifted in a small smile as I mutter, "Thank you.""I'll send the address." She informed me and then the line went dead.I wrapped my arms around myself and waited. It was hard to do something as simple as that. It hurt so much. I really just wanted to find a bed, snuggle into the pillow and fall asleep.I was now wearing a hoodie o