Remembering the self-defence tricks Jacques had taught me, I curled my body easily and went right to the floor, scrambling as fast as I could for the dagger.
No matter what, Lenard Lee had to go down tonight. Hearing his fast footsteps, I evaded his grasp in the nick of time as he made a powerful lunge towards me.
“Don’t come near!” I shouted, flashing the weapon in front of his eyes.
He just laughed.
“Stab me then! Go ahead, do it!”
He waved his hands at me with a sickening laugh. As he came closer, I held the dagger more firmly, swallowing hard. My hands felt clammy. I had never hurt a fly all my life, and it just scared me more of how I would kill him.
-One and a half years later- Saying goodbye was harder than it seemed. The time I spent with him made me love my life with Jacques, even if it was a loveless marriage. Two weeks after our second-year anniversary, we registered our marriage at the nearest district office. It was an intricate process as it involved us getting clearance from the embassy of our home country. However, Jacques settled it easily and in addition, he even threw us a special celebration. We restricted the private party to just the two of us, and it was a secret from everyone we knew. In my heart, I still wondered if it all didn’t come up to this, would I be walking down the aisle with Syl instead? Maybe then, yes. But now, it would never happen in this lifetime. It was a truth I found it
“Meal reservation, Miss?”I looked towards the stewardess with two weary eyes. This was the second time I was travelling on such a long-haul flight. The male passenger beside me appeared mysterious but I wasn’t inclined on knowing more, especially about a member of the opposite sex.On his opposite side, his female companion was engrossed in trying to get his attention. She was the perfect definition of artificial: plastic surgery, false eyelashes, and a fake attitude, which I caught easily. Fortunately, I had a seat near the window, so I could watch the view outside without a care for either of them.I shook my head. She turned to the man.“Whatever.”The stewardess checked her clipb
“Welcome back, Mrs Jensen.” At my city’s airport, I never expected a welcome from a stranger. Furthermore, she was an airport staff that checked travellers’ bags for any suspicious items. I just responded with a fake smile. There was a long queue, so by the time I got to my checked-in baggage, almost everyone in the same flight as me had gone. I thought of the job that I had just applied for in the short break while transiting, and it made me think twice after reading the negative reviews on an online forum. They painted the company as a shady place, and I believed it was so, since looking up the company’s corporate profile didn’t seem too convincing, like an empty shell company. Even if Kaiser Klef Solutions was shady, I persisted to apply with them because their ma
Kaiser Klef was no other than the male passenger who had offered me the newspaper he didn’t need. He stood before me, in a smart suit, unlike how casually his staff had dressed. My intuition told him he was the boss of the company, yet he took economy class during the flight.“Miss Piper Taylor, I understand you are a college dropout, but because of connections, they promoted you from an admin staff to corporate in your last job.” He eyed me warily, pronouncing every word icily and yet, carefully.“Yes,” I answered in a monotonous voice. “But I did nothing to get it. The CEO-”“Silence. You don’t have to answer questions I didn’t ask.”I swallowed. This man was such an authoritarian.
“Good morning.”Kaiser was up and staring at me with a self-satisfied smirk. He was the first man that I had slept with while not being in a relationship, and I was already enjoying the thrill that accompanied it.Whatever happened last night, I didn’t regret it.“You’re a hot one, Piper Taylor. I’m starting to regret hiring you.”“How does that add up?” I asked, teasing him by flipping my hair behind my naked back. An ample view of my cleavage lay exposed above the blanket wrapped firmly around me. He leaned closer and trailed down my chest with his fingers.Unlike the other guys, he didn’t ask if I slept well or enjoyed sex last night. He just went straight for it. He didn’t ask if I wanted any more, but I read his body language and spread my legs for him to take me.He tossed the blanket aside and threw off his boxers, inserting his hardened organ deep inside me so abruptly that made m
Kaiser Klef SolutionsI wore a bold black short dress with matching boots to meet Kaiser. The dress clung tightly to my abdomen and left nothing to the imagination. To increase the heat of my attire, I wore a matching set of black lacy undergarments. I didn’t know if Kaiser was going to toss me to the wolves today, but I had to be ready. I didn’t forget my confidence as I stepped into the building. Recognising me, the male receptionist dialled the number to Kaiser’s floor. I learned that he had a special office on another floor.“Miss Griselda would like to see you.”I nodded and entered the elevator. There was nothing curious for me to find out about this woman who I clearly remembered as Kaiser’s partner in the plane. Probably she already knew about our hanky panky yesterday. However, I recalled how Kaiser wasn’t very nice with her on the flight. Would she take this injustice she suffered against me?I told myself I had suffered more hardships than to be put d
‘Piper, you can do this.’I took a step forward, listening to my inner voice again. I told myself it wasn’t going to be so hard when you have your mind set on something. I focused on one word in my mind: REVENGE. Only by doing that, would I be free. Eternally.It had just rained. I turned back to see Griselda and Kaiser disappear, from a distance. Then I strutted my hips seductively and walked deeper into the dark alley. This was a place where gambling and crimes happened. Some women in scantily clad clothing accompanied men as they made bets in the sleazy establishments. I felt a hand on my bottom. “Hey, Miss, here for some fun?”I adjusted my uniform, taking a deep breath. He smelled of cigarettes and alcohol, like the other men hanging around there. “I’m from Kaiser Klef Solutions,” I said confidently. The man’s hand wouldn’t budge. I calmed myself and began to promote KK Sols’ products, despite the man’s disinterest.“Hands off her.” I heard a voice in the d
“Piper? Are you fine?”A man’s voice echoed across the room. I rubbed my eyes and sat up in the bathtub. It had been three weeks since seeing Syl after the harrowing encounter back in the Darkside, as Kaiser named it. We were in Kaiser’s hotel room after a long day of member ‘solicitation’. Fortunately, after the incident, I was lucky not to run into Syl again. That flabbergasted look on his face and how he ran after me just made me worried that he would find out that I had returned and was involved in this trade. If not that I had changed my number to the sim provided by Griselda, he would probably have attempted to contact me.On the day I formally started work with Kaiser, he had even bought me a phone when I showed him that the operating system of my phone didn’t support the latest version that was required to run the membership application. I presumed that Kaiser had the phone heavily tracked as well. For weeks, on and off, we had each other’s companionship. I