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Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
RIO POVI pull into the company’s parking lot, and I am greeted by my father’s secretary who immediately appeared at my door.“Good morning Mr. Rio. I am sorry to disturb you, this early.” She says. “I called your father but he said he wasn’t coming in today.”“That’s all right, Andrea. I was already on my way here.” We walk through the entrance together. “So, the French police are here already?”“Yes, sir.” She answers. “Mr. Temple is here too. He refused to speak to any of the board members, so I cajoled him into agreeing to meet with you instead of your father. I should warn you that he is now insisting on the arrest of Mr. Jim.”“Is he?” I ask, smiling. I had earlier informed Signor Temple to come to the company very early this morning and cause a huge scene over his goods. Sensing the tension in Andrea, he might have taken the order a little too serious.“Where is Mr. Temples now?” We get in the elevator.“In your office.” She winces as if she expected me to complain.“That’s fi
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RIO POVSecurity footage?There isn’t supposed to be a security footage. I had made certain of that.After concluding my meeting with Signor Temples, I had met up with some associates who would handle the planting of the drugs, and altering of the cameras to avoid any evidence or anyway of linking this back to me or anyone at all.“We all know that the security cameras in the loading docks were going to be altered,” Signor Andre says. “But our culprit forgot a little detail. The light house just across the dock. I was able to get this footage from them.”Shit. The damn light house. How could I have missed that?“Nice work, Mr. Andre.” I say, trying to conceal my annoyance. “I work hard for my money.” He answers. “It’s only natural I protect where it goes.” He presses play on the remote and the screen goes dark. In the next second, a man walks into the frame and heads to the already locked container, carrying a small bag with him. He unlocks the container, breaks the seal on the boxe
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RIO POV.“The order came from the Anteri Cartel.” Antonio finally says.“What?” Andre shots to his feet instantly.“Anteri, you say? The same Anteri drug lords from France?” Blanc asks.“Yes, sir. It’s the same ones.” Antonio nods in response.The Anteri Cartel is a mafia group from France known mainly for being notorious hard drug pushers. Recently their Don was acquainted for a drug deal gone wrong and I have never had personal deals with them.So, why did Antonio pin this on them? What game is he playing here?“That is a lie.” Andre angrily points at Antonio. “You! You are a freaking liar. Liar!”“I’m not lying, sir.” Antonio insists and brings out a white envelope from his pocket. He hands it over to Detective Blanc. “This was left in my mail at home, after I agreed to do the job. It had the upfront payment of ten thousand Euros and a letter warning me to do a good job.”“This is the French group’s seal.” Leroy says, while examining the letter. “I have seen it enough times to kno
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RIO POV“Sir.”I look up from my computer to see my secretary standing ay my door. “Yes?”“I’m leaving for the day.”“What?” I glance at the wall clock beside me. It is already 6;25 pm. I had not realized the time had gone way past the closing hour of 4pm. “Do you usually stay this long?”“No, sir. I had to finish up some stuff ahead of Monday. It’s the weekend tomorrow.”“Oh, right. Well then, goodnight.”“Good night, sir. See you on Monday.”It’s been a while since I have stayed this long at the company and its best, I get used to it as it will become my reality once I am named CEO. I finish up on my system, pull my table drawer open to store some files when I notice the file I had taken from my mother’s old office a few days ago.I have completely forgotten about it.I scan through the details of the first page. There are serial numbers about a shipment contract between Shamz holding and our company. The contents of the shipment are marked as undisclosed but tagged as delicate. The
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RIO POV Signor Andre is the last person I expected to see tonight, but I should have guessed it when Nonna was going on about a family dinner. Father, Mel and Nick were also sitting at the table.“Dante, Rio. Glad you are home already.” Father welcomes us. “We have been waiting for you. Please Join us.”“Don’t mind if I do.” Dante struts to take his seat. “What are we having? Hey Nick, feeling better?”“Yes, Master Dante. Thank you.” Nick answers.I take my seat beside Mel who was sitting directly opposite Andre. I don’t know if that was planned or fate, but I intend to ignore him the whole night.“Hello darling. Miss me?”“Yes.” She looks up at me with a shy expression on her face“Good.”“Isn’t this wonderful?” Nonna sits next to Nick. “Everyone is here, sitting together like a family.”“Speaking of family, this is our official first meeting, Miss Mel.” Andre beams at Mel. “I would like to welcome you to our family. How have you been enjoying your time as a Rafe?”The sound of his
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MEL POVHis touch.His lips.God, his tongue.Those are the only thoughts swimming in my head as I lose myself in his kiss. I have missed this, this insane want I feel, this want that makes me forget everything, even the threat hanging on my head.“Rio.” I moan as he cups my ass and lifts me up. I wrap my legs around his waist as he presses me against the wall.“Darling Mel.” He pulls his lips from mine and stares into my eyes, while opening the buttons on my shirt. One by one.I feel completely captivated by the look in his eyes. I really think I can live the rest of my life, just staring into his blue eyes.He bends his head and bites on my left nipple through the lace of my bra.“Ah!” My body jerks in response as he suckles on it immediately and uses his free hand to toy with the other. I grab his head and pull him up for another kiss.“Mel. I need your taste in my mouth.” He groans and puts me on my feet. He goes down on his knees, drags my trouser down to my ankles and pulls the
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MEL POVI part my lips and take the tip of his cock into my mouth, sucking and licking while cupping his balls.“Yes.” He moans softlyI part my lips wider as I free his balls, wrap my hand around the base of the cock and take him, inch by inch inside my mouth.“More, Darling. More.” Rio runs his hands through my hair and grips my head, pushing slowly between my lips. “Yes, Mel. Take all of me.”My jaw stretches as I open wider to accept more of him, as he thrust gently, almost reaching to my throat.“You feel so good, darling.” He moans as I work on him, bobbing my head up down, slowly and then faster. “Yes, yes baby. Fuck me.”I moan I feel his cock get harder in my mouth. He is gonna come.Inside in my mouth.My stomach tightens in excitement as I move faster, encouraging to cum when he thrust harder, hitting my throat. I wanna gag at the sudden intrusion, but I long to feel his cum in me. I cup his balls again, hoping to help him.“Mel.” He groans and pulls out of my mouth, leavin
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MEL POV“Let’s go, Mel. Let us go.” The voice in the dark screams at me, dragging me farther into the woods“I’m scared.” I cry out, trying to free my little hand from the grip on it. I can’t see who or what is holding me, but they aren’t letting go. “Please. I don’t want to go on. I am tired. We should go back. Please.”“We can’t. I have you now. Never going back.” The voice screams again. “Never!” It tugs harder my hand and I slip, hitting my head on a blood-stained rock.“You have to keep going, Mel.” It finally releases my hand but the voice seems far away. “It’s hurts.” I cry out, laying on the muddy floor, blood dripping my fractured head with bruises covering my tiny hands. “Let’s go back.” I stretch my hand to the dark. “Take me back.” “I have to leave.” The voice gets further away. “They can’t catch me. I have to go.”“No. Take me back.” The blood on my head starts to flow into my eyes, making me blind. “Please.”“l will be back for you.” A voice is now just a whisper that
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Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
MEL POV“What could they be talking about in there?” Angie murmurs, while putting her ear on the door’s peephole, so she could listen to the whispering happening outside the door.“Will you just relax?” I pull her away from the door. “At this rate, you will get us kicked out of here. You should be grateful that Sister Mary told us to wait for her in this office.”“It is called being polite. Nuns are trained to be that way.” She frowns. “But I don’t think Sister Martha attended those lessons. You see the way she just turned on us like we were evil spirit she was trying to cast away. She was all smiling faces and kisses and within a twinkle of the eye, she was so eager to make us leave.”“I noticed it too.” I nod. “And it was after she saw my name and Mrs. Park’s name on the computer.”“Exactly.” Angie yelps. “For a second, I thought she had seen the devil or something. I tell you, something fishy is going on in this place.”“Shh.” I reach over to cover her mouth. “I think they are comi
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
RIO POVAfter a round of drinks with some of the board members to celebrate my election into the CEO position, I am in great need of some peace and quiet. Drinking during the day is not really my strong suit.So, coming back to find Mr. Jim lurking around my office door is not a pleasing sight. I tiptoe to his back and whisper softly. “Are you looking for someone?”He jumps up like a scared cat. “Oh, Mr. Rio. You startled me.”“What are you doing?”“I wanted to have a word with you, but your secretary is not on seat. So, I was contemplating knocking to know if you were in.”“I am now.” I open the door and step back from him. “Please come in, and take a seat.”“Thank you.” He steps in and I follow him, closing the door behind me. “So which office are you going to occupy? Your father’s office or your mother’s old one?” He says, looking around my office.“I haven’t decided. Drink?” I ask, taking out a bottle of whiskey and a glass.“Sure. Your father’s office will be the better choice
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER SIXTY
MEL POV“You are awfully quiet.” Angie says, the car glides through the light traffic on the way back home.“I have nothing to say.”“I don’t blame you. After a kiss like that, gurl, I will be speechless too.”“It wasn’t like that.” My cheeks turn red as I remember how Rio had taken over the kiss.“Like what?” Angie asks“I was feeling emotional, okay. Mrs. Park was being…” I hesitate, not sure how to describe the things she had said.“I don’t get why you put up with that old witch. She has always been a nut case.” Angie frowns. “I’m sorry he is dead and all, but she and her son are the same. Always blaming others for their misfortunes.”“You can’t blame her though. She is a mother.”“Hmm, if that is what motherhood is. I don’t want it.” Angie snorts. “Thank God, she isn’t your real mother. Imagine having to grow to be just like her. That would have been a crime on its own.”The wretched woman who…” Mr. Park hadn’t finished the statement, but I know what she wanted to say. The wretch
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
RIO POVMel’s soft lips on mine is not something I would have ever imagined would happen today, but I am definitely not complaining.I know she is grieving and this wasn’t exactly the appropriate place, but as her tongue slips into my mouth, it didn’t really matter.I mold her body closer to mine and take the one thing I have been craving for, rolling my tongue with hers and swallowing her soft moans, wishing with all my might that we could somehow teleport to my room so I can take this a lot further.“Excuse me.”I have never wanted to kill someone so much, when Mel quickly pulls away due to the interruption. I turn around, ready to rain hell on the intruder.“What the … Oh, Angie.”“Sorry.” She is trying hard to hold in her laughter. “I didn’t know you guys were still here. I heard about your altercation with Mrs. Park and came to check on Mel. Are you alright, baby?” She rubs her hand on Mel’s back. “You shouldn’t have come. I wish I was there to give her a piece of my mind.” She s
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
MEL POVThe choir were already singing their lungs out, when I and Rio walked into the cramped chapel that has served this tiny community for years. A coffin was placed in front of the congregation with Jack’s picture in front.“Just stay quiet and try to blend in.” I whisper to Rio as we were led to sit in the back by an usher.“I don’t think that is possible.” Rio whispers back, pointing out the few eyes that were focused on us. “I can’t remember the last time I have been in a church.”“I do.” I answer absently, straining my eyes to see if I pick out the Parks in the front. “The day we got married.”“So, you still remember the day we got married?’”“Shut it.” I scold him as the priest walks onto the pulpit. “The service is starting.”“Dearly beloved,” The Priest starts. “We are gathered today on this Monday morning to support one of our very own. A pinnacle of strength in our chapel, Mrs. Park as she mourns the death of her child, Jack Park. A young promising life that was cut short
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER FIFTY- SEVEN
MEL POVRio drops Angie off at the café since she refused to stay at home by herself, and by the time we got home, it was almost dark. Immediately we walk through the door, Nonna wraps me in her warm embrace, while everyone else were seated in living room, watching.“I am so sorry for your loss, Senorita.” Nicks says, breaking the silence.I manage a faint smile. “I am going to lay down a little. My head hurts.” I murmur, pulling away from Nonna.“Of course.” She responds and holds me tighter. “I will take you up and get a soothing bath running for you.” “I think she can handle it by herself.” Rio pulls Nonna away from me.“I can.” I smile again, glad that he noticed. “Good night, everyone.”“Call, if you need anything.” Nonna yells after me.What I need is for hands of the clock to turn back to yesterday, but even Nonna can’t give me that.*******The next morning, Nonna walks into my room dressed in a long black dress, with a full tray in hand and another black dress in the other.
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER FIFTY- SIX
MEL POVIt wasn’t true. Please God, don’t let it be true.Those were the words I kept mumbling untill Rio and I finally reached the hospital. I ran through the front doors and almost down the hall before Rio manages to grab my arm.“We don’t even know what room he is or if he is still here.” He nods to the direction of the receptionist. “So, let’s ask, okay?”“Okay.” I nod and calmy follow his lead.“Hello.” Rio waves at the nurses behind the counter. “We would like to ask about a Jack Park. He was brought in this morning.”“Jack Park. I know that name.” One of the nurse murmurs. “Yes, that man who was rushed into ER earlier before…” She pauses and looks at Rio and I. “I’m sorry, his family has asked for us to not share his information out.”“What?” I blurt. “I am his family.” Before I could scream at the poor nurse, I hear Angie calling my name from down the hallway.“Oh, Mel.” She rushes to arms and hugs me tight. “Mel, it was horrible.”“What is going on, Angie?“They-they found hi
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER FIFTY- FIVE
Mel POV“The smell of the blooming flowers in the spring is the perfect remedy for any aching nerves.” Nick grins, bringing a red flower to his nose.After a morning of Rio and his father arguing about me, Nick had suggested we spend the afternoon picking flowers to calm me down, since he was still on bed rest and couldn’t do much yet.“You can say that again.” I settle on the pavement along the wall. “It always hits the spot.” “I have missed this beautiful garden.” He sits next to me.“I have missed working in this beautiful garden with you, Nicky.” I give him my best smile. His face turns red as he tries to hide his embarrassment.“I have missed you too, Senorita.” He manages to murmur. I nod in response, happy with his reaction.Why can’t all men, Rio- fucking- Rafe in particular, be like my sweet Nick? I wonder. Why didn’t I fall for a nice, sensitive and charming man, instead of a freaking mad man?Fall? My body stiffens. How in the hell did I conclude I was in love with Rio?
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
JACK POV“Get off me!” I yell at the bouncer as he drags me out of the club through the back door and pushes me to the floor. “Come on, Pavor. It’s good old Jack.” I try to appeal to the club owner who followed us out.“Go back to whatever hell you crawled out from and don’t come back.” Pavor warns, shutting the door in my face.“F*** you!” I curse. This is the third club I am getting kicked out from this night alone.What wrong with wanting a little boost for the night? After the shitty day I had, spending most of it in the station, a drink was the least I deserve.I just have the little problem of being broke, so I decided to hover around the local spots, hoping for some freebies, but it seems I have garnered some sort of bad reputation of being a debtor.“Shit.” I push my body up against the wall, holding my aching head in my hand. I really should go home, get some rest and maybe some food. My stomach growls in response to the image of a hot plate of my mum’s pasta forming in my h
