PEARL’S POVI waited anxiously that night after I'd skillfully discharged Liam who wanted more, but the gig was up and I didnt have it in me to prostitute myself any further.“Are you sure you are okay?” he asked. " Yeah, I just need to rest for a bit. I'll be good as new in the morning,” I replied with a smile.He pulled me close and kissed me, “I guess this changes how I see things now” he smiled, “Get some rest I'll see you in the morning”I waved at him as he closed the door behind me, I heard the key click twice, and I rolled my eyes.Still a prisoner Liam, Nothing has changed, but im going to change my fate and im not leaving it to chance.I paced the room as time passed, my mind in a thousand places at once. " Where the hell is Kira?” I asked myself. I couldn't see much outside the window, just a small part of the ocean and the bright full moon.There was no clock in my room, no tv either, I was damn near going crazy and I had to do something to make it stop, but I couldn't.Di
NICO’S POV~“Hurry Nico!” my grandmother’s voice rang over and over in my head.How did my pet snake get out? Who else knows the combination of her cage?“I have a rat in the house,” I said to Lorenzo who nodded.I didn't want to tell him the truth I discovered about my shipment but I could smell a set-up.Pearl……… my mind wandered to her, calling my name, calling me to save her.I instructed, “Call Adam and tell him he needs to come back home. His time in Malta has expired. I need him home.”“What about the deal with the Maltese Mafia?”’ Lorenzo asked, a bit shocked.I was shocked too, but I needed to recall everyone and stop all operations until I could gather all the information I needed.“Someone is fucking with me, and it's not about Kenji and Logan or Tony, No this person knows far too much I think Langdon is alive and has found a way to contact Camille, I want her watched without her notice, his biggest mistake was calling me” I finished.“But Don, Langdon is dead, you killed h
NICO’S POV~After I met with Adam, he set to work, I didnt know anything about the corporate world and he handled all of that, I just saw what I wanted and he acquired it.Lorenzo stepped in soon after, “have you thought of a plan, how do we fish out the rat” he asked.I was quiet, I grabbed my Yoyo ball, a stress ball I liked to play with when im thinking.“I'll join you by the pool house, I want you to gather all the staff there in 2 hours, I'd like to treat everyone to a nice lunch, I think they deserve it,” I said.“I dont understand don?” he retorted, “Your job is not to understand Lorenzo, it's to obey, so obey,” I said.He nodded and left.I got up and pulled out my drawer, I looked over the contents inside and closed it shut.I walked downstairs to the kitchen, “I want you to make lunch for everyone in the residence, I'd like to throw a small party by the poolhouse” I instructed, they were confused but they did as they were told.They were also cautious because I never left t
NICO’S POV~“The meeting is in one hour, are you telling me you haven't been able to locate Tony Morello?” I inquired, banging my hand heavily on the table.Adam fiddled with his laptop and Lorenzo got off a call, “that was our guy at the south side, no one has seen him, it's like he has gone into hiding” he announced.“What are the chances we get surprises at this meeting Adam?” I asked again before getting into the car with him, Lorenzo sat in the front.“ you dont have to worry sir, im prepared for any surprises Logan and Abigail will throw our way,” he said and I nodded, as the car started I stopped the driver.“Lorenzo, the gift we prepared for our dear friend is it?”“Yes Don, secured in the trunk sir, we are good to go” I smiled and urged the driver to continue his journey.DM Holdings, a very old business, owned by the most prestigious Davis Malone family, said to be royalty themselves, they have held and presided over major companies in New York and beyond.They were rich fuc
NICO’S POV~The ambulance soon came for his mother, but he didnt move an inch, neither did he bat an eye.“Aren't you going with her?” I asked with a low grin, he glared at me, anger in his eyes.“She’s in good hands, besides she’d be furious with me if I let this go through and I didnt put up a fight” he replied.“You tried to kill my daughter, that’s crossing a line, you should have come for me instead, now im coming for everything you hold dear,” I remarked.“Ohhh am I supposed to be scared, the big bad wolf here to finish me off?” he mocked, I sat there calmly.“There’s going to be changes made to the company now that im in charge, the first thing im going to do is take that ridiculous and grotesque portrait of your pathetic self off the face of my company” I said.He banged his fist on the table, “It's mine! My family’s and im not going to let you take that away from me!” he fumed loudly, he walked over to me and stood in front of me.“So let's make a deal” “A deal? Oh, there ar
PEARL’S POV~A loud explosion erupted in the distance and then we heard screaming as we rowed away, the rain had started but it was trickling at this point.“Oh my God!” I cried, “I killed them didnt I?” I sobbed.“You didnt know, and if you hadn't, we would have gotten off the ship, we had to” Akira replied.I nodded but deep down I was disgusted by myself, in less than a month my life had changed in a way I never thought possible.“I can see the island ahead, just keep a steady stream and we will be there in no time” she stated.I nodded, it was pitch black, with glow worm as our source of light, “you stuck with the glow worm” I laughed.“Yes I figured we would need it eventually” she smiled, we both laughed and joked about it when the skies lighted with a strong lightning.The rain started to get heavier, and in minutes the raft was starting to unbalance with the way the waves rose and crashed into each other.“Shit! We need to hurry! Row!” Kira cried, and we rowed faster and fast
PEARL’S POV~My freedom, future, and life all looked bleak right before me, and my hopes of reuniting with my family again dashed.Will I ever see Sophia again, or Nico…I pushed the thought away from my mind and turned to Kira, “We have to find a way to survive until we are found” I mentioned.“How? No one even knows where we are” she responded, I shook my head, “no someone will find us” I said, “we just have to stay alive until then, however, we can” I said, before encouraging her to get up from the sad.“I hope you are right pearl, it sure would be miserable to die here”I smiled, “Let's find some food, we passed a stream a while back, let's see if we can get fresh water and we could be lucky, see some fishes” I cheered.She nodded and soon we decided to explore the little island, it barely had any viable plantation in it, but luckily the stream was clean enough to drink from and there were fishes.“See!” I beamed, “We can stay alive”, she smiled, “I guess you are right, but im not
PEARL’S POV~We ran out of the cave, and into the icy cold night, no fire to warm us, our clothes barely doing anything and ripped beyond recognition.I shivered and Kira gestured for me to come closer, we wrapped our arms around each other and stayed close.Our eyes peeled on the cave, “what do you think that was?” I asked, my lips quivering.“I dont know” she replied with a shaky tone, but we have no choice but to go back in, it's either that cave or the one with the bats” she added.“Im scared Kira” I sobbed, she patted my arm, “I am too, but you’ve given me hope, and im now extending it to you, it either we die from the cold or we try to make it to the morning, we have no choice,” she said.As I took one step towards the cave I spotted something in the distance, “look isn't that?” Kira turned, “my glowworm?” she yelped excitedly.She ran to get it, “does it work?” I yelled over to her, and she picked it up and shook it.The rubbery object flickered and then she hit it over and ov
Pearl’s pov~The day of the pageant finally came. August was by my side as usual; he never left my side, not for one day.“Are you ready?” he asked, kissing my lips gently.I shivered under his touch. “Yeah, I am,” I smiled.“You don't have to do it if you don't want to,” he smiled back.“How are you okay with all of this, August? I'm a married woman with a baby on the way. It feels too good to be true,” I said, touching his long hair.All he did was look at me intensely and smile.“I'm not worried about anything; as long as we are together, I'm fine,” he said.“Oh August, I honestly don't deserve you,” I continued before touching his face.But all I wanted to hear at that moment was Pearlita…He took my hand and helped me up. He looked at me and he was awestruck. “You look so stunning, Pearl, so beautiful. Are you ready for your first debut? You are, after all, the face of DM Holdings,” he bragged.“No, that’s a lie Devina, all of a sudden I'm the evil mistress who won't let the ex g
Devina’s pov~I read the headline again, Rival partner Logan Davis Malone offers his 5million dollar yatch to ceo Pearl D’Angelo for peagent, amidst separation rumours from his pregnant fiancée, Miss Devina Daniels.“He did what?” I crumpled the newspaper in my hands and threw it to the ground. My sister came from around the corner, her eyes bright from her early morning jog.“What’s got you so worked up?” she asked, I fumed and pointed to the crumpled up paper on the floor beside her feet.She leaned down to pick it up, she read it and she laughed.“What’s so funny?” I asked trying to get up with my 37 weeks old belly.“Well I did tell you shitvwas going to hit the fan sooner or later, why on earth did you leave?” my sister Desiree asked, “It was getting to dangerous, I was involved in some diabolical shit I had to skip town” I replied.“Then maybe stop worrying about it and focus on your baby” she replied putting her ear pods away.“This is serious Desiree, there’s a bitch on my as
PEARL’S POV~CHAPTER: Ultrasound & Unraveling“You ratted me out to Kenji!” came a thunderous roar, Sophie was startled.I turned around and there she was Akira Watanabe, a ghost from my past. She looked furious, bloodthirsty anger surged through her, and Sophia looked scared.“Can we talk in the hallway you are scaring her” I always felt uneasy in hospitals because there was too much quietness for such painful places. With my palm lying over my bloated stomach, I strolled alone across the clean hallway. Kira was in a downward spiral about something, something I had no hand in.“What the hell are you talking about Akira?” I asked.She scoffed “back to formalities now are we?” she asked, “you are scaring my child,” I retorted.“Which of them because from the look of things you and Nico have been busy” she spat.“Why are you here Kira? You wanted nothing to do with me, remember? So why are you here?”“Did you rat me out to Kenji?” she asked. I was shocked by her statement, “how the h
NICO’S POV~I waited for Adam at the usual spot for over 3 hours, and the bastard didn't show up. This was his usual shenanigans, and I wasn't up for it.I turned to leave when I noticed a black sedan heading in my direction. I stopped and waited, hoping it was my sleek consigliere driving towards me.The car stopped in front of me, and he got out. He wore a black suit with a pink tie. I sighed. Something about him will always tick me off.“Hi, boss,” he greeted before extending an arm to me. “Adam, you said it was urgent? What the hell is so urgent that you couldnt tell me over the phone” Someone like Adam shouldn't have been noticed in the alley behind La Rue d'Or. His smell was too refined, his outfit too immaculate. However, he remained unflinching when the shadows shifted and I appeared like a menacing specter dressed in pricey wool."You're late to your own fucking meeting, Adam!" I stated in a foreboding tone.Adam looked at his timepiece. "No, I'm not. You simply lack patienc
PEARL’S POV~I wasnt going to rest, no not when a vulture perched and waited for my carcass at my doorstep, with Camille gone, the D’angelo mansion was eerily still.Which made me wonder, what if camille never really left, this house used to belong to Langdon moseley, and cammile and her dead sister grew up here.So what if somehow she was still here, I reached for my phone and called August.“Hey, Pearl, sleep okay?” he asked. I sighed, “Yesterday was wild even for me but I had to do it, im watching TV right now and all I can see is my epic failure as a CEO, some people are saying I resigned to be a supermodel” I managed a small laugh.“In your condition, I don't think it's safe enough for you to keep engaging in risky situations,” he said.“I know that August, trust me but I'll never get the peace I deserve with Camille still out there, where is she now?” I asked “Give me a second let me check, she hadnt moved from the funeral place before i slept off” he yawned.“Were you up all n
Pearl's POV~They say Grief only knows how to wear black. I said, Fuck it, and I decided to go with red.It was audacious, and people whispered before I had uttered a word, their eyes pressed on the slippery silk that hugged every curve. A pageant launch wasn't usually held at a funeral, but I wasn't your average widow. Camille was aware that Nico wasn't dead. But she was willing to take that chance to see him one last time if, truly, she was obsessed with him.Throwing my husband a funeral despite knowing he was alive would make her curious enough to know if Nico is truly dead.The headlines were already half written: *CEO Widow Honors Late Husband Nicolas D’Angelo. It was part trap and part theater. "Pearl," Adam called from beside me, adjusting the gold-trimmed suit I had asked him to wear. "This feels insane," he criticized with a shake of his head."That's the idea," I replied with a gentle smile, pinning a crimson carnation to his lapel. "We need Camille to feel comfortabl
Pearl’s pov~I saw him finally reach for the phone, and the video ended.It was like I was in a trance of some sort after that; soon after, Angelo came in, distracting my thoughts.I was both a priest and a sinner, and I gazed at the screen as though it were a confession booth.Nico's raw, gruff, and remorseful voice blasted through the speakers. Not the smirking, smooth-talking businessman that unnerved everyone. This man was losing his mind.“Pearl, are you ready? They are really calling for your head in there. You have to do or say something to dissuade them. I don't think I can hold them off for too long,” he mentioned before coming closer. “Are you okay? Is it Nico again?” he asked. I saw his hands leaning close to the laptop, and I shut it down.“No, it's nothing, just stunned,” I replied with a nod. “Just a little shaken from the row I'm about to face. With Logan there, who knows how it will turn out? He has been surprisingly calm,” I replied, distracting him from the video.He
Nico’s pov~When I met Camille, I was a 27-year-old guy with aspirations to own empires of my own.I was a good kid, well raised and brought up by Nana Rosa under the guidance of God.But the moment I saw Camille I knew God had left the conversation because Only the Devil could send a smile to meI was a young, naive he started faintly.She was an orphan, and I volunteered as a handyman.She was an odd one; at first she followed me everywhere, and I thought she was harmless, but then I saw the true Camile when Jacinta, one of the girls at the orphanage, died.She was last seen with me; well, you know how that story goes.She was going to be 18 soon, and the orphanage was going to let her go be an adult when a strange-looking man came to adopt her.That was when my woes began.She knew I wanted to become rich and powerful; she knew I wanted power above anything, so she curated a plan just for this.At first, I thought it was crazy, but she convinced me otherwise, and I went along with
NICO’S POV~A shard of glass tore through my skin and before I knew it blood had pooled on the floor where I stood.It felt like my insides were torn to pieces.Dust and smoke from the blast filled the air, I put an arm over my nose and found my way out of the blown-up station.I thought of Pearl, hoping she had run out to safety, Camile had played her game.Her dark twisted fantasy to seek her out.She always does this to get my attention, deliberately put me in trouble and I am sick of this.On my way out of there, I saw the van, and I could hear Adam and Lorenzo.Finally, safely out, I was still breathing.I took a step towards the van and realised that if I go back to my life I'll never figure out where Langdon Mosely is.I had to find him, something was off, I know I fucked his daughter but I didnt kill her somehow it seemed it was a strong enough reason to hunt me like a crazed dog.So I turned and left, I hijacked a car from its owner and I left.I headed to Queens, I knew some