Elizabeth’s POV-I think I just made the biggest mistake of my life, ever getting involved with those shady people. As the car accelerates away, Angie quickly grabs my arm, spinning on her heels and pulling me into the house. We race up the stairs and she slams her bedroom door shut, pensively moving to check out the windows and pulling the curtains.I know she’s been on tenterhooks ever since that hunk of a man showed up and oh, she had tried to warn me of something back then. Angie leaves the window, sucking in a deep breath as her pale features begin to brighten a little.“Angie, what was that back there? You looked afraid of something and you made mention of that man being a Mafia something...” I begin to say, trying to recall what the last word she said was when she suddenly comes clasping my hands in her trembling ones.I’ve never seen Angie this scared, not since the time Zara went missing. Angie’s frightful eyes are prancing about, unable to keep calm despite being far a
Elizabeth’s POV-“Woah...he bought all these for you?” Angie marvels with jaw dropped and eyes enlarged, sifting through the pile of designer clothes splayed over the bed. I scoff, folding my arms and leaning against the dresser as I watch her scrutinize every outfit.“What’s so amazing about that? He was just making orders and decisions himself and forcing me to try on every single one of them, tsk. I don’t like his guts at all” I grumble monotonously and Angie looks my way with stars shining in her large eyes.“If you don’t want them, hand them over. I can put them to better use.” I huff at her words, pushing off the dresser and striding over. “Oh? They were carefully picked to suit Elaine’s taste exclusively, my choice wasn’t considered” I say intentionally and watch her joy melt to sorrow.I just stood there after the attendant had used her assessing eyes to grasp my measurements, and had gone on a spree at the snap of his fingers, scouring the entire boutique and assemb
Elizabeth’s POV-‘Psycho witch? Is she being for real right now?’ Reading the puzzlement on my face, Angie only nods to affirm what she’s just said, leaving me with no choice but to hear what she has to say.“I know it’s surprising to hear but she did earn herself that unnerving title because of her actions in the past...” She begins to narrate, cautiously looking around so no one will hear her as she steps closer to me, lowering her voice into whispers.“Beth, this will come as a big shock to you...Elaine isn’t as innocent and air-headed as she portrays herself before you” The grim edge in her voice makes me feel a wee bit uncomfortable and I gulp quietly, the suspense leaving me anticipating what terrible things she’s about to unravel to me.‘Is Elaine a bully or something? Did she snatch other girls’ boyfriends?’ Silly thoughts begin to stem from my impatient curiosity and they’re all washed away by Angie’s next words.“It’s something that’s been going on even before I g
Elizabeth’s POV-The car comes to a stop right before Angie’s home and the door comes open but before I can step out, his voice stops me mid-reach. “Angie can go and not you”.‘What?’ I’m still surprised when Angie hurriedly gets off quickly as Nova holds the door open. She looks frazzled as she uses her eyes to plead with me as if telling me to obey him and not get him angry. And like that, Angie scurries off to the house as the door is shut and Nova gets back in.“Where to, boss?” I faintly hear Nova ask as my focus is hooked out the window where I have my body parceled against the door. I don’t want him any closer to me at all.“To my place”. His straight response has me whipping around to blare my gaze at him who’s busy on his phone. ‘What the hell did he just say?’ At once, I tear my lips, defying Angie’s plea as I retort at him.“What do you mean by your place? Let me out now! You can’t do this to me-Swoosh. Faster than lightning, he zooms in, a large frame bearin
Elizabeth’s POV.-I feel defeated as I lay sprawled on the floor in Elaine’s bedroom. I know I’m not proud of my culinary skills but...Vyin was exceptional. ‘How can such a dangerous guy be well versed on matters of the kitchen?’ I grumble angrily, rolling onto my side when the bathroom door comes open to reveal Elaine in her pink and purple floral pajamas and a white towel draped over her shoulders.Her dark hair cascades down her shoulders as she sees me on the floor and giggles, fisting the towel over her mouth with her eyes squinting from her laughter. I pout, lazily dragging my body up when she draws close enough to drop a tease. “Does it bug you so much, that he’s better than you? It won’t hurt to admit how good it tasted, right?”Stubbornly, I fold my arms and look aside, feeling heat beaming in my face, “I don’t want to go over it again. My flimsy pride is bruised enough as it is”. I sigh exasperatedly at the end and hear Elaine giggle at me, making me look her way to
Elizabeth’s POV-“Elaine!”I follow with my heart stuck in my throat. I’ve never heard such a gut-wrenching cry before. Wincing as I slow down a little, I’m drawn back by the surging pain stinging from beneath my foot. I must’ve stepped on the broken glass, Ow.Limping with a hand holding the wall and being cautious not to stamp the foot onto the floor and incise the piece of glass in deeper, I guide myself slowly towards Elaine’s bedroom where I begin to hear Vyin’s hushed voice.“...it’s just a bad dream, hey….”It comes as a shock, to hear his voice going several traumatizing levels soft and the underlying worry rattling in his vocals...I clench my teeth, toughing out the pain as I pace up and bring myself into the doorway.I see a frightened Elaine clutching onto her brother so gravely as she sobs violently. Vyin holds her close to his chest, muttering things to her as he tries to calm her hysteria.“Eelia...s-she’s going to leave me, Vyin. I c-can’t find Eelia.”Her cries hit me
Elizabeth’s POV-“We should call the cops” I begin to panic. Benedict’s been working at the store a year before I started and I do recall the owner mentioning the previous part-timers being fired on cases of theft to which Benedict had reported to her himself.“Doesn’t it sound suspicious, that he’s the one claiming to have been the one to have caught them? That’s damn shady and your boss is unbelievable! It’s obvious he’s the one behind it and he’s been pinning it on them to secure his honeycomb” Angie hisses, angrily stomping her foot.“That’s why we need to call the cops, right? What if he pins it on me this time?” My fear speaks for me and Angie stops her act and holds my hand, giving me a firm look. “We’ll need to have strong evidence to use against him first”.“What’re you suggesting we do then, go in now and tell them we know what they do?” Oh wait, that’s stupid of me. Angie gives me a ‘really?’ look and I rescind away as she sighs, “Don’t be silly, Beth. I have an
Vyin’s-“How long till we get there? Are you sure this is the fastest this car can go?”Elaine whines for the umpteenth time and I sigh inwardly. She’s been bugging me all evening to send her to Angie’s so she can see her and Beth. There’s no refusing her or she turns my office upside down until I concede to her demands.“Sigh, just stay calm. We’ll be there soon- didn’t you mention Beth having a part-time job?” I calmly say to her, recalling she had indeed mentioned my mate was working at some small store. Elaine goes thinking for a moment before shooting forward in her seat.“Dhirv, there’s a small grocery store just opposite the street she lives,” She tells him eagerly and I watch the sheer joy on her face as she anticipates meeting her. It’s not unusual for Elaine to attach herself to someone like she’s latched onto my mate. However, this is so much different from usual.I look away, mulling over my thoughts about that delectable human. Oblivious to the compulsory att