The basement is quite the view.
You may think that this is where the enemy suffers until they die.
Nope.
They had another base or cell to keep them.
Vale wouldn't want to live and sleep here if she had to hear their voice screaming in agony when they're being tortured.
She walks up to the bar table and grabs a bottle of beer. She opens it and shoves it down her throat with tears sliding down her cheek.
She sat on the chair and wiped her tears and gulped down another shot down her throat.
Again and again.
She didn't know how many bottles she had downed on her throat as she tried to make the suffocating pain in her heart disappear.
She emptied another bottle before taking another bottle of wine and tried making her way to the couch.
Stumbling, she cries and sometimes laughs bitterly when she recalls the scenes.
Vale shoves the drink down her throat, not caring that some of it was spilt on her face and clothes.
The pain she's feeling is all Keith’s fault.
If he hadn’t given the job to another woman, she wouldn't have gone home and found Kayden cheating on her.
'But, if he didn’t dismiss you, you would never know Kayden cheated on you.'
Her conscience speaks.
“Shut up!”
She throws the empty bottle on the wall.
The bottle shattered with a loud voice.
She stood up and balled her fist walking-swaying toward the punching bag.
Her appearance now was totally like a wreck in love. It's disheartening.
The vision of Kayden and the woman appears in front of her eyes once more as if mocking her.
Friends holding a party, my ass!!
She hiccuped and laughed before trying to punch the punching bag. Keyword, trying.
Her energy was drained when she stopped.
Feeling dissatisfied, she walked to one of the chairs, grabbed it and threw it to the wall angrily. She grabs another chair, breaks a table, and a few more pieces of furniture in rage.
Not without stumbling, falling and hurting her own body.
How dare he cheat on her?!
He knows she loves him with all her might!
He knows it!
He freaking knows it!
The banging outside the basement door made her laugh. It's not like they have the key to the basement. She had seen the key on the bar counter when she went inside.
Even if they break down the steel door, they have to cuff her hands and legs if they want her to calm down. (This was her delusional drunk brain thinking).
The question is, can they cuff her without getting their lips busted?
Can they open the door and fight her?
Right now, she's pissed, and she wants to let it out. It would be good if she could try venting on them.
Vale stood up, stumbled to the bar counter and grabbed a bottle of vodka.
The door bursts open at the same time she opens the bottle lids.
She almost poured it down her throat when a muscled hand grabbed her arm and took the bottle away forcefully from her grip.
Vale struggles yanks her hand free and lands a punch at the blurry person.
Damn!
What was it that she punched?
Her hand throbbed in pain at the contact.
She looks up at the person, but her vision is blurred. She tries squinting, but it's useless.
Damn it!
Did she just boast about her abilities when she was drunk?
She can’t even see them!
“Let gooooo of meeeee!-hiccup-Let me scatch yooouuur faaace!”
She heard a few chuckles.
Worst, she doesn’t know who they are.
Damn, drunk vision.
Vale eyed the bottle in that person’s hands.
Her hand shot up to take it, and her head instantly got dizzy.
She tried opening her eyes, but her eyelid was not helping.
Giving up, she closed her eyes and drifted into the darkness.
***
Keith runs to the basement with the others.
They kicked and pounced at the basement door.
After a while, the door opens leaving a dent on it, and they move inside.
Keith sighed mentally, thinking about ordering another customised door.
Vale had just opened the lids of another bottle of vodka when Keith dashed in front of her, grabbed her arm and took the bottle forcefully from her.
Vale swings her fist, and it lands gently on his chest.
“Let gooooo of meeeee!-hiccup-Let me scatch yooouuur faaace!”
The others chuckle, amused at her drunken behaviour.
Her cheeks were flushed, her hair in a mess and drenched clothes were sticking on her body.
They had never seen her this drunk before.
Keith looks at the floor which is almost full of vodka, beer and wine bottles.
Shit!
The mess she created in the basement is good.
A few chairs and tables shattered on the floor.
Damn, women with their anger issues!
Keith was busy observing the basement when Vale moved to grab the bottle from his hand, causing her to sway and fall.
“Hey! Hey! Hey! Wake up!”
Keith grabbed her shoulder and tried to shake her awake, but Vale had already closed her eyes.
Well...
Keith carried her bridal style before he walked out of the door knowing his friends were gonna take care of the mess somehow.
Keith carried her to his room and laid her on his bed.
He removes her boots and her jacket before laying her on her front. He removed her tops and bra as well as her pants and panties before pulling the duvet on her.
It's a good thing that Keith didn’t switch on the light. If he were to see her without clothes, he wouldn't be able to control himself.
He throws her clothes into the dirty clothes basket.
After that, he went to the bathroom, wet a small towel with warm water and wiped her face softly.
He thought that he should give her space and decided to sleep on the couch.
Preparing himself to avoid harm from touching her.
He definitely wouldn't take the risk of her trying to kill him tomorrow.
With a kiss on Vale's forehead, Keith went off to Dreamland.
Vale woke up with a throbbing headache.She sat on the bed, still closing her eyes and let her hand wander to search the nightstand beside the bed for her phone.Her eyebrows furrowed when she noticed that her phone was not there like it usually does.She opened her eyes in confusion. Looking in front of her before looking around.Her eyes stopped on the mysterious figure on the couch and her jaw hit the floor hard.Keith was sleeping peacefully on the couch.A soft breeze made her shiver and realize that she was naked.What the hell?!She paced around the room, trying to be as quiet as possible while searching for her clothes.'Oh, god! Oh, god! I didn’t do it! Right?' Her mind went into a mess.Just then, she saw her clothes in a basket.She reached out for it and realised that it was drenched from the rain and she cringed at the pungent smell of alcohol.She bit her lips in frustration.She sighed and looked around the room for anything to cover herself up.She stepped inside the b
He walks towards her, grabs her arm and drags her into the kitchen.'No, no, no!''If he wants me to make breakfast for him, no, I don’t want to and will not do it!'He sat on the stool, and Vale stood beside him, facing him.“Princess, I’m starving.” he pouted and made a cute puppy face.Vale faced the ceiling, praying that she would be strong enough to look at him. One of the things that mostly hold her from winning is his puppy face. She was surprised when he did it for the first time.Right then and there, she knew, she couldn’t win against his puppy face. Vale wondered if any of the guys had seen him like this.What kind of a feared gang leader would make a puppy face?'Damn it!''How can I resist him?'Vale closed my eyes, 'Inhale, exhale.'Think about a cheeseburger, chicken nuggets, flowers, her family, her Mustang.That’s it! She's going back to the living room.Vale turned around, but a pair of arms swiftly grabbed her waist. Vale gulped when she felt electric sparks fly wher
Vale scowled at him but Keith turned his attention to his breakfast.“As always, your food is the best.” he compliments her.Vale always had her own time at the base when Kayden was out of town for work.Vale mentally laughs.Was it really because of work? The guys always cook by themselves when she isn't here. So, when she has the chance, she will cook for them.'Thank you, mom. Thank you for letting me help you cook since I was six.'Vale knew her family could hire a cook but her mother insisted that she wanted to cook.Her family nor her friends know about her blackmailed matters. Except for the friends that she met in the gang.They didn’t know where she went when it turned dark.She made an excuse and sometimes she felt remorseful for them because she was good at lying.Vale actually felt relieved when Kayden asked her to move in with him, saving her from being suspected by her family.It’s much easier to escape from suspicions if she lived with one person who was certainly not h
Vale stormed out from Keith's room and stride towards the balcony.What do people usually expect from a hidden killer?Jump from the balcony onto the ground beneath?Yeah, call her crazy, but she never fractured her bones after a lot of training and experience.She's not jumping right away. Usually, she would back away a few meters from the rail before running towards it, putting her right foot on the holders, jumping and doing a few backflips.She looked at the grounds, searching for guards.Vale could see one at the far corner on her left, and another one is facing his back on her. Check! Security camera? One on her left, check!That was easy for her. Even if it moves around a lot, she can still escape it.Okay. So, here we go!One... Two... Jump!Thud!...and there...Vale landed on the ground smoothly.She ran towards the nearby tree, shielding herself from the guards and the security camera.She kept running and hiding until she reached the tree near her car.Thanks to Louis, he p
Who loves flowers?Vale did. She bought a lot of it, and the robot will do the work of planting it.Cleaning the house and planting a flower. Cool, right?The flower decorations were also arranged perfectly as it made the mansion look more lively.Vale grabbed her phone and stepped out of the car. She put her finger on the fingerprints tab to open the gate, right when she entered the lawn, the gate closed on its own.She walked along the decorated pavement before climbing the short stairs leading to her mansion's entrance door.Unlike the gates, she has to use her keycard to open it. She stepped into the house and switched on the light located near the door.Vale ascended the staircase while unlocking both of her phones, the gang phone and the normal one.Reaching the top floor, she turned right and walked past nine doors before stopping in front of a big door.Vale opened the door and glanced at her phone. Wow! Forty-two missed calls! All from the guys!She opened her other phone and
Vale parked her car on the side of the road. She can hear the loud music reverberating from Remy’s house.Grabbing her phone and her bag, she walked out of her car before locking it.Vale walked to the door, stepped into the house and looked around for Nancy’s face.There are too many people inside this house, making it harder for her to find Nancy.“Hey, Vale!”Vale turned around and saw Remy walking towards her with a grin on his face.She furrowed her eyebrows.Why does it look like he hasn’t been drinking anything?“Hey, it’s been a while!” she smiled at him.Remy and Vale met in high school. She isn’t sure if he is in a gang, but the important thing is that he doesn’t know what she does.“Yeah, it’s nice to see you again.” he chuckles nervously.Wait, nervous?“You haven’t drunk. Why?” Vale raised her eyebrows at him. She mentally cursed her dumb brain.“I’m a host, babe. Gotta sober to watch over my guest.” he grinned.Vale chuckles and shakes her head at him, acting like an exce
Kayden grabbed Vale’s right wrist, stopping her.Vale looked back and opened her mouth.But, ended up closing it when the woman he kissed before walked towards them, pecking his lips when she reached them and made Vale look at her with disgust.Vale tugged on her wrist and looked straight into his eyes, daring him to say, do, something....and she saw his eyes that speak louder than anything.Guilt.Vale tugged again but harder this time.Mia noticed this and furrowed her eyebrows before smiling at her.Sickly sweet.“Hon, who is this? Stop playing with the women’s hearts. It’ll break their heart to know that we’re engaged, ” she calmly said.What the hell?! They’re engaged?! Vale gritted her teeth harder and it began to hurt.She narrowed her eyes at Kayden before shouting, “Let me-fucking-go!!” she shouted over the music with ferocity gaining attention from the crowd.Great. Just great.“No! Vale...Let me explain-” Vale cut him off with a hard slap.A series of gasps and whispers ar
Keith looked at her with guilt.'Damn it! I made her cry.'She looks at him with a set of angry cute eyes before storming upstairs.Keith stood up, ready to come after her, to punish her for insulting him, but he currently can’t do that. They were silent until they heard a yelp and an engine roar outside the house.'Sue me. But, I never felt guilty for lying. I believe it was beneficial. Until Vale, of course.'Keith sighed and reached for his phone in his back pocket, scrolling for Brandon’s name on her phone and texted him to follow Vale before putting it on the table.'I was sooo in trouble.'“What did you do?” Caleb asked.He crossed his arms as he looks at Keith with a cold expression.Keith looked at the guys who were currently surrounding him—preventing him from coming after her.“I lied to her.” Keith sighed as he ran his hands on his hair and look down. Guiltily.A sudden pain shot through his jaw, making him look at them with wide eyes, shocked. He was not expecting this.T