Is she dead?

Twenty- seven. 27.

He stepped in with the aura of audaciousness surrounding him. The stench of audacity and power seeped in as he entered. His guards entered with him.

I stood up slowly from my forever seated position to meet his devilish gaze that pierced through me, through my bone marrow, piercing through to my heart.

For the first time, his stares made me uncomfortable. I swallowed nothing. I lowered my haze to the floor. Now I know he is my superior.

He made a signal to the guards and before I knew it, they hired me to a chair, binding my hands from behind.

I shivered and shrieked, whimpering softly like a child.

Massimo came to sit in front of me like we were going to have an interrogation.

"We are going to have a little tete-a-tete, without wasting too much time, " he said and I gulped.

"Who are you? " he asked.

"I'm Laurie. Laurie Norman. You know me, Massimo, " I answered and a stinging slap landed on my right cheek, making the receptiv