LOGIN“Boss, CCTV captured her last entering Arizona Entertainment.” Felix called Dante.He had ordered for Victoria to be brought to him, but after hearing where she went to, he hesitated.“I promise I was going to support her.” He muttered.“Let her be for now. Find out everything about the CEO of the company, but I’ll still punish her.”This wasn’t done by him; although he had looked into Arizona, he hadn’t met with the CEO yet, and it seemed someone was one step ahead of him and was helping. Victoria.He had to find out whether the intentions were pure or not.Meanwhile, Victoria glanced at her phone repeatedly. She had already arrived at the apartment that was prepared. She asked Mr. T if she could move in today, and he allowed her.“Hello, Nina!!” She exclaimed as soon as the call went through.“Victoria, I thought you'd forgotten about me, as you now have Dante beside you.”Victoria's smile faded; she didn’t want to tell Nina she had run away again. “What about the outfit I’m suppose
All through the drive to the hospital, Victoria lay her head on Dante’s chest. He noticed her change in mood and thought she needed to be checked in the hospital, and his wounded men too.The hospital lights were too bright.Victoria squeezed her eyes shut as the car doors opened, the sharp smell of antiseptic rushing toward her even before the stretcher appeared. She never thought she would be visiting this place so soon again.Everything felt unreal.Too fast.“Careful,” Dante barked as the paramedics rushed forward.“I’m fine,” the driver insisted through clenched teeth, blood seeping through his sleeve. “Just attend to the boss lady first.”“Get him inside,” Dante cut in coldly. “Let me worry about my woman myself.”Victoria watched helplessly as the driver was wheeled away, his face pale from blood loss. Guilt wrapped around her chest like wire. This happened because of me.She felt Dante’s hand pat her back.“You should be lying down,” she murmured without looking at him.“And
The car screeched to a halt.Victoria’s body lurched forward before strong arms yanked her back, crushing her against a hard chest. The sudden force knocked the breath from her lungs.“What… Her eyes widened in horror.“Don’t move,” Dante growled softly in her ear.The sound of tires stopping behind them and the air smelled of gasoline.Victoria’s heart slammed violently against her ribs.The driver’s voice shook as he spoke. “Boss… we’re boxed in. Two cars behind, one ahead.”Silence fell inside the vehicle.“I’ll call for backup right now.” The driver said as bullet flew right through but couldn’t penetrate the glass.Dante knew it was only a matter of time before the bullet broke through.Victoria stared at the man beside her; he was just recovering from one fight, now this.He was calm.The kind that came before blood.Dante’s hand slid from her waist to the back of her head, pressing her face into his chest. She could hear his heartbeat now, so fast.He lifted his head slightly,
Victoria had been looking for Dante since his wound reopened, and she wanted to disinfect it before the doctor got there.She had heard all that the person at the other end had said to Dante about getting her and using her to make him pay, but she didn't hear about how Dante had ruthlessly planted a bomb on his cousin.“Vicky, what did you hear?” Dante walked up to her as his eyes searched for any sign.“Dante, who's threatening you?” She held his hand. “If being with me is going to cause you harm, then you don't have to hide it from me.”He sighed in relief. It seemed it had not been long she stood there.“It’s just a minor issue; I would solve it.”Victoria looked at Dante, knowing he was hiding the fact someone was using her to threaten him, but right now her goal was to get better and not be a burden to him.“Let’s go back; you need to rest.” He hugged her waist as they returned to the room.Victoria cleaned the wound while waiting for the doctor. Dante ran a warm bath for her.…
Dante lifted her until he got into the car with Nina smiling beside them.She was happy her friend had someone like this who could do anything for her and thought perhaps Victoria could model for her with Dante in the background; she didn't have to be scared of the backlash anymore.Victoria curved her lips into a frown as she sat there beside Dante.“Why did you carry me? Remember, you're hurt.”“My Vicky, are you bothered about my wound now when you ran away from the hospital?” he teased her.“You like to make me chase you, right?” His laughter sounded beside her as he continued teasing her, making her skin blush red.Felix stared at them through the rearview mirror. It was too early for him to be eating dog food.Both of them stayed silent after that. Not saying a word the entire ride back.Victoria lay curled against his chest like she had no choice in the matter because she didn’t. His arms were locked around her, possessive, like she was going to disappear again; every time she
Dante’s world darkened the second he opened the message.The text read:“Why snatch a lady you can’t even protect?”Attached were screenshots.Hundreds of comments.Threads.Videos.Cruel edits.Hate posts.Every shred of cyberbullying Victoria had been enduring while he was unconscious all gathered and dumped into his phone like a slap.Dante’s jaw clenched so hard his stitches burned.More messages loaded.Pictures of Victoria looking pale after donating blood.A clip of her stumbling outside the hospital.Gossip pages calling her a “nobody,” “gold digger,” “cheap wannabe.”His fingers tightened around the phone until the glass creaked.The sender was no other than Kelvin.He had been worried sick about Victoria but she said she was with Dante but last night a blogger had posted pictures of her getting out of the hospital looking pale.Rumors of her getting an abortion had begun to spread and comments flew around saying she slept with old men before so getting an abortion was nothin







