Riccardo POV:What did she mean by saying that I didn't know anything that happened to her after we broke up before? I literally kept my eyes on her for seven years, sending my men to watch over her in secret. I followed every social media post she made online and even checked on her if she went silent for three days. Certainly, after the breakup, she went a bit astray and befriended some toxic friends and developed toxic habits like going clubbing, dating random men and going on vacations with her peers. But none of it seemed to jeopardize her life and her education in college. She looked fine on the outside. But did something happen to her that I failed to see through during those years?"I kind of lost direction after the breakup... like for a whole semester. My grades went down and I lost my scholarship," Cassie said slowly.Okay, that was new. I never knew that. Maybe something did happen to her and I could sense it was like some kind of hardship she needed to deal with her famil

Cassandra POV:As usual, an hour after midnight, he checked on me making sure I was asleep. Like always, I managed to fool him. Ricky left the bedroom and I waited about a minute before I slowly opened the bedroom door and peeked outside. I saw him on the first floor leaving the mansion through the front door. It was dark down there and I guessed all the servants should be asleep by now.The front door was closed again after Ricky went out. I didn't take long to run down the stairs and peeked outside again from a window beside the front door. I hid my body behind the curtain. It was not that dark outside because there were a lot of lamp posts there. I knew right? Why would lamp posts be available here? Let me just remind myself again that Ricky's residential area was about ten rugby fields big. It was almost like a small town here. Thankfully, Ricky didn't leave by getting into a vehicle or anything. I won't be able to follow him if he did that.I saw him walk to a stone building, lik

Cassandra POV:Ricky gave no answer to my question, the one that I was so eager to know. I guessed what happened tonight was proof that he wasn't just a normal regular wealthy businessman. Silly how I didn't see the signs. There were clearly many of them. He had a gun and his ex-girlfriend was heinous. The birthday party he attended before too was unusual, with all the guests respecting him in such a weird way even the elders. Certainly, that would show how he was not a normal guy living a normal life. Maybe I was the one who put a blind eye to all those signs. I had been disregarding them all.My whole body was shaking terribly and my lips began to feel cold. It was almost three in the morning and only a thin satin sleeping gown was covering my body. My whole self just stopped functioning at this moment, I didn't know what to do next. With Ricky standing right in front of me and all his men staring at me, my mind just went blank. I was still in shock from what I saw at the undergroun

Cassandra POV: Ricky left the bedroom after he gave me a long berating speech. He slammed the door behind him and that made me gasp with my body jolted in shock. My crying stopped immediately and I just sat on the bed motionlessly. My eyes stared at the floor as my mind just thought about what I should do next. Should I just go to sleep right now? But Ricky was in a bad mood and if I just let us continue being in this situation, tomorrow would be a long day for me. I didn't want to walk on eggshells inside this house. That would be such an agonizing thing for me to bear especially now that I didn't have any other place to stay apart from here. Ricky was right. I did love him. Yet, knowing who he really was tonight just felt like a pang in my heart. I couldn't accept that he was part of the crime world. Even worse, he was the king of the underworld. How could I end up having a boyfriend with such a dangerous identity? This was just not making any sense to me. My mind was still think

Cassandra POV:"Take it," he slightly raised his voice and gave me a little glare. I knew right away that he meant it as an order and not a request.My hand trembled a bit as I took the gun from his palm and I pouted while holding the gun grip with two hands. Ricky pointed his hand to the front, telling me silently to look forward. I did and I stretched out my hands getting ready to fire to where he pointed. I guessed he noticed my hands were shaking uncontrollably and he suddenly just chuckled at me."Why are you laughing? Get this done fast. I don't want to touch this thing any longer," I grumbled at him."Okay... okay..." he said while helping me be in position."One... two... three. Shoot!" His voice got louder towards the end."Wait. Shoot on three or when you say shoot?" I was confused by his instruction.The man sighed and took the gun from my hand. He then just shot towards his aim randomly three times."I'm here! I'm here! Please don't shoot! I'm here!" Someone came out from