Lahat ng Kabanata ng Taming The Beast: His Ruthless Desire: Kabanata 61 - Kabanata 70

Luca's Pov Fast talker was in the room along with two other men I hadn't seen before. They paid me no mind and focused on the piles of money which were more than the last time I'd been in here. “What is it, little man?” Lenny asked impatiently. “Um… I was hoping I could talk to you privately.” I said in a whisper. “Privately? What are you on? Come on, spit it out, I don't have all day.” He was irritable and I began to think I'd picked the wrong day to tell him about this. Fast talker and his two colleagues were fixated on their task. Or at least they appeared to be but I knew they had an ear on our conversation. I decided I didn't care. If I didn't have the balls to tell him I wanted a different type of job, then how was I going to have the balls to sell directly? “I saw something today. I want in on it. I don't want to be just a delivery boy anymore.” I said as boldly and clearly as I could. Little Lenny raised his eyebrows, “Yo how long you been working for? Two weeks

Luca's Pov I didn't stop selling.I had to stay out of school for a few days and Dara made sure to write that letter to the school as she promised. This saw me getting called to the principal's office the day I returned. The principal in question was a heavy set Latina looking woman although with a name like Stella Griffin, I couldn't be too sure. She took a long look at my healing wounds and tutted in pity. “Know their names?” She asked and I shook my head in the negative. “Thought as much. Protecting your enemies are we? Turf war?” She raised a stern brow. “Ma'am?” I blinked at her innocently. “What's it you kids nowadays call it? Territory dispute?” I nearly snorted out loud at that one but managed to keep my face impassive. “I don't know what you're talking about Mrs G.” “Of course you don't. Well if you can't give me their names, there's nothing I can do for ya. Can't punish bullies I don't know now can I?” She didn't try to coerce me into giving names, it would s

Luca's Pov News of the beating I had given Sven spread around school and the neighbourhood. The bullying stopped. Kids whispered to one another as I passed through the hallways. Boys who'd taunted and bullied Ollie and I cheered and raised their hands for a high five whenever they saw me pass by. The four boys from Sven's posse kept their distance. Spearing me with hateful looks and snide comments when my back was turned. I didn't care. I had proven a point. I was untouchable. I felt like a king. Everyone wanted to become my friend all of a sudden. Even Ollie no longer got picked on. Nobody wanted to cross the boy whose older brother had beat up the almighty Sven. Sven himself had disappeared. Or it seemed he had. He didn't show up at school that week or the next. Rumor had it that he'd run back to Switzerland out of shame and now lived in a small town telling people he used to be the top boy in Chicago, America. Untrue rumors of course but it was funny to hear. I kept my

Luca's Pov I heard him drop the gun and I stood up slowly. He took off the vest as I came around the bed to stand in front of him. I tossed my gun to the side. It occured to me that I could've just shot him then and been done with it. But no. I was a ruthless killer, a professional assassin. But I was no coward. If I kill a man in a fight then it has to be fair and square. I didn't trust Sven to share the same convictions though so I left the knife in my boot just in case. Over the earpiece I could still hear Elias and Sage's frantic whispers of concern. I heard Elias fire up the engine of the van they were in. They would be on their way to the designated pick up spot where they would wait, engine running, to make a quick getaway the minute I showed up. If I showed up. If I made it out of here alive. I'd beaten Sven once before. But we'd both been kids then. Now I was a trained killer and so was he. We were both hired mercenaries. Equally skilled. But he had the slight advanta

Alex's Pov. I took a soak in the penthouse tub for the first time. Seemed pretty funny after spending the entire evening at the pool but I felt like pampering myself a little. Besides, I needed to relax. My muscles had been tense since Ryan's little declaration at the pool. “I think you're fucking hot too.” Well Fuck me. I threw my head back and groaned. He hadn't said anything else after that. He'd simply smirked and splashed some water in my face. I reacted reflexively and splashed back. Somehow that led to a splashing match which half the people in the pool decided to join in. All that laughing and splashing about had pissed Liz off and she got out of the pool, huffing and grumbling and calling the lot of us losers. I ended up enjoying the splashing game though. Some of the guys brought a beach ball and started a game but I wasn't interested. I kept trying to talk to Ryan again but he was avoiding me on purpose. The cute blonde from earlier laughed as he whispered som