Chapter 3

• Ella.
• Aside from attending college, I also do some shitty jobs for money. I am not proud of that but I have an innocent life to save, bills to pay and I can't drop out of school.
• After Leon left, my unknown boss called and gave me an assignment. The more jobs I get, the more the income, and that is what matters. Though this person remains hidden from me, he has saved me big time.
• My boss needed me to come to this club and kill a man in the picture he sent me. It was not a heavy task at all. Coming from a mafia family, my brother and I have been doing this kind of stuff since we were young. My father trained us to be the toughest and we did everything to remain at the top.
• Until that fateful day when tragedy occurred and I lost everything. The accident happened as soon as Leon left. Then like a miracle, the man doesn't even remember me.
• However, It's better this way because when it's time to part again, nothing will hold me down.
• Nonetheless, I should have known taking Nathaniel's car would lead him to me. I might have escaped the first confrontation but how do I escape this? I know I won't be able to escape him anymore because he just watched me kill a bunch of idiots. He will confront me and I don't know how to lie nor do I want to see his stupid face.
• I should have seen the face of the man I was to marry before agreeing to this. Desperation can actually cost you.
• So, with a silent sigh, I resume walking, and when I reach the imposing figure, I stop and clear my throat.
• What should I say? Leon stares at me as if he can see through me. He doesn't anymore, he will never get that chance again. After all, I am not the naive girl he fucked and left on his stupid bed.
• "Come with me" The man instantly, grabs my hand after he is done with the phone call and quickly marches out of the club. Throughout the ride to his home, he doesn't talk but his intense gaze remains on me. What was the call about anyway? He has been strangely staring at me since the call ended.
• Leon takes my hand and violently pushes the door to my room open and closes it behind us.
• My brother warned me but I failed to listen. Nathaniel was betrothed to some girl he was expected to marry when he turned twenty-five. We dated for a year and when his parents found out, they threatened him with the family business.
• Since he was the heir, there was no way out for him. However, this man promised that he would never look at any other woman but me. Fuck, how stupid was I to believe that stupid shit?
• I gave him my innocence but the next morning, he was not beside me anymore. He left everything behind, his phone included and there was no way I would have contacted him. Two days after he left, I was so broken and all I did was cry in my room.
• That day, I couldn't accompany my family to a banquet and unfortunately, they never came back. That's when my problems started.
• Then I found out I was pregnant. I went to his parent's house only to be manhandled by the guards as if I were a criminal. They blamed me for his disappearance and since then, his mother took it upon herself to make my life impossible.
• All of our properties miraculously caught fire and our companies went bankrupt. His family was behind it and if they had known I was pregnant, the baby wouldn't have survived.
• So, I ran. I have been surviving on my own since then and if I had known he was the one I was supposed to marry, I would have continued running.
• "Start talking. Who the fuck are you, and why are you here?. Don't even dare lie to me" The man angrily snaps and takes off his suit jacket. I watch in amazement as he draws his gun and points it at me. I was raised with guns and lethal weapons, so one doesn't scare me. Furthermore, I already have two on me.
• I find this funny. Before, he wouldn't let anything scratch me. This man used to care so much and I gave him all of me. He wouldn't let a single strand of my hair get hurt. Ironically, today he is pointing a gun at me as his finger dances around the trigger. I don't want to admit it but the pain never goes away.
• Either way, I scoff and turn to go to the bathroom but the man draws me back.
• "Do not touch me, please" I say glaring at his hand with loathing. He is a man whore and the last time he touched me, he got me pregnant and left. He has no right to ask who I am because I am going to ruin him and everything related to him.
• Does he even know he has a dying son in a hospital out there? Of course not, I have hidden my baby so well and I will be damned if I let anyone from his fucked up family know about him.
• "You have to talk to me. Did you send me those photos?"I look into his softening gaze and chuckle in amusement. Doesn't he recognize me or he is just playing dumb?
• "I suggest you kill me or stop pointing that thing at me" I begrudgingly jerk my hand from his and rush to the bathroom before he can regain his composure.
• I bet most of his admirers don't know how dark his soul is. During the day, he is a successful businessman who walks around in suits with security flocking around him. Wait until it's dark. You won't recognize the devil in dark clothing devouring souls out there. I might not be his match but I will try. I will ruin all of them. They must experience the pain they put me through.
• During the brawl, a blade grazed my skin and I need to disinfect it before it gets infected. Leon can't touch me without my consent, so his presence doesn't bother me.
• Furthermore, what hasn't he not seen before?
• "You look awfully familiar, but I can't place you anywhere in my head?" Leon appears behind me and I silently watch him from the mirror. He no longer has his shirt on. He is more mature than he was years ago.
• "Bummer" I whisper and his brows deeply furrow. The man moves directly behind me and I hold my breath, the memories of years ago flush through my mind, and the fact that I am only in a bra and he is shirtless is too uncomfortable for me.
• "Talk to me, please?" Leon mutters and his breath causes goosebumps to form on my skin. He pulls my hair to one side and silently takes the cotton from my hand. His touch on my skin is gentle and warm. My mind is clogged up and I don't even feel the pain from the wound anymore.
• "I don't want to" I close my eyes and sigh deeply. I need to get a grip on myself. I can't let this womanizer close to me or allow him to affect me in any way.
• I have a little boy to take care of.
• " I need to know" He mutters softly.
• "It's in the past Leon, and this is just a coincidence. I won't meddle in your affairs and you shouldn't meddle in mine. After a year I will disappear from your life. The way it was meant to be" I suddenly turn back and push him away. I don't want to get angry right now.
• I fucking need money. The least he can do is give me a job.