đź–¤Nevaeh's pov đź–¤
I would torture you to the point of death, you will wish for death and you won't get it. You will look for it but won't find it. And I'm gonna do it myself just to listen to your endless scream that would be music to my hear.
Dmitri king
God my head hurts. I slowly open my eyes but it feels heavy. Am I having a hangover of last night? Wait last night- shit! I swing my eyes open and look at my surroundings.
I'm tied to a chair and I seem to be in a basement? I think, there's no windows and aww at least that fucker had the decency to dress me. I'm in a dress shirt that reaches my mid thigh since I'm seated. I need to get out of this place ASAP! But how.
I look around to make up a plan but the room is too dark to make up anything. I tug at my wrist but damn it's too tight and I have no weapon on me. I tug harder and twist my wrist around trying to loosen it and create a space.
Almost there... just a little bit more... "it's so fun to see you try and fail" I stiffen and pause all movement at sound of the deep voice.
I ear foot steps heading opposite to my direction. Isn't he meant to be coming towards me? A light is switched on which answered my unasked question.
Dmitri in all his glory stride towards me this time around. That sexy motherfucker!
"Tst tst tst. It's so cute of you to think you could take me out with such a cheap sedative" he smirks at me. "And to think I wouldn't feel the knife?" He scoffs "pathetic" I tug at my restricted hand which is now almost loose "tell me who sent you" I chuckled.
"So cute of you to think I'll give out that info" I mock him using the same tone.
"I really wanted to do this the easy way Tesoro... but you leave me no choice" he shows face pity
"Hit me all you want. I would rather die than bend to your will" he can try all he wants but I'll never risk my family's life.
"I don't hit women without their permission, I can also think of ways to bend you" he smirks at me.
"Pervert" I mutter under my breath but loud enough for him to hear
"So you wanna do this the easy way, or the less easy way?" He ask
"Go fuck yourselves" I spat
He chuckles and shakes his head "trust me Tesoro, been there done that, but it doesn't feel as good as the actual thing" he takes a folder and put a page at my view " do you know her"
Looking at the picture my heart hammered but I gave no reaction "nope never seen her" I say nonchalantly but I'm freaking out inside "is she your sugar mama or something" I face him with a smirk.
He chuckles and runs his hand in his hair "I gotta admit you're good at this" "you've still got eyes on the target yes?" He says out of nowhere
I look at him and notice he has an airPod on. "I guess she doesn't know her" he glance at me and I still gave no reaction but inside I am relieved he believes me. He holds eye contact and said "pull the trigger on 3"
"-wait!" I shout
"Hold the trigger" he says into the AirPod " he looks at me and smirks "SĂ tesoro?"
"Why do you have to kill her? I mean she has nothing to do with this I don't even know her so why kill the innocent" I ramble
"True" he hums "but she is already involved and I don't want messy work, she could go out there and start rambling to the police not that it will cause any damage but still, I love clean work"
"You're a sick bastard" I stare at him in disbelief
He chuckles "I've been called worse darling." He drops the file on the table, took a chair and sat in front of me.
What a dumb bastard as soon as I'm out of this rope I'm taking his beautiful eye which will be soon. The rope is almost loose just a little bit and I'll be done.
"So do you wanna continue our little game or...? Don't get me wrong, I do love the chase. It's just that the longer you drag this on the longer you stay restricted. So are you going to keep denying your mother or tell me the truth? Which ever one works for me"
" I can't tell you" I say giving up cause I know when I'm caught red handed
"You can't or you won't?"
"I can't. If I do I- I- I have something to loose" I hang my head low
"How about this, if you tell me, your mother will be under my protection." I lift my head up and gaps at him in shock.
Would he really do that? Or that's just a stunt to get me to spill? Nah I'm not taking any chances. I swing my free hand towards him, ready to take out his eye with my acrylic nails but to my surprise he caught my wrist effortlessly like he had expected it. I swing my other hand in hopes I caught him off guard but it landed in the same result.
"I was starting to think you won't attack" he holds both hand with one hand and look down at the discarded rope " you loosened it faster than I predicted. Good girl" he pat my hair like a fucking child
"What" I stare at him dumbfounded
"I'm serious about the offer, it still stands"
"I- how can I trust you? What gives me the assurance you won't kill my mum and I after getting what you want" i point out
"I never told you to trust me did I? But know this. When I give my word, I never go against it." He replies
"What if you're lying to my face" I say
He gives me a dangerous look and a dark chuckle "I am many things tesoro, but a liar is not one of them" he face is dangerously close to mine.
I gulp and move my head back a little "okay let's say I took your offer, my mum will be save right?"
"Yes you both will be under my protection. your mum's medical bills and expenses will be settled, you would be given the choice to either work for me or not. But I would prefer if you did cause I gotta admit, you have talent." He says with a straight face
"Quick question, how did you know about my mother?... don't answer that it was a stupid question of course you know. You are a mob boss after all." I groan " so... you know about my mother's condition correct?"
"SĂ"
I guess I have no choice "Andrei Sokolov. He has been planning ways to take you out for months. All those surprise attacks you keep getting, he is behind it all."
"That makes sense. What else are they planning?" He ask
"To be honest, I hardly know things about his plans that didn't concern me." I shrug "I'm thirsty, can I get some water?"
"Sure piccola" he gets up and leaves me alone in the basement with no guard. Is this guy stupid or what? What if I try to run away? My hands are free I could easily free my legs and make a run for it.Well it won't hurt to free my legs.Â
Soon enough Dmitri stroll in with a bottle of water. He looks down at the discarded rope with no surprise "I see you're getting comfy there" he hands me the bottle
I take seven gulps and sigh "not really, this chair is really uncomfortable and my legs are itchy" I take three more gulps "how many guards are outside this place?"
"Just two" he causally answer
"Wasn't you bothered I could escape?" I'm pretty sure I can handle two guards " are there more guards here and where exactly is here?"
"This is my main house, yes there are guards stationed all over my house and to answer you first question, No! I wasn't bothered. I know you don't have the balls to escape and even if you tried you wouldn't get that far before a bullet if put through your head" he answers casually as if he was talking about the weather
"Offence taken" I glare at him
"I never said no offence"
"So where was I? oh I know... so you've pissed of Andrei Sokolov and now he wants your head and man is he trying" I laugh at my sad attempt of a joke "I don't ask questions about the missions I'm being given I just do it. I never even knew you existed before I was given your mission. Okay I knew the name Dmitri king the king of the underworld but never the face. Quick question, is king really your surname or... you just want to keel the whole king of kings of the underworld shit?"
He gives me a blank stare " you talk to much do you know that"
"It happens when I'm stressed asshole. As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted-"
"I never did that" he cut me off
"Do you wanna hear the dam thing or not?" He stays silent and stare at me "that's what I thought. So there is a shipment you're meant to make on the 18th right? Yh they're gonna steal it. Apparently Andrei has an inside man here and it happens to be one of your inner men. Shocker *fake gaps* so-"
"Who is it?" Dmitri snaps at me
"How do you expect me to know" I shrug "that's a you problem not a we problem"
"It's kind of a we problem since you work for me now"
"Wait, you said I had a choice"
"You do. It's either you work for me or I shoot a bullet between you eyes right her right now. So it's obviously the first choice yes?"
"Ok that's blackmailing" I shoot him a glare which he ignored
"Is it love? I don't think so" that evil bastard chuckles
"Why do you want me to work for you" I groan "what if I betray you? What if this is all a ploy to get close to you and work with your mole and Andrei to take you out"Â
He chuckles and bends to be eye level with me "trust me tesoro, you won't"
"And why won't I? If I did what would you do? Kill my family?" I taunt. It would be cruel of me to do that. I mean I prefer him to Andrei any day
"Oh no tesoro, only a coward would do that." His face is so close to me I can smell the cigarette and orange juice? Wait I can't ever picture him drinking orange juice it's just funny
"I would torture you to the point of death, you will wish for death and you won't get it. You will look for it but won't find it. And I'm gonna do it myself just to listen to your endless scream that would be music to my hear." If that wasn't directed to me, I would find it hot.
"Ok point taken"
"Good to know we are on the same page" he pat my hair
"Would you stop that? It's annoying" I push his hand away from my head "won't Andrei's minion report back to him that I'm with you now"
"Oh trust me he would" he stands up and motion for me to follow
I copy his action and followed "What about my mum ?"
"What about her" that bastard turned his head slightly to look down at me. Curse my short height.
"She will be his target! I know know him well enough to know that small dick will attack her to make a point"
"Don't worry I'll take care of it." He removes the airpod in his ear and types on his phone. "Give the phone to her" he says into the phone and hand it to me.
I hesitantly put the phone against my ear "hello?"
"Nevaeh darling how are you doing?"
"M-mum? H-how? Where are you?" I look up at Dmitri and he smirks at me "mum are you okay? Are you hurt any where? Are you okay"
"Calm down Mija, I'm fine what is it with all this question?"
"Mum where are you?"
"Im at the hospital, I'm always there" she tries to joke but I can hear the sadness behind her voice "you never told me you were friends with these fine gentle men. When they first appeared, I thought you where in some kind of trouble but they explained to me you work with them in some business organisation and they seem nice. Especially that fine gentle man I did a video call with and he told me he was single" she giggle like some school girl talking about their crush
"So you're safe right?"
"Of course I am. What should I be worried about?"
"Bye mum, I love you"
"I love you more mija"
"So you spoke to my mum?"
"Yes I did. She is a very nice woman" he starts moving but I still stay rooted in my spot
"That she is"
"Do you wanna sleep here or are you gonna follow me? I don't have the time of the day"
Rude asshole.