Ava steadied her breath and tried to calm the panic she felt, yet she could no longer control her hands as they shook in an odd trembling rhythm.
"Ava!" Rake called.
Even though it was the fifth time he had said her name, she was not responding. He could see the fear in her expression as she ushered her dark eyes shut, then opened it.
"I want to go home." Ava mumbled as tears rolled down her face.
"You can't." Rake said.
She then turned her head and doubtfully gazed at him as though he was talking nonsense.
"Why is that?" Ava harshly asked.
"Because you stand the risk of getting you and everyone you love killed." Rake casually replied.
For a while, Ava didn't know how to respond to his statement or how to feel about what he had said. So she just gazed at him with annoyance in her eyes.
"I know it's hard to accept, but your old life is over. Your boss' son will not take his father's death lightly. In this game, an eye for an eye, and if I am right, after he has seen the footage, you will be the eye he wants for payment for my deed." Rake explained, hoping that Ava would understand.
"Why would he want to kill me? You are the one who killed his freaking dad." Ava screamed out of confusion.
The driver turned his head around and gazed at them with a shocked expression.
"Look where you are driving! You are leaving your lane." Ava yelled.
"Hold on! You did not tell me that you were a murderer! What kind of bull crap have you gotten me into?!" The driver asked.
"Are you not already in shit? I can tell from your driving skills that you are a getaway driver. Plus, how accurately you dodged those bullets proved that you are in pretty messed up stuff yourself." Rake stated.
The driver laughed in a deep voice after hearing what Rake had said before his expression became cunning.
"I guess I have gotten caught. However, now that you know my other job and for the risk that you have put me through, you have to pay me more." The driver slyly stated.
"Cash is not a problem. Just get us to the plain field next to the railroad, and you will get your payment." Rake replied.
"I like your style. Anyone that is free with paper is my kind of guy. I am Big D."
"You can call me, Rake."
It dumbfounded Ava at how these two men casually discussed things like what had just happened meant nothing to them.
"I can't believe that I am sitting in the midst of two criminals! You know what! Stop the car!" Ava screamed.
Big D ignored what she had said and kept driving since Rake had not reacted or responded to Ava's statement.
"Great! I will get the door for myself then." Ava mumbled.
She reached for the door lock, but Rake pulled her back and sealed her wrist in his grips.
"What the hell do you think you are doing! We are in moving traffic. Do you want to hurt yourself?" Rake screamed.
"Why are you scolding me! You are the one killing people, getting us into a criminal car, and making me a target of something that I don't even know about and should not be involved in, in the first place! You have no right to take such a tone with me!" Ava yelled back.
Big D kept his eyes ahead of him, but he focused his ears on everything that was happening in the back.
"I am sorry. You are right, and I shouldn't have screamed at you." Rake softly said as he let go of her wrist.
"I just want to go home. Why won't you let me?" Ava cried.
Rake knew the answer to that question, yet he kept those words to himself since he did not want to start something that he would not finish.
'How can I tell you that my love for you is the toxicity that has put you on a death hunt? Rami saw you with me, and by now, he knows that we know each other, which will lead him to dig behind our relationship. Once he finds out the truth, he is coming for you. An eye for an eye. I've killed someone he loves, and he will want to kill someone I love to even the scale.' Rake thought.
Ava sat there, staring at him, wondering in his thoughts, and she patiently waited for him to give her an answer.
"Gem and I have a karaoke date to attend together. So if you can't give me serious information for me to believe, I am getting out of this car, and this time, you won't get the chance to stop me." Ava said after she had waited for ten minutes, and Rake said nothing.
"Is the fact that you and those that you love are going to die not serious information?" Rake asked.
"No. It is not enough for me to just believe in you and leave my entire life behind to run away with you. You killed his father, not me, so I don't see any sense in him coming after me."
"Fine."
Rake knew how stubborn Ava could get if her mind got made up, so he reached into his black bag, and before she could get the chance to take action, he had slapped a handcuff on both of her wrists.
"What the hell are you doing, Rake? This is kidnapping! You can't just force me to go with you against my will!" Ava screamed with tears in her eyes.
"No, I call this 'keeping you safe.' You will understand in a while. Please bear with me." Rake said as he gently wet the tears that rolled out of Ava's eyes.
Sometime later, Big D stepped on the brake, then turned around to them and with a bright smile on his face.
"Well, we have arrived." He said.
Ava stared out the window and gazed at the chopper not far away from them, and somehow she knew that her life was never going back to the way it used to be.
Rake stepped down from the vehicle, then he turned around and helped Ava out of the car. Once her feet were stable on the green grass, she lightly shook her arms to signal him to let go of her.Rake got the signal and his fingers slowly slip of Ava's arm as he stared at her with concern in his eyes."Hey Jax." Rake called out as a man with blonde hair approached them."Hello, boss." Jax replied.He then turned his head and gazed at Ava, who didn't pay him much attention since she was mad at Rake. He then looked at Rake, whose expression seemed aloof."Who's this pretty thing?" Jax said."She's just a chick that was in the wrong place at the wrong time." Rake replied with coldness in his tone."Are you going to take her to the big boss?""No. He can not know about her! I will handle her myself.""It's your prey, so you call the shots on it."Ava didn't know what to think or which words to use in such a situation. The entire
The chopper landed on an enormous field, and Jax was the first to get out, leaving Ava and Rake alone.Ava gazed at Rake, but the soulless expression on his face made her quickly look the other way."Is your ass stuck to the chair or something?" Rake coldly stated."What?" Ava harshly asked with a shocked expression on her face.She angrily gazed at Rake. However, from the coldness in his eyes, she knew that he wasn't the Rake she loves, and it tore her heart apart, but she kept silent instead of crying."You are not the man I hope to have spent eternity with and love even in death. I feel so cheated for loving you." Ava pitifully said."If you want to survive this side of my life, you better keep those cheesy statements to yourself." Rake stated."Haha... Cheesy. You are really not Rake."Ava angrily wiped her face, then stood up from her seat and got out of the chopper without looking at Rake.Jax saw Ava walking towards him, a
Ava stepped back slowly as the three bloodthirsty wolves circled her, leaving only a little distance between them and her."Nice fellows. I am not tasty at all. You don't want a skinny woman like me." Ava calmly mumbled.However, she was freaking out inside, and with every step that the wolves took closer, Ava felt as though her heart was going to explode in her chest."Stay back!!!" Ava commanded."Growl!!!""Growl!!!""Growl!!!"Ava’s bossy tone only made the wolves more alarmed and agitated as they closed in with their aggressive red eyes center on her."Ohh, this is not good. Rake! Rake! I am sorry. I didn't mean to act stubborn! I don't feel ready to die! So please save me!" Ava hastily screamed.At that instant, one of the wolves vigorously charged toward her. Ava couldn't breathe because of fear, and she immediately shut her eyes tightly."Bang!!!"The gunshot sound didn't help Ava’s panic attack either, but sh
Ava stared at Rake and then Jax. She could tell that whoever this big boss was, he wasn't someone she wanted to meet and the way how Carter coldly gazed at her made the to shiver a bit.She took a few steps closer towards Jax then bent her head down to avoid any eye contact with Carter.At that moment, Rake grabbed her wrist and pulled her away from Jax and the others, then stopped walking when they were far enough.“Hey.” Ava cried as she struggled to free her hand from his.“Listen carefully! The danger starts from this exact moment! Do not trust anyone except me, and don’t follow any instructions except it's mine! Do you understand?” Rake said.“I heard you! Now let go of my hand! You are hurting me, and this handcuff is the worst. When are you going to remove it?”Rake slowly released her hand. He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a tiny key, then unlocked the cuffs.“There. Now listen up. Jax is going to take you to my house.
Ava could feel the blade so close to her skin. She shut her eyes tightly when she felt a liquid running down her neck. “Lady Belle. I advise you not to do that.” Ava heard a familiar voice say, and she finally allowed herself to breathe. “Who dare interfere?” Belle screamed. “It's Jax. Look, Sir Roland told me to bring her to his home, and he won't be happy if he comes back and meets her dead.” Jax said as he slowly approached Belle and Ava. “She is just a plain and ugly woman. I will be doing Roland a favor if I kill her.” “You got a point.” Ava immediately opened her eyes. She eyed Jax as though she was trying to tell him, “ Hey! What hell are you doing? Are you trying to get me killed?” Ava saw Jax stare back at her for a moment. But she couldn't tell if he got her signal or not. “I wouldn't stop you from carrying that knife deeper into her skin since you have already started. But we both know my boss, and the last t
The study got pretty quiet for minutes. No one had the guts to speak up. Instead, they were all staring at Roland, but he too remained silent.Luther intensely gazed into the face of everyone in the room and none of them was bold enough to have eye contact with him or speak, and he seemed to have had enough of the silence.“Someone give me a damn answer now, or you all lose your tongues!” Luther screamed.“Sir, your order got given. But young master…” Carter did not get to finish his statement when Roland cut him off.“But I disobey that order.” Roland said.The rage expressed on Luther's face was transparent for all to see, and everyone else was extremely calculative about how to act.“Father, I…” Roland tried to speak, but he didn't get to end his statement.“Everyone out! I need to have a word with my son!” Luther screamed.No bodyguards waited for another second. Instead, they all immediately ran for their precious life. Carter was
Luther felt satisfied with his victory until Roland burst into a wild laugh.“What's funny, boy! I have the upper hand here. You are counting death if you try to break free from my grip.” Luther coldly said.“Are you sure? Look down.” Rake calmly stated.“What the hell?”“Before you think about snapping my neck, this blade will already be stuck deep into your heart. Do you want to test who’s faster?”Luther hesitated for a second with a frown on his face, then his fingers slowly slipped off Roland’s neck while gazing at the knife pinpointed directly at his heart.“You are always perfect at killing with weapons. I know that I will be dead before I can break your neck.” Luther mumbled.“Is that defeat I hear?” Roland asked.“Although it angers me to admit it, I am a man of my word, and I like to play fair, so the girl is yours to keep. But one wrong move from her, and I will put her down even if you refuse. Now, how was the mission?”
Roland arrived at his home in the afternoon because he made a stop at the beach to clear his head.He drove the pickup into his garage and packed it. Then he got out of the vehicle and headed into the mansion.“Gosh!… I am sorry for my reaction, young master.” Floral said the moment she met Roland in the hallway.“It's okay.” Roland replied without care.“Young master, dinner has been served at the dining table.”“Where's the girl?”“Oh. She’s in the last bedroom that's at the end of the hall. She has been up there for the entire day.”Floral last sentence did not seem right to Roland, but he didn't react immediately.“Did something happen?” Roland calmly asked.“To be truthful, something did happen. I hesitated to tell you because I thought sir Jax had informed you, and I didn't want to seem nosy.” Floral said.“What is it?”“Madam Belle came to your house and put a knife to your guest's neck since she mistook her to