Reyna ran as fast as her feets could take her, the fast and firm sound of feet hitting the ground was a constant reminder that those men were still behind her.
Like most times, she had agreed to follow her uncle to his business meetings so she could gain some experience, unknowingly, he had the intention to sell her to one of the men he wanted to work with.
She couldn’t believe that he wanted her, who was barely twenty two years old to be with a fifty year old man?
The lecherous man who he had brought her for had taken one look at her and was certain that he wanted a piece of her, unfortunately Reyna was not one to sell her body for money or any benefits at all.
As soon as she realized that they wouldn’t let her leave there, she had requested to go to the restroom and then knowing that the guards were outside, she had used the restroom window to escape.
Unfortunately, they had caught on quite quickly when they realized she was spending too much time since it had taken her a while for her to use the window to go out and still climb down the height of the building successfully.
And so before she could do anything, they had caught up with her hence why this chase started.
“Who knew this sl*r would be this fast” one of the men said panting heavily.
Considering how dainty and fragile she looked, they hadn’t expected that she would give them such a good chase like this one.
Reyna gave no reply to them as she kept her eyes on the building ahead of her.
Looking at the gigantic hotel right in front, Reyna hastened her pace, with the intention to run into the hotel.
Since she was familiar with this area, after all, she worked several odd jobs, and did many other things to make sure she had money to survive.
She doubted that those men could all run into the hotel all at once which meant that they could not chase her.
Just like she had predicted, as soon as she got into the hotel, she slowed and tried her best to walk in like a normal person.
Since she had dressed quite well to not embarrass her uncle who was the CEO of a small time company, the guards didn’t think anything.
Unfortunately, the four burly men were stopped for security reasons, it was obvious that they weren’t normal men.
If it had been any other day, perhaps they could have gotten in, unfortunately, the hotel president was currently around today and nothing could go wrong and thus, the four men were denied entrance.
Reyna on the other hand sped up as soon as she was in the hotel and went towards the right hand side.
She had been at this hotel to work as an hostess for a certain party with her friend and knew that there was a hall that was usually not in use most times here.
Since it was like a six star hotel, the prices were sky high and most people could not afford to use their hall.
Her plan was to go in there and see if she could alter her dress and look so that she could go back home.
By home, she meant her dormitory since there was no way she would go back to that house where her uncle was also going to come back to.
She guessed that she wouldn’t even know how she would get killed.
Without wasting any time, Reyna pushed the door to the hall open and was stumped to see that the hall was full to the brim.
It was as full as it could get and she closed the doors back immediately.
After some minutes, she opened it and entered the hall confidently.
Since most people were backing the door, no one noticed her considering that to those people, she looked very much like a staff. After all, this was a gathering of the country’s elite. The top ten percent.
Offending them was more dangerous than the men that were chasing her but there was no other way than going forward, after all, she couldn’t afford to book a room.
As soon as she entered, she went to the restroom immediately. The sooner she was done here, the better for her.
About thirty minutes later, a young girl with a lovely shade of wavy auburn hair stepped out of one of the bathroom stalls.
Her heart shaped lips were coated in a distinct red color that was surprisingly pulled off by her.
Reyna looked in the mirror and nodded in satisfaction at the image that stared back at her.
She had successfully altered her dress into a makeshift playsuit. With a cut in the middle, she had made a band and turned the lower part into shorts while the upper part was a crop top.
Considering that they were from the same material, it looked like a two piece outfit and was really nice.
She looked in no way like the young and innocent girl that she looked like when she was with the men that were chasing her.
Confident that they would be unable to recognize her, she dumped her small purse that had some of her fashion design mini tools inside the toilet after taking the important things she needed from it and left the restroom.
After all her careful planning, Reyna would not have expected that just as she came out of the hotel, the four men moved forward slightly with the intention to grab her as soon as she walked through the security.
“Surely the evil ones live longer” she muttered under her breath as her eyes dashed around wondering where or who she could run to.
Just as she was trying to find a solution, she looked and saw him.
Niko, the certified playboy in their city coming with his bodyguards.
If she remembered well, his dad owned this hotel.
Just as she was about to look away, a thought flashed through her mind as she looked between him and the men waiting out there for her.
Even though this might land her in more trouble, she could pretend she had the wrong man or make it seem like she was just one of those girls he had been with before.
After all, with his reputation around, there was no way he could remember all the girls he had been with.
And so without any hesitation, the moment Niko got close to the entrance, she ran and latched on to him.
“Baby, have been waiting here for you all these while” she said coyly trying her best to imitate all the flirtatious moves she had seen in movies.
Unfortunately, Niko was not who she thought and his eyes flashed with suspicion.
The moment Reyna realized that her plan was about to get foiled, she leaned in closer to him.
“Those men over there are after me, as long as you help me with escaping from them, I will get off you. Otherwise I guess you would be in the tabloids again for rejecting another baby” she said with her original voice.
Like it was popularly known, even an headless cockroach would still struggle at the face of death, Reyna was trying her best to find a way out of being hawked off by her uncle.
Niko glanced down at the girl latching onto his arms, he didn’t even have to look too much to see her desperation.
He glanced at the men she was referring to and then back at her. Without another word, she signaled to his bodyguards to not take action against her.
Although she had tried her best to appear fierce and threatening, she didn’t really expect it to work, after all, who would have imagined that other than being a playboy with a messy life, Niko was also a gullible man.
However, what she didn’t expect was him lifting her up as soon as they walked away from the men chasing her and putting her in his car.
“Why are you putting me in your car!? Let me go, Niko!” She said putting up her best attempt at a struggle.
However, all she got was a low and cold chuckle.
“Do I look that easy to threaten and scare? It’s only right that you pay for my help” he said coldly as he entered the car beside her and locked the door.
Looking at his face that lacked every bit of the soft smile and slightly unfocused eyes that was always in the media, her heart thumped loudly as she felt genuine fear at what could happen to her with this man.
Contrary to what she had expected, Niko took on her the fastest ride she had ever been on and Reyna felt her heart was going to jump out of her rib cage more than once.By the time he came to an abrupt stop with tired screeching loudly, she had to open the door to throw up almost immediately.Niko watched as the little girl emptied her stomach right beside his car and laughed heartily.What would usually be quite unbearable to look at for him usually now looked like the best scene in the world.However, he was kind enough to pass her a bottle of water for her to clean up.“You don’t seem so fierce and threatening anymore huh?” He asked cockily as he looked at her pale face.Somehow, it was so satisfying to see her this way after all the stress he had been dealing with all day.Reyna on the other hand was too stunned to have a reaction. Somehow, she could feel like he had done this to punish her and yet there was noth
Niko dropped his cell with a satisfied grin, of course, he was certain that James couldn’t fail, after all, he had trained the trior himself for things like this and although they were his subordinates, they acted more like brothers.He was certain that in some minutes, he would get the call from home. He was used to this, a routine they enjoyed but yet made it seem like he was the one at fault.The first time had been unbearable for him, there had been a video of him beating someone who had beaten his younger step brother and yet, the video had contained only his own violence.For days and weeks, it was online and no matter how much he pleaded with his parents, they refused to budge on believing that it had only been self defense for his brother.And for his brother? The little brat had pretended like he knew nothing every time he was confronted while his mother and grandmother would rush to protect him.As a young boy at the age of thirteen
Niko chuckled coldly as he saw the news on his way to meet one of his subordinates, he preferred to carry out his work at night since it reduced attention.Also, it was easier for him to pose with women at clubs to make his dad see the news he wanted to see.Currently he was watching Thomas, his younger brother give a speech about saying how his family had no idea that his elder brother was gay and how they were going to make sure that this was something that wouldn’t affect the family business.Niko rolled his eyes with mockery laced in those green orbs.Being gay wasn’t even such a bad thing but he could trust his family to use any card they could.As a second teir family, the Suttons were struggling to make sure nothing ruined their new standing since they were a third teir family before now.After all, the finances and capital for all their family businesses has come from Niko’s maternal family and mother. Unfortunately
As she served the men in the bar, her mind repeatedly went to her brother in the hospital and wondered if anything was going to happen to him.Without knowing, she had already poured more wine than she was supposed to into a wine glass while thinking of her brother.“Where did they get such a waitress from? You are so terrible at your work!” A man yelled angrily as some of the wine that poured on the glass table dripped to his leg side.His words snapped her out of her thoughts as she hurriedly pulled back her face paling so bad that it looked like she didn’t have any more blood on her face.“So sorry sir, I’ll get the cleaning team to come over immediately” she said while bowing her head to let them know how sorry she was.The moment one of the men set his eyes on her, his eyes brightened as he appreciated her beauty. Immediately, a lascivious gaze was clear in his eyes as he delibe
CHAPTER SIX“I met the little cat sometime before” Niko said simply deliberately not saying more. Lucas also got the memo and said nothing more as soon as they got outside, each person left with their cars.Since he had a playboy reputation, Niko always drove himself avoiding anything that would make him look like a proper heir and always stuck with the noveau rich vibe. As he sped along the city road, a ring from his other phone made him slow down as he looked at the phone screen, he smirked as different thought process came into his mind. If that grandmother wanted a show, a good show would he send her way. An image of the girl he has seen just now flashed in his mind, his lips curled up and his eyes gleamed brightly at the idea that came to him. ****As soon as her shift finished she raced to the hospital spending extra money on a cab so that she could get to her brother quickly. Since she didn’t have a lot of money, her brother stayed on the first floor which was a less expe
“I’ll do all I can to keep you safe” Reyna said as she held onto Alan’s hands tightly. She had finally been able to get her uncle and Aunt to leave yesterday, however, they had made sure to drill into her ears that they would be back today. Although she was scared to death, she couldn’t let her brother know that she was so she acted like she got it all under control. “Sis, they mentioned something about you ruining a business transaction for uncle. Did you do such?” He asked his voice weak and slightly even lower than a whisper but since Reyna was so close to him, she heard it all loud and clear. “I don’t really know if I did. However, uncle wanted to send me off to someone. I couldn’t take it and ran away. I had no idea it was actually a business transaction” her body shivered slightly at the thought of that. He had actually planned to send her off or rather sell her off?Alan was shocked by this revelation as his eyes dimmed. If he wasn’t weak and sickly, he wouldn’t have to hold
“Grandmother.” Niko called out to the old woman who was engrossed in her phone. Unlike other people her age, she was technology and entertainment obsessed. Niko couldn’t remember seeing her either without a phone or a television playing some series. After some seconds, the woman lying on the bed finally managed to tear her gaze away from the phone as she looked at Niko with disgust in her eyes. “You are here.” Niko nodded and before he could say a word, she was speaking again. “I thought you wouldn’t come. After all, you have never obeyed me.”“Is there a reason why you decided to come?” With her raised eyebrows that made the wrinkles around her face more obvious despite the tons of surgery they had gotten done for her, nothing could hide that she was getting on in age. Besides, she had spent more than sixty years suffering, there was no way the remaining twenty years spent in money could make up for it. “Mother said you were dying. So I had to rush down and see you one more tim
Reyna was shocked to see her uncle call the bouncer and his wife out after which she didn’t see them again. Out of curiosity, she went out to search and saw that they were really gone. Although she was suspicious, she was still glad for the slight peace of mind. “Alan, I need to go back to where I worked last night, I was unable to get my payment before leaving. Make sure you use your mobile to call me as soon as anything happens” she said for the third time making the young boy roll his eyes which made reyna pinch him. “I know that I’m being a nag but you are too important to me and nothing, I mean nothing is allowed to happen to you.”Looking at her emotional eyes, Alan nodded his eyes turning red at the rims too. After confirming that he was okay and everything he needed was in close proximity, she left the hospital ward. “Miss, we request that you follow us for some urgent matters.” One of the two men blocking her way said. She remembered that she had seen them just now in the