"Stop... Wait please!" The man whose name is Simeon shouted. "Please wait." He pleaded.Leo paused then dropped the taser on the single table in the room. "Are you ready to talk?" He asked. The man was soaked with water. Leo was trying his best not to not to go too far but this man kept testing his patience."I don't know the person who ordered me to do this, I swear! We communicate through a dark web and you can't trace the person no matter how much you try.""You are not giving me the answer I want, Simeon. Speak in the language I might understand." He said flatly."I am serious. Please don't do this." He begged.Leo took the Taser and placed it on his body. His screams filled the room. After a while, he removed it from his wet body."Now. Tell me something different."Simeon's eyes searched the whole room as if he was thinking of what to say. "I just followed the orders because the pay was good, I did not know that the woman is not someone I am supposed to mess with. Please I am be
"How? You mean, he surrendered himself?" Megan asked in confusion. Leo nodded for the fifth time now."According to the police, he surrendered because he wanted to atone for his sins since he was a repeat offender," Leo said to her. They were in his car on the way to the police station where the stalker was being held.Megan blinked, something was not right. How would a criminal like that just suddenly surrender? It was weird. Although she was so happy now that they had caught the person stalking her. "Isn't it weird Leo? Why would a criminal suddenly surrender?" She looked at him and his eyes were on the road."It is not weird for me. I think it is a normal thing, it doesn't sound new." He said, cooly. "People have reasons for some of the actions they take, sometimes strange ones. Are you not happy that your stalker has finally been found?""I am. I am happy but I was only surprised. I did not think he would surrender, it feels surreal." She expressed.Leo held her hand that was res
"I did not mean anything bad Mother but I have a life of my own and you can't just come into my house unannounced." He replied cooly. Megan stood there in shock, so this woman was Leo's mother. What a coincidence.She scowled and slapped his hand rather hard. "Why can't I? Is this the welcome I get after coming all the way from Italy? Why must you behave this way to your mother?" She scolded sternly.Leo sighed, "I'm sorry mother..."His mother's eyes finally noticed her and moved to where she was standing and her honey-brown eyes widened. "You... What are you doing here?" She asked in surprise. Recognition flashed through her elderly features.Leo glanced between her and his mother in confusion, he came to where she was standing, put his hand around her shoulder, and led her to where his mother was standing. "Mother, let me introduce my fiancée to you. This is Megan Zendel, my fiancée. Megan, this is my mother, Delphine Valenti. Do you two know each other?" His eyes were filled wit
"Are you pregnant?" She asked again. Megan blinked then swallowed. "No, I am not." She answered. An answer she was not sure of."I was just so surprised with the sudden engagement so I thought you were pregnant." She told her. Her voice did not sound accusing like she thought it would."Actually, me and Leo have met for over a year now. I was the interior designer who designed his house."She gasped in shock. "You are? Wow, I was not aware of that. Leo doesn't share anything with his mother anymore." She lamented. "No wonder I loved the design of the house as soon as I entered inside. The design is lovely dear." She complimented.Megan's chest felt warm. "Oh, thank you. I hope I did not say something wrong." She said gently."No, you did not say anything wrong. So tell me Megan, which family are you from?""My father is Peter Zendel. He is into business investments and real estate. I don't know if you have heard of him.""Oh, I certainly have. So Peter Zendel is your father? I did no
Delphine asked her to take a stroll with her outside to which she agreed. Leo was nowhere to be found, so she guessed he was with his father in his home office. Alfonso was sitting on one of the sofas in the living room, still pressing his phone. He did not even look up when they passed. "Don't let that housekeeper girl steal what is yours, darling," Delphine told her as soon as they stepped outside the house and into the cool evening breeze."What?" She asked in confusion."You don't have to pretend with me, I know that Sophia likes Leo. I mean, who wouldn't know? It's so obvious.""Oh." Well, she did not know at first, Megan thought. "I know she likes Leo.""I had one almost ten years ago, she was also working for me as a housekeeper. She tried to drug my husband to sleep with him, the stupid red-haired woman did not know I had come back way earlier than my normal time, when I caught her, I beat the hell out of her and put her in jail. No one messes with my family. She spent some y
Goodbye." Delphine told the both of them. She turned to Megan. "Let's go shopping sometime soon. I like your fashion choices, they fit me.""I'm glad you like it. I will be ready anytime you are." She promised.Megan sucked in a deep breath when Delphine unexpectedly hugged her tightly, Megan slowly hugged her back. She felt warm."Thank you, Megan. I have never seen my son look so happy for a long while now." She whispered in her ears. Delphine pulled back. "Take care of yourself. And Leo, make sure you also take care of Megan.""I will mother, you can leave now. Dad and Alfonso are waiting for you in the car."Delphine glanced at the car. "Don't mind them, they are supposed to wait for me. Let me leave you young people to your thing. Bye." She waved at them and Megan waved back. She walked to the car and entered into it.Delphine walked to the car and entered into the custom Maybach waiting at the front of Leo's mansion. The car started and they drove off. The sound of their car fad
"Megan?" Leo called. "Huh." She came out of her trance. "What is your answer?" He queried with curious eyes. "I like you too Leo. I really do. But what if we don't last? You know I had a messy breakup before we entered this deal. I don't want that to happen anymore, I don't think I can handle something like that again." She confessed with a low voice, she stared at her lap, unsure to meet his eyes. Would he mock her for what she said? "Look at me, Megan." He said and Megan looked at him. "We can make this work together only if we want to. It's only trivial emotions like doubt and fear that destroy things. I want to be with you for a long time, as long as this can go. I love having you here in my house, I love having you by my side. I don't know what I would do if I saw another man close or next to you. I want to be the man next to you. I only need your permission to do that. I won't force you to do something that you don't like, you can think about it but I won't wait for long."
"I had a terrible accident by the beach side when I was little." She began and took a deep breath. "I didn't die, but somebody else did." She continued. "Who is the person that died." "Esther was her name. She was my second best friend and the third friend in our group. I, Julie and Esther were all friends. We didn't let our social differences keep us apart, Esther was not from a wealthy family like me and Julie, but she wasn't poor either. It happened ten years ago on a fateful Sunday. It was raining like it was today, although the rain wasn't much. They were in my house that day, my father wasn't around so it was practically just us in the whole house. I was the one who brought the idea of all of us going to the beach that day since there won't be many people. They both refused, especially Esther. They said that the sea was dangerous to go to that day because of the announcement on the news." Her voice began to crack. "You don't have to tell me everything if you are not ready."