I watched her face for a few seconds before I realized I was ready to know about this girl.“What about her?” I asked, my body feeling a little itchy as her eyes got watery.“There was this terrible morning when these people dragged her out of her home and stripped her naked,” I got goosebumps as she kept going on, “I was only a helpless teen back then, but it was so much for me to see. The humiliation they caused her was so bad that she finally ended her life in front of the whole town.” As Nancy recalled the whole thing, her eyes welled.“But why?'' I asked, my voice quivering.“She was rude and disobedient to Mayor’s father, who had asked her to stay away from someone. The girl did nothing wrong. She was just trying to be a good friend. But Mayor’s father stood beside her and watched her get the punishment from these people. That’s the problem here. After that day, these people think they have a right to do things on their own too. And Phoenix, these two ladies were the ones who ha
"He is my unc---uncl---e," my cheat kept falling and rising with the heavy breathing. My heart was playing insane games inside my chest. My eyes were stuck on the disgusting man’s face in front of me. He shamelessly stared at me back, grinning like a moron. I couldn’t understand how someone could be so shameless and cruel. I was his niece, and he had not spared me from his dirty stares."He is?" Jace asked once he saw the tension between us. He looked at him and then at me. I had to turn my face to the side to avoid looking into that disgusting man’s eyes."Don’t tell me you had no idea about this," I muttered, turning around to walk away. The only reason I was staying in this freaking town was because of him, and now that he was here, I didn’t feel safe here anymore."Wait," Jace voiced for me, "I’ll talk to you in a minute, Mr. Morgan Delux." He excused himself and walked after me. I halted in my tracks once I was far away from that person. Since Jace hadn’t quit coming after me, I
"I---" I stuttered even more than my eyes witnessed the crowd gathering around me. As they walked towards me, I held my breath and let it out."Wait. It’s not what it looks like." I tried to keep them away from me by raising my hands. The fear of what was going to happen next has caused my body to shiver."This is her bag." Morgan yelled, dragging my bag out of the car and showing it to the people. "Whose car is that?""I--I don---t kn-ow." I lied. My eyes unintentionally averted at the boy who walked out of my house, totally unaware of the whole thing going on. He wasn’t aware that we were busted."That’s his car." The old lady quickly targeted her ugly finger at the boy. He leaped and looked at everyone. The way he turned around and ran away from them, I could tell he was frightened of them."Get him." Morgan shouted at the young group of boys. They were already ready to jump on anyone. ‘’No, it’s not his fault.’’ I yelled after them, but they had already grabbed him. One of the bo
Mayor Xavier’s POV:Our car drove past her, and I managed not to look at her again. Once I’m done with someone, I need to stay away from them."But Xavier, she looked so innocent in that gray shirt." My inner self voiced its opinion, but I avoided it and averted my eyes to Miranda, who had joined me a day ago. She was a sweet girl who was sexy enough to make anyone fall for her."She can please you." My mind uttered. A clear smirk took over my face as I made plans for the night.I wouldn’t mind having company to get over Phoenix."Do you want anything else, sir?" She seductively asked me. I could tell she was in a mood to get nasty. It was evident that she was having a hard time keeping herself distracted from staring at my lips. I gestured at her to turn on the lights in my room, and she obeyed me by doing so. "Can I leave for my apartment now, sir?" She has been given an apartment with her widowed sister just a few feet away from my mansion."What’s the rush?" I smirked, licking my
Mayor’s POV:I looked at her and tightened my fist into a ball. I could tell she was about to faint. But my mind had stopped thinking straight. I halted my pace in front of her. She raised her face a little and stared me in the eyes. I took off my belt, as I couldn’t hold back the anger inside me anymore. This shouldn’t have happened, and now I have no idea how much worse things are going to get. I saw her passing out while her hands were still tied up. She had her head resting on her arm. I raised my belt, but then I heard people chanting.... "JUSTICE, JUSTICE"I looked around and found everyone looking at me for justice. They wanted me to punish her, and why not? She had broken many rules before as well.I heard Justice's words one more time before swirling around to look at her."FUCK JUSTICE," I growled, raising my belt, but it didn’t land anywhere near Phoenix. I hit that bastard Morgan with all of my strength. He couldn’t even take the first hit and fell off on his back."Oh!" t
Mayor's POV:"Is she okay?" Jace turned to ask me. The pain on his face caught my eye. I was watching him with a lot of thoughts running through my head. The fact that he was supposed to speak to me regarding any issue first and not take decisions yet he didn’t do that had pissed me off."She will be," I said through my teeth. My eyes were burning, and my head was throbbing. All this happened under my nose to my Phoenix. I was over here worried for the safety of other girls while my girl was getting dragged through the mud. The fact that those assholes ripped her shirt open had ripped my heart open.Every time I recalled how Phoenix looked my way, I felt anger bubbling through my veins."How dare they---," I cut his words off in the middle by putting a finger on my lips. He was taken aback by my actions because he knew about my feelings for Phoenix."How dare you let her uncle in?" I lowered my face again, sitting down on the couch and resting my elbows on my knees as I hunched over.
Mayor’s POV:I had plans for all of them, but my priority was Phoenix’s recovery. The doctors had done a great job of taking care of her, but shockingly, she hadn’t woken up yet. A whole day had passed while she was still asleep."Xavier! The clients are asking for you." Jace said, walking into my room and watching me fix my hair. I took one last glance in the mirror before heading out to the kitchen. Jace was literally handling all the business at that moment, and, truth be told, I cared less about anything other than Phoenix."You take care of them," I replied, paying less attention. I looked for the tray they had set for her, and a sigh of relief escaped my lips. It was the first time they hadn’t missed anything, or maybe they knew this time they were going to get punished hard because of how sensitive I was to her. Anything could happen."Xavier, don’t you think you are giving too much of your time to this issue?" He literally bumped into me when I halted suddenly."Well, that’s s
Mayor’s POV:I loved watching Morgan squirm and cry. He wasn’t that miserable when he was torturing her. The fact that he thought he could come into my town and hurt what matters most to me was mind-boggling."You will be punished," I smirked, watching him become terrified at the prospect of having to pay for his sins."I’ve a kid, a family. Please don’t hurt me. My son will be waiting for me. Please don’t let him suffer," he begged, not remembering that the girl he harassed was also somebody’s child. And that fueled me even more."You worry about your son, yet you attempted to destroy someone else’s kid’s life. That innocent girl over there is your family. She has never done anything bad to anyone, has she?" I yelled the last part and could sense his body shudder in fear."I’m so so--rry" he burst into crying and lowered his face. Why was his crying not affecting me? It was rather comforting.His sight made me remember every single person who had hurt innocent people, including the t