DOMINICKI am sitting at the bar of my penthouse, drowning myself in alcohol as the thoughts of Leila didn't leave me for once. She is inside one of my rooms, probably wailing about her earlier experience with the lion. I only wanted to punish her for slapping and disobeying me. I never meant for it to turn out this way. I regret everything and wish to make it up to her now. Leila was right after all. I've been putting her life in danger ever since we met.I know that she would never forgive me, especially because of this. I picked up the glass in front of me and I poured out more of the ambient liquor on it. I drank more and more glasses of whiskey, hoping that it would be enough to get me drunk. Enough to make me stop reminiscing on what happened to Leila earlier. I also couldn't forgive myself for it.I turned around, staring outside the window. It was dark now, almost nighttime and Leila still hasn't come downstairs. I wanted to see and talk to her again, but I don't think tha

LEILAThe sound of my alarm clock ringing dominated my room and made me wake up. I looked towards the window, the morning sun was scorching hot, as if it was a Sunday. I stretched my body and I stood up. Working part-time in different places has never been easy for me, but I was free from the sinful life now. For the past seven days, I've never for once heard the sound of a gun and I had peace. I shoved my foot into my bunny slippers and I headed towards the bathroom to bathe. As I went in, I turned on the water but it barely worked. Only two spots of water fell into the bucket and it stopped. "Argh!" I exclaimed in frustration as I took the bucket from the tap.The water must be off again. I thought to myself as I left the bathroom. I had no choice but to bathe at the coffee shop and also change there. It was just a few blocks away from my apartment. I was lucky to get an apartment near my working place, only the restaurant that I have to spend transport money on. If not for Jason

LEILAAs I packed up my bags after I changed from my uniform, Shen walked inside the locker room to inform me about the visitation of our new boss. And that he has decided to let us keep our job with a salary increase. Interesting, right?I turned and looked at her with a dubious stare."Are you serious?" I asked her, I had my doubts. Of course, I had to. Shen isn't someone to tell the truth at all times. I can never forget how she tricked me into doing her job once. Shen nodded and she answered me quickly."Yes,""Matter of fact, he'll be here in a few minutes" she informed me. I watched Shen rush out of the locker room. I focused on what I was doing, I am still packing up to leave. Not because I didn't accept the job, I just don't think that it's awkward for someone who doesn't even know the situation of the coffee shop to suddenly want to raise our salaries. I finished packing up and I went outside the dressing room— to the shop. Just when I arrived I met Mr. Chen speaking with s

LEILA After Dominick left me inside the office, a man entered through the window.As I tried to fight him and alert Dominick, he drugged me and I passed out.Now, I'm inside a dark hole. Probably a car trunk, struggling to untie myself from these cold chains. As I was just about to get on it, the car made an abrupt stop. I hit my head hard on the body of the trunk, losing my balance and almost breaking my neck.Soon, the trunk was opened by an unfamiliar man. He pulled me out of the trunk roughly, holding the chain and pushing me forward to take the lead. As we went into the dark looking villa, I knew that I was being kidnapped by an influential person. Probably, one of Dominick's enemies. I stared at the man who escorted me into the building, he had a long dark scar on his face, extending down to his cheek. It was obvious that he wasn't the one behind this, he probably has a boss and we were on our way to meet him. Soon, two bodyguards joined us in the hallway and they led me towa

When Renee made mention about his bullets being finished, Dominick frowned in disappointment. He barely had any bullets in his gun too.Dominick and Renee were slowly being surrounded by the men who were injected by Dante. Dominick noticed how they acted, that they were no longer ordinary humans. He wondered what turned them that way. He has never seen anything like this before. It was as if they were under the influence of drugs, mucus dripped down from their mouth as they growled."What are these?" Dominick asked Renee who was also clueless.They moved backwards, closer to the wall which had the crane control. The first one they pulled didn't work. It seemed broken. Then, Dominick realized that it was the main control of the crane and it had been destroyed by Dante— so they wouldn't be able to get Leila down unless they climbed up. But, they didn't see any way to climb up to her.Dominick soon noticed another lever and he pulled it down. He didn't know why he did that, but the wall