Steven cleaned the cabinets silently with his earpiece on. The compound ought to be silent that morning, if not for the gardener and his lawn mower. Mrs Jones' daughter will be around in four days. He smirked at her thought. “Hey!” Soft arms grabbed him. He would have knocked it off if he didn’t see Anita, frowning at him with her arm folded. The lady loved frowning for some reason. He didn’t hate it. It just doesn’t fit her. “What now?” Steven removed his ear piece. “Come with me!” She pulled him to the balcony. “If this is about that night…”“It’s not about that night!” She snapped at him, refrained from the pulling his arn and then continued. “Why are you always mad at me?” “Keep quiet!” She taunted. “Just shut the hell up. You annoy me.” They were on the balcony now, luckily not distracted by the lawn mower this time. “What is wrong?” He asked. “You are so sneaky! I can’t believe I trusted you, Steven. Damn, I wanted to give you my body. How disgusting!” Steven was surpr
Despite Steven Gold’s promise to forget Anita after the first time, he couldn’t. Her thoughts came to his mind every day and her little features became more noticeable to him. This confused him. She had a nice smile. Her dressing sense was aesthetic. She drank a lot of water. She was nice to other servants. She was highly organized and kept to time. She was a peacemaker and people pleaser. Though she was strict with her job, she did all she could not to hurt people’s feelings. These were features he never noticed before. They grew closer unknowingly and he visited her room a couple of nights to talk and have hot sex. The bond he wanted to instill in her worked, but now he was caught in it. He couldn’t leave her. He couldn’t let her go for a day. It was as if they shared a thing he didn’t know. They weren’t in a relationship. They were in a situationship which could crumble at any minute. As for Anita’s boyfriend. She broke up with him. Steven couldn’t understand why she did that, bu
Steven was scared. Very scared. Rica smirked and let him leave. She ran her hand down her hair and gave him a seductive look. Her gaze was piercing and she was definitely scary! So scary! Steven raced down the stairs. Faster than he has ever raced before. He hurried into the kitchen, shut the door and grabbed the jug of water. Anita walked in and was surprised at his state.“Are you fine?” She asked. He gazed at her as he drank a glass of water. He didn't know what to say. He didn’t know where to start. “I don't care anyway,” her mood changed and she dropped a basket she carried. Her anger had not subsided yet. “It’s nothing.” He tried distracting her from it. “Nothing?!” She wasn’t taking it. “The only thing you know how to do is use people. You do not tell me anything. You don’t share personal information with me. All you want is just sex.” “Anita, it is not like that.” “O! Keep quiet. I hate you.”“I will explain everything this evening. But I promise, no sex. We will just t
“I heard you want to join the Mafia,” Mr Jones said when Steven walked into his office. What did Rica tell her father this time? Whatever convincing she did wasn’t working. “You are crazy to think I will let you work with me. A mere servant who cleans my damn car?! What’s this nonsense?! Grass to Grace?!”“Mr Jones, it is not like that.”“O! You keep your mouth shut you peasant! I picked you from nothing! What exactly can you do?”“Dad, cut it out.” A voice said from the door as it barged open. Rica came at the perfect timing. What a relief! Steven didn’t know what to say to her father anyway. The man was hard to please. “Steven wants to avenge his sister’s death. There is nothing wrong if he spills some people’s blood.”Okay! This lady was twisting his words. He didn’t say anything about killing people. He only said he wanted to ruin his father. “I didn’t say that, Rica,” he whispered to her, but it was his mistake! She wasn’t human. She sat before her father.“Shut up Steven. You w
Steven trembled in his seat, wishing he stopped talking. “Who do you think you are to be this ruthless?!” Mr Jones asked. The gun was pointed to his nose. “I can eliminate you now, Steven! I can kill you right now and there is nothing you can do about it.”Steven nodded. He was damn scared. He was so scared that he almost shit in his pants. “We will both strike a deal here.” Mr Jones went back to sit. “You will marry my daughter and make her happy. And I will keep you safe. I will prevent you from having dangerous missions.”“I don't want any mission! I just want my father!”“Do you not hear me?!!!” The man raged again. He clocked his gun and fired it a few inches from Steven’s face. The guy’s heart stopped. “Are you not paying attention?!”“I…I…I…”Steven didn't know what to say. The man was so angry, he could shoot him anyway. No amount of I…I… could save his life. “You will do as I say here. I will make sure nothing happens to you.”Steven nodded. The man took his phone and made
Later that night, they drove to the Yellow Sulphur company. Steven was tense, but he maintained his cool. The company didn’t produce Yellow Sulphur as it implied. They just had a perfume named that.“How creative.” He thought with sarcasm. Who would buy a perfume with that name? Everyone knew they didn’t open the company to sell it. They just wanted to cover up their crimes pretending to be a perfume company.The driver, who was one of the mafias, stopped them at the checkpoint and they were questioned. “What do you want?” One of the guards asked, waving his gun at them. “We are here to deliver Blue Pills.” Steven said. “What supplier?” Steven was silent. Rica didn’t tell him about any supplier. “Tell him Castlone.” He heard her faint voice through his ear pod. “Did you hear my question?” The guard asked in anger. “No,” Steven lied. “What did you ask again?”“I asked who your supplier is. If you have no response, step out of the car.”“Sorry, you didn’t speak loud.” he rolled h
“What’s wrong?” Rodriguez noticed Steven's traumatized look. He was back to the car shaking like he saw a ghost.“I…They….” Steven could not speak.“This is your first time. It is normal.” Rodriguez didn’t bother to hear the rest. “You will be a heartless Mafia Lord soon.” “I do not want that!” “You are involved with the Mafia Lord’s daughter. You have no other choice!” “Stop scaring him,” someone said from outside the car. They followed the sound of the voice and saw one of the mafias, throwing his weapon at the back seat. “Phineas, stay out of this.” Rodriguez’s voice sounded cold. They didn’t like each other. “Not every mafia has to end up cruel.” Phineas maintained his point. “Like you are not cruel?”“I have my limits.”Rodriguez huffed. “Do not listen to him. He is worse than we are.” Phineas approached Steven and gave him a tap. “If I were you, I will listen to me. Do what makes you feel the most confident. You do not have to kill innocent people.” “Steven, you are ma
Steven wasn’t able to get over Anita easily. She left for her own good. Her safety mattered more to him than his freaking feelings. Well! That was it then. He would never see her again. Rica was his right hand now. And he had no other choice but to be stuck with her.“How are you feeling?” Her father asked two days later. Mr Jonez invited him for a coffee. “Worse than ever.” Steven was blunt.“I understand,” the old man nodded. “Forgive me for not cautioning my daughter. I didn’t know she would betray you like that.”“You didn’t know?” Steven was disappointed. “She is your freaking daughter. You should know how she thinks!”“Steven, it won’t happen again. I promise.”“I cannot bear her.”Mr Jones looked indifferent.“Make her happy, and I will protect you. A deal is a deal.”“That’s what I am trying to do here. She makes it difficult for me.”“I doubt,” Mr Jones opened his drawer. “She called me last night, nagging you cannot handle a gun. She won’t always be there to protect you, St