Jake's heart wasn't pounding as he stepped foot into the club. How could it when he had beside him the most beautiful girl in all the town? The club was just as noisy and the lights were just as blinding as before. Amanda made a mental note to have a word of discussion with Levi about having his boss change the lights they placed in the club. She noticed that the colours of the lights did not complement with the paintings on the wall and it just didn't create the best clubhouse ambience. Jake knocked on the door of the VIP room and Kevin was the one who opened the door. Jake was beginning to think that maybe Kevin was the errand boy in the group. He nodded his head at the man as he walked into the room. He finally took the time to scan the room that he might be describing one day to the police. The room had few items in it and the brown paint they had on the wall didn't help it look any better. It appeared as a narrow hallway with just chairs and a table. But there were posters on t
Fear crept into Jake as he stared blankly at the evil smiles of everyone in the room apart from Amanda. He should have known that the will be a catch. After all, you don't take from the devil freely. "What does he have to do?" It was Amanda that spoke on his behalf and Jake was sure that he had heard the same fear in her voice as she spoke."It's not a big deal actually. All what he has to do is take an oath." Amanda scoffed. "When did you guys become so barbaric? Must he really take this oath?" "Yeah. If he wants us to trust that he won't run away with our product." Levi spoke and he took a seat on the sofa that Jake had sworn his body will never make contact with."Okay. Let's take the oath then," Jake said, he didn't need anyone calling him a bitch. He also wanted to leave their room as quickly as he could. Levi passed a look to Kevin and Jake watched as Kevin nodded his head. Maverick was the one who moved closer to Jake and grabbed his hand. "What the hell is going on here?"
"Repeat after me," Levi spoke. "With this oath, I promise to be loyal to the Chairman. I will not elope with his goods and neither would I rat him. If I try any of these things, let me die at the spot," Levi said and watched Jake's lips with satisfaction as the man uttered the words he was told to. Jake decided to not ask who 'the chairman' was. After all, what he doesn't know won't kill him. The men watched as Jake took a sip of the oath and finally handed the cup back to them. Jake didn't spit or make any distorted face. He kept a straight one as he knew that they would believe him. Kevin took the cup from his hand and quietly walked away with it. "So you guys are also into human trafficking?" Jake asked when the tension in the room had lessened."No, this is actually our boss's stock. But we do help him." Levi responded to his question."I thought you guys were your own bosses." "I can see how you would think that but I should warn you, Jake," Levi's voice dropped to a low and fr
Jake couldn't figure out which room was hotter. The VIP or the clubhouse. He held Amanda close to his side as he moved through the crowd with the boys. He could see some girls throwing dirty looks at him and the guys did the same for Amanda and he was grateful that Amanda paid such guys no mind. She must have been regretting bringing him to meet these guys. He could tell that from her sober appearance but he was going to make sure that she got exactly what she wanted. Levi moved into a booth and the guys that were sitting there hurriedly scooted away without a single word from Levi. It got Jake wondering who exactly these guys were to be able to remove a crowd from a space without uttering a word. Levi took his seat and so did the guys. Jake, who was still holding Amanda's hand, lowered himself into the seat and the smooth leather felt good on his skin as he sat down. Amanda inched closer to him and he wrapped his hand around her. He saw the angry look on Maverick's face, the look ca
Scott held the key to Jake's life and he didn't even know it. Maybe if he did, he would have collected the drugs for free or ended the good relationship he had gathered with the Chairman over the years. He knew that Jake was at a loss as to who the Chairman was, it was a clear sign that the guy was an amateur but then people had worked for them for ages and never got to know who the Chairman was. He preferred living a low-profile life in a secluded environment where no one knew his name. But in truth, no one ever knew the man's name. He was a mystery to everyone. Apart from one person.Jasmine Blake.The only woman who had ever heard him call himself by his name. She was an endangered species and the Chairman protected her with everything in his possession. Yet, the woman had no idea. Every day she would go to her office on Laker's street and sit in her little cubicle, input numbers that most of the time, she didn't know what they meant and then she would stand up and go home. She did
The drive back home was done in silence and the driver constantly peeped at the back seat from the driver's mirror. His brain was in a cloud of worry as he wondered why a perfectly good-looking couple would be seated so far away from each other. 'But then, maybe they aren't a couple.' The man thought to himself as he shrugged his shoulders and focus on the road.Jake stole occasionally glances at Amanda's face. She was back to being a bitch, Jake sighed when he realized that he was right all along. The woman didn't care for him, she never had and she never would. He focused his attention on the houses that spun out of his sight as soon as they got in and he slightly wound down the window glass to receive some air. Jake laid back on his chair and closed his eyes with the hopes of relaxing his head. "Must you really act like an idiot all the time?" But relaxing was too much to ask for when Amanda was around. He opened his eyes and saw the young lady looking at him with folded hands."W
"Jake Swanson?!" Sebastian bellowed. Jake's silence couldn't be a good thing and he was already freaking out as to what it is that the guy could be hiding."Will you please stop yelling?" Jake screamed back and slowly adjusted on the stairs till his back was on the railing. "Tell me what you did." It wasn't a request, it was a command and Jake couldn't help but feel like a child and also take Sebastian as his father."I started selling drugs today," Jake said with a shaking voice. It was important for Sebastian to know but he was running Jake's company for him while he went around looking for true love. He believed that the man deserved to how much he was messing up."You did what?!" If Sebastian was truly sleeping, he was fully awake with the information Jake had just given him. "Jake, are you out of your mind?! Do you know the implications of your actions?! You are putting the entire company at stake with this little job of yours." Jake froze. He had no idea that his actions didn'
The creepy smile on Amanda's face persisted even after Jake had closed the door and begun walking toward her. He couldn't take his eyes off her, something about her smile always threw him off balance."What's going on?" Jake couldn't help himself, he smiled along with her, totally prepared for whatever she wanted to do."Well, I just thought to show you how very thankful I am for what you did." She sounded sexy but she didn't look it. She didn't sit in a flirting style, didn't even attempt to put on a sexy dress. She was still dressed in her mini skirt and A-line blouse. The clothes did show some skin but if she was trying to seduce her husband, didn't she need to go the extra mile?"And how do you intend to do that?" Jake took slow steady steps walking away from her. For all he knew, she could be with a knife and was waiting for him to come closer so that she could finally put an end to his life. It would be easy to cover up his body, it will be even easier to convince her father tha