TILL D£ATH DO US APART
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Thaddeus' forehead folded as he stared at the girl threatening him—the same girl he was controlling her family life when they were still outside this estate.
The same girl he caused the arrest of her parents by staging murder in their restaurant, and he used that as an excuse to make her parents work in his construction site.
He made those parents one of the victims of the site accident then sent the kids here to be killed, but those kids are now growing wings in this estate where their wings aren't even supposed to grow in at all?
To the point of getting his wife in a chokehold and using her as a threat to him? All because... Leonardo slipped his technique into her?
As he processed everything, he roughly let go of Robert.
Ivanna roughly let go of Penny too, and Lissa quickly held her.
Ivanna rushed to the other side of the office to stand in front of Robert, protecting him like she's the big sister
"You actually taught her your technique?" Thaddeus muttered, walking his way towards Leonard who's still standing behind that desk.
"Your siblings have no idea what it is, my own daughter have no idea of it too, but you actually... taught her!!!!" He yelled at his face when he arrived.
"You're raising your voice too much. I got off a mad tiring flight less than an hour ago, and I'm exhausted. I don't appreciate noise on nights like this," Leonardo muttered robotically.
"Out of this office if you're not eligible to be here! Out!!! In fact, everyone else except Lissa and Penny, out!!!" Thaddeus yelled.
Ivanna took Nino out, and Leonardo's eyes followed her till she went outta sight. Nino and Bacardi followed.
"Telling us to leave when the drama is only just reaching the climax? I'm only obeying cos I'm fuckin tired and need a good shower. Won't obey next time," Bobby said before leaving with Sandra last.
When it's only four people inside, Thaddeus faced Leonardo again...
"You're doing all of this for a reason! You don't move for a reason! You belittled me in front of the Cooper siblings for a reason!"
"And the reason is something you haven't guessed?" Leonardo replied, smirking with a side of his face before sitting.
Instead of the chair, he sat on the desk itself, one leg up and one leg on the ground. In the process, his black shirt cuffed on his skin, and the way his shoulder muscles flexed showed through the shirt material.
Seeing that, Lissa pressed her hands on her stomach, stopping it from flipping and hollowing, hungry for him—for his big thing.
She hasn't said a word since she entered the office, and there's a obvious reason for that.
"Are you saying because my daughter used the nunnery ink and sent a letter to the Cooper siblings, that automatically makes us betrayers?" Thaddeus said.
"Ah...so you aren't even seeing your fault? That's... stupid." Leonardo muttered, looking at the floor.
"We might have taken the oath before we joined this clan, but the oath never included us giving out our family info unprovoked! Your family has it's secrets too, and an example is the reason Don Anthony married Felicia a month after your mother's death! No one has any idea till now, so if you're expecting us to beg for not telling you we sent the letter or start narrating why we sent it, then kill those expectations cos it's never gonna happen!" Penny said.
And Leonardo really did as he promised. He snatched the sword cleanly from Thaddeus, and the sociopathic man was unaware till Leonardo was in front of his wife.
Leonardo stretched the sword, forward to Penny's right eye.
The woman froze. Everyone else in the room froze.
"If you make my wife go blind, Leo. I promise I'll take your two eyes!" Thaddeus threatened.
Leonardo moved closer, the sword tip just a push away from Penny's eyeballs. Penny stopped breathing.
"Leo!" Thaddeus growled.
"Leo!" Lissa finally talked. "Leo I'm sorry! I know you're mad because of the night you wasted searching for the parcel sender without success! I know you're angry because you feel used and fooled, and it's all my fault. I wanted to tell you about our plan two months ago but my parents were against it. I'm very sorry..."
She moved closer very fast, wrapping her arms on him from behind.
Thanks to her heels, her tallness reached his back, so she kissed his back twice.
"I'm sorry, and about what happened at Stanley bridge... you saw the video, she jumped in the water herself cos of her necklace."
Using his elbow, Leonardo shoved her away, then she faced her. His expression hasn't changed, it's still cold and indecipherable.
"That necklace...you took it from my Citadel, in the third ashtray. That's why you suddenly told me you weren't coming to Albania with me. You said you'd entertain me with a show, and the show was the dry joke that happened on that bridge?
"I really picked it from the ashtray, but didn't you say our things belong to each other?" She replied, desperately trying to hold him.
"That ended the moment you choose your parents over me. Oh the great Lissa is still an obedient little one who does as her parents says?" Leonardo replied, grinning evilly.
"Now I'm not interested in whatever reason you and your parents have for sending the siblings in here, I do not care. Cook the story, and eat it with your parents till y'all explode. I'm getting rid of your biometrics from my door the moment I arrive at my Citadel. You're disqualified." He declared flatly, bringing the sword down to his arm.
The ISSA tattoo on his wrist. He cut the small skin the tattoo sat on, peeling it away.
Lissa's eyes widened with her mouth, even and her folded palms unfolded as Leonardo's blood flowed.
She felt her soul and mind leaving at the same time—away from her body.
Her air became insufficient, and her heartbeats was drumming so wildly her chest could tear.
"L... Le...o"
Tears rushed out of her eyes. "Leo please!!! You can't do this I might just die! You can't ruin our friendship since birth!! It's going to kill me!!"
She wants to touch him, but he raised the bloody sword at her throat.
"Come closer, and I'll end your life too. I kept nothing away from you, Lissa. You're even aware of the fact that I have national and international spies, a fact only my siblings knew! I kept nothing away..." He said with blazing, ruthless eyes.
As Penny watched the blood flowing out of his wrist, she gulped.
"You're not mentally well...how could you cut yourself just to get rid of the tattoo you piece of shit!!!"
With a loud clanging sound, Leonardo dropped the sword on the ground, smiled and started leaving...
"You used to respect me a lot before I went to prison, Leo. You called me uncle, and I can still remember that day you ordered me to go set Stanley on fire on that bridge cos he betrayed you! Cos of that, I was imprisoned, and now... you're actually casting my daughter aside?" Thaddeus said.
Leonardo looked back, meeting Thaddeus' dangerous eyes.
"You got imprisoned cos you wanted to. I offered to get you out five times, and you declined each time. You lost my respect the moment I found out your family sent the letter. I've never been a respectful person, you were just lucky. Now it's all gone, masks off!" He replied in his gripping Italian accent, then faced Lissa who's still crying slowly.
"Should I say thank you for the s+×? You have a welcoming p+×xy, add that to your portfolio." He said, dusted his suit and left.
His blood was leaving trails as he disappeared down the corridor.
Lissa sat on a chair, wiping her tears and trying to act nonchalant, but she couldn't, cos fresh tears sprang out of her eyes immediately.
Penny tried consoling her, but she stopped her with an hand.
"Don't even try to come close! This is all your fault!!"
"Stop f+kin crying! You can't become a weakling cos he cut off the friendship!" Thaddeus shouted at her.
"He cut his own skin just to get rid of the tattoo what are you saying! You know how much depth our relationship shared! You've always wanted us to get married!" Lissa stood angrily.
"That part ... Before I went to jail, anytime I mentioned I wanted you to marry Leo in the future, you always corrected me that you both would remain best friends forever and marriage wasn't part of the plan, but now I'm out of prison and you suddenly want him? He even talked about sèx! Did you really....??" Thaddeus said, eyes shadowed...
"Yes we did! What?" Lissa glared.
Thaddeus laughed, suddenly coming to her. He held her face.
"Great! Just great! You did the right thing! Just wait for things to get right with that one fact! Trust me."
"What are you gonna do?" Lissa sniffled, and the man wiped her tears
"Everything. I'll do everything."
"Table a reason for why you sent the letter and intentionally brought the Cooper siblings here?" Don Anthony's voice boomed as he entered.
He's in a fresh new suit, and his stubbles are gone—he shaved.
"We're not giving a reason yet, Anthony. I know you're upset about it—"
"I'm mad about it, Thaddeus! Leo is going insane about it so I'm mad! If this gets to the five brigadiers in Italy, you think Padrino Marko is gonna take it lightly? That ruthless old man is going to kill you for deceiving the Outfit!" Anthony cut Thaddeus off.
"And that is why you won't tell Padrino! I hate that old man as much as I hate her late daughter! Let him stay in Italy and never come here!" Thaddeus said.
"Your prayers won't work cos he's definitely touching down in Chicago this December, and that's why you should tell me what exactly is going on before he comes! You're my best friend, and I'm willing to help!" Anthony assured.
"I sent the Cooper siblings here to kill them cos killing them myself would attract public sentiments, it's very obvious!" Thaddeus said.
"And you I'm guessing you intentionally messed with the foundation of the construction site to make the site collapse on their parents. Basically, you want the whole family gone mysteriously, why?" Anthony asked.
"I can't tell you yet!" Thaddeus insisted.
"Here we are again, back to square one." Anthony sighed.
"Don, we'll tell you when things get lighter, but for now, we choose to clamp our lips. Now that you know our reason for sending them here is to kill, will you help?" Penny said.
"That question goes to Leo. You should be discussing with him, not me. He got involved, and I have no say." Anthony replied.
"C'mon you're the Don! One order is enough!" Thaddeus pushed.
"Order? Leo? Are you serious?" Anthony grinned.
"I heard he cut his friendship with Lissa, and that should tell you how deep this anger runs. You're out of prison now, Thaddeus. Make whatever move you want with him if you can, I'm only interested in the clan business, not the Cooper siblings. Maybe if you tell me the reason you want them dead one day, I'll step in." Anthony said.
"I got out of prison, and everyone changed! Even you, my friend." Thaddeus groaned, sitting.
"You can't just tell me to kill two members of this clan without proper explanation. I'm the Don, not a Dummy." Anthony replied plainly.
Lissa sat where she is, silently.
"The teaparty is still on?" Thaddeus suddenly asked.
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"It's already ongoing, you just need to step in for the mob." Anthony said.
"That... I'll do." Thaddeus grinned.
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[Citadel, 8:30]
Leonardo branched at the Healthood before coming here, so his wrist got patched since stitch wasn't an option.
Thankfully, he didn't cut any vein in the process, so the bleeding was minimal, he'd only have to wait for the skin to heal and regrow.
He was already preparing for the teaparty when he suddenly remembered something, and he immediately went to Mommy's Room.
He had a flashback of how Ivanna moved earlier in the office, and it made him grin again as he touched Vera's skeleton inside the coffin.
"How many months did you teach me this godforsaken skill for? It was ten months before I got it, and that was after receiving sweet beatings in the rain and in the sun, even under the moon..." He muttered, picking up a bone from the coffin.
The skull—Vera's skull.
He placed it on his palm, nodding.
"You once said your master in Britain didn't teach you the technique too. He only gave you a hint to study, and you studied hard before getting it after one full year, then you killed the motherfucker and escaped Britain, but...my pet didn't spend 24hrs on my hint before getting it. Feels like an insult." He muttered, dropping the skull.
He shifted the coffin, and from under the coffin, he pulled out paper drawings. Drawing of breà sts.
Breà sts with big nips. He drew them from his imagination before he flew to Albania yesterday, and you know who they belong to.
He stared at the numerous drawings for more minutes than he could count, then he threw them up, scattering the drawings in the air.
They were already landing scattered on the ground as he left the room.
Now that it has come to this, then taking his pet away from him would be a suicide mission?
Take her away?
He laughed again to himself, knowing that's never gonna happen.
When he arrived at the relaxation room, he met Bobby with Sandra and Bacardi. He already knew what they're here for, so he bypassed them.
"You actually taught her?" Bobby said, voice mad.
"I didn't, I showed her the way, and she cleared it," he replied languidly.
He opened his phone secret wall and sent the same hint he sent to Ivanna to the three of them.
"Study the hint and let's see if you get something out of it." He shrugged.
"This isn't right," Sandra said.
"Cos your brain has been addled by too much greasy food that you can't even study and understand a hint?" Leonardo said without blinking.
"You're empowering her too much, and it's dangerous. You have no idea what you're doing, man!" Bobby said.
"As much as I dislike the empowerment, I also have nothing against it. She figured it out herself, so why bother? So far she's under this clan, her empowerment helps us..." Bacardi shrugged.
"See y'all at the teaparty, and congratulations on getting rid of Lissa! Now watch as I clash with her at every opportunity!" She said freely.
She left the Citadel first.
"I'll study the hint and get it, and I'll make you regret underestimating me," Sandra promised.
"Be my guest," Leonardo replied, taking his seat.
Sandra furiously left, and Bobby sat opposite Leonardo.
"You learnt deadly martial arts from mum when you were 5 till you turned nine. At 9, mum started this stupid FTM training, and I can still remember it took several months before you got it...but her? How could she spend such low time? Fû+k, there's just something about her that's not adding up..." He muttered.
"Typical mum's shadow?" Leonardo said simply.
"You told me not to compare her with mum, can't believe you're doing that." Bobby muttered.
"Times change, Bob." Leonardo replied, and Bobby snickered.
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[Crimson Cave, Top Pavement]
It's not snowing tonight, so everyone's at the top, either smoking, drinking, chatting about the upcoming mission or doing sinful things in the dark.
Moo isn't up, just Bradshaw and Hayden among the others.
While Bradshaw worked in investigations on his phone, Hayden stared at the sky, wishing Ivanna were here to stargaze with him.
"Are you aware, that Ginny died in the House Of Esposito?" Bradshaw suddenly said.
Hayden faced him. "If you're trying to start a fight with me again, then this is a lame attempt."
"Fight with you?" Bradshaw chuckled. "Ginny died the second day they entered. She was in fact killed by the Esposito brothers... Leo and Bob."
Hayden spranged up. "What!"
"I once dated Ginny, and you're aware that we broke up cos Ivanna found out about my gangster identity and told her..." Bradshaw continued.
Hayden felt his chest clogging—locking
Trying to process the new information felt like the hardest thing he has ever done all his life.
It's even harder than Moo's torments when she was chasing him relentlessly to join this gang.
"Ginny...is...dead?" His lips trembled.
"You need all the rage you can to fight your first mission, and that's why I'm helping. In the mission, your target is the Esposito brothers, and you better be ready for a shock.." Bradshaw's face twisted, his hate still obvious.
"What shock?" Hayden asked.
"Just prepare for anything at all, Hayden Woods." Bradshaw muttered, leaving him on the pavement.
Hayden squatted, covering his face with his palms.
In the past, Ivanna even got jealous that he was closer to Ginny than her cos Ginny was a body gum who followed him everywhere with her laptop. She wanted to teach him cyber work by force, and now...
Now this is how he found out she died? Geez.
Leonardo Esposito. Bobby Esposito.
They better be ready. They better be.
He's going to take revenge for Ginny's death, kill the brothers and get both Ivanna and Robert back.
As he squatted there, Moo and Bradshaw watched him from the end of the pavement.
"You're intentionally riling him up, I know your game." Moo said, her keen eyes on Hayden.
"He needs all the anger he can muster. I did it for him." Bradshaw said, looking at her.
"Don't try to fool me, Brad. You never do anything for anyone." Moo replied, sighing.
"Is The Outfit shipment arriving tomorrow? I'm getting impatient." Bradshaw said.
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[House Of Esposito, Ballroom]
The teaparty has been on since some minutes past 8, and this is 9pm, but it seems like it's only just starting cos Thaddeus entered not long ago.
With Penny and Lissa beside beside him, he took over the night.
The mobsters were hailing as he made his dignified entry, and he was smiling brightly with his two hands in the air, responding right.
It's not just a boring teaparty. Thaddeus is a lover of games especially golf, so the ballroom game wall was opened, and the crowd got fun opportunities.
There's pins and dartboards. Guns and bullseye. Stones and cards. Table games like pingpong. Board games like Go and Chess.
With teacups, the crowd played their choice of games under the coloured, bright room lights.
"Sorry I couldn't add your golf game to the game list... You gave such a short notice." Anthony said.
"You still made efforts, friend. I appreciate this." Thaddeus replied, picking a pingpong ball to join the table game.
"What game should I play?" Felicia asked cheerfully.
"Pins and dartboards? Just pick your pin, tesoro." Anthony replied, giving her a pin.
With laughter and her teacup, she joined the game too.
Penny and Lissa are still seated, like prisoners caught escaping.
Lissa looks sick, so Emma rushed in with cardigan for her.
The moment the woolen cardigan touched her skin, she threw it at Emma's face.
"Calm down, you can't show everyone you're in a tight spot!" Penny said, but Lissa was chewing too deep into her tongue to reply.
"Lalissa!" Penny cautioned, opening her mouth forcefully.
Lissa stood, wanting to barge out of the hall, but that was when Leonardo and Bobby came in.
She sat back, staring.
He's wearing a white suite.
A white suit!
Whenever he wears white suit like this, it means he's not in support of the occasion cos white is his mourning colour, but at the same time, he's so fuckin hot in white that not looking at him might cost her life.
She grabbed her thighs, tightly.
"Miss? Are you ok?" Emma asked beside her. She wasn't even hearing.
Nino and Robert are in the same part of the hall. Bacardi really sent Robert a suit like she promised.
The guys are at the chess corner, playing together.
"You beating me in a chess game wasn't on my bingo list this year," Nino said after the first game.
"I used to play chess with my father." Robert replied sadly.
"Oh...." Nino said.
He suddenly wants to tell him and Ivanna about how the Armando family sent them the parcel, but the fact that Leonardo hasn't allowed it made him shut up.
"Haven't seen Ivanna, are you sure she's coming to this party?" He asked, drinking from his large teacup.
"Of course, and there she is" Robert smiled, looking at one of the doors.
Ivanna is just coming in, wearing the short dress Bacardi sent her.
A tie-up style like Felicia's dress, but this one isn't open on the navel, and the material is lighter—transparent.
She's not wearing a bra under. Not much on her hair, she tied it with a band as usual. Simple, but classy.
Her heels aren't very trendy, but they caught the lights at every step.
Nino's teacup nearly slipped and fell from him, but Robert quickly held it, and Nino's eyes went back to him.
"I told you...you can't like my sister." Robert whispered.
"I don't get to decide this myself, I don't control my heart, Rob." Nino replied, looking at Ivanna again.
Bacardi was the first to cross Ivanna in the room, and Ivanna stopped.
"I've not seen your hair down before, are you allergic to it?" She said, handing her a teacup.
Ivanna took it, and she looked at the tea for long, contemplating.
Bacardi took it back and had a sip. "I wouldn't poison my boy toy's sis."
"Sorry, I'm just being... careful." Ivanna said sincerely, taking the teacup back from her.
"No. Actually It's better to be careful, make your confirmations before trying anything out here...I like that." Bacardi quickly said.
"And about my hair, my boyfriend said it looked more good when tied up, so I got used to it." Ivanna said.
"Is the boyfriend blind? Sorry,...yeah you look good regardless, but I feel you'd look better with your hair down. You have a oval face, so..think about it." Bacardi winked.
Then she looked down at Ivanna's chest before leaning in to whisper...
"And...you have the prettiest n+ples ever. Those two s+duct¡ve babies on your chest would turn any man on."
She stepped back, and Ivanna couldn't close her mouth at this lady's raw compliment.
"Enjoy the party!" She winked.
Immediately she left her, she went to the chess corner and took Robert.
Nino stood and started coming for her, but Island blocked his way.
Ivanna stood there, in that middle, taking slow sips from her teacup.
But she could hear the gossips from the mobsters around the game corners clearly...
• "FTM? Lucky her."
• "Is it just me? She's moving too fast, to the top."
• "Top and Woe have the same number of words though. I have a feeling she's getting into dirt, I just can't prove it"
• "Dirt? Something filthier."
Ivanna sipped her tea again, the gossips felt unnecessary to her.
Emma was literally choking her with their eyes from their angle, but Lissa?
Her agitated eyes are on Leonardo who's currently talking with Bobby.
Leonardo suddenly turned to Ivanna's angle.
He knew when Ivanna entered, he knew the door she took, but he intentionally didn't look.
He felt her gnawing presence.
When he finally turned and his eyes settled on her, he dropped the teacup he has been holding. He hasn't had a drop from it.
He's an enemy of tea, who still drinks tea in this century?
He pocketed his right hand, staring blankly at her till Bobby turned too, beholding her.
He was awestruck for a moment, as if that was the first time he'd be seeing her—her pretty legs, the chest, and her seriously feisty face.
"You whipped her ninety nine, and her skin has just few spots currently, I'm guessing you gave her the ointment... Doctor Wounds." He said.
"You might wanna stop looking. Go out for some fresh air if you feel suffocated," Leonardo replied.
Bobby dropped his teacup that's already in half, and he left the room with a knowing scoff.
"Where's Cardi? I need s+× workers right now!" He asked a guard.
Leonardo began moving to Ivanna, and Lissa immediately stood from her seat, wanting to go block him.
"No," Emma stopped her. "You can't do that... He's disgrace you."
Lissa stepped back, grabbing an empty cup with the intention of smashing it.
By now... Leonardo is already with Ivanna. She has drank all the tea, and she's dropping the cup.
Tea? Coffee? She loves both a lot.
"You aren't a useless, spineless idiot after all." Leonardo said casually, checking her out again and again.
"I'm glad I proved you wrong, Ghost." She replied without glancing at him.
She took another teacup, but he took the cup from her and dumped it.
"This tea contains 20 percent sugar, wouldn't advice overdrinking."
"Never knew you gave medical advices," she finally looked at him, giving him a fake smile.
"I shouldn't give a f+k about your health, but then you're my pet—my marionette. I wouldn't have you complaining of back cramps when it's time for a mission, I'd drag you like a prisoner...that you are." He muttered.
She brought her face closer, glaring.
"I'm not a weak-a$s type, so drinking a few cups of tea means nothing. Besides, when have I ever listened to you?" She said with clenched jaws.
Leonardo smirked, watching that hateful glare in her n+ples.
Sorry...... Her eyes.
Her glare is always so entertaining to watch. If only she knew how far he'd go to always see that.
She was glaring, and he was simply looking at her with a blank smirk.
After two long minutes, she was the first to look away with a blink, losing the eyes competition.
"You have no idea how much I can't stand your creepy eyes..." she muttered, wanting to take another teacup again, but he simply pushed that one to the ground.
Before she could throw him another glare, his hand went to her hairband. He pulled it off and trashed it.
Her hair poured down, all the way to the middle of her back, and some shadowed her face.
"What exactly do you want! Can't I have a little moment of peace?" She shot angrily.
"Your Hayden told you your hair looked better banded? What a clown, but I get it... you're a clown too, birds of a damn feather..." He mumbled.
"You were listening to my conversation with Bacardi?"
"Follow up," he replied, turning away...to one of the doors.
"Where to?" She asked.
"You have a price to pay," he replied without turning back, and that was when her brain rebooted.
She agreed to pay the price last night!
She looked around the hall, using that opportunity. She drank a teacup peacefully before following him.
Lissa is still sitting on her seat, but her palms are balled, and her nails has entering her palm. She's bleeding.
"Miss!" Emma took the hands. "Stop hurting yourself!"
At the pingpong table, Thaddeus and Penny are there, taking part.
Thaddeus eyes followed Ivanna out of the room, and Penny noticed.
"What are you planning?" She asked curiously.
"I chose to play along for just tonight." He replied.
"And after tonight?" Penny asked.
Thaddeus dropped the black ball with him, looking back at Lissa before looking at his wife.
"After tonight, you'll witness what's next. Trust me." He said with a fake innocent look which Penny understood too well.
She nearly talked again, but she saw Hilda, and she went after her.
At the pin and dartboard wall, Don Anthony and Donna Felicia are still playing, and somehow, all of Felicia's pins entered the board center.
"If you agree to train, you'd definitely be my equal," Anthony said.
"Don't glaze me, Thony." She chuckled, picking another pin.
Then Sandra came over.
"I'll go talk to Thaddeus, you both should spend time." Anthony said and left them.
"Something bothering you?" Felicia asked attentively.
"Look at your right," Sandra replied,.
When Felicia did, she saw Island and Nino talking.
"So?" Felicia said.
Sandra simply sat. "I'm not causing a scene here cos it's Uncle Thaddeus teaparty, I told you I hate Island around him."
"You don't like Nino, so I don't get your possessiveness over him. And the washer stuff should better stop." Felicia sat beside her.
"But mother—"
"Exactly. If you see me as your mother, then you have to stop making Nino wash your undies. He's your dad's driver, c'mon!" Felicia chastised.
Sandra went silent, and she quickly took a teacup to drink.
While she drank, Felicia made a intentional eye contact with Island and sent her a text.
Island checked her phone, reading...
★Let him go, you've stalled him enough.
"Thanks for spending time with me, it's enough to pay me for saving you from Stanley bridge. I promise that from now on, you won't see me chasing you again." She said.
Nino gave her a pissed look. He spent minutes here listening to her gibberish, and now he lost Ivanna.
"You better keep to your promise." He frowned and left.
He searched the room but couldn't find Ivanna, so he stepped out.
The moment the outside air slapped his skin, he paused.
A new, throbbing sensation hit him in places he can't name.
His legs felt too heavy to carry, his head rowdy and his eyes turning.
He lost himself completely. So fast and he grunted, turning around.
Island came out to meet him.
"Ivanna? I've been looking for...you..." He grunted again.
"You're drunk... I'll take you to your apartment." Island took his arm, hanging it on her shoulder.
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Nino relaxed, dragging his legs after her in total daftness.
Island arrived at her own apartment and took her in, dropping him in bed and taking her time to strip.
Thanks to Felicia's black taboo rose, Nino's tea was poisoned, and the catch is that he'd imagine any lady as the one he wants most so far the poison is still in his system.
Nakedly, Island climbed the bed with him, and his drowsy eyes rolled...
"No... No... Ivanna, you shouldn't...get naked....it's...." He groaned, sitting up empty-headed.
He covered her body with the duvet.
"You don't like me?" Island questioned, holding his face.
"I do, but not for your body, I just..."
"Shhh..." Island placed a finger on his lips, shushing him.
"I want it, ok?" She said, getting rid of his clothes too.
N+ked met N+ked.
"Stop fighting it and take me! Do it!" She snapped.
Nino's drowsy eyes became a little bit drowsier, more and more.
It got worse.
The influence riddled his senses, and he held her face with an hand too..
He kissed her, and the bed received both n+ked bodies—him on top.
Island smiled, caging his body to herself alone as she felt his d+k in her wet entrance.
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[Hilda's Apartment]
Hilda wasn't supposed to be at the party, but she was called to clean the teacup broken by Leonardo.
After that, she returned to her apartment, only to find Penny waiting in front of it.
She stepped back instantly, but Penny closed the space between them, grabbing her by her blouse collar.
"Why are they still alive!" She demanded with authority.
"Cos I didn't put the poison in their food like you told me to?" Hilda replied boldly.
"Say that again!" Penny glared.
"I served them coffee this morning, and I already said sorry after I got out of their apartment. The sorry was for you cos your poison wasted! I threw it in the reserve forest so go there and look for it! I'll never harm those two! I lost a child once and I know what it feels like! You can just kill me instead!" Hilda said.
Penny giggled, letting go of her collar.
"You got bolder. Now this is the Vera's personal maid I knew—the strong, poignant Hilda who was the most skilled maid back then, but what did you get in return? A broken spine."
"At least I'm still alive! If you wanna kill the Cooper siblings, go for them yourself, but I can't promise I won't protect them!" Hilda spat.
"A useful advice? Hold your reins tight, Hilda. After I get rid of those two, you're next!" Penny replied with a slam, stalking away.
Hilda waited a minute after her departure, then she fell on the ground, holding her chest.
"Gawd! Where did I get the boldness to talk to Penny Armando that way?"
--
[Bacardi's Planet]
After Bacardi sneaked Robert out of the teaparty, she took him here, but she didn't ask him to dance.
Together, they sat on the couch, holding cups of alcohol and staring at the empty dance pole.
"The tea at the party was boring, wasn't it?" She said.
"Not really. I don't really like tea like Iva, but I still prefer it to alcohol. You like alcohol too much." He replied.
"Boring, you're such a v+rg¡n!" Bacardi snapped.
"I'm not...I... have...had a girlfriend once...in college." He replied.
"Ohh..." Bacardi dropped her alcohol, shifting closer.
"Drop the gist, now!"
"We broke up cos she travelled to Britain with her father... She was a rich heiress." He replied.
"You miss her?" She asked seriously, her eyes staying on his micro expressions.
"It's been years, so...I already forgot about her..." He replied awkwardly.
"So...now...if I tell you to touch me, you'd do?" She asked.
Robert instantly stood, unable to hide his awkwardness.
"I think I should go back to the teaparty to find Iva..."
Bacardi pulled him back, and his arse met the couch again.
She tossed herself and sat on his laps, and she saw him gulping.
"Don't do that...gulping around me. Don't get awkward or scared... I've been trying to stay nice to you," she said frankly.
"No...I mean...yes, you've been nice to me, Cardi. I'm not scared, maybe it's respect? You're my Don's daughter." He replied straight.
"Bury your respect, I don't need it. Rob?" She whispered.
"Hmm?" He looked up.
"Do you know how to use your fingers well?" She adjusted on his laps, pulling up her dress.
She pulled her g-strings off and rolled it on his neck like a dog collar.
"Yeah...?" He replied, chest pounding again, dangerously.
"Finger me. If you can make me c+m with your fingers, I'll personally give you ownership to one of my bank accounts." She said.
A thin line of sweat ran down Robert's jaw.
--
[Estate Crypt]
Of course Leonardo would chose the oddest, unexpected place to get his payment back.
Ivanna wasn't even surprised.
She followed behind till they arrived at the crypt frontage.
They had to go inside through a thin ceiling vault, and they had to jump into the crypt from the top.
No ladder.
To avoid ankle sprain, Ivanna took off her heels and jumped on her barefoot, landing in the cobwebbed, dusty, stuffy place.
Feels like a world apart from the world above them, and seems soundproof cos the moment she jumped in, the noises from the ballroom above them disappeared.
She saw an ice cream bowl lying around which looks like it has been here for centuries. Female earrings which looks old-school, female shoes, too, and pencils.
Notebooks with black dots from the touch of time, and footprints.
This place looks like a secret playing spot of some sort for kids.
Her mind went to Lissa immediately.
They've been besties since day one like she heard, maybe this place was their playing spot?
"Someone like you used to play? Strange...." She muttered.
"You know what's stranger?" The fact that this mirror still remains untouched by time..." He replied behind, and she turned to face him.
He uncovered a large standing mirror she didn't know was here.
Truly, the mirror looks as good as new. No dust or blemish.
There's a table in front of it, and Leonardo is currently readjusting the table with a blank face.
"What exactly are you planning?" She asked, but he was mute.
She walked straight to him and pulled his arm...
"I'm talking to you! You came here for the price, why not sit and let me do my thing then get out?" She said.
"What could that be?" His head went sidewards as he studied her.
"Another blowj0b?" She replied with tight lips, and he went silent for a beat before smiling darkly.
"Thinking I'm that predictable is not so smart, pet. You gave me a blowj0b before, and knowing your domineering personality, you'd be unashamed to do it again, so I flipped the coins. I don't want your boring blowj0b." He said.
"Then?" Ivanna let go of his arm.
He stepped back, standing in front of the mirror then touching the table with his right hand.
His blank look changed.
He became peaked.
He became interested.
As if he has been planning this scene for centuries.
His full thick brows balanced as he faced her, slowly.
"You're going to sit on this table, face the mirror, and slip the upper part of your dress away, I am going to suck on your two n+ples, and you're going to watch attentively through the mirror. I'm not going to stop till you moan rawly."
TBC.
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