“Dammit.”
I cursed under my breath and was about to leave for home but stopped and decided to have an ice cream before going home to cool my mind.
I was enjoying my ice cream alone and trying to put all the bad thoughts aside.
After clearing my mind a bit, I turned to go home but before my mind could register what happened, someone grabbed me from behind and pushed me inside a van.
“What the- Mhm!!” I tried to yell but the guy put his hand over my mouth.
I struggled to get out his grasp but his strength was stronger than mine.
“Shut up!” He shut my mouth with a piece of cloth and tied my hands behind my back.
“Mhm!” By grabbing my neck, he held me in place. I tried so hard to get out but all my efforts were in vain.
“Shh! Don’t move if you don’t want us to end your breaths.” My lungs begged for air, a screen of tears blurred my vision but I had no intentions of giving up.
“One move and you are dead.” I tried to speak but the cloth over my mouth sealed my voice.
I looked around and saw five guys, all of them were wearing masks.
After taking actions without thinking, I calmed down a bit and spared a glance at them one by one.
“Good.”
Not knowing why I am here and what they could possibly do with me. It sends shivers down my spine just to think what could happen.
I gulped and looked at the guys who were restraining my moments.
“So you have finally decided to submit quietly huh?” The guy asked.
I glared at him and turned my head away.
As I tried to think who and why these guys were doing this, the person who was driving the car spoke up.
“Don’t think too much. Nothing will happen to you.” I tried to speak but couldn’t.
The guys exchanged glances and removed the cloth from my mouth not before warning me not to scream.
“What do you want?” I asked breathlessly, trying to regain my senses.
“Nothing from you. Just using you to get things done from your husband.” He replied casually.
‘What could they possibly want from Tyler? How can they kidnap me for it? Are they rivals Tyler was talking about?’
“What from him?” I asked in a growl.
“What else could it be? You should know.” He said as if it was obvious but I didn’t get a single thing.
“What are you talking about?” I asked.
“Do you even know what your husband does?” He asked, amused.
“What do you mean?” I narrowed my eyes, receiving a bad omen.
I don’t understand a single thing he is saying.
“He does.. Trading..” I replied after a brief pause and they all began to laugh at me.
“Wow!” The guy shook his head while laughing out loud and covered my mouth again.
“I can’t believe it!” Utterly baffled, they kept on laughing.
Irritated, I hit a guy with my elbow but he gripped my hair and pushed me away.
”Ah, Sweetie. Remain still.” He whispered, tightening his grip over me to which I winced.
“You truly are naive… I would have told you but I don’t want the Dark Lord to hold anything personal against me.” The driver snickered.
My eyes widened in horror when I heard ‘Dark Lord’.
“Hmm?” I couldn’t speak.
The underground Mafia leader. No one has seen his face or knows anything about him but his fear etched in people is intense.
‘Does Tyler have any connections with him?’
“Ops.” The driver said and laughed again but I was in a state of shock to comprehend the situation.
My heart skipped a beat.
‘Is Tyler involved in the Mafia?’
No.. Someone as nice as him couldn’t be moved over connected to the Dark Lord. It couldn’t be…
“But it’s funny. The devil married an angel.” I shuddered when he said that.
My heart thumped against my chest in dread.
I couldn’t apprehend, a great apprehension traveled in me and all I could think of was finding a way to escape this situation.
As I was lost in the abyss, my phone rang- gaining their attention.
I began to make a fruitless effort, they guy took out my phone and smirked.
“Speak of the Devil. Your husband. Too bad we wouldn’t want him to know you are here.” He chuckled darkly and threw my phone out of the window and covered my eyes as well.
“Sorry love but we wouldn’t want you to know the way.”
I cursed him in my mind and lowered my head.
If it wasn’t for giving money to Elmer none of it would happen.
“Ah, we sure are taking a gamble.”
I would be at my home chilling not be kidnapped by some strange dudes who told me my Husband is related to the Mafia.
Soon the car came to a halt and I took it somewhere, because of the cloth over my eyes, I couldn’t see.
I guess it’s their hideout.
“Mhm!!” They pushed me away as I fell on the ground. A guy grabbed my hair. I flinched, trying to see what’s happening.
“Ah my~” A felt a hot breath over my face and turned my head away but he gripped my jaws forcefully and snarled at my face.
“It’s hard to believe he fell for a low girl like you when there are millions of high-standard girls dying over him…- What he saw in you? You have nothing.”
The guy pushed me away, my back hit a wall, I groaned in pain and fell on the ground as the cloth over my mouth was removed as well.
In the pain, A smirk came to my lips as I replied, “I may have nothing yet he is mine...”
And a kick for my bold words greeted me. I coughed up blood.
“Just watch. If he came to know..”
I don’t know why- I wasn’t scared. Me, who is a coward, is not afraid. I should be quiet and terrified but I wasn’t.
It felt like Tyler wouldn’t let anything happen to me.
“You will die terribly.” I hissed.
I was feeling powerful even though I was vulnerable and they could kill me anytime. It was something inside me which didn’t let me.
“Shut up, Bitch.”
“You are nothing but a ticket to our success, now he has a weakness- You. We can take advantage of you.”
He let out a suppressed laugh and kicked me in the stomach. I remained silent and motionless.
I closed my eyes as I could feel the pain in my body and the blood coming from the corner of my mouth.
A darkness began to consume me but I didn’t let it. Before I could lose my senses, I heard a gunshot followed by the endless sound of them.
Just because I couldn’t see, it evoked fear to hear the gunshots. I sat up and crawled back to my back on the wall.
“Tyler… ”
I began to tremble in fright, not knowing what’s happening.
I was trying to untie the rope or at least remove the cloth that fell from my mouth or eyes to call or see what’s happening.
“No, No. No.”
My heart picked its pace in extreme dread. I don’t know what I should do. The sound of death gave me chills.
In the middle of chaos, I was finally about to be released from the ropes but someone then picked me up from the ground and gripped my hair.
“Ahh!” I yelped in pain, not knowing what to do or thinking it’s the end for me.
But I then he shot in the air to which I scream in terror and he shouted, “DROP YOUR GUNS OR ELSE SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR QUEEN!”
‘Wait, Queen!? What the heck!?’
When apprehension mixes with distress and staggers, I guess it stiffs you.
I remained motionless and the sound of gunshot ended.
“She will die if you do anything!” My heart thumped against my chest, my legs froze to the ground. My breath hitched.
“Do it! Or else…” The guy threatened.
I didn’t know my existence was so significant that I would stop the wreck.
“Please.. Let me go.” I gulped and was about to get out of his grasp by doing whatever I could. I heard a gunshot in my direction.
“Ahh!”
I screamed in horror and fell on the ground. Someone shot the guy who was holding me captive.
“How dare you touch her with your filthy hand?” Due to the horror inside me, I could barely recognize this voice. But.. It was Tyler, right?
‘Did he kill a guy for my sake?’
Before I could comprehend what happened, I lost consciousness.