What she couldn’t understand was why he was looking so disheveled with his hair messy and tie hanging loosely on his neck. The upper buttons of his shirt opened while his jaw ticked.
CHAPTER 10
Kaelith growled throwing his phone on the passenger seat, his head spinning with both fury and white-hot rage. He underestimated Francis. Not only he lost two of his shipments worth billions but now the bastard was making a council to throw Kaelith off the underworld.
Kaelith almost pitied the man. He’d make him scream and cry when he’d get his hands on her. Slowly killing him and torturing every single council member who dared to go against him. There were two rules Kaelith goby—never have mercy on his enemies. And second—always follow the first rule.
Kaelith knew the day he stepped foot in this mafia world that this was not going to be easy, and he was not the boy to do easy things. He preferred challenges, thrilling and dangerous ones. And his trust in himself brought him near the pillars of success, as most feared man in underworld and worldwide.
He had both the looks and money to buy anything, with just a flick of his fingers. Women, cars, houses, buildings, he could even buy those two lost shipments once again only working a minute. But love….
Kaelith’s thoughts immediately were drifted away by certain Hazel-eyed beauty. Her picture formed in his head as he pictured her sitting in the garden on the checkered pink mat, surrounded by flowers, hair braided in a bun and the crown of her head accessorized with delicate peonies.Sunlight bathing her fair skin wearing a long white chiffon dress he brought for her last week.
His heart immediately halted for a second. Heart beat racing, and hold on steering wheel tightened. A lump of saliva formed in his throat and he was unable to breathe for a second. He wanted to see her. To hold her. To smell in her scent and bath in her presence.
But these past few days were hectic, too rough. He steered the car in through the mansion gates and pulled into his driveway. Today he was early, a lot earlier. It was only four in the evening and the thought of seeing Amara after so long thrilled him—minus the times he sneaked into the room at night.
A guard immediately opened the car door for him and bowed, but he took no notice and continued to stride inside. His feet automatically took him to the backyard where Amara usually spend most of her time.
His strides turned into sprint. Heart palpitating as he opened the door. What he excepted was to see Amara, hearing her giggles and conversations with Martha.
But what he wasn’t expecting was the empty backyard. Taken by confusion, he thought maybe she was in her room, painting or reading the books. Automatically his feet moved to the stairs, impatiently climbing up as he unbuttoned his blazer.
He hoped she ate lunch and took her medicines. And the paints he got for her, he hoped she liked them.
When he opened the door of her room in hopes of seeing her face, he was met with emptiness. The room was clean, and untouched. The canvas laid covered with cloth in the corner and the books were neatly placed on bedside table.
Kaelith frowned. Where was she? Frustratingly he ran his hand through his hair and cursed. Deciding to check in thekitchen, he descended the stairs with rushed steps. But when he found kitchenempty,hisfrustrationwasturnedintoconcernandworry.Stormingoutside,Kaelith beckoned the nearest guard with his finger.
“Mr. Luca.” The guard bowed his hands clasped in front of him.
“Where’s Amara?” He inquired.
The guard went stiff as he nervously glanced around.“Mrs. Luca a-and Martha left a w-while ago.”
Kaelith fisted his palms. The guard immediately started sweating.“What do you just say?” “They went for g-grocery shopping. Mrs. Luca—” the guard stuttered.
“Shopping?” Kaelith clench is his jaw and glared stonily at the poor guard. The guard immediately took a step back in panic as Kaelith took a Intimidating step forward scaring the man.“Who gave the permission?” Kaelith’s eyes lowered to the name tag on the guard’s chest and then back to his eyes.“Logan?”
He questioned with a threatening edge to his voice. Logan almost pissed in his pants by the way Kaelith was standing towering over him, looking like a demon possessed by hell’s fire.
A momentarily silence engulfed around them. It only stoked his anger. He knew it wasn’t Logan’ s fault, but at that moment he needed to blame someone.
“Get out of my sight.” His voice calm but cold as glaciers.
“I-I am sorry, Mr. Luca, this won’t happen again!” Kaelith dismissed him with a wave of his hand and strode towards the door he walked in. Driven by anger and concern, he grabbed the keys before throwing his blazer off his shoulder and started the car. He must be too lenient with the little troublemaker, and this time he had put his love for her aside, and make her understand how things work in this world. Hecared for Amara, too much to the point he couldn’t just let herroam in streets unguarded after what happened to her.
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"Mr. Luca! Wait! Let me explain-" Martha's eyes widened with both fear and concern, her voice tremblingasshebeseeched,"Please,listentome!"Herwordswerelacedwitharaw, heart-wrenching worry that only added to the tension of the situation.
Her hands fidgeted nervously as she watched Kaelith scooped Amara up into his arms, a mixture of surprise and embarrassment flashing across Amara’s face as she instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck. People passing by began to gather around them, murmuring to themselves.
Kaelith's heart raced with anger feeling the weight of Amara in his arms. He couldn’t help but feel the rush of protectiveness and annoyance. How could she be so stupid? What if something happened to her? Or worse, what if one of his enemies take advantage of the situation?
Amra's heartbeat quickened as she lay cradled in Kaelith's arms, the unexpected turn of events leaving her flustered. She could feel the warmth of his embrace, and despite the embarrassment, she couldn't help but sense a reassuring comfort in his strength.
Kaelith's grip on Amara was like unforgiving, his arms wrapping around her with a steel-like hardness. She could feel the anger radiating from him through her own skin, turning her initial surprise into sheer, heart-pounding panic.
