The Billionaire's Obsession

Chapter 2

Mario rushed out to the security team headquarters as he got an intriguing message from them. Within minutes of reckless driving, he pulled up at the secret location, his bouncers tagging along behind him as he made his way in.

"welcome sir" they greeted him with a bow.

"yes, what's the issue " Mario asked, moving impatiently about as he stared at each and everyone of them present.

"sir... can we talk, privately?" Mike asked.

Mario stared hard at him for a while with his indifferent look before going in with him to talk.

"yes, what is it?" Mario moved over to the wine cellar and poured himself some wine then took a seat and sipped it slowly.

"sir ...it appears the clan has been infiltrated" Mike said at once.

Mario paused as he tried to understand the statement, of course why would he understand such statement when that was the last thing a mafia leader wanted to hear.

"come again?" Mario requested.

"sir, umm, there have been infiltratio…"

"what?" Mario cut him in again, refusing to believe that he meant what he thought he heard.

"we have a traitor in our midst sir" Mike said at once

Mario paused for about ten seconds, before releasing a chuckle.

"you don't say" he muttered, putting the glass down and maintaining eye contact with Mike but Mike kept a serious facial feature, showing that he wasn't playing around. Mario then realized that he was serious.

"How come about this?"

"Sir pardon us but we do not know"

Mario slowly started getting unsteady and uneasy, this wasn't a good information as he knew his life and that of his father were at stake because the main reason for infiltration was to end the life of the leader.

Prior to hearing the news, Mario was fighting within himself but eventually he became worried, anxious and unstable, he could feel a discomforting ting his muscles and nerves, his hands vibrated vigorously.

"How the fuvk could you allow this!?" he yelled at Mike.

"Um, we'll try to find out…"

"Oh don't just try, you have to!, damnit!!" he smashed the glass hard on the ground with a loud throaty groan.

"sir, please calm down" Mike muttered.

Mario's breath became unsteady as his veins were becoming visible. Mike knew what was going on and he had to stay calm if not the next thing to be smashed would be his skull so he just stayed put.

"get out!" Mario yelled, Mike quietly walked out slowly.

"Wait!" Mario yelled again with his back toeards Mike who stopped on his track.

"assemble the others outside"

**

After some minutes passed and he had become calm, he came out to meet the others.

"what is this that I'm hearing?" Mario paced to and fro as he spoke to the others, about fifty of them, both male and female.

"that the clan has been infiltrated, is that so?"

no one said anything, making him feel like he was talking to no one.

"answer me when I talk to you, is that so!?"

"yes sir " they fidgeted in fear.

"now listen up" Mario stopped pacing, and maintained a hard stare at one of them.

"I know that the fool is among you and trust me I will find you and give you a befitting death" he laid emphasis on the word 'befitting'.

After staring at them with his cold, void and frightening eyes, he stormed out of the building, got into his car and drove away.

••••

★Evening ★

while everyone was taking a rest, there was someone who couldn't bring her mind to rest since Mario left the security headquarters. A small figured lady cladded in black clothes moved covertly in the shadow of the night.

After successfully scheming her way out without anyone noticing, skillfully avoiding all the security cameras, she breathed out in relief as she took out her phone and made a phone call.

"where the f**k are you!?"

"chill, I'm coming" The person said through the phone.

The girl cut the call with obvious anger as she looked around. Just then a car pulled up beside her.

"Get in!"

The car sped off into the highway, dodging other vehicles on the road as they made their way to their destination.

The person driving pulled up roughly the moment they got to where they were going to.

Then she came down at a wide land space with a private jet sited at the middle. She walked down to the jet and got in. The pilot started the engine and the next minute they were in the air. The jet maneuvered its way down to Pennsylvania and alighted at Mr Pedro's residence, Pablo's Arch enemy.

The mansion was so beautiful and huge, she came down and strolled into the building.

Pedro sighted his little messenger approaching him at his dining room.

"Babydoll, what is the matter, why have you returned?" His face was soaked in confusion.

"They found out" she took a seat opposite him.

"What, how?"

" I wonder how "

" But I told you to be careful, don't tell me the plan is not going to work out perfectly "

" Don't worry daddy, the plan is already coming to life" she smiled wickedly.

" Are you sure? "

" Trust your baby girl " she picked up a strawberry and licked it seductively, then she took a bite.

"Mmm..... you little witch"

She smiled as she stood up and walked over to him, rubbing his bare taut chest, though he was above fifty, he still looked hot and fit.

Her hand slid down into his sweat pants as she rubbed his mighty d**k, feeling the veins in her dainty hand.

She took off her tight leather trouser then sat astride him, sliding down unto his erection, she released a gasp of pleasure as she sat on it, grinding her waist slowly, enjoying maximum pleasure as she moaned out.

A maid came in to pass an information but on seeing what was going on in the dining room, she quietly left.

***

"Sir ... You called me"

"Yes... Any progress?"

" We are close to finding the person sir, we have managed to get access to the system but some informations were copied as they appear in duplicate files"

" Fuck... The important messages? "

" Yes sir, but don't worry, we'll sort out everything, for now we're are going to tighten the security for you and boss "

Mario didn't respond, he cut the call as he pulled up his car at his favorite spot and got in.

**

Audrey's pov

I handled the poles professionally, skillfully swaying my body around the pole, just the way I did every night.

A lady walked up to me, whispered some words into my ears and walked away. My one hand rested on the pole as my eyes looked through the crowd, she told me that Mr Alexander wanted me, I knew him and I hated him.

Taking slow steps, I moved towards the back of the hall and to the corner where the suites were. Then I turned the knob of a particular door and went in.

"Princess" the haggard looking man smiled at me, there was something off about him though, he really irritated my spirit.

"Dance for me" He ordered with his rough irritating voice and the music started. Feeling uneasy, I started dancing, taking deep breaths to calm my nerves down as my eyes closed.

Getting into the vibe of the music, I was suddenly jolted back to reality as I felt a hard slap on my ass.

My eyes fluttered open and my breath hiked as the man kept on massaging my ass, pressing his hard bulge just beneath ass.

"My beautiful African queen" he breathed on my skin as he tried undressing me but I pushed out of his grip.

That got him angry and he gave me a warning glare.

"Please no.. I... I'm only a dancer " I tried to make him understand.

"Come on babygirl.... look what you did to me "

My eyes moved downwards and I saw that he had his d**k out already, standing and pointing towards me.

"Now it's time to ..."

"Please no ....sir... I can't " I couldn't do it honestly, I knew I was no longer a virgin yes but what I felt for this man was hatred because he had r***d a worker which led to her resigning.

At the moment, I felt like it was my turn to be r***d, there's something different about being r***d by a more responsible looking, handsome and sexy man but being r***d by a fat, huge and ugly guy... damn no!.

He took slow steady steps towards me, that moment I realized how small I really was compared to him.

I slowly moved back as he approached me, looking like a hungry lion ready to devour his prey. My whole body shook as I felt his hard grip on my arm, pulling me to himself.

"Please... Let me go... Please... I'm only a dancer, I dance for the money... please I'm a broke girl, I have nothing" I didn't know when I started crying, telling him my life story but they fell on deaf ears.

He pushed me roughly to the bed and came on top of me, that moment, I felt my little world crumbling, everything flashed before my eyes, the reason why I started dancing for money, the people I owed, the loans I took and am yet to pay, everything.

Just like the universe knew and decided to give me a second chance to life, there was a strong impatient knock on the door. The door flew open and it was the manager.

"Time up!" She yelled.

"What do you mean time up, we aren't done "

"Sir if you don't get you and your tiny d**k out of here I'll call the security, you only payed for twenty damn minutes and it's thirty already so leave!, Someone else is waiting for her" she said with one breath in her black American accent.

He casted me a heavy glare as he tucked himself in, took up some of his properties and walked out.

"Sir Mario is waiting for you" she informed me and left.

I breathed out in relief as I wiped my tears with my palms, muttering a silent 'thank you' to her. After regaining myself and masking my face with a normal expression, I made my way to meet sir Mario.

I took in a deep breath and released it as I pushed the door open and there he was, waiting for me at his usual spot, exhaling smoke from his mouth, soft music was filtering into the atmosphere.

I made my way to stand infront of him and just as I was about to start dancing I heard him say

"What took you so long?"

"I... I was with someone else" I said and he said nothing so I started dancing, trying my best to give it my all, Mr Mario was my highest paying client.

No matter how hard I tried to roll my waist, it wouldn't do what I wanted it to do.

"You derive much joy in wasting my time huh?" He said which got me to stop dancing and just stare at him, I could still feel my whole body shaking, my eyes were beginning to tear up.

"No sir" I muttered, regained my posture and started dancing again, a bit slowly this time. I kept pushing my waist but it had gone stiff.

Mr Mario stood up from his chair and walked down to me, blowing out smoke in my face, I stared at him with my sad eyes, I could see that he wasn't pleased with my performance at all.

"I'm sorry sir I..." I said with lowered head but before I could finish with my sentence, he walked out. I plopped down to the ground and broke down in tears.

The moment I felt satisfied with my crys, I wiped my tears and organized my face before stepping out of the suite and into the lounge, there were still many people there.

With my head bent downwards, I walked through the crowd and came to where the so called big guys were. They were playing poker, pool and all manner of gambling.

"Audrey!" I heard my name's and turned around to see a group of guys with a few half naked girls sited around a poker table.

Among them was Orlando, my supposed boyfriend, a black American too.

"Baby, come here" he stretched out one hand to me while continuing with the game, I walked down to him and his hand held my waist firmly as he stared at me in admiration.

"Isn't she pretty?" He asked his friend, looking at him, one would easily tell that he was drunk.

"Lando, what… have you been drinking?, What did I tell you about drinking?"

" Forget that sh¡t baby, I'm not..." His words were cut short as the guys round the table hollered up. Exactly what I thought, they all lost their money to a particular guy, Orlando lost his too.

"Hey, wait man, what do you mean?" He got up and approached the winner.

" Ya lost man, go home"

"Wait, hold on man, that's ain't true"

"Orlando, stop it!" I held him back before something else happened.

Everyone who participated in the game all left, leaving the both of us.

"Lando, you have to stop gambling, you will loose all your money, you don't want to listen to me"

" Look baby girl, all this sh¡t is just luck, you lucky today, tomorrow I'll be lucky" he explained with half closed eyes.

" You're drunk, let me take you home"

"No I'm perfectly fine girl, imma take you home, I'll drive ya... you going now?"

" Yes"

" Hold on a little, I'm not going now ..."

" Look, let me just go ahead, you go home whenever"

He stared at me for a while as he went quiet.

"Alright baby, stay safe for me... love ya!"

I didn't feel like working anymore, I made my way to the dressing room, put on my clothes and strolled out to the Manager's office.

"Ma'am, I'm calling it a day"

"Why?... Any problem? "

" I'm feeling a little sick"

She stared at me for sometime, her eyes moved down to my stomach then to my face.

"Alright... you better not get pregnant Mina... we still need you" she faced her work so I closed her door and left.

Stepping out of the club, the cool evening breeze hit me first, I pulled up my hoodie and covered my hair as I walked down the busy street of Brooklyn.

After walking for quite sometime, I felt a presence behind me so I stopped and turned around, just as expected, I saw three guys.

"What now... your boss sent you?"

"You know already" one of them replied me.

" Look, I have no money now, tell your boss that I will pay him his money... Please... I promise".

"Sorry miss, we were given orders" They came at me, took my bag, someone's hand was in my pocket as they searched through my things, taking the little money I had.

"Hey! will you stop that!" Some men around came to help me.

"No no... it's okay... I'm good"

"You sure?"

" Yes, thank you"

I picked up my bag and my phone from the ground and walked into my apartment.

" Audrey! Is that you?" I heard my landlord say from the end of the lobby.

" Yes sir!"

"Make sure to lock the door and also pay up your bills"

He just had to add the last part.

Getting into my small apartment, I jammed the door close in annoyance.

"You better not break my door!" I heard his yell faintly but I could make out what he said.

Nothing was funny but I saw my self laughing, the kind of laugh that says a million words. After taking off my tight clothes, I dropped like jelly on my little bed and cried myself to sleep.

**

Mario left the club not in a good mood though, he only wanted to calm his nerves with a little dance show but it didn't work out as his favorite dancer disappointed him.

Still taking momentary drags from his cigarette, he got into his car and drove back home.

**

Mario's pov

"Honey!, Is that you? " mom called from the kitchen, what was she even doing there, she never cooked.

"It's me mom" I sat at the dining table to eat, soon mom joined me and we ate in silence.

My eyes scanned the empty chairs.

"Where's dad?"

"He's spending the night at the penthouse"

I paused to process the information, why would he spend the night there, meaning he wouldn't be going to the company tomorrow, I hoped he was with enough security because crazy things were happening at the security team headquarters.

After eating, I headed upstairs as I made a phone call .

"Dad?... Heard you're at the penthouse"

"Yes, any problem?... you never call me"

"No problem, just be careful" I cut the call and went to bed.

••

The sunlight filtered into my room, causing me discomfort, I yawned myself awake to see the sun so up already, I was late.

I went ahead to prepare myself, took a quick shower and got dressed, of course not forgetting my gloves, I left for the company. Sitting at the owners seat of the car, one of the bodyguards drove me to the company.

It was already 09:37am as I majestically walked in getting a lot of stares from people, girls in fact, probably because of the way I dressed. Leaving three top buttons of my shirt undone.

Work went smoothly though, I stayed there till it was close to the time of dismissal, I left the company and headed to meet dad at the penthouse at New Jersey where he goes to take a break from work.

"Dad" I walked in and found him at the dining table.

"Oh... I came on time" I joined him to eat but he kept giving me hard stares. I ignored them and ate.

"Dad, I got some information from the security team" I informed him.

" Really... Meet me at the roof " he stood up and took a bottle of wine as he left... I finished up and joined him at the top of the building.

The place felt so porous and open as I felt a bit too prone to harm, looking around, there were about three to four bouncers around, yet I still wasn't comfortable.

"What is it you wanted to say"

"Oh... I was with the security team yesterday, they found out about a spy in their midst, they also lost some information to the spy"

" How did this happen? "

" I don't know dad, we have to be careful from now on "

Dad, looked a bit frustrated as he downed his wine.

"We have to tighten the security dad, I'll inform the guards" I stood up and motioned for the three guards around to come closer. Just as they were coming together, I heard a gunshot.

Immediately I turned around to be sure of dad's safety first but time suddenly stopped, I saw dad on the ground and that was the last thing I saw before I blacked out.

**

*PENNSYLVANIA*

"We got them Boss, we got them" Chantel said happily.

"What do you mean" He questioned.

Pedro stared at his little messenger with wide eyes, it was unbelievable, he thought.

" We got them, they are dead, Pablo and Mario"

Slowly, Pedro sucked in the good news, a wicked smile appeared on his lips

" Are you sure"

"Yes, I saw them go down to the ground, soon their empire will go down and we will be the highest"

He released a small chuckle, allowing the news to sink in. The chuckled then grew to full blown cackle.

" That's why I trust you with these types of works, you never fail me sweet heart"

They laughed at their perceived success.

"Mr Daniel Pablo, and your dirty son" he smiled evilly.

" Who knew it would be this easy to bring you down"

" This calls for celebration" Chantel grabbed a bottle of wine.

" Yes!..." She poured herself some wine then poured some for Pedro.

" Cheers!"

**

The news got to everyone in the clan, their leader was down, their leader's son too, the place was in chaos, though they tried to keep calm.

Mrs Maurice hurried down to New Jersey general hospital where her husband and son were taken to.

"Honey.... please don't leave me like this..... honey... son... please wake up" she sobbed, moving alternatively from her son to her husband, not knowing who to even cry for.

"Please... come back.... don't leave me... son....." She wiped her tears staring at her son's lifeless body.

"Son ...if you leave, who's going to take over everything.... honey... don't leave us so soon, I can't loose you both in one day" she turned to her husband.

"Madam please can you wait outside?" The doctor requested which earned him a glare from the crying woman. The doctor was a bit frightened from the looks on her face.

"Ma'am please just wait outside, everything will be fine, trust me"

She bursted out into another round of crying again, the doctor didn't blame her, it was really painful to loose both your husband and son in one day, nevertheless he proposed in his heart to help her.

Mrs Maurice slowly walked outside the ward, turning back to look at her two family members who lay like logs of wood. Her eyes were red from crying hard.

After the operation, the doctor finally came out, Mrs Maurice rushed up from the floor she was sited.

"Doctor.... How are they?... Tell me they are fine please.... Tell me they're recovering.... Please.... Please!"

" Ma'am, I'll suggest you calm down please, we tried our best and we want you to know that even if they don't make it, it's not the end of the world"

Doctor Bryan said, trying to calm Mrs Maurice down but what he got in return shocked him to his bones. A hard slap on his face.

" How dare you say that?, It will be the end of the world for me, now listen up Mr doctor, you better bring them back to life or else get ready to spent the remaining life you have behind bars!" She boomed in a threatening voice.

Doctor Bryan was frustrated, his face stung badly and he didn't even know what next to do, she was the wife of Daniel Pablo and he most definitely could not do anything to her, he pinched his nose bridge and closed his eyes.

"Ma'am, everything will be fine, I ... promise you" he had to make a promise that he wasn't even sure of himself, just to calm her down and surprisingly it worked.

" Mother!" " Maurice!" Racheal and her mother, Mrs Monika ran into the hospital.

" We heard what happened, how are they? Are they okay?" Mrs Monika held unto Maurice who started crying all over again. Doctor Bryan left them alone to themselves, he just couldn't assure her that everything would be fine because the bullet was buried deep inside Pablo's heart, while it nearly hit Mario's heart. Who ever shot them really knew how to handle a gun.

The operation was successful though but the patients were yet to wake up.

**

"You can go in and see them" doctor Bryan informed them after some time and they all went in and saw both father and son on the hospital beds, side by side, multiple beeping sounds filled the atmosphere.

"Honey... Please don't leave me alone in this wicked world, come back to me" Maurice held her husband's hand.

" Mario honey, please you cannot die, you are strong, please open your eyes" she held her son's hand in her other hand. Monika and Rachael consoled her, trying to stop her from crying and assuring her that everything would be fine but Maurice wasn't having any of it.

It was her husband and only child, only heir they were talking about, her only family, her only world, she couldn't think of a life without them. Only she could understand what she was passing through.

In three days time, the fate of Daniel Pablo and Mario was known to the doctors, Maurice who refused to go home slept on a couch in the ward of her husband and son. She was awakened by a long loud beep, instead of the continuous short beeps.

She jumped from the chair and moved towards the patients, her heart shattered the moment she realized that the sound came from the machine close to her husband.

"No.. no.. no.. Doctor!... Doctor please come... Doctor!" She cried, continuously tapping on the bell button. She cried for her dear husband, burying her face in his chest.

"M .... mom?" her hopes came back immediately she heard Mario's faint voice. She quickly spun.

"Mario? .... Mario" she held his hand as his eyes fluttered, he tried opening them but the place was too bright, sadly the doctors came and took her out of the room.

"Mario!... Please stay strong for me" she yelled before the doors closed, they made her sit on the chair outside.

"Don't worry ma'am, we'll do our best"

The nurses assured her before going into the ward.

**

After all the ups and downs, they weren't able to save Pablo's life. Bryan saw it coming but he didn't want to loose hope and now his hopes were lost.

One way or the other he had to tell Mrs Maurice about it.

Sadly, they covered his body with the sheet and then moved Mario to another ward.

"Doctor" Maurice called softly the moment he came out.

"I'm sorry ma'am" he muttered. Mrs Maurice who's eyes were already red and puffy had no more tears to cry, she had cried out all her tears, fell weakly on the chair, roller coaster of emotions toying with her sanity, she felt completely hopeless because of her husband, on the other hand she felt hopeful and glad for her son, she also felt the urge to avenge the death of her husband.

"Ooh... They'll pay for this, who ever did this will pay, they and their generations to come.... They'll so f*****g pay!"

**

It has been two long weeks since Daniel Pablo died, Maurice, being a strong woman, took the news in good faith, what ever had happened had already happened. There was no need to cry, rather she toughened up, after all she wasn't the first to loose her husband.

Deep down she was really hurt but she managed to mask her emotions, pulling up a facade.

"Mario" she called the moment he opened his eyes.

"Mom" Maurice smiled softly at her son, he was a strong man, just like his father.

"Where's dad?" That simple question washed away the smile from her face.

"He didn't make it?"

Mrs Maurice gave a little nodded.

Mario's eyes drifted away as sadness came upon him, he zone out for a while, memories of his father flooded his head for about thirty seconds. His gaze then returned to his mother who gave him a little smile. That smile passed a lot of messages to him.

"It's okay", "everything will be fine", "you can do this", "you're strong", "I believe in you", "I love you".

"It's okay honey, it's going to be fine"

She assured him.

The members of Daniel Pablo's mob heard the news and it almost shattered them but their hopes resurrected the moment they heard that Mario wasn't dead. A new hope arose within them, their leader was down but he didn't leave them empty handed, he left his son, a man who was as strong as his father. They all knew that Mario would make a good leader and they were ever ready to pledge their sincerity and obedience to him. They were ready to protect him with all they had and to help him avenge his father's death.

They all knew that the person responsible for the hacking of their system and infiltration was also responsible for the death of their leader.

Knowing that the supposed spy was among them, doubt and distrust creeped into their heart against themselves, they were looking like spies in each other's eyes, they all suspected themselves.

Although the death of Daniel Pablo shook the hearts of those who knew and respected him, it also gave rise to a new leader of the clan, no longer Daniel Pablo but now Daniel Mario.