Falling Red

18

♤ She crushed my heart under her feet ♤



*unedited*

♦ A L E X A N D E R ♦

“The meeting, Mr. Rio?” The weak and almost inaudible voice of Freya fills the silent cabin. She is standing near the door or in other words as far as she can, so that she can run for her life.

“Cancel.”

“But—”

“Clear all my schedules for the day.” I know I am acting without any sense, precisely like a madman but I can barely sit in my cabin with peace of mind. I cannot focus on anything.

“Alright,” she scurries away.

Don’t lose your patience. Calm down. I run my fingers through my hair and then cover my face while chanting in my mind.

Last night was something that I cannot describe. I admit I had been with many girls previously but it never rings a bell in my mind. Last night, it was like—perfect. Everything was perfect. Even though she was naive and inexperienced but that made it more pleasurable. She was like an unpolished jade waiting for someone to touch it.

However, today when I woke up, I was alone on the bed. She was gone. How long even I do not have any idea. All I know was I had a night with her and then she disappears. I cannot go like this I have to talk to her face-to-face. I have to make sure she does not regret what we did last night.

I connect the intercom. “Send Ms. Cooper in, please.”

“Just a second, Mr. Rio,” Freya pauses for a moment and then continues, “I am sorry, sir, but Ms. Cooper is on leave.”

“What?” When does it happen and how do I not know anything about it? Is she really running away and hiding from me? Bullshit. “How long?” I snap.

“Sorry, Mr. Rio?” I know what Freya must be thinking of me but at this moment I really do not care. I only know that I just want to hit someone.

“When will she return? She had an important file with her.” I find a proper excuse.

“Ms. Cooper has taken six days leave. I will try to get in contact with her and get the file—” I hang up the call without hearing any further.

Fuck Red. I never that she can make me lose my mind this much. From the start, everything was under my control. Her world should have revolved around me and ended at me. I cannot let the bird escape after coming so close to my goal. It should have been a few more days till I get the information that I needed.

I worked so hard and planned so much to get near you; it cannot get wasted like this. Now I regret it. I should not have taken her away last night. I never knew that Bella, my fiancé, would appear at the party last night. I was afraid that Bella would see Veronica and ruin my plan that was why I took her upstairs. But f**k it is all messed up now.

No, I cannot let it end like this. I have to find Veronica and cajole her. Yes, I will ask for forgiveness and pack some gifts for her.

***

It was a fail. I try to get in touch with Veronica but I cannot find her. I even ended up at her apartment mentioned in the official documents but it was all in vain. The apartment is locked up. Where does she run away? For God’s sake, Red where are you?

“Alex, the gold consignment is about to leave from here. When will we act?” Breaking all my thoughts, Hardin flings the door open and walks inside my room without any restrain.

“Are you ever going to listen to me?” I do not care about his excitement but cannot accept his ‘cool dude’ behavior in front of me.

“I thought you got used to it,” he shrugs, throwing my objection out of the window. “You never bring a chick at home with you, so what is there to hide or feel shy from me?”

“Shut up, Hardin,” I snap. I really do not want to discuss my s*x life with him and specially not at this time when Veronica has already consumed my all time.

“Fine, fine,” he raises his hands in surrender. “But I am serious about my question. When are we going to start? If we do not step forward, those bastards will take the lead.”

“I had John get the things ready.” I raise my hand and glance at the wristwatch, “We will leave in half an hour.”

“Great. I really want to see Romeo’s face when he will find about it. He is becoming too arrogant every passing day and wants to swallow the whole mafia world. Such a big asshole.” He laughs. “He is waiting for the goods in Chicago while we snatch it under his nose.”

An hour later, our gang is already on our way to the western coast. We deliberately choose a hidden route to avoid additional problems and once the gold consignment will reach our base station, I do not have to worry about anyone.

The formation of our cars is simple, one of my men is taking lead in front, behind him is my car. After me, is John then the gold loaded trucks followed by two extra people from behind. Hardin had already left to inspect the area ahead, just in case.

Suddenly the car in front blasts and I lost control over my car. I roll the steering wheel and press the break but it is too late to control the damage. I feel my car lose contact with the road and rolls in the air.

“f**k!”

In a state of dizziness and pain, I hear her voice. She is here. For a minute I wanted to break into a smile. Even if I am in this state, she still covered my all thoughts. However, the words, rings in my ears are like a splash of cold water.

“I am taking the gold consignment from here. Clean the people here, you no need to follow me like a tail," she snaps and shoots a man down.

"What the f**k are you doing? Why are you shooting at our own people."

"My people?" she laughs but I feel the hidden mock in her voice. "He just needs these shitty pieces of gold, right? f**k off, tell him, not to touch her otherwise I will make him pay."

"Red . . ." I try to raise my hand and call her but she turns her back on me and then walks off without caring about the sound of guns.