Chapter1
“Princess, instead of a drink, give me your number." I rolled my eyes at that. It was one of those horny men who tried their luck every night to get in my pants.
“Sorry to disappoint, but that's not an option.”
I replied as I placed his drink in front of him and winked. I then left to go prepare the next drink for another customer.
"Emma, your regular is over there,” Kim, my friend and colleague, said.
I turned around, and indeed, it was a regular. We have regulars here, mostly for the strippers, but this one was for me. He came here almost every night and would give me extra cash every time I talked to him.
It wasn't a bad deal, he just looked a lot older than I liked them, so I wasn't going for him. I'm lucky enough to even work here because I am underage for this job.
“You look very stunning today,” he said.
“So other days I do not?” I asked cockily.
"Of course you do, it's just your hitting different
today,” he replied with a shy smile.
“Thank you. What would you like to drink?” I asked, deciding to stop teasing him.
“My usual sweetheart,” he said.
I nodded and got straight to making it. I knew he was staring at me, eye-f*****g me from behind and it made me a little uncomfortable.
I gave Kim a side eye, and she knew exactly what to do. Instead of me continuing to attend to him, she would. I gave her the drink, and she did her job.
From the corner of my eye, I saw that he looked angry and jealous, but I just avoided him. Shortly after that, it was time for my break, so I headed to the back room to change into a new outfit, which was required of all bartenders.
I had to use the bathroom, so I decided to head over to the one next to the changing room before going back to the bar. I looked at myself in the mirror, took a picture because I looked cute and did a little twirl before going back out to my station. Suddenly I was pulled by someone and roughly pushed into the wall.
“The f**k! What's your problem?"I screamed
“How dare you do that? You are the only one that is to attend to me!” He seethed. "I'll make sure you get into a lot of trouble with your boss,” he said. I rolled my eyes. This wasn’t the first time something like this was happening to me here. “I was going on my break. Let go of me,” I said, trying to push him away, but he resisted.
He tried kissing me, but I turned my face to the side and he kissed my cheek instead. He tried again but this time he was pulled off me by the security. I was breathing heavily as I turned to leave but I tried to get my breathing under control. I ran back towards the bar but stopped midway and opened the storage room whose door was to my left and got in. There was barely any space for me to stand in and the air in the room burnt my nose a little bit as the room was full with cleaning supplies and equipment . I took a deep breath and started practicing a breathing exercise I saw in a video online recently to help me calm down. Once I was calm enough, I smiled a little bit and left the room. I walked back to the bar and everything was the same as when I left, the party was in full swing and the bar was full of people trying to get a drink. Nobody was aware of what happened a few minutes ago, I don’t even think anyone cared. I wasn’t the first and definitely won’t be the last person it happens to either. I went back to my station and continued working as if nothing had happened.
Don’s pov
When I was informed of the little incident that occurred a little while ago, I chuckled and made them bring him to my office. Devonte was a fool for what he just did. He is a leader of a small street gang that is under me and I informed all gangs in this region that she’s off limits but I guess he wants to play with fire.
"Didn't I make it clear to you that she's mine? You really want me to kill you, and I'm on the edge of doing it. At this moment, I don’t care how much money you make for me, you went against a direct order! You put your filthy hands on her. Right now, I am thinking of ways to make you regret the choices you made tonight, every other day of your life ,” I said with a straight face.
“She'll never want a guy like you. I know how much you wish you could f**k her, but guess what I already did,” the fool replied smugly.
"You do not know who you're talking to, I see. Foolish and a liar too,” I said, laughing maniacally, then abruptly stopping and looking him in the eye. “That's funny because she lives in an apartment I own. I bought it after she moved there and bugged every inch of the place. I see and hear everything, I watch her every move, know every bit of her body, and no part of it had been touched by the likes of you, until tonight,” I spit at him.
“Since you want her that badly, you can have her,” the fool said, sensing that this encounter was about to end terribly for him. I got up from my seat and walked over to where my guards held him down and
I repeatedly punched him because I couldn't control my anger anymore. I heard the breaking sound of his nose, teeth and I think I broke his cheekbone too. When I was done, his whole face was blue and he puked on himself. I snapped my fingers and the guards carried him out of my sight and to the back, where they would shoot him in the head, between his eyes, like all the others who dared to touch my woman inappropriately and then dispose of his body.
I refocused my attention back on her as I bit my lips, imagining her in my arms, naked and compliant to my command. "Soon you will be mine, very soon,” I whispered.