Chapter 5: Inner Devil

WIN

My hands were held together tightly while I continued to kick in the air trying to release myself from the two hulks in black.

"Are you really going to kill me? I thought you were kidding" I was terrified. What if they really kill me, Am I going to pay for the sins I never did.

"Follow me" she said and the guards did as told. They lift me up and started walking behind her.

She walked through the hallway, the loud clicks of her boots made all the murmurs and gossip stop. All of her underlings bowed their heads when she was passing by them. She looked powerful, just like a queen. I'm literally drooling over her.

She stood before a room and she motioned the guards to leave me. I came back to my feet after a long time.

"You can go" she ordered the guards as they bowed and left.

She suddenly pulled me making me stumble my way inside.

"Woah" I was shocked by the visuals of the room.

The room was fuss-free with just a single modern painting. There was a dark wood bed frame with a white fluffy mattress in the center and a nightstand beside it, A gorgeous dresser, and a huge ass window. I could see the garden outside and the guards who were enjoying their leisure time.

I have no idea what she was planning to do but I have to admit this room is a standard.

"You'll be staying here" she said making my jaw drop. Am I dreaming again? I slapped myself hard in the face. ouch, it hurts, I'm not dreaming.

"Is this room mine? For real" I asked in excitement.

"This is my room" She rolled her eyes and said in a duh tone. I sighed.

"Then why should I stay here" my voice became unintentionally rude. My breath hitched in realization, I bit my lips as I was waiting for her reaction.

"So that I could keep an eye on you" she said calmly. Wait that was the total expression? I expected something more.

But how did she believe me suddenly, Maybe it was a trap, I should be careful and not be distracted by these luxuries.

"I did a background check on you"

"You did what?" I asked in utter disbelief. She sighed before coming closer to me.

"Background check. I did a background check on you but I didn't get any valuable information and most of the people don't even realize you went missing. You're living a pathetic life, darling" I know my life isn't good but she didn't have to hurt me like that. Being an introverted person, I didn't have lots of friends. I'm an outcast at work too, most of the people don't even know my real name. So did she ask me to live here because she feels pity? huh? I gulped.

Being alone in that empty room is way better than staying with her, I opened my mouth to say something but a knock on the door distracted my thoughts. A guard opened the door and informed "Ms.Lisa your father and brother are here" and left the room.

I saw her facial expressions change in an instant when she heard the news. She looked even more intimidating and scary. She gritted her teeth before leaving me in this room alone. I jumped on the large bed, oh god- it feels so soft. It's been so long since I slept in this kind of bed.

"good night, win" I said to myself before closing my eyes and enjoying the soft material under me.

LISA

"Ms.Lisa, your father, and brother are here" the guard said. My good day will turn into a disaster every time he visit here. We don't have a lovely father and daughter relationship, most of the time we speak about business, and the other times he boasts about his wife and children. I still remember that day he chose his second family over me.

I still remember how broke I was when I saw my mother being killed by one of his colleagues and also the brother of the woman he remarried. I told him about that but he didn't believe me and slapped me across my face. That was the day I learned how cruel this world can be. That was the day I stopped calling him father. That was the I stopped being weak, because

TOUGH TIMES DON'T LAST; TOUGH PEOPLE DO

I walked to the meeting room, I kept my head up and my gaze straight.

Niki, My stepbrother stood when he saw me entering the room. The man, who identifies as my father sat there maintaining his straight face. I never saw him smile, not even once.

"Why are you here" I asked him straight making him sigh.

"The export of weapons, you messed it up" his voice is rigid and hoarse.

"Yeah, I know, you don't have to remind me that" I said as he slammed the desk before him and stood up. Niki trying so hard to hold him back.

"That's why I said, you are incapable of doing my business. My son, Niki will take over from today" He said making my blood boil in anger.

"Your business" I breathed out in disbelief.

In this mafia world, women are always considered weaklings, no one dares to hire women, and even if they do they aren't assigned to any important mission. That's why there's bad blood between our gang and most of the other groups. They didn't like a girl leading one of the biggest groups in the nation and even my father didn't like it.

"First of all, this isn't YOUR BUSINESS. 70 percent of the total share belongs to me and not you and I have the right to decide who leads or who takes over, If you're done GET OUT." I yelled at his face. I closed my eyes to control myself.

"What? How can you speak like this to your father? Is this how your mother raised you?" he said as I pointed my gun towards him making him shocked. This is the first time he saw me losing my patience this much.

"I. DON'T. CONSIDER. YOU. AS. MY. FATHER and you have no right to talk about my mother, If you speak about her once again, I won't hesitate to blow your head off" He has no right to speak low of my mother when he is nothing but trash.

He took a gun and pointed it towards me, soon all the guards in the room took their positions and pointed their guns towards him. Niki came between me and him and tried to calm down the situation.

"Dad, it's enough! We should go?" Niki stated as he put his gun down and stomped his way out of the room.

My inner devil wakes up every time I see him. Niki walked towards me and sighed.

"I'm sorry for him, Lisa. You know how bad he's with the words and I never want to take over this, you're the right one" he smiled at me before walking out of the room. I never liked him at first, I thought he was the reason why I didn't receive any love from my father but soon I realized I was wrong.

He always calms down his father and tries to take my side every now and then.

I sighed and walked towards my room. I turned on the lights and was startled for a second seeing win's body laying in my bed. I breathed out heavily and sat in the corner of the bed. I took the wine bottle, placed it on the nightstand, and started gulping it. I was about to complete the whole bottle when he woke up.

"JEEZ, What the fuck are you doing?"