AGREEMENT

After Alina was pulled by David moments after the incident with Daniel, it turned out that Alina was brought to the room. Alina sat on the sofa in the room. She was very nervous; in front of him now, David was sitting casually, and Dominic was standing next to David.

Alina continues to play with her finger. Anxiety, worry, fear, all mixed up.

"Give him the letter, then get out!" David ordered Dominic. Without waiting long, Dominic immediately obeyed his Master's orders and said goodbye to them.

With a bit of hesitation and fear, Alina took the folder and read the letter in it; she read it carefully. She must understand the points in it.

Her eyes widened slightly as she read some of the points written on it.

Her high curiosity made her fear disappear a little.

"H-how, father--Master can know my stepmother?" asked Alina, stammering; there was a sense of shock.

Wrote that David would protect Alina as long as Alina was under David's control.

It's not a difficult thing for me!" David explained flatly.

"Like---"

David cut Alina off. "Even I know the reason you ran away!"

"He's going to sell you right?!" Alina let out a shaky breath.

"Whether you want it or not, it's up to you; the last information I know is that he already knows the location of the apartment where you live," said David with an unreadable expression.

Hearing David's words made Alina a little scared. He didn't want to see his stepmother at all.

Hopefully, the decision he made is correct.

He immediately took the pen that had been provided and immediately signed it.

David pulled his lips into a small smile, not even one at all.

***

David took a photo containing the face of a girl about ten years old who looked beautiful, with round green eyes, a sharp nose, chubby cheeks, and brown hair with a little wave. The girl in the photo is smiling broadly. 'Feels familiar,' David muttered to himself.

Behind the photo is a file. He looked down and read the file seriously, where he wrote all the data about a girl named Alina Benedict.

All are written in full.

After reading Alina's files, David looked at Dominic, who was still faithfully standing in front of him.

"Can I help you, sir?" asked Dominic, who already understood David's attitude.

David looked back at Dominic with an unreadable look. "Make a letter of agreement with the girl. And make her my personal assistant!"

"Okay sir, I'll do it immediately, excuse me!"

***

Alina forgot about her work in the office, her apartment, and even Anna. She's not even allowed to hold her cell phone. It was strange, but he dared not refute all of David's words.

His conscience tells him he must obey if he still loves his life.

No one will ever lose him because he has no one except Anna.

Now he was in the car; beside him, Dominic sat, who had not said a word since entering the car earlier.

While David was in another car with a man named Edward, what Alina knew when she accidentally overheard earlier was that Edward was David's confidant.

The car that Alina and Dominic were driving crisscrossed the streets of New York. In the middle of the road, Alina and David's car split up. Alina needed to find out where her Master was going. Even Dominic just kept quiet and didn't say a word.

Meanwhile, the car Alina and Dominic were riding was still driving until they finally arrived at a luxury apartment parking lot.

The car immediately stopped in front of the Apartment Lobby. "Follow me," Dominic ordered.

"All right, sir," Alina exclaimed, then she followed Dominic, who had gotten out of the car. And started to follow in his footsteps from behind.

Alina looked around as she entered the lobby of a luxurious apartment, her eyes sparkling. This is amazing.

"You will be a house maid in Master's apartment, your duties are cleaning, washing and cooking. Do you understand?" Dominic exclaimed as he pressed the elevator button.

"I... understand, sir!" replied Alina. Take it easy; it's all he usually does; it's not complicated.

The elevator door opened, and Dominic immediately entered, followed by Alina. Until they finally arrived at the 53rd floor.

Once out of the elevator door, only one entry was visible, making Alina confused.

"This whole apartment building belongs to Master, and his private apartment is this whole floor," Dominic explained because he saw Alina looking confused. Alina nodded in understanding.

Dominic opened the door to David's apartment by entering a code. "I'll give you the code, don't forget it, and don't give it to anyone," Dominic shouted as he pushed the door open.

"I understand."

Dominic invites Alina in, and he leads her to his room. Shows the kitchen and others to Alina.

"You can't leave this building carelessly, you have to ask the Lord for permission first," explained Dominic.

"Understand."

Then Dominic re-explained all the rules in this apartment; no one except Alina would be later. Mr. Romano rarely occupies this apartment of his. Only certain times.

Alina breathed a sigh of relief because she wouldn't see David too often. Quite a relief. Alina is too afraid to face her Master too often.

Only a moment after Dominic was there; he immediately left the apartment. He was leaving Alina alone.

Alina stepped towards the veranda; the view from up here was so beautiful; at least this was enough to cheer her up.

No small apartment, no Anna, and no more office work. Can Alina be able to face this?

He didn't know himself yet, but he would try.

This afternoon David received a report from Edward that there was a traitor in his group named Damian, who Edward had arrested.

Now the traitor Damian has been brought to Arl Chapo's headquarters by Edward and the others. Apart from being a headquarters in this place, there are also several laboratories, drug laboratories, and explosives laboratories; there is a subordinate of David named Enrico, who has expertise with explosives. But the place is a bit separate, to minimize if something unwanted happens.

The headquarters is far from anywhere, and its location is in the middle. The forest makes it difficult to visit or find by anyone, including the authorities.

This is the main base for Arl Chapo, all they do here. In addition, there is a place for treatment for David's injured men besides the hospital in the middle of the city.

The doctors and nurses who worked for David were, of course, highly paid by David. If they don't divulge this secret, their lives and their families will be at stake.

It's pretty simple to be David's man. Royal and loyal, then his life and his family are guaranteed. But if not, don't ever expect your life to be peaceful or your life to be safe in David's hands.

The doctors and nurses are in addition to treating David's injured subordinates. They also sometimes tried new drugs on David's prisoners.

Even David made a particular medicine, a medicine that can withstand pain and heal wounds quickly.

When they were dying, the doctor would treat their wounds. Once they realized they would be tortured again. Good, isn't it? Oh, that was fun for David. He was happy to see the pitiful eyes of people begging for their lives.

It was the umpteenth time Demian had fainted in his torment. David was getting a little bored; even his coffee was getting cold. He immediately ordered Edward to execute Demian. Demian was unconscious when Edward pulled the trigger of his gun, and his bullet shot straight through Demian's head.

"Get rid of it!" Edward ordered his men.

"Fine," Edward's men replied in unison.

Then Edward and David left the torture chamber. Edward walked behind David.

"Edward gathers all the information from all the spies we have!" cried David.

"Well."

"I have a bad feeling," he said quietly. David hears that the government is starting to pursue the mafia aggressively at this time. He and his men must be more careful in each of their work.

***

Alina wakes up in the morning in her room. He immediately rushed to check whether or not his Master had come home last night. Alina felt stupid because last night she slept so soundly. He only knew the condition of Mr. Romano, who returned or not to the apartment.

After cleaning up, Alina now starts cleaning David's apartment and room. After yesterday Dominic told all about the rules in this apartment and the habits of his Master.

Alina returned to cleaning David's apartment while occasionally humming.

She was cleaning the house, cooking, and preparing necessities are not tricky jobs for Alina. Alina had already done all the work herself. Plus, her stepmother often told him to do many things.

She was even fixing leaky plumbing or roof tiles that leak when it rains. Alina can do it. Back when there were both parents, it was Alina's father who did the task. The family was not from a wealthy family, and his father decided to make his house selection. Therefore Alina can do it because she often pays attention to her father when repairing pipes or tiles.

Without realizing it was noon and Alina's work was done, her body was already sweating. He wiped the sweat trickling down his temples with the back of his hand while he put away the cleaning supplies.

Alina rested for a while to relieve her tiredness.

Alina wants to take a walk out of the apartment, but she has to ask permission first, but how can she ask for permission? Not even cell phones are allowed. Weird, isn't it?

Her stomach growled; Alina forgot that she hadn't eaten anything since earlier. He finally decided to go to the kitchen and look for food there.