Cold

Zavi Coville.

It was dark before we arrived, I was on my way to the warehouse when I got a call that William couldn't handle Nora. Nora can be very stubborn, I had seen her run wild like a lioness and I knew who she was. I could hear her swearing to break the door or burn my room. I know her, she was crazy. A very crazy beautiful bitch.

Then, I was angry Will can't even make her quiet, it was a pressing issue, the Russian mafia had been burning my warehouses and stealing my trucks of drugs. I wanted to count the remaining ones in the warehouse behind the house until I got that call. I was angry, I even called her a bitch but regretted it later.

She was going to do it.

I rushed back to the main building hoping that my room wasn't on fire.

The instant I opened my door, was when she was standing with a lit match stick up.

I was angry, and happy I got on time.

She said she was bored, she said she was my woman. She was fucking ordering me to tell her before I do something, I mean how does this crazy bitch come into my life? This attitude was the only thing that made me not think of her as Anita. Anita wasn't this..daring. For some reason, I liked her like that.

"It's for your good, Nora," I told her, hoping to calm her down.

"My good?. I don't understand you at all. One time you act as you want me, the next thing you push me away like a slut."

"You were supposed to be my slut." I blurted, well she was. I wanted to make her my slut, but she means more than that to me.

And then, I regretted it later, her eyes had changed color, and I got her angry.

"Is that what y'all think?." She asked, looking from Alec to William.

"Am I his slut?." She asked, again.

"Calm down, Nora." I try to stop her.

She yelled at me, "Don't tell me that!."

Her eyes were wide, she was extremely angry.

"I'm your Slut." She repeated, shaking her head at me, ``That kiss, was it meant for a slut?."

A question.

That question meant everything.

I turned to Alec and Will, "Leave." I ordered.

They both left quietly and I quickly shut the door.

I started walking towards her, the room was silent, Nora was still watching me.

I stopped in front of her and slowly touched her cheek. I didn't know how to start saying that I'd fallen in love with her, I didn't know how to begin telling her that she meant more than a slut to me.

She grabbed the hand I used in holding her cheek and pushed it away.

"Stop messing with my head." She growled.

Her arms encircled my waist and she pushed me closer to herself.

"If I'm your slut, treat me as one."

Then she pushed me on the bed and crossed over, her hand pinned me onto the bed. Her brown sleek hair was over by the side, her plump lips were inviting, if I could taste those lips again but….shit, this was no time to think shit, a very sexy angry lioness is on top of me.

"Take me as you would do to a slut, and if you don't, now..you've lost a chance of calling me a whore."

I was surprised.

I must confess, I want to take her now, but that would make it the fact that she was only but a whore.

I just watched her quietly like her pupil, like an obedient puppy.

She gave up and stepped out of the bed.

"From now, treat me with more respect, we will coexist from now on. I'm working for you based on a contract, I work because my dad owes you, and you'll be the humble boss that respects me as a woman. You didn't just pick me up on the road, I wasn't just sold, but I'm working because my dad owes you a lot of money. He didn't just ask you to take me because I was useless to him but he had no choice but to give me up. I've proved capable of handling things, so you'll respect me because of that. See me as a woman and not a slut. And also see me as me, from now on, I'll be working with you like Davina is doing, there are things you do to me that you don't do for Davina, it confuses me, if what we have isn't defined, don't play with my emotions like a whore."

She walks out leaving me dumbfounded.

~

A few days pass.

Vanora Campbell.

A few days passed without seeing an annoying boss. I knew he was busy with work, and I've also been busy at work. I've helped Alec in fishing out the fake goods in the warehouses. I've noticed that there are some missing, if several goods were to be shipped into Sicily, that number won't make it to warehouses, which means someone was working for the Russians.

The boss didn't notice because he had money, he was extremely wealthy so they think they'd continue to fool him.

As I was coming out of my room, I saw the boss walking in my direction, I curtsied and walked past him without a word.

It's been a long time since I've seen him, I've missed him but what stops him from apologizing to me? He feels too big to say the 's' word so I'll continue acting like I don't see him.

I also wanted to speak to him, there are many things I wished to say to him, but we both had pride. We'll continue to want each other and avoid each other at the same time.

I haven't forgotten my mom, I don't even know if Zavi has stopped the search for my mom's murderer. I wanted to find that bastard before I'm able to pay Zavi what my dad owns.

Seriously, I am lucky. Some men would make me work as a slut to pay back, but Zavi allowed me to stay with him and fish out fake drugs and traitors.

"Let's go, Davina," I said immediately I got downstairs.

"Nora, when are you going to stop this? I mean I hate the bad air around here."

I feigned ignorance, "What do you mean?"

"Sai di Cosa to parlando." ( You know what I'm talking about.)

I shrugged, "Abbiamo del Lavoro da fare." (We have work to do.)

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