TAN'S POV

" Why didn't you tell me you are going to Paris?" Rynn asked from another side of the phone.

"Who told you that I'm in Paris?" I ignored her question.

" Aiden." She replied.

That f*cker. He is such a pain in my a*s. Can't he take care of a single thing without me? I told him not to let her know about my mission because she always gets worried about me.

"Now tell me why didn't you inform me?" She asked again.

" I didn't want to bother you that's why." I answered honestly.

"How can I not worry about you, Tan. Please don't get into any trouble this time. Don't get hurt, don't get sick, and take care of yourself okay ?" Her tone got lower and lower with every second.

'Here we go again'

"Don't worry. I'll. I promise". With that, I ended the call and glanced at the bunch of dead bodies in front of me.

I put my knife in my pocket and drived back to my Vella.

When I was 15. My mother attempts suicide and left me alone in this world. I know her pain was unbearable and she wasn't in her right mindset at that moment because of the situation but what she did was wrong.

I was only a high school student when I realized that suicides don't take away our pain it passes on to someone else.

And that pain passed into me and turned into anger. I promised myself that day that I'll kill that bastard who was the reason behind my mother's death, one day for sure.

But not that easily I'll snatch every single shit from him that he has earned in his life. I'll destroy his business. I'll make him regret it. I want him to beg me for his death.

Back then I was walking back home around ten at night. When I was about to cross an alley I caught three jerks harnessing a girl who was around twenty. She was screaming her lungs out but there was no one to help her. Or I can say except for me.

"LEAVE HER". I shouted. One of them turned to me and laughed because I was only a kid back then. But they were underestimating me.

"Or else what?" One of them replied. I balled my fingers into a fist.

"Try me." Hearing that they all turned in my direction.

But after two minutes they all were on the ground, groaning in pain. As I beat the shit out of them. "Losers." I smirked.

I remember when I was twelve, my mother took my admission to a Karate classes. I have a black belt in it. I can beat six people in one go. I've learned it for three years straight and the result was in the reflection of my eyes.

I helped that poor girl reach a hospital. She was badly injured. Looking so vulnerable. When she was admitted to the hospital I meet her husband he was very worried about her as she was a month pregnant.

At that moment I realised that I didn't only save her by harnessing her but also saved a life.

That's Rynn. Since that incident, she didn't let go of me. Now she is my only family. She has a nine years old daughter now. She lives in New York too with her family and is overprotective toward me because she knows I'm in the mafia.

How I join mafia was an interesting story as well...When the boss of those bastards to whom I had beaten alone, came to know about me. He sent his men and kidnapped me from my house by cuffing my hands. 'Cowards'

They took me with them somewhere, in a black car. They treated me like some wild animal as no one sat around me. That was a proud moment.

The car stopped in front of a biggest mansion I had ever seen, as soon as we entered inside I saw a man who sitting on a couch in his hallway. He was in his late forties. Two men in all black were standing on each side of his couch with guns. He was smoking while manspreading. As soon as he set his eyes on me a small smile spread on his face. I guessed he's the boss and I was right.

"So, you are the one who
injured my men?" That man asked raising one of his eyebrows.

"I can do much more than that to you too. Just unlock these handcuffs and see." I seethed looking straight into his eyes.

"I'm impressed." He chuckled.

That day he offered me a job and lots of money. I knew that was not the right path to walk on but I needed money the most at that moment because money is power and I had to be powerful if I had to take revenge for my mother's death.

I agreed and started working for his business. He was the most powerful mafia back then. He had many illegal businesses too but he never allowed me to get involved in those stuff. He only wanted me to be his secret weapon.

As a kid when I used to put my eyes on his enemies or follow them, they didn't get suspicious. He used me as a spy.

Five years later after the death of the mafia boss in a mission. I took his place and now I'm the youngest and the most powerful mafia boss in New York. But not everyone knows me by my name or face. My identity is hidden.

After becoming boss, I stopped his illegal business-like drugs, weapon supplies, human trafficking, and a lot more.

That's the biggest reason that many other mafia groups got against me and they are behind me for the same. But I don't give a shit about them.

I have money, I have power now, I've waited for it for the last ten years. Now I'll take revenge for my mother's death. I have not forgotten the promise I had made to myself. I'm just searching for a chance to destroy him.

He and his son live in England. I just got a hint that his son is coming to New York, in my hometown.

'Welcome to hell, my brother'

Even after all the darkness in my world, I have a ray of light in my life.
My love, Anna.

Anna, This is not just a name for me, it's an emotion. The emotion that I felt when my gaze landed on her. My heart literally skipped a beat when I saw her for the first time and it still does. I know her since I was in High school.

She's beautiful, talented, and adorable. She has beautiful ocean blue eyes, long brown hair, a face that can make angels cry, and a perfectly curved body. But I don't love her because of how perfect her appearance is, I love her because she has a pure heart. She is an innocent, shy, and kind of unconfident girl. She's kinda meek but I love the way she is.

Trying to explain how much I love her is like trying to count stars. I can try but it's impossible. Can only say she's the brightest star of my dark universe. The dark paths that I have chosen myself and I don't want to drag her in this. This isn't less than a hell.

I daily go to Plaza Hotel only to see her. Every night when she walks back to her apartment I am there, watching her from far away. I'm always behind her but she hasn't noticed me once.

I know everything about her. I know every single heartbeat of hers also the increasing beats when she looks at me. Yeah, I know she likes me. I can feel it. She's bad at hiding it. I even know that she clicks pictures of me. After all, I'm the mafia boss she really thinks that she can fool me.

Her smile, her nervousness, the blush on her cheeks, and how her eyes lit up whenever she glance at me never go unnoticed by me.

I want to make her mine. I want to tell her that I love her with all my heart but also I don't want to drag her into my eerie world. I don't want her to lose her light in my darkness. I don't want her to get lost in this darkness. Because I know if any of my enemies even get any slight hint about her they will definitely try something on her to approach me and that will be the last thing I ever want to happen.

I have to stay away from her for her safety. She's my secret. My beautiful little secret.

• Have you seen that smile, it brings demons to their knees.

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