His Bride: Being the mafia’s princess

She paused the video immediately with her right hand. Her breaths were becoming heavy as she rested weakly on the rails.

“No, it can’t be.” She muttered and shook her head.

She resumed the video again and what she saw made her scream out loud together with the screams from her phone.

By this time, the wind has already become too chilly for her to stay.

“Fred can’t do this, he can’t.” She mumbled again to herself, this time with her voice quivering more than before.

She paused the video, unable to take in the adjoining tension.

She shook her head once again as if trying not to believe what she saw. She dialed the number the video was from and tried to call it, but it was unable to connect.

She tried it out the second time and the same thing occurred.

“Shit!” She muttered, hitting hard on the rails. She hissed out lightly in pain when she wrung her hand in the process.

She stared at the screen of her phone emptily like she was still unsure of what she saw. But something was for sure, it was her brother’s face, even though the one in the video looked quite devilish from the one she knew.

She closed her eyes tight and gulped down nothing. Her eyes flipped open, and she began to make her way into the house.

She has to get to the root of everything, and that will only happen if she asks the only person she was sure to know the answer to all these.

She went upstairs to her room and took out her keys from the drawer as she also rushed out the same way she did when she was coming.

She went straight to her car and she started the engine.

The gate slid open, and she drove out at a great speed.

To Lillian, nothing mattered at the moment. She wasn’t sure of the emotions that were building up in her, but she was sure anger was one of them.

She was still in doubt about what she saw a while ago. She mean, how could her brother do that to a person?

There was no way her brother could think of doing something as terrible as that to anybody.

She held the driving wheels like her life depended on it as she also tried to keep her eyes keen on the road.

Soon, she was at her destination. She was impatient to search for a suitable place to park, so she parked anywhere.

She grabbed her phone and stepped out of the car as she walked briskly into the company.

It suddenly dawned on her that she was in her father’s company, but there was no time for her to admire like she had once thought of.

She stopped at the secretary’s desk with a sigh. This was her father’s company, yet she didn’t know her way around. Well, who would blame her? Not like she’s been there again since her last visit years back.

“I want to see Fred.” She said, trying not to make her anger visible.

The secretary lifted her gaze from the computer as she smiled at her.

“Do you have an appointment with him?” She asked, still wearing her sweet smile.

“No, I don’t,” Lillian replied impatiently, tapping her fingers on the desk.

“I’m sorry, but before you’re allowed to see him, you have to book an appointment first.” The secretary explained.

“I want to see him now,” Lillian said in a demanding tone.

“Ma’am, I just…” The secretary tried saying, but she was cut short.

“And I said I would like to see him.” Lillian half yelled.

Some people turned to their direction before going back to their various duties, but Lillian cared less.

She sucked in her breath, trying to reduce her heavy breathing, but it was barely working.

“Do you even know who I am?” She asked quietly this time.

“I am Lillian Blake, the only daughter of the founder of this company.” She said again.

She wasn’t this type of person, but that was what she thought of right now that could make her see who she came for.

The lady in front of her stood to her feet and scoffed.

“Ma’am, I can see you don’t deserve the respect I’m giving to you right now, I’ll advise you to leave now before I call the security on you.” The lady said, staring at Lillian like she was out of her mind.

It was Lillian’s turn to scoff, as she looked taken aback by what the secretary had said.

She heaved a deep sigh and bit her lips, reminding herself the reason she came was there.

“Alright, why don’t you call him and tell him I’m here? I think that would be fair for the both of us.” She offered, but the secretary continued staring at her unbelievably.

“Just do it, and we’ll know who deserves to be thrown out by the security.” She dared this time. The secretary hesitated for a while before taking up the telephone.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“Hello sir, there’s a lady here claiming she’s your sister and also disturbing the peace of the company.” She complained with a deep frown.

“She said she was Lillian Blake by name.” She said again.

“Alright, sir.” She said and gave the phone to Lillian.

“It’s time you started filtering out some people who claim to be workers in the company, and I think you should start with this lady that calls herself your secretary.” Lillian ranted out harshly.

She paused for some seconds before giving the phone back to the secretary.

“Oh, my God!” The secretary exclaimed what her boss said on the phone. It was obvious she was shocked.

“Alright, sir.” She replied to what he said with a nod and dropped the phone.

By now, she was already looking like she had seen a ghost.

“Please forgive me, ma’am, I’m sorry.” She pleaded in both regret and shame.

“Count yourself lucky today that I came here for something much more important than this.” Lillian threatened with a hostile glare.

“I’m sorry, ma’am.” The secretary apologized again, looking scared.

“Am I permitted to go in now?” Lillian asked, folding her hands underneath her boobs. The secretary nodded, still looking like she had seen a ghost.

Lillian turned away from the desk as she tried to leave, but she stopped.

“The way to his office?” She said in a question.

“I’ll take you to his office, ma’am.” The secretary stuttered. She left her desk and took the lead.

Soon, they got to Fred’s office door. The secretary bowed and scurried off in a hurry. One could think she was being chased.

Lillian scoffed at her action as she continued to stare at her until she was out of sight before going in.

“Lil sis, I’m honestly sorry about my secretary. Please forgive her on my behalf.” Fred said immediately she entered.

She didn’t reply to him immediately as she made her way completely to his desk.

“It’s okay, but that’s not why I’m here.” She breathed out and hit her hands heavily on the desk that it made a loud noise.

Fred moved backward a little as he glanced at the hands on his desk before glancing back at her.

“Hey, you look quite upset. If it’s about what happened between you and my secretary, then, like I said, I apologize on her behalf. ” He said with a chuckle, but she didn’t smile back, instead she brought out her phone, unlocked it, and played the video while she tossed it to him.

Fred stared at her with a quizzical look before slowly taking his gaze to the phone. His expression changed to shock immediately, with his eyes almost popping out of their socket.

How did that get to Lillian? Who made a video on it?

“How……..”

“What’s that all about?” Lillian asked, cutting him off instantly.

He slowly lifted his gaze to her, but he lowered it again when he couldn’t stand her deep gaze. Her gaze was holding so many unanswered questions.

“Answer me, Fred.” She half yelled.

“There is a misunderstanding somewhere, honestly. I don’t remember doing something as horrible as this.” He managed to say, as he tried not to stutter too much.

“You don’t remember?” Lillian asked, staring unbelievably at him.

“Yes, and it means I didn’t do it,” Fred said in defense.

Lillian scoffed out, looking more shocked than ever.

“So, you’re trying to tell me you didn’t do it?” She said, more like a question.

“Yeah.” He stuttered out in a small nod.

“Then how come your face is in it? Or would you tell me your picture was fixed in the video?” She asked, sounding confused.

“That could be the case.” He muttered lowly.

“You’ve got to believe me, I’m your older brother.” He quickly added.

“You know what? I’ve got nothing else to say. Mom and Dad would be the judge of this.” With this, she grabbed her phone and stomped out.

She walked as fast as she could into the elevator. Seconds later, it opened as it clicked, and she came out, making her way hurriedly out of the company.

The secretary tried to stop her at the entrance, but she walked past her without a word. She walked directly into her car and she shut the door in anger.

She ignited the engine and hastily drove out of the company. She was doing everything so quickly, like she was scared her brother would try to hurt her.

“Ahhh.” She half yelled and suddenly put the car to a halt aside the road.

She was so frustrated and it was very obvious. She was sure of what she saw in the video and was almost convinced that it was her brother’s face, but then, he denied it all.

“I don’t know what to believe anymore.” She groaned out loud as she placed her head gently on the wheels.

She rested there for a while before lifting it back up. She rested back on the headset with her eyes closed as she bit her lips softly.

A hand grabbed her neck from behind, and her eyes flipped open immediately. She tried to scream, but a handkerchief was placed to cover both her nose and mouth, preventing her.

She struggled aggressively, but it was all to no avail and slowly, she slipped into darkness.