Protected by the Beast ✔

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My shout out goes to Antigua, Trinidad, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Canada.

Luciano's POV

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I left the training ground after addressing the niubbos and then got word that a few reports had been sent. One of them was regarding a minister who had some important queries issued against me, another one was about the girls brought in from the sex slave establishment and the last one was about the niubbos performance and their bio data.

Keanu entered my office without knocking and I raised a brow. Well, that was a first.

"So, you finally told Riley you like her?" He bursted, leaving the door to shut itself.

"No. And who told you I lik-"

"Please," he groaned. "It's as clear as day. Dennis narrated the whole ordeal that took place this morning to me, you know? How you kept asking about her training partner, the cute Indian boy. What's his name again...Gian Singh?"

My eyes narrowed at him. "I do not like disturbance while working, so leave."

He sighed and sat instead. "Beast, my dear Luciano, I won the bet. You're falling in love."

"What did you just call me?" My voice came out like a growl.

"The deal was simple and straightforward. Become a changed man before you clock thirty and I will stop calling you Beast. Though I'm quite fond of saying 'the beast' now."

"You gave me it, after everything. Remember how you never left me even when Amelia was afraid of me?"

"That's a long story brother. Don't go back to the past and the things that set a wedge between us. So, how is you-know-who doing?" He wiggled his brows.

"Fine, getting better."

"Nice, nice."

"There's something you should know. I've only told it to Godfather and Dennis."

"Oh. And why does Dennis get to know before me?"

"He's her personal bodyguard assigned by me." I was growing annoyed by his incessant questions.

"And what am I?" He raised a brow.

"This is not even the time for this, Keanu. Also, you've been flying in and out of the country, getting a hang of your new post. That's more important."

"Fine. What is it?"

"Something we discovered about her. It's..."

And I told him everything.

*

"Wow. I can't believe something like this is going on." He told me with surprise in his eyes.

"I've confirmed it from different sources. Dennis was right all along."

"What do we do now?"

"Nothing. She'll continue training and I won't let her out of my sight."

"Wow." He eyed me, his lips curling up in a devious smirk. "Is that for her own protection or for your own selfish desires? I never knew my brother could be this possessive over a girl."

Possessive? I wasn't like that. But I needed to have her under me because she needed my protection. She was the only witness from that night and the case was just being reopened. It was a first class murder spree, organized by the government. It was closed a few weeks after the case was reported and they'd labeled it as a closed case.

"Get out."

"Bros before hoes, remember? She's-"

I narrowed my eyes at him and he raised his arms in surrender before getting out of the chair with a chuckle.