Relationship Status: Mafia

Chapter 51

__________Alice POV__________

"The two of you are only going to complicate things!"

Zhen fought with me at the garage, trying to pull me away from the SUV door that I held onto. Nanomi held up the back of Zhen and attempted to pull him off of me. At this point, it became a tug-of-war match with Nanomi and me against Zhen.

"Get your sweaty hands off of me!" I yelled at him.

I tried to shake him off, but he held on for dear life with his arms around my waist.

"Let her go!"

Nanomi used all her strength to break Zhen away from me. I hear a string of Japanese words slip out of his mouth when his hands suddenly release me. When I am no longer held back, I quickly climb into the SUV with the keys I stole from Zhen in the elevator. He started to get to his feet and rushed the door just as I locked it in time. Like a mature adult, I stuck my tongue out at him from behind the window.

"Get out of the car bitch." He grits out.

I must've upset him to be called a bitch.

"That isn't very nice." I glare at him.

"I need to go to Toma; you are too drunk to drive." Zhen banged his hand against the window.

"I sobered up, plus I already have the keys, and so we are going. Now, shut it and get in." I unlocked the vehicle motioning for them to join me.

Zhen tried to grab my door handle, but I shook my head and glared at him again. Finally, he walked around the car, hesitating at first, but he got in along with Nanomi. She climbed into the back, quickly buckling in, and gave me a nod.

I started to the car and made our way out of the garage. When I pulled out on the street, Zhen began to give me directions; unfortunately, traffic was backed up tonight.

It took some time to arrive at our destination after weaving through a cluster fuck of cars. It would've been handy to have my sirens in this situation.

"Move, Goddammit!" I honked the horn at the car in front of me.

Zhen shook his head at me, "it's up on your left."

"This is it?" I peered out of my window at the building that is a gym.

"Yeah, both of you stay in the car. I'll handle this myself." Zhen swiped the keys from me.

"No way," I got out of the car, and Nanomi joined me. "We're coming."

"Fuck me." Zhen grunts and walks ahead into the gym.

We followed inside to the lobby, which was empty and dark from being closed for the night. However, the lights in the back-illuminated another area I could barely make out through an open doorway. That was precisely where we were headed. As we ventured further, I realized this was a boxing gym with punching and speed bags. The smell of chemicals they used to cover up the body odor dominated the building.

When we reached the doorway's threshold, Zhen stopped and looked back at us.

"Don't say anything," he stopped and pointed a finger at me, "Don't do anything stupid."

I rolled my eyes, "Stop wasting time. Let's go."

He scowled before turning away and enter the back room. It's smaller than the rest of the gym, but there is a ring in the middle meant for boxing.

I spot Kenji and Matsuo in the ring, facing each other with their fists. I can hear the impact of the blows when they strike each other. If it weren't for Nanomi, I wouldn't have noticed that I froze.