Don's Blackmail

Chapter 17

Quisito was soo angry that she could see the veins in his temple throb along with the muscles in his clenched fists. The moment he reached her, he wrenched her phone from her trembling hands and smashed it into pieces by throwing it to the adjacent wall.

Kate gasped in fear and jolted at his reaction but even before she recovered from that shock, he reached over and tore the device from her ear.

"FU*K OFF PLACEBO" he roared into the earpiece before dropping it on the floor and crushing it beneath his shoes.

Her eyes were fixated on both the discarded items on the floor, too terrified to even look at him.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?" he yelled, jerking her closer by squeezing her elbows in a harsh grip.

She whimpered in pain as a tear rolled down her cheek, her eyes struggling to maintain eye contact with the furious monster.

"I like to see you growing claws but do you know what you did today...doll? YOU DEFIED THE FIRST RULE OF THE MAFIA FAMILY". His eyes bore holes into her and more tears glided across her cheeks.

Kate tried to pry out of his grip which was now giving her bruises but his hold on her remained unyielding, just like his burning gaze.

All of a sudden, Chris's eyes flashed in her mind and a flicker of fight sparkled in her little emerald orbs.

"Placebo is your enemy n-not ours..." she said, the sound of her statement losing its strength at the end.

He let out a chuckle but it was a dark one, devoid of any humor. "Placebo is one of my many enemies but he is your father's archenemy" he paused so that she could process it and continued "He has been trying to take down your father's business for years and has even tried to kill him once; but now he is targeting you. He is a liar and a scumbag who will stoop to any level to get what he wants. It is a miracle that he didn't try to kill you or kidnap you"

Kate was shell shocked for the first time in her life because if Quisito was telling the truth, then she had narrowly escaped death as a result of making a deal with the real devil. Her father had countless enemies and she had no clue who they were because her father never spoke business with her. Guilt an shame filled her veins.

"I-I...didn't know" she said in a baby voice but it did nothing to melt his rage.

"I don't care if you knew or not because this time...you went too far. You even entered my room and took my things without my permission"

His choice of words was becoming very heavy for her frightened heart. But it was what he said next made her heart drop in the pit of her stomach.

"Children are punished when they make a mistake and today, you need to be taught a lesson so that you won't repeat it again". Kate bit the inside of her lower lip and shook her head from side to side, trying to beg for mercy with her teary eyes.

She was scared for her life because she had done the most horrendous thing one can do while being part of the mafia – Make a deal with the enemy. It was the unbreakable, the first and the most important rule in the kingdom.

"I need you to clean this mess and be ready for your punishment" he ordered in a deep voice after abruptly letting go of her and nodding at the scattered pieces on the floor.

He then walked out of her room while yanking off the black tie around his neck. He was done for the day and decided to cancel all his plans for the night because she had to face punishment.

A few moments ago...

Quisito never bailed on a charity event and it was a known fact. He knew how cruel poverty can be and so he did everything to ensure that the places under his control did not have even a single hungry child.