The Last Spade Master

Chapter 40: An unannounced date

Antonio observed the boy who silently stared at him without fear in his eyes. He even detected the heavy amount of disdain in it. Heh, disdain! I will show you who I am.

“Get the rope and tie his arms and legs” he ordered his men.

Aiden didn’t react to his orders and simply watched as the men came with a thick rope in their hands. When they came near to him he asked,

“Is the rope new? I don’t like the things which are used by others” he said in monotone.

“Don’t worry little boy, the rope is new, even I chose cotton rope so that it doesn’t scratch your smooth skin” one of the henchmen replied as if proud of himself for his thoughtfulness.

Antonio gritted his teeth, For god sake they kidnapped the child to torture not to pamper.

After the man tied the little boy with the rope, he ordered him to shut his little mouth with the piece of cloth. Antonio’s lips twitched seeing the henchmen came with a piece of neat white cloth that was folded in a thick layer.

The man squatted on his knees before the boy, “Little boy can you please open your mouth?. I promise, I will stuff this without pain” he gently coaxed him.

Antonio lost his patience and slapped the back of the man's head, “I fucking hire you as a thug not a nanny”

Aiden stared at them as if he was looking at a group of clowns performing in a circus. He shook his head, What a disgrace for a Mafia.

He turned to look at the clock on the wall. It has been three hours since he was kidnapped from the school. He sighed heavily, his stinky father didn’t make his move. If he is, he will be rescued by the team already. His sharp eyes narrowed, wondering what his father was still doing.

Because of these bastards he missed the chance to go to the shed today. Thinking of that his mood worsened and wanted to beat these brainless mongrels to death.

On the other side, Raven drove the car to the small restaurant in the outskirts of the  city. He parked the car at the front and opened the door for Siren to come out. She looked up at the restaurant, the place was small but covered with glass and green creepers adorned those walls. The pathway was decorated with crotons on either side and pillars were entwined with vines.

The waiter escorted them to the rooftop of the restaurant. The entire area was vacant with no customers. Yellow lights were hanging from the side of the roof giving a pleasant and serene atmosphere.

Raven seated in his chair and gestured to her to take the seat.

“What are we doing here? Where is Aiden?” she asked him as she was sure this is not the place where one kidnapped and hid the child.

He leisurely sip the water and answer her calmly, “They want to make a deal over a dinner”

That was not believable at all. Afterall, who would choose a romantic place like this for a deal until or unless the other party is interested in him. Siren squinted her eyes at him but didn’t say anything and pulled out the chair and took the seat.

The waiter placed several dishes on the table. It mostly contains sea foods ranging from deep squid fry, salmon sushi roll, lobster smeared with generous butter and shrimp tossed with chilli sauce. Most importantly these dishes are all…. her favourites.

Without waiting for her, Raven began to serve himself and started to eat.

“Couldn’t we wait for the other party to arrive?” she couldn’t help but ask him.

“We came for negotiation not for a date. So if they come they will join us” he pointed to her plate to start eating.

He didn’t look like someone whose son was kidnapped rather he seemed like his son went on a vacation. But looking at the food on the table she did feel hungry so she helped herself and started to eat.

Raven noticed that she started to eat quietly and his corner of mouth raised subtly. Just like that, both of them forgot about the little fireball, who got ‘kidnapped’ and enjoyed the meal.

Even after finishing the dinner the other party didn’t arrive which made Siren impatient. Raven rested his face in his palm and simply watched her without averting his eyes from her and observed every single expression passed across her face.

“Mr. Raven, are you sure this is the place?” As the time passed her worry grew about the safety of the little boy which she tried to conceal under the coldness of her eyes.

Raven checked his phone and said, “Hmm… Maybe we were wrong. Let's go”.

Her eyes darted to the fork on the table. She wants to stab this man to death!

She followed him without a word until they reached the gate of Grey’s mansion. They saw another black SUV come to a halt opposite to them. A man in black suit came out of the passenger seat and opened the back door.

Aiden jumped from the car with his small foot and turned back to get his backpack from the nanny man who gently helped him to carry the bag, he even lifted the bag slightly to reduce the strain on the boy’s shoulder.

Aiden saw his stinky father leisurely leaning on the car without a worry in the world. He ferociously glared at him but was returned with his father’s smug smile.

He wondered what happened to his father for his smugness but it was soon answered when Siren emerged from the car. His eyes turned like saucers but soon he bawled his eyes out and ran towards her.

Siren breathed a sigh of relief only when she scooped him in her arms. She wiped his tears and asked gently,

“Did they hurt you?”

Aiden scrunched his nose and tried hard to choke in his fake tears which looked exactly like a pig sniffs in Raven’s eyes. He scoffed at his son’s poor acting skill.

Seeing the tears Siren couldn’t help but hug the boy closely and patted his back, “Don’t worry. I am here”

Raven tilted his head, Does she… believe those tears?. But when he saw her kissing his son’s hair, his eyes narrowed. She does!