GORGEOUS VILLAIN (RUTHLESS SINS SERIES 7)

CHAPTER ONE | HARD TIMES

You are in a hard situation because perhaps you deserve to be - Unknown

RUTHLESS SINS SERIES 7 | GORGEOUS VILLAIN

CHAPTER ONE | HARD TIMES

DMITRI

I felt my body was floating.

No. I was not floating. I was stuck somewhere and I felt the waves were crashing on to my beaten body. I wanted to move but I couldn't. I was sore all over. Then there was something touching my face. Soft. Wet. Licking my whole face. The fuck was this?

I heard a faint bark then another lick. That was when I tried to move. I tried to touch the one who was doing that to my face. It was furry with a flat snout. I remembered Pixie. My old dog. The old pug that has been with me for years. My best friend aside from my brother Pavel. Pixie kept on licking my face just like what she always does when she was still alive. But she was dead.

So am I.

I knew I was dead and definitely this was my hell. The difference was, I didn't feel any heat. I couldn't feel any fire around me. It was the total opposite. I felt cold. Wet. My body was chilling down to my bones.

Then I felt the lick again on my face. That was the time I moved and opened my eyes. The blinding light made me close my eyes again. Then slowly I adjusted my gaze around me.

Water. Sand and tiny rocks. Coconut trees. Clear blue skies.

I am sure this was not hell. God won't give me this kind of hell. I was the devil. I do not deserve a paradise like this.

Then another lick. Jesus. I touched my face to wipe the gooey slime but I screamed in pain. It was fucking painful. I tried to touch my face again and still, painful. My hands were shaking and this time, I could feel my whole body in pain.

Then a bark. I heard a loud bark. I moved my head and there I saw a dog right in front of my face. She licked my face again and I let her. It was like she was trying to ease the pain. The dog lick my face then bark again. She did that over and over. I knew this was my Pixie. My ever-loyal dog Pixie and even in after life she found me.

Until I heard a voice.

"Daisy! Nasaan ka ba?"

I tried to stand up but my knees were wobble. I couldn't even stand. I tried hard but when I looked at my leg, I found something was lodged in it. A piece of metal stuck into my flesh. I kept on remembering what happened but it was just bits and pieces.

"Daisy!" Malakas na sitsit ang narinig ko at tumahol nang tumahol ang aso.

"H-help..."

I couldn't even hear my own voice. And I didn't want to say those words. Hindi ako sanay humingi ng tulong. Kayang kong gawin ang lahat para sa sarili ko, para sa pamilya ko at para sa ibang tao lalo na kung papakinabangan ko. Ayaw ko ng tulong kahit kanino. I am fucking Dmitri Botkov. Ang mga tao ang may kailangan ng tulong ko. Pero sa pagkakataong ito, help was what I needed if I wanted to get back to my feet.

If I wanted to live.

Nakakabingi ang tahol ng aso. Walang hinto hanggang sa malabong paningin ko ay nakita kong may imahe ng tao. Hindi ko alam kung babae o lalaki basta sigurado akong tao. Automatic na kumapa ang kamay ko sa katawan. Kinakapa ko ang baril ko pero wala. Sa dami ng kaaway ko sa mundo, hindi ako sigurado kung sino ito. It could be the man who killed my parents and tried to kill me. I felt a lump in my throat. Damn. I remember. That was what happened. Someone shot my parents in the head and blew the fucking boat.