Crime, Love, and War

Chapter 1

Walking out of her office, Anastasia made sure to lock it before heading out of the building.

"Caroline, please reschedule all my meetings to tomorrow morning." She tells her PA, stopping her from telling her what she already knew.

"Yes, mam. Have a good day." She says, getting started on rescheduling.

"You too, Miss Hamilton." With that, Ana sashays her way to the underground parking lot, using the stairs.

She's always had this fear of elevators, like they would break down with her inside. That's the reason she always uses the stairs.

Unlocking her Porsche, she starts the engine and races her way home.

When she arrived home, Jason was nowhere to be seen, much to her disappointment.

Anastasia didn't know why she stayed with Jason even though it was clear he didn't love her the way he used to.

Whenever she tried to leave, he always does something that will make her doubt her decision, only to disappoint her all over again.

Her mind went to her phone and how she hadn't checked it since this morning.

Seeing that she has a text from Jason, she opened up their conversation, only to be disappointed once more.

Jason: Honey, I won't be coming home tonight, went out of town for a business meeting that's tomorrow morning.

Xoxo

She felt the anger in her boil. She knew he was lying to her, but she didn't want to find out what he really was doing at these 'out of town meetings' of his.

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It has been exactly two hours since Anastasia read the text from Jason.

She desperately wanted to get back at him for leaving her dry and high. He had promised her a late night dinner at Angel's tonight: the most expensive restaurant in the city.

To her it seemed like Jason only got her hopes up, only to disappoint her in the end and she was sick and tired of it.

Tonight, she would show not only those who have doubted her before, but herself that she was finally getting over Jason.

It's not what she wants, but what she needs.

Grabbing her cell phone from the couch, she sends a text to a group conversation with all her girlfriends in it.

Anastasia: Clubbing tonight?

Withing seconds, they all reply one by one.

Rachael: I was about to ask the same thing. How about the new club that opened a few weeks ago?

Lily: I'll most definitely be there. Vee? Amanda?

Amanda: Let's all meet at Ana's house in an hour.

Vanessa: I'm getting ready as we speak.

Smiling, she makes her way to the bathroom to take a much needed shower to rid herself of Jason roaming her thoughts.

Although she secretly desired to get some luck tonight.
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"Please don't kill me, please! I won't tell anyone about this. Please let me go!" She pleaded for her life in front of the man with a gun to her forehead.

"Then do me a favour, find this girl and bring her to me. Otherwise you won't die, but your son will."

His cold voice sent shivers down her spine. 'How the hell am I going to do that?'

She asked herself.

She gulped in fear, but nodded nonetheless.
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"Club Venice"

Rachael reads out loud.

All the girls felt a little naughty tonight, so they wore clothes that they wouldn't wear on any other normal day.

Anastasia had on a tight little mini leather dress that hugged her body in all the right places.

It had an open back and a low neck line, showing almost too much of her perfect chest.

She was confident that she would attract many men tonight, and that only boosted her ego up a notch.

Rachael had on a red little jumpsuit, also with an open back and a low neck line.

Much like Anastasia, she had a perfect chest and the body that was hugged by the jumpsuit in the right places.

Amanda wore a black mini dress with a long neck, but it was short enough to reveal her ass if she ever bends.

It had a lace neck line that showed her cleavage and she made sure to reveal her long legs that were shaved perfectly, leaving no evidence of a single stray hair.

Lily, much like the innocent flower she is, wore a white mini dress that flowed a bit at the bottom.

It was short, but not like the others' dresses.

Last but not least, Vanessa wore a revealing dress that showed half her butt and too much of her cleavage.

The dress looked to be torn at the chest, but luckily she wore a bra underneath.

The dress could be mistaken to be a fish net, but she loved it, never mind what the girls say.

Making their way into the club, they spot a booth at the very end of the club and push through the crowd of drunk people.

"This club looks like it's fun. I wonder who's gonna get a guy first." Vanessa says, being the girl that she is.

"I won't be getting anyone tonight. I have a boyfriend, if you forgot about that." Lily shouts over the loud music.

"So do I, but you don't see me complaining." Anastasia scrunches her eyebrows at her.

"Okay girls, I'll go and buy us the first round of drinks." Anastasia shouts to them before getting up and making her way to the bar.

On her way there, she trips over a foot, but is shocked when she's caught just before falling face first on the ground.

"Careful there, Miss. Many drunk people in this club." She looks up at the owner of the voice and for the first time in her entire life, she's speechless.

Blue eyes, jet black hair, sharp nose and a tall, muscular figure is all Anastasia sees at this moment and it doesn't look like she's planning on separating herself from this stranger.

Standing right in front of her, is a Greek God with tanned skin and sharp facial features.

"Hi, I'm Michael." He speaks again in that deep voice.

"I'm Anastasia." She says and holds out her hand for him to shake on.

'This is going to be a very good night.' She thinks to herself.