Protected by the Beast ✔

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Riley's POV

(Recap)

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"Capo di tutti capi." He didn't look like he was bored even as he gave this response and that made me heave a huge sigh. Going on a long journey with this man without having to talk all through, only spelled doom for me.

"What does that mean?" I further inquired.

"It means the boss of all the bosses." He suddenly squinted. "Want chocolates?"

I struggled not to beam and only succeeded mildly. A man who offered me chocolates would definitely be a man after my own heart because even though we were merely having a random conversation, he still wanted me to be more comfortable around him. But sadly, the chocolate had been offered by the Beast himself. Ugh.

"Yes, thank you."

"You're welcome. Make yourself comfortable. I need to send out a few mails and make some calls."

And with that, he excused himself.

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The beast actually spent three hours and thirty minutes on the call he excused himself to make.

That was a lot of time. Maybe I was talking too much and he really needed to find an escape...

I had to play games on my phone and then read some self help articles on a site I recently joined and then I ate, then slept off due to just sitting in one spot. Beast later he woke me up after what felt like a few more hours from the time I slept off and said we would be alighting soon.

I sat and just stared in boredom since there was nothing more to check on my phone that I hadn't already checked. I was thinking of enrolling in an online school, but then I would need funds.

Maybe I should just tell the beast about it. I'd been under witness protection for a while now and nothing had happened. Maybe they were only mistaken and thought someone was after me because of what I saw that night. It had been so long, so if I got some money from them, I could relocate somewhere, get a job, start a new life and change my name since I wouldn't be traceable that way.

Just in case.

But on a second thought, if the beast and his men could go as far as to get me - a small fry- and make me stay at their place for this long, maybe there were indeed people after me.

The day Dennis had taken me, I could remember the ladies that had been in the restroom with me. It seemed they'd have had me kidnapped if Dennis didn't arrive on time, since he said they were traffickers.

I shook my head and sighed.

Then we were informed by the pretty hostess that we'd be alighting soon and to fasten our belts and I nodded in response at her, dragging a long sigh past my parted lips again.

This would be my first time stepping foot into a new country.

What would that feel like? Would my legs be like jelly when I alight? Would the air or their food be okay for me? I usually get sick due to change of environment sometimes. It only didn't happen at the Black Mansion - the name I gave the Beast's house.

"Get ready Riley." Beast told me with a serious expression as if we were going to ambush some people and I needed to get prepared.

"Sure." I replied him with an equally serious expression and rubbed at my eyes.

But as I sat still in my seat, I searched myself for something, which I knew should be there. It was odd, because after searching for a while, I still came up blank.