Chapter 2 Mr Desperado.

Venice POV.

"You bloody god-forsaken bastard!" I let out in anger, gritting my teeth. My fist clenched and heart burning.

I let out with rage. "So you have been using me all these while.."

He turned slowly like I was just another annoying fly buzzing around, his eyes dragged over me from head to toe with intense hate, that it made my skin crawl.

Then came the demonic laughter.

Low. Evil. Full of mockery.

"Oh, look who's here," he let out with a smirk. "Miss old haggard herself."

My chest tightened and my stomach almost dropped not only because of the utterance but due to the waste that engulfs me.

Like I was day-dreaming.

Kael!

The same Kael!

What is not the same Kael that used to tell me how he could not breath, think or sleep without me?

Empty bottles everywhere, on the bed, underneath the bed. Some rolled across my feet. In terms of the expensive alcoholic drinks Kael and his concubine had consumed.

It was now down on me that it was roughly a week back I observed one of my credit cards missing. Is this where my money went?

The whole place was filled up with the smell of alcohol, stench, mixed with sexual sins. Kael had always been a warhorse in bed. far better than any of my partners in the past, maybe that made me slack up. I couldn't see this coming.

"How do you get here by the way? And congrats, I hope you hear everything I have said..."

I Fired back with rage, "so this what you have been up to Kael, screwing every girl in town with that thing in between your legs?"

"Enough Venice! Put some respect on my name!"

"Respect?"I laughed wickedly, turned around in shock, like someone who had suddenly found herself in the land of mystery. "This is what you have been up to while you kept me waiting, fooling myself all these while that you're on a business trip for the good of our business."

He quickly cut-in, he didn't let me drive my point home, "Is due to the fact that you put yourself in the position to be used..." Kael fired back, "and how on earth do you get here?"

"You don't ask me such stupid questions?"

I scanned the room again, intense rage boiling inside me. Then suddenly, my eyes caught a piece of document in a transparent folder, placed on the table.

I picked the folder up, hand trembling. I opened it. Brought out the document close to my face, flipped the pages through to check if I was definitely not dreaming. It was the most shocking thing in my life.

"W...What is this... kael?" I stammered struggling to combine words together. I looked into the documents like the letters in it had faded away, like someone who doesn't know how to read.

He shrugged, looking unbothered, "what does it look in your eyes?"

"You God forsaken cunny bastard!" I bellowed with anger. "You sold me out. You licensed my perfume product out to the Winklevoss family, for how much?"

"... for a fortune, six billion dollars is what we are talking about here." He quickly cut-in. No remorse. Nothing.

My stomach dropped, my kneels failed me, my vision spiralled, I tried to look for something to support me but I couldn't find it. Just air.

My hand clenched to the document like the last oxygen needed to sustain life.

"...Because you are greedy, stupid and naive and you want to have it all."

"I...I...am greedy?" I stammered

"...And everything you put in your brain is a wedding and having a family. you didn't show up with a deal. I have to go in with the winklevoss and strike a deal. They offer 15 percent of the stake and make me the CEO of the company. Based on my expertise in the field."

"You sold me out Kael , you sold my dream out to my biggest competitor?"

"I didn't sell you out, but you did. Our dreams and aspirations are no longer aligned. You look very desperate to settle down. And I don't have any options but to cash-in..."

"I looked desperate?" I asked, still shivering about the same spot. The weather that was warm and caressing my skin, seems to have betrayed me. Everywhere seems cold and chilling.

He quickly countered, still swirling his drink around in between his fingers. "Yes, very desperate. I still have a lot of years ahead of me. I never loved you, Venice, I was just playing along with you all this while."

The words shattered me.

"You can't imagine me as good looking and young as I am to settle down with someone like you."

"I am 26,..." Kael bellowed, "Venice for heaven sake. You can't tie me down with marriage. life needs to be enjoyed." get

"Is everything alright there!" The lady in the shower questioned from far off where she stays. I think part of our noise had gotten to her. I could hear her voice and how she had been bellowing the lyrics as the song continued underground.

Her voice sounds very familiar, would this be Janet my bosom friend or Pamela my blood sister. I Looked around to see if I would find any traces of their presence. Only a Gold plated Red wig, a red miniskirt and golden hilly shoe at a corner of the bed. All these do not relate to some of the items possessed by people that are close to me.

The background music had also not helped me to decipher the voice either.

"But you have got it all wrong this time?"

He turned to me, "what do you mean?"

I point to a tiny design on my dress. "This is a camera. It has been recording every all of our conversations, as soon as I stepped out of here. I am calling the police to take this matter."

I turned my back to him and headed towards the door.

When I suddenly felt a strong choke, wrapped around my neck.

"You are not going anywhere." kael said gritting through his teeth. You can't afford to mess up my ..."

I struggled with his arm tightened around my neck. We both fell on the ground. His firm hand still clamped around neck. I couldn't help it . He was more powerful. And his posture, more domineering.

"Let go... off.. me..." I struggled to breath as the intensity of his choke increased around my neck while I struggled on the floor.

Immediately, everything felt dark, blank. I fell to the ground. I instantly observe my spirit leaving my body.