MEETING MR ICE.

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The day's work had gotten poor Jane was tired as she sat on one of the chairs a customer had sat on earlier before leaving the restaurant. She wiped the beads of sweat that were now forming on her forehead and exhaled heavily. She was punished for her so-called offense of not being in the shop for four days.

The workers were told to stay at home while she was assigned to serve all customers that came to the shop. She lifted her beautiful rounded face that had its parts in the right proportion, her well-shaped lips, nose, eyes, and eyebrows were outstanding. If not because of her current situation, she would have been a good model.

She stood up and dropped the dirty napkin in its place before removing the apron she tied around her and hanging it on the wall. She switched off the lights and picked up her tattered bag before making her way out of the restaurant. She locked the door and walked on the lane beside the street, deep in thought when the aggressive nature of someone grabbing her bag brought her back to life. She twirled and her first instinct was to give the person a blow which she landed perfectly. The person stumbled backward before regaining his stand.

He smiled roguishly at her and gently rubbed where he was hit earlier by Jane. Jane took a step backward when she realized who she had hit, she looked scared just by the person's appearance.

Caleb was one of the notorious criminals in the neighborhood. He was arrested for stealing, attempted rape, and killing but for some reasons best known to the cops, he was always released. Jane had been avoiding him ever since the man asked her out, she didn't want any trouble in her life and Caleb appeared to be one.

She started walking in a haste but was pulled back by Caleb whose silly smile had now turned to a grin.

" Where do you think you are going? " He asked.

" Please, let go of me. I need to... "

" Calm down, Jane. Do I look like a monster? Just follow me, and I will take very good care of you. I will pay your brother's hospital bills, I will make sure you live a healthy life. Consider all these while I am still being nice. " He pulled her along with him but Jane tried to free herself from his grasp, pleading to him.

" Caleb please, let me go, I... "

" You heard the lady right when she said you should let go of her, did you not? " A man's cold voice sounded behind her and Caleb released her from his grip.

He looked at the man standing in front of him and he moved closer to him.

" And who are you? " Caleb asked but was pushed a bit by the stranger.

" Stay back. You have bad breath. " He said and Caleb's face burned with anger.

" If you don't want any trouble for your life then slowly back away when I am being nice to you. " The stranger said with a tone of warning.

Caleb moved closer and gritted his teeth.

" You look like a rich dude but don't you dare try me... "

He received a punch from the stranger.

" Holy f*ck! " Caleb cursed out loud as his lips started bleeding. Jane gasped and quickly hid behind the man. Caleb glared at both of them but he didn't say anything else, instead, he walked away from them after giving Jane a death signal.

" Sorry, miss. My boss wanted me to help you so do you need the assistance? Where are you going to? " The stranger asked with a smile, seeing his present look no one would have imagined that he acted tough just a few minutes ago.

Jane didn't want to stay a minute for the dear of Caleb returning to her.

" Of course. Please drop me at the City's hospital but may I know your name? " Jane asked.

" My name is Bert. Please come with me, Miss... " He left the gap for her to fill in.

" Jane. " She replied quickly.

" Of course, Miss Jane. Come with me. " He led her into a black car perhaps a Jeep. He opened the door for her and she entered but she felt the chilly aura that welcomed her inside the car. She turned to face the man beside her and she was struck by the man's gorgeousness, his look had it all in. He was seated like a god whose mission was to assign work to his servants.

His face and every part of him was glorious in her eyes that Jane couldn't even take her eyes off him until the man raised his head to look at her and she quickly averted her gaze.

"Thank you very much, Mr Ryan. We really do appreciate your involvement in this and we promise to do this job very well. " The head of the directors appreciated and shook hands with the man whose cold expression didn't change from the beginning of the meeting to the end.

Ryan Allen was one of the most richest men in country B and in every other countries. He was in charge of many businesses, hotels, boutiques, importing and exporting. He was a thirty year old man who was mainly into business and nothing more. His life was kept private and he hardly made his presence known to anyone around.

Everywhere he went to, he possessed a very strong aura in the business and underworld, even though he had no hand in what was going on there, yet his name was still feared.

Nothing much was known about him, his life, if he was married or not were kept very secretive. The only thing known about him was that, he was the first grandson of the Ryan family. He spoke less and had an intimidating vibe around him every time with his poker, none smiling face that made people think twice before making a decision or speaking to him.

Allen stared at the hand he just shook and signaled to his right hand man to hand over his sanitary napkin which he cleaned his hands with before dumping it in the waste bin nearest to him.

He stared at the board of directors who were now avoiding his piercing gaze at them.

" I do hope that there will be a positive result, Mr Dan. " Allen asked with a sharp voice.

" Of course, Mr Ryan, of course. It is nice doing business with you. " Dan said, smiling nervously.

Allen stood up and loosened one of the buttons of his shirt before walking away with his aura. The directors exhaled in relief, not knowing how long they have kept their breath in.

On getting to his car, his gaze fell on the lady who was locking the door of a shop not far from where his car was. He noticed a man that hid behind a certain wall and he frowned, wondering what the man was up to.

" Boss, do you need something? " One of the two men behind asked when he noticed that his boss wasn't going to enter the car.

" No. " Allen replied before entering the car. The two men sat at the front, one on the driver's seat and the other on the passenger's seat. The one on the driver's seat ignited the engine which roared, bringing it to life when Allen's sharp voice sounded.

" Stop! " He ordered and the ignited engine turned lifeless within five seconds.

Allen was now watching the poor girl trying to escape from the man's grasp but he wasn't willing to let go and Allen's gaze turned fierce by just watching the girl struggle.

" Bert, you know what to do. " Allen spoke.

" Yes, boss. " He came out of the car and walked towards the two. He watched Bert interact with them and later saw the man back off easily after receiving a punch which interested him.

Bert came back with the girl and she entered the car while he closed the door. He could feel her intense stare on him and he was forced to look at her. She quickly looked away from him while the man on the driver's seat triggered the engine and zoomed off at a normal speed.

The journey was silent and Jane's heart accelerated faster than ever. She was the only one in the car that was a female, what was she even thinking in the first place when she agreed to get into this car? What if these men were much notorious than Caleb, the man she had been running from in the first place? She tried to look at the two men in front of her and she caught one of the them staring at her through the rearview mirror, the driver to be precise. Her eyes widened in horror when she saw the man smirk at her before focusing on the road.

Bert looked at his partner when he noticed him smirk and he knew that something was up with him. Jane became nervous and silently prayed for an escape.

" Will you keep calm and stop fidgeting like the coward you are? " The man's cold voice pierced through her eardrums and she raised her head only to meet with his beautiful eyes.