Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
I didnât want to get out of bed while lying under the warm blanket, but I heard footsteps outside the door. It was Ravi. He hadnât been home all night last night and only returned in the morning. I heard him gently turn the knob of my door. I buried my head in the blanket and pretended to be asleep.
Ravi came in quietly and sat beside my bed. I opened my eyes and saw Ravi looking at me with affection. His face slowly moved closer to mine and he kissed my forehead. I immediately reached out and hugged his neck. His upper body was on top of mine.
âSo you were awake long ago.â Raviâs nose was on mine.
âYou didnât come back all night, so I couldnât sleep well.â
â1m sorry. There are some things I have to handle recently, so I will be spending a lot less time with you.â
This was the first time I had heard Ravi say sorry. As far as I knew, the boss of a Mafia was like a king who would never bow his head. They would only give orders, threaten people, punish people, and even take someoneâs life without any hesitation. The man in front of me, the man I had been so afraid of,
said âsorryâ to me. It made me feel like he was no longer a cold-blooded demon.
âLhave something to tell you.â Ravi brought his hand to the back of my neck and helped me sit up.
âWhat is it?â
âYour father passed away,â Ravi said seriously.
I looked into Raviâs big blue eyes and I believed his words. My father wasnât in good health. I had expected this day to come, but not so quickly. I didnât feel any sadness. It was like hearing the news of a strangerâs death. There was no sadness in my heart. At the moment, I was only worried about my
motherâs situation. Once my father passed away, Raul would have no qualms. I wondered how he would treat my mother.
âRavi, I thinkâ¦â
âLknow. Iâll arrange it. Your motherâs fine for the time being. Theyâre all preparing for your fatherâs funeral. Thereâs no other news for the time being.â
âThanks, Ravi.â I rested my face on his shoulder and inhaled the faint musky scent on him.
âBe good and go to school. Iâll get someone to bring your mother here tomorrow.â
Ravi went back to his room, took a shower, and rushed out.
âTake good care of Irina.â He patted Daniel on the shoulder and left.
Daniel drove me to school. I sat in the back seat and read the email from Robert on my iPad. Daniel made a sudden turn. I lost my balance and my phone slipped to the ground.
âHey, Daniel, is there a cop after you?â I said jokingly.
âSit tight.â Daniel suddenly accelerated and drove onto another road.
I tuned back to look out the back window. There was an MPV that had been following us very closely. There were people in the driver and passenger seats, and there were probably people in the back. Daniel had been accelerating to shake them off, but they were in hot pursuit. The other partyâs car hit the
back of our car, and Daniel almost lost control of our car. Fortunately, Daniel was skilled in driving and held the steering wheel tightly. Otherwise, we definitely would have died if the car flipped over.
I nervously gripped the safety handle above the car window as my mind raced. I suddenly remembered that I had left the oil painting I had bought two days ago in the trunk of Danielâs car. I quickly unbuckled my seat belt, adjusted the backseat, and climbed into the trunk.
âWhat are you doing, Irina? Itâs dangerous!â Daniel saw me in the rearview mirror.
âTm helping you.â
I took a bottle of water from my bag and drank a few mouthfuls. Then I squeezed all kinds of paint into the bottle, closed the lid, and shook it frantically. Then I climbed back into the backseat.
âHey, Daniel, Find a chance for me to finish them off with this.â I showed Daniel my masterpiece in the rearview mirror. Daniel smiled and took my hint.
He slowed the speed of the car a little and took the leftmost driveway so that the car behind him could catch up to us on the right rear. I opened the window and splashed a bottle of paint on the driverâs side windshield. The car instantly lost control due to vision obstruction and hit the curbside barricade.
âHaha, well done, Irina.â Daniel laughed heartily.
âWe cooperated pretty well.â I laughed too. From the back window, I saw the people in the car get out of the car and make a call with a dejected look. âWho are they?â I was curious.
âI donât know, but theyâre definitely not good people.â
âHaha, strictly speaking, weâre not good people either.â
âTm not a good person, but youâre a good girl, Irina.â
âAlright, bad guy, please send me to school.â
At that moment, a car rushed out from the sidewalk in front of us. There was a loud bang and the strong impact made me lose consciousness instantly..