Love spell-part 6

He stood at the entrance of a book store. He had never stepped inside any book store in his life. He always felt that the books were for geeks and he was not a geek. He contemplated on whether to go in or come out. 

After long hiatus, he walked inside. The place smelled of books both new and old. It turned his tummy upside down. He ignored his sickness while he searched her everywhere. She was there when he had walked in. Now she wasn’t there. A salesperson approached him and asked, “ Can I help you?” “ No thanks! Looking for someone.” , he replied and put his hand on his hair.

After walking like a lost puppy, he found her leaning on the shelf. She had her eyes closed. It seemed like as if she was hiding from someone. He nudged her and said, “ Hi! What happened?” She didn’t look surprised when she saw him. “ Huh! Are you following me or something? Why are you here?”, she asked furiously.  

He stepped back with fear. “ I didn’t mean to scare you! I just wanted to have a cup of coffee with you.”, he said softly.

She stared hard at him. She could see the love in his eyes. But it wasn’t true one. It hurt her badly. “ Fine! One cup of coffee.. That’s all!” , she agreed. He jumped with excitement at her reply.

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“ So how was the coffee date?”, Lizzie asked. “ It wasn’t a date. I had a cup of coffee only to please you. Hope you are pleased!” , Shelly said sarcastically. All the other members tried to stop her from being modest through their eyes. But Shelly ignored them and continued, “ He was so into me while I sipped coffee. I hardly spoke as you ordered me to do. He kept talking about his life and me. I simply ignored him. Now are you happy ?”  Lizzie folded her hands and replied, “ Oh! I think I am. But you should be happy. It was your idea, not mine. We are just the executioner of your idea.” Shelly looked at her with disgust.

Every day had become routine. She had to meet him as per Lizzie’s instruction. Her heart would break everyday to see that he loved her because of the spell. She still wondered why she was following her when she could boycott them outright. They were never her friends. They were pawns used by her loneliness.

(To be continued)

Love spell -part 5

Shelly sat quietly engrossed into her physics notes at the library. There were other references books spread over her table. She was too busy in decoding the meaning from the text that she didn’t take notice of someone pulling a chair across her.  She was reading the same text for half an hour when the stranger sweared, “ Damn this problem!”  When everyone hushed him, he realised that he was too loud.

For the first time, Shelly raised her eyes to have clear look at the guy who had disturbed her precious concentration. It was Jon. “Jeez! Don’t let the spell come true!”, she wondered. She was about to leave when he said , “ I am sorry. I…”  He was lost in words. “ Never mind! I have to go.”, she said, leaving him confused. “ Wait!! Wait!”, he called as he followed her.

“ You can have a cup of coffee with me if you have some time.”, he said. She stopped suddenly and turned. She walked towards him and snatched his book. She scribbled something on it and left after handing the book. He opened the book to see what she had written. It was the solution to the problem. “ Oh! Beauty with brain!”, he thought.

She was neither very pretty nor ugly. She was an average girl. She dressed mostly in Gothic. She wasn’t Jon’s type. Still Jon had lost his heart to this mysterious girl. She had taken control of most of his imagination. The events replayed in his mind every time he was idle. His conversation with his friends would start with the mysterious girl and end with the topic on her. His friends were getting bored of it.

He searched for her everywhere but it was hard. She wasn’t normal kind of girl. She would come early to school and leave by afternoon when he would be practicing basket ball. She was not like the other girls who would strive to be visible to him. She was shady, trying to hide from him. He wondered why.

He should have asked her name instead he had asked her for a coffee. How lame could he be?  But she had left before he could ask her anything. It wasn’t his mistake.

Lizzie watched him staring at Shelly with everlasting desire to talk. At last the spell was working. Jon was becoming spellbound in love. This is what she wanted.  Who would fall for the girl like Shelly? The spell indeed was powerful. Now it was time to get things moving. “Girls, I think this is enough of us pretending to ignore. I think he is under control. Let’s get with the next step.”, she said while others smiled at their triumph. However Shelly was disheartened.

(To be continued)

Love spell-part 4

Next day arrived with hopes and setbacks. Shelly waited eagerly next to the locker area for Lizzie. She knew that Lizzie never missed the first hour of the school. She was the smart one in the group.. the one who always grabs ‘A’ in all the subjects.

The first bell rang , indicating there was five minutes for the first hour to start. Students started dispersing to their class. There was chattering everywhere. The second bell rang signifying the class had started already and all the students were required to get inside.  The crowd started dwindling with few laughter here and there. Shelly didn’t give up. She had to see her friend.

One minute was left when Lizzie arrived. Shelly was done with lingering around her friend. “Lizzie, I need to speak to you about our trial.” , she said excitedly. “Hush! You know the rules! We don’t speak out our secrets loud.” , Lizzie snorted. Shelly flushed with embarrassment, “ I am sorry for forgetting the rules but this one is urgent.” Lizzie closed her eyes in anger and opened it with ball of fire in them. “ I said we don’t shout our secrets loud! Which part of it don’t you understand, weirdo? I don’t change things just like that. So when I say something, it’s final. You have no word in it! “, she snapped at her.

Shelly nodded out of fear as well as disillusionment of why she didn’t stand up for herself or why she didn’t walk out of this nonsense? Instead she saw herself saying ‘yes’ to her whimsical demand. How much she wanted to break off from her clutch. She couldn’t do it.

They walked inside the class. The school hours passed as usual. Boring lectures on how to make life simple was getting annoying. The school got over but torture hadn’t yet started. Shelly walked with her friends to their usual adda for starting their spell. She wanted to leave them by snooping towards home. But it wouldn’t work. Lizzie was too smart to spot her.

“ Guys, we would be starting our sacred ceremony today. The day is right and time is perfect. We have all the resources. Let’s do it!”, Lizzie said. Everyone were apprehensive at first but they were used to following their head. However Shelly protested mildly, “ But you said that this event was going to take place in full moon. It is not even past noon.” “ Rules change, Sweety! Who says we should have the ceremony today.”, 

Lizzie argued.  No one dared to raise their hands and kept quiet. She ordered others to the task and Shelly meekly followed her rules.  

They gathered branches and lit fire on it. They stood in a circle with Shelly standing inside the circle. They held hands and started their proposed activity.

“ My friends, we are here to start this sacred ceremony. Let’s close our eyes and chant the verses to call our godmother to step on our world and be with us. Oh godmother! We are here to offer you our own member. Accept it as our humble gift…”, Lizzie said as everyone followed what she said and chanted the spell , they had half knowledge.

(To be continued)

Love spell-part 3

She waited for Lizzie at their meeting place. The place was a ground next to an abandoned cottage.  She had chosen it carefully. It was hideous and no one came to this place.

While she waited for her, she listened to Taylor Swift Invisible. The lyrics described her situation best. She replayed it again and again until she by hearted the words in her mind. Lizzie wasn’t there. It wasn’t her habit of coming late. “Where was she?”, she wondered.

An hour had passed. There was still no sign of her. She imagined two options on her mind- She could have forgotten or maybe she could have ignored her plea. She started to leave when she saw someone familiar approaching her. “ Who could it be?”, she thought.

It was him. He wore bright red shirt with blue jeans. His hair was brushed backward. The gel had given a glossy effect to his hair. His skin was clear and soft though his features were sharp. His blue grey eye changed their movement as per their expressions as he spoke ,“ Hi! Do you know where is this place?”

He was one arm distance towards her. He showed her the card which disclosed the address he wanted to go.  Her heart raced whenever he came closer to her.

“ I am going there. I could take you.”, she said softly. He joined her without speaking any word. Her body shivered whenever his hand brushed her fingers. She knew it wasn’t purpose. However she wished it was. They didn’t speak anything to each other except occasionally smiling at each other.

Her house had arrived. “ This is it! My house has arrived.”, she said.  She showed him that his destiny was two blocks ahead.  He left her , politely thanking her. She felt sad that he was not going to remember her next day.

When her mind was free from the fantasies of Jon, she called Lizzie many times. Her frustration had no bounds now. She left a voice mail for her,” Hi Lizzie! What’s going on? I asked you to meet me at the old ranch. Why didn’t you come?”

Lizzie was there when Shelly sent a voicemail. She simply deleted it. Her ideas and beliefs were everything to her. She would do anything to get her things done. No one would ever change her mind. She had to make Shelly be her subject in one of notorious experiment. Shelly was her chosen one and no one except her could replace her subjects.

(To be continued)

Love spell-part 2

It was the usual summer afternoon. The sun was in it’s blazing best. But it didn’t affect Shelly and her friends. They were at the ground at the graveyard which was covered with green shades of California black oak trees. Shelly had her last sip of orange lemonade. She listened inattentively to what her head of her group said. Nothing interested her. It was only Gothicism and the discussion was more about the spells they planned to use on their worst enemies.

When her mind was idle, she would fantasize about the imaginary times with Jon. She would smile or frown without reason. She was bounded by thoughts of him. There was not a single minute where she didn’t think of him. Spells and witchcraft was myth to her. It simply didn’t exist in the world. How can speaking out strange words drive so much energy?  It made her laugh whenever she thought of it. But she had to fit in someplace and her friends cum Gothic fan were misfits themselves who pursued this culture to get away from the feeling of misfit.

Unfortunately today turned out to be miserable for her when the head of the group, Lizzie , saw her not participating in the discussions. “ What do you think, Shelly? Which spell do you think we must experiment?”, Lizzie asked. Shelly was oblivious of what was happening. She woke up suddenly to the reality. Thus her head started to pound. She rubbed her head to reduce the pain. It didn’t reduce. However she had to give a response and blurted out without thinking, “ Love spell!!”  She repented on what she said. But the damage was already done.

Everyone voted majority on what she said. “ Wow!! That’s could be fun. We need subjects for this.”, everybody said.  After a lot of brainstorming, they closed on two subjects- Jon and Shelly. Shelly was pretty much against on thought of trying the spell. She protested initially and then later she agreed when she heard about the benefits.

Shelly couldn’t sleep the whole night. She was getting apprehensive about the choice she made. She felt weak kneed when she was close to him. Though he never looked at her, but his sudden gaze at her would send shivers down her spine. How was she going to be with him with side effects breaking her confidence? She had to speak to Lizze about replacing her with other girl as female subject.

(To be continued) 

Love spell-part 1

Rosewood was a small town across the city of Ontario. The town was bustling with people carrying out peaceful life. Schools, markets and small business thrived around the small town. Weather was extreme with severe hot summers and freezing winters. Irrespective of the weather, crime free neighbourhood attracted many immigrants from all over the world. Friendship and love were easily found in this place. It was a perfect place for Shelly until she lost her heart to the most popular boy of the town- Jon McGuire.

She wasn’t the member of cheerleading squad. She wasn’t even a geek. She fell in middle- lost among the crowd. She didn’t belong anywhere. She had few friends with whom she hung around. She was an invisible teenager. She tried to fit into crowd. But she failed miserably. She lost interest in all these until her heart followed Jon.  However every girl tried to steal his attention. He was tall and lean. His atheletic body with smoldering blue grey eyes attracted girls.

Unfortunately she was mediocre girl with big dreams. She didn’t have any qualities that would attract attention. She didn’t have ‘Barbie’ like features. She was tagged as gothic though she didn’t fully believe in that culture. Her friends had forced her into being member of witchcraft and Gothicism.

Following was better than alienating to her. She wondered what her friend found cool in it. She hated that she couldn’t wear anyother colour except black. However she had no choice than accept a faith blindly.

Anyway, it didn’t matter to anyone including Jon. Even if she wore nothing, people would ignore her. 

Nevertheless she wished deep in her heart that he would look at her once at least and feel the love she had for him. But that was never going to happen when Jon had attention of Raven- the prettiest girl of the school.

(To be continued) 

Russian roulette-part 19

She read the headlines once more. She pinched herself to digest the truth. He was arrested for murdering her friend. “ Thanks Andrei. This means a lot for me.”, she said to her friend. When she discussed about Shady being Nina’s murderer, Andrei filed a case against Shady and arrested him.

“ Don’t thank me. It has been tough for you to stand against love of your life. You helped us to track down his activities without taking care of yourself. It’s a great loss that we couldn’t save Nina. But I guess Nina would be happy that you put her murderer behind bars.”, Andrei said.

She got back to the business with her nonstop performance. She became constant target of Shady’s allies. His enemies tried to lure her into supporting them. However she didn’t stand with anyone.

Few months passed by. It looked like the sun was emerging from the dark clouds. Her life continued to move in normal pace. But she was destined to sad and grief filled life. Happiness was her short lived friend. Sorrow was her best friend.

                                                          *******  The present day   **********

Seven years had passed. She had taken the club to new heights. She was dancer during the night and it’s owner by the morning. She had sent the young 14 year old girls bought by Shady home. She replaced them with her friends who had lost their jobs.

Shady was serving his term in jail for all the heinous crime. Fortunately his term was cut short with help of his friends from the corrupt politics. He emerged from his hibernation as a wounded tiger. He had heard the success stories of Inna taking over his club. He had to get it back. But first he had to kill Inna.    

He walked into his club without being identified.  He took the front row to see his spurned lover dancing. She was looking angelic in the outfit she wore. Her moves were flawless and why wouldn’t it be? He had pushed her to greater heights and she had pushed him down.

He took out his favorite weapon- revolver at her. He shot her on her chest. When he triggered the second bullet, it fired the chamber and killed him instantly.  Inna tried to get up to look at Shady one last time. But the pain didn’t let her get up on her feet. She was bleeding profusely. There was commotion everywhere. 

Patracia and the others called the ambulance. It was too late. She was already dead. Her soul had risen up to heaven.

                                                         *****  The End  ******

Russian roulette-part 18

She looked out for her everywhere. She had even visited her hometown. But she wasn’t there. Her constant worry was not hidden from a close friend of hers, Andrei.  They were sitting in the coffee shop when Andrei asked her, “ What’s troubling you? Is it Nina?” “ Yes, I am sure that she is in deep trouble. I have looked for her everywhere. I don’t understand whether she is hiding or been kidnapped. But the weird part is that Shady is not at all worried by mysterious disappearance of his girls.”, she replied.

“ O Bozhe!  I hope she is fine. I could help you out. Don’t worry! She will be fine.”, he consoled her and held her hand. Shady’s spies were trying to decode what their master’s girlfriend was doing. But it was difficult. However they interpreted their actions to something else. They quickly took the pictures and messaged them to Shady.

Shady saw the pictures and threw his phone out of rage. He had started to hate the person he thought he had loved. “ How could she? “, he snapped. He messaged them back to send him more proofs.

He waited patiently for her. She arrived by noon. She had to get prepared for her performance. She headed to the bedroom. Before she could reach for the door, he pushed her towards the wall and  put his both hands on either side so that she didn’t have a place to get out. She was petrified on what was going on. Her eyes were wide open and she felt numb. “ I didn’t know there was evil behind your innocent face. How could you?”, he said. He was quite close to her and his breath smelt of whiskey. She looked at his eyes desperately searching for the meaning in his eyes. His eyes were cold , concealing the feeling he felt.

“ What are you saying? What did I do?”, she asked. “ Don’t act innocent. I know what you are doing with that scoundrel Andrei. I loved you and you broke my trust.”, he said. “ I didn’t break your trust. I swear there is nothing going between us. I am yours..always yours.”, she defended herself. “ Those words don’t suit you, whore.”, he mocked at her. She slapped him tight and screamed, “ How dare you call me that? I met Andrei to discuss the mysterious disappearance of Nina. You aren’t even worried about her. But I do.. she’s my friend.” His face felt red and blurted the truth, “ I killed her! I killed that menace out of our life. She was suspecting me.” The truth was bitter and hurt Inna badly. She walked out of his house.

When she was far away, she cried badly. She cursed the God for making her life miserable and bringing Shady into life. The anchor of her life had actually doomed her life.

(To be continued)

Russian roulette-part 17

Thoughts about Nina’s sorrowful expression tortured her mind. She wasn’t able to focus on what Shady had said. He had been talking about future plans. Instead of being involved with the discussion, she was thinking about her friend. “ What happened , honey? You look tensed.”, he asked , gently brushing her hair.  She nodded in negative. But he wasn’t convinced. He became suspicious about her. “ Did she get to know about his plans. Hope not! The time wasn’t right for any confrontation. He hated confrontations. He always looked for final solution. That solution included someone’s death.

She had to talk to Nina. There was something brewing inside her. Why would she call her so many times when she knew Shady well?  She waited for the next day desperately. She couldn’t sleep well. Her constant shifting on the bed disturbed Shady. “ What’s bothering you, baby? Why aren’t you sleeping? Is the bed too uncomfortable?”, he asked out of concern.  “ No darling! It’s just that I am very excited to be with you. I still need to believe in this dream.”, she lied. “  Sweety, you don’t even know how to lie. Don’t you trust me? Share it with me.”, he said.  After a long pause, she shared her deepest concern.

“ Hmmm.. don’t worry. Speak to her about you doubts. I hope she clarifies you.”, he said , sounding genuine. He started thinking about the cause of Nina’s doubt. He had to see Nina  during the morning.

Next morning he called Nina to his office. He made sure Inna knew nothing about his meeting with Inna. “ I heard you being worried about Inna’s life. What is bothering you?”he asked. Nina was surprised at his question.  Why was he asking her that?  She had to brush his suspicions. “ Oh no!  I was missing her. You know that she is like a shining light in the house. My place has become cold without her.”, she lied. But shrewd Shady caught her lie. “ Whom are you hiding from? Tell me what you know. I am aware that you know something that you want to tell Inna.”, he said straight forward.  Shock had numbed her from top to bottom. But she didn’t open her mouth.  She dared not to open her mouth even if she had to lose her life.

He lost his patience when he asked her with varying degrees of tones. When talking didn’t work, he took out his revolver and shot her instantly. Nina died on spot due to bleeding in the brain. He got the body dumped and spread the news that Nina had run away.

Inna didn’t digest the news well. She knew Nina too well.  She would  never run away from tough situation. She was going to find her.

( To be continued)

Russian roulette-part 16 b

Shady was at his den , staring at the pictures of his love cheating on him. He had enough proof with him to prove his love’s dishonesty. When he got to know for the first time, he didn’t digest the fact easily. He had bashed the spy hard until he believed him. He wanted to shoot Inna on spot. But he controlled his temper and waited for the right moment. It wasn’t the right moment to butcher the goat. He had to feed the goat well with love and compassion. When it was fat, he was going to kill it.

His heart ached to know that the goat was Inna. “ Why did you break my heart? Was my love not enough for you? What did you get in doing this?”, he wondered.

His token of gift to her was to induce her to fall for the trap. When she was inside, he was going to finish her. He had to be careful to not let Inna suspect him. The best gift was to get her stay with him. The only way was to give her bait in form of marriage. She would surely accept it.

He walked towards the bar and made himself a drink. He shaked it in order to make it taste better. He sipped it and thought about what he was going to do next with her. He had to play safe.

“ Are you sure? Did he seriously mean what he was saying?” , Nina wanted to say. But she kept quite. Instead she congratulated Inna on her engagement. She was happy but sad that all this was not true. She had seen the other day when he was talking to other man about Inna’s disloyalty. She had heard them speak about how he was going trick her and remove her from his life. She hated Shady more than she had for breaking her friend’s heart. She knew her friend wouldn’t believe her. But she had to tell her about the real face of Shady. She attempted to disclose the reason for why he wanted to hurt her friend. At last she knew the reason.  But the reason didn’t convince . She knew Inna wouldn’t do that. If she ever showed the true face of Shady, she wouldn’t believe.

Whenever Nina tried to warn her friend, something would crop between them. It was time for Inna to leave. “ If you need help, call me. I will always be there for you. Don’t fret. Think about me when you need me. ”, she said. “ I know that you will be always there for me.” , Inna replied.

Inna walked downstairs and turned to see her friend in the balcony. She was worried and tensed. Inna assumed her depressed look to feeling of missing her. But something told her that it wasn’t normal for her friend to say those lines. It didn’t mean that she wouldn’t have said when there was nothing wrong. But the way Nina had emphasized on the words of ‘always be there’ told her something was wrong. She had to know the reason and planned to ask her the next day.

( To be continued)

Russian roulette-part 16 a

Two years had passed. The relationship between Inna and Shady  grew stronger and beautiful. He would bring flowers to her every day. It had become his routine to ask her about her well being. He made sure that he would drop her home safely. He would be present in the club to witness her performance.

It was her eighteen birthday. Shady wanted to make it special for her. He had presented many expensive gifts for her birthday. “ What should I gift her this birthday?” , he wondered. He knew that if he asked her about what she wanted for her birthday, she would say that he was her precious gift from god. An idea struck him after a lot of thinking.

It was midnight. As usual he was dropping her home. When they arrived the destination, he stopped the engine and got out of the car. He opened the car door for her. She was aware of his unusual way of celebrating her birthday. But she didn’t know what he was up to. He bent down on one leg and asked her for her hand. She gave her hand nervously. Her heart was racing against every passing minute. What was he doing? Was he going to propose? Her cheeks blushed. “ Will you marry me?”, he asked as the perspiration rolled from his face.  She waited for a long time and cried out   ‘Yes’. 

He slipped a huge diamond ring into her finger.  She wept as she hugged him. “ Thank you! This is the best gift you have ever given. I love you .”, she said, taking breath in between. “ My surprise is not yet over. I have got so more. Close your eyes.”, he said excitedly , covering her eyes.

He released his hand away from her eyes. He handed her keys. “ This is my house keys. You are moving in with me.”, he said slowly. Inna couldn’t control her emotions and replied, “ I can’t take this. You have given me so much.” “ No baby, this is nothing. However you are going to move in with me later. Why not now?”, he said huskily. His charm was enough to melt her heart and she had to accept his offer.

She walked inside her house with joy in her eyes. She didn’t expect a man who had phobia to commit was going to marry. She looked at her ring. It was an expensive diamond stone. She wondered about how much he loved her. She hadn’t felt so happy for a long time. She was going to start  a family at last.

He was driving home when his phone rang. He picked it up and said, “ Hi, She will be moving in tomorrow. She will be under my surveillance from now on. Thanks for your service. I would not require your service now. I can take care of this mess.” He disconnected the call and gave a wicked smile.

(To be continued)

Russian roulette-part 15

She held his hand tight. She didn’t let her grasp on his firm hand for a second. He never took his eyes out of her. He looked at her side , capturing her beauty in his heart. He didn’t want the night to get over soon.

Was this love? He didn’t understand. But he had never taken any girl to any of his private parties. It was always other way round. He would end up hooking with his friend’s girlfriends or mistresses. This was first time that he was head over heels about a girl. There was not a single moment when he thought of kissing her deep. But he controlled his emotions. It was a party in his club. There were many people around and he didn’t want them to see his emotion pouring out for a girl.

She was impressed by his manners. He was indeed groomed well and knew how to take care of a lady. She was especially amazed by the way he introduced her to all of his friends. It was more like the way one introduces his wife to his friends. He was gentle in the way he held her. There was no force like what Boris used to do. He made his women feel comfortable. She loved him because of this.

He guided her to the seats next to the stage. It was her time when she was going to be the audience to the performance of her mates.

She was enjoying to her surprise. She didn’t expect that. She thought that she would hate the performance. The girls were doing their best, trying to overshadow her. But people missed her performance tonight.

The time passed smoothly. She didn’t notice that half the night had passed. She wasn’t getting bored among the people. She was glad that she could add to some of his conversation with his friends. She was not looked as some blonde or property. Maybe it was because of Shady’s presence. She felt like queen amongst the people. They never judged her in front of Shady.

It was end of the party. People were leaving with great memories and new associates. Shady left his new found love home safely. As she left the car, she kissed him on his cheeks. He blushed and said , “ I hope you enjoyed your night. Take rest.”  She quickly went inside her apartment. She lay on her bed with sweet memories of him.

Sparks were flying between them. They were realizing it slowly. They wanted to take their relationship to the next step. But Shady was still dealing with his commitment phobia. He wasn’t sure that whether he could do it.

( To be continued) 

Russian roulette-part 14

It was morning within minutes. She hadn’t slept the whole night. When her eyes closed finally, she slept soundly. But the miserable alarm rang, blowing her sleep away. She got up with her head pounding. She washed her face and noticed the dark circles around the eyes. “ Der’mo! How will I perform like this?” she scolded herself. The beauty sleep was necessary for all the dancers. A small mark on the body except the body art was looked at as sin. She worried constantly about what Shady was going to tell her when he saw her like this. She thought of an excuse that she could make to avoid today’s performance.

She called Nina in panic. She showed her the dreadful dark circles. “ What should I do with this? I can’t go like this.”, she said shockingly.  Nina looked around to find a solution to this mess. “ I am not going tonight. I will call in sick.”, Inna said. “ You can’t lie to Shady. He won’t buy this.”, Nina said. Both desperately thought of ways to come out of this situation.

“ What are you girls thinking?” Shady said. His voice shook the girls. They hadn’t noticed Shady arrive. They both lied no. Inna bent her eyes and tried not to look at Shady. Shady felt the uneasiness in Inna. He grabbed her and straightened her. He cupped her face to look at her clearly. She tried to get away from him. But strength overpowered her. He saw what she was hiding from him. “ You shall not go tonight. You will be with me, watching others perform.”, he said, startling her.  She opened  her mouth to say something. But words struggled to come out. She shut her mouth , knowing that he would not answer her doubts.

He didn’t bother to answer her doubts and left her speechless. When he was gone, Nina said, “ Don’t you see that he loves you? He has never taken his girls too seriously. You are his first…first girl from his troop to go out on a date with him. Wow!” Inna wanted to believe Nina’s words.

“ Come on Nina! There is nothing happening between us.”she said , controlling her tears. “ Don’t stop me from telling the truth. You will know that he loves you one day.” Nina made her point.

Night came with excitement and tensions. Inna had mixed feelings churning inside her heart. She had changed over fifty dresses until she wore best one. She took almost two hours to decorate her face. She wasn’t convinced after long hours of Nina convincing her that she look good. Inna wanted to drop the idea of going with him. Her tummy trembled and every muscle worked against her.

He arrived in his dashing best. She fell in love with him all over again. All her tensions dried up and she waited eagerly for the night with him.

(To be continued)     

Russian roulette -part 13

Inna was still in shock. She felt cold beneath the warm jacket. Nina consoled her. But nothing worked. She couldn’t get out of it. Shady walked inside the dressing room. It was the first time that he was in the dressing room of his dancers. He held her hands and asked, “ How are you feeling now?”

“ How should I be feeling? You tell me. Why did you have to do this? Why did you help me? You ignore me but in the same time you hurt those who abuse me. What should I do?”, she cried. Tears ruined her makeup. Her eyeliner was smudged. Her hair was scruffy, giving her wild look. He had no answer for that question. Why did he do this to himself? Why was he not able to ignore people who hurt her?

“ If this incident happened to any of my staff, I would have approached the offenders the same way.”, he said and left the room. She cried miserably , hugging Nina.

Shady’s heart pinched for what he did. He threw away the stuffs on the table in fit of rage. He ran his fingers on his hair and banged his fist on the table. He felt something soft hold his fist. He turned to look at Inna rubbing his fist to ease the pain. “ Thank you and sorry. I should have thanked you instead I was complaining.”, she whispered softly. Her voice was too soft for him to hear. However he understood what she was trying to say.

“ You shouldn’t be here. You know that I am not the kind of man you want to fall in love.” , he warned.  “ Don’t tell me to stay away from you!  We both know that we can’t. I love you and you love me too. I have seen that today when you came to protect me.”, she argued.  He nodded his head in disgust. Why didn’t she understand the complication?  “ I told you then and I am telling you now. I will always protect my staff and I did exactly that. You are no exception. Don’t assume my actions to love.” he defended himself.  Inna didn’t believe his argument and kissed him to prove him wrong. It wasn’t planned, a sudden action that left both of them bliss.

Her red lips tasted of strawberry. She reminded of the days that he wanted to do this. He caressed her body as he sucked her mouth. He could feel her hear beat hard when she was doing this. Her nervous hands clenched his hair tight. He felt the pain but ignored it. He was engrossed into exploring her mouth.

He felt someone open the door and pushed Inna aside. Inna looked disoriented and wondered what went wrong. It was one of his men. “ Sir, Mr. Aleksei is waiting for you.” , his henchman said. He brushed his hair to make him look presentable. He was almost at the door when he said , “ Go home, Inna. We will talk about this tomorrow.”  Inna left the room without saying anything. She knew that he would avoid her and forget about the night.

(To be continued)

Russian roulette-part 12

She sat on the cold marble floors, weeping hysterically. The reason was not that she performed terribly bad at the club. It was because of her lost lover giving her cold vibes. She knew it was useless to hope something sweet from Shady. He was known for being emotionless maniac with unpredictable mood swings.

She should have known he was no good for her. But still she gave her heart to him only to get it broken. “ Why does this happen to me? Is my life going to be always like this- sad and depressing?” she cried.  Her oasis of happiness was a mirage.

Shady watched her cry from the footage captured in the security camera. He had huge television which only showed the videos of his staff’s activities. His suspicious nature always kept him on his toes if he found any of his employees trying to stab him from behind. Nowadays it had become a habit for him to look into what Inna was doing and how she was feeling. He got attracted to her more every day. It pained his heart to see her cry every day.

He knew loving her would mean to break his principle. Thus he would create shield that would protect him from falling into her charms. But doing this never helped him. It hurt him more to see his beloved getting wounded by his actions. He couldn’t help doing this. He switched off the TV as soon as he saw her crying.

It was another day of entertaining the guests of the club. The seasons never affected Shady’s business. People flocked any hour of any day into his bar and became Shady’s loyal customers. This was all because of Inna and her breathtaking performance.

Inna was standing on the stage. She prepared for her dance once the music started. As usual, she started with her sensual moves. She walked around the pole with one hand holding it and bent her legs. She didn’t allow her legs to touch the feet. Some drunkard men who were sitting next to stage made lewd gestures at her. She ignored them and continued with her dance. She started stripping her bra , unveiling her blossoms. 

Her back was turned towards those men. They whistled loudly and shouted, “Come on,  girl. We can’t see your gorgeous tits.”

Inna was embarrassed by their comments. She couldn’t concentrate on other dance moves. Suddenly one of the men climbed the stage and forcibly move her and show her to his other friends sitting down. They laughed loudly and Inna sobbed slowly.

It didn’t take a minute for Shady to step on the stage and grab the girl from the man’s hands. He put his coat on her and shielded her from the men.  He snatched the collar of Inna’s abuser and said, “ If you touch her like that again, you get from me. She is not your property.” The man didn’t think twice to retaliate back. He knew who Shady was and took his friends out of the club.

(To be continued)