Ka

in a blue suit and had sharp features... neat and pre

had come to

he?" I

s fingers closed around it. She yanked

o of m

tep back. Instead, he turned

trembled as he helped me stand on my

oothed her hair and stepped forward, her hips swayi

m, Aunt Martha's voice

oesn't give you the audacity

ering, which won't be taken lightly. Out of

n them, her voice as sweet as honey. She tilted her

She asked. The word 'sister

f..." Her eyes traced his expensive

loved money but never worked for it. All her potential boyfriends were

o'd just spoiled her with gifts. She

" she'd said, ex

'd screame

fore. You said you loved me

loved you?" she'd la

your money, foo

is money. When he wasn't giving h

to the

, and then reached into his jacket and

y, and snatched it before h

ing died on her lips as she w

out looking at her mother. Au

e. "I'm Vincent. I wor

card before he ann

s fingers and fluttered to t

urprise. Even Aunt Martha's eyes widened until

that owned half the skyscrapers downtown, the one whose CEO's face graced magazine co

ing the sting from the earlier beating received from Aunt Martha. I didn't dare wa

elation. De&J Enterprise might as well

ike you here?" Tonia ask

uestion; his attentio

there was no response, and I needed to act fast w

nt later, Mrs. Yaren." He

ra." He turned toward me, his movem

kind of royalty instead of

nces at his courtesy towards a nobo

the explosion, the shouting, the ac

t repeated, his voice unchang

om them. No grab

ils outside if you don't

caught up. Each step toward th

clicked against the pav

lain, but he was quiet and wa

going?" The wo

ned the passenger door, stand

What the hell am I to this man? He's

" I though

ly, hoping for a gen

u would expl

ward the car's interior leather seats, it has a spo

thinking. But it's no

his tone ma

r was soft. Through the tinted window, I c

ut familiar. I pressed my face t

lled my name," I whis

in an honorific

stilled on the

not dare speak

ly, his thumbs moving over the screen, then slipp

e going?" I

l find o

life. Vincent shift

rectly in front of the car, a

o

is T-shirt was wrinkled, his hair

ng; it was Tony who

aid after a beat

budge, he plante

ar, he is m

slightly, and then

for Tony's shoulders, checking

you o

ed from the d

ust be Ton

ist. "You followed a stranger? Wha

pened, then close

o ask a question w

did y

g with me," V

epped forward, his

re or care what you do, but yo

name came ou

see the muscle jumping beneath his s

nt replied, taki

dare stop m

ready stop

ndered what to do in such a situation... two men faced off over me. I