~~ Ricardo's POV ~~
The bright sun hurt my eyes as a result of the previous day making it almost impossible for me to want to leave my bed. But the impossible reminder of what I had in mind kept haunting my very existence as excitement boomed within me.
After taking a quick shower, I dressed up and made my way to the garage of my house, I opted for a Porsche car, and as I got into the car, the engine roared to life as I sped off onto the road eager to get to the office on time.
Lucas was my special bodyguard, he would always taunt me with the fact that I had refused to have a driver drive me to work or around, but only on special occasions.
After like two hours, I was finally parking my car at the garage of Donland Technical Enterprise and heading for the office.
Walking at a fast pace to get to my office so I can send a reminder to Kenneth about our plans for this evening.
Immediately the elevator doors opened I was welcomed by Lucas' voice.
"Good morning boss," Lucas greeted me as he walked hand in hand with me.
"Morning Lucas, do you have everything ready for this evening? " I asked as I opened the door to my office and we both entered.
"All set."
"Good then," I said as I sat on my leather chair opening the drawer to pull out Anastasia's file.
"Boss," Lucas called out after a moment of silence.
"Yes," I answered as I waited for him to speak.
"You don't have to do this boss." My very trusted bodyguard for the very first time, questioned my authority.
"You don't tell me what to do, always remember your place, Lucas," I said as anger boiled through my veins. "You may leave," I added and with that, he made his way out of my office.
Who was he to advise me against taking revenge on Anastasia?
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It was past evening as Kenneth, Lucas, and I drove to Tasty Appetite where Anastasia works.
Mr Lexus's father was a friend of my father, when they were both alive, and this restaurant has been one of my father's best places when he was alive I took out my cell phone and sent a text to Mr Lexus notifying him of our presence.
Text message.
I'm on my way to the restaurant with the company, reserved a table for us.
It wasn't long before his reply came in.
As we arrived, we were welcomed by some workers of Mr Lexus. Mr Lexus himself stood outside his restaurant. We were ushered inside and just like a magnetic force my head turned to the side, and there she was, Anastasia Texas.
She has dark brown hair, that was neatly twisted in a bun, with big eyes that look so innocent. Within a space of time, I ran my eyes along the length of her perfectly slim body, and her curves didn't go unnoticed. She was indeed breathtaking.
Our eyes met for a split second but she immediately looked away.
We got to our table and I couldn't get how beautiful her eyes were out of my mind.
My mission was to make life miserable for her, but sitting only a few meters away from her, my sense of reasoning was immediately locked in a cave of dark erotic wants to consume her soul, body, and spirit.
My mission was to make her feel worthless, rip her of every good thing, and make life miserable for her as I had every piece of evidence against her family to get them in jail, those were my initial plans, to get them to pay with every fiber of their being. But staring at Anastasia Texas, my sense of reasoning was at loose and my plans took a drastic turn. My body reacted to her presence before I got the chance to put it under control, it was as difficult as breathing without oxygen. For me to take my eyes off her was another battle that warred over me, I wasn't quite prepared to let her affect me this way.
She made her way to our table, shyly, as she clumsily dropped our orders on the table. She did all she could to avoid my gaze and that irritated me, the possessive beast in me wanted her to look at me and stop avoiding my gaze.
I surprised myself when I asked for her name even when I already knew who she was, the beast in me wanted to hear her voice. I could clearly see the wrinkled line on her forehead as she was shocked by my question. After a minute of no reply from her, I called out her name. Hearing her name roll down from my lips at their own accord, caused my body to immediately react to her, as my dick burned with want, I was behaving like a teenager who had never seen a lady before, I was practically drooling over her..
"What the hell man," Kenneth asked, When She left our table. "That wasn't the plan, you're scaring the little girl," he added making me raise my eyebrows at him.
"That's exactly my plan, she's supposed to be scared," I replied taking a sip of my drink.
"Not that kind of fear, you're practically looking at her like a vulture ready to devour its prey. Dude, you're drooling over her," he said as laughter erupted from Kenneth's side making Lucas wipe his laughter with a napkin that was placed on the table.
"I'm not," I simply added, which I knew was a lie, even Lucas and Kenneth could see that I was lust over her.
It wasn't long before my inner beast won the battle and I asked for the manager. He practically ran to our table asking if there was a problem with the food..
"I need to speak to you in private," I said as I comfortably sat while the man was shivering in fear.
"This way sir, if you don't mind we could speak in my office," he said as he gestured towards his office and we both made our way down the corridor of the restaurant.
After we got to his office he rushed to pull out a seat for me as he took his position in his own chair.
"What do you wish to discuss sir?" Mr Lexus asked.
"How long have you owned this restaurant?" I asked with a voice that dripped with ultimate boredom, pretending not to know the history behind his life.
Mr Lexus frowned as he replied, "For over 30 years of my life, it's been a legacy from my parents."
"And you hold it dearly, right?" I said with an expression of approval.
"It means everything to me." I nodded at his reply. I wasn't here to play games, I immediately jumped right to my request.
"I want one of your workers, Anastasia Texas," I said with all seriousness. Mr Lexus was lost for words for a while before he finally spoke.
"Mr Antonio, that would be a little difficult, it's against the rules of the restaurant for workers to go out with customers, and Anna isn't that type of girl," he simply said. Causing anger to erupt within me as I raised my brows at him, clearly irritated by his reply.
-Difficult but not impossible, that was a good one- I thought within.
I leaned forward as I placed my hands on his table, " Do you know who I am, Mr Lexus? Perhaps you must have forgotten," I said with a hint of irritation. "You wouldn't want to mess with me, I'm not a man of rejection and patience is not one of my virtues," I added as I relaxed back on the leather chair.
Money wasn't an objection when it came to what I could do, and being merciless was my second title. I was determined to get him to bend to my rules even if it meant blackmailing him.
"You were already an adult when your father took a loan from the Gambling company of Mr Rico Gonzales to establish this restaurant. Ever since he passed, you've been paying back debts upon debts, risking your life and that of your family," I stood up as I pace round his office in a slow strands, " you could loose everything within a twinkle of an eye," I moved towards his table again, " I could offer you a deal if only you decide to corporate with me," I said in satisfaction, making it clear I was serious. I am a man of my word, and Mr Lexus was very much aware of that.
He realized he had no other better option as I could see him battling with my request.
"What is the deal?" He finally asked.
"Good, now you're taking. The debts can be paid off," I calmly said as I sat back on the chair.
There was a long silence and then he asked, "How?" His voice was filled with despair.
"Get me Anastasia and leave the rest to me," I pointed out.
"How can I trust you on this?" Mr Lexus quickly asked.
"Oh my, you underestimate me, trust is on of the golden rules for a company to succeed and I wouldn't be known around the world if my words were not solid," I said to him, "I'm a man of my words, just get me Anastasia and I will settle your problems," I added with a bit of irritation.
Mr Lexus exhaled loudly as he finally picked up his phone and requested Anastasia. It wasn't long before I heard the crack of the door being opened behind me.
And there I was staring at the face of the daughter of the man who murdered my parent, but instead of anger, I felt satisfaction and lust.