Chapter 48
Ashton
Every step I take, I can feel my knees trembling while I was breathing heavily. I wasn't ready for this, when I ran away from Luciano's hand I had no plans of going back to him. I didn't even think that this will gonna be the end despite all the things I did to escape from him.
I don't know what to do anymore, it was too late for me to escape or try to flee again because I knew that when I stepped back, Luciano's assassins won't hesitate to bury the bullet of their gun in my head. I know that they're dying to do it and they're just waiting for the perfect timing.
"What the fuck? What is this death march? Speed up your pace, kid." Pang shouted and pushed my body causing me to lose my balance and fall on my knees. I hissed when I felt immense pain in my knee.
"Enough Pang, you probably don't want to take the lifeless body of that kid to the boss, right?" Vin said and grabbed Pang's arm to stop him from doing anything.
I was cursing them on my mind while I'm trying to stand up. My eyes widen in shock when I saw my knee bleeding because of the wound I got when my knee landed on the fucking cement.
"Come on, kid, the boss has been waiting for you. I'm sure he missed you, it looks like you have a lot of things to catch up." Ron said sarcastically and then he grabbed my arm and walked fast so I could do nothing but also walk faster despite my knees telling me to stop moving because it wouldn't just stop aching for goddamn sake.
"He doesn't miss me, Ron. Is this the part where I should imagine the worst thing that will happen to me? Because I know Luciano will gonna torture me." I replied to Ron making him stop from walking and he looked at me, he suddenly grinned foolishly and I knew exactly why he is grinning.
"The boss doesn't work like that, you'll surely live kid, that is if you don't kill yourself," Ron said as he turned his back and walked again, I just followed Ron with a confused face, I don't understand what he was saying.
"Why would I kill myself?" I asked Ron with a raised brow.
"Because the boss will torture you little by little until you can't take it anymore," Ron replied causing me to stop walking, my heart was beating so fast that it seemed like I am having a heart attack.
Luciano is going to torture me, I am fucking nervous because I know how Luciano tortures his people who wronged him. I was there when he ordered Vin and Pang to have sex, almost to the point of trying to kill each other because none of them wanted to get fuck, I also saw how Luciano shot Ron's hand without hesitation and I knew it was not yet Luciano's most brutal way of torturing.
After a few minutes of walking like this is some sort of death march– Pang is right all along, we've reached the port. Ron helped me walk along the bridge and into the yacht, at this moment all I think is about jumping into the sea and let myself drown.
My knees began to tremble as we got closer and closer to the yacht.
"Welcome back, Ashton," Ron whispered to my ear and let go of my hand.
I wanted to back off and jump into the water, but then when I was about to do it I felt Vin and Pang's presence behind me. It seems like I have no escape from them. I think this is the time where I prepare myself for whatever Luciano will gonna do to me.
"Keep moving, kid. Don't ever think of jumping or escaping because the next time we'll meet? It will be at your funeral." Pang said evilly and pushed me again, I don't know how many times he's been pushing me.
"Stop pushing me," I said to Pang with a gritted teeth causing him to stop laughing.
"Aw, getting brave, eh? Let's see if you can still speak when you're face to face with the boss." Pang said and laughed again.
"Stop it, Pang," Vin said loudly causing Pang to stop laughing and look at Vin with a raised brow.
I can't remember the hallway we were walking anymore, I just followed Ron while Vin, Pang, and Klen were behind me. While walking, I met Luciano's other assassins like Brando and Kent, I can no longer remember the names of the others but I can recognize them all by their faces, their familiar faces.
"Where's the boss?" Ron asked the man that we met along the hallway.
"Living room." The man replied and quickly walked away from us. Ron motioned for us to speed up the walk and even though I did not want to follow him I could do nothing because every time Pang noticed that I was deliberately slowing down my walk he just pushed me and pushed me even though Vin had told him not to fucking push me several times.
A minute later, we arrived in the living room. Luciano was sitting on a long sofa, he was looking at me intently but I can't read the expression on his face. I swallowed my saliva in nervousness.
"As you wanted, boss, alive and kicking," Ron said. Luciano did not reply but his eyes are still gazing towards me making me feel uneasy.
Silence prevailed around us until Luciano suddenly stood up, my breathing had stopped when I saw him move. Nothing has changed in his appearance, his posture is still ripped like the last time I saw him, his face is still handsome and everyone wouldn't think that he is dealing with all these illegal stuffs.
"I miss you, babe." Luciano broke the silence and smiled slightly as he walked closer to me. I slowly backed away and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at him. This is not what I expected from him, I thought he would point his gun at my head and scare me until I got on my knees in great fear.
"Don't you miss me, babe?" Luciano asked and suddenly hugged me. My body trembled when I felt Luciano's tight hug as if he wanted to suffocate me.
It looks like Vin, Pang, Ron, and Klen are also shocked by what Luciano did.
When Luciano gets away from hugging me, he looks at me with a smile still plastered on his face, I couldn't help but wonder why he was like this to me now.
Something is off about this, I knew it.
"Hey, don't you miss me, babe?" Luciano suddenly asked while looking at me. I swallowed my saliva in nervousness.
I was about to answer him when I suddenly felt a strong blow on my face, I felt too much force to the point where I lost my balance and just fell on the cold hard floor.
"You surely don't miss me, and my punch." Luciano laughed and that was the last thing I remember before my surroundings went black.
