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Liam dropped her off at the Whitlock mansion, she saw Leo and VC gaping at the sight of the white mansion, but Liam was still focused on her even as she got out of his car.
"Thanks for the ride." She said with a slight bow, tucking her hair behind her ear. He didn't reply but still stared at her as the guys stared in astonishment at the mansion.
"Damn, you live here?" VC asked in shock and she nodded.
"You don't look like it tho, you sure you don't work as a maid here?" Leo asked but before she could reply.
"Young lady, it's not safe outside." The security said with a bow. The guys looked at her in awe and she flashed a nervous smile.
"Thanks once again." She said before running off.
Liam drove off as soon as she was out of sight, for some reason he couldn't stop thinking about her, there was something about her that drew his attention, something that intrigued him but he couldn't quite grasp what it was.
He drove downtown, to his father's Warehouse, it was a huge building of about six stories and a lot of stairs, there were a lot of armed and bulky men roaming around and whenever they saw him they made their way, VC and Leo we're already used to this since they were close with Liam and Alex, they were the sons of a renowned mafia boss and this warehouse was his office.
Liam walked nonchalantly, making his way upstairs. Leo and VC trailed behind him but decided to stop at the entrance to Mr.Roger's office.
Liam went in without knocking and closing the door behind him with a loud bang.
He met his father sitting in a chair with his back turned to the door while staring at the view through the glass window. The post was empty except for the weapons on the shelf and the desk tainted red with dried blood in the middle of the spacious room.
His underboss, Viper, is a huge and bulky black man with a bald head tattoos drawn all over his body, and an eye patch covering his eye because of the loss of one of his eyes. He was lighting his father's cigarette.
"You called for me, Ralph," Liam said. He had always hated his father, for the illegal things his father does, to the extent he stopped calling his Father, Father. Even the cops were afraid to stop him because of how brutal his father was.
"What would it take for you to call me Father, son," Ralph said and turned his chair to face his son.
Mr. Ralph Rogers a.k.a RR, had a dark aura around him, he loved wearing black suits and also black gloves, and he had long black hair, shoulder length. He was a handsome man, in fact, too handsome for a man in his forties.
"Get to the point and tell me why you asked me to come over," Liam said, making a seat out of his dark power and solidifying a dark chair he could sit on since his father had nada.
RR walked to his desk and sat on it, removing the cigarette from his mouth and releasing a puff of smoke in the air.
"I called you to find out how Alex is doing in school," He said and Liam scoffed. He had expected this, his father called him to find out how his brother was doing in school and not to ask about his well-being.
"Why didn't you ask him yourself?" I asked.
"He's not picking up my calls."
"So I am the only one naivé enough to pick up your calls huh," Liam said with a chuckle.
"Yes," Ralph said sternly, putting the cigarette back in his mouth.
Liam rolled his eyes and then massaged his temples, his father was the only person who could give him this much headache.
Liam stood up from the solidified dark chair he had created a while ago and it dissipated like smoke. "Next time you want to find out about your beloved son, don't call me, instead, go to him," Liam said sternly and turned away, ready to storm out of that godforsaken place, but then his father said something that made him halt right in his tracks.
"Take care of your brother, it's what your mother would have wanted." He said and Liam clenched his fists and grind his teeth, he was the dark horse of the family, they always treated him like an outcast.
Without a word, Liam stepped out, shutting the door behind him with a loud bang again, did his father call him all the way here to annoy him?
"Let's go," Liam said to VC and Leo as soon as he stepped out of Ralph's office. He walked to his car and when one of his Father blocked the way, Liam angrily channeled his dark energy, it burst out of his body like a tsunami, looking like the wings of a dark raven, and threw the man off, hitting him on the warehouse's iron gate, causing it to collapse with him.
Leo and VC halted in their tracks, Liam looked angry and out of control, the dark wisps of smoke emanated from his body and his eyes were pitch black, the whirling sound of the darkness that looked alive on Liam's body.
He was panting hard and they knew what happens when Liam loses his temper. He got into the car and they were hesitant to follow, but how could they stay behind?
" If you guys don't wanna come along, then you can f*king stay behind," Liam said gritting his teeth as he held on to the steering wheel tightly.
They jumped into the car and Liam drove off, going against the speed limit as the car dashed like it was flying.
They arrived uptown in no time, heading to their hostel but Liam wasn't still reducing his pace.
While he was driving, someone with a bicycle rode in front of them, Liam hit the brakes but the person on the bicycle fell out of shock, it was Ranella. Liam came out of the car fuming, traces of his dark energy still lingered around him.
He held her up and then scolded her. " How is it you are everywhere, why can't you just stay away from trouble!" He yelled, causing Ranella to flinch. Tears rolled down her eyes because she didn't understand what just happened. One second she almost got hit by a car and the next she was being scolded by Liam, in the open.
A hand grabbed Ranella and pulled her behind, it was Alex, he came just in time. He stood in between Liam and Ranella, glaring at Liam.