King of the underworld

I believed in heaven and hell. I believed in good and evil but most of all, I believed in the supernatural. The fact that Mr. Black is or believes he's the King of the underworld, one place popped in my head and that was the mafia.

I had my fair share with the dealings of the illegal. I bestowed my family to them, the illegal forces but I never expected my boss to be as well. I wasn't freaked out that he was part of a mafia gang or that he is a mafia boss, no. I was more freaked out about the fact that he told me. If he was as clever as I believe he is, then telling me was one of the stupidest things he could ever do.

I might help my brothers but my boss? That's a far shot. "Mr. Black, am I suppose to do something with this news?"

"Princess, I want you to know who I am because when I eventually kidnap you, I don't want you to be surprised," he stated as if nothing to talk about possibly kidnapping someone.

"Mr. Black, with all due respect, I love Ben and the point of this conversation was that you leave me alone, Mr. Black." I stood up.

"Princess, you don't love Ben. You love the idea of Ben," he said and poured himself a drink.

Before I could reply my phone rang and it wasn't the ringtone that brought silence to us, it was the location of the phone. I didn't bring a clutch because I knew by the end of tonight I would be leaving with all the girls' bags but I brought my phone and my phone was my life so I stuck it in my breast.

"I could help you, Princess," he said eyeing my packages.

I turned my back towards him so that he couldn't see my blush rising and also so that I could take my phone out.

"Speak Candy," I said as soon as I saw the caller.

"My sister has terrible timing." He said as he took a sip of his drink. "Who knows what might have happened if she didn't phone."

"Get out of here, they serving dinner and we save you a seat." she paused. "Next to me."

The line went dead after that. I hated it when Candice called me. She has this tendency to put the phone down after she has said what needed to be said and it feeds my hatred for her cellphone each day. It's just a matter of time before I destroy that thing.

We didn't speak further. Mr. Black lead me towards the ballroom again. The silence between us was horrible. Mr. Black had a quiet personality and I found silence comforting but with Mr. Black, I hated it. I wanted him to talk to me. I wanted to fight with him. I wanted everything he had to offer.

He calls himself the King of the underworld and if he was Hades, then I would want him to collect my soul. If he was the devil, then I wanted to sin and if he was fire, then I wanted to burn.

The attraction I had towards Mr. Black burned deeper each day. It could be infatuation but I knew better. Mr. Black awakens a beast inside me that I buried years ago. A beast that now wants to be released.

"Princess!" Mr. Black's voice snapped me out of my thoughts.

I looked at him as if I haven't been walking with him the whole time. "Yes?"

He smirked. "As much as you denied it, you love your pet name, don't you, princess?"

Once again, he was correct but I suppressed my true emotion and showed him an uninterested look. "Is there a reason we stopped?"

"Princess, Your past time won't be happy when you entered with a man." He said.

Past time? He thought of Ben as a hobby, a bad hobby no doubt. Poor Ben. "Fine, I'll go in first then you can like follow afterward or something," he said nothing just looked at me and I took it as a yes.

Mr. Black was like a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle, it takes forever to finally figure out which piece comes where. I walked towards the door that leads to the female bathroom. I hated puzzles ever since I was a kid but Mr. Black was a puzzle that I was willingly trying to figure out.

As I was about to enter the hallway, I turned to look at him. His eyes met mine immediately, I gave him a toothless smile. "I never expect you to be the type that hides in the closet, Mr. Black."

His whole expression angered up as he registered my words, with a big smile on my face, I entered the hallway. The hallway leads towards the bathroom. I wasn't the females that went to the bathroom to powder up their noses, I needed the bathroom because I needed a break from Mr. Black.

I couldn't even have a moment of peace. Candice's message came through seconds before I opened the bathroom door.

-Where the hell are you? My brother looks pissed and the girls are struck speechless.

I took a deep breath and turn towards the ballroom. Everyone was seated waiting for the dinner and then after dinner, my work begins or normally it did. After dinner, the men and women start discussing business and as a market researcher I had to get as much feedback as possible but now as a market director, I could leave after dinner and assess the findings Monday morning at the office.

I kept my head high and walked towards my table. I nearly reached my table, even made eye contact with Mr. Black when my arm was pulled back. I knew only one person who loved doing that and by the look on Mr. Black's face, I knew I was right to assume it was Ben.

"Ben," I said and steady myself.

"Babe, I have to go." he kissed my cheek. "The prototype for the Laptops didn't reach the UK as we thought."

Ben works in Exports. He had to oversee that all the productions and the export of products reach their destination. He didn't work at headquarters anymore. He worked at the factory now and I hated it because he never has time for me anymore but a part of me liked it as well.

"Okay, But can we at least go to my sister's Saturday?" I looked into his eyes. "You promised Emily, Ben. I can't make excuses for you." I put both my hands on his cheeks and forced him to make eye contact. "A time is going to come when you will have to chose been me and your work." I knew he didn't take me seriously. I gave a sigh. "Call me." I gave him a peck which turned out longer than it was intended.

I turned around and found my whole table staring at me. The girls never saw me kiss Ben, it was always Ben kissing me. Mr. Black looked like he could murder someone and Candice was angry, she looked fine but she was angry. She could suppress her emotion deeper than any shark could swim.

Not only did I have to answer to many questions but I was seated between Candice and her brother. The guy that came into the office claiming to be Mr. Black's brother was also at the table along with a few men, I didn't know. I walked towards my seat, I tried to be a quiet as possible and acted as if I didn't have twelve sets of eyes staring at me.

"I hate you so much." Candice grabbed my face as soon as I sat down and fixed my lipstick.

"What happened?" Stephanie spoke up. "I thought..." She looked at Mr. Black. "You know...our secret."

Our secret was actually her fantasy of me and Mr. Black in an office romance. "He cancelled the weekend so tonight, I'm joining you girls," I said as soon as Candice finished.

"Why did you kiss, Ben?" Zephanie asked.

"Good question, Ms. Alexander." Mr. Black commented and I turned to look at him.

I looked between Zephanie and Mr. Black before I answered. "Because we dating," I said in a duh tone. "I kissed him before, Zeph, what's the problem now?"

"Because now your Boss wants you."