"PLAYING PRINCESS"

52 .

He was fifty two years old she had found out .He had never been married even once ,no kids to inherit all his work.

Do not wonder how Anna had gathered all this information about the man by just having a drink with him.

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The lights made the garden look like it was out of this world . It wasn't the same garden that she had seen earlier .

The green emerald dress that she was wearing was shimmering as the light hit the material . With Neegan by her side she wasn't shocked that everyone's eyes were on them .

She could guess what all of them were thinking about . They probably thought that she was a new hooker that he was sleeping with and had decided to bring to the party as his date .

He smiled and waved at everyone while she just smiled . She was being a pretty thing beside him as he had told her to act .

She knew no one at the party . All she wanted to talk about was how they were going to resolve the business but every chance she had brought it up he had shut her up .

"It's a weekend we do not talk about business on weekends ",he had said as she had tried bringing it up while they walked towards the party .

"But it's Thursday",Anna said looking at him shockingly .

"Well the weekend starts on Wednesday so it's basically the weekend of you really think about it",he did smiling at her so that they people beside them wouldn't notice they were having an argument .

She opened her mouth to speak but he had already started talking .

"You look really pretty with your mouth closed ,now can we please enjoy the party we will talk about this some other time ",he said as she squeezed her hand .

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She couldn't tell how long it had been since the party had started. She was exhausted.

She had been smiling all night at strangers and telling them thing about herself that she did not want to share .

Some of them had asked about her marriage Vincenzo when they had found out she was his wife . She could sense the judging eyes on her as they wondered what she was doing at her party when her husband was lying in a hospital bed .

As she took a sip of the champagne she saw someone she recognised, Suarez .

What was he doing there ? This was the last place she had expected to see him given the relationship between him and Neegan .

She took the champagne in one sip and walked towards where he was standing .

She could tell that he had also not expected to see her there the moment he laid his eyes on her . He took a glass and started walking away trying to run away from her but was stopped in his tracks as he ran I to someone's chest .

As Suarez looked up he could feel the blood drain from his body as he came face to face with Neegan .

"Hello ",Neegan said as he took the glass of champagne and handed it to Anna .

"Were you trying to run away from me ?",Anna asked Suarez who started shaking his head .

He was not the man she had met a few weeks before . The man she had met with had made it took like he was doing her a favour by talking to her .

The man she was staring at looked weak .

"What I'd this Suarez ?",Anna asked him as she glanced around .

Al she wanted to ask him was how he could put them in the mess that they were in . He hadn't even bothered to tell them about what was going in callback at home before signing their contract .

"Have you even told them how we know each other ?",Neegan asked Suarez smiling as he looked at Anna .

"You didn't even know about what he was shipping you'd have zero knowledge on this . He worked for me and then he left and started his own business ",Neegan said chuckling like it wasn't a big deal .

"What is even funny is that he goes to the people I supply to and tells them it's my product he is selling . I didn't know it was him at first cause he did such a good job of hiding it until I realized who would have all those contacts ",Neegan said as his attention shifted to Suarez .

Anna stared at Suarez and hoped that he would tell her what she was hearing was a lie . It wasn't that he had been selling products ina territory that wasn't his ,he was telling them that it was Neegan's product .

"How could you expect me to keep working for you when you killed my father ?",Suarez asked and this time round she could see her wasn't the weak man he was a few minutes ago .

There was a rage in his eyes and she could se the veins in his forehead popping .

"He stole from me ,that's what happens to thieves ",Neegan said shrugging his shoulder as if killing was above him.

"He had worked for you for thirty years how could you just forget all of that ?",Suarez asked .

"Once loyalty is broke there is no way you can get it back . He would be like a rotten tomato if I let him leave . Just because he said he was sorry didn't mean he wouldn't do it again. He did it the first time I couldn't risk it again ",Neegan said with a look of seriousness on his face .

"I can't work with a man who killed my father it would never work ",Suarez said as he turned to leave .

"Who said I want to work with you ?",Neegan asked him looking confused .

"Then why did you call me hear if you don't want to work with me ?",Suarez asked him as she stepped back .

"I just called you so that you can enjoy the party ",Neegan said as he took a sip of his whisky and Suarez left .

"Why did you bring him here ?",Anna tur ed to loo at him.

"I don't want to talk about work right now ",Neegan said as he took her hand in his hand and started walking back to the party .

"You were a few minutes ago ",Anna said scoffing .

"Ooh you want to talk about work right now ,there can't be two players in the game one has to go ",Neegan said as his grip on her hand tighten .

"What does that mean ?",Anna asked him hoping it was not what she was thinking .

"Whatever you want it to mean ,now can we have an amazing night ?",he asked her .

"Not until you tell me what you're planning on doing ",Anna said standing her ground .

"When are you going to understand that I call the shots ? You wanna talk about business ,then lets go talk about business. Time for playing princess is over ",he said as he dragged her out of the garden.