As they reached the casino, the loud sound of the music made Daniella's skin shiver. The bass thumped in time with her heartbeat as though they were one.
This place was not new to her; she had been here three years ago. This was the first place she went after her heart broke, the place where she earned her first million and where she met her friend Scott.
Three years ago.
The trumpet band in the casino was playing a piece of whimsical music yet the musicians bore explicable exhaustion.
Standing in front of them was Daniella with the whiskey glass in her hand. A 20-year-old woman with a curvy body caught most of the eyes in the casino, whether it be the women or men all of them were mesmerized by the look of innocence on Daniella's face.
"Hi, are you alone?" Daniella turned by the sound that resonated in her ears.
Her eyes were met by a middle-aged man in his black suit , with just one look she knew that he was the man with money and power, the aura lurking around him was ruthless and scary but she was no bunny to be scared and with that a smile full of innocence was plastered on her lips.
"Yeah " she stepped one closer to him and lay a hand which had a huge ruby ring on her middle finger on his chest "I was looking for someone to play poker with me but they won't take me serious" she flashed a sad innocent smile on her face and it made the man eyes sparkled with excitement.
"Come with me, I will play poker with you."
Daniella stood next to him. When she felt his hand on her behind, she blinked and moved ahead.
That night she played poker with three men and all of them lost to a 20-year-old girl with the face of an innocent sheep.
"Miss. Follow me please. My boss wants to speak with you " from staring at her card, Daniella looked up and saw a hulk-like man looking down at her as if she was an ant.
She got up followed him quietly towards her ending.
When she entered the room at the end of the hallway on the second floor of the casino the man left and asked her to get in.
And so, she did only to find a man which seemed to be the owner of the casino and another man on the floor lying with his mutilated body.
Daniella rose an eyebrow , she looked at the man on the floor his blonde silky hair glowed with a reflection of light from the fireplace while his huge body was full of bruises which had turned into purple, a normal woman would shiver at the sight of that but she was no normal woman.
"What am I doing here?" she asked coldly shifting her sight casually to the owner sitting on the leather black couch by the window.
The man smirked "I lost millions because that idiot couldn't fight," his head shook "I will give you the money you've won but first " he once again smirked.
"Strip"
Daniella flicked her eyelashes because of the oppressive tone he used, she shifted from one foot to the other, slowly moving closer to him with her face as cold as the cruel winter. Her hand reached for the zipper of her dress on her back and slowly unzip it.
When she halted in front of him, her dress fell on the ground and she was left with nothing but her underwear while her body reflected in his twinkling eyes.
She moved her body and settled on his lap , her hand went to his hair - pulled it seductively and dunk his face on her chest.
The man did not struggle at first he even put his hands on her waist and let his hands savor her thin waist but as time passed his position became suffocating, the air in his lungs slowly faded and to survive he needed to breathe.
But Daniella didn't move she even sunk his face deeper into her b.r.e.a.s.t making sure that no air would come to his nose.
The man fought by hitting her side but she didn't let him go.
When his hands slowly dropped to his sides and he was weak and almost unconscious Daniella let him go and pressed him on the couch.
"You will give me my money or I will come back here and blow out your brain."
Then she got up, picked up her dress and put it on.
She took the cheque she found in the drawer when she handed it to him, the man barely had the energy to sign it
So she forged his signature and jammed the cheque into her bra.
As she walked towards the door the man on the ground was looking at her with pitiful eyes.
She gave him a quick glance and her heart throbbed for a moment, even with the distance she was still able to see some of his memory and its mostly about the fight he recently had.
Before she held the doorknob, Daniella turned to the owner.
"I will bring him with me " she said and walked towards the blonde man.
She grabbed his wrist and helped him get up and then they left the casino and never came back.
"What's your name?" Daniella asked the blonde man.
"Scott " the man replied in between his coughs.
"Alright Scott, you are now my bodyguard. I won't let you fight in the ring again but when the time comes and my life is at risk you shall come to my rescue and save me."
"Are you alright?" Daniella's eyelashes flickered by the sound in her ears. Turning her heard at the voice source, she found Evan staring at her with a worried face.
She nodded with a faint smile on her lip, "yes. I met Scott here so this place holds a place in my heart."