Chapter 1

EDITH TINAYE CHAWASEMA

The sound of my office phone ringing pulled me out of my trance. Can't a girl get some rest around here?I sighed frustratedly and picked it up, waiting for the person at the other end to speak.

'Miss Chawasema?',

'Yes?'

'Someone is here to see you',

I pinched the bridge of my nose and readjusted my spectacles. Damn Lolo for going on a vacation.

'Mollen I told you to cancel all my appointments for today. '

'I did ma'am . He didn't make one but he is insisting. '

'Then send him away.' Instead of Mollen's voice responding,a male voice replied.

'Miss Chawasema.' God. It was a rough ,deep voice that spread over me, leaving goosebumps in it's wake. I cleared my throat and composing myself said ,

'Yes?',

'I won't take much of your time'.

JESUS. This was a voice made of sin.

'I'm sorry sir but I'm not seeing any clients today. Please come back on Monday,I will be sure to see you then.'

I heard him sigh on the other end.

'I'm afraid l do not have that much time on my hands. I need to see you now'.His voice had gotten firmer and commanding.

'Im sure l can refer you to one of our good lawyers. They are sure to help. '

'I don't want them. I want you. 'His words were not meant to be anything but a professional statement that he preferred my services,but poor horny me felt his words vibrate in my belly, leaving a pool of unwanted heat. I cleared my throat. AGAIN. I couldn't get a reputation that l turned away clients now could l?Besides,l was curious to see the face behind that baritone voice. So , instead of sending him away like l had planned to,I said

'Could you please give Mollen the phone?',. After a moment Mollen came back on the line.

'Yes?'

'Molllen, could you please escort the client to my office.'

'Sure thing ma'am'.

'Thank you'. I replaced the phone . I fixed myself to be presentable and waited for the knock. When it came, I replied with my business tone , telling the person to come in. The door opened and Mollen appeared first then she moved aside to let in the most gorgeous species of men my eyes had ever set sight on. There were three of them.One was wearing denim black jeans ,white sneakers and a black shirt, short sleeved, with the top three buttons undone. He was tanned such that he appeared brown. He was at least 5'9 ,with a lean build. And he was on his phone. Rude. The second guy was wearing a blue tracksuit with white sneakers. He was much like the first guy, except he was paler in complexion. And the third guy.Mother Mary. I literally stopped breathing when l loooked at him. He was at least a head taller than the other two and more bigger and buffier. The navy blue suit he was wearing almost could pass as his second skin with the way it fitted his person. And he wasn't smiling. Great. Nothing l hated more than dealing with aggravated clients. Seeing as l was the only one with a runaway mind,l pulled my business look on and seeing how tall they were,remained seated. I hated standing with tall people,they always made me feel so small and l was already short.

'Greetings. How may l help you?',The tracksuit guy spoke up first.

'Listen ,we need your services like now. Out brother is in jail and we want him out. 'I just continued to look at him. What happened to manners vele?Like just a simple ,hello how are you?

'Did you just hear what l said?Don't just sit there starring. You need to get to work now. 'He was glarring at me now. I sat back and leaned on my chair, totally unruffled.

'Listen Mr..',I let my sentence trail off so he could finish it.

'Abate',he said,his eyes sending daggers at me.

'Mr Abate,you came to my office on a day that l wasn't receiving clients. Then you tell me you want,no need ,my services. After I ever so kindly make an exception and admit you into my office, without so much as a greeting,you start making demands. I do not tolerate bullshit from anyone. Now if you don't mind,see yourself out the door. I'm sure there are other firms that can tolerate your attitude. 'He clenched his jaw and was about to say something when the suit guy touched his arm and gave him a look. He huffed and trodded out of the office. Good riddance. Suit guy turned to me and extended his hand. It was a large hand . Very manly and had a thumb ring.

'My apologies Miss Chawasema. Forgive my brothers. It's nice to make your acquaintance. 'Aaaah l see. The owner of the voice. His physicue surely fit his voice. I extended my hand to shake his. Mother Mary. My eyes widened in shock as soon as our hands touch. My small hand was swallowed by his large one and God,did it feel good. I glanced up to see a surprise reaction on his face too. Pulling my hand away,I cleared my throat and gestured for him to take a seat. He looked back and took the phone from the denim guy. Denim guy rolled his eyes and sat down,suit guy following suit.

'Nice to meet you. How may l help you?',

'Please allow me to introduce ourselves. My name is Killian. These are my younger brothers, Rafael,the one outside,Alessio is the one sitting beside me and we have another brother,Roberto. He is the one in prison and he is the one who needs your help'. Four brothers. Guess the reason he had an alpha aura was because he was the oldest.

'I hope I will be able to help. What are we dealing with?', Alessio took a cigarette out of his denim and put it in his mouth. I raised my eyebrow at him and he rolled his eyes, standing up to go outside. Rude bastard.

'Mr Alessio be advised no smoking is allowed inside the building. '

'I was going to go the fuck outside ',and banged my door on his way out. I had a half mind to throw them all out of my office by now. Killian must have noticed the annoyance on my face because he quickly said,

'Please bear with my brothers. They are all on edge you see. Things are rather topsy turvy right now. ' I sighed and looked back at him, our eyes meeting. My heart hammered against my chest. He had small eyes and they were black. Ink black such that they reflected purple and blue at intervals.They looked queer and a little haunting. Great. To add to his height ,the guy had intimidating eyes. I hated being intimated. Refusing to pull my eyes away,l said,

'What is your brother chammed for?', he sighed , rubbing his well shaven chin and leaned forward, clasping his hands in front of him,in a prayer like posture.

'Murder ,arms dealing,theft and possession of illegal drugs. 'My eyes widened as he listed off the crimes . Hy Grail. The brother was in deep shit. Were they gangsters or something?.

'Umm. Okay. How much evidence are we looking at?',

'Lets talk being caught red handed. ' Fuck. There was no getting out of this. I could feel my brain spirelling , trying to find a way out.

'So what exactly do you want me to do Mr Abate?. I can't perform miracles. If he was caught red handed then there is little anyone can do to help him. He is going down for a long time. 'He stood up frustratedly. He paced about my office for a while before he faced me again.

'They told me you are the best. What l need you to do is get him a light sentence. As light as you can get it. Money is not a problem. I will give you as much as you want. Can you manage that?', I looked at this gorgeous man in front of him. Did he think l was some angel that could make miracles fall from heaven?But what the hell?. If l crack this one,it would be good for me and the firm. Plus the family looked rich. I could milk them . It would be payaback for their rudeness.

'Mr Abate,what you really need me to do is in but l will do my best. Can you take that?', He looked at me unblinking,those black eyes fixated on me as if looking for answers. I felt my air supply being cut off and a heat pool in my lower belly. Jesus. Just a look and I'm aroused? I need to get laid. My hormones are probably on a rampage.

'I will take it Miss Chawasema,' and the way he said made me feel as if l had just signed a deal with the devil.

KILLIAN ETTORE ABATE

She was a beautiful woman. Enchanting. Daring. Dangerous. Dangerous in the sense that with one look ,she got my cock raging. By the time l had taken a seat in her office,l had already been as hard as concrete and my hard in kept on growing when she showed me her feisty side with that sweet voice. An angel in armour. She was on the thick side with a heaving bossom that l had found calling my attention quite a number of times . Her face was round with small ears ,a cute little nose , little ears and small teeth. Really almost everything about her face was small. Not counting those round big eyes that were so mesmerizing l couldn't look away. They looked almost golden ,with a ring of blue around them. And her skin. Fuck. I had an urge to lick it. Everything about her was screaming,fuck me and l had no desire to deny her. If it hadn't for the fact that l needed her brains ,l would have hit on her but l couldn't ruin the only chance we might have in helping Rob. I passed two cars as l overtook them ,slow motherfuckers. Rafael was still sulking because of earlier.

'Stop sulking . It's not cute. ' . He huffed.

'I'm not sulking. She insulted me. 'I rolled my eyes.

'You finally found someone to tell you off about your childish behavior and you say she insulted you. 'He looked at me ,mouth open.

'Killian come on man. Me ? Childish?. Dude. 'He leaned back',Guess I'm just used to people running around like headless chickens when they see us and she was just calmly sitting there. She didn't even get up to greet us. ' We both chuckled.

'I don't really see what's so funny about that. If we were back home..?',Alessio said from the backseat and I cut him off.

'We are not home . '

'So what did she say?Will she get Berto out or what?',

'Getting Roberto out will be fucking impossible. '. Rafael slumped in his seat and then moved to hit the dashboard angrily.

'Fuck. So what now?',

'She is gonna get him a lighter sentence.

'Can't we bust him out or something?', l understood his frustrations well. We had always been tight even as kids .

'We can . But then he will have to spend his whole life on the run from the law . I don't want that for him '. None of us said anything after that,each lost in his thoughts.

It had been two days since my visit to the lawyer's office and there was still no word from her. I was getting frustrated. I was never a man of much patience. It took every restraint in my body not to call her and demand answers. Right now l was planning to go meet with the officer in charge where Roberto was being held before the trial. If l gave him some money l was hoping he would make Rob's time there a little bit of pleasant.

My phone rang in my office and before l could get to it ,it had left a missed call. It was a new number. I frowned, wondering who would possibly want to call me . I called back and it was picked on the third ring.

'Mr Abate. 'Her voice rang over the phone, igniting an instant response from my cock. Ah. It was my little angel. I smiled.

'Miss Chawasema'. Her voice was clipped and cool . Professional.

'I went and talked to your brother yesterday . Quite frankly,the state doesn't have that much evidence in him. ' My heart skipped a beat, hope flickering.

'Does that mean..?', she cut me off.

'That we can get him out? I don't know. I called to ask if you wanted him out on bail'. I paced around the room.

'But my lawyer said bail was out of the question. I ..', she cut me off again

'Mr Abate,I'm not whosoever you are talking about . You hired me and I'm trying to do my job. Now answer my question'. Feisty. I felt my cock twitch.She had no idea who she was talking to . If only if she knew many had died for talking to me like that. But l will let it slide since she had to get Rob out.

'If you please. '. I said gently.

'Great. I will file for a court session. You did say money is not a problem right? It's gonna be a hefty sum. '. I smiled.

'Don't worry about the money. ' And the line went dead just like that. I looked at my phone chuckling. Alessio strode in chewing an apple.

'What's got you chuckling on your own?,' he asked in between a bite.

'I had a call from the new lawyer. ' He plopped on my black couch and spread his long ass legs.

'So what? She agreed to be your booth call or something?', l gave him a pointed look.

'She wanted to ask if we wanted Rob out on bail.'

'Fuck yeah we do', he said, his face lighting up. Rafael must have heard our conversation because he walked in saying,

'Wait. I thought Chilufya said bail was out of the question. What changed?',I gave him a side smile.

'Apparently she is called the best for a reason. '.

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