"Strip!" He said meanwhile Havana's brain registered the command "Faint!"
"No!" Havana spoke instantly. "What!" The young man said thinking he had misheard. No one had ever said no to his order.
"You know what, I don't want to do anything with you, just want to check what I paid for" The young man explained. 'Explained!' Mr Marcelo, the young man, thought. He was explaining himself to a nobody that he paid for. First he dragged her to his room! And now this! He must be going mental.
"We're either going to do this the easy way or the hard way" The young man continued. Havana kept staring at the man with this I'm never going to do it look.
"Ah!" Havana screamed and shielded herself when he stood up from the chair.
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Priya was among the maids that saw when Havana was being dragged across the room by the Boss. "Such a slut, first day of working and she's already making moves on the boss" Priya said and her colleagues around her agreed. Priya immediately rushed to inform Brooklyn. Brooklyn was from a wealthy home but stooped so low to get a man, Mr Marcelo said he would give her a chance if Melanie liked her. It's been three years now and the girl still sees her as a common maid. Brooklyn has always liked Mr Marcelo surely she'd do something about it when she hears what Havana did.
Brooklyn received the news and wanted to march over to slap Havana instantly but she had to be smart about it. "Miss Melanie" Brooklyn called out as she walked towards Melanie's room.
"This better be serious Brooklyn" Melanie said as she opened the door, frowning.
"The new girl, the one your dad said you shouldn't use as a maid, she's with your dad in his room now!" Brooklyn said with her head down, the style which was mandatory whenever talking to Melanie.
"What! Come with me" Melanie said as she marched to her father's room. Her father had never brought any woman to his room, what made this one different.
They were both near the room when that heard a shrieking. To Brooklyn, it was more of a moan. Brooklyn, out of anger, pushed the door open and saw Mr Marcelo pinning Havana to the wall.
"What are you doing here?" He asked.
"She's with me father. A word!" Melanie said. Mr Marcelo immediately released Havana and walked towards the washroom with his daughter. Brooklyn saw it as an opportunity and started to attack Havana. "You slut!" Brooklyn said and slapped Havana, who was still dazed from all that just happened.
Meanwhile Melanie was busy questioning her father.
"Who is she?"
"She's my new personal assistant both for work and mafia duty"
"What about Theodore"
"He's got another duty"
"I don't believe you"
"I don't care. For now, it is none of your business". Havana would have screamed in shock if she overheard such a conversation. They both talked like age mates.
By the time they came out Havana was nowhere to be seen. Brooklyn understood their gaze and explained that she ran away.
Havana exited the room before she would be beaten into a pulp by Brooklyn. She thought about the events of the day, who knew such drama existed. She hasn't confirmed it first but she thinks she was sold to a mafia gang, who knows… it might have been the same gang that killed her mother, she was told to strip by a man she just met. She doesn't even know his name and now a jealous lover nearly killed her for seducing her boyfriend. She was taught from a small age that peace was everything and now, she just had to hit a train of drama. Why did her stepmother even borrow such amount of money from a mafia gang?
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The stepmother in question was at the airport waiting for her flight while talking to someone on a phone call. "I got the money!" She squealed silently to avoid suspicions.
"Finally mom, I knew you could do it. Our days of penury are over" The caller responded.
"That family was not easy to handle."
"But it was all worth it. Did you deal with their daughter?"
"She won't bother us. I sent her somewhere she'll never escape". The mechanical voice announcing the flight to California spoke after Cleopatra's response.
"I'll soon be home sweetheart."
"OK, love you mum. Bye"
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Havana was introduced to the household workers by Mr Marcelo, she later found out his name, very few smiled at her as almost all glared at her.
"She'll begin work as my new assistant once I return from the business trip till then she is a normal worker like all of you" Mr Marcelo said and left. With the way most of the people there were staring at her, she wasn't sure she'll last to see him return.