Before Maya could process what was happening, Antonio slammed his lips onto hers, lifting her off the ground, her leg entangling with his torso.

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His hand traveled to her @zz, and he gave it a little squeeze, earning a little Mõ@ɲ from her.

Antonio groaned in pleasure against her ear, and that sent goosebumps all over her body.

He grabbed her hair and kissed her hungrily.

This time, Maya was reciprocating his kiss, and she couldn’t deny how good his lips felt on hers.

He was sucking every part of her lips, devouring everything, and she could feel the alcohol’s taste on her lips.

Was he drunk? Hell no, she needed to stop him, and she tried to release herself from him, but he was too strong.

She might be a cop and have learned martial arts, but her ski||s couldn’t match his.

He kept kissing her, and the only thing that popped into her head was what she did…

She bit his lips, and blood oozed out! he dropped her and looked at her.

“Jeez! What the hell did you fûcking do?” he asked, and Maya looked at him.

“You’re drunk,” she pointed out, and Antonio laughed ecstatically.

“You think I’m drunk? Huh! I’m drunk by your love. If only you could just remember me, Maya.” Antonio said and walked to her, every step he took made Maya’s heart skip a bit.

Was he going to rape her? Oh no?!

He grabbed her and pulled her into a fûcking hug, and his head fell on her shoulder,

She knew right that instant that he had fallen asleep right in her arms.

“Please! Remember me, Maya.” He muttered in a low voice, and this was the first time he was saying her name right to her face, and she couldn’t deny how good it felt in her ear.

Maya managed to push Antonio into his bed, and she fell with him! her lips made contact with his again, and she gasped.

She shouldn’t be doing this, and seeing how close he was, she wouldn’t lie! he was amazingly handsome, like a Greek god.

And just then, she began hearing the loud thump. Her heart was beating fast.

No, this shouldn’t be happening. It can’t be happening.

She got away from him and used the duvet to cover him, then pulled his shoe off his leg, leaving the sock on.

“Your sweet stranger.” she heard Antonio say… Was he sleep-talking now?

And did he just say “sweet stranger”? Images of a young boy began playing in her head as she remembered how they met for the first time.

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*Hey! What’re you doing here?” she asked when she saw a young boy sitting alone in the park.

*I just want to be like those children, the way they run around and laugh, I want to be like them, but I’ve been ripped out of it.”

*Why do you say that though, didn’t you come here with your parents?”

*I don’t even know the feeling of having parents, I have a father, but… you know… I shouldn’t be telling you this.”

*Why?” she asked.

*Because you’re not my friend.”

*Then let’s be friends?” she asked.

*Friends… I… Sure we can be friends.” he replied, and Maya smiled.

He quickly got the signal and he stood up…

*I have to leave now, I hope our paths do cross again.” he muttered, and before she could say anything, he sprinted off.

*I didn’t even get to know his name, huh…?*

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But why does his face have to look so blurry? She couldn’t see his face clearly, and she gripped her head, trying to remember anything, just anything.

Maybe fate didn’t want her to remember anything, but she knows she was talking to someone, someone she was addicted to.

She looked at Antonio and wondered why he always told her to remember him. Did they have a connection before? Had they met?

But why isn’t she remembering anything?she stare at Antonio one last time before leaving his room.

✧✧✧✧

HELLFIRE MOB*

Hellfire sat on his throne, a golden mug in his hand, as he sipped from his drink.

Scent entered and bowed to him, and Hellfire nodded.

“The men from South Sudan have finally agreed to work with us ! all we need to do is strike,” Scent informed, and Hellfire chuckled sickly.

“I think luck is finally shining on me, and I won’t miss this opportunity for anything,” Hellfire said, taking a sip.

“Don’t let anything go wrong, Antonio can’t overshadow me now, and if anything goes wrong, you’ll be to blame for it, because I won’t spare your life.” Hellfire muttered.

“Sure, boss, everything is in order. Antonio has already entered into the lion’s den and there’s no escape route for him.” Scent said.

“What about the dancer girl?” he asked, and Scent told him some things about her.

“Interesting,you can leave.” he said, Scent walked out.

“It’s finally time to pay that grumpy devil a visit.” He looked at his stomach, his expression thoughtful.

✧✧✧✧

LION HELL CLAN*

The party was still going on, but Maya chose to enter her room, she got to her bathroom and stripped herself naked.

She entered the bathtub, and the warm water with a little touch of milk made her feel relaxed.

Her mind was currently racing with many unending questions.

Had she and Antonio met before?

And why did her heart skip a beat earlier when she was so close to Antonio?

Those questions kept running through her mind, and she didn’t have any answers to them.

Emily had told her that she forgot her memory when she was growing up, but she didn’t pay much attention to it back then.

How did she have a memory loss?

It was driving her crazy, and she submerged herself deeper into the water.

✧✧✧✧

NEXT MORNING*

The gang finished having their breakfast and went to prepare for the mission.

Vinegar entered Maya’s suite and saw her lying on the bed.

“Hey!” she called, and Maya looked up. Vinegar went to sit on her bed.

“What’s wrong with you?” she asked, touching Maya’s body.

“You’re f-__-king hot. Gosh, you have a high fever,” she said.

“I drowned myself in the bathtub last night… and I got cold! I catch the flu.” She coughed and sniffed.

“Oh.”

“What does it mean when someone’s heart skips a beat when they’re close to a person, a guy?” Maya asked, and Vinegar widened her eyes.

“In most cases, it means you’re in love. Your heart skips a beat when you see the person you love! Wait, don’t tell me you’re in love.” Vinegar said, and Maya shook her head, then coughed.

“You’re getting it all long! I can’t be in love. I despise the person. ” Maya muttered.

“You’re in love with him, but your hatred for him won’t let you notice the hard truth, you’re in love.” Vinegar grinned happily.

She can’t be in love, God d@mn it! She refused to believe that…

“Haha, I got you.” Maya laughed.

“What?” Vinegar asked,

“I decided to trick you.” Maya said.

Before Vinegar could react, Maya sauntered away.

✧✧✧✧

MINUTES LATER*

Antonio emerged at the exterior and converged with the others who were awaiting his arrival.

They were all equipped with their ammunition, poised and ready to proceed.

“Is everyone prepared?” Antonio inquired.

“Yes, Don,” they responded in unison.

“Excellent, let us depart,” Antonio muttered, and they promptly commenced boarding the two vehicles.

The cars departed instantaneously.

✧✧✧✧

The convoy headed towards the designated meeting point, a remote location on the outskirts of the city, surrounded by bushes and giant trees.

Antonio’s team was set to exchange a shipment of weapons with a group of men from South Sudan, unaware that they were actually working for his arch-rivals, the Hellfire gang.

“This location is quite fishy,” Jerry said, and Spider nodded in approval.

Antonio clicked on his comms device.

“Rocco, are you on standby?” he asked.

“Yes Don!!.” Then, he disconnected and connected to Vinegar.

“Vinegar, where are they?” Antonio asked.

“They will arrive in a few seconds,” Vinegar muttered, and Antonio turned to see their car approaching.

Three cars stopped before them, and the men alighted. Jerry carried the bag and walked towards them.

After a thorough search, they allowed him to approach their leader.

“Here’s the bag! our goods are never fake. You can check it,” Jerry said.

The gang leader gestured to one of his men, who confirmed the authenticity of the weapons. Then, they handed over two bags of money.

“Pleasure doing business with you,” the leader smirked.

Jerry opened the bag, and his eyes widened.

“It’s fake cash, Don!” he exclaimed. Almost immediately, they were surrounded by men who were very huge.

Antonio’s gang suddenly drew their guns, aiming at them.

“You stand no chance against us. We’ve promised our godfather that we’re going to triumph over this mission and eliminate the Almighty Legendary Devil,” the leader laughed, and a bloody battle ensued.

Jerry pulled out a small knife he had hidden well and slashed the neck of the man who came for him. He immediately grabbed the gun of the dead body and began $h00ting, taking each one of them down.

Antonio hid beside the car, then emerged to $h00t four men in quick succession without missing his target. Rocco, well-hidden behind the trees, ki||ed them one by one in the dark.

“f-__-k!” Pussycat exclaimed, bringing out her rifle. Minnie immediately bent, and Pussycat began raining bullets on them.

“$h|t!” she cursed when one of the men shot her, but that didn’t stop her. Empty bullet casings were dropping on the ground, endlessly.

“d@mn it!” Antonio hissed when his bullets finished. He threw away his gun and brought out two daggers from his pocket, launching himself at them and slashing anyone who came his way.

Blood kept splashing from left to right.

Skylar was firing her arrows ski||fully, ducking when an arrow was fired at her. She quickly regained her balance and fired two arrows at once at the person who had fired at her. They hit the person’s heart before he dropped dead.

Swords clashed as Spider and Speedy used them to fight their foes.

Spider shoved her sword into one of their bellies, and blood splashed on her face.

Speedy used her sword to cut off one of their heads. The head rolled into the bush.

✧✧✧✧

“Now this was what they call fight.” Maya said, and Hotdogg looked at her.

Vinegar had actually brought her here, knowing she would be bored alone in the mansion. Maya was determined to avoid a repeat of the ‘Spider incident’

She was watching how the bloody fight unfold on the screen before her.

Vinegar chuckled.

“The mission isn’t over now.” Hotdogg said.

“I’m sure Antonio would come out victorious.” Maya said, and her eyes widened when she realized what she had just uttered.

Was she praying for his victory?

She was supposed to be wishing for his downfall, but what the f-__-king hell is happening to her.

She couldn’t even watch him in danger! she didn’t want him in danger..

At this point, she knew she was going insane.

Her eyes was spiraling into chaos. Her eyes remained fixed on the screen.

✧✧✧✧

Antonio and his gang finished taking down the men from South Sudan.

As they were about to get into their car, another car stopped abruptly in front of them.

It took about five minutes before a golden pair of black boots emerged from the car.

The figure screamed ‘Danger!’ and ‘Fire!’, and his aura sent a menacing fear down their spines.

The air was thick with tension, and the puff of smoke hit them right in the nose.

Antonio turned, his eyes fixed on the figure.

Those fûcking scent… How could he forget the scent that had turned him into what he was today?

He got down, a slight smirk on the corners of his lips.

“Huff… You did a great job, bravo bro,” the figure baritone voice said, releasing a wild, loud laughter.

The laughter was loud, and it went deep!!

So fûcking deep into Antonio’s skull.

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