Pranpriya
So, you're probably wondering how I was able to take down the whole Kim crew so easily. Or how I knew without a shadow of a doubt he had killed my mother. Or why.
Money.
Money makes the world go around. It really does. And I knew exactly how to put every penny my mother stashed away for a rainy day to good use.
There was no way I believed for a second, I was related to Kim—ok, maybe a small second. Or minute.
It ruined me when he pulled me aside at my mother's funeral. I knew in that moment, I would fight the rest of my life to make sure this fucker got everything he deserved.
Shannon Kim was an unexpected solider in my war against her husband. She contacted me not long after my mother died, telling me a very different tale.
It was a late Sunday night when she found me, working at some small security systems dump.
Her brown hair, same as her daughter's, shone under the fluorescent lights as she stalked my way. At a little diner, she told me everything.
"Lisa, you need to know the truth." She kept glancing over her shoulder as if she feared her husband might appear out of nowhere.
And then she told me things I couldn't make up.
"When I met Al, I thought I loved him, but he's not an easy man to love." She didn't need to tell me that.
She continued, "Your mother and I were best friends, your father and Al were business partners. Life was great, until it wasn't."
She told me how she fell in love with my father, Marshall, and how it drove Al insane with jealousy. How he wanted to ruin Marshall's life, as well as Shannon's.
Al Kim felt his power was eternal—something he no longer believes, thanks to me.
She explained how he framed Marshall for some petty crime and had him sent off to prison in Detroit.
"Here's all your father's info," she said, handing over some papers with a picture of my father.
It was the first time I had ever seen him.
I don't blame my mother for keeping the truth from me about my father; she was ashamed, and not sure what to think since she was being told lies by Mr. Kim.
"I feel like everything's my fault for loving Marshall, but I was young and stupid. I was in a bad marriage," Shannon explained, asking for forgiveness with her eyes.
"Did he love you too?" I asked.
She shook her head. "No. He was always faithful to your mother."
I almost felt sorry for Mrs. Kim; her pain was palpable.
"Al wanted to punish me and your father. He hired Hannah, and then told your father that you were his daughter."
"Why?" I asked.
She said what I already knew. "Because he's the devil incarnate. He really can't stand to see anyone happy."
"Yeah."
"The more he saw me pull away, the more he wanted to ruin Marshall." She stirred her cup of coffee, lost in memories. "Now, this was years later, after you and Jennie were both born, I no longer loved your father, but Al didn't care."
"Why did he kill her?" I asked, almost choking on the words.
"Because she found out, everything." She took a deep breath. "And she was going to expose him."
I ran a hand through my hair to keep from punching something. Anger, and hopelessness raced through me.
"Anything you need, please let me know," Shannon said before she left that night.
And, that's when the beginnings of a plan fell into place.
Al Kim's jealousy had driven him mad. And I couldn't let him get away with ruining our lives.
So, I built my empire up slowly, and maybe sometimes I didn't always have the best judgement with business dealings, but I was always one-hundred percent fucking loyal. Loyal to giving Jennie the life I knew she deserved. And punishing that dick of a father of hers forever.
There's nothing more powerful than someone in love. And I have been in love with Jennie since forever. And I'll be in love with her for just as long.
So, paying people to infiltrate the Kim mob was my first act. Next, I cut a deal with the Feds as soon as I had a leg to stand on. Then, the plan was set and put into motion. While Kim was so busy coming after me for having his daughter, I was busy greasing the wheels on an already well-oiled plan.
Keeping Jennie in my grasp long enough to do so was the hard part. That girl is a fighter. With a light inside her that will never go out. Her father tried to dim it, Kai almost did, but I'm here now to fuel it and let it shine every day until it lights the fucking sky on fire.
It wasn't easy. Took many years to get back to her, and to get to where I could take care of my princess the way I wanted to. But I'm here now, in her home, in her bedroom, on her bed about to show her all the ways I love her.
"You almost ruined everything," I whisper. My hand travels up her dress, to her silky thighs, and I trace over the lace of her soaked panties.
"No, I didn't ruin anything." She smiles, her hand tracing over my face.
"Well, you did ruin one thing," I breathe out.
"What did I ruin?"
"Me."
She leans over, our lips meeting, and I open myself to her.
I pull her to straddle my lap, and with both hands on her hip, I grind her down onto my heavy cock. "Feel that? This is how much you ruin me."
"Lisa," she moans as her body continues to grind against my hardness.
I need this. I need her.
"You've ruined me in the best possible way."
She drops her forehead to mine and trembles. "You ruined me the moment I met you Lisa Manoban. When you smiled at me under the chestnut tree, I knew you belonged to me."
My hands fly under her dress, ripping the lace of her panties to shreds, tossing it across the room.
Her eyes widen at my possessiveness, and it fuels me on.
"Let me show you who you belong to," I groan out.
"Only you."
For the rest of the night, I do just that. I show her we belong together. I make love to her over and over.
And when our bodies have calmed, I lean over and brush a stray strand of her hair from her face. "I promise you I'll keep you safe."
"I trust you," she says her eyes shining with love.
"I have one more secret," I say to her.
"Hmm," she hums.
"We can't stay here." I hope she goes for it. I hope she says yes.
"I figured."
"Pick a country."
Her eyes grow larger. "Are you serious?"
I smile. "Yes."
Her smile widens. "Ireland?"
I kiss her cheek. "How did I know you were going to pick that?" I kiss her lips. "I've already got your castle ready, princess."
THE END
