Upon arriving at the mansion, Micah raised both his eyebrows in surprise as he watched a very unusual and disturbing scene unfold in front of him while Marco gasped as his eyes caught the sight of the open, unguarded front door just as he was busy parking their car at the front of the garage.
"What the hell?!" Marco exclaimed horrified.
"Justin, stop!!" Micah shouted at Justin who had just appeared from the backyard.
Justin froze, almost making himself tumble upon hearing his boss shouting his name with an angry undertone.
"Boss!.....your back!" He managed to say while catching his breath.
"Yes, I am back!! And you are going to explain right here, right now why on earth my front door is open without the two guards on duty and why the rest of you all run around the place like you have lost your damn marbles, now SPEAK or else....!" He demanded with balled fists, trying to control his flaring anger.
Justin heard the underlying threat in Micah's voice and gulped.
"Ehm well....that....that woman...your ehm well she wanted to go out into the garden boss so we had to keep her company, you know keeping an eye on her so she would not escape but somewhere something changed and well I am not sure what happened but we ended up playing children games? I don't know man and my head hurts like hell!" Justin muttered while grabbing his head in two hands.
Micah opened his mouth to say something but closed it again not sure what to answer then Marco burst out in a laughing fit and all the other men started to laugh as well....except Micah himself who became deadly calm on the outside while his insides were boiling like a hot volcano, ready to erupt in any moment...
Calmly he stepped forward, raised his arm, and let his firm hand come dien harshly as he slapped Justin across his face, to utter shock and disbelief of Justin himself and all the other men who were standing close, watching the unexpected assault on one of their own by their boss, who never had raised a hand like this, making lots of jaws drop in utter bewilderment!
Seconds passed in utter silence as Justin stared back at his boss wide-eyed. "Boss I am sorry! I...." Justin stuttered realizing he had pushed his boss's buttons maybe a bit too much...
On the other hand, Micah stood still frozen in his spot, not believing what he just had done! He had just raised his hand, in public to one of his men! What on earth was going in with him? He never had done that before so why now?! He asked himself in silence as he stepped backward, putting some distance between himself and the still-shocked Justin, who looked back at him remorseful.
"Sorry, I....!" Micah stuttered, mumbling a weak apology before stepping away from Justin. He stalked over to his still-open front door while feeling the eyes of his men burning in the back of his head as he made it inside before closing the door behind him. With a heavy sigh and his eyes closed he waited some seconds, as to try to regain some of his normal posture before he started his search for that crazy woman!
But before he could open his eyes again a loud sound coming from the backyard startled him and made his eyes shoot open widely.
He ran through the hallway and entered the kitchen where he found the cook plastered with her face against the kitchen window, looking outside. But upon seeing her boss she quickly walked back to her cooking station without saying a word while Micah pushed past her and kicked the backdoor open with anger written all over his face while looking for the troublemaker as he scanned the surroundings with his blazing dark orbs of furry.
"Oh, you are back? Welcome my dear slave, please can you give me a drink, I'm thirsty!" Came the loud voice from Snow who lay on a sunbed in the pool butt naked, to his shock!
Micah stopped in his tracks, eyes bulging, beside some other body parts of him who also bulged at the sight of Snow naked in his pool...
"Snow, if you don't get your ass out of my pool in the next two minutes, I swear to God!....you will regret the day you were born!" He gritted out.
Snow rolled her eyes back at him.
"You think you scare me? I already despise the day I was born so you better think of something else to treat me with, my slave!" She hissed back at him, not moving a fingernail to his utter annoyance.
Micah's eyes grew even wider at her insubordinate, disrespectful demeanor towards him as he contemplated what on earth to do with this woman who for some still unknown reason always found a way to crawl under his skin, but he came up with a blank head until behind him he heard footsteps approaching and he looked briefly over his shoulder to see who it was....
"Mama! What are you doing here?" He asked super surprised to see his mom up and fully dressed standing behind him on the arm of Ricardo as she stared at the naked woman in the pool with a surprised look.
"It is also my house Micah and why is there a naked lady in our pool?" She returned the question.
"Shit!" Micah cursed under his breath while turning back to the pool where Snow looked up at him smiling sultry.
"Is that your mama? She is pretty, are you not going to introduce me to her?" Snow asked while batting her eyelashes innocently.
Mica walked back to the chairs where he spotted a towel and walked back with it in his hand.
"Get out, NOW!" He barked while holding the towel up for Snow to grab as she got out.
With a dramatic sigh and another one of her famous eye-rolls, Snow climbed out of the pool and stood nose-to-nose with Micah, who cursed his body's reaction, especially his dick which grew within seconds to rock-hard steel at the close proximity of Snow's hot body.
"Well, Micah, who is this beautiful lady?" Anastasia asked curiously.
"She is the guest" Micah curtly replied with tight lips while signaling with his eyes to Snow to keep her mouth shut, making her smirk.
"Ah okay, so what's your name my dear? I am Micah's mother!" Anastasia introduced herself to Snow while shaking her hand.
"You may call me Snow, that's what your son calls me so, what's your name?" Snow replied with her eyes plastered on Micah's annoyed-looking face.
"Snow? What an unusual but beautiful name! Well, I did not know we had a guest but welcome, for how long are you staying?" Anastasia asked while grabbing Snow's arm for support as both women started to walk towards the seating area with Micah following close behind, not trusting Snow with his mother!
"Micah be a dear and ask the cook for some refreshments so I can get to know your guest" his mother then asked as they sat down.
"But mama...!" Micah started but Anastasia put her hand up to stop him.
"No buts, just do it, and then come join us, please! I've been stuck inside for far too long and I feel good today so please don't spoil things for me ok!" She replied making him sigh while shaking his head, realising he lost this battle.
With one last warning look in the direction of Snow, he went back inside the kitchen and asked the cook for some drinks and snacks while brainstorming on a punishment for Snow which he would give her later that night, for all the havoc she had created during his absence and for her behavior towards him.
While waiting for the cook to finish the goodies, his phone suddenly started to ring without stopping, making him slightly frown.
"Unknown number?.....hello, who is this?" He answered the call wondering who had gotten his private number.
In the meantime the cook gave him the plate with snacks so he quickly switched the phone to his earpiece so he could start walking.
As he went outside, the only things he heard in his ear were the sirens of the emergency services, like the police, and ambulance, and in the distance the sound of the fire brigade. As he put down all the stuff he carried on the table, he opened his mouth again to ask who it was when an unknown man's voice finally broke the sound of the sirens in his ears...
"Put your tv on!" Said the man's voice making him frown.
Micah walked over to the flatscreen they had outside and put the TV on through his remote and the screen lit up.
"Put on the news channel" came the next order to which he reluctantly but also somewhat curiously obliged.
The moment the channel with the news came on, they all watched the scene on the TV that looked like a scene from an action movie.
"What is this who are you and why do I have to watch the news?!" Micah asked bewildered.
A cold chuckle came from the unknown man in reply making Micah's stomach flip.
"This is what you get if you mess with the wrong people Santorini! Remember just in case for next time!" The man warned emotionless and then cut the call.
"Boss!" Marco's voice suddenly came from behind Micah.
"What?!" Micah replied a bit harshly, still confused about all the mysteriousness surrounding him.
"Ow, I see you already know! My condolences Don! I know you and your father were good friends with him!" Marco muttered with a sad expression on his face, confusing poor Micah even more than he already was!
"What are you talking about Marco, which friend?" Anastasia asked with a slight tremble in her voice.
"Sorry, Dona I assumed since you all were watching the news that you knew! Anyways, uhm...I just received a call that there was a huge explosion in Carlos Pawn shop downtown and uhm....well Carlos...Carlos didn't make it!" Marco explained the horrific, ongoing scene on their TV.
"What?!.....NO!" Micah gasped as he sat down on a chair behind him with his hands in his hair.
"I'm truly sorry! Boss, we'll get to the bottom of this, don't you worry, when we find out who is behind this we will make sure HELL is ready!!" Marco stated before turning around, leaving Micah and his mother behind in utter shock and disbelief. Snow watched Anastasia start to cry. Micah spotting his mother's distress, crouched down in front of her, trying to comfort her as his own eyes also glittered with unshed tears, making a foreign feeling start to creep inside Snow's cold heart.....