Heartless People |Book 3|

Chapter 18

"Family through and through," he repeated.

Nodding, I released the air in my lungs. "Mina fucked us all over. Now it's time you pay her back tenfold. You're going to be a motherfucking Manoban. You're going to be ruthless. Do you understand me?"

"If I hurt her, Lisa and Jen will know."

"There is more than one way to hurt a woman, Bambam. Go on like nothing is wrong. Make her fall in love with you all over again and start sucking information from her. When you have the information, take it to them. Drop it on the table and do as they ask. If Mina loved you, she would not have done this. She put your life, and everyone in this family up for her own greed. That's not love. You will come back from this a stronger member of this family."

He was silent again and I heard the bottle on the other line touch the table, as though he'd set it down.

"Thank you, Victoria."

"For what? This conversation never happened."

He snickered.

"Oh, and Bambam? I will be watching you. I trust you, but just in case, I will be watching you," I said before hanging up.

Deleting his call, I straightened myself up before walking out of the room. I walked into the dining room to find Nickhun slouched over the head of the table, completely lost in thought. He didn't even notice as the butler placed food on the table that had been set only for the two of us. It was odd being in the house with so many people missing.

"Thank you, Raymond," I told him as he left.

"Of course, ma'am," he said before he headed back towards the kitchen. Nickhun was still not moving.

"Your eyes used to fall out of your head when I walked into the room," I teased, sitting next to him.

He blinked rapidly, and picked his head up to look at me. Forcing a small smile, he took my hand and kissed the back of it. "Sorry, darling, I've just got a lot of things going through my mind. But you're stunning as always."

Taking my hand back, I reached for the peas and placed some on his plate, along with the salmon and rice. I hadn't seen him eat since last night.

"Thank you," he said, as he took a bite.

"Of course. Are you thinking about what Jen and Lisa asked us to do?"

He froze for a moment before he looked up at me.

"What? They called me a few moments after they spoke with you."

"Why didn't you tell me you knew?" he asked.

"Why didn't you tell me at all?"

"Victoria..." he sighed.

I hated when he said my name like that.

"You don't think I can do it." We were back at square one all over again.

He sat up. "Victoria, this isn't game. We're talking about breaking into the Canadian Embassy, kidnapping a fed—"

"I know, Nickhun, I read the file," I snapped as I cut into the pink fish in front of me.

"Then you know that this is too risky. We're not dealing with thugs. I'm going to figure out a plan with Hanbin—"

"If you try it, Nickhun Manoban, I will divorce you so quickly you won't even be able to finish your damn peas," I told him, as I took a bite.

His mouth dropped open before it turned to a smirk. "You're bluffing."

"Guess who got invited to, and played nice with, every top law firm in the state?" I asked, sipping slowing as he watched me. "While you were getting your hands dirty with the low lives, I've been shaking hands and smiling with a lot of fancy people. I'm not as sweet and innocent as you keep trying to make me out to be. I have a plan to get in, but I need your tech genius to do it. So we're going to do it whether you like it or not."