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When Kai got back to her bedroom, she found Paris getting dressed up. She was putting on a moss green colored blanzer on top of the black crop top that she was wearing. The skirt she was wearing was the same color as the blazer, making it a good combination. As for the boots, they were the same color as the crop top.
She left her platinum hair down as usual, but this time she braided two strands of hairs, connecting them together to the back of her head, making it look like a small braided crown. She looked stunning. Too stunning actually.
"Where are you going?" Kai couldn't help but to ask as she closed the door behind her back, coming inside of the bedroom.
"I'm going to take Pearl out. She seems to be a little down these days, so I think she needs to take some fresh air." Paris answered, spraying some perfume on herself.
Kai lifted her brows, a little surprised to hear this. "At this hour?"
Paris turned around to face her before saying, "It's only eight in the evening. It's not too late."
"And where are you guys going?" Kai was curious to know. She sat at the edge of the bed, staring at Paris who was now adding some mascara to her long eyelashes in front of the mirror.
"I'm taking her to the 'Happy Bar' to drink a little, so she can free her mind from any worries she has." Paris replied calmly, finishing the 'natural look' of her makeup.
Kai was quiet for a brief moment before she spoke again, "Why wasn't I invited?"
Paris turned back around and saw Kai with a sulky pout on her face. She couldn't help but giggle softly, finding it quite adorable. "Don't put that face, Babe. The reason why I didn't tell you to come along was because I know that you come tired from those long meetings you have with your father. I imagine you are too exhausted to even get dressed up to go out."
Kai couldn't object to that because Paris was actually right. Whenever she works for long hours at the company, she will be too drained to go out on dates. She would prefer just staying home and chill than to go out and exhaust herself even further. "You know me so well."
"Of course I do." Paris rolled her eyes with a little smile.
Kai let out a short laugh and extended her arms towards Paris. "Come here. Give me a hug. I need to recharge before you go."
The smile on Paris' lips broadened as she got closer to Kai and embosomed her. "You're so spoiled. Are you allowing me to go then?"
Kai nodded in response to this. Her face was buried on Paris' abdomen, inhaling the sweet scent of her body mixed with the perfume. Paris smelled so good and intoxicating. Kai tightened the hug, not wishing to let go of this petite waist in front of her. "You're so sexy and that's dangerous. Be careful out there. Don't let any man or women flirt with you at the bar, okay? You're only mine."
"Don't worry, I won't let that happen. I'll try to be back as soon as possible." Paris caressed Kai's head gently with her nails.
"Mn, okay. I'll be waiting for you." There was a pause before Kai added, "By the way, why is Pearl feeling down lately? Did she really went home like she said?"
Paris was silent for a few seconds, not knowing how to respond to this. She thought of what to reply carefully before speaking, "She did went home. I think she is just sad because she is worried for her grandparents who are getting old. It's normal, I guess." This was obviously a lie, but Kai didn't know and believed it.
"Make sense." Kai sighed, lifting up her head to meet eyes with Paris. "Take good care of her, and don't get too drunk."
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Pearl and Paris arrived to the 'Happy Bar' around ten thirty at night. They were currently at the long front table of the bar, trying out some drinks together. The owner of this place was close to Paris, and allowed her to do whatever she wanted whenever she came to visit them again.
Paris liked preparing the drinks the most since she used to work as a bartender here, and she was quite a professional at it. She made a few drinks for Pearl to try before she sat down on the stool beside Pearl, to drink her own glass now and enjoy the loud party music that was resonating in the background.
Pearl had also come dressed up too. She was wearing a long sleeved, salmon colored crop-top, and a white loose skirt. Underneath the short skirt she wore long white socks that reached to her thighs, revealing only a small part of her smooth skin. Her shoes were a pair of white converse that matched with her entire cute outfit. And her curly black hair was down with no accessories on.
"Do you feel a bit more relaxed after coming here?" Paris asked, taking a sip of the cocktail from her glass.
Pearl nodded quietly with a soft smile on her face. The smile still held a hint of sadness, but it was definitely more genuine than the others she has shown to Paris recently.
"Would you like to dance after we finish our drinks?" Paris lifted her brows, smiling back.
"Yeah, I'm in. That would be fun." Pearl replied with excitement and downed her drink in one go. She was willing to dance the stress away.
Tonight, Pearl was going to make sure to enjoy it to the fullest. Period. There was no use in crying everyday. Now that she was here, she was not going to waste her time feeling depressed. She needed to try to cheer up.
"Thank you for bringing me here, Paris. You're seriously the best. I'm sorry for making you worry all this time. I'll try to enliven myself tonight." Pearl told Paris sincerely.
Paris lifted a hand and shook it. "There no need to mention it. I'm your best friend after all. I'll always do my best to cheer you up when you're feeling down."
Pearl could finally feel a little bit of joy despite of her broken heart.
Paris finished her own drink too and got off the stool. She opened her mouth slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but a vibrating sensation interrupted her abruptly.
She gazed down at the pocket of her blazer and took out her cellphone. The screen turned on, showing her the message that she had just received:
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I just arrived. I'm at the back
of the bar just like you told
me to. I'll wait for you here.
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Pearl tilted her head to the side, seeing Paris' expression shifting slightly while staring at her cellphone with full attention. Pearl couldn't see the screen from where she was standing, but Paris seemed to be more serious now after checking her phone. "Is it Ms. Kai?" She wondered.
Paris turned off the screen of her phone, placing it back into her pocket before responding, "Yeah." She lied. "Kai seems to be little worried because I'm here without her. I'll go to the bathroom to call her since it's too loud in here. I'll be right back."
Pearl laughed slightly hearing this. "Haha, I guessed right. Boss loves you so much that she won't leave you alone. Alright, take your time. I'll be right here."
Paris nodded and walked away.
She went to the back of the bar where there was a door that led to an empty hallway. This part of the bar was usually always empty, unless there was someone who wanted to go to the bathoom, then they would have to cross this hallway to reach it.
Sometimes people would come here to makeout too, but those were rare occassions that didn't happen that often in this bar. It was mostly a party place as a whole. Only people like Paris dared to break the rules, but that was in the past of course. There's no need for those dirty deeds anymore since she belongs to the mafia boss now, who she loves unconditionally.
The hallway was quite dim, and it was difficult to see things from far away. Paris had to squint her eyes to finally spot the silhouette of the person that she was looking for. Her footsteps accelerated as she approached that tall figure that was leaning against the wall, waiting for her to come.
*THUMP!*
The loud sound of a punch reverberated through the hall. Paris had launched towards the person, sending a blow to their face, knocking them almost to the ground mercilessly. The person had let out a painful groan, holding themselves up against the wall.
"This punch is because you tricked me so many times!" Paris blurted out furiously, clenching her fist tighter and lifting it up again.
*THUMP!*
Another forceful strike landed on the same cheek of the person, causing them to squirm and crouch to the ground while holding their swollen face that was hurting terribly.
"Aagh! Fuck!..." This person growling was no other than Venus.
"And this punch is because of what you did to Pearl!" Paris gritted her teeth as she twirl around her wrist, alleviating the pain from her knuckles.
Venus stood up slowly, leaning against the wall again while massaging her cheek. Her breathing was heavy for a while before it settled back down.
She accepted all those blows straight on because she knew that she deserved them. She had long ago acknowledged that she was not a good person. And she has gotten accustomed to the pain. It was not the first time that someone has hit hard her on the face, and it didn't matter to her anymore.
Venus licked the blood that was forming at the side of her lip before she spoke in a calm manner, "Are you satisfied? Or do you want to hit me one more time?"
Paris furrowed her brows more. "I would like to hit you ten times, but I don't want to waste my time with you. Let's just get straight to the point."
"Alright." Venus sighed while crossing her arms, waiting for Paris to proceed with the conversation.
Paris took out her cellphone from her pocket, and turned it on. She went directly to her gallery, searching for the picture that her uncle had sent her the other day. Once she found it, she showed the phone screen to Venus so she could see the image for herself.
"Those two are my deceased parents, and the two children are me and my brother." Paris explained. "The leader of the major family seemed to have been close to them based on the picture. Do you know anything regarding to this?"
Venus examined the picture for a while with narrowed eyes before she lifted them to stare back at Paris who was standing in front of her. "No, I have no clue. And I don't think that Kai knows about it either. This is probably something that my uncle has been hiding away from everybody."
Paris rolled her eyes in depair. She was hoping for Venus to know something about this matter, but it turns out that nobody knows about it other than her own uncle who contacted her the other day and the leader of the major family.
She clicked her tongue irritated and pointed out, "I got this picture from my uncle who contacted me a week ago. He told me that he knows the story behind it, but that I have to pay him ten thousand dollars for him to spill out the truth to me. I don't know where to get all that money because I don't have it. I also can't tell Kai about this because she'll definitely go against me." There was a brief pause before Paris added, "Since we both made a deal, then can you please help me pay some of the money? I'll try to return everything to you when I can."
Venus breathed out heavily through her nose, still with her arms crossed. She perked a brow, scanning Paris from head to toe as she thought about her response. "You brought Pearl with you to the bar?"
"I did. Just like you requested on the call we had." Paris replied. "Are you going to help me or not? You told me that you would help me with anything if I bring Pearl to you tonight."
Venus gulped down dryly and finally agreed. "Fine, I'll help you with the money. You don't have to pay me back. Just leave that to me."
"Great." Paris put away her phone and continued, "Just so you know, I still don't trust you at all. Just because I told you to help me, doesn't mean that I want to be your friend. But I want to believe that you're the only person who can help me with this matter. You hate the main family and I don't trust them anymore. It's a mutual feeling we have of revenge. I hope you're not planning to fool me again this time."
Venus shook her head and spoke more sincere than ever. "Don't worry, I'm serious this time. I'm not playing around when I say that I have feelings for Pearl. Since you took your time to listen to me on the call and you also brought Pearl here, I'll help you until you find the answers you want to hear."
Paris narrowed her eyes, resting a hand at the side of her own hip. "How can I be sure that you will really help me and that you're not lying to me?"
Venus snorted, shaking her head with a smirk. "I don't know what you want me to say to prove to you that I'm not lying. But if this helps relief your doubt, then let me tell you this. I have never seen that picture that you showed to me earlier, but I have seen your mother's picture before."
Hearing this, Paris' eyes widened slightly. "What do you mean? Where did you see her before?"
Venus closed her own eyes, resting her head against the wall before she opened them again with a long sigh escaping from her mouth. "I've seen your mother's picture in my father's office."
Paris' pupils shrank even further with that. "What else have you seen?" She asked in a demanding manner.
Venus clarified, "Nothing else. But I have the feeling that my father has something to do with this too. I'm also curious to know the truth behind this. That's why I'll help you. I'll try to figure it out. Once I do, I'll also inform you."
Paris nodded with knitted brows. "Okay, then."
Things were more complicated than what she thought they were. Now the leader of the minor family was also involved with her family too. What type of secrets where they all concealing in the dark?
"Now that we have talked things through, can I go see Pearl?" Venus asked while running her fingers through her blonde hair, flipping back some strands of hairs that were sticking onto her sweaty forehead.
"Yeah, go ahead. I'll go to the bathroom to call Kai in the meantime." Paris was about to leave but she halted her steps and turned back around to face Venus with a frown. "Let me give you a warning. If you dare to hurt Pearl again, I'll make sure to pull out your eyes so you won't be able to see her ever again. Got it?"
Venus raised her hands in surrender. "Got it, got it." She watched how Paris turned and left to go to the bathroom, not uttering another word to her, vanishing in the darkness.
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Venus searched around the bar, trying to find Pearl who was supposed to be somewhere here. Her heart was pounding rapidly by how excited and nervous she was to see her again. It has passed a whole week since she hasn't seen Pearl's face, and all she wanted to do right now was embrace her in her arms.
A week of waiting felt like a year of affliction.
Days without Pearl felt like days in an endless abyss.
Venus has to admit that she can't live without Pearl. She needed her in her life.
Pearl is like a fallen angel that was sent to hell to meet a devil like Venus.
A devil that doesn't deserve to be forgiven, but the angel still extended its hand to lift the devil up, and forgave her sins again and again.
No matter how many times the devil hurt the angel, the angel still choose the devil over everything else.
Deep inside, the angel always knew that the devil had feelings, and saw the bright side over the dark side.
The fallen angel fell in love with the devil. And the devil fell in love with the fallen angel.
Venus was starting to grow frustrated, seeing that Pearl was nowhere to be found. She has been searching for at least five minutes now and she still couldn't find a trace of her. She swore to herself that she was going to curse Paris out if this all turned out to be a lie from her and Pearl had actually not come at all.
She swiftly ran out the front doors, exiting the bar. She was now at the parking lot in front of the building, glancing at her surroundings carefully and with hope to find the person she has been eagerly waiting to see again.
It has been a week of sleepless nights without Pearl. Days without eating properly. Hours of crying non-stop. There was even times where Venus would subconsciously prepare two plates of food, just to later realize that it was a waste and that she would have to eat the other plate all by herself.
This was tormenting her. She couldn't handle it no more. She really needed to see Pearl tonight to be able to relief that distress, at least just a little. At least just a few minutes. Please. Please! She'll beg if she has to! She would do anything!
'Where are you, Pearl?' Venus repeated in her head countless of times until she heard a familiar voice in the distance.
"I said let go of me!"
This was...
It was Pearl!
Venus widened her eyes at the sound of the voice. She turned around and dashed towards the direction where it came from.
"No! Stop it! Don't touch me!" Pearl yelled as loud as she could. There were three unknown men trying to force her inside of a car!
Pearl was kicking and punching them with all her strength but there were three men against her. No matter how badly she was hurting them, they still didn't give up. The defense skills she learned as a bodyguard felt a little useless now that she was in a perilous situation like this.
It was three burly men against one woman. It was not fair at all!
"Come on, bitch. Just stop struggling. Let's have some fun together at my house." Said one of the gross men chasing after her.
*BANG*
The resonating sound of a gunshot echoed in the night sky, frightening all the men in the scene at once. They all let go of Pearl and turned their bodies towards the noise.
"How about you all go fuck off your moms?" Venus spoke in a calm manner, but there was obviously a hint of indignation in her tone.
The pistol in her hand was pointing towards the sky earlier, but now it was aiming towards the shameless men in front of her.
The other hand was buried inside of the pocket of her white ripped jeans. Venus always wears white. Like a wolf hiding in sheep's clothing. At least this time, she decided to wear a red button shirt. Something different for once. She was looking smug but attractive. A woman who could literally kill you in less than a second.
"Venus?" Pearl uttered stunned. She didn't know if she was dreaming, but if she was, she was hoping to never wake up again.
"Who the hell are you?" One of the men asked as he backed away a few steps. He was almost peeing his pants by how terrified he was.
Venus perked a brow. "You really want to know?"
*BANG*
Another gunshot thundered in the air. The bullet landed on the ground, near where that man was standing. If he didn't peed his pants before, then he already did this time because they were soaked.
The sneer on Venus' face widened as she saw the terror in the eyes of those burly men. "I'm your worst nightmare." She said with a truly psychopathic expression.
"AAAAAAGHHHHHH!"
The three men screamed at the same time and fled away towards different directions, fading away in the distance. One of them even tripped while he was running. Hahaha!
They didn't have any weapons with them, and thus, all they had left to do was to run away like chickens. They obviously didn't want to be shot to death, and instead, they chose to be cowards.
Those men were burly for no reason. Didn't they know how to fight just earlier? Where did all their courage go to? Their high-pitched screams sounded worse than a woman's. How shameless of them! Fuck off!
"Are you okay?" Venus asked Pearl as she slowly approached her. Putting away the pistol inside of the white purse that she brought along with her.
"..."
Pearl didn't answer.
She only ran fast.
Really, really, fast.
As fast as she could.
Until she could reach Venus.
She threw herself forward. Wanting to be tightly embraced by those warm arms and never be released again. Never ever again. This was her real home. Where she belonged to.
"Don't let go. Hug me a little longer." Pearl sobbed as the tears betrayed her for the hundredth time.
Venus couldn't keep it in anymore and she also broke down as she tightened the hug between them, letting it all out. She buried her nose on Pearl's curly hair, wanting to be consumed by that pleasing scent that the other carried. Pearl smelled just like a peach.
They were a crying mess.
Tears were flowing like a river.
And the sky was filled with thousands of dazzling stars that surrounded them.
"I'm sorry, Pearl. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for everything that I have done to you. I don't deserve you." Venus choked on her own tears. Her breathing was shuddering.
Pearl shook her head aggressively. Her face was pressed hard against Venus' chest. She was clutching the other's shirt from behind so firmly, as if she was afraid that Venus was going to disappear at any moment.
"Don't say no more. Just kiss me please." Pearl pleaded with those glistening brown eyes. She lifted her head to face Venus who was a few inches away from her lips. Their warm breaths were brushing against each other's cheeks.
Venus didn't waste another more second and she leaned down, slowly closing her eyes in the process. As soon as their lips met, she could feel her entire body heating up like if she was having a high fever. She held onto Pearl's chin, pulling it down as she deepened the kiss.
Pearl parted her moist lips slightly, allowing Venus' tongue to plunder inside of her mouth. That smooth tongue slithered like a snake, licking the other's tongue in so many lewd ways. Their mouths didn't seem to want to seperate as they opened and closed in a slow rhythm.
They smooched for a long while before Pearl pulled away first, feeling completely out of breath. They both gasped out, and panted in unison, pressing their foreheads against one another. Their chest rising and falling. Everything felt just like a dream, but it wasn't.
"Can I ask you something?" Pearl asked in a breathy voice.
Venus nodded, "Mhm."
Pearl, "What are you doing here?"
Venus fell into silence as she thought about her answer before she replied. "It's a long story. I'll explain to you everything when there's more time, and when we are alone."
Pearl understood and didn't ask no more. She was just glad to have Venus back in her arms again. Even if it's just for a brief moment.
"Can I ask you something too?" Venus asked this time.
"Yeah..." Pearl mumbled.
"What were you doing outside? That was really dangerous. Do you know what could've possibly happen if I wasn't here to help you?" Venus sounded worried. She really cared for Pearl and she feared that people could harm her.
"I went out because I wanted to take some fresh air. I didn't know those men were following me until I was finally outside and they started attacking me all at once." Pearl explained briefly. She stared into Venus' emerald eyes, getting lost into them just like if it was a galaxy.
Venus let out a sigh before saying, "Be more careful next time, okay?"
Pearl nodded.
They both embraced each other once again, not knowing when they will be able to do it again once they separate after this. They wished that time could stop so that they could hug forever. But that was something they could only wish for.
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Author's Note: We have unlocked another kiss scene between Venus and Pearl in this chapter!💋 [How was the chapter guys? I hope you guys enjoyed it so far. Stay tuned for more chapters ahead!]