The Agreement

"è vero, non l'ho dimenticato(That's true I haven't forgotten.)"

He said as he lowered the gun then tossed it to the one who had spoken and he caught it in midair.

Then one of the men put the gag back on.

Elizabetta was shivering and almost dying from the cold and the fact that she had stared at death eye to eye.

The rain did not stop, instead it fell heavier and more thunderbolts ran through the sky ,one last lightning flash and she made out his features before it disappeared.

She wanted to say something but she felt she might earn another slap from him or probably another kicking from his men.

He turned around and began to walk towards his car when she began to make muffled noises.

The men pressed her down , almost touching the wet Earth whose smell drove through her nose forcefully.

"Remove the gag ." He instructed.

It was pulled down again forcefully and she quickly gulped down a handful of air.

"Who are you and why are you doing this to me?"She managed to say in a small voice which was barely above a whisper.

"You don't need to know who I am ,you need to follow the instructions that were given to you on the letter you receive during your parents' funeral. "

She sucked in sharp air. He seemed to know almost everything about her and this was another shock he had thrown her way.

Her mind hammered as she remembered what happened during her parents' funeral.

Yes, the stranger who had mysteriously attended the funeral uninvited ,was he the one standing before her?

As if reading her thought he chuckled.

"You must have seen me at the funeral. I only came to show myself to my soon to be bride."

If there was an award which was given to people who threw the most shocks ever then he probably could have won it ,an Oscar perhaps.

"Bride?" she managed to say as if the world itself was poison.

"When I said your father was a dumb ass I wasn't lying, he was supposed to have coached you on this but he was busy stealing from me and also owing me."

He shook his head.

"Who does that ?"

She sniffed as another sob tried to choke her leaving her breathless.

"I don't understand."

He glanced at his hands and intertwined his fingers, he cracked them again and chuckled sending ripples of fear down her spine.

"You mustn't understand everything even the world does it understand itself."

"But why are you doing this to me?" she repeated choking back on her sobs ."I haven't done anything wrong to you."

She continued ."if my father had done something wrong to you or stolen anything like you said ,you should forgive him. "

There was thick silence around as the rain began to pour down heavily.

"Forgiveness is out of the question,Carina."

Her eyes darted widely around her and she was able to make out the figures of men all dressed in black.

Even if she had the harbored thought of running away before ,she discarded it,it was used ,just a step and she would be caught.

"How much did he owe you." she asked ,her question threw him off balance but she earned a loud mirthless laugh from him.

"You think you are still Little Miss rich ? But if only you know that you are in the bucket of poverty you will shut your little mouth and not ask me stupid questions.

He turned to face her ."I am 100% sure that you haven't read the letter that was sent to you ."

He stood staring at her ,his feet set apart.

"$2 million then I will let you go ." He finally said.

She gasped, reeling in shock.

"$2 million." She repeated "where do you want me to get that from!"

"That's just half of what your father owed me,you will be paying the remaining half by being my wife."

Then he smiled.

"Your father owed me a great deal and as stupid as he was ,he couldn't pay back." He paused to stare at her making sure his words sank before sending another sentence her way.

"So he used you as a collateral."

He made sure he positioned himself to see the shock running wide in her eyes

It gave him immense satisfaction then he continued.

"I have the other part of the letter with me but I call it a contract." He said grinning.

"There is a whole lot you don't know but when I take you home with me,all will be revealed.

I guess you are not as dumb as your father and you'll be able to understand what the letter said once you read it, because it contains crucial information. "

Her body began to shake as he mentioned that she would be coming with him.

She swallowed painfully; this was too much for her to bear.

As far as she was concerned ,the only thing she had eavesdropped from her parents' conversation was that she was going to meet her soon to be husband and he would help raise the company from bankruptcy.

Lord knows that this was not what she planned for.

"They are various ways you can pay me and which is becoming my wife and if you behave,you will have your father's company back and I will forgive his stupidity,our marriage will be short lived and we will have a win win situation."

He walked quickly with his long legs to his car as one of the men held it open for him to get in and that is when she spoke up.

"I'm going nowhere with you." she said her voice tinged with fear .

"You can't force me besides I don't know who you are. "

He chuckled again, one of the many things which he was doing that was sending fear down her spine.

"For the info, I am Benjamin Giordano,your soon to be husband and if you try to act funny,you will be dancing with your dead father in hell."