Taken By The Mafia Lord

Perhaps, she shouldn't have told her mother the truth, but by the time Penelope texted her that Daniel wanted them to get married, she lost it.

How could Daniel think of such a thing without discussing it with her? Does she want to get married to Daniel?

Of course, not!

Women were still underrated at this age and Natalie's dream was to become a doctor, not Daniel's wife. She wanted to make history with her discoveries and make progress in the health sector. She wanted to make life easier for humankind.

But then, Daniel could never understand because he was a selfish bastard. He only wanted her for himself and never once asked what she wanted. He doesn't know her likes and dislikes because he never asks and just assumes.

However, it all has to come to an end. She was not going to marry him. They had different views and ambitions. Sure, opposites attract, but until Daniel supported her ambition instead of suppressing her, they would never attract.

With anger boiling in her veins, Natalie stomped over to her mother in the living room and told her the truth concisely. Honestly, Natalie thought that she got her temper from her father, but that was only because she had never seen her mother angry.

Her mother hardly got angry, no, she never got angry and she could finally see why. Because as soon as she told her mother of Daniel's plan of getting them married, Natalie could have sworn that the woman's eyes become fiery orbs like that of a furious dragon - except her iris wasn't slited

She barreled down in the direction of the study room, startling Penelope in the middle of her spy work. She watched her nervous friend try to come up with an excuse for her action, but her mother was not in the mood for one and faced both men in the room.

The words that left her mother's mouth were unkind and shaming and Natalie felt for Daniel at that moment. Perhaps, there could have been a better way of settling than this chaos. Natalie hated violence because it resulted in bloodshed and bloodshed led to death. Her duty was revival, not ruination.

By the time her mother was done with her verbal explosion, Daniel was as pale as a corpse and her father had to hold her off from engaging him in a fight.

Natalie didn't need to be told what to do, she moved and grabbed Daniel's hand, pulling him out of there. She was guilty, but so was him. Perhaps, this would break all ties between them - it was a blessing in disguise.

It wasn't until they were outside that Daniel was able to rouse from his thoughts and Natalie pulled away from him, a gesture he very much noticed and was displeased with.

"You should have told me," Natalie faced him, "Marriage huh? This is the twenty-first century for crying out loud, I had a right to know!"

"Would you have agreed if you knew?" Daniel asked her, challengingly, "Would you have agreed to marry a nobody like me? A gangster?" He spat out every word her mother had used on him viciously.

"Your status doesn't matter here -"

"It does matter," He cut her off with a hiss, "Your family made sure to remind me of that," He laughed wryly, "I'm not good enough for you, princess,"

He called her by that title to mock her,  taunt her, Natalie knew it. But she didn't know how to explain to him that none of those things mattered to her. Natalie could only run her hands through her hair in frustration.

She just doesn't feel that way for him, no, Natalie was not going to lie, she liked him a little. The past days Natalie had been with him showed her the man beneath the surface and there were some positive traits in Daniel. But then, he was too intense for her.

A relationship doesn't only require feelings to survive, it needs balance on both sides. It was not going to work with Daniel always making decisions for her. Natalie had dreams and visions too.

"But do not rejoice quickly princess, because this is not the end," Those were the last words Daniel told her before taking his leave.

That night no one was able to sleep a wink because, for the first time, her parents fought. But that was nothing compared to the days ahead. The tension was thick ahead and no one could move freely, afraid of starting another quarrel.

Her father in question drove away the men Daniel put in their place, claiming his business with the man was finished and right now, they were nothing but spies for the bastard.

Their departure date was moved up, however, they all forgot something, Daniel was not done with them.

A note from Daniel arrived a day before their departure and his intention was as clear as day.

Daniel wanted her else he would ruin their father's career.

If Natalie thought her parents' fight was bad, it became worse when that letter to the extent her father even hit her mother.

Her family was falling apart and it was all because of her. Natalie knew that she couldn't sit around and watch Daniel destroy her family like this.

She planned to run.

That night, when everyone was asleep, Natalie picked the essential things she needed and was about to leave when something or someone stirred and Natalie was shocked to discover that it was Penelope.

She grinned at her, "You think I'm going to let you embark on this adventure all by yourself?"

Natalie was dumbfounded, however, she quickly scowled, "No, you don't know what you're doing. This is dangerous, Penelope. Daniel would always search for me and I wouldn't put you in danger like this."

However her friend was stubborn and shook her head, "I've already made up and you can't do anything about it. Fuck Daniel. We are going to run to where no one else can find us, just the both of us, two best friends and live happily ever after. So are you game?"

Natalie looked at her hard and just when Penelope thought she was not going to give in, she took her hand,

"Fine, the both of us, forever, "

They made a pact.