The Story of Blood and Roses Chapter 68

["Excuse me for following the orders you gave me, sir . I thought that it was my duty and obligation to do whatever you ask me to do . YOU are the boss, not me . I'm not good with these games that you seem to love so much . Do me a favor, let me work in peace and follow your orders so that my work can meet the expectations that you seem to have of me . I'm clearly lacking in the department much like your other employees; who seem to be utterly careless with how they work and let things slip . " I breathed after that . I had already spoken too much, but it didn't mean that I was done yet . I would get the backlash, anyways; I didn't give two shits about what would be the consequence of my lashing out . "That reminds me . . . it was your very own employee who slipped up and led you to be caught up in this mess . "

"How dare you," he said with his hands awfully close to his thighs . I wondered if he would pull out his gun and point it at my head if he got any angrier . His face showed the fury that he was feeling and I didn't care . I could imagine that I wore the same expression as he . "Leave, right now . " I stood up but stared down at him . His fingers drummed against his thighs as if to try and calm himself down, I somehow came to appreciate his self-control, but wanted the sick sense of satisfaction in being able to give the last blow .

"You should consider doing a more thorough background search of the people you appoint before you let them into your inner circle . " His face contorted in rage . "Alec was obviously not a good choice and I think you know that . "

"Maybe I shouldn't trust everyone who walks into my house demanding a position . " I had been walking away with my back to him before he spoke the words . I bolted around as I absorbed the words and realized that they were directed at me .

"I wouldn't be surprised if Alec was working for Darcy . Keep your eyes open, Anthony . You never know who might stab you in the back and twist the knife so painfully that you can't think of anything else but the pain . " With that, I turned to leave again . He, not wanting to lose the heated argument must have gotten up on his feet as I perceived from the sound of his feet brushing against the floor .

"Thank you for your concern, Mia . I think you are the one in need of a warning, not I . Enjoy your time alone in the guest room and finish the work assigned to you . I want the decoded message in the next half an hour . " I heard the sound of his feet that grew fainter with each step and with a sigh walked away . The conversation had led us nowhere, but I was sure that it established the faulty relationship between the Boss and me .

That would become a serious problem and the others in the mob might refuse to look up to me .

Too furious to ponder on it for long, I let the thought slip and entered the room that I was lodging in and worked on the codes in silence . I must have scared off half the employees because every one of them seemed to avoid me . Even Anthony seemed silent when I approached him with the decoded sheet of paper .

The information was more of a paragraph and it made no sense whatsoever . Someone had copied the codes wrong . THAT, the Boss refused to believe .

As pissed as I was, I silently kept listening to his barks and ill-tempered nonsense . I ground my teeth together to keep from speaking as he lectured me on how I should never put the blame of my own mistakes over someone else's head . I didn't object to a word he said because I knew that the codes had been wrong when they were copied down and it hadn't been my fault at all .

Then, he questioned my loyalty . Something in me ticked .

I was there on a mission, and I would do anything and everything to get the information, but his insult forced my blood to boil . I could feel a sarcastic smile playing on my lips . I think the moment he said that I would fucking betray him someday, I got this sense of righteousness . The moment was a perfect irony . He was a man speaking the truth, the ultimate truth of his life for all I cared, and it was amusing as to how he was clueless that I would be the one to ruin him .

My loyalty to him, at that moment, was the most loyal I had been to anything or anyone . And he had questioned that . It offended me, but I pushed back the feeling because I had nothing to be offended about . I was a faithless vagabond who killed and cheated for money . I was a common criminal . I was no different, but I was surely more dangerous than most of them could ever imagine .

"Thank you for all the compliments you have bestowed upon me . Calling me a faithless gangster makes me feel satisfied with my lifestyle . " At my sarcastic comeback, he pressed his lips together and I saw his hands ball up into fists from the corner of my eyes . I snickered softly, making him glare openly at me .

I loved every moment of it . ]

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