?THE
MASKED
MAFIA?
(His Shy Spy…)
By; Sommy Pearl F.
CHAPTER 77&78
Rhoda sniffed quietly and broke the hu-g.
With a glare, she faced Ariana.
“Even though, we’ve reached a certain compromise,,, I still hate you and Malcolm will still be mine very soon” She blurted and walked away.
Ariana sighed.
“As for Gilberto,,, Be ready for war” She whispered.
Ariana went back home and entered her room, the usual way. She climbed the walls with the aid of the strong and long curtain.
When she finally got to the window, she jumped in.
***
Mimi laid on the soft mattress. Her face was up and she had a bright look on her face.
Her memories of the ki-ss she had with Ken came back and a soft chuckle escaped from her li-ps.
She tou-ched her li-ps and smiled the more.
THE NEXT DAY**
Mas-sILLERE, FRANCE**
Mr Paulo and his wife, Lina went outside from their mansion and the Lexus car before them, rewinded down.
“Mr Paulo? Mrs Lina? You called for a chauffeur” Kev exp-osed in view. He spoke in fluent French.
“Yes. You’re the one, huh?” Mr Paulo asked.
“Yes” Kev smiled.
Mr Paulo nodded and entered after his wife did. And at once, he zoomed off.
Another car came into the scene and halted, immediately Kev left.
The driver walked out and calked Mr Paulo.
****
“Hey! Are you calling me?” Mr Paulo asked, looking at his ringing phone.
“Excuse me?” Kev asked, confusedly.
“Pick it first” Lina whispered.
Paulo nodded and accepted the call. Then, placed it on loudspeaker. written by sommy pearl f.
“Hello?” Paulo said.
“Sir…It’s me”
“Who?”
“The chauffeur you called for. I’m waiting outside”
Kev swallowed ha-rd, nervously but kept driving.
Paulo and Lina exchanged fearful glances.
“Who are you?” Paulo whispered, taking his phone down.
Kev quickly stopped the car, snatched the phone and smi-rked at them.
“You caught me already. So fast” He scoffed.
He threw a round object by them and quickly wore a mask.
“What’s this?! Let us out this instant!” Paulo commanded.
The ball made a fizzing sound and it started emitting strong white gas.
They coughed and fanned their faces, covered their noses and mouth, tried opening the door but nothing could be done.
After inhaling the toxic gas, they pas-sed out. Kev rewinded the glas-s, and quickly took off his mask.
“Gosh!” He inhaled de-eply. written by sommy pearl f.
He started the ignite and drove away.
FIRST GALLARY**
“Cindy!” He waved.
Cindy smiled and walked up to him. She was wearing a light furred black gown with a light blue scarf over her ne-ck.
She wore black heels to match. Her eyes was covered with designer glas-ses. She applied tone powder and her li-ps brightened red.
Kev was dressed perfectly too. He had the front side of his hair gelled up. He wore a deluxe suit and black polished shoes to match. On his collar, was a polka dot bow tie.
“How did it go?” She whispered at him.
“Good” He smiled, and brou-ght his arm forward.
Cindy hesitated before linking her arm with his.
“Lets go in” He for-ced a smile as they both walked in.
“What about the real Paulo and Lina?” She asked.
“I kept them in somewhere safe. I’ll rele-ase them when this is over” He replied.
***
“You’re the Mr Paulo?” A lady smiled and brou-ght her hand forward.
The lady was with her husband.
“Yes” Kev smiled, and held her stretched which he pec-ked.
Cindy stared.
“Oh my. You look younger and handsome than I heard you to be” The lady chuckled.
“And this is…your wife?” The lady smiled, looking at Cindy.
“Yes…She’s my beloved wife, Mrs Lina” Kev held her close to his side by her shoulder and her eyes blinked, a hundred times.
“Nice to meet you, Mrs Lina” The lady said, and pec-ked the 2 sides of Cindy’s cheeks.
“I’m Mrs Sarah and this is my husband, Sean” The lady introduced.
“Huh…” Cindy whispered.
“She said,,, She’s Mrs Sarah and that her husband, Sean” Kev whispered against her ear.
His li-ps tou-ched her ear and her whole body vibr@ted.
“Oh” She whispered and shrugged herself off from him.
“Nice to meet you, Mrs Lina” Sean held her hand up and ki-ssed it.
“What’s this?” Cindy spoke in Korean.
“Let’s go. My wife nee-ds fresh air. Have fun” Kev waved at them and they left.
“Why did you ki-ss that lady’s hand? Why did her husband do that to me too? Her wife even ki-ssed the sides of my face” Cindy said, and tou-ched her cheeks.
Kev stopped a waitress and collected the glas-ses of red wine from her. written by sommy pearl f.
A lot of people were inside the gallery discussing, eating, drinking, standing, walking and so on.
He gave one glas-s to Cindy who drank it slowly.
“Actually,,, Thats how they greet or comfort people. Thats all I know” He muttered, drinking his wine.
Cindy blinked at him and looked at him de-eply. She swallowed ha-rd when she remembered the girl who she saw crying. Kev had pec-ked her hand also.
Kev finished the glas-s, looked at her and caught her staring at him. She didn’t still take her moody eyes away.
“What’s it? Is there something on my face?” He asked touching it.
“No…” She shook her head.
“Kev?” She suddenly called.
“Hmm?” He responded.
“Once,,, I saw you in the hospital. You came to visit someone. Or was I wrong?” Cindy whispered.
Kev looked up briefly.
“Oh…Harley? Why didn’t you say ‘hi’ when you saw me?”
“I…didn’t know it was you. Sorry” She lied.
He nodded.
“Its fine. That day, I came to your office but they said you were on duty. I didn’t want to disturb you”
Cindy lic-ked her lower li-p.
“Kev?” She whispered.
“Huh?” He looked at her.
“Who’s Harley?” He asked.
“She’s my student. She’s actually from France” He chuckled.
“She can speak Korean too” He added.
Cindy inhaled de-eply.
“What happened to her? Why was she admitted to R-breeds?” She asked.
“She…suffered from domestic violence from her mum. I always comfort her when these things happen. But don’t worry,,, Harley and her mother are in good terms now…thanks to me” Kev smiled, pointing at his che-st.
“What to do. I really misun-derstood him…Because of my act,,, my feelings for him went away just like that” She thought. Her eyes were already w£t.
“What’s wrong? Your eyes…Do you wanna cry?” He asked, surprised.
She sniffed and shook her head.
Kev sighed in relief.
“I’m sorry” She suddenly whispered.
“What?” He looked at her, puzzedly. His brows raised.
“I’m really sorry” She whispered.
“Why?” He asked.
“For everything…” She whispered and suddenly hu-gged him.
Kev swallowed ha-rd.
THAT NIGHT**
IN THE CAR**
“Finally! We got it!” Cindy chuckled, raising the painting high.
She noticed the quietness and looked at Kev who was de-ep in thoughts and very far away.
“Kev? What’s wrong? Kev?? You o-
“Cindy?” He quickly looked at her.
“Huh?” She asked.
“I keep thinking about it” He rushed his words.
“What?” She blinked her eyes away.
“The hu-g. Why did you hu-g me then out of the blue? Why were you sorry?”
She blinked gently and nervously, then kept the painting at the back.
“Actually,,, I saw you with Harley then. I thought you both were dating cause you ki-ssed her hand. I was jealous and angry. It caused my feelings for you to wither…I’m sorry for misun-derstanding you. I hu-gged you cause I was just emotional”
Kev smi-rked.
“Actually,,, Cindy…I like you. I always liked you. Ever since, Malcolm introduced you to me. When you smiled at me the first time, I felt my heart beat differently. I’m really in love with you, Cindy. If you can give your heart one more chance to beat back,, for me…. I’ll gladly love it”
Cindy swallowed. She was speechless. Her eyes just stared de-eply at him. written by sommy pearl f.
Kev sighed, held her face and gulped. Cindy saw his se-xy adam’s apple shake.
She ti-ghtened her fist, swallowed ha-rd again and could see Kev’s li-ps coming to her for a ki-ss.
SEOUL, KOREA**
Ariana quickly stood up and ran to open the door. The knock was really a violent one.
Mr Chadwick bursted in. He was fuming.
“Where’s he?! He hasn’t even been picking my calls! Malcolm gotta explain all this mess he created and he had better clean it up” He ranted.
Oliver and Ken who was seated walked to him. Rhoda just sat down on the sofa, still.
“Where’s he?! Aren’t you his so called girlfriend?” Mr Chadwick barked.
Ariana, Oliver and Ken sighed de-eply.
“Actually,,, Malcolm disappeared” Ariana murmured.
“What!”
TBC