Infatuation Of Darkness

She stared down into his eyes with a sudden sadness. "But don't you deserve to be?"

With a sad chuckle, he agreed along with nodding his head. "Yes of course deserve it. It is a bit more than anyone as the head of the crime ring, the drug trafficking, human trafficking if I am not involved directly then indirectly I am, and in one way or The other, it always comes to one person that is the boss."

"H-human trafficking?" She stuttered. "Angelo..that?"

"That what?" He scoffed and paced around once again. "That is one of the ugly truth that you ignored wearing one of the finest clothes and jewellery, you ignored the ugly truth that of the life you were living. You know why you ignored them?"

She shook her head. She had no idea.

"Because you did not think of it and now that you have learnt of it happening, two things are going to happen. One; you will try your level best to stop it and to the other one, I suggest you did you forget about it and leave them there."

Shocked to the very core she stood up and in front of him. "Forget about it?" She spoke in a loud voice. "How am I to ever forget about this? That girls are being sold and bought right under my nose?"

He scoffed and mocked her further. "Says who? someone who cannot even take care of yourself and talks of bringing down a whole organised criminal business?" He pointed his index finger at her. "Sure sweetheart why not? Even if you say and I do shut down everything that I relate with, can you assure yourself everyone else in the world would do so too?"

Reality never hit harder.

Her eyes and face burn with humiliation as understood where he was coming from. It was a fact but she was incapable of taking care of herself and yet dreamed of taking a whole organisation down. Second, she couldn't even stand up after being thrown down and here she was thinking of tearing about a whole organisation which was linked with many more powerful people than her.

"You.." she shut up. What more could she say when he hadn't done anything else and stating the facts?

It was all in front of her, it was all because of her. but as she looked at her husband's form which was overlooking at at at at at at at at at the window, she realised what he had unknowingly done.

And that, first time that Alexis felt it.

*******

Alexis put herself a good cup of tea as her cousin who is sat exact opposite to her observed her keenly.

"What?" She asked taking a sip.

He shook his head. "Every day you are excited as hell to go to the dreaded office even though you have millions in your account but today that excitement in your eyes is quite dimmed." He kept his point forward and then further asked, "Did something happen?"

She smiled and then huffed. "Just something I needed."

*******

A week later...

"Appraisals are going through." Madison heard someone's whisper. "They are judging the interns this week."

"Us?" Madison rolled into the gossip. "But it's just been a week!"

The girl tsked too, "I know but the company judges you by putting you under pressure in the beginning so if you pass through it, it's a smooth flow afterwards. As in, how much are you willing to work for the company or how much time you learn something that I forgot what it was.." the girl waved her hand off.

Madison nodded thoughtfully, "Well, who's taking the papers?"

"He!" She pointed at a guy, who Madison had often seen running around Alexis's.

"Ah," she observed. Rummaging through the papers on her desk, she found the papers that she was supposed to fail but had eventually forgotten. It was showtime.

She waited for everyone to leave knowing well that Jeff was one of the busiest assistants and was the last to leave the building. So instead of working today, she had decided to follow him around and observe his habits. At last, as he sat on his desk with his hands running through his hair in frustration she felt the best time to approach to the little pill in her hand that she had had access to from the strip club.

She had taken it upon herself to take a few pills more, she owed it to herself.

Having a cup of water with the pill in it, she walked towards him with a sincere smile on her face.

"Hi, I'm Madison. One of the new interns." She introduced herself.

Jefferson smiled in return, "Hello. Aren't you supposed to be on your way home now? If you don't have work to do you should leave, it's dangerous at night." He cautioned.

"As yes." She giggled, "I was on my way to leave after bragging myself a cup of water but then I saw you and brought one for you too. Thought you might need it." She placed the cup in front of him but away from the paperwork.

She learned that the hard way.

He flashed her a quick smile, "Thank you. I need it after Drinking coffee."

"Hmm," she shimmed while laughing along. "Hydration is very important. Trust me you cannot miss out on that." She chastised him a little with a stern face making him reddened a bit and be embarrassed from it.

"I just-just kinda forgot..like sometimes I do..is it just me or is it getting hot in here?" He tugged on the collar of his shirt.

She shrugged and pointed at the bed of the hall. "Do you want to do washroom maybe? You look like you need it." And he did. He ran to it.

The door slammed shut and she heard it, she took out her paper and shuffled around to find the appraisal documents. Sliding her's in and someone else's out, she stepped back and merrily walked to the door of men's room.

She had to ensure that he would stay in her palm.

And she just knew how to do so.