Chapter 112 - Protecting Her

Somewhere on the earth. 

A tall and built man opened the gates to the two-story house which appeared like a normal residence home for a typical white-collar employee. 

"Welcome back boss!" He greeted his boss who had come after a long time. 

"Where is he?" The boss asked without bothering with the pleasantries. 

"In the basement," he replied. 

In long strides, his boss walked ahead of him. Sigh, his boss was a tall man, even taller than him, so it wasn't a big deal that he was walking faster than him. However, the ferocious expressions on his face sure were a big deal. 

If he told boss now that his prey hadn't opened his mouth yet, he wondered what kind of barbarity he would have to go through this time. 

The normal-looking house from outside wasn't so normal from inside as well. Men were positioned inside the house as if it was a military base or something similar to that. 

Taking the hidden elevator, they reached the floor which was hidden from normal eyes. Everywhere one could see computers and hackers engaged in cyber wars. This place was everything a hacker or cybersecurity enthusiast could ever ask for. 

Taking another elevator, they reached the forbidden place. A place where only the boss or his trusted men were allowed to enter. And those trusted men couldn't be more than four people including him. 

"Chan?" 

"Yes, boss?"

"Have he uttered a word yet?"

"Nothing. He is a freak, I tell you. All the torture has no effect on him. Even the psychological test results came unsatisfactory. Our men are still working on making him utter the truth." 

Whenever he would assume that this time the man that his boss had chained in the cell would give up, each time he would be amazed to see the willpower of the man. 

His boss was a crazy man and no one knew it better than him. However, the man chained inside the cell was crazier than his boss. He didn't care about anything at all. 

Even when he was bleeding from every possible place, he would just show that toothless evil grin. 

In short, the man locked inside was a freak. Such people shouldn't be left to roam on the streets at all. 

Noticing that his boss wanted him to not follow him inside the basement, he stopped outside the door, gesturing everyone else to leave too. 

Was Boss finally going to end the freak? 

He shrugged. It was good. He wouldn't need to keep him alive anymore. It was a big headache to rip open his skin only to bandage it later. 

...

A scent of iron entered his nostrils as he (boss) opened the door. The room was dark with no window or door other than the one he entered through. Just a not-so-bright bulb was flickering. 

Lorenzo's bloodied body was sprawled inside the cage. He was grunting and moaning in pain and why wouldn't he be? The sick motherfuckers had done a job on his body. Yet, he believes that they all copied all the methods of his signature torture! 

He grinned when he noticed a pair of expensive Italian loafers approaching him. 

If Lorenzo could, he would have placed both of his hands on the back of his head and watched the scene in pure amusement. Sigh, only if he could. As much as he knew, his bones were broken, wounds still bleeding. Though they fed him some medicines to keep him alive. 

Even if they didn't feed him medicines, he would have lived. These kinds of people couldn't kill him. He was Lorenzo. The Lorenzo. Even if he failed to protect him, he knew the Bastardo called Alessandro would save him even though he was the reason why he was stuck in this mess. 

When the approaching person(Boss) stopped in front of him, only then did Lorenzo speak to his visible dark shadow. 

"So, you are the boss!"

"I told your dogs that you will come begging to me for answers but they didn't believe me."

"You are finally here, aren't you?!"

The grin on Lorenzo's face was telling how he could never be wrong. 

"I'm finally here," the boss then said in a husky tone. "Just like you anticipated."Pausing for a moment, he continued," Won't you look up to see who has come for you, Uncle Enzo?"

As the words sank into Lorenzo's head, he looked up with a jerk. The amusement from earlier was time from his face. He was looking at the person standing high and proud, with sheer horror. 

"H-how…"Lorenzo stuttered to voice out his thoughts. 

"You want to ask how I am alive?" He asked with a smirk dancing on his lips.

Lorenzo could very well see that smirk along with the green emerald-like eyes shining even in the dim light. Although one couldn't see the other side of his face, one side was enough for him to guess what the other looked like. How could he forget this person? The person he killed with his own hands back then? 

Then standing in front of him was no longer the tall and lanky boy. He was a grown-ass man. Or dare he say he had an intimidating aura too! It wouldn't be wrong to say that his aura could easily suppress the one emitted by Alessandro although both emit pure bloodlust. 

"You are not him," Lorenzo shrieked like a mad man like he sure was. "I killed him. I killed him. How could you be alive?! You are a ghost!"

"A ghost?" His lips tugged up to form a smile. "Sure, I'm a ghost. A ghost who has now come to life just like you. Aren't you dead in records too? Why can't I come to life as you did?"

"You faked your death?" Realization hit Lorenzo. "You faked your fucking death. You rascal! You deserve to die. I will kill you! I will kill you again! I will never let Penelope's spawn live again! I will kill that bitch she had left behind too!" All of a sudden, he started laughing. "I will kill her too. Nobody cares about her. Not even her father--"

Before Lorenzo could say anymore, a knife came flying, piercing his ear in the process. "Who said nobody cares for her? I came for her, didn't I? I found her before that bastard. And Lorenzo, if I hadn't come, do you think I would have stolen you right from my father and those kidnappers' noses? They planned and plotted for years to capture you in vain. In the end, they lost you to me. You know I would have let them take you, kill you or hell even forget my own revenge if they hadn't touched my sister. But they touched my bottom line. My family is my bottom line. I never attack anyone but if they attack my family, I ruthlessly erase any trace of them from the face of the earth. And the same would happen with them and that Bastard who unfortunately is my birth father." 

"You can't kill me…"Lorenzo was mumbling to himself crazily. He was so in shock that he couldn't differ true from fake. 

"You can't kill me…"

"I'm Lorenzo. The Lorenzo. Nobody can touch me."

Even when he left the basement, Lorenzo still was mumbling these words. 

"Boss?!"

"Where is Ace?" He asked Chan. 

"He is on duty tonight since Logan is on leave."

A frown marred his perfect forehead as he heard what his subordinate said. "Then, who the hell is protecting 'her'?"

"Boss, Ace, and the rest of the boys are on duty to protect her," Chan said. He knew how protective his boss was of 'her'. If something like even a small scratch came to 'her' while on duty, he couldn't fathom the punishment that the boys would have to go through. 

"Is she alright?" He asked after a little hesitation. 

Chan understood what must have happened. It seemed like he had pissed her off once again. And why wouldn't she be pissed off? He had not gone to see her in nearly two months. No wonder, she refused to talk to him. Hell, she even forbade everyone from taking his name. 

"She is fine. She didn't say anything about you. But someone else is anxious to meet you," Chan said, breaking out in sweats. This time if he went back without his boss, that someone else would never talk to him ever again. And he wouldn't be able to bear that. 

A smile blossomed on his lips as he understood who Chan was talking about."Tell that special someone that I will be back soon. Very soon,in fact." 

"I will, boss!" With this said, Chan left. 

He looked up before rubbing his face on his palms before mumbling. "I wonder what you will do if you know what I have done? Will you try to understand my point of view or leave me for better this time? Whatever your decision will be. I hope you will give me a chance to come clean.. I can't deceive you anymore, Ali."