Chapter 1: Chapter 1

ZERO

"Zero...please give me a chance... I made a mistake-"

"A stupid mistake." I cut him off softly as I stared down at the snivelling man with disgust. 

He is covered in his own blood thanks to the good work of my men. He tries to crawl forward towards me, extending his arm trying to grab my leg. He never made it. 

Instead a piercing scream fills the air of the large warehouse as I choose to crush his hand with my leg instead. With his hand under my leg, I lower myself down slightly, causing him to scream louder.

"Please..." He gasps. "Spare.. Me..."

"No." I say coldly. "This is what you get for double crossing me. For thinking you can sell drugs on my territory. I told you from the first day when you joined us, we do not touch drugs, women and children."

Fear seeps into his eyes as I extend my hand. My right hand man, Nic, places the gun in my hand. I aimed the gun at his head.

"Now, goodbye."

He whimpers but I do not even hesitate. The gunshot rings through the air and his blood splatters on to my face and suit. I do not even flinch as I watch the life leave his eyes before he slumps on the ground.

This scene... I am used to it.

I take a deep breath and straighten myself. Nic takes the gun from me and hands me a small towel instead. I wipe my face before throwing the towel to the ground beside the body. I remove my suit jacket and toss it down too.

"Clean this up." I order one of my men as I start walking to the entrance with Nic walking beside me.

"Yes, Boss."

I make my way to the car that is already parked outside. Nic opens the door for me and I slide in. Nic shuts the door and gets into the front passenger seat himself.

"To the club, Boss?" Boom, my driver asks.

I nod silently as I look out the window.

"Nic." I finally speak after the car turns onto the main road.

"Yes, Boss?" Nic answers promptly. 

"Did he have any family?"  I ask quietly, watching the passing cars outside with disinterest.

"A wife and a 5 year old son."

I tense slightly. 5 years old.

"Is the wife working?"

"She is an assistant at a clinic, does not earn much but it is enough to support her son. She fell out with her husband after he joined us."

"Hm. Send some money to the family. Enough to get them by for awhile. And watch the son." I say softly.

"Yes, Boss."

That 5 years old kid.... I would never want him to end up like me.

x.x.x

BLUE

"Club Monday..." 

My eyes read the large, classy white neon sign hanging on the wall. 

This is it. This is the club Bew told me about.

I stare at the long line of people waiting at the entrance for the club's opening hour. This place must be popular. There are two huge bouncers guarding the door. They look like they take their job very seriously.

I pull out my phone. It is a second hand iPhone 11 which now has a cracked screen, thanks to that jerk I had called my boyfriend. Thankfully, it is still working even after I threw it at him and the slut I found him in our bed with. It had missed and hit the headboard.

I scroll and press on Bew's number. He answers almost immediately. His background sounds extremely noisy. "Bew... I am outside the club you told me to come to. Where are you?"

Bew is almost yelling back at me, "Inside! Just tell the bouncers you are looking for me. I am at the bar!"

He hangs up and I pocket my phone. I take a deep breath and make my way to the entrance. The long line of people are staring at me with a mixture of disdain and curiosity. Probably because they are in expensive looking clothes while I am just in a black t shirt, jeans and sneakers.

The bouncers give me an impassive look.

"Um, I am here to meet my friend... Bew. My name is-"

"Blue." One of the bouncers finally gives me a small smile. "Bew told us his friend will be coming. Head on in."

I thank them as they step aside to let me in. My eyes widen at what I see next. The interior of this place screams money and posh with its monochrome design. Everything looks expensive, from the huge dance floor to the booths to the impressive bar.

"Blue, over here!" Bew waves to me from behind the bar. He is dressed in expensive and stylish looking clothes to match the setting of the place. 

I grin as I run up to my best friend and hug him.

"Shit. You make it seem like we have not met in years. I just saw your sorry ass last week when I helped you move out of that jerk's apartment." Bew chuckles as I let him go.

"I know but I still feel grateful. What will I do without you?" I sigh.

"You probably would not have failed math in high school." He jokes, making me grin.

"So," I glance around the club. "This is where you work." I am impressed. 

Bew is a DJ at this club. After high school, we went to the same university where he majored in music and I chose culinary but we remained as best friends.

Bew nods. "You think you will be able to be a good bartender here?"

I glance at the pretty bar with the expensive looking bottles. Cooking has always been my first love but I fell for mixology after picking it up in an elective course.  "Yes." I nod confidently. 

Plus, I really need the job now that I have moved out of Terry's apartment. There was no way I would stay with that cheating jerk anymore.

"Good. I will introduce you to the manager when he gets back. I told him I will be introducing someone for the job since one of our bartenders is quitting."

"Bew!" We turn to see a guy and a girl walking into the club. Bew quickly introduced me to them as the other staff of the club.

"I am Dash. I am a bartender here too. Bew told me that he would be bringing in a friend for the job. We could really use the help." The guy introduces himself and gives me a warm smile. 

"And I am Alice. I am one of the waitresses for the VIP section." She is smiling at me too.  They both seem friendly, which is good. 

"Hey guys." Another guy enters the club and is walking towards us.

"Hi Palm." The rest greet him. "Palm is the lead waiter for the VIP section. He is also like our team leader since he has worked here the longest."

I greet Palm politely and he returns it with a friendly smile. "Anyway, I just saw Boss's car pulling up out back. Bew, you should bring Blue to meet Nic for the interview. The rest of you, let's prepare for the opening. There is a long queue outside. "Palm instructs everyone. 

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Bew nods. "Come on, Blue. We will see you guys later."

I follow Bew away from the group and across the dancefloor.

"The back of the club are where the offices are. And I think the Boss of the club even has a room here since he is here so often." Bew informs me. "Oh right..." Bew stops in his tracks abruptly, just as we are about to reach the hallway that leads to the back.

"What is it?" I ask him curiously.

"Um... I should tell you this now. No one here really says it out loud but we know that the boss here is a well.. mafia leader." My eyes widens at Bew's words.

"What? Wait... So is this club illegal?" I hiss.

Bew shakes his head. "Do you think I would be working here if I did? Palm told me that is one of his legal businesses. Anyway, no one has ever seen the Boss. He has never come to the front. We don’t even know his name and just refer to him as Boss. We only speak to Nic, the manager. He is in charge of everything around here."

"But you are working for a mafia leader..." I say, with worry..

"It is not like I am part of his gang! Everyone here is decent. I have been working here for a year and I have not seen anything illegal. I heard the boss really keeps it separate. Come on," Bew nudges me with his arm. "You need a job too, don't you? After what that jerk did to you... "

I sigh. He is right. It is not like I am joining a gang. I am just here to be a bartender. That’s it. Plus, I really, really need a job. 

"Yeah." I nod.

"Good, come on. Let’s go meet Nic."

x. x. X

"Blue! I need these drinks for the VIP section." Alice yells over the loud music that Bew is playing from the DJ booth. 

I take the paper she hands me and scan the list of drinks. Easy. "Give me 5 minutes." I yell back and she nods.

I shuffle hurriedly around the bar to grab the ingredients I need.

"You're a really fast learner." Dash grins at me as he takes orders from the patrons waiting around the bar. "And it has only been three days since you started."

That night after meeting Nic, I got the job right away. I was surprised but it turns out Nic is a man of a few words. He says he trusts Bew's judgement and hired me right away. Dash has been my mentor and guided me. It has only been three days but I love the job here. I am already used to the crowd. It really helps that the tips are good.

"That is because you are a good teacher." I grin at Dash as I mix the drinks.

Once I am done with the orders, I place the drinks on a tray and hand it to Alice.

"Blue," Dash nudges me. "Go for your break."

I glance at the number of people waiting for their drinks. "I can go later."

"Go now." Dash says firmly. "We can manage." He is referring to himself and the other bartender, Fluke. Fluke is a quiet person and he rarely talks or even smiles. So I have never really interacted with him much. 

I nod because I am a little tired from standing for the past few hours since opening time. I exit the bar to head to the toilet to wash my hands. When I pass by the DJ booth, Bew spots me gives me a grin and thumbs up which I return. After washing my hands, I went to my locker to pull out my phone and a sandwich I had packed for a snack.

Palm had told me on the first day that Nic is strict about us using our phones on the job. I was not upset by that rule. It is not like I had anyone to contact me since I am single now and my best friend is working at the same place with me.

I make my way to the back of the club where there is a small alley. I usually take my breaks there, sitting on a small ledge. I unwrap my sandwich and start scrolling through my phone, checking my social media accounts randomly. It was bittersweet to see that most of my high school and university friends were mostly happily married with kids or successful in some way.

While here I am, getting cheated on by the boyfriend I had stayed with the past four years. I met Terry in university. Somehow, I ended up moving in with him. We both didn't make much after graduation so our savings were dismal. And because Terry also had a gambling addiction, I usually spent most of my money clearing his debts. I didn’t mind because I loved him and I thought as long as he loved me, I could overlook this flaw of his. But who knew…

I remember the day clearly. I came home early from my shift to find him in bed with another guy. Terry begged me to stay but I was furious and broken. How could he do that to me after I supported him and cleared his stupid debt? 

I called Bew right away, who came down immediately. Bew was so furious that he punched Terry in the face. After that, Bew helped me move out right away. He offered me a room in his apartment but I wanted to be independent. I couldn't run back home either because Mom would be worried if she knew. 

So using whatever savings I had left, I managed to get a small one room apartment in a shitty neighbourhood. It is pathetic but it is better than nothing. I hope this job will give me enough to start anew properly. 

I finish off my sandwich and pocket my phone. I still have 10 minutes left on my break but I decided to head back in earlier. I am about to go back when…

"Blue?"

I freeze at the soft voice calling my name. Shit!!! I turn and true enough, it is the guy I do not want to see at all.

"Blue." Terry steps forward. I am pleased to see that he still has a visible bruise from Bew's punch even after a week. "My friends said that you started bartending at this club."

Fuck. So that’s how he found me.

"I don’t want to see you ever again." I say coldly. I am about to walk away when he grabs my arm. 

Terry forces me to face him as I try to struggle away. "Fuck, Blue. I told you it was a mistake. He seduced me!" He yells in my face.

"And you fucking fell for it. Shows how much you loved me!" I yell back. "Let me go!"

"I am not letting you go! You are mine!" His grip on my arms tightened, making me cry out in pain. "Give me another chance, Blue!"

"Let me go!" I try kicking him away but he evades my kicks and grips on to me tightly. Fuck, why is he so much stronger than me! "No!"

But the next thing I know, Terry is being shoved away from me. And I fall to the ground. 

I blink and look up to see a guy standing before me. He is tall and looks really intimidating in his black suit. But I realise he is rather handsome... If you did not care about the scary icy look he has. Where did this guy come from? 

"Who the fuck do you think you are?" Terry is yelling at him. "This is between me and him."

The guy says nothing to Terry. Instead, he turns to me and I flinch at the cold look. 

"You work here, don't you?" He is staring at the tee shirt I am wearing and it. Club Monday logo printed on it. It is the uniform for the bartenders and waiters. I can only nod.

"How dare you ignore me?" Terry yells at him. And I watch in horror as Terry charges forward to punch the guy. However, he never got to do so.

The stranger, with lightning quick reflexes, dodges Terry's fist by evading to the side. And then, he punches Terry right in the stomach making him crumble to the ground in pain.

"Get out of here. This is your only chance." The stranger tells Terry coldly. His tone is now deadly. 

Even Terry looks a little fearful. He manages to pick himself up painfully. "You son of... Blue, I will come back for you. You can’t run away from me." Terry tells me before running away.

The guy turns to me. "Get up."

I quickly do so, feeling scared of him. His aura... It is dangerous. This guy is not someone simple for sure.

"Go take your things and leave." He says coldly before turning to walk away.

I blink at his back. What?

"How can you ask me to leave? Who are you to do so?" I sputtered at him in shock.

He stops and turns back, his dark eyes meet mine. "I am the owner of this club."

Fuck.

This guy. He is my boss.

He is the mafia leader.

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