Love from My Dominant Boss

“Natalie, do you think they’ll really break Steven’s legs? My parents value his life over their own, so they’ll definitely lose their minds if anything happens to him!”

Natalie gave me a pat on the shoulder as she comforted me, “I think he should be fine. I mean, what else can they do if your family doesn’t pay up? Kill him? Don’t worry, Anna. Your parents aren’t dumb, so I’m sure they’ll know to call the police if those men try to hurt him.”

What Natalie said made sense, and I felt a lot better after hearing it.

“It’s getting late, you should get some sleep. I’ll wait and see if my mom calls again. She said those men would be collecting the money in an hour, so I’m really scared that something bad might happen.”

“Nah, I’m not tired. Besides, I can’t possibly fall asleep knowing how anxious you are. I’ll wait here with you,” Natalie said as she sat down beside me and put an arm around my shoulder.

Time ticked by, and two hours soon came to pass with no call nor text from Mom whatsoever. I felt somewhat uneasy as I glanced at the time on my phone.

Why hasn’t Mom called me yet? Did those men really let them off the hook so easily?

“Why hasn’t my mom called? It’s been so long now…” I mumbled to myself worriedly as I gripped the phone tightly in my sweaty palms.

“Maybe you should try calling her to find out what’s going on over there. Who knows, maybe those men left after realizing they wouldn’t be getting any money!”

Natalie grew anxious as well when she saw me panicking.

number on the phone, but it

feeling in my gut, so

would go to voicemail again, and I could hear Mom’s

are things over there? Did those men leave?” I asked anxiously before she could say

Mom was wailing loudly into the

What

a brief moment all of a sudden, and the bad feeling in my gut intensified as

and it’s all your fault! Are

squeezed by an iron grip when I heard Steven’s legs were

god… My parents must

frantically after regaining my composure, but Mom hung

fell to the floor with a soft thud as my tears flowed

gave me a distressed look as she asked, “Hey,

Steven’s legs!

and I grabbed Natalie’s hand while my body trembled all

down, Anna! Whatever happened has happened, and panicking isn’t going to help. We should focus on figuring out our

the back of my hand as

to go see him at the hospital!”

village, so Steven must be in the city’s hospital if his legs are

that case, I’ll go with

concern for my well-being, and the two of us

could you please go