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.

mom’s number on the phone, but it just kept

gave me a bad feeling in my gut, so I

to voicemail again, and I could hear Mom’s voice on

things over there? Did those men leave?” I asked anxiously

thing I knew, Mom was wailing loudly into the

Mom? What happened? Talk to

a sudden, and the bad feeling in my gut

brother’s legs, and it’s all your fault! Are you happy

squeezed by an iron grip

god… My parents must

how is Steven right now? Is he okay?” I asked frantically after regaining my

and fell to the floor with a soft thud as

conversation on the phone and gave me a distressed look as she asked, “Hey,

Nat? They broke Steven’s legs! What am I

Natalie’s hand while my body trembled all

isn’t going to

the back of my hand as she tried to comfort

hospital… I have to go see him at the hospital!” I mumbled while reaching

any decent medical facilities in the village, so Steven must

I’ll go

tagged along out of concern for my well-being, and the two

could you please go