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.

but it just kept ringing until

in my gut,

it would go to voicemail again, and

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

Mom was wailing loudly into the

Mom? What happened? Talk to

and the bad feeling in my gut intensified as I

fault! Are you

by an iron grip

My parents must

asked frantically after regaining my composure, but Mom hung

the floor

conversation on the phone and gave me a distressed look as she asked, “Hey, Anna! What happened?

Steven’s legs! What am I going to

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

has happened, and panicking isn’t going to help. We should focus on figuring out our next course of

the back of my hand as she

go see him at the hospital!” I mumbled while reaching for my handbag

don’t have any decent medical facilities in the village, so Steven must be in

I’ll go

concern for my well-being, and the

you please