Ch. 266..270: Love Slave to the Mafia Boss's Passion Chapter 266-270

Chapter 266: His Treasure

"I see…" I muttered as my mood immediately darkened.

It wasn’t like I was overwhelmingly disappointed or anything like that. In the back of my mind, I did consider that Harvey wouldn’t tell me. If I wanted to know then…

"You have to ask Hayden yourself," Harvey said as if completing my thought for me.

"I figured…" I said before letting out a long sigh.

If only it was an easy task to extract information from Hayden, then I wouldn’t find myself in this kind of situation so often. I didn’t exactly draw a good hand in this round because Hayden wouldn’t even show his face to me anymore. Even if I wanted to ask him, I couldn’t because he wasn’t here for me to ask.

"Don’t look so depressed, Malissa. This room…I know it might be a little twisted and creepy for you but you’re probably the little treasure that Hayden wants to keep safe right now," Harvey said warmly.

Me? His treasure?

Honestly, I’ve never thought of it that way.

"Are you trying to comfort me?" I asked with a mix of curiosity and suspicion.

Harvey laughed a little to himself at my words before he smiled sweetly at me. I had to say that he had a very charming smile. Without a doubt he must be very popular with the girls.

"Maybe. You see, my little brother gave me an annoying lecture and because of that I felt slightly bad for what I’ve done," Harvey admitted with an over-the-top depressing sigh.

"Really?" I asked, trying not to sound sarcastic.

"Well, it’s lonely living alone in the world of the dead, you know. Now, I’m less lonely because I have you with me on this side," Harvey said a little excitedly.

"What do you mean…exactly?" I asked as I stared hard at him.

"We can’t meet or talk to anyone. We can’t go out. It’s like we don’t exist in the real world anymore. You and me, we’re in a very similar situation now," Harvey explained quite happily.

I guess he was happy that now he had a ’friend’ who shared his circumstances. However, I couldn’t say that I shared any of his joy.

"Aha…" I mumbled.

"I’ll visit you again so that you won’t get lonely so let’s be friends, ok?" Harvey suggested with a bright smile.

For a moment, he looked like a teenager, and I was stunned at the sudden transformation.

"I don’t want to be your friend…" I stated bluntly.

"I can understand where you’re coming from. What about this? If you agree to be my friend, I’ll bring an album of Hayden childhood photos. What do you say?" Harvey readily offered a trade.

I had to say that what he was offering was extremely tempting. After getting a glimpse of how cute and pretty Hayden was when he was a boy from that one photo that I saw in his living room, I wanted to see more photos of him when he was younger. Harvey smirked at me, and I knew that he could read what I was thinking again.

Do my thoughts truly show on my face just like that?

"I guess we already have a deal," Harvey said with utmost satisfaction.

"You’ll bring them, really?" I asked to make sure that he would keep his word.

"Of course, I will. It will make Hayden very embarrassed, and nothing makes me happier than seeing my little brother bothered and embarrassed," Harvey said followed by a laugh.

Perhaps he wasn’t such a bad guy after all. That or perhaps, I was easy to bribe…

Harvey took his leave and I watched silently as he walked away until the door of my room completely closed, and I couldn’t see him anymore.

…

"Having her locked up down there isn’t so bad. I get to have dinner with you," Harvey said with a satisfied smile before shoving some food into his mouth with a fork.

Hayden didn’t seem to share Harvey’s appetite as he sat there passively at the dining table opposite his elder brother. Seeing that his brother didn’t seem engaged in the conversation, Harvey decided to go on.

"I was quite sad when we had to cancel our dinners since she turned up. You always have dinner with her, and I have to eat all alone…" Harvey said in an overly sad tone.

"Why did you go see her? What useless things did you tell her?" Hayden asked coldly, ignoring his brother’s earlier words.

"I didn’t tell her anything important. Well, maybe I made her a little more curious…about what is going on and why we’re doing this," Harvey said followed by a small chuckle.

"I would highly appreciate it if you refrained from visiting her again," Hayden said as his eyes narrowed dangerously at his brother.

"This is my house too, you know. I can go wherever I want. You put her in there so you should already know the three people who can pay her a visit," Harvey said with alight annoyance in his voice.

Hayden knew. The underground and that room were off limits to everyone except for his father, Harvey and himself. Only these three people had the ability to pass through all security measures leading to that room.

"You just love messing with other people’s mind, don’t you?" Hayden asked rhetorically.

"A bad habit that I inherited from my cute brother. I have to go see her again regardless of what you say," Harvey stated resolutely.

"Why?" Hayden asked immediately.

"I promised to show her something," Harvey replied with an innocent smile.

"What?" Hayden demanded to know.

"If you really want to find out, then you should come along too," Harvey said invitingly.

"No, thanks," Hayden rejected the invitation immediately.

"Are you sure? How long are you going to avoid seeing her?" Harvey asked with a grin.

"I don’t know," Hayden replied honestly.

"You should go see her soon. It gets lonely when you’re on the other side," Harvey advised as he spoke from his own experience.

Hayden made a thoughtful face but didn’t reply to his brother. Harvey just smiled and nodded before dropping the subject entirely.

 

Chapter 267: Keeping His Promise

For once in a slightly long while, I woke up feeling optimistic about the day. Finally, there was something for me to look forward to. After being disappointed day by day by the fact that Hayden did not turn up to visit me here, I finally could look forward to Harvey fulfilling his promise of showing me some of Hayden’s childhood photos.

Last night, I went to bed with thoughts about that in my head and it helped me get some peaceful sleep.

I wondered what Hayden would look like in the photos. Would I get to see him as a baby or maybe when he was in kindergarten? Perhaps, there would be some photos of him crying because he spilt his milk or got his favorite toy stolen. Then maybe they’ll be photos of him with some of his childhood friends. Maybe they’ll be more photos of him playing with the boy version of Ethan.

I sighed while I remembered the last conversation that I shared with Hayden about Ethan. I couldn’t help but wonder if Harvey knew anything about it. Hayden seemed like he was considering to kill Ethan but he did mention that it wasn’t exactly up to him. Is Harvey involved in some way? Without knowing it, a frown had started to crease my forehead as my brows drew together in deep thought.

Everything was still pretty much a mystery to me and when I thought that I had somethings figured out, new mysteries seem to appear. I was having a very hard time piecing everything together and I was starting to question whether I would ever understand everything.

I need to talk to Hayden…

Once again, I knew that he was the only solution to my problems. However, that solution had refused to show up at my door for another day. How do I get him to come down here?

After showering and eating my breakfast, I had absolutely nothing to do once again. There wasn’t even a clock so I couldn’t even watch the time tick by. Maybe if I ask Harvey, he might get me the things that I need to move on a little with my life such as my art tools. My commissions are way behind schedule now and I wished that I could work on them.

It was late in the afternoon when the door to my room started sliding open. It must be Harvey because it was too early for dinner time. To my surprise, Little Hayden ran into my room and headed straight for me.

"Little Hayden!" I cried out happily.

The puppy ran to me and jumped up and down next to my bed where I was seated. Quickly, I reached my arms down to carry him up onto my lap. He gained weight and he definitely got bigger. It was amazing how fast he was growing. I haven’t seen him for a short while, but he grew up so much. His brown eyes stared at me as he panted from his own excitement.

His fur felt soft, and I couldn’t stop hugging him and stroking the top of his head.

"It’s so good to see you. I miss you so much!" I cried as I hugged him tighter to me.

"It’s good to see you smile," Harvey said, and I was slightly shocked that he was already standing right next to my bed.

I looked up to see his beautiful blue eyes looking down at me and Little Hayden from where he stood. Did he do this to cheer me up? He can’t possibly be this kind, can he?

"Thank you, Harvey…" I thanked him softly.

"You’re welcomed. Actually, I was thinking of bring him along earlier. I’m sure he misses you too," Harvey said before sitting down next to me on the bed.

He’s close and I had mixed feelings about us sitting on the same bed. Harvey’s hand approached my lap before he started stroking Little Hayden’s back up and down. I could tell that Harvey was extremely fond of Little Hayden and I didn’t doubt that he had been taking very good care of the dog.

"Thank you for taking care of him…" I whispered with my eyes still on Little Hayden.

"There’s no need to worry about it," he replied casually.

Unlike the times that I met him before, Harvey felt very relaxed and casual today. It was frankly hard to believe but he felt like a normal person, and it wasn’t long before I started to relax in his presence. We shared small talk about Little Hayden before Harvey reminded me of the main reason why he was here today.

"Here, I’m keeping my promise," he said a little proudly as he handed me a thick album of photos.

"Wow! Honestly, I was looking forward to seeing this. I got so excited just thinking about it," I admitted shamelessly as I took the album from his hand.

"I’m glad to see someone so happy to see photos of my stupid brother," Harvey said with a small laugh.

I could tell that the two brothers love each other a lot. Harvey was many years older than Hayden, but I wasn’t sure just how much older he was. The two of them looked so similar now and their age gap did not show at all.

Unable to hold in my excitement any further, my hands started opening the photo album and flipping through it. Harvey really did exceed my expectations. There were endless photos of Hayden in the album. Of course, there were photos of him with Harvey as well. The two of them looked like two golden angels together when they were younger.

"Is this Hayden?" I asked while pointing my finger to a photo of a blond boy holding a baby in his arms.

"Yes, and that’s me," Harvey replied with a tender smile.

There were many photos of baby Hayden with his elder brother and then toddler Hayden. In every photo, Hayden seemed to be a in very good mood. He looked cheerful and sweet like an angel in all photos.

 

Chapter 268: What I Want

It remained a mystery to me how those two sweet little angels grew up to be the men that they were today. There were photos of the two boys with the boss in many places such as his office, in a car and in his private jet. I looked through the photos along with Harvey as he helped narrate some of the photos while recalling his old memories from his younger days.

"This is Hayden when he was in primary school. He was a naughty little thing back then. Actually, he still is even though he’s no longer little…" Harvey said followed by a small laugh.

Hayden smiled cheerfully along with some other boys that I didn’t recognize in the photos from his primary school days. He looked so cute and adorable in all the photos that I couldn’t help but smile as we continued going through the album. Sadly, the album ended with photos from Hayden’s primary school days. There was nothing beyond that and it only made me want to see more photos of Hayden.

"Is this Ethan Silva?" I asked as I pointed to the very last photo in the album.

The photo was of a young blond boy with a dark-haired boy at what seemed to be a party of sorts. Throughout the entire album, this was the only photo of Hayden with Ethan. The question slipped from my mouth before I could stop myself. I wondered if Harvey knew about Ethan…

"Yes. Indeed, that is Ethan Silva. Then heir to the Silva gang and now he’s the head of Silva," Harvey replied smoothly.

So, he knows Ethan too. I wasn’t surprised but I wondered what Harvey felt about Ethan and how close he used to be with Hayden.

"The two of them used to be close, right?" I asked curiously.

"Yes. Your father made it that way," Harvey said as his eyes narrowed at me.

I see. So, he does know that Jack was my father. It seemed like Harvey knew everything. Whether he found out by himself of if Hayden told him everything, I wasn’t sure.

"My father…" I mumbled.

"Honestly, I wasn’t a big fan of Jack despite how much my father trusted him and despite how much Hayden got along with him. I always felt like he had a hidden agenda, and I don’t think that I’m wrong," Harvey stated matter-of-factly.

"I see…" I murmured.

"Don’t worry. I won’t punish you for what your father has done. I understand well that you two are separate and different people. Well, that is what Hayden had been lecturing me about all along ever since the old man dragged you back to us using that debt contract," Harvey explained with a chuckle.

It was as if he really understood what I was thinking and how I felt. Harvey is very good at gauging and understanding people. Either that or everything that I thought really showed on my face just like he had said.

"Hayden and Ethan seem to like my father a lot…" I mumbled.

"They did. They probably still do. Our father was always busy dealing with me. Naturally because I’m the next heir. He was tough on me, but I didn’t mind because that meant that Hayden could have an easy time. He could do the things that he wanted in life.

Hayden followed your father’s advice and wanted to live a normal life. He studied hard and became a doctor and all that…" Harvey told me with a faraway look in his eyes.

"I was very surprised when he first told me that he’s actually a doctor…" I said, recalling my shock when he revealed that fact to me.

"I know, right? I was probably equally surprised when he told me that he wanted to become a doctor. I was supportive of his decision, though. I’ll support whatever he wants to do…" Harvey said warmly.

I could tell that Harvey wanted whatever would make Hayden happy. He’s such a good brother…

"Umm…Hayden told me that he doesn’t like his ’job’," I said softly as I tried to judge Harvey’s reaction.

It was true. Hayden did tell me that he hated his job, and he didn’t want to take over the gang. However, because his brother was dead, he didn’t have a choice but to take over as the next heir. I looked over at the healthy and living Harvey and wondered what would happen if people, especially the boss, found out that Harvey is still alive.

Will Harvey take over and spare Hayden from a life of heading the gang?

"He doesn’t, and I don’t blame him. Unlike me, he wasn’t raised to become the next heir. He’s lived a carefree life and it never really occurred to him or any of us that he might have to take over as the next boss," Harvey said with absolute understanding.

"Will you…take over?" I asked hesitantly.

Harvey smiled a little at me before he seemed to ponder my question seriously. It made me feel uneasy that it seemed like Harvey was indecisive. I thought he would have thought about this already and arrived at some sort of answer. However, if he had any plans in mind, he wasn’t willing to share it directly with me.

"I don’t know. What do you think, Malissa? Should I take over the gang or should I leave it to Hayden and walk away?" Harvey asked as his blue eyes held mine.

"I…" I mumbled before I realized that I didn’t have an answer to offer him.

Although I was the one who had asked him the question, he was the one that got me thinking. How he managed to turn the tables around on me reminded me so much of his younger brother. I truly missed Hayden and his company even if he could be mean to me at times.

What do I want for Hayden? Do I want him to take over or do I want him to go back to his normal life? What was his life like before Harvey supposedly passed away?

"I…don’t know…" I replied honestly after some thought.

 

Chapter 269: Finally

I wasn’t sure what would be better for Hayden. I didn’t know what he truly wanted. On top of that, I didn’t know what I wanted. Do I even have a future with Hayden?

"What about you? Do you want to be the lady boss of Torex or do you want to live an ordinary life somewhere?" Harvey asked as his eyes continued to watch my face intently.

I had no idea. All I knew was that I wanted to be with Hayden…if that was at all possible…

"I’m not sure…" I mumbled.

"Well, I’m not the one who needs to know the answer to that," Harvey surmised teasingly.

"Right…" I murmured when I finally caught on to what Harvey wanted me to understand.

While I was busy thinking of what I wanted to know and answers that I wanted from Hayden, I completely forgot that from his point of view there were probably answers that he wanted from me too. Unfortunately, I wasn’t in a position to take the first step to close the gap between us in this case because that was quite impossible since I’m locked in this room.

"What can I do to get Hayden to visit me?" I asked abruptly.

The way Harvey looked at me showed that my words had caught him a little off-guard. I was also shocked at my sudden and very direct question. Before I could process my own thought, I had already asked that question. Harvey’s wide-eyed expression quickly turned into a look of amusement.

"I have a few ideas but if I’m not wrong, you wouldn’t need to use any of those…" Harvey said with a mischievous smile.

Just when I thought I didn’t understand what he meant, the door to the room started sliding open. My eyes immediately went to the door, and I stood up from the bed. My body moved on its own and I was standing right in front of the sliding door in no time at all.

It can’t be…

Did the door always slide open this slowly or was I just anxious to see the man I thought must be standing right on the opposite side of the door? I knew that it was the latter but that didn’t calm down the wild beating of my heart.

Hayden is here…finally…

I had no idea what brought this on, but I was over the moon thrilled and excited that he was finally here to see me. The door opened and Hayden stood there with his usual cold and emotionless mask on his face. He was dressed in an all-white suit that I thought complimented his blond hair and blue eyes very well.

"Hayden…" I whispered his name as my eyes continued to take in the sight of him.

It was a little hard to believe that he was finally here. It had clearly been too long since we last saw each other. I stood there as if glued to the spot as the various words that I had prepared to say to him died a sudden death on my closed lips.

The heel of his shoes clicked against the floor as he took a couple of long strides into the room. He walked right past me without as much as glancing over my way.

"Why are you here again?" Hayden asked coldly and I knew that his words were not directed at me.

"Well, you’re back quite early today…" Harvey teased lightly.

"Why are you here?" Hayden asked again as he strode deeper into the room.

I turned just in time to see Hayden standing right next to my bed where Harvey was still sitting with a bright and innocent smile on his face. This isn’t what it looks like…trust me…

"To keep a promise. I told you already that I would visit Malissa again because I had a promise to keep and that is exactly what I’m doing," Harvey explained casually.

"What promise?" Hayden asked.

Harvey just smiled and that was the only answer that he was willing to offer. Hayden’s eyes narrowed menacingly at his brother, and I was starting to second guest my impression that the two brothers always got along. It felt like Hayden would do something crazy if he didn’t get the answer that he wanted, and Harvey’s playful and teasing attitude wasn’t improving his younger brother’s mood.

"Umm…actually…Harvey promised to show me some photos of you when you were younger…" I said as I pointed to the closed photo album laying on the bed right next to where Harvey was sitting.

Hayden’s eyes followed where my finger was pointing, and a look of displeasure graced his face before he reached out a hand and snatched the album off the bed. I guess, Hayden didn’t like the idea of me seeing more of his photos. He didn’t seem to mind when I saw the photo of him and Ethan together in his living room, though.

"Sorry…I didn’t think that you would mind…" I quickly apologized.

"Hayden doesn’t mind. He’s just being shy," Harvey corrected confidently.

By that time, I was quite sure that Harvey was acting like this on purpose to annoy Hayden. I believed that Harvey knew how to read a room and also judge what people were thinking and feeling. There was no way that he didn’t understand his brother so the only logical conclusion was that he was doing this intentionally with the hope that Hayden would…what?

What does he want to achieve?

"Don’t worry, Malissa. I’ll show you more photos of Hayden just like you’ve requested. There are loads of albums on Hayden. Auntie is truly a fan of his. She’s made more album of him than of me, for sure…" Harvey said followed by a carefree laugh.

"Aha…" I mumbled, quickly recalling that I haven’t even asked.

"Just leave…" Hayden said curtly as his eyes stared at his brother.

"Ok, I get it. Good night, Malissa, I shall take my leave now…" Harvey said playfully as he headed for the door.

If there’s someone completely unintimidated by Hayden and his anger, it was Harvey.

As commanded, the door began sliding open and after waving happily at the two of us, Harvey walked out of the room. The door started closing behind him and soon Hayden and I were the only ones left in the room.

 

Chapter 270: Come Closer

When was the last time that things felt this awkward between us when we were alone together?

What should I say to him now?

While I was thinking about what I should say to him, Hayden walked over to the bed and sat down on it. He looked more mentally tired than physically tired, and I wondered what was on his troubled mind. I watched him take in a few deep breaths while I hesitated about what to do.

"Come here," Hayden spoke up abruptly.

His words snapped me out of my thoughts, and I realized that he wanted me to go to him. I slowly approached the bed where he was sitting, and I could feel his eyes on my face before his gaze trialed down my body.

"Hayden…" I called his name softly when I stood in front of him.

"Come closer," he instructed as his hands reached out to grab my arms and pulled me closer to him.

The force of his pull pulled me a big step forward until I was standing right in between his legs. His arms were around my body and my eyes widened when he pulled me into a firm hug. His arms around my back tightened as he buried his head against the spot right below my chest. Instinctively, I lifted my hands up and began cradling his head.

Hayden took deep and steady breaths as if he was breathing me in, and I could feel his body starting to relax in my arms. I stroked his soft blond hair with one hand while I hugged him with my other arm.

We stayed silently like that for a while. I could be wrong, but it seemed like he needed some comforting and that was what I willingly gave him. I stayed still in his arm as we continued to hug each other. It felt like it had been such a long time since I’ve last seen him and held him like this. His body felt warm close to mine, and it made me realize just how much I really missed him.

"What did Harvey say to you?" Hayden asked with his face still buried against my skin.

Well, Harvey told me many things, so I wasn’t sure what Hayden wanted to know about specifically. There wasn’t anything that seemed very important, though. Was the part about what I wanted for my future and for Hayden’s future important?

"Well, he told me a few things about when you were young. You know, when we were going through the photos of you when you were young…" I replied.

"And?" Hayden prompted as he gazed up at me with captivating blue eyes.

I missed his eyes. Although Harvey’s eyes were pretty much the same color, the feeling I got when I looked into them were completely different from when I’m staring deeply into Hayden’s eyes. It was so easy for me to get lost in the depth of his eyes.

"Well, nothing much…" I replied, not quite sure how to tell Hayden about the ’thinking about the future’ part of our conversation.

Slowly, his arms loosened from around my body before his hands started sliding down the side of my body. His eyes watched mine and I could see that he was completely unconvinced with my answer. It wasn’t like I could tell me that I was thinking of our future together when I wasn’t even sure if he even wanted to have a future with me. Our relationship was just very complicated.

His hands caressed the sides of my waist softly before dipping lower to caress the sides of my hips. All the while his eyes continued to watch my face and it took a lot of effort for me to keep myself from moaning of whimpering from the heat of his seductive touches. It’s been so long since he’s touched me like this, and my body was undoubtedly craving for his touch and much more.

"You’re a terrible liar…" Hayden murmured softly as his hands held my shirt and began lifting it upwards.

"Hayden…" I whispered his name when I realized what he was about to do.

"Lift your arms," he instructed casually as he began pulling my shirt upwards even further.

I quickly did as I was told before his mood would turn sour. My shirt flew off over my head in one swift motion before it fell to the floor next to the bed.

"Ah…Hayden…" I let out a moan before moaning his name.

Hayden did not waste any time in paying attention to my now exposed upper body. His hands were immediately on my naked stomach, stroking it softly and teasingly. I sucked in a breath and held it as my body began reacting to him. His hands felt very warm on my naked skin as he stroked his way from my belly to cup my breasts.

"You shouldn’t listen too much to Harvey. He’s very good at brainwashing people," Hayden warned sternly as his large hands began massaging my breasts through my bra.

The pressure of his hands on my soft womanly flesh felt amazingly pleasurable and I couldn’t wait to feel the heat of his palms on the sensitive skin of my breasts directly. I moaned softly before biting my lower lip to keep myself from moaning even louder. Hayden’s striking blue eyes watched my every reaction while his hands continued to knead my breasts.

I was so lost in the pleasure of his touches that I didn’t know what to say to him.

"What else did Harvey tell you?" Hayden asked again.

"He…ahh…" I began but a loud moan escaped my lips before I could say anything else.

Hayden had slipped his hands underneath my bra to cup my breasts directly after pushing my bra upwards. The heat of his hand seeped into my cool skin, and I felt my body heat up at his touch. His large hands massaged my breasts expertly. His touch wasn’t gentle, and the force of his hands felt rough but I couldn’t get enough of his touch. My nipples were already so hard that they hurt.

His eyes watched me as my body started squirming from the blissful pleasure.