Chapter 50: Chapter 50

Warning: Abuse/Violence scene below

"You bi**ch! F**king slut! I'm going to kill you!" He keeps pulling her by her hair all over the floor despite her cries and struggles. He forcefully pushes her to the wall making her bang her head against it. She cries out in pain as blood gushes out from her head, but he isn't done with her yet. He pulls her up by her neck and starts to strangle her, depriving her of the slightest bit of air.

She struggles to pull his hands off as her face becomes pale, her breathing becoming difficult but she is too weak.

Little Lexis couldn't watch his father hurt his mother like that anymore so he stops peeping through the slight opening of the door and runs into the room to grab his legs.

"Stop stop stop. Stop hurting my mom, stop it." He says as he cries holding his father's leg tightly since he can't reach up with his small hands to hold his father’s hands.

His father kicks him off sending him falling on his back. "Get out of here Lexis!" He yells at his son before letting go of her neck. She slumps on the ground coughing out heavily before she starts crawling over to her son.

"My...My baby...Come here, my son." She says as she pulls his small body into her arms.

He sighs placing his hands on his waist before walking over to them. He drags him away from his mother's hold before pulling him through the floor out of the room while she crawls after him in desperation.

"Let him go! Leave me son Richard! Don't pull him like that." She cries out as she grips his legs stopping his movement.

He looks down to her. "Oh, I see you want him to watch then. That would be better, so he'll know how sluts like you should be treated." He takes him up by the arm and places him beside the bed before going over to lock the door.

She moves closer to her son and places his head to her chest stroking his hair. "Oh my baby, you shouldn't have come inside...You..." She continues stroking his hair before she smiles at him. "You have to go outside, okay? Mom will come to meet you."

He stares at his mother with glossy eyes and then he says to his father. "You're hurting mom." He says as he continues to cry. "l don't like it." He shakes his head.

Serena smiles sadly at her son and nods her head, "Mummy is fine, trust me. Don't cry now...” She wipes his tears. "You're a strong boy and strong people don't cry."

Just as she continues to wipe his eyes, Richard pulls her by the hair and pushes her head against the bunk of the bed. She screams out in pain as she falls on her side against the hard floor.

"Please... Please take him out." She pleads with him as she tries to get up but can’t. Richard squirts before her and grips her chin.

"You have been f**king my brother and you expect me to let it slide? You bi**ch!" He slaps her hard on the face.

"Stop it! Stop hitting her father!" Lexis says in tears as he stands up from where he sits.

Richard rolls his eyes before dragging him back to where he placed him. "Just shut the f**k up and watch! If you stand up from there again, I will hurt her more, you hear me?" He warns him in a low but dangerous tone. Lexis’ little body vibrates as he cries covering his mouth with his hands.

He watches his father go over to bring out a whip before walking to his mother. He walks over to her as she stares at him weakly.

He panics knowing his father is going to hit his mother with whip. And just then, he raises the whip up and brings it back down with full force, striking it against her back. She screams out in pain with her eyes fixed on her son.

"Close your eyes son...Close..." He whips her again making her choke on her words. "Close your eyes my baby." She manages to finish the words.

Richard beats her to a pulp until she starts vomiting blood out from her mouth and nose. She couldn't even find the strength to move from the floor but all she could do is stare at her son whose eyes have swollen from crying.

Richard kicks her before he turns to him. Little Lexis stares at his father as he sniffles not moving from his spot but his body trembles in fear.

Richard strides over to him and squirts before him. "I loved your mother...” He starts to say as he strokes his hair. "But then, she cheated on me. She doesn’t love anyone other than herself."

Little Lexis shakes his head abruptly in disagreement. "That's a lie, that's a lie. Mom loves me and I love her....l, I hate you!" He yells at his father as tears starts to stream down his cheek. He tries to stand up but Richard pushes him back to the floor.

"You shouldn't hate me you bastard! You should hate that unfaithful bi**ch! You hear me?" He pulls his ear hard making him scream out in pain. And then, he lets go of him pushing him to the ground. He stands up and walks out of the room. He quickly crawls over to his mother and starts to shake her.

"Mom? Mom wake up, please!"

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Lexis’s eyes open widely as he breathes heavily and it takes him a while to realize it was all a dream. He is sweating all over and his throat is completely dry. His body trembles and his head ache badly. He tries to get up from the bed but it's as if he has lost all of his strength in the nightmare he just had. He moves his hands over to the table beside his bed searching for his pills but then he recalls that he usually places them inside the cupboard.

He swallows hard and forcefully pulls himself up trying to control his breathing but it's too rapid. He presses his hand against his head as it throbs heavily making it seem like he's about to lose his head in a moment from now. He stands up to his feet and manages to search through the cupboard. His hand touches the tiny container and he takes it out, pouring out some into his mouth.

He lets out a deep breath and remains seated on the bed for a while before he finally stands up. Just as he walks over to the mirror, he hears a knock on the door.

He turns to the door. "Come in.” He says with a sigh and then, Erica opens the door and enters into the room.

She looks around before her eyes focuses on Lexis.

"Yes, Erica?" Lexis questions.

"Alhaji Bawa's daughter is here." Erica informs him.

Lexis blinks in shock on hearing that. That's the least news he wants to hear, especially on an early morning. Why on earth is she in his house? For what reason?

"Why the f**k is she in my house?" He asks as he glares at Erica. As if she has the answer to that.

Erica moves closer to him with a conflicting look on her face and he knows at once that there's more.

“What else?” He asks.

"She's here with a luggage...And....And she says she's here to stay."

Lexis's face turns into a deep frown. "Come to stay? What the hell does that mean? Why the f**k would she be here with a luggage?" He sighs. "You know what? I'll come myself."

Erica nods before walking out of the room.

After freshening up, he takes out a new suit from his closet before coming out of his room and then, he makes his way downstairs. He sees Rahila sitting on the sofa with her leg crossed over the other like she's the owner of the house. He frowns and walks over to her with his hands in his pocket.

"What're you doing in my house?"

She smiles at the sight of him before standing up. "Hello there, husband."

Lexis stares at her in disbelief. Did she just call him husband?

"When the f**k did we get married?" He asks looking at her with irritation.

She grins as she walks over to him, slowly moving her fingers over his chest.

He frowns at her before gripping her hand. "Get your f**king hands off me! Don't test my patience." He yells at her as he pushes her hand away.

She bit her lower lip, "We'll be getting married soon." She shrugs. "So l don't see the difference in me coming to my husband's house before then. It's better that way so we can get to know each other."

He pushes her hands off abruptly before heaving a sigh."Listen, I'm not in the proper state of mind to play games with you. So get your..." His moves his eyes over to luggage by her side and his frown deepens. "Just get your stuff out of my house."

She pouts slowly trailing her fingers on his arms. "That's not fair. You really want me to go?"

Lexis rolls his eyes as he pushes her hand off before turning to Robert who's standing close to the stair case. "Escort her out."

Robert nods and starts walking over to her.

Rahila's face turns into a deep frown. "Get your f**king hands on me and you'll see." She glares at Robert who quickly freezes on spot looking at Lexis.

Lexis's eyes darken in anger as he stares at her. This woman is annoying the shit out if him. He didn't say anything but simply keeps staring at her. This is nuisance and he hates nuisance! He looks away from her and starts moving towards the luggage but she grips his wrist.

"Get your hands off me and get out." He says in a more serious tone that is supposed to scare the hell of her but instead, it did the opposite because she just smiles.

"Don't worry, it's would be fun staying with me. We will have a good time together."

Lexis drags his hands off and grips her wrist tightly making her to wince in pain. "Let...Let me go! You're hurting me!" She cries out as she tries to drag her hand off.

Marrying Rahila is not the only problem. The bigger problem is having a father in law like Bawa who would be so excited to be legally partnered with their company. Alhjai Bawa is known to be a very greedy man and only money minded. It would be very stressful to have such person as a business partner. He was already a lot of work having him as an investor.

He lets go of her hand, glaring at her. "Do you want me to ask them to drag you out? Is that how you want it?"

She folds her hands across her chest. "Let them try."

"Are you f**king playing with me?" He yells at her as his eyes becomes dark. She flinches in shock and steps backwards.

"I don't know about that. I just know that I'll stay with you." She says pouting like a baby.

He nods and looks over at her luggage by her side before walking over to it. He takes the luggage and starts pulling it outside. Rahila stares at him in shock and she runs after him.

"Where are you taking my things to? Stop!" She yells after him but he didn't turn around. He drags the luggage outside and throws it on the ground causing it to break at the side.

She stares at the luggage with wide eyes before turning to Lexis.

"Why would you do that?" She yells at him.

"Get the f**k out of my house!" He growls at her.

"I will not! I said I'm not leaving!" She screams back at

him.

He bit his lower lips as his eyes grow dark in annoyance. He pulls out a gun from the back of his pocket before pointing it to her head. "Get out before I blow your head off."

Her eyes grow wide at the sight of the gun and she slowly starts moving backwards as Lexis walks towards her.

"You...You...What are doing?" She stammers staring at him curl his finger around the gun. Would he shoot her? What if he really shoots her?

"You...You can't just...You can't shoot me, you know that right?" She says not trusting her own words either. She knows he doesn’t fear her father but also hopes that for the sake of his own father, he will not shoot her.

He scoffs, "I don't have time for this." He lowers the gun before turning to Robert. "Make sure she's not here when I return. I don't care how you do that." With that, he starts walking over to the garage.

Rahila stares at him leave in disbelief. "For f**ksake, why is he so stubborn?" She mumbles as she watches him slide into one of his cars.

"You have a call underboss." Henry informs him giving his phone to him as the driver starts driving out of the compound.

Lexis sighs before he takes the phone from him. He glances at the caller and answers when Ron's name pops up on the screen.

"Yes?"

"Good day boss. Um...I would like to resume work now."

Ron says from the other end of the call.

Lexis blinks, “You have recovered fully?"

"Yes boss, I have."

Lexis nods, "Okay then." He hangs up and places the phone beside him.

Just when his day is already not going fine, that woman decided to ruin everything. He rests his head against the seat as he shuts his eyes. Despite how hard he tries not to recall, his mind still travels back to his nightmare and he shuts his eyes resting his head against the car seat. He cannot actually recall the last time he had a peaceful sleep without having night mares. He is used to it though, waking up with heavy pants and sweaty body isn’t anything new to him but he can’t hide the fact that his night mares has a great effect on him that he relies on pills. He could go back to see his therapist but he doesn't want to. He believes he doesn't deserve to see a therapist.

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