“Celine, open the door!”
Celine immediately got up from the sofa after hearing a loud knock on her door.
She had been waiting for her father for a long time from day to night, until finally, he came home at midnight.
“Dad, why did you come home so late at night like this again, can you stop your bad habit?”
“Shut up! You don't know anything, you're just a kid, I came home so late at night to earn money for you.”
“But you only came home drunk, with little or no money at all.”
“Did you know I was trying to support you, this time I was unlucky, I lost a bet and took a lot of the money I had.”
“You keep doing this, how long will your bad habits stop? I haven't even paid my school fees for almost four months.”
“Shut up! Get away from me, you're only adding to the burden on my mind.”
She finally left her father, she felt tired of living with a gambler like her father.
But she has no other parents, her mother died when she was little after working out of town to support Celine's life.
But her dad just wasted the money that her mother gave to Celine in vain because of his bad habits that could not be eliminated.
In the morning Celine's father, Marco, was still fast asleep, but she had woken up and cleaned the house, she had also cooked the leftover food she had previously bought.
Suddenly, she heard a loud knock on the door from behind the rickety wooden door of her house.
“Open the door!”
“Wait.”
As soon as Celine opened the door, she was very surprised by what was in front of her now.
She met a tall and handsome man, with black hair and intense gray eyes. This man really looked handsome and different from most men who lived in her poor neighborhood.
The man was Armand Xavier, he immediately lowered his gun after seeing Celine and gave the same command to his soldiers to lower their weapons.
“Good morning, who are you looking for?”
“I'm looking for Marco Gillies, does he live here?”
“Yes, he's my father, and we live here.”
She invited the men to come in, while she prepared tea for the men who came to her house.
She was so innocent that she didn't even know that the man who came to her house was Armand Xavier, a mafia boss who was ready to destroy anyone who opposed him. She continued to face the man casually.
Not only that, but she sat in front of the mafia boss and his soldiers, and she accompanied them casually.
“Excuse me sir, what is your name? And what is your purpose for coming to my house?”
“My name is Armand Xavier, I came here to discuss business with your father, Marco.”
“Okay then, you can wait here, I'll call my father right away because he's still sleeping.”
Celine immediately rushed to her father's room to wake him up, until she entered his bedroom.
Armand and his soldiers could hear the conversation between Celine and her father because their house was small and shabby, so everything was visible.
“Daddy, please wake up! There are several men in the living room looking for you, they have been waiting all this time to talk to you.”
“Get out of my room! And don't bother me anymore, tell him that I'm tired and can't receive guests because of my long night shift yesterday.”
“But they have been waiting for you, and one of them is named Armand Xavier.”
“Armand Xavier?”
“Yes dad.”
Marco was very emotional when he heard the name of the most frightening mafia boss in his country.
“Why did you let him in? And why did he know my home address?”
“I don't know either, dad.”
“Who gave those criminals my complete address? Or maybe my gambling opponent who had a big fight with me yesterday and secretly gave my home address to Armand and his soldiers.”
“Criminals? So the men waiting inside our house are all criminals?”
“That's right, and you shouldn't have let them all into my house and said that you don't know me at all.”
“I'm so sorry dad, I really didn't know about that before, and maybe you're right that your gambling arch enemy was the one who revealed our house address to those criminals.”
“Yes, it was my enemy who gave my house address to those criminals, but you also made my enemy win by letting those criminals in just like that.”
“I really have no clue about it, dad.”
“You stupid girl!”
Marco was so angry with his daughter, he immediately pushed the girl hard until she hit the wooden cabinet.
Celine felt pain in her back and legs, until she found it difficult to walk because of it.
Armand, who heard the noise, immediately ran to Marco's room.
“What happened here?”
“Mr. Armand?”
Armand immediately approached Celine, who was injured and looked in pain.
“Marco, what have you done to your daughter?”
“I didn't do that on purpose, sir, he did something wrong to me, he often fights with me, skips school and so on.”
Celine just kept shaking her head in front of Armand, she felt sad with all the accusations her father had said, she felt so ashamed.
Armand immediately carried Celine's bridal style into the couch.
“Marco, quickly get the medical equipment you have at home.”
“Yes sir.”
Marco immediately took the medical equipment he had to treat Celine.
“Here you are sir.”
Armand immediately took the medical equipment and continued to rub Celine's feet gently.
“Does it hurt?”
She nods, then he is slower, his hands around her injured neck.
“I hope you feel better, your wound will heal soon after this.”
“Thank you very much, sir.”
Armand continued to smile sincerely as he stared at Celine, then he continued to stare into her dad.
“Marco, why does your face look so scared?”
“Sir, I apologize for everything that happened.”
“That's okay.”
Armand stood up to approach Marco, this made the old man even more afraid after seeing the frightening young man in front of him.
“W-what are you going to do to me, sir?”