My New Twisted Life

Meeting the girl that he was looking for

Bruno was an experienced hacker. When he was in the crime world, several times he hacked the security system of the police without any trace. Now he hacked all the systems including surveillance cameras of the den where Damian Cox’s all illegal work took place and tapped his phone too. He could see their activities on his laptop screen and also could hear his conversation on the phone. The smirk on his face was never fading away. Bruno knew that Damian Cox was going to deal a million dollars of drugs in a few days. He worked hard for this deal when he was involved in the gang but now that Damian Cox had become his enemy then how could he allow this deal to happen? He was waiting for the day to finalize so that he could strike his first blow.

While he was working on the laptop, he saw a thin figure of a young girl, cleaning the room. Glancing at her once, he ordered “Give me water.”

The girl’s hands froze instantly to hear his cold deep voice. She was working there for nearly a month but her master never asked for anything from her. This was the first time she heard his voice. She was a little scared of this man as Phillip warned her not to go near the master and not to disturb him. She also knew that her master’s temper was very bad and he always threw things when he got angry, so she didn’t make a single noise while working. She turned around and left without a word.

Bruno was a little surprised to see the maid’s strange behavior. He looked at her back through his shoulder and thought, even Elijah’s maid was arrogant. She went out of the room without responding to him! He rolled his eyes and concentrated on his work. After a while, the girl returned and stretched her hand in front of Bruno to pass the glass of water, saying “Water sir.”

Bruno turned his head and looked up to hear the mesmerizing voice, but his expression froze when he saw her. He was too shocked to react and was only staring at her. He was searching for her for nearly one month and was going to the bus stop every day at the same time where he encountered her, hoping that he would see her again. But to his disappointment, she never showed up and now she was standing just in front of him.

How could he forget the day when his heart pounded rapidly for the first time by seeing her action? He clearly remembered that rainy day. He was waiting for a client at a bus stop. Rain drenched him completely and he was continuously wiping the water droplets from his face. Suddenly the rain stopped falling on him and he looked up in surprise only to see a black umbrella, covering his head. He looked down and saw a young beautiful girl, smiling sweetly at him. Her deep brown eyes bordered with thick curled up eyelashes were as clear as crystal. She was the most astonishing girl he met ever and his heart was thumping loudly. He couldn’t help but smile to see her, but before he could ask her name she said “Take the umbrella. You need this more than me.”

Handing over the umbrella, she boarded the bus and smiled back at him. Bruno only stared at her like stupid without a word. He was so lost in those fascinating eyes that he had no idea when the bus came and stood in front of them. When he came out of the trance, the bus already started moving and he chased after it but he was late. The bus already ran away very fast beyond his reach. He kicked in the air and cursed loudly “F**k you, f**k you… Bruno, you idiot.”

“Sir… Sir… water.”

The girl was a little lost to see him staring at her without a blink. She got scared thinking that what mistake she had done that her master was looking at her like this. What would she do if he fired her? She couldn’t lose this job. Her hand that was holding the glass was trembling slightly in fear.

Bruno regained his senses and looked away from her, taking the glass. He drank the entire glass of water in one breath as his throat went dry to see her. He was feeling very restless. She was the girl that he wanted to keep by his side but in his current condition, no girl would like him even if she was working as a maid in his house. Before he could ask anything she walked out of the room hurriedly as though she was running for her life. Dumbfounded, Bruno looked at her quickly retreating back in awe. At that moment he lost his mood to work and closing the laptop, he rolled the wheels towards his bedroom.

He came in front of the mirror and stared at his reflection disdainfully for a long time. He was only 25 years old but now he possessed a 28 years old Elijah’s paralyzed body which looked ten years older than the actual age. Now, what was worse than this? Bruno’s mind was in mess. That girl looked like only 18- 19 years old. How could she fall for him? Feeling very frustrated, he cursed Elijah in a low voice “You bastard… You didn’t take care of your body properly. It seems like you have never cherished your body. How come a 28 years old man looks like 38 years old? Do you know how much I am suffering because of you? I can’t even express my feelings to the girl I like. Dame it…”

As he finished speaking, his eyes landed on his black hair which was very thin and one could see the scalp through the hair. His eyes widened in shock. “What the f**k? Why is your hair so thin? Didn’t you take care of your hair too? Elijah…”

He mumbled while ruffling his hair. Just then he remembered the glittering head of Greyson Smith. His head looked like a full moon without a single trace of hair. Bruno’s hand froze in the middle of the air as a shiver ran down through his spine. ‘Oh no… This is a genetic problem? That means I will also lose all my hair in the near future. What am I going to do?’ Suddenly he started missing his brown thick hair. He always liked to show off his silky soft hair. He looked up and his mouth twisted. His expression became very unpleasant and he muttered “Why are you punishing me like this?”

Phillip just entered the room and heard his mumble. He thought his boss was feeling depressed again and felt very distressed. What if he tried to suicide again? It was very risky to leave him alone. He walked towards him hurriedly and asked “Boss, are you not feeling well?”

Bruno looked at Phillip and a light of hope flashed in his black eyes. He asked, “Do you know any hair oil that helps in hair growth?”

Phillip’s eyes widened and his jaw fell apart. Shock spread on his face. Here he thought that Elijah was recalling Jessica again, but it turned out that he was worried about his looks.  ‘When did he started worrying about his hair?’ He asked in his mind and stared at him incredulously. Elijah was a charismatically handsome man and lots of girls died on him, but he chose only Jessica, his childhood sweetheart. But the accident had changed everything in his life. Jessica’s betrayal broke him so much that he lost his desire to live but now that he wanted to forget that painful past and decided to move on then he would help him by all means. For that, if he needed to collect the hair oil that improves hair growth then he would do that too. After thinking in this way, he said “I will check and tell you tomorrow.”

Bruno nodded and hummed in response. Phillip turned around and left but before he could reach the door he heard his boss calling him “Phillip, come here, come here.”

Phillip stopped on the track and turning around, he walked to him. He politely asked, “Do you want something?”

“What is the name of that girl?”

“Which girl?” Phillip couldn’t understand which girl he was asking about and cast a questioning gaze at him.

Bruno was a little irritated. Without answering him, he asked another question “How many girls are working here?”

“Only one.”

“Then I am asking about her.” He raised his voice slightly in frustration.

Phillip's jaw dropped again in shock. When did he start taking interest in this little maid? He clearly remembered how Elijah fired all the servants sent by Greyson to take care of him. At last, he hired this girl's mother a few months back. She was very quiet and only concentrated on her work so Elijah had no problem with her, but recently due to some health condition she didn’t come to work and sent her daughter in her place. This little girl was also like her mother and didn’t make a single sound while working. Then what happened today that his boss was asking about her. Did she make mistakes? He couldn’t help but frown in concern about her. Just as he was immersed in his thoughts, he heard his boss’s cold angry voice “Why are staring at my face? Answer my question.”

“Her name is Mollie… Mollie Taylor.”

“Mollie…” Bruno mumbled and the corner of his lips curled up with a half-smile.