His Obsession

~ Recalling a memory - 8 years ago - Steve’s POV

Y/N was only 17. It was Halloween. I was being chased down by goons from an opposing gang. Two of them were following me. I was shot in the shoulder while running.

Y/N was at the bookstore and she was coming out from grabbing books.

She was never allowed to do the fun stuff that most kids did. Her driver was her bodyguard but that night, her driver was shot by the stray bullet that was meant for me.

She cried for 911 and was doing her best to keep him from dying meanwhile, I was running around the area from them.

She was calm and collected given the distress.

I ran and was hiding. The goons kept looking for me as people swarm around us trying to find out what happened with the driver.

I gave a kid $20 to buy his mask as they were walking around trick or treating.

The mask was Jason’s mask from Friday the 13th. I was able to wrap my shoulder from bleeding out more.

At that moment, I knew I needed to get into the car that the driver was shot in to get out of here. The keys are still in the engine.

The ambulance came and was driving the driver to the hospital for an emergency operation.

Y/N was getting into the car to drive to the hospital. It was my opportunity because I got in the car backseat. Using my gun, I laid low and said “Drive, I’ll shoot you if you don’t.” She was spooked but she didn’t move to know the gun was pressed to her side.

Y/N was scared as she sat in the driver's spot and started to drive.

She asks “Did you shoot at my driver?”

I said “No. He was shot by the people chasing me.”

She asks “Where do you want to go?”

I didn’t know because I needed to get to safety and call Howard. The problem is I lost my phone and I can’t trust the guys working at the club. There’s a mole in the club.

I said “I’m not going to hurt you. There are people after me and I need to lay low somewhere.”

She asks me “Are you hurt? I can hear your breathing. We have a doctor at the house.”

Did she offer refuge to me? Just like that? Well, I guess she’s just a child. Too trusting or naive. Beggar can’t be chooser right?

I needed help so any help would be good. This wound wouldn’t help me if I needed to survive and tell Howard the truth before his enemies will knock on his doors. I need to prevent that.

I asked “Why are you offering help? You don’t even know me.”

I was only 18 at that time.

She said “You don’t sound like a bad person plus you could have just taken the car and my purse to drive off. You’re trying to survive. I saw the two guys swarming into the scene looking for someone earlier. I’m assuming they are on to you.”

I asked, “How would you know?”

She answers “They weren’t wearing Halloween costumes like the rest of them plus they didn’t offer help with Paul like the rest of the people. They held guns and I can see it in plain sight. Can I just make a call? I promise it’s not crying for help. I can handle myself.”

I placed the gun away as I lay there trying to control my breathing. I was too tired.

Whoever she is, she made me smile at her wittiness.

She was calling someone and telling them that her driver, Paul is in the hospital. Please notify his family that she’ll be driving home. Her father wouldn’t be home until next week.

As soon as we drove up to her house… not a house… a mansion.

Y/N’s gates automatically open as soon as she parks. She says “Give me a second.” she was pressing something on her phone and she tells me “I just need to get a loop video to use it for the security camera. Stay here until I come back. Can you trust me? I’ll get you to the doctor but I can’t have my father knowing.”

I watched this girl walk out of the car and walked up into the house and 5 minutes later she returns. This time, she has a friend with her.

Y/N says “Please Kathy! Please help him.”

An older lady who dressed comfortably in pajamas says “Miss Y/N, you do know I can get fired for this. You brought home stray animals and the master already screamed and threatened to have us killed. You can’t possibly think… oh boy. It’s a fucken boy!”

She opened the door and Kathy saw me.

I waved innocently “Hi!”

It was awkward silence but Kathy asks “Did you make sure the security cameras are looping the footage over?”

Who is this woman and who is Y/N?

She saved my life that night but I never removed my mask to keep her safe from knowing who I am. I was skinny and my muscles weren’t that big.

Kathy was a doctor in her country. Ever since coming to the USA, she became a Nanny for Miss Y/N L/N.

Kathy helped me patch up and thank god they do have the equipment and medicine.

Kathy asks “What is your name? Are you ever going to get rid of that awful mask?”

I shook my head “Best that you guys don’t know how I look or my name, so you’re not caught up in this mess. Can I borrow a phone?”

Y/N hands me a cellphone with a hair tie on it.

I looked at it and she smiles “Sorry! I have a habit of putting my hair tie on my cellphone just for convenience.

I tell her “Thank you, doll!”

She smirks and went to grab me a plate of food.

I can see a nice library was built for her. She’s stuck in this house. She’s letting me stay in the library with the nice lounge chair. No one comes in here but her and Kathy.

Kathy says “Paul is doing fine and out of the operation room. Miss, you need to rest. Your father would be angry if he knew about a stranger in the house.”

Y/N says “Jason (my nickname because of my mask), make sure you eat well. Kathy, can you check upon him.”

Kathy rolls her eyes and says “Yes Missy.”

Y/N smiles and says “Good night, Jason!”

I smiled back but she doesn’t know it “Good night, Y/N!”

As soon as Y/N left the room then Kathy turns to me “You sir, need to get out of the house as soon as possible. Our master will kill us if he finds you in the house. I’ll drive you if you want but heal up soon. Don’t make me regret saving you.”

I scoff “She saved me. You were commanded to do so by your miss.”

Kathy slaps me on the head and says “You’re lucky you met her. She’s a big-hearted girl. Now rest and you’re leaving soon, young man. I’ll sneak you out with my car tomorrow.”

That’s exactly what happened the next day. I left without saying goodbye because Kathy didn’t want Y/N to be entangled with me. What she doesn’t know is that I have set my eyes on Y/N L/N and her household since then.

I’ve kept her hair tie with me.

~ End of Memory

Steve’s POV - Present time

I look down at the man who's tied to the chair and he’s begging “Please, I didn’t do anything to her.”

I sat down on the chair across from him “She already confirmed you both aren’t engaged and that you had instructed for 4 men to break her.”

Zack was already crying knowing that I wasn’t going to let him off the hook. Everyone who knows me understands that I’m ruthless with my enemies especially one who's going after our family.

Howard may be dead and now his enemies are coming out. I’ll kill every one of them when they come.

I wasn’t wearing a suit like Howard. I had a golf shirt and khakis. I spread out my legs as I sat down and I waited for him to confess.

Bucky punches Zack in the face first then Sam.

Zack’s bleeding after two punches to the face and then he says “Please… I promise not to…”

I tell him “Whose after Y/N? Why her? Who sent you? You had your name changed and you hid for a reason. Tell me now and maybe I’ll spare you.”

Zack looked at me like he was ready to cry and Bucky punches him again.

He was spitting out blood when a tooth came loose. I looked at Bucky and he shows me his metal ring.

Zack says “Howard killed my father. I was recruited by a man named Skull. I haven’t met him but he helped me to get a new identity and my job was to get Y/N, break her and gather a large ransom from you to help fund the projects.”

I asked him “What projects?”

Zack’s lips were trembling as he says “He’s coming for you. I don’t know who he is but he’s coming for you and your family.”

I said, “How do you communicate with him?”

Zack says “He looks for me. I’ve never seen him.”

I tell him “Help us locate him and we’ll spare you.”

Zack gave me the look and I knew he wouldn’t help us. He wants revenge

Bucky and Sam know.

I smirked “Zack, you should die for touching my girl. You don’t understand how lucky you are. I would share what I know if I were you but it’s your call.”

Zack decided to scream “I’ve fucked her for weeks and what the fuck did you do? Stand by and watch her fall for me. She loves me.”

He was riling me up and this time I used a knife to cut off his ropes and I tell him “Fight me, asshole. Let’s see if you got the bigger balls to handle me.”

Zach challenges me “What if I beat your ass? Your boys would only try to kill me after.”

I said, “You beat me, you can walk out of here alive.”

He smiled as he got up and was thinking he had a chance.

Zack tries to swing at me and misses. At some point, Bucky tosses him a blade. I eyed my best friend and Bucky shrugs “What? It’s only fair if he’s got a weapon.”

I shook my head because Zack was super duper delighted and says “Your funeral!”

Zack started to move the blade-like he was a pro and that’s when Sam smirks “Ohhhh Buck, Steve is going to kick your ass for giving that boy a blade.”

He started to swing at me and I was able to dodge every attack and I let him keep the blade just to protect himself from me. Bucky knows that I like to toy with them before I finish them off.

Zack decides to throw me off my game “She called me hun and she moans like a fucken…”

My moves were fast and this time, Bucky shook his head “You shouldn’t have mentioned anything about her. You’re going to die a gruesome death.”

Zack’s eyes were wide as he finds me wrapping my hand around his hand and I spun to twist it around until I hear bones breaking. I fucked up his hand and he drops the blade. I caught it and used it to slice open his stomach. Just when he couldn’t handle it.

I saw red when he mentioned her.

Zack grabs his injury and he backs away and starts throwing furniture at me as I rushed forward to him.

He screams “Fuck off… You’re like a fucken terminator.”

I reached up to his throat and I asked him again “Who the fuck is Skull? Help us or die.”

Zack had determination and he says “Howard killed my father. I will never hurt you.”

I tell him “Your father raped young girls including your damn little sister. Don’t fucken tell me that he’s a saint.”

Zack’s eyes were wide and he was shocked at what I just said. I threw him down and told him “Your little sister died of suicide. Your father destroyed the suicide letter before you could read it. Have you not wondered why she never spoke when he’s around? Why does she wish to live on campus than at home? He wouldn’t let her out of his sight.”

He screams “You’re a fucken liar.”

Bucky already pulled out the tablet and he placed the photos that we gathered about John Garrett’s history and the fucked up thing we found was about Zack’s sister.

His sister recorded herself before her suicide about why she couldn’t live with her life anymore. She sent it to her best friend.

I tell Zack “Howard killed your father because he was part of the human trafficking and he was making your sister’s life a living hell. Your mother left him for a reason but she never made it out alive.”

Zack cries as he falls to the ground from the revelation. He spent all this time trying to go after Howard but he didn’t realize the truth. We wanted

I tell Sam “Stitch him up and let him decide if he wants to fucken help or else kill him.” then I turn to Zack “Talk about my girl, I’ll kill you.”

I threw the blade at Bucky and he caught it. I headed out and for the first time, we were surprised that I didn’t kill Zack.

We needed more information especially I need to know who the fuck is Skull.

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Y/N’s POV

Natasha tells me that Steve has Zack in custody to find out who is really behind the kidnapping and attacks. The threats have increased and this whole time, the family has been keeping me in the dark so that I could heal from Howard’s death.

Natasha and I were laying on the rug as we looked up to the high ceiling.

I tell her “We kissed today.”

Natasha laughs “Finally!”

I tell her “Well we kinda kissed before… I threw myself at him but he said no. I don’t know if this is just some kind of phase that he’s going through. Is he stressed out at work? Am I being too much?”

Natasha lets me know “Well he is stressed but not because of work. Work is easier to deal with. You have to talk to him. I can’t tell you what he’s feeling. We both know that the man always kept his secrets and his feelings.”

We both nodded and then I asked her “What’s that Russian tattoo with the card?”

Natasha says “Oh that represents that the person who has it, went to jail.”

I said, “The tattoo was 5 spades.”

Natasha says “That person went to jail for 5 years.”

Steve went to Jail for 5 years. What happened?

I asked, “Has Steve gone to jail?”

Natasha asks “Wait, you saw the tattoo on him?”

I nodded.

She says “No one has seen him with a shirt off.”

I tell her “He has my initials on his heart.”

Natasha laughs “Of course he does. The man is full of secrets.”

I said “I’m just confused… if he cared, why now?”

Natasha sighs “Has there been any good timing? You were married to his boss who's also his godfather, someone he looked up to and admires.”

I ask “Isn’t it weird? I’m technically his god-mom too.”

Natasha asks “Clearly, you’re not because you’re kissing him and throwing yourself at him.”

I groan as I cover my face “Why did I even tell you the truth?”

Natasha laughs “Come on, we both know you only accepted Howard’s proposal because you can be a free woman.”

I said “Free? I’m just moving from one roof to another.”

Natasha says “Are you sure you don’t feel anything for him?”

I tell her “I’m not sure how I’m feeling. Zack asked me to marry him then he wanted 4 other men to break me. I am still sorting through those feelings right now. I don’t want what I have with Howard…”

Natasha says “Steve isn’t like Howard.”

I laughed “ Are you sure? I’ve heard lots of women say Steve is a womanizer and that he doesn’t fuck anyone over 3 times… You know the rules. No kissing…”

Natasha points out “He’s kissed you.”

I said “No shirt”

Natasha says “You’ve seen his chest and he’s slept next to you. You and I both know that Steve is quite serious about you and it’s not new.”

What is she saying?

She and I looked at one another.

Natasha simply says “Think about all those times, when you were in trouble and who kept you safe. As soon as you felt someone is evil, who dispose of those men? Steve made sure to investigate and he executes once confirmed.”

I lay there and start to think about every moment that Steve tried to stop me from hurting myself like when Howard had an affair with Darcy.

I spoke up “I slapped Steve when I found out about Howard and Darcy.”

Natasha listens and was quiet.

I tell her “I wasn’t angry that Howard had an affair because he told me that this was likely to happen during our marriage. He wasn’t going to be committed to me only. The betrayal hurt because she’s my best friend. I would have given them my blessing if she was honest. I cursed them and told them that they were dead to me….then they died. I realized how petty I was.”

Natasha held my hand “They know.”

I cried as I let my tears fall and said “I should have forgiven Howard and Darcy. I should have let it all go.”

Natasha says “You were hurting.”

I tell her “That moment, I saw them both laying there. I just wanted to go to them and make things better. If I knew that our time was this limited… I’d forgiven them faster.”

Natasha says “You just needed to let it go and say it out loud.”

I let my tears flow and I said “I’m sorry Darcy, I wished the last conversation I had with you would have been better than my anger.”

At that moment, Steve walked in and he noticed we both were laying there.

Steve took one look at me and my tears then he asks “Who do I have to kill?” that caused both me and Natasha to laugh.