Chapter 8

Days went by and she didn't saw him again. A maid would bring her food everyday and she was also given proper clothes to wear. But all day she had to stay in that room, either sleeping or watching the sky from the window. She was being watched from all the sides and she knew it after she saw those men outside her window.

A week passed, and nothing changed. She grew impatient and wanted to know why she was held captive?The very night when maid came to give her food, she asked her to let know his boss that she wants to meet him. The maid nodded and left.

She eagerly waited and kept walking in the room anxiously all night, in hope that he'll come and she will beg him to leave her. But when the sun rose and dawn break, she felt heavy with sleep and laid down. She was served breakfast and when she woke up in afternoon, she found him sitting opposite to her at a couch.

Her eyes widened and she immediately pulled the covet close to her in fear.

"You called for me?" Carter spoke in a deep voice which was unpleasant to her ears.

"Yesss..." She stuttered.

"What for?" He asked again, looking straight at her with those sharp eyes.

"I want to go home. You've kidnapped me and I'm here since a week. I don't even know you and why you even held me captive. My family will be worried. Please just let me go home" without looking at him, she spoke everything which had been holding her down and tears were already streaming down her cheeks.

"You might not know me but I remember you well. And I've been in love with you for so long. I've been following you around because I wanted to see you. And I kidnapped you because I knew you won't accept me if I ask you sincerely. I'm so sorry" he got up from his place and sat closer to her making her flinch in horror. He held her both hands and spoke with such tenderness that she almost wanted to believe him.

"What?" She could only gasp at his words.

"Yes Veronica! I love you so much. Please forgive me. I'll let you go this instant but trust me I cannot live without you. And that bastard Jon is fucking other girls in your absence. If you believe me I can show you proof" he sounded so determined that she felt scared and confident at the same time. So all this long, he was in love with her that's why he bought her here? She thought in dismay.

He took out the phone from his pocket, and started tapping something on it. And in a second, a video started playing. She could swear with her bare eyes that it was really Jon who was naked and fucking some woman in the video.The blood flushed from her face and she didn't know anymore to feel rage for her kidnapper or Jon who had been cheating her this long.

"I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have made you watch this video." He immediately retreated his phone back and switched it off.

But she was in some trance and she didn't responded.

"That's why I shattered that white dress off you because I can't see you marrying some jerk who don't deserve you." He explained his actions truthfully and she only stared at him with those empty orbs.

"Let me send you off to home" he declared and asked her to get up from bed.

With shaking legs, she followed him outside the room. Only then her eyes roamed and she took notice of her surroundings. It was a huge Mansion, so posh and luxurious. Even the rails of stairs, on which she placed her hand felt so precious.

He took her down, and then outside the mansion. And there was a Bentley waiting for her. He opened the black door of the car and motioned her to sit inside.

"The driver will drop you off at doorstep. Please feel at ease" he smiled to her while closing the door and she could swear her heart missed a beat. He looked so charming when he smiled to her that she felt possessed by him. She blinked twice and cleared her throat. Looking out of the window while driver drove her off to her house. She couldn't stop thinking about Jon. Did he really lie to her? Was she just betrayed by a man whom she loved for years? He was cheating on her behind her back and she was unaware all this time. She felt pity for herself. She was really this naive, if Carter hadn't kidnapped her then she would have gladly married that son of a bitch without thinking twice.

Resting her head against the back seat, she sighed. Maybe everything happens for some reason, she reasoned with herself.

*

After a long ride, the driver finally dropped her in front of the residential building where her apartment was located. She got off and entered inside. Taking elevator, she went up to her apartment. Standing in front of the door, she realized that her hands were empty and she didn't had the key. In hope that her parents must be at home, she knocked the door. And at second knock, the door was opened and she was met with her mother who's face showed how upset she was.

"My darling!" Her mother shouted out of astonishment and hugged her immediately, crying throughout as if she was about to give up on her.

"Where were you? Your dad and I have cried our eyes out! We were searching for you maniacally everywhere. The police even couldn't find you!" Her mother kept going on and on without giving her a chance to speak.

"I'm sorry mom. I don't know how I just ended up somewhere weird." She told her mother, having no intention of disclosing that she was actually kidnapped.

"Oh my god! You know what Jonathan had been looking for you all over the city! He was so depressed, he hasn't eaten anything since then!" Her mother started bragging about Jonathan while taking her inside and she was more than pissed off.

"Can we not talk about Jonathan please mom?" She told her with a sadistic smile.

"Why darling? Did something happened?"

"No I'm alright, we'll talk about this later. I just want to be alone for a moment now" Veronica took her leave into her bedroom, and turned off the lights. Finding her comfort in the darkness she pulled the cover up her face.

Her dad was outside to do groceries when she came home. Her mother broke the news to him at once he arrived. And he was more than happy. He wanted to see his daughter but closed the door when he found her asleep.

Her mother told Jonathan that she returned home and her dad was really mad about it.

"Why did you have to tell him? You should've asked Veronica first, she might have told him by herself" her father frowned at her mother.

"Dear! Dear! He loves her and they are going to get married. He was so worried about her!" Her mother excused.

"Let's see about that!" Her dad exclaimed and went into the lounge, turning the Tv on.

She took her nap and woke up when her mother informed her that Jon was  here to see her. She scurried into the bathroom to take a shower and change her dressup. He didn't wanted to see Jon but after all her mother called her so she should've expected for the worst.

"Dear, he's waiting for you" her mother told her when she was blow-drying her hair.

"Oh please let him relax because he won't be able to ever again" she remarked nastily.

Soon after looking like that hot bitch Veronica she was, she entered into the lounge. Founding him and her dad sitting on the couch, watching TV together.

"Oh, Veronica!" He exclaimed and came forward to hug her but she backed off.

"What's the matter?" Lines of worry formed on his forehead.

"Nothing, why are you here?" She asked, making her distance from him.

"Ofcourse to see you! I thought you were kidnapped and our marriage was ruined. I looked for you everywhere all this week! But thank god you're well and alive!" Veronica would've believed him blindly if she hadn't watched that video with her sinful eyes.

"Go fuck yourself! I don't need someone filthy like you as my husband!" She shouted and her parents gasped in shock, turning their necks.

"What?" He couldn't believe his eyes and was shook all over with her sudden outrageous remark.

She pushed him towards the door while he kept asking her what was the matter. Taking the ring off her finger, she threw at him.

"You had been cheating on me for all this long and I believed you like an idiot! Don't ever show me your face again!" She shut the door at his face, heaving a long sigh leaning against the door. And she saw her dad smiling at her, proudly.