Chapter 5
Maria had barely gotten far when she was being grabbed by Ryder and Kenny who caught her easily. She tried to kick herself out of their grasp but it was too tight."Let me go, you crazy people" She yelled as she bite Kenny's hand who was holding her and he gave her a back hand slap as the other Person stopped him."Dude take it easy. She is just a lady. She doesn't need to be maltreated. Besides boss didn't say we could beat." He said as Kenny replied,"Then she should keep her fucking teeth to herself or I am going to rip it out." He said as they dragged her back to the basement.Adrian was seated on his chair when they came in dragging her with them and they threw her to the ground in front of him, almost three feet where Simon's dead body laid as Maria resisted the urge to throw up."Well seems like we have an issue on our hands. All because you couldn't stop your curiosity now you have in bigger soup." Adrian said as Maria looked at him, anger overtaking the fear as she said,"You are a murderer. You murdered an innocent man in cold blood. You do not deserve to live. You will pay for your crimes." Kenny wanted to walk forward and hit her but Adrian held his hand up stopping him."Kenny, take a walk. You are going to kill her in that state you are in..Ryder make sure you stay with him." He said as Ryder nodded his head Before dragging Kenny out of there leaving Kelvin behind who was still motionless at the shadows watching everything."Is he your lap dog? Your killing machine? Am I right..you think that you can suddenly earn my trust because you told him to take a fucking walk." She yelled as Adrian rolled his eyes and said,",I don't need an audience present to kill you neither do I need someone to pull the fucking trigger. Act nicely towards me or you may just meet the same end your friend here did." He said gesturing to the dead body as Maria registered his words and looked away keeping quiet.Adrian took in her appearance, as he realized that this was the same woman who spilled him coffee. He was sure of it now, he didn't know that she had some spit fire in her. If it was some people they would be begging for mercy and promising not to say anything but her she was shaking with anger annoyance that she wasn't in a position to slap the hell out of him.Deep down he knew that was what she was itching for, even though she might lose her life at the process.He jerked his head towards her as Kelvin walked towards her and took her bag from her body as Maria snapped her head up."Hey, what do you think you are doing? That's private property. You can't" She said before she was cut off by a stern glare and she bit her lips, and clenched her fist trying to stop herself from swinging at him. She wanted to be able to walk out of here alive not dead and that meant she had to keep her anger under a tight leash."Go to hell prat, both of you.." she mumbled underneath her breath. Thankfully they didn't hear what she said as Kelvin searched through her purse trying to look for an ID. He found one and opened it as he frowned before facing Adrian."Well? What does it say?" He asked as Kelvin replied,"We have a serious issue." With that he showed her the IDs and Adrian saw that this woman was his father's personal assistant and from tomorrow, his personal assistant as well.Fuck, he kidnapped his PA that he was supposed to meet the next day. This could not get any worse. They could not kill her because his father would start a fucking investigation the next day."Damn it, that rules out killing. What other options do we have here?" He asked Kelvin as Maria looked at them in half surprise half disgust."You better pray to God you kill me because once I get out of here, I am making sure that you spend the rest of your life behind jail's for killing an innocent man.""Who told you the man was innocent?" He said unable to ignore her as he strode towards her and grabbed her jaw in the process hurting her as he forced her to stare into his eyes."Do I look like a deranged serial killer on the loose. Deep down I know you know who I am, just as I know who you are Maria." He said as she tried to look away."Tell me that you are sure he is innocent." He yelled at her as she shrank back in fear and bowed her head unable to defend the dead person."What did he do that made you kill him in this unjust way." She said slowly as Adrian looked at him"The same way he ripped my mother away from me, but this time around I was lenient in his death. Now stay quiet or risk joining him" With that he went back to Kelvin who replied,"We need to take her back with us, kidnap her if you will. We need to leave here already and calling the cleaning crew to get rid of the body before the night shift comes here.""Okay in that case I give you permission to knock her out. I will go and see what Ryder and Kenny are up to." He replied as he stood up and left leaving Maria with Kelvin.Five minutes after, Kelvin walked out carrying an unconscious Maria on his shoulder as he made his way to the car where the trio was."Guess we are good to go then. Let's head home."Adrian said as he dropped her into the car boot.Chapter 116Epilogue“We interrupt the news to bring to you all the dead of Mr Rich Danillo who had commited suicide in his cell his immediate jail term.'' Maria wound up the volume of the radio as she stepped on the gas. Sophia's father killed himself? Well it was to be expected since he was there for life.The only person who was left now was Steve, her fiance, who had been jailed but had somehow gotten loose and was currently on the run. She took a deep breath and exhaled before continuing, there was no need for her to be scared.Steve wasn't desperate enough to hang around her and kidnapped her.There were eyes on hers and bodyguards to numerous to mention, the only reason why she hadn't shouted at her husband to stop was because she knew there was a reason he was being paranoid and frankly it was justified.Right now she was on her way to the cemetery, with Castillo. Two weeks had passed since Sophia's death and Adrian had insisted on burying her properly. A lot of people had
Chapter 115Two Weeks LaterMarie woke up with. African as her head was splitting apart with the migraine she had gotten. She immediately sat up as pain racked through her entire body, she was shocked. She was at home with her baby waiting for Adrian when those men broke into her house and she had gotten knocked out.She turned around trying to look for her baby when she realized that Adrian was tied up next to her looking a bit roughed up but Okay. Well from what she could see."Adrian?!" She called out pulling him from his thoughts as his eyes widened with relief when he saw her."Thank God, you are awake. I was so worried. Are you okay?" He asked as Marie asked."Where is Castillo? Did they take him? Who are they?" She asked as the door swing open as a woman walked in carrying Castillo who was fast asleep on her hands."Well, well, well if it's not the star of the show. Marie or should I say Athena?" She said as Marie stiffened considerably as Adrian turned to look at her although
Chapter 114Athena cried for the loss of her parents and love of her life Gabriel. She couldn't believe that Steve went this far to get rid of her parents just because she had refused to get married to him. This fueled her pain to flee. Her parents had put her happiness first before their lives and she was going to die if she allowed that to go to waste.She was going to get away from this place or she was going to die trying. Luckily since she has been locked up here, they hadn't come to check up on her. She had overheard the news from a maid who was talking to a fellow worker, about their boss disappearance.According to them, Mr Steve had gone on a flight to Spain which was supposed to last two weeks.And Athena knew that the moment he was back, he was going to force her to get married to him and that means she will be a trophy wife for him as long as she lived.She had two weeks to escape before he gets back and to do that, she had to win the trust of either a guard or maid who w
Chapter 113 ***5 years ago****"Mum, dad, I have something that I want to tell you." Athena said that morning as she climbed downstairs getting her parents attention who were eating breakfast."Of course sweetie, you can tell us anything." She said as Athena (Marie) sat down beside her as she took a deep breath and exhaled."I don't want to marry Steve anymore." She blurted out as her parents stopped eating and turned to look at her.They couldn't believe their ears. Their marriage was only a week away and now their daughter Athena was changing her mind. This wasn't going to look good for either of the family. "Why? Why are you telling us this? Did Steve cheat on you? If he did, then we will give him a piece of our mind." Her father said as Athena shook her head slowly and said,"Steve didn't cheat on me. Rather I cheated on him." She said closing her eyes as she waited for the reaction of her parents. She knew that this was going to put her in a lot of trouble but she
Chapter 112Just like that, the day went by smoothly as Lucy only went to his office when there was a need for her to do so. After that, it was mandatory that she went back to the office. After the day was over, Steve was the first to leave as he stopped in front of her office and asked why she was still around since she was supposed to be gone an hour earlier. He asked if she needed a ride to the bus stop,"I'll get home myself. Thank you for the offer though." Steve nodded his head and said,"No issue. If there is anything that comes up, call me. I'll head home first." With that he left as Lucy's smile dropped as she exhaled and took deep breaths.She decided to go home as well. She was avoiding her home because she didn't want to deal with the fact that it was indeed a reality,but there was no way she could extend her stay here. She would just miss the bus and that meant walking home...She hurriedly packed her bags and made sure that she switched off all the appliances she was usi
Chapter 111Afterwards Luke had to leave and head back to the company because he didn't plan on staying the entire da with Sandro. They both had to work since they were both CEO. "I have to go now." Luke said standing up as Sandro looked surprised. He had expected Like to stay with him throughout the remainder of the day."Why are you leaving s soon?" he asked feeling a bit put down as Luke rolled his eyes."I have been here for 30 minutes. We have agreed on what you need. I have to leave and get back to it." He said as Sandro nodded his head."Alright. I understand that you have to go. I won't say anything else. But atleast let us meet up for a drink or some thing." he said as Luke sighed and nodded his head."Sure I'll call you when the time is right." He said as he turned and left his office leaving Sandro all alone..Sandro knew instinctively that he had done or said something to get Luke on edge which was the reason he was leaving this abrupt. But he had no idea what he had said