"Fuck! this is on me, Ella, now Gemma might be in trouble." He cursed and speed up his car.I ignored him and called Grady. "Grady, you're on speaker. Brice is driving, we're on our way to Gemma,""Gemma is safe, Percy is there right now, go back to Brice's place we'll be there soon as we got the package and see what the fuck is in that thing anyway.""Are you sure? we're almost there," Brice replied, slowly changing to a lower gear."I'm sure, I don't want the stalker following both of you back to your penthouse. We'll get Gemma to stay at ours, Percy said she's still a bit shocked."Brice looked like he was deep in thoughts then give a nod, and told me that we're going back to his place. I kept on talking to Grady while Brice took the next roundabout and speed back to his place."That's it, you're never going back to your place, ever." He muttered the second we reached his place."Brice, I still need some of my stuff," I replied, thinking about the work that has to be done and some
Brice's POVClara had done her job, the announcement of our engagement was out there. She even put our picture on social media. And just as we expected threats came a couple of hours later.Ella and I were at my place having a conference call with her brothers. "Forward us the emails." Grady calmly said while Ella looked a bit nervous, though trying to cover it up in front of me.I took her hand and caressed it with my own while telling her brothers I'll do it later. "Anyway, I have meetings for the movie deal, my agent wants to ride the engagement wave and push forward with the deal. I can't stay with Ella. I need your guards to arrange their schedule to stay with her for a couple of days, I'm pretty sure it's two days from now, but I need to reconfirm it with Clara.""I want to visit mom and dad. I'm bored here," she shifted her eyes from the television to me, she did look bored and I feel bad for letting my stalker impact her daily activities."Actually I think staying at mom and d
Brice's POVI looked at Jill who's handing me the zip tie, she was putting on her scared face but the movement of her hands was calm when she was showing me her gun hidden under her blouse.Jill put on a show as a terrified fiancée and I kept on asking him questions which he laughed and then points the gun at me and told me to shut the fuck up.We have been in the car for over an hour and the man wasn't shy about showing us where he was going and his face. Those two facts made me realize that he was really going to kill us both unless Jill kill him first.I could see Jill was sizing him up as she repeatedly looked at him. But I didn't expect her to let out the most embarrassing cry making the man look annoyed enough that he told me to shut her up. That was when I hugged her, while my ears perked up when she whispered in between her fake sobs.Damn, she's good at this."I'm going to lean on you once he lets us out then make a move when he least expected. You need to lay on the ground a
Brice's POV"You think I'm not racking my brain, trying to remember who that guy was? I'm fairly sure I didn't give out certain vibes to any of my fans. You know they're called psychopaths for a reason don't you?" I drawled out my words in frustration. I was still at the twins' penthouse, I and Percy were still discussing about the possibility of me knowing the guy tried to kidnap me and Jill."I'm sure if you have, it wasn't intentional." Percy then told me to stay the night, telling me I need to be close by for any news.Feeling the need to stick through the issue, I nodded my head. I was also curious about the report from the security agency, a couple of glasses later we were done with drinking. Percy invited me to sit in their outdoor seating area looking out to their private pool. My brain was done calculating their net worth the second I saw their collection of liquor when Percy proudly showed me their hidden room showcasing their vintage floor-to-ceiling collectors' liquor bott
Ann's POVStupid young love, I had fallen in love with him since I was in high school. One day Brice helped me when a group of mean girls bullied me. He told them to stop and never bother me again. After that day, I'd watch him as the hot senior, gazed from afar, hoping one day he would notice me. Again.School was never my thing, I had never been social, not with anyone. I was a loner who spends my time lurking, following the gorgeous man and watching how he mingles with his friends. Brice always looks so handsome. But I was more than happy just to be in his vicinity, carefully standing in the corner, always away from his line of sight.But my hope, my dream to be someone significant for Brice was crushed months later when my sister Summer met him and told me that she liked him.I was jealous of her while Brice didn't even notice me. Maybe because I always hide in the shadows, but honestly I was too afraid...afraid that he'd reject me. I doubt that he would recognize me. I cursed mys
Ann's POVThe moment I saw Brice walk with Ella to his car, I recognized that the woman was not her. The way she attached himself to Brice was too poised as if they were trying their best to look like a couple. The feeling didn't sit well with me, and that's when I saw it. Her eyes, they're too alert, as if she was looking out to her surrounding like a mouse ready to fight back."Damn it!" I cursed the second I realized that she was not Ella, and the real Ella had left town.Weeks earlier I'd spent days cursing, throwing stuff when I learned that Ella was being followed by bodyguards. Everywhere I follow her, she was never alone. Later on, I knew her twin brothers were putting security details on her. I shook my head trying to think hard on how to kill the bitch.Brice will be mine.Brice will be mine.Brice will be mine.I promised to myself, said the words over and over again, every time I reached a dead end. My nails were red from my nerves, I chew them when I get agitated with eac
Brice's POVI wake up with a feeling of heavy nausea. The last thing I remembered was that I came back from business dinner with Clara where we were discussing about my new book progress and aligning the timetable with everything that Clara had going on for me.Where am I?I groaned when I felt my feet were lifeless, my head was pounding thinking what the fuck is wrong with me when I know for sure that I didn't even drink that much. My eyes were busy looking at my surroundings. My body felt so lethargic that tried my hardest to get up but failed miserably.What hell is happening to me? Why can't I move? Did someone drug me?The room looked clean and simple, the air was a bit damp and musty as if no one has been living here in a while. I was laying down in a clean queen size bed. The lighting was dimmed, and that's when I realized the room had no windows. Fear gets to me immediately and I try to call out but nothing came out. I tried again and finally, I can hear my voice though, my mo
Where the hell are you Brice?Let's hope you get scared and stupid and now hiding away from me.That night when he didn't check up on me, I feel worried immediately. Though I've only known him for a couple of months, I could sense that there was something wrong with him. I tried calling him but got his voice mail instead. The next morning I called him again and went straight to voice mail. By then I started to get worried and insisted to my brothers that I was leaving my parents to go to his penthouse.Grady and Percy meet up with me at Brice's penthouse since they also couldn't reach his phone. They also brought a specialist to check his place out. I was fiddling with my phone, trying to contact him but for the hundredth time, I reached his voice mail instead.His bed was untouched, his fridge was still stocked with food. Even his laptop was there. There is no sign of forced entry, no sign of him leaving in a hurry, not even an indication that he was going to leave his penthouse for