Grayson lowered down his phone grimly after talking with Nathan the following day. He heard his phone notified with a message and he immediately opened the file to read the mail that Nathan had sent over for him to check.“What’s the update on the facial recognition?” Grayson asked intently, going out from his parents’ room after reading Nathan’s message before he called. “Has he been identified already? What’s the f8cking ba$tard’s name?!”“The system is still running, man,” Nathan answered at the other line. “With more than 300 million population, it’ll be a while unless we’ll get lucky. This state alone is almost at fifty.”Grayson cursed at that answer.“How is she?”“Cunningham had taken her to the hospital,” Nathan said. Before Grayson could react to the news, Nathan immediately cut him off. “I think it’s not only because of that incident, Gray. The undercover that I had assigned near her said that she was somehow distraught when she came back to the kitchen after heading up to
Maya walked around the mall quietly as she immersed herself into window shopping the following day with four bodyguards surrounding her as instructed by Jordan. She remembered the argument they had in the morning when Maya was introduced to the additional two men that Jordan will be accompanying her. “I don’t need additional two men!” She snapped at him when the men told them that they will be waiting for her downstairs at the parking area. She gripped the plate of eggs that she made and set it down the table abruptly. “Two is already enough!” Jordan shut the newspaper that he is reading and slammed it on the table to prove his point. “You know that rogue was right,” he pointed out dryly. “He did warn me that you have this aversion to men tailing you wherever you go.” “There’s nothing wrong with that!” She returned angrily. “And why the hell are you talking with Grayson?” “Well, the TRO I had on him is for you and not for me,” Jordan said with a shrugged. He picked up his cup of c
Grayson got out of his private plane and bounded down the stairs where Thomas is waiting for him with a gray Mercedes Benz behind on a Saturday morning. After thanking the crew, he immediately got inside the car behind the driver while his secretary occupied the opposite side.“These are the documents that Mr. Nathan wanted me to hand to you the minute you arrive,” Thomas said formally as he handed him an envelope. “It’s about the driver, Simon Ryder, who was the last person who saw Rachel Hamilton alive.”“How about that black box that Nathan had mentioned?” Grayson asked as he pulled out the documents. “Was he able to retrieve the file already?”“Not yet, sir,” Thomas replied. “He already got the court order with the consent of Mr. Cunningham. He will see to it on Monday first thing. He flew in yesterday to take care of it.”Nodding at his assistant, Grayson browsed through the documents that Nathan had prepared for him and read through the file of the driver-bodyguard that was with
Maya woke up the following Monday morning and was surprised to see Jordan, lying beside her sleeping and wearing the clothes probably from the day before. She studied his face that looks to be quite tired from the dark circles under his eyes. He had a straight nose that goes together with his prominent chin and squared jawline.He has a wide forehead, strong brow bone and thick straight eyebrows that she remembered she had her hands run over it when she gave in to his lovemaking the previous day.Where did he go? She wondered as she watched him rolled onto his back, still in a deep sleep.Jordan didn’t even bother to cover himself with. The way she sees it, he just probably took off his shoes and immediately fall into bed to sleep. Maya didn’t hear or felt him last night or whatever time he came because she took a sleeping pill when she had a nightmare the other night. That night where Jordan didn’t come home.It was the first time for her to sleep alone on his bed since the day he ha
Jordan walked beside Maya by the shoreline of The White Coral Beach late that afternoon after taking her into a pasta house where she met and talked with the owner, an Italian chef who gave her a tour of his factory and taught her how to make handmade pasta from scratch that his grandmother had taught him.He remembered just watching her eyes getting excited at every word the chef is telling her. He had also seen that when he took her to the coffee shop where he watched her enjoyed the slice of dark chocolate cake that the owner served her.Jordan realized that he had fallen in love with the woman that she is now. Not as Rachel but as Maya. He didn’t know when but he guessed it was during those times he had pushed himself on her while St. Claire was back in E Country and had sought his help in watching over him.St. Claire made that big mistake, Jordan thought.Maya had been haunting him in his dreams ever since that night she came also as a chaperone to Cass’s school dance. She was w
Grayson slowed down the speed of his car as he finally saw the familiar line of trees of the residential area where he had followed Jordan over the weekend. He looked at his watch and saw that it already read eleven in the evening. Looking through the rearview mirror, he saw Cunningham opening his eyes and looked towards the surroundings.They could have arrived earlier. However, the wound on Maya’s arm became infected and she started having a fever. They finally had no choice but to make an emergency stop at a hospital in a small town they passed by for the doctors and nurses to tend to her. They had to wait several more hours as she was administered an antibiotic in her system that needs her to be at rest for a while.He also advised Jordan to put a different name on Maya’s information just as a precaution. Jordan stared at him for a while before following what he was told.“How the hell did you find out about the country home?” Jordan demanded at Grayson, who stood outside the buil
That stupid, stupid Englishman!!! I should have known better! I should have known that he will continue to keep an eye on that b1tch! He is definitely right in not trusting Jordan to take care of the woman because he never protects her well enough!!!If it not for that man, that b1tch would have been dead by now! I saw blood on the explosion sight and I’m definitely sure it belongs to her because Jordan was pushing her ahead of him! But that other man had to put his nose into other people’s business and rescued them!You are such a f8cking b1tch, Rachel Hamilton! Those two men will do anything to make sure that you will stay alive from all of these plans I had laid out for you! Ugh! And now my stupid men could not currently pinpoint your location. Where the f8ck did that Englishman took you? And to hear that security around Cassandra has been tightened!Now, I have to f8cking wait again until you appear. I should have known better. That Englishman will do anything to get you back and
Grayson opened his eyes later that day and looked at the ceiling for a long while before finally deciding to get up and proceeded to the adjoining bathroom in the Guest Room that Cunningham had given to him in his country home.He looked at himself in the mirror, noting his shadowed beard and thought to shave once he returns to his residence in Montleigh Villas. Going back to the room, he opened his bag and put on a plain white polo shirt and khaki pants that he had packed in case of emergency.Reaching for his phone, he checked for any messages from Nathan and found none. Instead of calling his friend to demand the update that needs, he decided to forego it, knowing that Nathan and his team are also doing their best in solving the case. He decided to head out of the room and the scent of coffee immediately greeted him.“Can you do a star pancake, Mommy?”Grayson arrived at the dining area and already saw Maya and Spencer at the island kitchen, making some breakfast. Spencer looks to