FAZER LOGINChapter 50Eva's Pov I had never imagined a day would come and I would have to choose between Adrian and someone else. I couldn't even live my usual life anymore.I closed my eyes, trying to push back the tears, but they came anyway."So you see," Victor continued, "running back to him isn't an option. Even if you wanted to. Which you don't."My eyes snapped open. "I never said I didn't want to.""Your mother said otherwise." He tilted his head. "She told me you promised to leave him. To never see him again." I looked at him now."You know my captors and the people holding my mum hostage?" He just shrugged and looked away."I sure do. It's a small world and I have boys. You should know, they're always watching you. If you want your mum safe, you have to listen to them. I can't help out again. I only interfered once and saved your life. I promised to be your guardian." I didn't say another word. My heart was breaking, but I swallowed it."Was she lying? Would you go back to Adrian?""
Chapter 49 Eva's PovThe beeping woke me first. It was steady and somewhere above my head, to the left. I couldn't turn my neck to see it. My body was concrete.And the smell was a mixture of antiseptic, latex, and bleach. Then I knew I was in a hospital. I forced my eyes open. My throat was like sandpaper. My body felt like I had just left a desert, and my stomach… suddenly the memory hit me like a fist.The stab, my mother crying, and the yellow crooked teeth man muttering, "No loose ends." The blood pulsing between my fingers. My mother… was she safe? The gunshot? A body dropped. Who was it? I couldn't remember. But my mother—I needed her and desperately hoped she was fine.I tried to sit up, but pain ripped through my abdomen. I gasped and fell back against the pillows. My hands flew to my stomach. It was wrapped with bandages. Thick layers of them, wrapped tight around my waist.I was in a hospital, but where am I? They had spoken of flying me out of the continent to another tha
Chapter 48Eva's Pov"What are you doing here? You aren't supposed to be here." "Whose child is this?" I managed to mutter."Why's a child here?" But the men didn't give me a response. They acted like they couldn't hear any word I asked. The child, a young boy no more than eleven, just stared at me. He took some steps closer, and the way he stared at me sent fear through me."Hey," I struggled despite my bruises and brought my face closer to him."Did they hurt you? These big bad men? Are you looking for your parents? I can hel…" I couldn't even finish my statement when I felt a smack across my face. Blood left my mouth and in that moment, if I was told that I had lost a tooth, I would believe it.I raised my head slowly and the little boy had a sly smile on his face. He had slapped me. Before I could think about anything, he burst out laughing and the big guys behind him followed suit. Mocking."I'm going to help you get to your parents…" one of the guys said in a chipmunk voice, mo
Chapter 47Eva's PovI opened my eyes slowly. Where was I? I prayed and hoped not to be in the damn room that had almost taken my life. I prayed I was safe. The feeling of inhaling gas wasn't one I wished on an enemy either. It was hell.The first thing that got to me now was the fresh air. I breathed so fast, my head hurt badly, but suddenly the fresh air stopped and it was replaced by the smell of damp wood and mold, accompanied by something rotting or not. I couldn't tell anymore.I opened my eyes fully and felt the pain. My wrists burned. I looked down slowly, and I was tied with a thick rope. It was cutting into my skin. I pulled, but the pain increased and the rope didn't budge. Even my ankles hurt. I was tied to an old wooden chair.Fucking hell? Where am I? Who brought me here? I had passed out at the lake house, so how was I here? That I couldn't tell?My head throbbed. The gas leak, the masked people, that voice that felt familiar through the mask, but I couldn't remember, a
Chapter 46Adrian's PovVictor stared at me. With hands in his pockets, a smile playing at the corners of his mouth."Hello, Adrian. Brother, it's been a while and boy, you look tense." I signalled Marcus who excused us immediately."Victor." I didn't offer him a seat, but he took one anyway."The president tells me you're cozying up to Volkov. How true is that?""The president sure does tell you a lot of things." Victor walked past me, trailing his finger along the edge of my desk. "Some of them are even true." I raised my head at him now."My girl. Eva, what have you been doing with her?" A smirk appeared on his lips. He turned to fully face me now."Being there for those who genuinely need help and giving them jobs. It doesn't mean a bad thing, right?""Cut the shit." I stood up now to face him. "What do you want?"He stopped too and turned. His eyes were dark."I want what I've always wanted. Success, power and respect in our world.""Then why are you meeting with my enemies?""Be
Chapter 45Adrian's Pov"Boss, are you sure about this?" Marcus questioned when I stepped into the conference room. His arms were crossed."I'm never sure about anything, especially that which involves humans and that's why I pay them." I nodded a greeting to the lawyers already seated and sat across from them. They were three lawyers with serious faces. None of them smiled.Mr. Harrington, the lead lawyer, cleared his throat. Everything about him was grey. He had been with the firm for thirty years, which meant he had seen enough to know what happened to people who disappointed me."Mr. Moretti, welcome sir." He got up and shook my hand. I took his hands. And after the pleasantries, brought out a lollipop Eva had gotten from groceries shopping yesterday. I put it into my mouth and saw the look of surprise on their faces. But I ignored it."Your mother doesn't want to go easy on you and your affidavit has been filed with the court. She is also requesting a public hearing." I nodded. I







