LOGINCHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHTISABELLA’S POVIt had been two days since I woke up from my coma. I could barely move but I’d regained my voice, even if I didn’t have the strength to speak. Adrian hadn’t come around since the night he left. I wish he were here. I had a lot of things to say to him that night but I just couldn’t speak.My mother was asking me what happened every second of the day. I told her the version that Adrian told me but she still didn't believe me. She didn’t trust him. She asked me if he had threatened me. She wasn’t a big fan of him since she found out he was the reason I was kidnapped the first time. She had a hard time believing he didn’t have anything to do with it this time either.The only people who had come to see me were my mother, Jess, and Vivian. I hadn’t seen Theo yet and I didn't want to. I didn’t want him to see me looking like this. I hopped on a voice call with him once I could speak though.Jess was taking me on a walk in the garden. And by walk I meant he
CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVENADRIAN’S POVIt had been almost two weeks since Isabella went into a coma. Jeremy had woken up but was still recovering. We held a small funeral for Martin.The Nathaniel mess was behind us and we were moving forward with our collaboration. There were other loose ends to be tied up but we had moved several steps forward from the damage.We still didn't know where Dominic went or who he was. He hadn’t appeared at the club anymore. If it weren’t for Isabella’s limp body lying in a hospital bed, I would have a hard time believing that he ever existed.I hadn’t gone to see Isabella in her comatose state. I attempted to once but her mother was there and she didn’t let me in. Even though I knew I didn’t need her permission to see her, I didn’t push. Her mother was angry at me. I had told them that it was a random attack. Isabella had simply been at the wrong place at the wrong time but they didn’t believe me. They also tried to take Theo back to their apartment but I did
CHAPTER SIXTY SIXADRIAN’S POVI didn’t know what we were going up against but after I received the address from Dominic, I pulled up with every person I had available. When we got to the warehouse, there were no signs of anyone around the warehouse. Surely the fucker would not be stupid enough to pull this off without any backup. He had given us 20 minutes to arrive. Realistically, it would have taken us almost an hour to get there. I got behind the wheel and got there in about 30 minutes, 10 minutes ahead of everybody.I waited for everyone to arrive before we advanced into the warehouse. We all had our guns out but there was nobody on site. We found Jeremy and Martin hanging from the ceiling with their hands tied up. Martin was dead. Jeremy was close to dying.Isabella’s limp body sat on a chair. She showed no sign of life except for the small pulse I felt. After scoping the place out and making sure nobody else was actually there, we carried the three bodies out.Since Martin wa
CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVEISABELLA’S POVI was dragged back to consciousness when cold water was dumped on me. It was dark and the only indication that it was bright outside was the ray of sunlight coming through the window.I tried to convince myself I was having a bad dream. I closed my eyes and opened them again but I met the same fate. I was bound to the chair with ropes that were tighter than the last time. I knew better than to struggle to free myself.“Took you long enough.” A light switch came on and Dominic came into view. I finally got a good look at where I was.Two men were hanging from a rope tied to their hands to the left of me. There were the men that Adrian sent to make sure I was okay.“What do you want?” I asked weakly. Every part of my body ached.“You know what I want, Isabella. I don’t want to have this conversation with you again.”“I don’t have what you want. Please let me go.” I begged. “I can’t do that, baby doll. Not until I get what I want.” He walked to the ot
CHAPTER SIXTY-FOURADRIAN’S POVI had to rush out of the house to meet with Nathaniel. He hadn’t agreed to push the 3pm meeting forward and there was no way I was going to miss Theo’s birthday celebration. I didn’t want to let Isabella down. One of my warehouses got burnt down. The exact one that housed goods that were yet to be delivered to Nathaniel. Luckily, the fire service got there in time to put out the fire before the whole place got torched.I was sitting in a car with Nathaniel close to the warehouse.“This is bad for our business, no?” He said with a hint of mockery in his voice.“I’ll take care of it before the week runs out.” I sighed.“Someone’s out for your blood. I don’t care who it is and I don’t want to be in the middle of anything. You have until next week to uphold your end of the deal. You know what will happen if you don’t.” He slammed the door on his way out of the car.This was the Nathaniel I’d heard stories about. I groaned in frustration. I needed to take m
CHAPTER SIXTY-THREEISABELLA’S POVAdrian dropped Theo off at school but I was the one to pick him up. The plan was for all of us to spend the night at Vivian’s house. After I picked him up from school, we went to Vivian's house and he got changed and then the three of us left the house.We went to a park because that was what Theo wanted. Vivian and I just sat on a bench and watched him play with the other kids. I knew we had people watching us. When I first noticed it in the morning, I was paranoid and thought it was Dominic. I told Vivian about it and she said it was Adrian. It felt a little bit weird to have people watching your every move even though it was for our own good.After Theo was tired of the park, we went to a fast-food restaurant to get something to eat. We took a short walk after and then got in the car to drive us back to Vivian’s house.It was already evening so we got ready for the night and had dinner. We were supposed to have dinner with Adrian but he was runni
CHAPTER SIXTEENADRIAN’S POV“Wow. I really thought you forgot about her too. Had no idea you kept in touch with her.” I leaned back in my seat.He shook his head in disappointment. I didn’t know how I’d managed to forget about her. How could I forget that I’d gotten someone pregnant? I wondered ho
CHAPTER FIFTEEN ADRIAN’S POV“Adrian, when are you going to bring me a grandchild? You’re not getting any younger. You need someone to continue the legacy.” My mum nagged at me around the house.“Mother, I don’t have time for this right now. I’ve told you, I'm not interested in bringing a life to
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN ADRIAN’S POVThe next morning when I woke up, the first thing I did was check my phone to see if I had gotten a reply from Isabella. I hadn’t. I sighed and walked to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face.I came out of the bathroom with a small towel in hand to dry my f
CHAPTER NINETEENISABELLA’S POVI was in shock hearing a voice that I hadn’t heard in a long time. I quickly hung up the phone as I didn’t know what else to do. I didn’t even know how I’d managed to recognize the voice but I did. My hands were shaking and I almost dropped my phone.Two minutes late







