MasukJeff’s POVI didn't think it was possible to feel any worse than I was already feeling, and neither did I think Will could reveal any more unbelievable thing he had done. But I was wrong.Apparently, he hadn't only made Ashley disappear by threatening her. He had held her right here in this dungeon and tortured her to within an inch of her life, simply because he wanted to get back at me, as well as please Claire.Being Will, he made sure to tell me everything he did to Ashley in graphic detail and, of course, he made sure I listened to every single word he said.By the time he was done talking, I was the most dejected I had ever been in my entire life. All I could think about was Ashley, broken and battered, and barely alive, which was exactly the way he described her. That image would remain with me for as long as I lived.Oh, God! Poor Ashley. She had been an unfortunate victim of something she had no idea about.The memory of the night she had a nightmare while we were on a busine
Jeff’s POVI didn't think I had it in me to hear any more devastating revelations, but Will obviously didn't care about what I could or couldn't handle, which was fine, because it was important to keep him talking.I needed to buy some time, so I feigned the right amount of disinterest, just enough to make him even more eager to spill the things he knew, because I needed his full confession for later.I adopted a martyred expression, as if I had given up all hope. "I don't see what the point of telling me all this is, Will. You've won. You're going to kill me, so what's the point?"Before he could respond, the door opened, and one of his men came in to meet him, whispering urgently. Will looked worried, and immediately, my heart began to beat faster."Well, then, you guys should hurry up with everything. Gather every valuable item into the vans. We're going to execute all the prisoners and dump their bodies somewhere no one would find them. But clear all the damning evidence first. Co
Jeff’s POVMy parents? What did this asshole have to say about my parents, who had died years ago? "What about them?" I asked, watching him warily. "What if I told you that they didn't die by ordinary means, or at least, your mother didn't. Your father, I believe, died of heartbreak," he drawled, watching me closely to see my reaction.I refused to give him one, and he shook his head in a way that told me he believed he would very soon get the reaction he was looking for.He continued talking. "Actually, I'll start with your father.""What about him?" "What if I told you that I know the person, or rather, the people who kidnapped and tortured him for years, depriving you of fatherly care and love for those years, and turning him into a shell of the man he once was? What if I told you that I know the reason why they did it?"I couldn't control a shocked gasp from escaping my throat, and Will grinned, clearly having the time of his life."Ah, yes. That was more like the reaction I wa
Jeff’s POV"Where the hell is she?" I asked Will through gritted teeth.He didn't answer. I desperately needed to know where she was exactly, but this cowardly asshole was so stubborn that he wouldn't answer, despite all the beating that he had received from me.He lay sprawled in an undignified position on the ground where I had flung him, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth and one eye already swelling shut.I would have thought that by now, he would be willing to tell me everything I wanted to know, but no. Instead, he did the last thing I expected him to do.He smiled at me. The smile was faint and crooked, and it was oh so infuriating.I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and hauled him up, before slamming him down with a thud that caused him to groan, but didn't wipe the smile from his face.In fact, the smile had broadened into a grin. Damn, despite his cowardice, this guy had such a high pain threshold.“Where is Ashley?” I asked again.This time around, a low chuck
Jeff’s POVFinally realizing that I couldn't just keep depending on sheer luck, I also sought cover like everyone else had done.All of Will's men had been hit except for him, but I wasn't about to take any chances. It was possible that they were only injured and would want to retaliate, in which case, they would happily shoot me dead.Several minutes passed, yet all I could hear from my hiding spot was utter silence. There wasn't any noticeable movement or sound, apart from the rustling of leaves in the slight night breeze, the ringing in my ears, and the pounding of my heart.Will was still alive out there, or at least, I thought so. For all I knew, he could have been hit as well, but I didn't think so.He had been so intent on saving himself and leaving his men to do the dirty work. Suddenly, the sound of wheezing not too far from where I was taking cover caught my attention.Someone was dying close by. I swallowed hard, my gaze darting through the trees, then I moved slowly and ca
Jeff’s POV"You fucking bastard! What did she do to you to deserve such a thing?" I ground out through clenched teeth and charged forward with inhuman strength that caught both myself and those holding me by surprise. Their grips loosened temporarily, and I charged straight at Will, knocking him to the ground in the blink of an eye. I managed to throw two very satisfying punches at him before the men managed to pry me off him again."You bloody idiots! I'm not paying you heavily to stand around and watch me get attacked!" Will screamed at them, wiping his bleeding nose.Seeing the blood gave me such immense satisfaction, even as I watched Will advance on me, his face a mask of fury. His fist connected with my jaw, snapping my head back and immediately splitting my lip."Take him inside. I'm not sure I totally believe that no one knows he was going to my place. We would need to finish all this and clear all the evidence tonight. I can't take any more risks than I have already taken. I
Claire’s POVSilence wallowed in the room for several moments, and then I spoke again, my tone bitter, even to my ears.“You know they’ll never allow me to come back. You know that better than anyone else. They frustrated me a lot when I was working there before. They were always finding fault in e
Claire’s POVIn fact, several of them had the unmitigated gall to boldly lift their phones and record me being escorted away.I immediately stopped struggling and desperately tried to hold on to whatever remaining dignity I had left as the security guards led me insistently away.I could feel my re
Claire’s povI lowered my eyes in embarrassment. “No, Dad.""So what the hell are you talking about?""Em, well, we ... Jeff and I have never dated in the sense of the word. We’ve … done, er, … stuff together, but he never agreed to put a label on what we had.”“So you’ve been lying to us this who
Jeff’s POVI sat alone in my office long after Ashley left, staring at nothing, and replaying the past months since she started working at my company like a horror movie.Everything suddenly began to make sense, and all the missing pieces began to fall into place one after the other.For someone li







