Travis went through the books on his desk. How could Stone just decide to leave just like that? No one ever just left except if he permitted it or if he never even noticed their absence. In Stone's case, they had been more than partners, they were like brothers, as Stone had been with him throughout his growth, and even though he was Stone's boss, he knew Stone was older than him.If it wasn't Chloe, then what the hell could have made him suddenly want to opt out? Travis had asked him, but all he could say was that he was done being his little toy and that he wanted a life of his own. What could be better than being his right-hand man? He had questioned him, but the bastard had walked out on him.He was so angry at him right now that he couldn't think straight. The anger worsened when he was informed by an insider that he was in Klar's mansion. It didn't make sense to him that Stone was in the mansion, not after he had sent some men to kidnap Emily only for them to find out she had

When Chloe woke up, it was daybreak, and she noticed the note Stone left for her. She was about to go through it when Stone walked in with a lady."I thought you said she was sleeping," the lady said, staring at Chloe as she walked to the bathroom, not saying anything to Chloe.Stone closed the door behind him and walked up to Chloe. He stared at her injury, and she seemed okay. He had been so worried about her that he decided to come back to the hotel and handle things here.It wasn't like she wasn't going to eventually find out, as it seemed her mission here was to know what he was up to."How are you feeling?""Who is she?" Chloe muttered. Ah right, he had forgotten women were never like men. He could only hope these two ladies would cooperate because, now that he thought about it, they both shared the same attitude."My name is Astrid," Astrid replied, coming out of the bathroom. "Help me, don't just stand there," she barked at Stone as she struggled to get out of bed, he offere

LEONARD'S MANSION"Where is our daughter?" Alex asked as calmly as he could, he couldn't believe his wife would connive with their children to play a fast one on him. When he got off the airplane, he got a phone call from Bianca that their spoilt little brat had tried to kill herself by slitting her wrist. He had been outraged by the news and could barely believe it when he finally got to the hospital and was told his family had discharged Bella.As if that wasn't enough, he got home only to find out that neither his wife nor his daughter were around but had rather gone to stay with Leonard. To top it all up, his daughter wasn't there."She went out," Bianca said. She had invited Alex in, but he was refusing to enter his own son's house. Since Leonard left their house a long time ago, Alex had never stepped foot into his house. It was shocking to see him here, as Bianca thought he would call over the phone. She could have stayed back at the house, but she wasn't ready to listen to h

Chloe looked around through her lashes; she could see someone familiar again. She stared towards Stone, and he was dancing with Astrid, and the bitch seemed to know how to dance better than her. She watched Astrid sway her waist to the music as she leaned in, whispering something into Stone's ear as he burst into laughter instantly with his head laid back.Chloe wondered what Astrid had told him that was so funny that he wanted to cry from laughing. She could also be funny if that was what he was into."Someone seems to have your man on a hook."'He is not mine,' Chloe was about to say, but she couldn't because Travis thought that they were both here to spend time together. She had to play her part and keep Travis out of what was about to occur here, but from the situation, it seemed she had to get to that person because Stone and Astrid seemed focused on whatever nonsense they were discussing.The music tone changed again, and this time Chloe swayed into the arms of the person her in

"Hey!" Astrid yelled at Chloe as they pushed her into the ward. Where the fuck was Stone, and why wasn't he answering his darn phone? Hopefully, nothing will happen to Chloe, she thought. As she paced around in the reception with her blood-stain gown, she could see someone staring at her."What?" she asked as the person looked away. She rolled her eyes and tried to dial Stone's number again, and this time it went through, but she couldn't hear him properly; all she could hear were faint sounds of gunshots. Where was he? Was he okay? Did he even pick up the call, or was it a mistake?"Get Chloe out of the hospital now," she said, finally hearing Stone's voice."Hello," she said, but the phone disconnected. What did he mean by getting Chloe out? Was he in trouble? How did he know she was in the hospital? Astrid stared at her phone and dialed his number again, but this time the line didn't go through."Fuck!" she yelled, going to the reception desk to talk to the nurse. "How long will t