"She left?" Jessica asked facing Angel. "Yes, the room is spotless and clean, there is no sign of one sleeping there""That's strange," Jessica said as she walked to the room to check out what she was saying. Just right as she was exiting the dining room Xavier was coming down the stairs. He watched her go towards the room that Olivia had been and he followed her. She opened the door and entered. She walked to the bathroom and pushed open the door, the floor was dry. She closed the door and walked to the room. She opened the wardrobe to notice that the majority of the things there were gone. She turned back to see Xavier standing there. "She is gone," she tells him. "She is gone?" "Yeah and that is very strange she had never gone on her own this easily without collecting any money before," she said crossing her hand over her chest. "What could be going on?" Jessica added before walking toward him. "I am sure we can know where she is if we watch the security camera," Xavier said
Jessica wiggled as she felt her hands tied behind her. Her head was covered with a black cloth. It was translucent so she could not see what was going on in front of her. She rubbed her palms together in the hope the ropes on her hand would come undone. As she shifted her legs she felt a sharp pain in one of them. She took a deep breath and tried to wrap her mind around how she came here. She was trying to open up her restaurant when a strong hand engulfed her and placed something over her nose. Did she injure her legs while she was trying to struggle? That was all she could remember. She tried to stay calm and listen to the conversation between the men. She heard loud cackling. "That stupid bitch ran away?" one man spoke. "Did she think that I would let her go with my money?" he added. "Let us make sure to get double, her husband is loaded and he would give us" This time the voice of the speaker sounded like a young person. It was not gruff like the others. "Why are you doing t
"Yes that Bitch," the man said in laughter causing the men behind him to laugh too. "She took a loan from me to play a game and she lost it all, by the time it was time to pay back she fled saying she was going to pay me before the end of the month. Guess what?" he asked going to hold Jessica by the mouth. She started at him hoping he could not hear her heartbeat as she did. She gulped down and tried to keep a fierce expression on her face. "Today is a day past the deadline and she is nowhere to be found. Her phone lines are switched off and I can't find her. Seems he has disappeared" "So why did you take me? I did not borrow the money" Jessica spoke causing his hands to fall from the grip. "Well, you see once a person owes me the whole family owes me. I can only let you go until I get my money" "You know this is illegal? Kidnapping is illegal and I am sure you would rot in jail for this" she said in annoyance. One of the men rushes toward her with a knife pressed against her th
The phone line beeped quiet and Xavier could not hear Jessica's voice again. He clenched his fist in annoyance. He felt his blood boil. How dare those men lay a finger on his wife? He was going to make them pay with everything in him. For the first time in his life, Brian saw Xavier with such intense anger. His eyes blazed as he watched him pace around the room tapping away in his phone as his chest heaved in a long breath. Xavier had been influential for as long as Brian had known him and he had never seen him use the power for anything personal but it was obvious he would not stop until he found Jessica. "And I do not expect you to be sitting on your hands while my wife is in the hands of the kidnappers" he snapped into the phone before taking it off his ears. He closed his eyes and tried to calm himself down, he needed to do all her had to do to ensure he did not lose control over himself and his emotions. He turned to Brian who was standing there. If he was not friends with Xa
Xavier turned when he heard Brian over the phone. He moved swiftly and stood in front of him to be able to get the information firsthand. He drops the phone from his ears and he can hear the shout in his boss's face telling him to say what information he just got from the other side of the line. "Richard is demanding an absurd amount of money for the search" "How dare you think of comparing my wife to money? It does not matter the amount he is requesting. Nothing takes priority than finding Jessica immediately" Xavier looked at him for a while before taking a deep breath. "Call him now," he said gesturing to him to put a call through. It was the first time Xavier was asking Richard a favor and the man knew that it might be the last so her had to milk the Delgado family as much as he could. Brian called the man back and struck a deal on a few ten million before the man promised to bring back news in the next thirty minutes. Xavier could barely keep calm as he watched the clock tic
Xavier could not believe his ears. How could someone who claimed to be related to another treat her relative this way? He was trying to control himself from lashing out at the woman. "So in order save yourself you allowed for your niece..... My wife to be kidnapped?" he asked. Olivia could tell from the other side of the line that he was angry and trying his best to control his anger. "Did you not encourage her not to give me money when I requested some? If I had the money as I requested I would have paid those men off and now this won't be happening" "You are so shameless, you will be hearing from my lawyer soon, I do not care if you are related to her, I would make sure you get the maximum punishment because you aided the kidnap of my wife," he said before swiping the call off. He drove into the deserted warehouse. He tried to listen in but dead silence greeted him back as a response. As he got out he noticed the other card parked in a distance. A tall well-built man with broa
The man said with a chuckle that would make you want to peel away your skin. He bent her head to the railings. Jessica sniffed as the smell of the rushed metal filled her nose. "Let her go now," Xavier said as he climbed the stairs trying his best to keep his eyes on Jessica. "Mr, all I need is the money I am being owed," the man said. "Let her go and I will give you what you want" Xavier replied. "Why? Do I look like a fool to you?" the man shouted out. "You had the gust to deceive me? Where is my money?" he added in a scream "I would get you your money, just let her go" "Shut up bitch" the man screamed at Jessica who was trying her best to communicate although her mouth was muffled with a piece of thick clothing. "Don't you dare scream at her again" Xavier warned the man as he continued to climb up the stairs. "Or what?" the man said pulling Jessica up by the hair and dragging her to himself. "Or what?" he asked again as he laughed when she winced in pain. The interaction d
He dropped Jessica to the back seat of the car and closed the door gently. He entered the driver's seat and started the engine. Before anything he needed to know that she was safe so he was going to go to the hospital first. "Xavier," she said silently as she tried to steady herself from the scare she got. Xavier stared at her through the rearview mirror as she lay down on her seat her eyes blinking rapidly. "I am sorry" she continued when he did not respond. "And thank you" "What are you sorry for?" he asked as his hands gripped the steering wheel. He was barely trying his best to control the anger that surged through his whole body. "For putting you in this situation, you wouldn't be here if not for my aunt" The men had taken it upon themselves to explain the situation clearly to Jessica. It made sense to her the sudden disappearance of Olivia, the accusation of Roselle about how strange she acted made more sense after hearing why she was kidnapped. "It is such a pity that we
Hello Guys this is the final chapter. I want to first appreciate everyone who has read this book, who had supported, commented, voted and called me order when I did not update for such a long time. Thank you so much for being such a support in these times. As this work comes to an end I hope you support me in upcoming works. This free Chapter is for you."Joshua we would be late" Aletta screamed from the bottom of the stairs. "Honey are we using our government names now?" Joshua screamed back at her. "Joshua you know I do not like being late for any of these events" Aletta screamed back at him. Altetta paced back and forth at the bottom of the stairs. "You know you should not be screaming while you are this pregnant"Joshua said as he came down the stairs with his daughter in his hands. "If you had come down earlier then I would have had no reason to scream that much" she retorted and he smiled. "It was my little pumpkin here who kept me waiting" Joshua replied as he got to stand b
"I am so happy for you, this is finally happening," Aletta said holding the arms of Jeanne excited."I am excited but also nervous very nervous does anyone have calming pills?" Jeanne said slipping her hands off Aletta's hand and feeling the sweat on her palm."Calm down, it's just you and Thiago, everyone else is just like a rock. I promise you once you get on that altar every of that nervousness would be gone" Aletta continued. "Thank you," Jeanne said sarcastically."Are you nervous because its mu brother? I can help you run away from this right now" Nichole suggested and Alethea rolled her eyes. "Are all sisters this way? This was the same advice you gave Aletta the other day" Alethea said and Jeanne shook her head. "How can I leave, I have been dreaming of this day" Jeanne replied. "Then calm down even though I don't know why you would dream of marrying my brother but we all choose our battles I guess" Nichole shrugged as she sat down."Nichole" Aletta chastised because she k
"You have to get to work" Aletta said rubbing the hand of Joshua gently. They had arrived back from their honeymoon over the weekend and this Monday morning was the first time Joshua was going back to work after the wedding."Can't I just lay down here with you all day?" he said taking out her hand and pulling her down to his level."You kept saying that and prolonged the honeymoon by two weeks,""Call me a criminal for wanting to spend time with my wife, I am getting the feeling that you do not want to spend any time with me" Joshua said opening one eye and giving her a judging look. "Joshua, you know that is not true, so get up now""You are no longer my assistant, you are supposed to be begging me to stay a bit more with you""What makes you think I don't want to do that?" Aletta asked taking his dishevelled morning hair back from his face."Because you keep urging me to get back to work so quickly, it's like you can't wait to get rid of me" Joshua took his head back to the pillow
"Mom don't cry again, you might get a serious headache at this rate," Aletta said rubbing the back of her mother while in a hug. The entire wedding was over already and the whole family was seeing the couple off as they were going directly to the airport for their honeymoon. "Come on, at this rate they might miss their flight" Leon said trying to pull Eunice off her daughter. She had been bawling the entire ceremony, if someone saw her they would think it was a sad occasion. "My daughter," Eunice said as she finally pulled away and took a step back. "I am so happy and so proud of you because you managed or find love for yourself even after everything" Eunice sniffled and smiled. "Thank you, Mom," Aletta said with a smile. "You better get going now" Jessica said stepping forward."We are on our way now" Joshua said pulling open the door and gesturing for Aletta to get in."Call us when you get there" Jessica called after the shut door."Do not call us" Xavier said as if he was giv
"I was always unsure about how I felt about you, You were always around me, taking care of me and I felt anxious whenever you were out of sight. A little secret that was the reason I always made you work overtime even when it was not necessary" Joshua said and there was a burst of small laughter across the room.They were both standing in from of the priest and altar but they had decided to take their custom written vows there. Joshua cleared his throat and looked up from his paper to stare at Aletta whose eyes never left his face. He flashed a small warm mile to her and she returned it."I never realized my feelings for you until you made that drunken confession that night that caused us to go into a relationship. I had always thought about marriage but for me, it was the only way for me to make children that would take over the company one day, being with you makes me so excited to think of waking up every morning with you by my side, I think of planting kisses on your lips and spend
"Are you feeling nervous?" Alethea asked Aletta who was sitting in the waiting room with her shaky hands. "Yes I am, who wouldn't be?" Aletta asked as she closed her eyes to steady her breath. "I mean you are very right, who would like to marry my annoying brother, as much as I would like to call you my sister in law I can help you escape if you wish to" Jeanne chimed in. "Thank you so much for the suggestion, I am nervous about this and not rethinking my decision. I can't wait to be married to him" Aletta said as her eyes shot open. "Ew" Jeanne said as she gaged. " What do you see in him?" she added as she picked at her nails. "Everything I want to see" Aletta added. "Jeanne stop trying to put ideas in her head" Jessica cautioned coming towards them. "What did I do?" Jeanne whined."I heard what you said" Jessica replied giving Jeanne a warning look. Jesica knew that her daughter was playing around but she did not want Aletta taking any of the words to heart. "I know I have s
"Mom's boyfriend would be here soon," Alethea said as she dropped the dish in her hand to the table. "I can not believe that I am being made to meet my mom's boyfriend at her age" "What I can not believe is that she can't order out but is making us to make food for him"Alethea whined as she moved back to the kitchen."What is even more crazy is that she is in a relationship again" Aletta exclaimed as she moved behind Alethea. "Don't get me wrong I guess I am glad she is finding love again" "Same here, if she is happy then there is no issue. Love is in the air" Aleteha added coming back to the table "So why don't you have anyone to share the love with?" Aletta asked. They were making the last trip from the kitchen to the table. "Says you? Who told you that I do not have someone to share this love with?" Alethea said dragging out her sentence and a weird smile climbing her face."Alethea you are hiding something from me" Aletta said going to clutch her sister's hand. "Spill now" sh
Aletta and Joshua tried to reach Anette and Richard but it was as if they had fallen off the radar. "At least we tried" Aletta said as she set down the phone to the table. "Happy now?" Joshua asked and she nodded. "I guess I have to get going now" she said taking up her phone from the table."Where to? You just got here" Joshua was sad because they had finalized her resignation and she had not been around him like he wanted her to be. He was happy regardless that she was doing what she loved. "I have to go finalize things with HR on hiring your new assistant and then I have to go shopping with your mom and sister" Aletta explained. "Can we at least have dinner together?" Joshua asked and started expressing shock when he saw the expression on her face. "We can not? I barely see you anymore these days" he whined like a child who was cheated of having any ice cream. "I am having dinner with my family, mom is introducing her boyfriend to us today and honestly, I love spending time wi
"Did you hear about Anette?" Aletta asked as she pushed the jar of pickles into the hands of Joshua. They had picked a date for the wedding and it was in three weeks. They were having one of the date nights where they stayed back home and cooked for each other. "What happened to her?" Joshua asked. Anette shook her head in bewilderment, how could this man be so oblivious to everything happening around him?"Have you seen her in a while?" Aletta asked. She wanted to know how much he did not know. "Well, since that day she came to our house, I did not think much of it when I did not see her again," Joshua said truthfully before taking off the lid of the jar. "But you know she called off her wedding and left the country so abruptly with Richard?" Aletta asked hoping that he at least knew about that fact. Yes, Anette did hurt them all but it would be too mean to not care about her when she had sincerely apologized."Maybe they did not want the wedding again?" Joshua asked shrugging. Al