Stay calm, Miya. Take a deep breath and stay calm. Miya told herself. She took a deep breath, then as calmly as she could, she shouted, "Hello? Is there anyone here?" Nothing. "Is there anyone here?" She tried a few more times before someone kicked the rusted metal door open. A nasty-looking middle-aged man stood by the door. "What are you shouting about? Stay quiet, or I will give you a good beating." Miya could tell that he was just someone hired to do the job. "Who are you working for? What do you want from me?" Miya asked."Aha. Impressive. I've not seen any girls as calm as you in this situation. You are either very brave or completely ignorant." The man laughed.He came closer and looked Miya up and down. Her skirt had been sliced and cut, revealing her long slim legs, and her top torn, showing the fair skin of her neck and shoulders. She saw the filthy look in the man's eyes, and it made her twitch. She wanted to hide away from him, but she could hardly move at all."Our bos
Having experienced terror and desperation, Miya found herself slowly calming down. "Mr. Wilson, you've overestimated me. Xenon Uba loves someone else. He married me merely for the reason that his grandparents were pushing him." She said calmly. "Whether he cares for you or not, we will see." Tony Wilson said and took out a phone from his pocket.Miya almost gasped when she saw that it was her phone. She watched him anxiously, her heart beating fast. Tony Wilson put the speaker on. "Miya! Where are you?! Sean and I have been looking for you all over town!" Xenon sounded anxious. Miya didn't expect that Xenon would care much about her.Tony Wilson said with an evil smile. "Xenon Uba, this is Tony Wilson." Xenon was silent for a while then said calmly, "Tony Wilson, what do you want?""A location will be sent to you, and you have to be here within one hour, alone. Remember, ALONE, or I will offer her to my staff for fun before I feed the dogs. By the way, she has taken the strongest
Warning: This chapter contains a s.e.x.u.a.l scene. If you're not comfortable reading it kindly skip it and move to another chapter) Xenon went over to Miya immediately. He took off his jacket, wrapped it around her, and carried her in his arms. "Miya, you were so brave. Don't cry. It's all good now."Miya felt Xenon picking her up, and she opened her eyes for a bit. She couldn't believe how she managed to do what she did, rushing out of the cage, giving Tony Wilson a hard strike. She felt so weak now. Xenon carried her to the car. The drugs were making her unbearably horny, despite the wounds all over her, she twisted and turned and m.o.a.n.e.d desperately. Xenon was trying hard not to respond to her. "With those that are still alive, break their legs and arms and send them all to the police." He said to the chief bodyguard."Yes, Mr. Uba. With what Tony Wilson has done, he will probably be sentenced to life in prison, especially now that he has drugged and kidnapped Mrs. Uba." T
It was past midnight when Miya finally sobered up from the drugs. Xenon asked a female doctor to come and check on Miya. The doctor cleaned up all the tiny pieces of rusty metal on her wounds, stitched the deep cuts, and bandaged the minor ones. When Miya woke up from a long and deep sleep, she opened her eyes a bit and quickly closed them, finding it hard to adjust to the bright light. It must be midday now. She thought. She tried to stretch her body, but the sharp and sudden pain all over her body shocked her. She then opened her eyes wide open and saw that she was sleeping in Xenon's arms. He was cuddling her tight, fast asleep.It took a while to sink in as she slowly recalled what had happened yesterday, from being kidnapped and Xenon coming to rescue her to the wild and crazy experience in bed last night.Gently, she put her arm around him and kissed his lips softly. Startled, Xenon awoke, cuddled her tighter, and looked at her with a content smile. Miya blushed and looked awa
Sincerely, Miya said, "Look, I know they are just using me to harm you, but I'm not even someone important. I can't imagine what kind of danger you have been through. Though people look up to you, you have fame and power, and you are very successful, but what you have been through to get what you have now must be crazy. I really hope that at least your friends and the woman you love will love you truly and stand by you forever." Xenon seemed touched. He looked at her quietly. "You know, in the very beginning, I hated to be with you, but I don't know since when it started to change, this feeling...I don't regret having married you at all. It doesn't matter how long our marriage will last, I will always remember and cherish the time I've spent with you." Miya went on. "Do you look forward to the end of it?" Miya shook her head, "No. It would be best if it could last forever, of course. I wish it would. However, if it won't be just the two of us anymore, I... I will leave. Xenon, don
I'm sure you know better what the best choice is in the long term." Xenon sneered. The Uba Corporation had been growing too fast and too big, especially in the past years since Xenon took over. Their markets are covered all over the world. Their success had, as expected, brought jealousy from other big businesses, not only in City X but in the whole country.As Jacob was Xenon's best friend, the Morgans would support the Ubas. However, one should not expect other businesses to do the same. Even Sean Smith wasn't very supportive.The Moores had gradually built and expanded their business in City X, and now the mysterious Chris Butler was also targeting City X. Sean thought he had to be more cautious. He doesn't want to interfere with the rivalry between two giant companies to avoid any problems in the future.The Smith Group was the second biggest corporation in City X, and naturally, the Moores had tried every way they could to collaborate with Sean to defeat The Uba Corporation. Se
Though Miya had been preparing herself to leave Xenon once Sol returned, she had not expected it to happen so fast. Is this the end? Miya thought. Am I to leave Xenon now? "Ha. Do you want to be with Xenon for longer? If you do, then do as I say." Chris smiled.Miya thought it over and said, "Where should I meet you?" "If I remember correctly, you've once said that you would cook for me to thank me. Why don't you come to my house in Green Valley Ranch?" Miya hesitated for a while. "Alright." She agreed. He seemed to show up whenever I needed help, and now he's got me to do what he wants. But what does he really want? To use me to harm Xenon? But if he has found Sol, he can use her as bait instead. She's the one that Xenon really loves, not me. She wondered and hurried downstairs. Jeff, the bodyguard Miya chose the other day, came to meet her. "Are you going out, Mrs. Uba?" "Right." "Does Mr. Uba know?" Miya was going to meet Chris, and it was for the reason that he had found
Miya watched Chris closely, hoping to see if he was telling the truth, but he appeared to be so serene yet emotionless that she couldn't guess his feelings at all. "Do you find me good-looking, Miya?" Chris teased, seeing that she was watching him.A bit embarrassed, Miya smiled and said half-jokingly, "You are absolutely charming, Mr. Butler." "Good. Why don't you come and be with me when you leave Xenon Uba?"Startled by the suggestion, Miya shook her head immediately, "Thanks for the offer, but no. I want to focus on my career.""Your career? Do you think that you can still be a designer at The Uba Corporation when you and Xenon Uba separate?" Miya thought it over and shook her head. She knew that even if Xenon and Sol asked her to stay, she would not. She could not. "I can help you with your career if you are with me.""Thanks, but I will find another job somewhere else, or I don't have to do jewelry design but switch back to interior design. That's what I studied anyway." Miy
Two days later, Levi knocked at Chris' office door, carrying a bag of doc.u.ments and photos. "Come in," Xenon said, his eyes fixed on his laptop, trying to focus on work and not to think about Miya."Good Morning, Mr. Uba. Here are some doc.u.ments and photos of Mrs. Miya Uba." Levi handed Xenon the bag. "Have you spoken to her mother?" Xenon asked. He somehow felt that he was going to discover something that would change everything.Yes. I have. There was something in particular that I think you should probably know. It happened when Mrs. Miya Uba was about eight years old." Xenon looked up at Levi, surprised, expecting. "According to Mrs. Sue Loran, Mrs. Uba had a fever when she was around eight years old and lost part of her memories." Levi went on. "Did she say how and why?" Xenon asked eagerly. "She said Mrs. Uba had fallen into icy water that winter and caught a bad cold. She also mentioned that she probably had the accident of saving a stranger, but she had never seen th
The next few days, Xenon and Miya hardly saw or spoke to each other. Xenon had arranged a few more bodyguards to keep Miya safe. He felt that he needed some time for himself. The moon was up in the clear sky. Standing at the balcony, looking at the moonlit garden, with a cigarette in his hand, Xenon recalled the last few months spent with Miya, from the first time he saw her drugged and vulnerable outside the lift at Turn On Bar to the time when she risked her life to save him and the other day when she tried to take Chris' punch for him. There was a voice telling him that he had grown attached to and even fallen in love with her. He had to admit to himself that he missed her though he was the one that decided to have a break. As he pictured her face in his head, he suddenly thought of the little girl that saved him on the icy winter day again. Why do I always relate her to the little girl? Sol is the girl that saved me, not Miya. He thought to himself, then an idea occurred to him
Xenon dragged Miya into his office angrily and slammed the door shut. All the secretaries stared in disbelief. Though everyone was curious, no one dared to utter a word. He threw Miya onto the sofa and looked at her furiously, "No lies. Why were you at the restaurant with Chris Butler?!"Miya held his stare with her lips pouted. She remained silent.Xenon suddenly sat down next to her and pinned her down on the sofa, with his face right above hers, glaring at her threateningly. "Tell me." Miya felt that she had done nothing wrong and Xenon was being unfair. She heaved a sigh and said plainly, "He said he knows where my mum is, and he threatened me, so I had to go see him. You and Sol Keaton arrived just two minutes after I got there. I didn't know you were coming." Xenon looked into her eyes for a while as if to confirm if she was lying, then he got up, walked over to his desk, with his back facing her, and said, "I will take care of your mother. Now you can go back to work." Miya
Miya acknowledged what Chris said but made no reply. She was literally dragged away by Xenon. He walked faster and faster, and she had to rush to catch up. At one point, she almost twisted her ankle, but she bore the pain and said nothing. The bodyguard held the door open for them, and Xenon pushed Miya into the car rather violently and slammed the door shut.Miya shivered, frightened. She rubbed her ankle gently and accidentally saw through the window that Sol was running after them. She stumbled and almost fell over, but Xenon went over to her quickly and held her arm.Seeing that she was struggling with her twisted ankle, Xenon lifted Sol up and carried her to the car. It hurt Miya to see how much Xenon cared about Sol. It's obvious who he really loves. He won't divorce me only because he's being possessive. He doesn't want other men to have me.Xenon's phone rang. The bodyguard helped answer the phone and held it by Xenon's ear. "Mr. Uba, our team has studied the record of the
Both Xenon and Chris' bodyguards stood aside and watched cautiously. There was only limited space in the room, and even if the bodyguards wanted to help, they couldn't squeeze in. There were a few times when Miya felt fists flying right next to her cheek, and her heart was racing fast, frightened. Miya had learned how good Xenon was, and she was very impressed, but little did she expect Chris, who seemed so calm and elegant, to be another Kong Fu master. Hugging Miya with one arm, Xenon wasn't as swift as Chris, and suddenly, Chris threw a fierce punch towards Xenon. Miya screamed and held up her palms, intending to block Chris's punch.Both Xenon and Chris were shocked, and at the very same time, Chris retreated his fist while Xenon covered Miya's hands with his. That brought an end to the fight. "Didn't you want to leave me? Why did you try to take the punch for me then?" Xenon chuckled and teased. "I, I didn't mean to...it just happened," Miya explained feebly."Didn't you?" Xe
They arrived at one of the best high-end restaurants in town. Chris was looking out of the window, enjoying the view while waiting. He heard the door open and Miya's footsteps. Without turning around, he said quietly, "I'm glad you made it here." "Mr. Butler, why did you pay for my mum's treatment? I don't want to be in debt to you or anyone.""You are not. I have my own intentions." He replied without giving her any further explanation. "What do you mean?" Puzzled, Miya asked him again. Chris looked at her, smiled, and said, "No worries. I just want to see you and buy you lunch." "I have no appetite." She refused his offer. "Ah. It's alright. I do. Two more people are coming, by the way." "Who?" Miya snapped. "Take a seat. You will find out soon." Chris stood up, pulled out a chair for Miya, and gestured to her to sit down. Miya felt more worried, but knowing that there was no way she could leave without Chris' consent, she obeyedDid you finish the books I gave you?" Chris
Xenon bent down immediately to check. "You ok? Did you hurt your ankle?" Sol nodded. "I'm afraid so." Then she had a glance at the secretaries' office and saw that Miya could see them clearly. "Oh. Silly me. I shouldn't have worn heels." She said regretfully.Xenon put one arm around Sol's back and the other under her knees and lifted her up, so Sol wrapped her arms around his neck. "Xenon, I think I can manage. I'm worried that your staff will think it inappropriate to see you carrying me like this.""Inappropriate?" Xenon knitted his brows and marched towards the lift. "Whoever thinks it inappropriate should get fired." He said it aloud. As soon as the secretaries saw them get into the lift, everyone exclaimed, and soon gossip followed. Everyone saw and heard clearly how much Xenon cared about Sol, including Miya, especially when Sol smiled at her victoriously over Xenon's shoulder.She didn't need to do that. Everyone knows she's the one that Xenon loves anyway. Miya thought. Al
Miya was startled. She had forgotten the fact that she and Sol looked like. "No, she's not my sister." She shook her head. "But my goodness, you two look just the same." Jodie looked at Miya, then at Sol, and back at Miya, in disbelief.Sol had a closer look at Jodie, noticing her attire and her pretty face. She asked cautiously, with a smile, "Who are you, may I ask?" "Jodie Field. I work here. And you?" "Sol Keaton." "Nice to meet you. Do you work here as well?" "No, not yet. Perhaps in the future. I'm here to see Xenon." "To see Xenon? Mr. Uba? You know him well?" Jodie looked at her suspiciously. "Yes. I want to keep him company." "Huh? What do you mean? He's got his wife to keep him company." Jodie said matter-of-factly. Nice one, Jodie. Miya thought gratefully. Sol looked displeased at first, then she smiled and replied, "The thing is, his wife isn't the one he loves. I am. Those who are just a replacement will have to leave sooner or later now that I'm back." Jodie po
Irritated, he turned around and glared at Miya, "What do you want, huh? You were just saying you are jealous of Sol, and now you want to leave me." Miya smiled a helpless smile. "What do I want? Mr. Xenon Uba, I've told you that I love you, but we can't be together, can we? What do you expect me to do? To be your secret lover to humiliate me? And shouldn't you be loyal to Miss Keaton?"He didn't like seeing her smile. It upset and angered him at the same time. Without another word, he turned around and left. "Will you let me leave? Make up your mind, please..." Miya muttered.Xenon hurried back to his room. He didn't have an answer. Feeling helpless and hopeless, Miya collapsed onto the bed and stared at the ceiling all night long. She didn't get up till the maid knocked at her door in the morning to ask her to have breakfast. Seeing the tired and drawn face of herself in the mirror, she pinched her cheeks and said to herself, "Come on, Miya! This is not you! Cheer up. Life goes on