“What did you say about Ethan Riordan again? I need to know everything you know about him,” Anna’s voice trembled slightly as she addressed Dali who was sitting opposite her in a cafe, the cafe where they met on the day she was reborn. After the call with Caspian’s brother, she wasted no time in texting Dali and asking for a meeting. She needed to know more about the man and how to deal with him. His call this morning came as a shock to her and she was having a hard time registering his words in her head. She knew that she had to tell Caspian about the call as his wife but she just couldn’t bring herself to tell him. She needed to learn more about Ethan because, from the look of things, he might be more dangerous than she thought. “Ethan Riordan?” Dali exclaimed. “Why do you want to learn more about him?” She drifted closer and whispered. “Don’t tell me you’re contacting him.”“It’s nothing like that. Just help me already, okay? Consider it a pay for taking care of that puppy of yo
“This better make sense Ethan Riordan else I won’t hesitate to call the cops on you.”“One more thing. Make sure Caspian is not aware of this.”As the sound of the disconnected line echoed in the car, Anna’s grip on the steering wheel tightened, her knuckles white with tension. She didn’t know if she was doing the right thing by speaking to Ethan or agreeing to see him on the island but all she knew was that she wanted to find out more about her husband and the secret he keeps from her. Was it so hard?Caspian never told her anything even when she asked. She needed to find out by herself and feed her curiosity. It wasn’t so hard.Letting out a frustrated sigh, she began the car, her foot lightly pressing the accelerator, letting it roll out of the cafe and heading to their house. Once she got to the parking lot of the apartment building, she didn’t waste another minute before disembarking from the car and getting into the building, boarding an elevator. She needed a cold can of water
“Did you become so unprofessional that you now go to your client's house without permission?” Each syllable of his came out cold and harsh enough to sting. “Next time, if you don’t get an invitation, do not show your face in my house, do you understand?”Abigail lowered her head, the tone of his words was so strong that she was almost touching it. She nodded. “I apologize. I was simply concerned about your well-being, Mr Riordan. You stopped taking treatments and your therapy sections.”Caspian clamped his eyes shut at the mention of his medications and therapy. He almost forgot that things like that still existed. He’d been so lost in his world that he didn’t need them anymore.“I believe your hard work finally paid off, Miss Bamak. There’s no longer any use of those medications to me. I believe I’m doing better.”“Ho…how? You mean you haven't experienced any more nightmares?”“You’re right.”Her eyes widened, and she stared at him from his head down to his shoes. It was true that he
A few hours later after having her bath, Anna realized that she hadn’t gotten Pookie for the evening. Slipping on pajama wear, she stepped out of the dressing room and headed toward her bedside table. She took a pack of peanuts and walked to the puppy’s little pink house at the other end of the room. “You look like you’re dying of hunger,” she remarked when she opened the puppy’s house and found it laying on the floor weakly. Pookie scrambled to her feet once she noticed her door opening and she immediately ran out of the cage. “Where do you think you’re going?” Anna yelled. “I’m about to feed you.”At the mention of food, the puppy slowly returned to her side and sat on its tail, waiting for the food she promised. Anna shook her head and popped open the pack of peanuts before pouring some into her hands and squatting to the puppy’s size. She let the puppy eat directly from her hands.“You’ll eat just peanuts for the evening, I can’t go get you food right now. Tomorrow, Mariam will
The next day, at almost 8 pm, Anna began her journey to Lala Island on the other side of the city. From what she read online, the island was owned by the Riordan. It was a private island. As she passed through the lonely dust-choked roads that led to the island, she couldn’t help but feel nervous with every passing mile. When Caspian had asked where she was heading, she’d lied about it. She told him that Dali had an emergency and that she needed to be with her and after much persuasion, he’d agreed. She felt bad for having to lie to him. After this was over, she might tell him the truth. Her thoughts were interrupted by the blaring sound of her phone. With one hand on the steering wheel, she answered the call with the other. “Dali?” She spoke. “Hey, you’re not coming anymore.”“I’m sorry, I can’t make it. I suddenly fell ill.” The lie came too easily, like a practiced art she’d mastered in time. She didn’t need to inform Dali that she’d only contacted her a few hours ago to create
“I’d rather jump in a lake of sharks that believe any word that comes from you again, Ethan Riordan.” Anna spat. “You repulse me.”The man only stared at her with a scowl, his hands folded under his chest. “Don’t be so quick to judge, sweetheart.”“Quick to judge? It was wrong of me to not judge the moment I heard your disdainful voice when you called me.”“You will watch your tongue.” His face morphed into something else. The usual smirk that he always carried around missing from his face, replaced with a glare.“And if I don’t?” She raised a brow. They both engaged in a staring competition, their eyes glaring daggers at each other. She saw his fingers curled into a fist beside him and it was a super exciting sight. If he’d managed to deceive her and kidnap her, she would do whatever it takes to rile him up and make him regret his decision. And it seemed to be working as he pushed his chair forward. “Don’t forget that you’re on my island. I can do whatever I want to you and trust m
“I pray that you die an untimely death,” Anna hissed. Ethan continued the process, pulling and puffing on her face. She felt so disgusted by him. “I hope that will be the case too. The only difference is that Caspian will go before me.”“In your dreams.”“I have planned for this day for years, Sweetheart. Carefully, I’d drawn out my plans and all thanks to you, it has become even easier to lure him here. This for sure is going to be successful.”Once one of his men returned with his phone in his hands, he handed it over to Ethan who wasted no time in taking it from him and switching on the camera. “If you want to smile, you can.”Anna turned her face to the side as he began to take several pictures of her. “Perfect,” he smirked. “Now you can keep your running mouth shut and pray that he arrives.”“And why should I, huh? You’re the worst brother on earth.”“Because if he does, that means he loves you and you might go unharmed. But if he doesn’t…” He paused to let out a fit of laught
“I told you he’s not going to come,” Anna mocked as a smirk rode up her lips. She stared at the man who had two of his guards supporting him while he paced around the empty garage. “Let me go. You can think of another plan after am gone. After all, that’s all you know how to do. Scheme.”Ethan groaned coming to a stop before her. He looked down at her with so much resentment that she could taste its metalic taste in her mouth. “You shut the fuck up and pray. I told you that if he doesn’t come, that means you’re in big trouble.”“And did I sound like I cared? Who cares if I’m in big trouble or not. What matters is that you didn’t get to him.” It has almost been an hour since the message was sent to Caspian and she was happy that he didn’t see the message. It was better off that way. She could feel the anger from Ethan as he groaned loudly. “The fuck he’s not here yet? Fuck, fuck, fuck.” He yelled grabbing his hair in his fist and pulling on it in frustration. If it wasn’t for his guar