Arthur's POV I groaned, my keys making a jingling sound as I moved, with Iris following behind me. She was excited, it could be seen in how she smiled behind me. I didn't have any choice, I knew that if I didn't agree to go shopping, she would not have let me be. She would have nagged about it, all day, without letting me be. I opened the front seat of the car, and when she entered, she smiled, while I frowned, going to sit in the driver's seat. “At least change the expression on your face, you looked like you fought with a bear,” she teased, still smiling at me. I could only scoff, buckling my seatbelt as I got ready to start the car. I asked her where we were to go, which made her snap her head towards me. She was still wearing her contagious smile. She answered, telling me she wanted to go to the mall. I furrowed my brows, creased lines showing how confused I was at this moment. She had told me she wanted to go shopping, and now, she was talking about the mall? I thought
Iris' POV “Iris, I've got to take this call,” Arthur said, his eyes fixed on me, waiting for a response, so he could leave me in line.Since he said it was a quick call, I nodded, but just seconds after he stepped away from me, I got the idea that he wasn't going to be back on time, and I was worried that I was going to keep the other customers waiting because I wasn't with any cash. Besides, all the things I picked up would sum up to a significant amount, which I wouldn't be able to pay.I could still see Arthur, and even when I tried calling his name severally, he didn't turn back to look at me, he was in a rush. I kept shut because calling his name only brought my attention to myself.The eyes of people glared at me, wondering if I was mentally derailed.I gulped down the nervousness, I was feeling due to the eyes of the people who were staring at me. They seemed really mean, and impatient, I would rather not be the one who would have to face them.I sighed, my foot tapping the g
Arthur's POVMy eyes darted around in panic. I went back to the woman on the counter. I could see the things that Iris bought, however, there was no sign of Iris.“Ma'am, are you certain?” This was the millionth time I was asking her this question. I had been asking her if she had seen the owner of the things by the counter, but she only told me the girl told her she was going to find her partner, who went to make a call somewhere.I nodded to her words, asking her for any extra details, but no matter how hard I tried, it looked like she wasn't going to bulge because she really knew nothing about what happened to Iris. If she knew, she would have accepted the money he wanted to give to her if only she answered some of his questions.I asked her what way she thought Iris might have gone, but she couldn't tell because, according to her, she was not concentrating on Iris at that time.This seemed like a game to me, but I did care. I was going to raid the whole store if I had to! My eyes
Iris' POVI winced, blinking severally as I tried to open my eyes, which were really still heavy. “Ugh, what happened?” I asked no one. In particular, finally opening my eyes. I didn't know where I was, and the room looked quite different.There were so many questions I asked myself as my eyes darted around in panic. The room looked so cute, and I thought maybe Arthur was the one who was playing a prank on me. I didn't even want to think anything else because it was a male hand that covered my hands and nose.The room was decorated with nice accessories, the paint used to color the room was pink and blue, giving it that girly princess look.I thought about why he did that, and the only thing I could think about was that he wanted to surprise me.I was glad in my heart, excitedly raising myself from the bed with a happy face. However, I stiffened once I saw who was there.My face was gazing at the face of someone who I never thought I was going to see again.I gulped down the nervousn
Iris' POV My hand shook violently when I saw my father kneel in front of me. My heart was pounding loudly in my chest, and I gulped down the fear I felt. I feared my dad kneeling in front of me and asking for forgiveness, it was just something that he could never do. He was a man who would never do such, especially to me. “Iris, you have to believe me, I'm sorry,” He told me with a sorry look on his face. However, I still wasn't convinced. I knew my father very well, he doesn't go back to those he isn't concerned about except he needs something from them, that was why she was afraid. He had been pleading with me to forgive him, so I could let him back into my life again, and I wasn't going to let that happen. He left me to die, he didn't even care to look back, and now he was asking for forgiveness? I looked away from him, staring at the wall because I felt pain just by looking at his face. If I had died, would he have come to ask for my forgiveness? He assured me that he di
Chapter99: I'm coming, Iris.Arthur's POV.I couldn't believe it, I had searched everywhere in the mall, yet she was nowhere to be seen. Even Kelvin, alongside Anna had joined the search, yet, we weren't able to find her. It was like she disappeared.The search ended in disappointment, which meant that Iris was nowhere to be found. Anna rushed to me with panic in her eyes, she wondered what was going to happen next, now that we didn't find her.I didn't know how to respond to this question. It was true that she was missing, but I didn't know where she was taken to, and I felt really hurt to admit that I let my guard down as my hand to ran through my hair with creased lines appearing on my forehead.Kelvin also ran to where I was standing with Anna, he also showed his worry, asking us to involve some search parties who could track down Iris.My head nodded to his words, but then the feeling inside of me was anger, I was supposed to be her protector, and now I have no idea who has captu
Iris' POV“What?!” I listened to what my dad had to say, my eyes widened in shock, and I couldn't help but look at my dad in disgust. I didn't know that he was this desperate for my attention to formulate a lie about Arthur.Furthermore, I hadn't known Arthur for a very long time, but I knew him to some extent. He was nice, sweet and minded all the troubles I had with him, despite the times I got drunk. He took care of me like his own, and never scolded me. Not only that, but he wasn't heartless! He was so caring, too caring to be a Mafia. If he was a mafia, he was supposed to be heartless, and was supposed to make people suffer, but Arthur wasn't like that.I growled at my father, yelling and telling him that he was too shameless to accuse someone else of being something as dangerous as that.Why doesn't he want me to be with Arthur? Or was he afraid that I wasn't going to stay with him, was that why he was doing this? I moved closer to my dad, my face looking into his own.“Listen
Arthur's POV There was only one thing that got me wondering, how did Iris get to that place so far in just a little while? My mind was blown, and I began to think of what I should do at this moment. Were the kidnappers going to stay in a place, or where were they going to keep moving? That and many more crossed my mind.The location where she was really made me angry. It was so far away and hidden somewhere in a forest, how was I supposed to find her now? The thought of that made me angry, but I was glad that I at least knew the location because I wouldn't have thought she was taken that far. If she wasn't wearing that necklace, we would have searched for her in the wrong places, eventually not seeing her.We were still staring at the computer when Anna's voice came to our ears. She was excited, I could see it from the smile on her face, and I really had to give her the credit. She gave me the right push.Tell me she knew I would find Iris was what made me recall the necklace that