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
Arthur's POV.“Iris!” Her name left my lips, my eyes watching her as my heart hammered in my chest. She wasn't tied up like I had expected, and I felt this was an enormous trap. However, there was no time to think because I had missed her so much.It had only been hours since she got missing, and I had already lost it because I thought I had lost her. She was taken out of town, I thought she had been killed by my enemies. Thankfully, she was standing in front of me. The feeling in my heart held different expressions, but I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to hug her in such a way that she would lose her mind. She was someone special to me, we had different good moments together even after talking, she helped me see things in a better light.As I approached to hug her, my eyes caught sight of someone. I had been so excited to see Iris, and didn't even notice who was beside her. That explained why she wasn't tied up, it was her father who had kidnapped her.“Sebastian!” I called, fist
Arthur's POV My heart shattered into bits when I saw her reaction. I had been with Iris for a while, yet, she chose her father's words over mine. I didn't know what to do or what to say, it was a new experience for me. I moved closer to her, my eyes fixed on her, asking her to look at me. Not only that, but I wasn't ready to let her go, and I could tell my heart supported me on this one. “Iris,” my lips called, watching how the tears trailed down her eyes caused me to get an excruciating pain in my chest. My jaw tightened, and my fist turned pale due to how tightly I clenched them. When I tried to move closer to her again, she stepped back, this time, tears rushed down uncontrollably, wetting her eyes lashed, and cheeks. Because of how she cried, her eyes turned red, while her face became like that of a tomato. I wondered what her father must have told her to make her doubt me like this, to make her hate me or disgust me this much. “Iris, listen to me, it's not what you think, d
Arthur's POV“You!” I was on my way charging towards Sebastian when Iris yelled, getting in my way with tears in her eyes.She was standing right in front of her dad with her hands wide open to block me from reaching her father. She was trying to protect him from me. However, my fury burned on. He was the reason I was in the mess. His daughter, whom I was in love with, was now protecting the man who was my greatest enemy.“Stop!”Her tears were trailing like never, and she stared at me with pain in her eyes. Her eyes that were red were already swollen, and her tears dampened her lashes, and cheeks.Not only that, but she was as red as a tomato, and seeing her like that broke me into a thousand pieces.She yelled, asking me to stop, and just like that, I stopped in my tracks, my gaze which was once like that of an angry man, calmed immediately after seeing her tears. Iris didn't deserve all this, she was too pure to go through all this suffering, just because her father was a monster!