Chapter 5: She's back

Jace POV

It's amusing how high she thinks of herself. It seems like she has been worshipped so much so that she is beginning to think it's a necessity for every man to do the same. I chuckled, sipping my wine while waiting for Mason to return. It has been three days since what happened in Passion and Mason has been out gathering information. I thought he would have been back that same day or the following day but it looks like he is having a little difficulty. I pick up my phone and called my best friend "Hello Ass" I said waiting for his curses but none came. His name is Ashton but I call him ass.

After a few minutes "Hello buddy, I'm currently so busy, I will call you later" he said wanting to cut off the call "If you dare cut off that call we are over Ash, what happened?" I asked again but he went quiet, not after a few minutes did he respond "They shot my girlfriend dead" he said shocking me "Who did" I asked. "I don't know buddy, I don't know, I'm just confused and frustrated right now, call mood is the least mood I have now that's why I wanted to end the call, I don't know what to do and what to investigate. Everything is totally blank, no sigh, no nothing" he said and I could feel his frustration through here. I sighed "Don't worry Ash, no matter what I got you. And no matter how blank a case is, there will always be a way to investigate it" I said and he went silent. "They left a note," he said, and before I could say anything he added, "They said if I dare have any girlfriend, enter any relationship, or have sex with anyone, they will then head over to my companies and kill off every single staff and works I have, they even say they will kill my managers and secretaries. I'm really confused buddy, I don't know what to fucking do" he said and I can see him messing up his hair in frustration.

"Based on the note that was left for you, it must be a female doing," I said and after a while, he replied "That's what I thought," he said. "And based on her actions, she is not obsessed, but she is heartless," I said and he already knew who I was talking about "Yeah" he responded to what I said "But she left long ago, she made it clear she doesn't love me anymore, so why will she do this" he added before I say anything.

"But you forgot why she left. She loves you but she loves control too. She loves how you obey her and focus on her, even though I noticed she wasn't satisfied with the level of control she has she still manages to go with it because her lover loves her too. She was able to cope with it all because she loved you not because she was satisfied. Until you cheated. I knew the kind of person she was and told you to never tell her you cheated but out of anger one time you blurted out everything which shocked her because she never thought you would cheat on her. The hurt and everything made her leave after cursing you and promising she would never love you again" I said and sighed. "Then why is she back?" he asked even though he knew the reason. "Because she realized she can't stop loving you. But her love over control made her take matters into her own hands and take another tactic this time around which is total control Ashton" I said worrying for my best friend. "What should I do buddy" he said. If it's any other matter I can help him, I will even go to any length but this one? I'm helpless about it too "I'm sorry Ash, I don't know, can you try to reason things out with her? Tell her you don't love her anymore and that she might end up finding someone better than you, just try to convince her" I told him but he scoffed at no one exactly "You think she hasn't looked for something else all these years? Of course, she has and that's why she is back, because she found none" Ashton said. The frustration in his voice increased. "Don't take it too seriously Ash, we will handle it together. We handled it earlier so we can handle it again. Don't dare contact the police or any of those sorts or else your people that she promised to kill will end up dying faster" I said. "I know I Know, fuck!" he cursed.

To be honest, if it was me in his shoes I might not do any better. "Do you think I don't know it was her when it happened? I have figured everything out that's why I refused to call you. When I saw her dead body I knew it was her, christ what did I get myself into..." he muttered "What's worrying me is not that I don't know what to do, but ending up doing things but none succeeding. You know how she is Jace, she doesn't do anything she's not sure of, so if she is here she must have prepared for years, and that included monitoring our movements, she will want to know the level we are currently so she would know how to plan everything accordingly. Jace, she is a genius, and if she is taking action now, she must have calculated for at least a year. She left three years ago, two years is enough to look for someone good, which means..." he cut himself off "She has been around for a year but we didn't notice her... fuck!" I cursed as Mason flashed in my mind. I thought the investigation was a little too difficult but it turns out the delay might be her deliberately interfering or maybe... she captured Mason? But it's unlikely, right?