XANDER’S P.O.V
“Hey babe, I just finished work and I’m going to dinner with one of my business associates. How far are you from the cabin?” I asked, calling Cara to check up on her. “Hi my love, I’m half way there. Don’t go home from dinner too late, it’s getting cold at night now and I don’t want you getting sick” Cara said. “Half way there? Babe, you left early this morning and the cabin is only 5 hours away. Let’s not forget that you are driving a sports car” I was so confused, luckily my sister is with her so I don’t have a reason to question her loyalty but, honestly, I have no idea how she did not reach the cabin as yet. “Oh, there was a nail on the road and it punctured into the tyre so we had to get that changed. Also, we stopped for food and the chef took super long with our orders but I’m not complaining because the food was delicious, it was soooo delicious that we ordered dessert as well and then we got so satiety that we decided to wait for half an hour or so be
XANDER’S P.O.V “Emma, I did something terrible” I confessed to my sister over lunch, making sure that Cara was not around. “What are you talking about Xander? Are you talking about getting drunk last night?” she asked. She was filled with fear and dread as I unfolded and laid in front of her the truth about last night. “She really did that? Can she really go that far?” she wondered. “She did Emma and I’m sure that if she went that far there is nothing stopping her from going even further,” I said. “That’s true. We have to be on high alert from now. Something tells me that her intentions were much greater than just seducing you” Emma was deep in thought. “And Xander, don’t say that you did something terrible. You did nothing wrong. In fact, you pushed Eva off you as soon as you realized that it was not Cara. That alone proves your loyalty to Cara” she said, offering me comfort. “I guess so, but I feel like I should have done more, I should have got her arrested. What she was
XANDER’S P.O.V “That smells really good babe” I shouted from the dining room. “Thanks, love…it’s almost done,” she said. “What’s on your mind?” I asked Emma with concern, seeing that she is lost in her thoughts, as we sat opposite one another in the dining room and wait for our dinner which Cara was busy preparing in the kitchen. “Pardon?” it wasn’t that she didn’t hear me, it was that she wasn’t paying any attention to her surroundings and was startled by my voice being directed to her. “What’s bothering you?” I asked again. “Xander…I need to tell you something” she leaned forward and whispered loudly. However, due to the width of our wide and long dining room table, I could barely hear her. So, I got up from my seat and went over to her. “Sit Xander,” she said, her eyebrows creased preparing me for the unpleasant news which she is about to tell me. “What do you need to tell me?” I asked. “Xander, there was a letter that came here,” she said. “Okaaay, a lot of letters come
EVA’S P.O.V “Thanks for meeting me. Where did you tell them that you were going?” I asked Lily, as I opened my apartment door for her. “It’s lovely to see you to sister, thank you for the hug and warm greeting,” she said sarcastically, taking a seat on my couch. “We don’t have much time for all of that right now sister but you should know that I have a lot of love for you in my heart. Right, tell me now…how did it go? Did our plan work?” I asked her, not wasting any time I just wanted to get to the point of her being here. “A lot of love for me in your heart hey, really sister? Because it seems like you are just using me to do your dirty work and be your spy” she said, seeming to be in a bad mood. “What???!!! Lily, I don’t know where all of this is coming from. Don’t you know that I am doing all of this for you! For us! For our future! How can you even think that I am using you! I am not okay! Now can we please just cut the drama and focus on our plan” I said, getting a bit
EVA’S P.O.V “Hi, It’s Eva. I hope that you can remember me?” I said as soon as the person that I called picked up. “Eva…Of course, I can, you are the lady that hired me to kill her husband, Mr. La’Vardo,” said Roger, who was the assassin that I hired previously. “Yes, that is correct. Roger, I have another job for you. Actually, I have two jobs for you” I said. “Hmmm, what are they?” he asked, sounding interested. “The first one is to get rid of a body for me, leave no traces behind! The second one is a bit more complicated” I smiled devilishly as I thought about my plan… XANDER’S P.O.V “Is Emma not coming down for dinner?” I asked, seeing her absent from the dinner table. “I don’t know, I haven’t seen her around today,” Cara said. “Kaish, can you please find out if Emma is coming down for dinner?” I sent Emma’s personal helper to bring her down for dinner or take dinner up to her…Whatever it was that Emma preferred. “Sir, Madam Emma is not in her room!” Kais
XANDER’S P.O.V “FIND MY SISTER!!! FIND HER NOW!!! RIGHT NOW!!! DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO I AM? I AM ALEXANDER LA’VARDO, ONE OF THE RICHEST MEN IN EUROPE. IF MY SISTER IS NOT FOUND IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS THEN THE ENTIRE CITY WILL BE SHUT DOWN!!! I’LL MAKE SURE OF IT!!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?” I yelled at the top of my lungs at the men in charge of the teams which was set out to find my sister. My head dropped in the palm of my hands, it’s been three days since she was taken and I was frustrated, tired and angry but I was not giving up hope. “Calm down Xander” Cara tried to caress me. “Cara…look at these men. They don’t care. Not even a single bit of worry or concern in their eyes, Emma can be getting tortured right now and these FOOLS are not even close to finding her as yet. They don’t even have a lead Cara! It’s taking forever Cara and I’m so tired…I just want this nightmare to be over ” I said, my heartbroken, my stress levels at their highest. I wanted to cry, but I didn’t because s
XANDER’S P.O.V “Yes, inspector. I hope you have some good news. Did you find my sister?” I answered the phone with hope, receiving a call from one of the inspectors in charge of my sister’s case at 6 pm on a Sunday afternoon. “Sir, it’s better that we talk in person. Would you kindly meet the rescue team and me by the lake outside your mansion?” he asked and I could tell by the sound of his voice that something was definitely wrong. “Yes, I’ll be there soon” a dreadful feeling brewed inside of me as I ended the call. Taking Cara with me, we jumped into the car and reached the lake in less than 5 minutes. My tummy turned, my heart banged against my chest and sweat escaped my pores as I parked the car among the several other emergency vehicles which was that the scene. “Cara, I can’t do this. I have a really bad feeling about this. Where is Emma? I don’t see her Cara” I panicked. “Xander, we have to go and see what they have found. We might come back to the car with a
CARA’S P.O.V “Ms. Stone, where were you between 11 am to 4 pm on Saturday?” asked the inspector as he interrogated me. I was not nervous at all, even though this was the first time that I was in such a situation, I guess that I wasn’t nervous because I was not the only one who was here to be interrogated today. Everyone who worked and lived at the La’Vardo estate or even just had contact with Emma was here to be interrogated, including Xander even though he is the one who wanted it this way. Unfortunately, I was the first one, who was sitting on the ‘hot seat’. “I was at home inspector, at the estate” I answered his question. “Do you have any sources to confirm this?” he asked. “Yes, everyone and anyone from the mansion” I answered his question that sounded ridiculous. “Okay. How would you describe your relationship with Emma?” he asked. “Emma was my first friend at the La’Vardo mansion. She was kind, sweet and had one of the most beautiful souls and we became friends easily
XANDER’S P.O.V I sat in front of my fireplace, lost in the blazing fire that burnt brightly in front of me. ‘I should have protected her. What would my family think of me now? First I broke my relationships with them and the only person that stood by my side through it all is now dead’. I buried my face in my hands as I let out a deep long sigh of regret and pain. ‘It should have been me instead of Emma, Emma was filled with so much light and all I am filled with is darkness. The world doesn’t need me, however, the world definitely needs more good people like Emma. Why did this have to happen? Why does this keep on happening to me? It’s like I am cursed or something to never be happy for a long period of time. I couldn’t save Emma’ ‘Neither could I defend Cara today. I just stood and watch her being dragged away by the police. I feel useless, most probably because I am. I couldn’t save my marriage, I couldn’t save my sister and I couldn’t even save my Cara!!! W