RachelThe rest of the day passed by uneventfully.All I could see was work, work and more work.Soon, it was time clock out.My formal clothes was still at my parents' house so I had to go back home.I haven't migrated all my belongings to Chase's mansion yet.Chase offered to drive me but I refused.I could see the darkened area beneath his eyes.He was overworking.I did not want to stress him by letting him drive me home.He would have to go to his mansion again this evening.He could have called his driver but his driver had an emergency so he was given three days off.I had to persuade Chase to go home to rest.Tomorrow, I would stop the habit of overworking that he had.I didn't mind arguing.Seeing him behave like there was hounds on his tail made me sad.I noticed that he always tried to keep my workload light. Even with his consideration, my work was still tiring.I can not fathom how his own workload would affect him.Before I left the office, I told Chase about his grandmo
ChaseEver since I experienced the hellish situation abroad, I always knew the only person I could trust with my life is myself.I had to have power.Money, charisma and many more are components of power.It was one of the minor reasons I work hard.Nobody like a leader that slacks off.I can not let the wealth my family stockpiled deceive me.I had to get involved in the business personally. It was the only ways I could achieve connections and build my power base.A boss with only money but no practical knowledge is just a rich cow that would bleed dollars under his or her subordinates' schemes.My subordinates know me. I can be kind and I can be a nightmare.I don't like giving second chances too.Being ruthless had its perks.The major reason I work had would always be Rachel.A smile appeared on my lips at the thought of Rachel.She was so cute.I wasn't a machine.Working hard because of a multi-billionaire seal that was coming our way caused exhaustion.I had noticed Rachel's wo
Chase"What?!" I asked as I approached him speedily.For a brief second, I thought I heard my head ring."Sir, Miss Rachel is missing." Mark repeated.No.How can she go missing?"You were supposed to protect her. Why did I put you in charge of her safety if I knew you would be this useless?" I asked in a murderous voice.I searched my pockets for my phone but it wasn't there.It can't be.I put my phone in my pocket when I alighted from my car.If it fell, I would have noticed.There was only one way my phone disappeared as soon I entered this mansion.Someone took it.The only person that had bodily contact with me was my mother.I leveled my gaze on her.At the same time I came to a realization, Mark's voice sounded."I am sorry sir." Mark apologized, "I saw Miss Rachel helping a little kid that had lost her parents search for them. They went into a bookstore near the company. When I was about to go check how Miss Rachel was doing, old Madame called me. She said she needed me there
RachelA banging headache assaulted me the moment I regained consciousness. I didn't move. I laid in the position those kidnappers put me. I was in a moving vehicle and everywhere was dark. Only a little bit of the red sun that was setting slipped into the vehicle once in a while. I felt anger when I recalled how I got here. I was just trying to do good works. I regretted it so much. I was not opposed to a person doing good works but I had to wonder. Why did I give in to this particular urge? I was hungry and weak. I had exhausted all my strength trying to escape those men. My resistance didn't get me anywhere because they outnumbered me. They came prepared. I could not wrap my head around my situation. Mark was supposed to be watching me. Why didn't I see any hints of his figure when I was in the process of being abducted. The painful thing is that, Chase didn't pick my call. I had opened my eyes but I closed them back at my sad thought. Chase used to pick my call on th
RachelThe helplessness of my current situation washed over me.I tightened my clenched hands.I can't give up now.As long as there is hope, I can do anything.I would be truly helpless if I just gave up like this.Chase would have been looking for me, not to talk about my parents too.I could remember how frightened my mother had been when I didn't come home for a night.I smiled wryly.I had promised my mother that I would give always give her an heads-up whenever I would stay the night outside our home.I had broken my promise unwillingly.I can not imagine how worried and stressed she would be at my absence."Hey Rufus, is that girl awake?" Jace asked and Noami hummed in agreement."I gave her a huge dose of chloroform, she is not going to wake up anytime soon." Rufus, the second man in the van said leisurely.The breath I was holding finally came out in a calm and slow exhale.Thankfully, they didn't come to where they put me to confirm that statement.I felt a creepy gaze on my
ChaseI was standing across the window in my office as I stared out of the glass blankly.I didn't even know what to think about. Everything was just one big mess.I came to the office in the early hours of the morning. I was the one that opened the doors of the headquarters today.All through yesterday, the search my subordinates conducted ended up with nothing.I kept clenching and unclenching my hand.Rachel was still nowhere to be found.My people did all the things I instructed them to. They blocked the borders and they showed up at the airports too.Still, I could not intercept them.I knew they would have gone far away. Even if they remained in a nearby vicinity, there is no way to track them at all.I could not see any hints of them.These kidnappers are obviously professionals that had been in the business for a long time.I wanted to ask my grandmother where she managed to find those kidnappers but I knew she would not talk.I had to keep my malicious impulses under control.
RachelFor a moment, I thought I was seeing wrongly.Chief Stone's finger can't be pointing to me.It had to be wrong.I stared at him intensely.Truly, his short finger was pointing straight at me. I was not mistaken at all.The natural fear of the unknown and the Chief's cruelty made me flinch unconsciously.I folded onto myself as I push my body mass against the wall I was leaning on.It can't be.I felt like entering the wall.I did not mean to be pessimistic but I knew there was no way out for me right now.I wasn't seeing any way to escape.I wasn't naive to think that Rufus and his cohorts wouldn't have security patrolling this place."I want that one." The Chief said with a greasy smile on his face.He looked satisfied with his choice.Rufus burst into smiles, "You have good eyes, Chief. We just brought her today. She is new goods. She is pure and untrained, just as you like them."Rufus' words grated against my eardrums and I wished I was deaf.As Rufus spoke, Chief Stone's e
Rachel"Chief Stone, did I not warn all buyers to be extra cautious?" Rufus said in a calm voice, "It was safety precaution."I can hear the fear hidden in his tone though. It gave me joy.Right now, Rufus and his cohorts was caught unawares.They did not have time to clean the scene or cover up.They wouldn't be able to get out of this one."You are not the one that would tell me this basic fact. I had already taken precautions. How did they find this place?" Chief Stone retorted.Rufus' face was ugly as he watched the policemen file in.I could almost picture how ugly his face would be.I knew it was too late for them to do anything.The police would not give them the chance to escape.I wanted to smile but the pain I was feeling in my body and my bones made me discard that thought."Then, there must be a mole hidden within the group of men working for you. They obviously followed you here." Rufus said with a black face, "Chief, you better hope that we are getting out of this unscat