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Natalia saw herself dressed in a long black sequined dress, and then suddenly, she was walking through a room with many people. She didn't remember how she got there, and there seemed to be a fog in the air. She could see everyone but couldn't hear anything. The next thing she knew, she saw Hayden standing near the bar. She tried to get to him, but something was holding her back. When she turned around, Cliff was holding her wrist, and they weren't with everyone else; they were in an office. He was pulling her to a couch while undoing his pants. "Natalia, Natalia, wake up, sweetheart." Hayden desperately tried to wake her. She had suddenly started yelling no over and over while swinging her arm. He could tell she was still sleeping and assumed she was having a nightmare. He saw eyes open, and they looked wild. He rubbed her cheek with his hand so she would focus on him. "Are you alright?" He asked softly. Natalia looked around and realized she had been dreaming. She relaxed, look
Natalia stared at the video of her getting hit as it played over and over. She was frozen as she watched it, wondering how she had survived. Who sent the email to her? It was clear they were threatening her. Hayden stopped the video from playing and hugged Natalia as she cried. "I'm going to forward this to Dennis. Maybe he can find out who sent it. Try not to think about that. You're alive and will be back to normal before you know it." Hayden was shaking with fury as he tried to comfort her. He assumed Jon sent it, but he didn't know for sure. "Why do so many people not only want to hurt me but want to kill me? What did I do to them? Shania was jealous of our relationship, so I know why she acted like she did, not that I condone it. What did I do to Cara besides lose touch with her? Jon cheated on me and broke my heart. I'm not to blame for whatever sick idiot he turned into." She was speaking in a whisper, unable to get the images out of her mind. Natalia kne
Two weeks had passed since Natalia was released from the hospital. Hayden continued doing everything for her, not letting Linnette help her at all. She was healing well, and they said the cast on her arm would be able to come off soon, but she still had a while before the ones on her legs could be taken off. Dennis' team had come to the apartment and tried to find where the email was sent from. So far, there was nothing to find. The sender's email address was only active for that day and had been created with a phony name. They all believed it came from Jon, but there was no way to prove it. Some of Natalia's memory had come back in pieces. Most of them started as dreams, but eventually, she began remembering. She had gotten most of her time with Hayden back, making her love for him grow even more. The two of them had gotten back to work. Although they did most of it at home, they had made a few trips to the office accompanied by their bodyguards. They were on their way
Jon whistled as he walked down the street. When he got to a trash can, he pulled off the prosthetic mask and threw it away. Now that Natalia had seen him in it, he couldn't risk wearing it again. He couldn't believe how easy it had been to get into her office. Jon had made a couple of calls to verify she would be at the meeting today. Once he confirmed the time, he rode up with the large group and went in as though he were with them. He saw the men standing outside her office door, so he knew it wouldn't be easy to get to her directly. When he shook her hand, he couldn't help holding on a little longer than necessary. He saw the fear in her eyes when she took her hand away. If she thought that was bad, she had a surprise coming. He would put her through so much pain that she would beg him to kill her. He looked at his phone at the images he had gotten from inside her apartment. He paused over the ones where she was naked. Her body was just as beautiful as he had im
Linnette, with the help of two members of the security team, brought Hayden and Natalia's things to the penthouse. Hayden didn't trust any of them, so he had them drop the items inside the door. He gave Linnette her room key for a room a few floors below them and told the men to stay in the lobby. Natalia watched as he took the suitcases and other items to the bedroom to unpack. She had never seen a more caring man in her entire life. The way he treated her, it was as though his whole world revolved around her. He came over to where she was sitting, and she pulled his face to hers so she could kiss him. "I don't know what I'd do without you. I love you." She whispered while running her fingers through his thick black hair. Hayden put his forehead against hers. "You'll never have to find out what you'll do without me because I'm yours forever. I love you too." He kissed her again and then called room service to order dinner. Hayden had several things he was worried a
Natalia woke up, and it took a minute to get her bearings. She looked around and realized they were in the penthouse. She grinned when she realized she didn't have any clothes on. Hayden had licked every bit of the frosting off her last night. When he was done, and she had orgasmed more than once, he gave her a bed bath. However, he said he wanted her to sleep with no clothes so he could feel her against him, even with the casts. She looked over at his handsome sleeping face and felt tears welling up in her eyes. She knew he'd been taking care of her for most of their time together. They were only at the beginning of their relationship when Cara pushed her. However, he had never shown one minute of hesitation in taking care of her or spending every minute by her side. "What's wrong? Why are you crying?" Hayden asked, concerned. When he woke up and saw her tears, he thought maybe she was in pain. She surprised him when she shook her head and smiled. "Nothings wro
"Hello," Dorian answered the phone recognizing the number he thought he would never hear from again. "I need your help." He smiled, hearing Hayden's voice. He had once told him he would never call him, even if his life depended on it. "Well, well, well, look who's calling me. What could you want from this lowlife?" He asked, using the name Hayden had called him the last time they talked. "Trust me; I wouldn't be calling you if I had any other choice. I'm desperate and don't know where else to turn." Hayden rubbed his forehead. The last person he wanted to get mixed up in his business what Dorian. However, he was good at getting information and getting to people using methods the police couldn't use. Dorian could hear the weariness in Hayden's voice, and he knew something must really be wrong. "Alright, I'm done giving you a hard time. What can I do for you?" Dorian was Hayden's cousin on his mother's side. He never knew his dad, and his mother died when he was
"What do you have?" Hayden asked Dorian anxiously. "He used the same IP address to send both emails. The police couldn't find it because their tech team didn't know how to get through the smoke screens. Now just let me trace it back to get a physical location." They watched as Dorian started typing again. After a few more minutes, he looked up with a smile. "He's at a hotel not far from here. Do you want me to go there, or do you want the police to go?" He asked, looking at Hayden. "Can you go there and see what you can find out? Verify he is there and see if you see anything else that may help the police?" Hayden wanted the man dead but knew some things were better left being played by the book. "Alright. Let me make a few calls, and we'll check it out." Natalia watched the large man walk to the other room. "He's impressive." She said quietly. When Hayden didn't respond, she looked at him. She saw how he was watching Dorian, and she laughed. The man was jealous of the sm