Chapter Seven
Erika's POV.
I reached the front of the restaurant, and saw a missed call. It was from the company. I had to call back.
"This is very urgent, and you are needed. We will be meeting at Luke's company. The meeting was an impromptu one. I am sorry if this got to ruin your plan." David informed me over the phone immediately I called him back.
I had to call Raven, and see if she was less busy. "Hello? I have an urgent meeting. Are you less busy? Can you help me watch over my daughter?" I questioned her while she sighed.
"I am so sorry. I am currently in a shoot, and I will not be able to do it." She apologized to me, while I ended the call. I knew she was the busy type. I was wondering who I was going to drop Rose with.
If I were to take her to Luke's company. Things might not get to go well. I looked at my back, and I saw that Charles was still inside the restaurant. His eyes were fixed on us, and he caught me staring at him.
That was the only option that I had left. He shrugged his arm trying to ask me what the problem was. "This is not a matter whereby you get to think about your pride. You should just go and drop her with him." I told myself, and then walked back into the restaurant.
His eyes were still fixed on me. I covered my eyes in shame while I went through where he was. "What are you here for? I thought you were gonna back home." He questioned me immediately he saw that I was close to him.
"Can you help me to watch over my daughter? I really need to attend to somethings." I requested, while I looked at Rose, and it turned out that she was looking at me.
"Sure! When are you going to be back?" He questioned.
"Immediately I am done with the meeting. It was a really urgent one. That was the reason why I had to tell you." I told him.
"Sure, I have no problem with it at all." He answered me while I smiled softly, even thought they were not real. I looked at my daughter, "Mommy is coming, I need to attend to somethings really quick." I told Rose, and she nodded.
"I would be waiting for you." She answered, and j left her until his care. My car already arrived, it was the company's car. It was way more better than taking a cab.
"I will just drive myself, you can find your level." I told the driver to drive the car to the front of the restaurant. I ignited the car engine while I hurriedly drive to the location that we were supposed to meet.
I then noticed that a car was following me. I had to pass another route, and it was still the same thing. My heart began to beat so fast while I wouldn't stop staring at her mirror to see how close to were.
My hand slid into my pocket while I managed to call Raven, "Are you okay ?" She questioned me after she picked the call. I then looked at my back, and saw that they were no longer following me.
"I guess I must be seeing wrong already. It was nothing much. I already fixed it." I assured her while she ended the call. I heaved a deep sigh of relief. I stopped driving right in that moment while I tried to fix things.
I couldn't remember the last time that I was that scared. I wanted to drive back to the company not until when I saw that my car wasn't moving anymore.
What was the problem? I came down to check the car engine. I then realized that I had a flat tire. David started calling me, but I wasn't in the modd to pick up the call.
I must not miss that meeting. I tried calling some people who I trusted that they might be of good help to me. They were not picking at all.
I then heard some strange noises, I was in a secluded area. There were barely any human walking around. It was then some men came out of nowhere.
"You think that you would be able to escape from us? You are so foolish. The fact you had to stop in a place like this made you so foolish. Our job became more easier, thanks to us." The next thing that came to my mind was to run immediately without even looking back.
In the process of running, I was stopped by the same people. It turned out that they have been waiting for me in different corners. My phone stared vibrating. I didn't hesitate before I picked up the call. It was Charles who was calling me.
"Please help me! There are..." I couldn't get to complete my statement before they hit my phone down to the ground. A handkerchief was used to cover my nose while I kept on struggling for breath, till I blacked out.
I opened my eyes, and saw that I was really in an unfamiliar environment with my hands tied to the back of the chair. It was looking like a warehouse, but it looked like an abandoned one.
"She is awake already. I thought she was giving to be sleeping forever." I heard some unfamiliar voices right in the place that I was staying.
"Let me out of here! Please! Is anyone there?" I shouted so loud hoping that someone was going to come to my rescue.
"You shouldn't bother stressing yourself. No one knows about the fact that you are here. No one gives a fuck about you, and you are going to stay here till we get the information that we need tom you." One of the men told me.
"What do you want? What do you want from me exactly?" I questioned them, my voice was already getting really weak
"We're not going to hurt you, we're just asking you for a favor and we'll kill your daughter if you run away." I bet that my daughter was safe anywhere she was. She was with Charles, and I believe he would do everything to keep my daughter safe.
"That's if you can do it." I dared them, and one of the bursted into laughter. He looked like he was the boss. He walked up to where I was while the rest of them left the way so he could walk to where I was.
"I really love your confidence. You live in to people's expectations, and that is really good. What if we kill you instead then?" He furthered questioned me, while hd squatted up to my level.
I wasn't interested in what he was saying right now, "we need you to complete these designs for us. You know that isn't a hard thing for you to do right." He left my way so I could see the design that he was talking about.
I was the one who designed that copy for David company. How did they get to know the half. It was a design that was yet to be released, giving it to these people would be a big loss for us.
There was no way that I am going to do. "What made you think that I am going to give you? What if I say that I don't want to give it to you? What are you go to do? Kill me? Then do it now." I didn't know where I got this confidence from, to be very honest.
He brought out his phone, and then he saw Raven who was on his phone. "This is recorded live, what about we kill her instead?" He questioned.
Chapter EightErika's POVI looked at my friend who was buying some coffee at the restaurant. These people looked so heartless, and I was so scared that they might get to do something to do which I didn't like."So are you going to do it or not?" He called me as that brought me back to reality."I will do it." I started without battling my eyes. There was no way that I would want to see my friend in danger. This was the only thing that I could get to do to save her."We will give you time to get prepared." He told me, while they all walked out of the room..***Later In The Night.I was so hungry, that I haven't eaten anything. My stomach hurts, and the cold was a little bit too much for me. It looked as if I was going to die. I hated this side of me for real.Why does this have to happen to me? Are they even struggling to look for me right now? I bet they must be doing everything in their power to look for me, but there was no way that they were going to see me easily, since this pla
Chapter NineErika's POV.He really looked so serious when he said that he was going to make me his in the end. I guess it would be so fun for me to torment him knowing fully well that I wasn't going to end up with him in the end."Why are you laughing? Is there anything funny in what I just said." He queried me while I let out a huge sigh. "It looked like you are really determined to do it, and that is so cool of you. Let's see when you will give up." I would never allow that to happen while I was still here. I lost my feelings for him, and there was no way that I would end up falling for him again. Furthermore, I did say anything for a while; our eyes bore into each other for a few seconds.I was the first person to break eye contact, just like we did in the past. "You are still bad at keeping eye contact." He laughed so hard at me, and then I laughed also, since we all want to be crazy. He then let go of my wrists while I went to drop the plate right in the kitchenI went back to
Chapter Ten.Charles's POV."Yes, yes, yes!" I squealed in excitement after the news that David just told me. I called Linda, who was outside the office, and she came to me in no time"I need you to do something for me." I told her immediately, and she walked into my office. "What is it?" She questioned me with a smile on her face. I bet she must have seen how happy I was. "I need you to bring me a desk to the office right opposite mine. The lady from Wilson's company will be transferred to ours in no time." I instructed her. "Is that all?" She questioned me while I looked around."Yeah, that's all. There is nothing to discuss anymore." I told her, and she then walked out of the room right away. I talked with David few weeks ago to ask if it was possible for him to talk with her so that I would keep on seeing her, but I didn't know that it was going to be that fast.Furthermore, I wondered what kind of technique that he used, he must be excellent. Did he even have to stress himself o
Chapter Eleven.*Few Days Later*Erika's POV.It had been great for me so far, and it was so funny seeing someone who was trying too hard to gain my attention when I didn't even give a fuck about him. He was willing to do anything for me, but he needed to realize that I don't care about him.There was something that would be happening next week. It was the company's anniversary, and everyone has been preparing for that day. It really looked like a huge day for the company.I was among those who will be planning, and we will also be introducing some of our projects to the people who were there. I knocked on the door leading to Tristan's office.Furthermore, I opened the door immediately, and he knocked. It was then that I saw his mother, who was sitting right there. I haven't seen her since what happened to me a few years ago.I bowed my head. "I think you are really busy." I wanted to walk out of the room, but I was interrupted by her voice."Where do you think you are going to? Do yo
Chapter Twelve.Andrew's POV."What do you think you are doing? Are you sure that out plan is to to work at the end? I am scared that it might not get to happen." Betty was there as she doubted our plan.I also laughed after what she said. I looked at the rainy street as I was staying at the balcony of my house. "We have come this far, you don't expect us to give up, do you? Do you actually know how hard it to to come this far?" I queried her, while I gulped down the whole content that was in the glass cup."I am just scared. We are close to the end of our plan. We have been planning this for the past few years, and it is coming to pass already. We should be done in the next few months." I assured her.I would make sure to take all what's mine, Charles. "Are you also getting closer to him?" I questioned her, while she let out a huge sigh."How do you want me to get closer to him when she keeps coming to my way. Anytime I am interested in doing something, she would always be the one t
Chapter Thirteen.Erika's POV."So you still want to go? Or do I go and meet Betty?" He questioned me while I looked around and took a huge sigh. "I will go." I told him, and I could see how he was happy right on his face. We then walked out of the company together. I could see a lot of people who were talking right behind us. I bet that they must be thinking that we were dating or somethingI knew that gossip like this was going to be common, but there was no reason for me to be bothered since it was not real. We got to where his car was, and he told his driver that he was going to drive. I have Ben expecting him to bring up the matter that happened last night, but since he didn't want to bring it up, I guess I would have to do it myself.He started driving to the location, and then we almost got there. I gave him the courage and decided to ask him."So, in short. You are trying to tell me that you didn't remember what happened between us last night?" I brought it up, and I could fe
Chapter Fourteen.Erika's POV.I was surprised to see Andrew, who was right in my front, with his car. "You look like you want to cry; you can actually do it right in my car." He told me, and then he opened the door. To be very honest, I was still wondering why he was here. Did he see me together with Charles? Why did it have to be here of all times? "You should come in. There are a lot of cars that would be lined up at my back." He urged me. I entered his car after hesitating for a while. "I came here to get something, so I was shocked to see your here. You can have this." He gave me the handkerchiefs that was right in his hand. "You can let out your tears. Your eyes looked swollen with tears." I collected the handkerchief that was in his hand and then bent my head while I wept right into my laps.I remembered how much he would gift me back then, and I would do the same. Furthermore, I wanted him to stop those acts at the same time, and at the same time, I didn't want him to stop
Chapter FifteenErika's POVIt has been five minutes, and I have been staring at the beauties in front of me. The clothes were so beautiful, and I loved every bit of it. I looked at the jewelry he bought for me, and I loved every bit of it as well.I placed them back appropriately in the box and went to sleep after that. Furthermore, I walked back into the room, and then I slept off after that.*THE NEXT DAY*I was in the office while I worked as usual, but not until I got a nail from the company's website. "Good day, ma'am. As a worker in our company who was employed their year, there would be a business vacation that would happen right before the company's anniversary. More details would be passed afterward." That was what the mail said, while I sighed deeply.I've actually heard about something like this before. It was like a welcome company for those who were employed within 12 months of joining the company. My case was something else; I became a partner, like I was employed.But