Unfortunately, Sean's attention was needed urgently and he had to drop off first. Then he instructed his driver to drop her off but she declined, putting him off.The last thing she needed was to be seen by people alighting from his car. Boarding a car ride, she slipped into the car undetected going on her merry way.Sean was too busy to bother with anything other than a peck on the cheeks, and a promise to call her. It wasn't even 9 am yet, but she was exhausted and needed to rest. “We're here, ma'am.” The cab driver told her, stopping a couple of blocks away from her apartment as she instructed, jolting her from her thoughts. She pulled out cash, handing it over to him to walk the rest of the way to her house.It was like any other day as she placed the key in the doorway, twisting the doorknob sideways.With a sigh, she dropped everything on the nearest flat surface without even looking up…her jacket, bag, and keys.The next thing to follow was her shoe, toeing it off immediately.
It turns out that Maeve listened to the discussion that Chloe and Luke had because since then, she's been giving Chloe the cold shoulder.Things were so bad that Maeve stopped making meals for her any longer. Her responses were one word and anything more than that had to be pried out of her.It was quite a nightmare but Chloe refused to go back on her stand. The truth, no matter how painful it was to hear is that she would never love Luke the way she loved Sean, so it was better to put him out of his misery since they were about to go public regardless.The banging at the door made her jolt, spilling lukewarm tea on her sweater. Cursing under her breath, she reached for paper towels to clean them up before they could soil her clothes. The banging came again, making her hurry towards the door.“Who is it?” She called out.“It's, me, Maeve! Open the door!” Maeve’s terrified voice yelled back.Without wasting time, Chloe jerked back to open the door and Maeve rushed in, almost toppling C
“You can't go out by this time!” Maeve tried to stop her but Chloe was hell-bent on leaving.“No offense but you can't stop me, Maeve. Now, move aside so I can pass.” Chloe tapped her feet impatiently on the floor glaring at her sister until she moved aside.It's been over a week that she'd been stuck in the house and it was getting to her. Ever since that stupid video came out, reporters and journalists have been camped outside their houses. Maeve insisted that she stay in, saying it was for her good if they didn't know that Chloe was staying there.So every morning, Maeve would brave the wild out there to go to work bringing back food items as well as any other thing Chloe might need while she stayed inside, watching the world from outside trying her best to ignore everyone.Maeve pretended to be fine but each night she came back, Chloe could see the strain on her face from fighting off different people who were harassing her and it got to her.This was all her fault, Maeve doesn't
Panting, Chloe sprinted as fast as she could running away from those men before they could get her.Then she made the worst mistake of her life, darting into an alley breathing like though she was about to faint. The men's steps slowed and even though they sounded far away, she could hear the leader yell, “She's somewhere around this joint! Find her!”Chloe plastered her body on the wall, breathing shakily. Her heart was pounding so hard, that she feared it might be heated by the men chasing her.While she was alone, she seized the opportunity to rifle through her bag, searching for anything else to be used as a weapon in addition to the things she got.Unfortunately, the only thing she saw was another can of mace that looked as though it was expired, some stale bubblegum, and a waddled-up tissue.Sighing, she brought out her phone dialing Maeve’s number, excited that she could get out of this as fast as possible. That excitement was cut short when the signal went off.No service was
The car stopped much to her chagrin, in front of a tall white and grey building.“Madame, we're here.” The cab driver informed her.Camilla looked outside the window, noting the skyscrapers all around and her mouth dropped. “Are you sure this is the address I have you?”The man checked the piece of paper she'd hastily scrawled the address on. “Yeah. 266 Palm Grove Road, off Madison Ave right? This is it.”Unbidden, a whistle left her mouth as she stared at the building with the Lambert Inc. sign standing tall.Damn!When Clement told her he was the CEO of a company, she thought it was a small startup stuff that people used to exaggerate but this…. This could easily be a multi-million dollar establishment.She got out of the car and paid the driver who zoomed off immediately, in search of a new customer.In truth, she was a bit sad to see him go. Camilla was so used to buses, being compressed and surrounded by various individuals that riding alone in a cab felt like a luxury.One she d
“Come on, Chloe, pick up. This is important.” Maeve muttered under her breath, checking her phone repeatedly to check for any missed calls. Nothing.Just like the past twenty-odd hours. Her calls, messages, and texts went unanswered which is very much unlike her.To try her luck, Maeve tried her luck again. As usual, it went straight to voicemail. “Hi, it's me! You've reached Chloe but unfortunately, she's not able to come to the phone right now. You know what to do after the beep though, thank you!”Maeve breathed in, worry stabbing at her guts. “Chloe, it's me, again for like the hundredth time. Just pick up please, at least let me know that you're okay.”Chloe hasn't been back since last night and it's not like she left with any important things. Her work iPad, computer, and even her passport were all here.Almost a full day has passed since Chloe walked out those doors and it's a long time for her sister to leave without you informing anyone.Choosing to hold on a bit, Maeve wen
“Argh!” Chloe sputtered, slowly fluttering her eyes open gasping for breath. “What the hell…?” Ice cold water that threatened to move off a few of her brain cells courses down her body, shocking her awake. Trying to move her body, she discovered that she was being held captive unable to move from the waist down as her body was bound by several ropes. “Fuck…ing move!” she cursed, trying to dislodge the ropes. “Good. She's awake.” A male voice rang out, making her head snap up so fast. In the cold, harsh light of the day, the guy was almost unrecognizable but that shirt …“I know you…” she mumbled, watching him carefully as he walked towards her. “From last night..” Suddenly, it clicked in and her eyes widened as she tried to scramble back but there was nowhere else for her to run to. He was the leader of the gang that had tried to kidnap her yesterday…No, wait, if she was bound and tied up then that means, they'd succeeded in capturing her.The guy wasn't wearing a mask to shield
“Have you found her yet?” Sean asked his friend, Ivan the same question he's asked in the last twenty minutes.Ivan just shook his head, heaving a sigh. “You just asked me that same question less than two minutes ago, I've told you that I'm still working on it.”“But the security cameras on the street should have locked something up!” He groaned, worried out of his mind about Chloe. It's been well over twenty four hours since she was last seen or heard from and only god knows what she's currently going through. “Someone rewound the tapes about halfway through so there's nothing on there, I told you before.” Ivan sighed, rubbing at his temples.Sean realized that his constant hovering might drive Ivan nuts, plus the fact that he wouldn't find Chloe on time.“I'm sorry, I'll move back. I know I'm driving you nuts, it's just..”“You can't bare the thought of anything happening to Chloe, can you?” Ivan looked at him sympathetically. “Do you know anyone that would want to hurt Chloe? That