Chapter 40“She must really mean so much to you, huh?” the caller teased and Owen’s hand around the steering wheel became tightened, he was barely restraining himself from screaming on the phone and ending the call.He wanted to be sure about where Maya was before taking any course of action. “Just tell me where she is and what do you want?” he muttered this time around, his voice calmer than it was before, realizing his anger wasn’t going to take him anywhere, and he had to talk calmly to get what he wanted.“I will tell you where you can get her, but first I want you to arrange a fifteen billion dollars, for the exchange of the doctor” the caller said and Owen's brows furrowed, he was clearly losing his patience.“What? What do you mean I should send you fifteen billion dollars?” he asked, and the caller burst into laughter. “Your time is ticking Mr. Hudson, you have less than a day to arrange the money or kiss the doctor goodbye, you should choose between which is more important t
Chapter 41“Hello?” Hayden said, and his eyes darted between the two as they had refused to speak, he cleared his throat and Owen finally looked at him.“I should take the both of you home,” Hayden said, and he was still met with silence, he guessed they both needed privacy and decided to meet the policemen before dragging the two men to the station.As soon as Hayden left, Maya turned to look at Owen. “What do you mean by we should go our separate ways?” Maya asked and Owen sighed. “I can’t let you get hurt. A lot of things are not going so well in my life right now and letting you stay by my side will only end up hurting you, I don’t want anything to happen to you because of my selfish desires, so it’s better you return home and focus on your profession, then I will fight my battles alone” Owen said and Maya snorted. “Are you kidding me?” she asked and laughed awkwardly. “I told you before that I was going to stay with you through the good and bad, I don’t care whatever is going o
Chapter 42Owen walked inside the hospital room and met Mr. Reynold reading the newspaper, Mr. Reynold smiled and dropped the newspaper when he saw Owen. “I wasn’t expecting you,” Mr. Reynold said and adjusted his seat.“Did you think I wasn’t going to come to check up on you?” Owen asked and sat down next to Mr. Reynold who chuckled “Of course, I know you are going to come to check up on me, can you tell me what is going on?” Mr. Reynold stated, his voice sounding serious.“Of course. Doctor Maya was kidnapped, and they were asking for a ridiculous amount of fifteen billion dollars, I was able to arrange the money with the bank and was smart enough to get them arrested, I took the money back to the bank, it was just a way to lure the kidnappers” Owen replied and Mr. Reynold’s smile went deeper. “That was very clever of you, I trust you are going to do well, I was worried as I wasn’t aware of what’s going on, and also I can’t get out of this hospital to help you,” Mr. Reynold said a
Chapter 43“Charles! Charles!” Megan heard Rebecca scream, and she stood up from her bed immediately, she rushed to her father’s room and noticed he wasn’t responding. Her heart was busy beating fast and her hands shivered. “What’s going on?” Megan asked while Tom took his phone, calling the emergency number immediately.“I don’t know what is wrong with him, we were just talking, and the next thing he stopped responding,” Rebecca said and burst into tears. “Charles is still thinking about what happened, he is really worried, and then just like that…” words failed Rebecca and Tom moved closer to them.“I have called the emergency line, I am sure they will be here soon, and we can rush him to the hospital,” Tom said and just like he had predicted, they heard the siren of an emergency bus. Charles was taken away by the medical personnel. “I will join you soon,” Megan said and Rebecca nodded while they went inside the bus. Megan ran her hand over her head as she wasn’t sure of what to
Chapter 44“We should meet, I have something to share with you,” Hayden said and Owen looked at the time on his wristwatch, he was supposed to get some things done in the office, but he knew Hayden wouldn’t call him for any reason. “It’s about the company’s stock” Hayden added, confirming his thoughts. “Okay, let’s meet at home, I would love to go to the company after that” Owen replied “Okay then, I will join you soon” Hayden replied, and the call came to an end. Owen ignited the car engine and headed back home, he was busy smirking as he drove back home, he was glad that Megan had fallen into his bait perfectly and this time around he would give nothing but to eliminate her from his life, he would be done for good. He finally arrived home and stopped the car, he got down of the car and went inside the house, as usual, he knew Maya couldn’t be at home at that moment, she must have gone to the hospital for her duties. He settled down on the sofa waiting for Hayden when he suddenl
Chapter 45“Are you okay?” Martin asked as he tilted his head to look at Megan, who was busy seething inside the car. “I am trying to be, who gave him the audacity to come to my place and spew this nonsense from his mouth, I am trying to hold in my anger, but I can’t do it,” Megan replied and Martin sighed “Don’t concern yourself with whatever involves Owen right now, we are on the right track and very soon he will have to pay for everything he has caused” Martin said and Megan noddedThe rest of the car ride was filled with silence, they finally came to a stop in the hospital and they both went down the car, Martin and Megan went inside the hospital, and they saw Rebecca immediately, Megan hastened her steps and held her mother’s hand.“What about dad? What did the doctor say?” Megan asked impatiently. “He will be fine, the doctor said he just had a mini attack, and they were able to stabilize his health, he is currently resting and that’s why I decided to stay in the hospital fir
Chapter 46“Do…do you think you can blackmail me with that?” Megan asked, her voice quivering, while Owen erupted into laughter. How did the table suddenly turn? She was the one who was supposed to hold Owen in the right corner and not the other way around, her lips quivered, and she hated the fact she couldn’t hold in her emotions, she was too shocked to talk because she hadn’t expected something like this to happen. It was just like a low blow to her. “Why are you stuttering? I thought you were so confident about yourself earlier. Do you really think I am a fool, allowing you to toss me around anyhow you want it?” Owen asked and took a step closer to her, but Martin came in between them. “Oh! Mr. knight in shining armor, you should come and save your lady distressed” Owen laughed and gave them an amusing look, he wondered why they didn’t get married in the first place because they fit each other so well, and he was also angry at himself to be so oblivious about Megan.Thinking ba
Chapter 47“Don’t tell me you are going to do that?” Martin asked, and Megan looked at him with teary eyes. “What do you expect me to do, huh? He is going to give that record to the police and that will be the end for me, if I am sued, where do you expect me to get that kind of money to bail myself? Think about it Martin, I am at a loss here, I should have known better and kept my mouth shut” Megan mumbled and ran her hand all over her hair, her heart was bleeding, and she didn’t know what to do at this point. “Calm down Megan, I can find a way around this, you cannot just give up and let him disgrace you that way,” Martin said and tears fell from Megan’s eyes rapidly, this was not how she planned for this to go. She doesn’t want to disgrace herself, and neither does she want to go through Owen’s wrath because he knows he will definitely do whatever he plans to do; he will be the one on the receiving end. Her chest constricted thinking about several ways she could go about this wh