Due to the intensity of the sun, the weather was too warm and Jake was not looking forward to the argument that will begin if he went home immediately. He groaned as he hated the idea of having to fight with Amanda again. He knew that he wasn't going to sweet talk his way as he did before. Of late, he has been rude to the young lady and both parties have noticed it but Amanda couldn't do anything about it because Jake had made her believe that she deserved everything she was getting. But in truth, she didn't deserve such bad and heartbreaking statements. Still, he wasn't mentally ready for the drama. Even though his day was stressful, the sores that he felt around his ankle proved that he was quite tired. He picked up his phone and put a call through to Sebastian. Seeing Enola's house has motivated him to work harder to be able to afford the kind of lifestyle he wanted. He had the opportunity to do that and he wasn't going to waste it."Jake, I wasn't expecting to hear from you," Seb
Chris walked out with his head hanging low. He was at risk of losing his job and Jake had made it perfectly clear that he didn't like him at all. Neither did he want him to be working for his company. It was his fault and no one else's. He was the one who behaved like a shitty person in the midst of everything. Jake knew the guilt that was eating him up and he loved it earnestly. He was finally getting his revenge on people. "That wasn't nice, you know that right?" Sebastian said when Chris left."What he did to me wasn't nice either but you don't see me complaining, do you?" "You don't really have to complain you know. If you took up your position in this company as I told you to, all these wouldn't have happened." "Well, I think I just might," Jake said and settled himself onto a chair. His sentence caught Sebastian by surprise and he scanned his face, hoping to see signs that will indicate that he was joking. He, unfortunately, found none. "You are actually serious? You want to
"Amanda!" He screamed as he walked inside. He got no response. Jake took off his shoes at the entrance of the house and sighed. He knew that Amanda was just trying to play hard to get with him but what she didn't know was that he wasn't in the mood for her melodrama. He was tired and had to rest before he had to go meet the guys at the bar. Jake smiled as the thought came to him. He was meeting with his guys for a drink. It had been a long time since he said such words. He had to take a minute to let it sink in. After a minute of thinking, he scoffed and went back to looking for his wife. She had to be in the house somewhere and if by any chance, she wasn't in the house. If she left again without telling him, he will not accept her again when she came back. He had made up his mind on that. "Amanda!" He screamed again and this time he decided to check his environment. He checked his kitchen and then the room he graciously allocated to her. Amanda was nowhere to be found. He went into
It was a good night filled with lots of fun. Jake hadn't realized how much he missed being out with friends till he went out again. His life has suddenly turned into a rollercoaster of emotions that he totally forgot about what used to make him happy. He lost all contact with himself and became a mirage of what he used to be. Thankfully, he was slowly getting his confidence back and he had two amazing friends to help him through the process. Halfway through their drinks, a serious conversation emerged."So what exactly are you going to do about this Amanda girl?" Sebastian asked. "How do you mean?" He asked. "You just allowed her back into your life like that? After everything she put you through, why would you do that?" Sebastian had seen firsthand the torture that Amanda put him through. He was there to witness him lose his best friend because of this woman. He almost went to prison because of her. For this, Jake could understand why he had a difficult time wrapping his head aroun
Jake couldn't feel the cool breeze anymore, his entire body was hot and his bones were burning. He needed to find Amanda. He couldn't allow anything to happen to her under his care. Her parents will then kill her slowly and they would be justified this time. He hailed a cab and rushed inside the car. The incessant shouting his friends gave fell on deaf ears as Jake had just one goal in mind. To get to his home and look for his wife. "Jake!" Sebastian continued to scream."Let it be. Just get in and let's follow him." They took a while in getting to him because they had to pay the bills but as soon as they were done, Jake was already stepping into a cab. Sebastian drove at speed to meet up with the pace of the man who was driving him. He couldn't understand why he was going through such stress. Amanda was fine, there was even a possibility that she was playing him like she always did. But Jake would never listen to anybody when it comes to her. "He always does this!" Sebastian compla
"Oh Gracious Lord!" Jake exclaim when he noticed how bad the situation was. His wife was definitely missing and he had no idea how to find her. "Jake, pull yourself together," Sebastian said when he noticed the sour look on Jake's face. Jake couldn't even feel his face. His body felt numb, his mouth dried up and all he could see were the spots that had formed in his eyes. He could feel his hands shaking, hell, his entire body was shaking and he couldn't keep still. "Jake!" Sebastian shouted and rushed to hold her. His body suddenly felt cold. He stared into space for what felt like an hour, waiting for a miracle to happen and for Amanda to run out of the bathroom and talk to her. "Jake Swanson!" "Stop screaming!" He shouted back." Do you not understand what this means? This means that she was kidnapped and it happened from my apartment. Her parents are going to kill me when they find this out. My career was just starting out and now it's going to go to the ground because of her."
The room was smaller than Jake had imagined. A building that was rated five stars and came with wonderful reviews should at least have a security station that is well-equipped and spacious. He wasn't expecting the small, non-existent place he was forced to stay in. But he needed to know what happened to his wife. "Sorry about the space. The architect didn't think of the security guards before he made designed the building and our boss didn't see a need to change a single thing about the place, so we are stuck with this for the meantime." "That is not a problem. Just show us what we want to see so that we can move on to the next thing." Jake rushed the man. He was already running out of breath and he didn't want to spend another hour in such a badly ventilated room. "Okay, can you just tell me when exactly this thing happened?" The security guard asked him. Jake could hear the breathing of Michael and Sebastian. Combined with the awful scent that the room itself had, he was finding
"Who the hell is Ivy?!" Both Michael and Sebastian yelled out. No one had heard of Ivy and it was slowly dawning on Jake just how secretive he really was. He couldn't bring himself to start explaining who Ivy was at that point. His brain was busy trying to understand why she would do a thing like that. She walked out on him and now she was trying to ruin his life. What did he ever do to her to deserve such treatment? He needed answers and he was going to get them. Jake rushed out of the booth they had been smuggled into and his friends followed him. They saw a fire in his eyes that they hadn't seen before. A fire that told them of the dangerous things that he could do if he wasn't talked out of them. Still, he gave them no chance. Gave them no opportunity to even utter a word. Jake rushed immediately to the building and his friends finally caught up with him at the elevator."Jake, wait!" Sebastian yelled as he was about to get into the elevator."What?!" He bellowed with so much ang