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When Alex and Chris entered the house, they met Jayden and Sophia already waiting for them. Their luggage has been sent to the east wing of the estate. So, it is safe to say that their stuff is now in Alex's house."Hello Mr. Chris, how have you been?" Sophia greeted giving him a polite hug."Good evening Mr. Columbus." Greeted Jayden Bartels."The newest and youngest CEO. Thank you, dear." Chris replied to Jayden's greetings.They all walked into the main house, which is Christopher's house. They were served soft drinks to help them relax from everything that went on in the day."Jayden, how's your grandma? Did you leave her all alone at home?" Chris directed to Jayden."She's doing very well Sir. And she's not alone either. She's under the care of a trusted caregiver and two securities." Jayden replied.Chris asked them if they wanted to have dinner with him but they all politely declined saying that they already ate their dinner earlier. Chris excused himself to go and eat telling
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There is loud music coming from the Kingston villa. They were partying and celebrating Alex's downfall. For the first time, their plot worked and they were so happy.Inside the sitting room, you could see Victor, Cassandra, and Clare dancing and sipping their wines. Marcus went out a few minutes ago to sort out some business, and that's according to what he told the trio."Gosh, I didn't know that I could still be this happy ever since I lost my job at Mac and Cas Company," Cassandra shouted over the loud music.Clare giggles, she was tipsy already, "I'm happy too even though we're all jobless and officially poor." Clare said slurring.They all fell on the couch in a thud. Victor turned down the volume of the music. "I know that we are all happy for Alex's downfall but we still can't work for the organization. I feel a little bit stupid spending all my savings on revenge." Victor said in an unusually calm voice."Come off it Victor, we'll still make all the money we spent back," Cassa
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Cynthia could be seen trying to sneak out of the apartment given to her by the board members to live in until she put to bed. She wanted to elope to Italy where nobody would be able to recognize her. On her way to the back door, she heard the noises of some of the bodyguards. She stood for some time thinking of how to maneuver her way out of the house without getting caught.After standing there for a few minutes, she decided to try her luck by distracting them. She was going to scream in a way that would depict that she was hurt or in pain, and when they followed her voice, she would just run out immediately and then enter the taxi that was already waiting for her."Argh!..." Cynthia's loud voice boomed around the house in the quiet and peaceful night. Hurried multiple footsteps can be heard approaching the direction the noise came from. When Cynthia noticed that they were already making their way to her, she stealthily grabbed her luggage and silently made her way through the fron
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"What do you mean by that?" Jayden Bartels asked Cynthia Bailey about her previous statement. That statement caught his attention."Um…Nevermind." Cynthia said, getting up from her bed to enter her inbuilt bathroom."I heard correctly, right? I wasn't the only one who heard what she said, am I? I just want to make sure that I wasn't hallucinating." Jayden asked Sophia after Cynthia left the room."I heard it too. You didn't imagine it at all, which leaves me to think of the possibility that maybe she was used for their selfish gain." Sophia replied."What should we do now? It doesn't look like she's ready to open up any time soon. What if we guaranteed her safety and also made her understand that she won't be going to jail with her accomplices if she complies with us?" Jayden asked with his eyes narrowed in concentration and his eyebrows furrowed."Hmph…There's no way that I would allow her to escape going to jail. Who agrees to assassinate one's character and goes unscathed?" Sophia
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Cynthia was sleeping when she heard some noises. Before she could turn off her bedside lamp, someone grabbed her arms and covered her mouth so that she wouldn't make any noise. She was now wide awake but the room was pitch black that she could only make out some shadows.The unknown person carried her out of her room. Cynthia tried making even a little sound but it was impossible because of how tight her mouth was covered. She tried using her peripheral vision to look for the bodyguards who were supposed to look out for her, but they were nowhere to be seen in the completely dark house.When she noticed that there was no bodyguard at all to come to her rescue, she started panicking and thrashing around. She made it difficult for her kidnapper but the unknown person was undeniably strong and well built. And her strength was nowhere compared to his.The unknown person took Cynthia outside and bundled her into the back of the car like some sack of potatoes. Her hands were forcefully tied
The Adopted Heir Chapter 39
Sophia and Jayden were in their separate companies when they got a call that Cynthia Bailey was missing. They all drove to her apartment, this time around with Alex. They all drove their separate cars.Sophia was the first to arrive and she quickly rushed into the house to find the useless bodyguards according to what she referred to them as, palming their heads and groaning."What did you say happened? Where is the girl kept under your watch?" Sophia yelled not minding that the after-effect of the teargas they inhaled was still working in their body.The three men saw her and they stood up immediately, "We're so sorry ma'am. We did our best to stop them from taking her awa…" Diego was saying but was interrupted by a resounding slap by Sophia. She went ahead to give the other two guys the same vigor of slap."Gosh, you men are so incompetent. Can you hear yourselves talk? You sound so unprofessional and useless." Sophia screamed. She is very angry and it was showing in her demeanour.
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It took more than 20 minutes for the private investigator to call back. And when he did, everyone took up their car keys and rushed out of the apartment in search of the warehouse he mentioned.The trio took one bodyguard each and drove off. They kept driving around looking for the place for more than 30 minutes before they finally saw a place that looked exactly like the picture sent by the private investigator.They all alighted from their cars when they arrived at the abandoned warehouse. It looked deserted and in the middle of nowhere. If not for the map sent by the P.I. to help them locate their destination smoothly, they wouldn't have been able to find it at all.They cautiously made their way to the entrance of the warehouse. They tried their best not to make any noise. As they cornered at the back of the uncompleted building, they saw an outdated car. Probably that's the car that has the tracker which gave them hope that they were at the right place.When they reached the back
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Sophia let go of Cynthia and made a run back into the uncompleted warehouse. She fell on her knees immediately after she got to where he lay.She held his chest sobbing, "Please stay with me, Alex. You said that we will always be together till eternity, Remember? Which means that you can't just leave me like that." Sophia was crying her heart out.Meanwhile, the gunfight did not cease. It continued like that until the police sirens were heard making their way into the warehouse. Apparently, Samuel, the private investigator went to report to the police what was going on, but it took them long to locate the place.When Victor and his group heard the siren. They made a dash for an escape but a voice on loudspeaker stopped them on their track."This is the police, just surrender your weapons in one peace. The entire building is surrounded. If you try anything stupid, you will have yourself to blame. Just place your hands on your heads." The voice of the detective boomed around the uncompl
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“Please explain what you mean,” Jayden said, still looking a bit taken off guard by her response.“I knew that I was pregnant. Well… I didn't know for a fact because I didn’t do any tests in the hospital but I did a urine test with a pregnancy test kit and it came out positive. I didn't know how to tell my boyfriend because I didn't know how he would take it. I also knew that I would lose the child when I started bleeding out.” She was a bit sceptical about telling him because they had only been intimate just once and that was on the night after his birthday. They had already been aroused even before they went to the party venue, it was only natural that they completed what they started earlier.“I can't believe that you are saying this. Why would you keep something like that away from me? Have I ever given you any reasons to doubt my love for you? It takes two to tangle, have you forgotten?” Alex asked a series of questions. He was bothered that Sophia would think that he would by an
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Sophia woke up to see her boyfriend and her friends surrounding her in their various positions. There was this happiness that filled her soul to know that they slept in the same room with her without considering the uncomfortable position they slept in. The closest person to her right now is Cynthia who was sleeping an inch beside her. She gently tapped Cynthia which made Cynthia open her eyes almost immediately she was touched because she thought that Sophia might be in any form of discomfort.“Sophia, is everything okay? Do you want me to call the doctor?” Cynthia rushed out.Sophia shook her head sideways, “No, I'm fine. Just help me and touch the men.” Sophia requested.Cynthia walked over to them and tapped them. They both woke up with a startle, just like Cynthia, they thought that something was wrong with Sophia. When they looked around, they saw Sophia who already sat up on her bed. In a split second, Alex swiftly rushed to where she was sitting down and engulfed her in a hug.
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The ladies knew that they were in for a lot. They trembled in fear and strikes of tears ran down their faces, “Please spare us.” Cassandra pleaded in a shaky voice. She was against this whole arrangement at first because she knew that there would be no easy way out if they were caught, but they had to emotionally blackmail her into taking part in it, now look where that had gotten them.Cassandra’s answer caused Alex to chuckle in amusement, “I just lost my child because of you guys and for some shitty reason you think that I would want to let you go?” He asked in his newly adapted mild voice. This particular tone of his feared them more than the loud and snappy tone.“We didn't know that she was pregnant, and the poison wasn't even for her,” Clare replied.Alex huffed in disbelief, “Should that make me feel better? If it wasn't the baby who died, it would have been Sophia. And… would it have been better if you guys succeeded in your plans to kill me? There's one particular question t
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‘Kaboom’ Alex's fist lands on Victor Mancini's face.“You had the nerve to try to kill my girlfriend. You must really be fearless.” Alex spat. Over the past 10 minutes after Sophia's call, he had been with the Kingston family, or better put– the notorious four. They were tied up in circles with their backs to each other on the floor. He had the urge to just end them completely, but he knew that the law would take its course no matter his status in society. He had to come home after hearing the news of Sophia's miscarriage. He had to look for where to let out his anger and the only place that came to his mind was the perpetrator's body. He wanted them to feel half of what he was feeling right now. This is very much unlike him but they have done more than enough, whom much is given, much is expected also.“As I said earlier, your girlfriend was not the target. We wanted you to be the one to take the drink but no! Sophia had to get in the way of our revenge. Well, I guess that half-bread
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“Please can you repeat what you said earlier?” Alex reiterated, still shocked by the news.“I said that my team and I are so sorry to announce to you that she lost the baby. We did our best to save her but the poison in her system would have succeeded in killing her if it didn't kill the baby.” The doctor repeated while he thought that they didn't hear him the first time.“Shit!” Alex cussed out and punched the closest wall. This motion startled both the doctor and Cynthia who was too dumbstruck to say anything. “Um… we didn't know that she was pregnant.” Cynthia finally speaks.The doctor looked surprised at this. It was then that he realised that they asked him to recap what he said earlier not because they didn't hear him but because they were hearing it for the first time– they were shocked at the news.“She was a few weeks gone from the scan we carried out on her earlier… precisely 4 weeks gone.” The doctor answered. He saw how the news disoriented Alex– how he was going around
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“Cynthia, please ask my baby to wake up.” Alex strained out from the driver's seat. He looked between the road and at his girlfriend through the rearview mirror. He frustratedly hit his hands on the driving wheel when the traffic light turned red. If he were to be the one in front, he wouldn’t have minded the traffic light at all.At the back of the car, Cynthia was shaking profusely. Her lips trembled and her eyes kept overflowing with tears. They were all to be blamed for Sophia's current condition. If anything happens to Sophia, they will all be doomed.“Is there no other way for you to get to the hospital? Sophia is bleeding profusely– Alex, she's losing a lot of blood.” Cynthia was able to get out of her jittery nerves.Alex looked to his right to see that the cars were moving to the right side, but he was supposed to take the straight road cos that's the road leading to the hospital. It was about 30 seconds remaining for the traffic light to turn to green but that felt like an e
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Sophia picks up a gift card from the list of items lying on the floor, “Oh… this is not for me.” She hands it over to Alex, “This card has your name on it.”Alex took it and looked at it. It didn't go beyond his notice that his girlfriend totally avoided what he said to her earlier, but he would just let it go.They ended up exchanging their gifts. At some point during the process, they all got emotional about the thoughtful gifts they all got. Sophia got a box of diamond pieces of jewellery, a Christmas card, a big teddy bear– that got her cackling though, and a MacBook.Alex got a Christmas card too, some sports attire– he had an inkling that it would be from Cynthia cos that girl wanted him to go boxing on his birthday, he got a headset too because he likes music a lot and he finally got a Rolex designer wristwatch.Cynthia was the only one who didn't get a Christmas card. This made them conclude that the lovely cards were from her. Well, She got some cake equipment like an oven, a
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“Merry Christmas.” That has been what has been exchanged so many times since daybreak. Alex invited all his staff to have Christmas dinner with them. The dinner was to start by 7 pm while the exchange of gifts between him and his friends was to happen by 5 pm. It was half past 4 pm already and they were all now surrounding the Christmas tree. It happened that every one of them sneaked in their Christmas gifts for one another before daybreak. They did it in such a way that the recipient of the gift wouldn't know the giver– the only way to know that the gift is for you is from the name written on it.As for what they had been doing since morning, Well, they all woke up quite late and when they did, they had their brunch and drove to the cemetery where they stayed with Mr Christopher for quite some time. On their way back, they dropped by the orphanage and celebrated Christmas with the children there. They took pictures and played around with the babies. When they were about to leave, th
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It's Christmas Eve and Alex, his girlfriend and his friends went to the movie theater to spend it. They had been outside the whole day, going from one fun place to the other. They already mounted a Christmas tree earlier in the day before leaving the house. They were going to place their gifts on the tree after they got home from the theatre. “This is like the hundredth time I'm seeing this movie and it still ended up making me emotional as always,” Cynthia said dabbing her eyes and wiping the snot running down her nose. “Yeah… Romeo and Juliet always have a way of penetrating someone's heart. Every time I watched the movie, I kept praying that they would live happily ever after while still knowing that they would still die.” Sophia chipped in. They were done watching their movie and they were on their way home. As the women conversed about the movie, the men sat down quietly and listened to them. They don't want to say anything that would make them call any of them inconsiderate or
