“No, I don’t.” Wanda answered, with a calm tone. “He is a friend, a very good friend.” “Friends with benefits?” Gideon asks and Wand, who was looking at the moon, turns her gaze to him. “No. I said friend. Look, you are very possessive. And we are not dating for real, so I don’t understand it.” She said, frowning. Gideon reached out for her hand. “Wanda, let’s not fight anymore, ok? I like you and I want and will get married to you. Stop thinking about other people. Focus on us.” Wadna wanted to say they didn’t love each other, but then, what for? It would only lead to fights. “Ok.” She said and he got closer to her, caressing her face. “Gideon?” He kissed her and this time, their kiss was not full of passion, like the other times. It was more gentle. “Future Mrs. Ashford.” He said, smiling and touching his forehead on hers. When he got back home, Lucy was going up the stairs. “Gideon!” She smiled at him and he pressed his lips together, smiling without showing the t
"My love?" William asked and she put her hand on her stomach."I... I think the time has come! The baby... Aah! He is thrilled and wants to...""Oh my God! The baby is coming!” William said and ran to the car, but then he didn't help Ellie, who was helped by Brandon.“I'll get the hospital bag, dad!” Brandon said and ran upstairs, going to his father's room and taking the suitcase that Ellie had already prepared, near the door.William was definitely in no shape to drive and Gideon was already at the driver's seat.“I'll ask the bodyguards and all security to follow you.” Brandon said, after all, they were all going away from the manor and it would be easy for the enemies to try to attack them."OK." Gideon said and saw by the rear mirror Lucy holding Ellie's hand.Lucy looked right a him and he swallowed hard. ‘You like Wanda!’, he reminded himself. And it was not hard, this time. Gideon drove as fast as he could, with Brandon following behind. The butler was going too, of course, a
Gideon tried to call Wanda, as he wanted to see her. There had been a sinking in his heart and something told him that he should be with her. However, her cell phone was turned off or out of range.Brandon walked out of the hospital hand in hand with Lucy and they both saw Gideon in the parking lot, his brow furrowed and his cell phone in his hand.“Is there a problem, brother?” Brandon asked, moving closer.“I can't talk to Wanda. It's very strange... I remember that her phone had almost full battery and I don't think that from here to her house the phone signal is unavailable.”Brandon looked at him seriously. They both knew what the possibility was and so Brandon tried calling Matteo.“Hold on, why do you have his number and I don’t?” Gideon asked, irritated.“Because I asked our father.” Brandon responded curtly and tried calling Matteo, but the result was the same. "There's something wrong."They called Chung-hee and this one called his team.“Let's track the phone. Even if it is
When Gideon entered the dark hangar, he heard some clicks. Gideon was more than experienced to know those were guns and that the place was full of people. “Where is my fiancé?” He asked out loud. “I know you can hear me, enough with the games!” “Pull your gun away, Gideon!” A different voice echoed, but Gideon was not into asking who it was. He just wanted to see Wanda. He remembered how things worked with Lucy and how much of an ass he had been with her during that occasion. He couldn’t imagine someone doing the same with the woman he had every intention of marrying. “Your fiancé is such a cute little thing, Gideon.” The man said and Gideon heard the noise of the metal stairs crackling, indicating someone was descending. “Don’t you touch my woman!” He hissed and the man laughed. “Well, you didn’t have that consideration when you took my woman from me, did you?” The man’s face appeared and there he was, Damon Montgomery, smiling with the devil’s grin on his lips. “Fuck…” Gideon
“I don't think you're going anywhere, Brandon!” Damon said in an irritated and mocking tone at the same time. Brandon was going to let Gideon handle the situation simply because his brother was engaged to Wanda, the woman who was kidnapped. However, everyone knew that his real enemy was Brandon. “Gideon, go after Wanda. I’ll take care of Damon.” Brandon said seriously and Gideon looked at the two men standing there. In fact, Damon didn't have a personal problem with him, but with Brandon. "Right." Gideon nodded and then walked away. He or Damon didn't try to stop him from leaving. “Let's settle the score, Brandon!” He kept a sinister smile on his face and the look in his eyes was like that of a wild beast ready to corner and pounce on its prey. “I know I messed up your betrothal of convenience to Lucy, but she didn't love you and you knew it. It could have been me or another man she fell in love with, Damon. The problem was that she didn't love you.” “She would love me in time. W
Once he reached the top, Gideon was taken aback. He expected to be greeted by gunfires, however, everything was in the utmost silence. That wasn't comforting, it was worrying. ‘What the hell?' he thought and crouched down, going into some shade. Of course this was an ambush, but he couldn't just stand by or pretend that everything was fine. He would be extra careful. Arming the weapon with his elbows close to his body, he continues to walk, sneaking along the wall, but being careful not to pass through any window without crouching. There wasn't any noise and it was bothering him deeply. Then, he could hear a muffled sound. Not voices, a voice, or rather a snarl. 'Wanda', he thought and his chest got even tighter. He really hoped none of those men had had the nerve to touch her. 'She is mine!'. Gideon's impulse was to run straight to her aid, but he needed to control the impulse and think! He carefully approached where the noise was coming from and used the camera on his cell phone
Gideon looked around and he soon saw Sanders arriving with gunshots on the enemy. ‘This fucker should have arrived earlier!’, Gideon hissed in his mind. ‘He said he would bring reinforcements to the Ship and did nothing of the sort!’. Wanda was bleeding a lot and Gideon’s heart started to beat so loud it became all he could hear. His hands became paralyzed and his mind went blank, except for one single thought: she is dying. “Gideon? Gideon!” It was Sanders, he was trying to wake the big man from his stupor. Sanders was more trained to deal with situations like that one. Wanda was the woman he wanted, but he had to stay strong. “Come with us, we’re saving her.” He tried to say as gently as he could. Gideon finally got to the side. ‘What if she dies?’, Gideon thought. “Gideon, the doctor will take care of her, but right now, your brother still needs help. Damon is not very human like at the moment.”Finally, Gideon was getting back to it. He already had Wanda bleeding and fighting
Brandon called Lucy as he was being taken to the hospital.“Love, I need you to check with the Clan if Krasner really is dead or not.” He asked.“I’ll do it right away, babe. But Brandon, love, I want to know about you. How are you? Did you get hurt?” she asked nervously. Lucy was already at the hospital, where both Wanda and Gideon were being treated. Elie was ok with the baby. "I'll be fine. But I need you to take care of this. And don't do it there at the hospital. Go home."“But… The cops won’t let me out of here.”"Go. I already asked them to escort you.” Brandon said “But rest assured. Our security guards will follow right behind you.”“Love, do you know about Chung-hee? I didn't see him here and nobody wanted to tell me anything.” she asked and Brandon could hear the concern in his bride's voice. "Is he there with you?"“No, love… Ah… Chung-hee was one of the ones that fell, honey.” He said. Brandon didn't know how to break news like that, especially when he was suffering hims