“Not at all. I’m coming right now to go get the door for you. Just hold on there for a second; you’ll see me soon.” She arranged the couch and the pillow lingering on the floor back to the couch.At first, she was panicking that Marco must have heard everything she had confessed to her little brother in the sitting room. On the other hand,Beckham could sense the state of fright that his sister had in her. He walked up to her and held her arms together as he whispered softly into her ears, “Why are you afraid? You shouldn’t be scared at all. What happened to the ever-courageous Bella, who always faces her fears with her head high up?"Her heart started beating fast as she held onto her brother's hands to gather more stamina.“Hey baby girl, listen up! You got this, and you can do it. All those petty thoughts of yours are all made-up assumptions. He didn’t listen to our conversation, and believe me, your secrets are safe with me. Stop shaking and go get the door.” He patted her back as he
Around 4 a.m. in the morning, Ethan drove into his apartment at full speed as he got pissed off with the way Marco ended the meeting with him earlier today. He turned off the car ignition as he pondered his thoughts a bit before coming down from his car.“How was Marco so wise enough to pull that stunt on me? Ethan, you really have to be careful with these mad moves you are taking.” He slammed his fist on his forehead as he questioned his inner self.“I think I know what to do. I think it’s high time to strategize and execute as soon as possible when I eventually gather more evidence from my source. Bella and Marco have to go down. They can’t be seen flexing and chilling after what they did to me.” He muttered to himself as he got out of his car.Ethan jingled with his car keys; the keys were echoing in the empty parking lot. The night air was cool, and the dim lights of streetlights kept shining into his compound. Ethan got to the entrance of the door and inserted the key into the lock,
CHAPTER NINETEEN:“I heard the sharp sound, sir. I guess it’s coming from the basement.” He responded with a serious face.“Basement? Who do you think can be in the basement?” Ethan asked Alex as he put his car keys back into his pockets.“I certainly don’t know, sir. How about we go check who is in there? You never can tell if we end up seeing Nadia there.”“Nadia? I doubt if that can be Nadia. If at all Nadia wants to stay in a safe place, she would rather stay in my favourite room than the basement.”“Okay sir! So what do you intend to do?” Alex asked him to know his next move.“I plan on going to the station to make a report.” He answered as he grabbed his keys and unlocked his car.As he was about to hop into the car, the sharp noise repeated itself again; this time around it was more intense: “Help! Help me!" the voice kept on echoing.Alex looked at Ethan once more, and his face could tell that he had something in mind to say.Ethan could see the long look on his face, so he said to hi
“She really needs medical attention right now. I think she is losing her breath. The more you keep asking her certain questions, the more she keeps getting tired of answering." Alex suggested this while standing beside Mr.Ethan outside of the basement.“Oh! That’s a good idea, Alex. Let me go get my car keys, and we will both head to the nearest hospital in the city.” He responded as he hurriedly searched his pockets, looking for the car keys.“What are you looking for, sir?”“My car keys I thought I dropped in my pocket, and here I am looking for them without any traces of where I dropped them last.” -Ethan said with a sad look on his face. He felt that he was wasting so much time and taking Nadia's health for granted. On the other hand, while he was busy complaining about his carelessness, Alex was with his torchlight searching for where the keys might have dropped.“Finally! I found it.” Alex exclaimed as he picked up the key from the entrance of the basement and gave it to Ethan.“Tha
An hour later, Mr. Daniel, the doctor, walked into the receptionist room and asked for Mr. Ethan. As Ethan saw the doctor fast approaching, he ran towards the doctor with questions lingering on his face.“Good morning, doctor. My name is Ethan. I….I…Wa….” He kept on stuttering as he tried to introduce himself.Dr. Daniel could sense the tension on Ethan's face, so he parted him on his shoulder and told him to keep calm.‘I’m sorry about that, doctor. Let me introduce myself better now that I am calm. My name is Ethan. I’d love to know the state of that young girl. Has she gained consciousness? How is she doing now? Can I see her?” -Ethan kept on asking the doctor so many questions, as he didn’t give him any breathing space at all.“Mr. Ethan,I want you to calm down for a second. You are asking me too many questions at the same time. As for the young girl, she is doing so well. I’m so glad you brought her in as early as that. Assuming you brought her in by this time, I don’t know what the
Friday came so early, and it was time for Nadia to leave the hospital. She was excited that she'd be leaving the hospital that very day just to be at home with her uncle.“Here, take some fruits before we head back home,Ethan said to her as he opened the nylon bag he had with him, stacked up with some fruits of different kinds in it.Nadia was surprised to see different kinds of fruit in there.All these fruits for me," Nadia asked.“Yes! They aren’t too much, and besides, the doctor emphasised that you need to take more fruits for a healthy body. Don’t you want to stay fit again?” He asked her jokingly.“Who doesn't want to stay fit? I believe everyone wants to stay fit. We just don’t always find time for our bodies. But, as for me, I’ll prioritise my health above everything," she said to him.“That’s very good. I can’t believe all these smart words came out of your mouth," he jokingly said as he laughed with her and played with her hair.They both exchanged glances as they focused more on
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE:“Why are you still looking at your phone? Is anything the problem?” Bella asked as she saw the long pause Marco took after he received a message from his phone.“It’s nothing, babe. It’s a message from the office. A new deal has been brought to us, and we have to think about it thoroughly before signing it." He responded as he dropped his phone and pulled off his clothes,planning to change into his pyjamas.“Wow! That’s a huge win,babe. Congratulations on that, and more congratulations to you as you keep on bagging new contracts." -“Thank you, babe, but I'd rather not be so excited about the win until we get to meet the CEO of the company and the board members, then I can partially rejoice a bit." He responded to her while he hopped on the bed to lay on his back and take some rest.“Okayyy.”Bella went into the bathroom and changed into something sexy and appealing to the eyes. She had a pink G-string on and a tiny bra that only covered her nipples. The most beautiful
“You can confide in me, Nadia. Whatever you are going through, you have me here to fight it out with you." -Ethan reassured her again for the second time.“Uncle Ethan I'm not going through a lot. In fact, no one came into the house. I went to the basement by myself when I was looking for you." She said to him:"Looking for me? Why were you looking for me? I thought I wrote a letter for you and dropped it on the bed." -he responded.“Yes! You wrote a letter, and I read it before I came down stairs, but I thought it was one of your sick games you enjoyed doing anytime you want to play hide and seek games with me, she said to him.“No! Why would I want to play hide-and-seek games with you as early as that? It’s not my thing, and I wouldn't jeopardise your health because of that. I clearly wrote it in the letter that I won't be around, and you should stay safe while I rush back home to you.""But I was scared. How do you expect only me to stay in this mansion and not be terrified?" She said