Chapter 42
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” How sure are you we are going to see her in the next hour? Don’t give the poor girl false hope” Liam said after opening the door. He donned his infamous morning glasses even though the time was already half past three in the afternoon. It shows he had not taken a step out of his house since morning.
” Because I’m getting the FBI involved” Chris replied with the edge still evident in his tone.
” What the fu…?”
” Language please” Chris cut him off using his other arm to point at his daughter who was on his shoulder wide awake.
” Hey Liya” He greeted spreading his arms for the girl, he took him from Chris and carried her into his arms, hugging her tightly.
” Hi, Uncle Liam” Liya greeted after settling right into his arms. He cooed as he swirl her around making her giggle to ease the tension in the room.
Another footstep was heard from one of the rooms. The door opened and Miranda entered the living room wearing a night robe which was enough to cover what was meant to be covered. She looked tired like she just woke up from a nap or maybe she and Liam were getting some work done before.
Chris gave Liam a naughty smile and he blushed Scarlett instantly. That’s a first, Liam Kingston doesn’t blush that easily. Then that means something deeper runs between them but there is a pressing matter on the ground. So he just ignored the sight giving Liam the look of I need to know everything but later.
” Hi Miranda” Chris greeted politely waving at Miranda who returned it shyly. He asked her for a favor next, asking her to look over Liya while Liam get to work fishing out Sophie’s location.
The two Best friends entered Liam’s study. Chris closed the door behind him wiping his neck which was full of sweat already.
” Can you find out the location of Mr Harris right now? Sophie’s father?” Chris said to Liam after taking a seat in front of his desk. Liam sat down in front of his computer typing on the keys too loudly for Chris’s amusement.
” Why?” Liam asked adjusting his glasses on the bridge of his nose.
” I have Sophie’s location already though. An Abandoned warehouse not far from the local gang’s hideout. The same gang her father borrowed money from. My sources around could spot about just five men around, three armed and two unarmed. FBI?” He scoffed as he continued pressing his keys.
” You know I’m faster and that is why you should be lucky to have me as a friend. Because who will do this for free?”
” He asked for five hundred thousand dollars in exchange for his daughter” Chris muttered and Liam’s jaw almost hit the floor.
” Wait… So you mean Sophie’s father kidnapped her? Because of money?” He asked and Chris nodded aggressively. He huffed picking up his phone.
” We are getting the FBI involved. That man deserves some time in jail” Liam said as he picked up his phone, dialing a number which rang once before the caller picked it up.
He moved away from Chris looking very annoyed and disturbed as he made the call in secret. He also sent some files from his phone to the receiver of the call. After a light smile, he returned to Chris and started typing away.
” That was my friend in the FBI,” he told Chris without looking up from what he is doing. He then proceed to tell him of how he had been doing some digging on the local gang that Mr Harris borrowed money from.
He told him he has too much proof to eradicate them to the ground. From illegal loan interest to murders, arson and kidnapping, and abduction. He has concrete evidence on them and that was what he just sent to his friend as evidence to back him up.
He relaxed a little bit on his chair as he stopped typing while drafting a plan in his head on how they were going to rescue Sophie from the hands of her abductors.
” FBI or not. Her father is going to regret the day he decided to lay his hands on her”
Meanwhile…
Sophie was still tied to the chair she was sitting on for the past few hours since was kidnapped. Her headache has worsened from lack of treatment and her throat was too dry to swallow from the screaming she did when her father was talking to Chris on the phone earlier. ” Oh Chris,” she thought, how much she missed him a lot. And she thought about how worried he must have been because of her.
Apart from that, the noise her two company, Jack, and not Jack makes made her headache worse as time goes on. They go on and on, insulting each other and talking about her as if she wasn’t present there. After her father left the room, both of them started talking about how they will spend their money.
Jack wanted to travel to Brazil to sleep with hit chicks and not jack come back how stupid his plans were and so, their fight started. She took her mind away from them but she trusts Chris enough to know he was going to come for her and teach her father a lesson because no one touches what belongs to Chris Morgan.
With the way everyone banters back and forth, she knew it was the first time for the idiots. Her father probably hired them to do his bidding so they can share the money but none of them except not Jack who appeared a little bit more serious than others knew what they were doing. And if someone enters the room fully armed, they will probably scamper away with their tails in between their legs.
Her father suddenly walked in again looking excited, probably at the money Chris was going to pay for her head. She hoped silently that Chris wouldn’t pay him a dime.
” Our sugar daddy better keeps his promise, he has less than five hours to do so,” Mr. Harris said in a way that made Sophie’s mouth curl up in disgust. Our sugar daddy? Very stupid statement. Sophie shook her head weakly as she let out a soft laugh.
” That is if he doesn’t have your head on a wooden tray before then,” She said weakly sucking in a deep breath. Only her trust in Chris was stopping her from freaking out and crying. Her heart hurts for him, if only she didn’t show up in his life then he wouldn’t have any issues like this.
” Then he will never see you alive. If anything happens to me, the gang will get him” He said proudly hitting his chest to emphasize how strong his backup was.
” That means you were in the gang?” She asked.
” No not at all. I just joined”
” Ohhhh I see. You look too dumb to be a member after all” She snickered.
” And I bet they failed to reach you anything, with your amateur moves and all”
” Watch your mouth, I’m not afraid to send you to him piece by piece even after collecting the money” He threatened but Sophie could hear his very well-defined cowardice in his tone.
” I will advice you to watch the way you speak to her!” Chris’s loud voice suddenly boomed in the room. Sophie snapped her head so fast her neck almost broke in the direction of his voice. She saw nothing but Jack and not Jack lying on the ground unconscious.
M. r Harris looked around him, searching for the owner of the voice in the room. He became scared instantly when he saw his two minions on the floor lying unconscious. He searched for his gun inside his pocket but couldn’t find it anywhere.
” Where is the fucking gun?!” he said with a shaky voice while scampering around the floor to search for the gun he might have dropped when he was busy boasting of what he can’t do to Sophie. When he finally saw the little pistol in a corner, Chris kicked the gun away from him. The younger man grabbed him by the collar and kissed his face violently with his fist.
He staggered but Chris was not done, he landed another hit right where he landed the first one which made Mr. Harris wince in pain. It was then he knew he had fucked up.
” I cleaned all your mess!” Another hit.
” I paid all your debts! Because of her! All fucking because of her!” Chris barked.
Sophie could swear she had never seen him look so ready to murder someone before. He managed to look so scary and hot at the same time. The thought that gentle and easy-going Chris would get so violent because of her made her panties pool with wetness. Oh, she wasn’t wearing any, and bet her jumpsuit must be soaked by now.
” So you don’t get to be greedy and harm a fucking hair on her head because of money!” He yelled more dragging Mr Harris across the room to where Sophie could see some FBI agents just entering the room.
” Damn,” Sophie muttered with a smile watching everything unfold in front of her. An FBI agent was already untying her from her chair. How stupid of her father to mess with a billionaire of all people. Chris could end her father’s life inside that room and nobody will know because people like him own the law and everything that comes with but he still decided to get the law involved.
At this point, Chris already has Mr. Harris pinned to a wall choking him with his bare arms. Is it weird that Sophie found seeing her father in pain so satisfying?
” I vowed to protect her and anyone who dares to harm her. Will face my wrath even if the said idiot is her father. Do you understand?” Chris said with a low voice choking him more firmly.
” Yes sir” Mr Harris choked out.
” Now where is all that confidence?” Sophie muttered loudly for everyone in the room to hear.
” Take him out of here,” Chris said to the agents after tossing Mr Harris to a corner. He walked faster to catch up with the agents helping Sophie out.
” Baby,” he said collecting her in his arms, she blushed hard as she welcomed his embrace. Even though her legs were numb from being tied to that chair for so long. They still managed to turn jellies around him.
” Damn, I love you!” She muttered to his chest as he carried her out.
” I’m sorry”
” Why?”
” I couldn’t protect you” he whispered as he settled her down in his car.
” What you did there was hot. Besides, it’s not every day your girlfriend’s father turns out to be a psycho”
” I love you baby”
” I love you too” Sophie replied with a smile. He grabbed her hand with his free hands and squeezed it lightly as a sign of comfort which she deeply appreciate.
” tell me something to distract me from my headache” she muttered because his voice soothes her and makes her forget her surroundings.
He then proceed to tell her about her necklace with the tracker and how grateful he was to Liam for putting the tracker there even though it wasn’t easy. He told her about Liam’s skills and how they were able to get to her location faster. She hummed as she allowed sleep to take over muttering something about him being a better hero than all DC superheroes.
He stopped talking when he noticed that she was asleep. He hoped she gets enough rest at the hospital and vowed to be by her side till the end.