John’s pov.
I stared at the lady beside me and studied her face.
Have we met before?
It seems we have.
By the way, it looks like she passed out rather than sleeping.
What the hell did they did to her?
I scoffed.
All this still seems like a dream to me.
My bride?.
What a joke.
God.
I grabbed two pillows and went to sleep on the couch.
*
~morning.
I woke up to the blaring of my alarm and I groaned, blocking my ears with the pillow.
I tried to turn but ended up on the floor instead.
Ugh!
The hell!!
I forgot I was sleeping on the couch.
Ouch.
I opened my eyes and rubbed my butt in pain after sitting up.
My body aches so bad.
I grabbed my phone which was lying carelessly on the floor and turned the alarm off then drop it on the couch.
The couch is just not enough for me to sleep comfortably on.
I stood up and turned around then found a pair of blue eyes staring at me.
Huh?
She is awake?
“Where am I?”she questioned.
She scoffed. “Don’t tell me you sent those guys to kidnap me.”
Kidnap?
Did my mother had her kidnapped?
“Don’t just stand there. You should say something, don’t you think?”
“I have nothing to say. I am also a victim.”I replied.
She scoffed and stood up, walking towards the door.
“Victim?. You must be kidding.”I heard her say.
When she got there, she wrapped her hand around the knob and made a pull at it but it won’t open.
She glanced back at me.
“You did this?”
I shook my head.
“My mom.”
“I am never going to get married to you. Never!”
“Me too. I have a girlfriend, you know.”
“I have a boyfriend too and he is the sweetest. I’ll never leave him for another man.”
“My girlfriend is the nicest. I love her for being her.”I responded.
She chuckled and folded her arms.
“Nothing can really come between I and my boyfriend.. we are just perfect even though I’m twenty – nine and he is twenty – one. And, hey, I already got proposed to.”she blurted and flaunts her hand which has the ring in the air.
I took my lips in cutely.
“That’s a pretty love story you’ve got there.”I said sarcastically.
“We are never going to get married to each other.”I assured and she nodded.
“That’s the spirit. How do I get out of here.”
“Wait till my mom comes to open the door.”
“Seriously? That’s insane!”she freaked out.
“More insane, I tell you. She even told us to get her a baby junior.”
“That’s more insane!”
“Correct. My baby junior is coming from my woman.”
“Me too. He is coming from my man.”
The door opened and mom’s face appeared.
“See? I knew you would definitely grow up to each other.”
“Never!”she and I both yelped.
“Have you been eavesdropping on our conversation?”I frowned.
“Of course not. I only heard the part when you said you were going to have a baby junior together.”
“You heard wrong!”
“Wrong!”
We both cried out.
We turned to look at each other but immediately look away.
Mom look puzzled.
“What?. Is that marriage blues?”
“No, mom. What’s up with this marriage stuff you’ve been saying. We are not going to get married as we have a man and a woman of our own.”
“Too late. I guess you haven’t went to your socials this morning. The news is all around.”
“Whaaaaaaaaat?!!!”She exclaimed and searched around for her phone.
“Oh, here. I brought your stuff.”mom handed her bag over to her.
I also went to check my phone and I was greeted with many headlines immediately I switched my data on.
My eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
“Mom, what have you done!”
*
Clara’s pov.
I was all smiles as I read the news.
Finally.
I let’s out a sigh of relief and giggled like a baby.
My daughter is finally getting married to John.
Since negotiation doesn’t work, force did brought us our desired result.
*
Emma’s pov.
“I told you to take that girl down!!”I yelled as I cleared all the things on the table down to the floor violently.
“I’m… I’m sorry. I..”
“You moron!”I threw a vase at him and it hit him on his right eye before landing on the floor.
“Find her… kill her”I gritted while boiling in rage.
*
Aysel’s pov.
I left for the office and branched by a coffee shop and got coffees for I and the guys.
Today’s atmosphere was cool and crispy.
Oh, well. The rain that rained last night was exceptionally heavy.
It rained like it would be bring down a tower.
I placed the coffee box beside me as I resumed driving to the company.
I bet today is going to be very good to me.
I can feel it.
I got to the building and went to park my car in the parking lots and got down with the coffee and my bag then locked the door.
I moved inside and all heads turned to look at me.
Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten that I am a beautiful lady?
I giggled at my thought but cleared my throat, not wanting to give the people the wrong idea of being a psycho that talks and laughs to herself.
“I love your outfit.”someone complimented.
“Betty?. Thanks. You don’t look bad also.”I winked and she blushed.
I moved to the office and met only Snow in there.
“It’s past ten, why are others not here yet?”I rasped.
“Like you’re the boss?”he scoffed.
“You always like to scoff.”I frowned.
“And you always like to poke your too little to be real nose in others’s business.”
“Woah;you just insulted me.”
“And I’m not going to render an apology.”
“I didn’t said you should. I see you did feel bad tho, for you to tell me you won’t..”
“Stop.”he cut me off.
I looked at him.
He didn’t say anything.
“See that? I love it that way”
He and Snow sure have a good way to shut one up.
I grabbed a coffee from the box and proferred it to him.
“Thanks. I can buy my own coffee myself.”
“I wish you would drink this.”I persisted.
“Why…”he looked up at me and stopped.
“That’s right. I’m using my wish.”I grinned.
He frowned before collecting it from me.
“Why stain such a cute face with that dirty frown?”
He gazed up at me and almost laugh.
He quickly looked away, hiding his redenned cheeks.
Sometimes, all that a sadist needs is a compliment.
See that?
The door sprawled open and Ralph rushed in.
He acted to be totally oblivion of my presence.
“Snow.”he called, to my surprise.
That’s the first.
“We’re being played all this while..”
Snow’s furrowed his brows in confusion.
“Juliet… she likes you, she likes me, she likes Duvall. Doesn’t that rings a bell?”
Snow appeared to be more interested now.
“She always come and go back after stirring up a fight between us. You still don’t get?”
The door went ajar again and Duvall walked in.
His eyes shone at the sight.
“Whatever this is, I love it.”he smiled. Now, I felt that smile was genuine.
He came to pick up a coffee from the box in my hand and winked.
“I will put this to good use.”
“I’ll take one also.”Ralph grabbed one and opened it then gulped it down.
I stared stupidly at him as he did.
“Her number always said it doesn’t exist and when she finally comes around, boom!, she runs off again.”he continued.
“Who is that?, Juliet. Well, i’m glad you guys are finally coming back to your senses. I told you that girl was sly from the beginning.”
“If I get what you’re saying properly, she came into our lives for a reason.”Snow asked.
“Correct!”Ralph snapped his fingers.
What’s with the vigor this morning?
The sight is satisfying nonetheless.
And, I’ve finally got to know the mystery behind the Juliet’s story.
“That means someone wants us apart then.”Duvall chipped in.
They all stared at each other.
“Who could that be?”Snow narrowed his gaze.
“Someone who benefits when you guys are apart. Think. What would that person probably want?”I interfered.
They looked at each other and their eyes instantly widened.
“Our treasure!”
*
Kelvin’s pov.
“Now that Juliet is gone, it looks like we won’t be able to play with our boys again.”the boss said and I nodded.
“But, she..”
“Dummy. The queen thinks of her as her long lost daughter so you think she would let her out of her sight?”he cut me off.
How did he know what I was going to say?
He was right tho.
“I doubt you don’t want anything from them as you’ve said. You’re not the type to play a game without benefit.”
He smirked and gestured for me to come over.
I did and and he patted my hair.
“You’re smart.”he chuckled.
“Actually, there is this treasure I want from them.”he whispered in my ears.
“Then why not take it from them instead of just beating around the bush?”
“It’s a… really big treasure and we should be really careful as those guys are really popular and could be really powerful to. Besides, we don’t even know where the treasure is as all efforts to find out proved futile. That’s why I am on the low and trying to push them apart cause if they do, they will probably want to split the treasure and each keeps his own to himself and there, we found the lead to the place where they are hiding it.”he expounded.
“What if they do not fight then?”I questioned.
“Then, we will have to go with plan B. I do think it’s taking long also. Now that the Queen is with us, that would be a piece of cake.”he grinned.
“How.. did you even know that those guys possesses such a thing?”
“I have ears everywhere, I have mouths everywhere and I have eyes everywhere. Those are my people.”he chuckled and rubbed his chin.
“They’d better get ready, for a huge storm is coming their way.”