Bethany noticing that he was coming in her direction, got up quickly and speaking to him with a fearful voice, she said that she was not there for any trouble but to ask where her mother was.
Begin Duke could answer to her, his secretary called him saying that the receptionist had a call for him and asked if she could transfer it.
He answered and so the call was transferred and the receptionist notified him that a certain lady was at the reception by the name Mrs. Marvin and she was with Matt.
Duke gave her the order to let them in and the receptionist gave them the access badges and told Matt to take her to the boss’s office.
“Where were we before our conversation was interrupted?”, he asked with a smile on his lips walking back to his seat.
Bethany is frightened by Duke as she is aware of how crooked and ferocious rich people are, asked again but in a more fumble voice,
” I am looking for my mother. Bryan called me and said that a man came by our house to pick her up not saying where he was taking her to and she has not returned yet”, she spoke out sweating profusely though with the air condition in Duke’s office.
Duke realizing that she was scared of him and could not look at him in the eyes, asked her to have a seat as they needed to talk.
Bethany, could not understand why she was feeling so vulnerable and the anger she was feeling inside when Bryan had called her, was all gone and all she wanted was to know the whereabouts of her mother as to go take her home.
Matt and Mrs. Marvin was still in the lifter going to Duke’s office and suddenly the lights went out.
Bethany who is scared of the dark right from childhood screamed out and Duke getting up from his seat, ran to her in some seconds.
And with her eyes closed, she was shaking and crying so deeply that Duke had taken her in his arms but she had not noticed.
The lights came back almost immediately it was taken but Bethany was still very afraid as her whole body was shaking out Of fear that she had not even realized that Duke was holding her.
“Calm down Bethany, I am here so no harm will come by you so you can open your eyes now”, Duke let out waiting for her to open them.
Bethany, slowly opening her eyes, looked at the tall man that was standing closer to her with their breaths touching each other as they were so close.
With a tear falling from her eyes, she felt protected being by him and feeling his strong hands hold her closely.
Bethany’s heart was beating too fast and she thought she was going to pass out from emotion as she looked at Duke straight in the eyes.
Duke assured her that there was nothing to be scared of as it may have been a technical fault but as she could see, everything was back to normal.
” Are you okay? do you want to sit down for a while?”, he asked as he walked her to the couch at the corner of his office.
“Thank you”, she said sitting down on the chair.
Duke could not explain his attachment to Bethany but he was certain about one thing, and that was the fact that she was an innocent girl who just needed to be shown love and care and everything was going to fall into place naturally.
As he was touching her hair, Bethany was feeling something that was more than her to control as the bud in between her legs began to yearn for the Duke’s shaft.
“Your mother is fine and she is in good hands, I will never harm you or your mother or let any harm come your way”, he mumbled holding her hands and reassuring her with a smile.
Dukes Secretary rang his office phone and he rose on his feet to go get the call and she told him that Mr. Matt and Mrs. Marvin were outside his office waiting for his permission to come in,
” Let them inside”, he ordered.
“You may please go inside as my boss is waiting for you”, the secretary permitted them.
Bethany was sitting on the presider holding her head in her hands wondering where on earth her mother was and what she might be doing, but she had to trust Duke’s words as he seems like a good person and he had given her his word that her mother was fine.
Wiping off her tears, Matt pushed Duke’s door making his way into his office while holding Mrs. Marvin’s hand as he brought her inside too.
Duke on seeing them, got up from his seat and welcomed Mrs. Marvin asking Matt how the appointment had gone and he confirmed that it was a success.
Mrs. Marvin, looking at the corner as she notched that a lady was seated on the couch, noticed that it was her daughter and she was holding her head in her hands.
” Bethany dear”, she called out walking towards her.
Bethany on identifying her mother’s voice took up her head and cried out,
“Mother”, she said getting up and moving towards her mother.
Mrs. Marvin turned back and looked at Duke wondering what Bethany was doing in his office and why she was in such a devastating mood.
” How are you mom, what did they do to you, Bryan called saying a strange man sent by Duke had taken you away and that was why I came here looking for you but I could not find you”, she said a lot of things and asked so many questions at the same time that her mother told her to slow down as she was very fine and sound.
“Bethany sweetheart, I am very fine, besides you should be thanking your boss here instead of giving him troubles”, her mother said, walking to the couch to have a seat as her kegs were hurting from standing.
” Thank him? for what exactly?”, Bethany asked all confused looking at her mother.
Mrs. Marvin told her that Duke had sent his driver to pick her up yes, but not to go harm her or do anything bad to her as she was thinking, it was just for her to go get herself checked up by a doctor.
Bethany staring at her mother, could not still understand what she was saying, so she knelt in front of her asking again,
“To go get checked for what mom?”.
Her mother explained that since her condition was not the best, Duke had booked an appointment with a doctor so that her mother could meet with him and get a general inspection carried out on her.
Bethany’s held swelling up in shame for accusing Duke of doing something wrong to her mother as she panicked after Bryan’s call, raised her head looking towards Duke’s direction with heavy lips as she could not find the right words to start apologizing.
Peeping through the window and actually seeing someone dressed funnily still standing outside, Eva panicked and the more and told her sisters not to go outside.
” Eva, what is happening to you?”, Rachel asked as she noticed that her elder sister had been chirping outside since she came back and has been acting weird.
“It is nothing baby sis, I am just checking on someone outside”, she tried to keep her calm as much as possible in order not to freak them out.
Rachel could see that her sister was lying through her teeth as there was something that was disturbing her, but she had to listen to her and sit down.
While Eva was still in that dilemma, her phone rang again, and it was still a strange number looking like the one that had phoned her before so she picked up and with a serious voice she spoke up,
” Hello, who is this and what do you want to form me?”, she asked with a hard voice that scared her little sisters that were looking at her and the caller dropped the call.
Little Glenn who had never seen her big sister in such a state, felt scared when she shouted so she began crying.
Eva feeling bad about what was happening, went to her going down on her knees while consoling her not to cry.
“I am sorry Glenn, I did not mean to shout so do not be afraid okay?”, she spoke to her while hugging her and patting her hair.
Raising her gaze towards Rachel, she noticed that she too was scared about what had happened so she hugged her to shed tears as she beat in her chest, for the fear of the unknown.
” I will not let anyone hurt you my treasures I will protect you both with my life”, she mumbled in her mind.
Taking a deep breath, she carried Glenn to the sofa, as she had fallen asleep already, asking Rachel if she was hungry, but she said out that she needed to get some rest as her headaches.
“Are you okay dear, do you want me to get you some drugs?”, she asked all concerned getting up from the sofa to the other side where Rachel was seated.
” No Eva I am fine, just feel a headache”, she responded lying down on the chair.
“I will make something for you both so that you can eat when you wake up”, she told.
Eva was heartbroken as she could not believe what was happening again, and she had no idea how to solve this problem that was popping up as she was also afraid of what might happen to her and her innocent sisters as well.
While she was lost in her thoughts, her phone rang up again and she was determined to know who the caller is and what he wanted from her and her family.
She picked up the caller and started yelling threatening the caller and saying that she will hunt him down if he touches any of her siblings, and when she was done she heard a voice saying,
” Eva, are you okay?”, the voice spoke out and it was very familiar.
Eva was shocked to the bone marrow as she had picked up the call without looking at the caller.
Though she later looked at her phone and realized that the number was still an unknown one, she was very certain of the voice she had heard as her heartbeat up faster than its normal rhythm and she called out,
“Sir Henry?”, hoping that he was not the person but deep down in her, she was aware that it was him and that she could recognize that voice amongst thousands of others.
” Yes, it is me, Eva, are you sure you are okay?”, Henry insisted with his question as he had given attention clearly to everything that she had said over the phone some moments ago.
Eva tongue-tied did not know what to say as she was caught red-handed. She thought of an excuse to give but Henry was waiting for an explanation on the other side of the call.
“Eva, I asked you a question, what is happening?”, he demanded to know.
She turned the situation around, asking him where he had gotten her number from and saying that he had heard her badly, as she was just reviewing her role in a theater act.
Henry not believing a word she was saying, decided to let her know that he was coming to her house, so he desired her to send her address as he med got to discuss something very important with her.
The coldness in Evas’ voice as she quickly denied his request, really made Henry feel that there was a problem.
” Are you having some sort of trouble Eva, you know you can talk to me right as I am your friend”, Henry spoke out hoping to get a favorable influence on Eva, but she was inflexible to his questions, so Henry told her to excuse him as he had something to attend to.
Eva feeling so bad as Henry hung up the phone, wept bitterly as she was in a complicated situation just when she had finally found a rich and loving young man who is interested in her and who could help with her sister’s well-being.
She remembered that she was not able to contact Bethany, so she dialed her number again, and she crossed her fingers for her friend to pick up the call this time around as she needed to talk to her urgently.
“Hello, Eva”, Bethany spoke to her friend as she finally picked up the call.
Eva was filled with excitement as she heard her friend’s voice and the joy made her cry.
” What is the problem Eva calm down and talk to me”, Bethany raised a question getting all worried.
Mrs. Marvin and Duke who had been standing there with her, could not help but ask what was wrong with Eva but Bethany had to know her problem first before she could be able to answer their numerous questions.
Eva, holding her breath and asking her friend if she could come to her flat immediately because she wanted someone to talk to as soon as possible.
Bethany was confused but she told her friend not to worry as she will drop her mother off at home and come to meet her immediately she does that.
Eva was happy to hear that and she hung up the phone.
“What is the matter with Eva?”, her mother asked but she could not explain what was going on so she told Duke that she had to take her mother home and rush to her friend’s cottage.
Duke instructed Matt to take Mrs. Marvin and her daughter home turning to Mrs. Marvin, he told her to call her up in case she desired anything.
Bethany’s mother was very pleased with Duke and his care towards her, that she invited him again to her home and Duke looking at Bethany, accepted her invitation without a second thought.
Bethany said, thank you and took her mother out of Duke’s office as they headed home.
Henry was not comfortable with what had just happened when he had called Eva, and knowing how jovial and loquacious she is, the behavior she put on some minutes ago, was very suspicious.
Reaching out for his phone on his table to contact Eva again, an idea came into his head to instead visit her since he had nothing to do at the office again and the day was almost over.
He took up his fixed phone and called his Secretary, asking her to excavate the house address of Eva Monroe’s file and being to him immediately in his office.
Henry was brought back from his deep thought by his friend call and he picked up,
” Hey Duke how are you today and how is business?”, Henry asked his friend chuckling.
Duke said that business was fine and inquired how the interview had gone and when Bethany and Eva were to start up and Henry answered back that both girls are to begin the subsequent day.
Duke was glad to hear that and he felt like asking his friend if he had noticed anything strange about Eva as he was aware that, Henry has feelings for her.
“Bro, it seems like Eva is going through some difficulties as she called Bethany a while ago crying over the phone”, Duke narrated what had happened in his office.
Henry surprised that Bethany was in Duke’s office, asked whether she was not with Eva because they both left his office together, but Duke said that she was alone as she came to his office to confront him thinking that he had kidnapped her mother.
Henry thanked his friend for the information and hung up the phone asking himself what actually could make Eva be in such a state.
As he was about to call his secretary again, to ask whether she has not found Eva’s address, he saw her opening his door and walking into his office.
“Do you have what I asked you to do?”, he asked getting up.
” Yes sir, here is the address”, she said handing it over to him.
Henry took the address and noticed that it is not that far from his company as it is a 15 minutes drive Location.
He took his briefcase and car keys, and closing his office, told his secretary to reschedule any other meeting that he is supposed to have tomorrow, and his secretary nodded in approval.
Bethany and her mother had already reached home and she thanked Matt as they stepped down from the vehicle making their way into the house.
Mrs. Marvin appreciated Matt for his kindness and told him to pass by the house whenever he has the chance.
Bryan was in the living room, playing PlayStation with his friend and he stood up as he heard his mother talking to his sister while they walked into the house.
“Mama”, he said rushing to meet his mother.
Bryan was happy to see his mother again, and Mrs. Marvin, using her right hand, squeezed Bryan’s right ear for spreading false stories and making her sister panic.
Bryan, struggling to get out of his mother’s hands, cried out in pain as he begged his mother to leave his ear.
“Betty please tell mom to let go of my ear”, he begged his sister for help but Bethany just stood there laughing at him while remembering that she has to rush to Eva’s lodgings to know what the problem is with her.
” Will you not at least get into the house and shower while you have a change of clothes before going to Eva’s?”, her mother asked but Bethany had already left the house.