Still Drakes POV
“You are Mine, you bitch!” he let out harshly as he kept hitting her across the face. After a little while, he reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a towel and he placed it on her nose, forcing her to breathe on it. I’m guessing that it is soaked in chloroform, and he wants her to pass out so he can rape her, just like he did with the other girls that Casey spoke to me about.
“Riley!
Please, stop!
Please…” she cried miserably. He ignored her and he kept pressing the towel to her nose while his other hand skillfully worked on her button, trying to take off her cloth. I don’t know why my guards are taking too long, but I know I have to do something right now, or in going to regret this for the rest of my life. I gazed around me, and I saw my guys being held down just like me. Liam and I had the most guys, we had four guys on each person, and they were so rough and mean. But I know I can break free from them easily, I just need little assistance in taking them out, and that is why I was waiting for backup.
I was playing it safe so nobody gets hurt, I didn’t want to hurt Riley and I don’t want Mia to get hurt in the crossfire. But if Riley succeeds in raping her, if I let him have his way with her, the trauma and pain would be way worse than any injury she would insure in this fight. Mia is not struggling anymore, I guess she has passed out from the effects of the chloroform.
I have no more time to waste, so I threw myself to the floor, taking down the four guys that were holding me up. Once we riches the floor, I didn’t wait around for them to stand up and attack me. I pulled out my drawer and took out the guns I usually kept there. I started with the guys trying to catch me, I aimed right, and I shot as many as I could before running to take cover when they started shooting back at me.
Some of my guys took my cue, the Russians were distracted by me, and they took their eyes off the other guys, giving them a perfect opportunity to fight back. I saw them attacking with fiery anger, hitting as hard as they could while trying to reach for their weapons. Riley tried to shoot back as well, he didn’t bother with my boys, he kept shooting my way, yelling and calling out to me…
“Come out here, Drake!
I dare you to come out and face me like a man. Come out and face me, or Mia takes a bullet in her fucking head!
I’ll kill her, man, I’ll fucking kill her!” he yelled angrily whilst still shooting at me relentlessly. I peeked in his direction through a small bullet hole, and I saw him kicking Mia all over, stomping on her. I knew he was hurting her, and it hurt me to see her lying limply on that floor. I tried to shoot back, but he has an advantage because of his position, I was hearing his voice as he called out to me, but I paid no heed to his word, I knew they were just empty threats. It’s just so unfortunate that Mia has to suffer the brunt of his anger.
I hope he doesn’t hurt her that bad or kill my woman for me. I laid low for a while until I heard the found of his gun die down. I knew he has exhausted his bullets, so I came out immediately and I kicked the gun out of his hand, punching him in the face and tackling him to the floor. I kept punching him severally until I broke his lips and nose. I held him pinned to the floor, then I turned around and Shot the remaining Russian thugs that we’re still engaging my boys fiercely.
I held him that way until I took out all his thugs, freeing my boys. Then I turned to him and hit him on the head with my gun, punching him so hard. He screamed in pain while I hit him, then he stopped screaming and he laughs mockingly, pissing me off even more. I know he is pushing me to the wall, daring me to hurt him. He thinks I am the weak man that lets him get away always, he thinks he will get away this time.
“I’ve been too lenient with you, Riley. I gave you many opportunities to change, but you are just too stupid to take a hint. You wish to be like me, you desire to have everything that belongs to me, and I let you get away with it, not because I’m weak, but because I care about you. This time, you’ve crossed the line, brother. You went too far with your theatrics, and now you have to go. You are a threat to everyone and everything I care about, I can’t let you leave this office alive, that would only show weakness, and I’m not…”
“Quit whining, Drake!
You can’t hurt me…
You won’t fucking do it…
I am your brother, we are blood-related. I know you, brother, I know you cannot hurt your family. You are a pathetic, lowlife…” I pulled the trigger immediately, stopping him from completing that statement. He deserves worse than death, I could see a few of my boys lying dead on the floor next to his Russian thugs. I still can’t believe that he had nearly raped Mia in my presence. I wish I can wake him up and beat him up over and over again, then shoot him over and over again. If there is anything worse than death, that’s what he deserves.
I stood on the spot, staring at his limp body, thinking of all the happy times we had as kids. Who would have ever thought that we would end up trying to kill each other, with me killing him in the end. How on earth will I break this news to our parents, I am feeling guilty about it and I don’t know why. I would have stood there staring at Riley for hours, but I got distracted by Liam’s voice as he called my attention to Mia’s condition,
“Drake!
You need to snap out of it, he’s dead already. Mia needs you now, she is bleeding, Drake, she is bleeding terribly. I think there is something wrong with her man, you need to take her to the hospital before she bleeds out on the floor and dies.” He urges me. I didn’t need to be told twice, I turned around and to my horror, Mia was lying in a pool of blood and it looks so bad. I ran up to her and picked her up to the floor, taking her to the table in front of me. I tried to find the source of her bleeding so I can try and stop it, but I couldn’t find any injury or bullet hole, yet she kept bleeding nonstop.
“What is going on, what is wrong with her, why is she bleeding so much, what are we going to do?” Liam asked me, sound g so tensed and nervous.
“I don’t know man, get the car ready!” I ordered him sternly. He wasted no time, he took off immediately, using my private elevator to go down to the ground floor and get the car ready. I picked her up in my arms and walked over to the service elevator that is used by everyone else, I couldn’t stand and wait for the other elevator, so I used the available one, and I attracted the attention of everyone in the building. They don’t know what is happening up there because that floor is strictly inaccessible to employees and it is soundproof, so there is no way in hell that they would have heard the ruckus upstairs.
They just went about their jobs, unaware of the battle upstairs, and now they are so curious as they watch me taking Mia out of the building in my arms. She is soaked in blood, and it’s easy to tell that her case is critical, that is why I’m running out of the building like a fucking lunatic. I could hear them murmuring and guessing what could be wrong with her. Some of them do not even know that she is my wife, and they kept speaking about it and wondering why she is with me and why she is no longer with my brother. I ignored them all and ran to the car, placing her gently in the back seat.
I climbed into the driver’s side and I sped up immediately, leaving behind a wake of dust. We arrived at the hospital in record time and I carried her in my arms and ran into the building, running straight to the emergency room while Liam went to get the doctor.
“What happened to her, why is her body covered in bruises?” the doctor same when he got into the room. I refused to answer any of his questions, I simply urged him to find out exactly what is wrong with her. I have no time to be indulging his questions. I stood aside and watched as they took off all her clothes and started examining her entire body. The nurses wanted to push me out, but I gave them a stern look that made them move aside in fear. The doctor kept giving me a steel look that made me wonder if I’d done something to offend him.
“I warned you to take better care of your wife, how could you beat her up in her condition, what were you when thinking?
She nearly lost her life a few months ago, yet you still beat her up, despite knowing that she is pregnant. I’m very disappointed in you, Mr. Osborne. I never thought you could stoop so low to hit a pregnant woman. Shame on you, Drake Osborne. Shame on you!” he told me furiously as he turned and left the room in anger. I wanted to go after him and stop him from leaving, but I saw doctor Larry and Liam talking with him, and I knew they were explaining to him that it isn’t my fault that she is back in the hospital so soon.
I tried to take a few steps forward, I wanted to go to Mia and hold her in my arms, but my feet were too heavy, and I couldn’t even take a step. I plumped into a nearby seat and put my head down in shame. How did I miss the changes in her body, why didn’t I know that my wife is pregnant, and why didn’t she tell me?