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And this time, there were several.
My heart pounded in my chest as I walked as fast as I could with her along.
With another hand, I fished out my pepper spray and phone from my pocket and kept them in my hand.
Shit!
I shouldn’t have come here alone.
I should’ve taken the bartender’s help.
The footsteps came closer when we were almost near my car.
My brain screamed at me to run, but I knew I couldn’t.
Fear gripped my chest, making my knees wobble, but I didn’t stop walking.
I almost screamed when one of them yelled out something in a foreign language as they came closer and closer, their footsteps were fast.
Tugging the door open with shaky hands and pounding heart, I pushed her inside and whirled around, with the pepper spray ready.
But to my utter surprise, I found no one.
As if they suddenly vanished into the thin air.
Just like that.
The entire street echoed in silence.
What the hell just happened?
Not wasting any more time standing there and waiting for more trouble, I ran inside the car and drove off.
When we were out of that area, away from those alleys, only then I let myself breathe in relief.
While Beth slept next to me, I messaged Tess about us heading home.
I was so definitely going to talk to this friend of mine tomorrow morning about the stunt she pulled tonight.
While I felt like I just escaped heart failure, she was sleeping in peace.
It was just sheer luck we got out of there safely.
But what I wondered was, where did those men go?
“Good morning, Alfred,”
I greeted the old doorman, as I entered through the glass doors of OC Textiles.
A warm smile tugged at his lips, the sides of his eyes crinkling.
“Morning, Ms.
Hutton!
Have a good day.”
Smiling back, I walked into the elevator.
I checked my phone again.
Still no calls or messages from him.
Is he ignoring my calls on purpose?
I’ve called him this morning after waking up, but again, it was switched off.
Sighing, I typed a message to Beth instead about our pending discussion after the office.
When I took her home last night, my parents were stunned seeing her in that state.
Among the three of us, she was always the sensible one and never really drank.
When I left home this morning, she was still asleep.
I’d informed Cassie about her condition last night and she said she’d pick her up from my place after breakfast.
Even she had no idea what happened to Beth.
Once I reached the forty-ninth floor, I headed directly to my office, but Liza met me on the way.
“Hey!”
I smiled at her.
But it slipped when I saw her pale face.
“Thank God, you’re here!
I was just about to call you to ask what’s taking you so long,” she said, eyes wide.
I frowned.
“As far as I know, I’m exactly on time.
Why?
What’s wrong?
You’re looking pale.
Is everything all right?”
She shook her head.
“Forget everything.
You need to go to the penthouse.”
My heart skipped a beat at the mention of the penthouse.
“Why?”
“The boss is here.
And he demands your presence, right now.”
TWENTY-TWO: THE DEVIL OF MY DREAMS
S tepping out of the VIP elevator, I blew out a breath, eyeing the sleek black metal doors of the penthouse.
The big guards stood at both sides of the elevator like statues, statues with dark glasses.
My heart drummed down my chest as I approached the entrance, standing before the fingerprint scanner.
I still didn’t know how he got my fingerprint.
Though the nervousness of meeting him after that night was overwhelming, the eagerness to see him and find out if he was all right won over my hesitation.
Once I was inside the doors, to my surprise, it automatically closed behind me.
The feeling of getting locked with the devil of my dreams was knee weakish.
As I walked ahead, the memories of my last visit here rushed into my mind.
Oh, I forgot about the blouse I left here.
I made a mental note to grab it before leaving.
When I entered the living room, I stopped in my tracks.
There he was.
Sitting on the grand couch, his form was bent over, elbows resting on his knees with hands joined before him.
His stormy irises were set on me, freezing me in my place.
Those gray orbs were dark today.
Shoulders tensed.
“Took you long enough, Miss Hutton.”
Greek accent was deeper than usual.
The boss was extremely mad.
But that didn’t stop me from studying his face.
It was like ice to my burning heart.
“Well?”
His head tilted.
But today it didn’t irritate me.
“I could ask you the same,” I said, walking closer.
The black long-sleeved, high neck T-shirt fit him well, manifesting the cuts of his hard muscles to me.
“What took you so long to come back?”
Surprise flashed over those gray pools, but it was fleeting.
“I didn’t think you cared if I were here or not.”
He observed me, as if waiting for my answer.
The words ‘I do care’ were at the tip of my tongue, but I held myself back.
“It’s not suitable for a businessman to leave his companies behind for days like that.”
He stayed quiet.
The anger behind the calm fa?ade threatened to blow out as he watched me.
I could tell he wasn’t mad at my comment.
It was something else.
Come on, Ace.
Get out with it.
When he managed to keep calm for another half a minute, my patience ran out.
He couldn’t just stay quiet when I was in a constant hell worrying about him.
“Why did you leave like that?”
I spilled.
“You phone was unreachable!
I called you like a hundred times!
What the hell were you doing?”
I wanted to ask if he was all right but held myself back.
Both surprise and shock flickered over his face.
But again, he was quick to cover it.
Damn him for such control where I was a mess here.
He stood, strolling towards me, making my legs urge me to step back.
Grabbing my chin gently, he peered into my soul.
“And may I ask you what the hell you were doing last night, sweetheart?”
The edge of his deep voice sent shivers down my spine.
Gray orbs flashed with rage.
“I was away just for one fucking day, and you managed to get yourself into trouble already?”
“How-how do you know?”
I blinked.
“Do you really think I’d leave you behind just like that?
Without anyone to watch over my Rosebud?”
A gasp left my lips.
“You had someone to stalk me?
How dare you!”
“And how did you dare to put yourself at risk by going in that shady place alone!
Anything could’ve happened out there, and nobody would even get to know where you were!
Damn it, Emerald!
What the hell were you thinking?”
His nostrils flared, stepping back.
“Thank God my men were there watching over you!
Otherwise, I—“
His hands balled into fists as his intimidating form shook with rage, jaw clenching and unclenching.
His flaming grays told me he wanted to destroy something.
A volcano inside him wished to unleash.
I never saw him this furious before.
Remembering last night’s event sent chills down my neck.
He was right, anything could’ve happened to us over there if those men suddenly didn’t get…
It was his men who did the miracle last night.
Though it was ridiculous for him to hire bodyguards for me, deep down, I was grateful.
But I’d definitely talk to him about it later when he would be calm.
“I…I went there to get Beth.
She needed me.”
“Then you could’ve just informed Caleb or Tobias.
Why did you go there all by yourself?”
A muscle of his jaw ticked.
Pressing my lips, I narrowed my eyes.
“I know I shouldn’t have gone there alone.
But I didn’t know where that bar was exactly located, all right?
I had no idea that area would be so eerie at that time.”
“You…” Letting out a sigh, he pinched the bridge of his nose.
Then my gaze fell onto his knuckles.
They were bruised.
“What happened to your hands?
How did they cut?”
Rushing near him, I took his hands in mine.
“It’s nothing.”
He tried to retract them, but I held them firmly.