Filed To Story: Dumped by Scumbag Adored by Billionaire
Thanks to that, she had been compared to a lot of other celebrities in terms of body proportion hence paparazzi wanted nudes pictures of her or even better, a sex tape.
The beautiful television presenter was one of the rare celebrities with zero scandal and a clean record which was quite unbelievable to some paparazzo or made some actresses mad with jealousy that they would pay to just smear her reputation.
Again, her abductor glared at her which made her realize that they wanted nothing from her, and the real fear set in. Were they really intent on murdering her?
Lily continued to drive in the direction they instructed her and when they came to a police checkpoint, her abductors began to converse with her like friends that she would have fallen for the trick if not for the remainder of the gun pointed at her back.
The threat was apparent, “say a word and you’re dead”. So she played it off cool with the cops who regarded them suspiciously.
It was odd seeing two suspicious men in dark clothing sitting in a car and been driven by a stunning woman.
“Are you sure you’re okay, ma’am?” The police pressed and Lily saw him wink tactically at her.
Did he know? She was relieved.
Absent-minded, she was about to spill the beans when one of the men leaned towards her seat and tactically pressed the cold metal against her side.
Lily was wearing an evening gown since she was off to a party, hence felt the gun right away.
“A-hem,” she cleared her throat, cutting eye contact with the officer,” Officer, I’m really good. These are my cousins and I’m driving them to their gig tonight hence their inauspicious appearance,”
The officer had a hard time believing her but Lily had dealt with people like him. So with a few words, she bought him over completely – thankfully, he didn’t ask for the ID’s
“Have a nice journey, ma’am,” he even wished her.
As soon as the police were out of sight, her abductors took over the car while she ended up gagged and restrained in the backseat.
Yep, that was how she ended up here – she had no idea where she was. Lily had been blindfolded her entire stay.
And God! She ached all over, especially her back, and was so hungry she could finish a cow right now if allowed to. The only thing closest to a word called “food” she received from her abductors was rationed plain bread with water- which was an abomination.
Yes, she was constantly on a diet to keep fit especially with her line of work but she ate healthily – and deliciously, if she might add.
That bread was just like plain flour mixed with water and baked. Wasn’t kidnapers supposed to treat their captive better so they don’t die? The way she saw things, they gave no damn to her comfort nor well-being, but one thing they haven’t done was assault her sexually – which she was grateful for.
But the irritating thing was the silence. Lily could surmise that she had been here for over four days or so and sometimes it could get so silent she thought she was in a graveyard.
The silence was nerve-wracking and emotional draining that she would scream her lungs out just to make some sort of noise and assure herself that she was still in human territory and not a forest where the wild beasts would ravage her body.
Lily was scared, so scared that she had urinated on herself twice after hearing a gun go off. What the hell does this mysterious captor want from her?
Once, Lily had grasped on the sleeve of one of her abductors who fed her the usual barbaric meal of bread and water. She had been blindfolded since day one of being brought here that it wouldn’t surprise her if she had gone blind.
While he fed her – her hands were tied to the arms of the chairs – she had offered to pay him a huge sum of money if he helped her escape this hell hole. But his response had been a huge slap on her face.
“It’s not about the money, madam. It’s retribution,” he said to her with a mocking snort, “You reap what you sow,” he had whispered into her ears, abruptly cutting off her feeding that day.
Ever since that day she had been apprehensive, what had she done to deserve such cruel retribution? Heck, this was not retribution but a psycho taking the law into his own hands.
She, Lily, had worked hard to get to the position she’s in today and yes, her work required stepping on some people’s toe – it was entertainment, baby- but she had never gone as far as taking people’s life.
And what the hell was taking the damned police so long to find her? Lily was not a billionaire but she was quite influential, having connection and fame, hence her bizarre disappearance was supposed to have been noticed.
“I’m pressed!” Lily currently screamed, feeling the urge to urinate.
Whenever she does this, a few minutes later, a female attendant would see to her but today, the woman was taking damn long.
“Are you going to ignore me like this?!” She roared.
Lily could endure the fact that she stunk like a skunk having not bathe for days. But urinating was a must!
She had opened her mouth to protest this unfair maltreatment when she heard footsteps coming her way. Oh, finally.
But the footstep came to a stop before her and pulled off the blindfold to her utmost surprise. Lily squeezed her eyes shut, adjusting her sight slowly to the sudden brightness.
“You look well,” said a voice so cold that it sent goosebumps down her spine.
Lily gulped, slowly lifting her head to view the identity of her captor, and “shocked” was an understatement of how she felt.
“N- Niles?” She asked unsure.
“Nice to see you …” His piercing gaze roved over her in a way that made her heart jump in her throat,” Lily,”
How was this possible? Lily thought. And of course, she knew him because he was quite active with public appearances and had appeared on her show once.
“Are you the one who brought me here? Why am I?” If she could remember, she had never offended him.
“How do you feel knowing that Maria’s gone?”
“Wait- what? She’s really gone?” She asked Niles, a trace of shock with a mix of guilt flashing across her face.
“Oh my God, I’m so sorry but I don’t understand why this is concerns -“
“You pushed her to her death,” Niles said through gritted teeth.
Lily scowled at him, “Excuse me but I’m not the one who pushed her off that bridge,” she defended.
“If you haven’t forced her to a tight corner with that news, she wouldn’t have sought the bridge as a solace in the first place!” He growled at her. He was having a head time controlling his anger.
“You blame me for that but I’m not the one who went around sleeping for roles. Moreover, if I hadn’t interviewed her, another reporter would have done the same. This is show business, a dog eat dog world where only the strongest survive and I don’t even understand why you’re so worked up over that slut -“
A slap met her face and her neck whipped around from the impact. Lily saw stars and just when she thought she would be left to recover from that assault, her hair was pulled so tight she screamed bloody Mary.
“Take a look at this,” Niles pulled out his phone and brought it to her face. The image alone made Lily screech so loud it sounded animalistic.
“That is what remains of her,” Niles showed her the same disturbing sight he had seen at the morgue.
“You’re sick in the head,” Lily cried, trying to look away.
However, Niles steadied her head, making sure her eyes feasted on the picture.
“You’re such a hypocrite,” Niles smiled creepily,” She slept around for a role, how sure are you? Did you validate the news? You say she’s a slut? What about you? You think I don’t know how you got to that position you are in today?”
Lily turned pale before retching, Niles let go of her and she threw up on herself instead.
“I thought about how to end you but I just realized, killing you is giving you an easy escape, ” he declared, “So I’ll going to render the same judgment you gave to Maria”
“No,” Lily began to shake her head, she didn’t like where this was heading, “You can’t do this to me, it was all Kim’s idea! She was the one who gave me the news” she confessed.
“Birds of a feather flock together,” Niles mumbled under his breath. He scowled at the mess she made on herself.
“By the time you return to the city tomorrow, all of your skeletons in the wardrobe would be exposed-both minor and major – to the world. I assure you, your own destruction would be worse than Maria’s. Have a nice day.”
Niles took his leave without looking back. He gave no attention to Lily’s hysterical screams nor her grievous fit.
The third POV
Christina strode into her company, her heels click clanking against the marble floor. The look on her face was harsh and murderous that no employee dared got in her way. It was obvious that she was pissed off.
Anger reeked off of Tina, those bugs dared to dismiss her? How dare they?
Entering the elevator, one of the employees who had been there before her quickly high-tailed it. They all knew and experienced how violent their boss lady could be when mad.
Pressing the button to the tenth floor, Tina wrapped her arms across her chest while her feet tapped on the floor impatiently with her lips pressed together.
Why was this elevator going so slow? She wished she could teleport herself to the conference room.
Well, at last, her prayer got answered cause the elevator doors finally opened and she made her way to the meeting room.
“Ma’am, you’re not supposed to be here,” A filthy employee tried to stop her in her own company?
Anger boiled in her veins and Tina turned around and backhanded the woman so hard that her long artificial nail clawed at the victim’s face, drawing blood.
“Know your place, filth,” she spat acidly and strutted into the conference room.
She pushed open the glass door carelessly, making an epic appearance.
“Well, well, what have we here?” Tina drawled dramatically, giving her board of directors accusing gazes “A bunch of traitors planning my dismissal, isn’t it?”
“You’re welcome miss Tina, though the meeting’s over” She watched her brother Luke stand to his feet with that sleazy smile that made outrage ripple through her.
He went on,” You shouldn’t have bothered yourself coming here. We were planning on delivering the news face to face,”
Tina had been feeling some dissonance from her board of directors lately, she should have known that it was her brother’s evil manipulation.
“You can’t oust me from my position, I own a controlling share of the company!” Tina insisted.
“Oh, come again, you owe the controlling share?” her half-brother cleared his ears with his finger in a mocking gesture.
He went on “Ah yes, you owed forty percent? Yes, I think that’s right,” he said comically.
“Do you think I’m here for your jokes?” Tina glared at him yet was unsettled by his charisma. Why was that scumbag confident about defeating her?
“Of course not,” her brother smiled, exposing cute dimples, and oh, how much she hated that face.
They didn’t need to conduct a DNA test to confirm if Luke was her father’s child or not, his features were strikingly similar to him. Their blonde hair was the only feature connecting both- Tina and Luke- as siblings.
While Luke took every other resemblance from their father, she had inherited the rest from her mother.
Her brother started, “You had forty percent share,” he purposely emphasized on the tense “had”. “Did you forget you sold ten percent of it?”
Ahh, right, Tina remembered. She had sold those shares to fund hospital research by doctor Sam as promised – the trap Niles led her into. Oh shit.
“Well, guess what? Someone bought that share plus the vote from the majority of the board members; you were voted out,” He announced.
Tina was stunned, she felt like she didn’t hear right, “That’s impossible, you can’t terminate me!”
“We just did,” A board member said.
Tina’s eyes became fierce and she focused them on the man,” You!” She walked over to him.
“I helped you out when you were experiencing some troubles and this is how you repay me,” she purposely emphasized on the “troubles”.
The man went red, looking uncomfortable as he readjusted his tie on his neck.
“Are you threatening a board member, Miss Tina? You do know that’s punishable by law?” Luke reminded her with a knowing look.
“Oh please spare me the bullshit,” She rolled her eyes, “And who gets to be the new CEO, you?” Was her mocking laughter.
“For the company’s future growth and success, the board has appointed me as the new president,” Luke dropped the bombshell.