Filed to story: Dumped by Scumbag Adored by Billionaire
“You’re late,” He pointed out yet choked on his words when he saw his appearance. Niles whistled, he sure had a good time before coming here.
“Is it that obvious?” Eden hurriedly began to run his hands through his hair in an attempt to smooth it.
“You might have to erase the hickeys too, are you both animals or what?” Niles taunted him on purpose.
They were about to stare death in the face, the least they could do was stay positive.
“Look who’s talking,” Eden glared at him. Who among their circles doesn’t know of Niles’ adventures.
Niles tossed a gun to him which Eden caught accurately, “Stop talking and get dressed,”
Both men continued to tease each other even until they got into the truck heading to the death ground.
“What’s the possibility of us dying tonight?” Eden suddenly brought that up in the middle of their discussion.
Niles said with great confidence, “Zero percent. No one is dying tonight. I promised Reina that I would return to her and I sure as hell would do that, just as I’m sure you promised Camille too,” He squeezed Eden’s shoulder, “So my dear cousin kick that thought out of your head. Even if you want to die, it’s definitely not here,”
Niles went on, “Just think of it as like the old times. Everything would turn out just alright. Nothing’s going to happen,”
“Alright, great motivational speaker,” Eden joked and both men released a pearl of laughter. They livened the gloomy tension in the vehicle.
And just as Niles predicted, the mission went smoothly, In fact, so smoothly that Sakuzi shouldn’t have asked for support in the first place.
The sound of gunshot reverberated across the three-story building that served as Miguel’s Den and in a matter of an hour, they had cleared out the building and captured those willing to share Miguel’s whereabouts – they had not caught him here.
“Am I the only one that feels something doesn’t feel right here?” Eden pointed out, looking around their environment.
“This mission feels too easy, not to mention that Miguel is no way to be found. His absence makes me uneasy,” Niles was squeamish. His left eyebrow keeps twitching and though he didn’t believe in superstition, this situation made him susceptible to anything.
Niles contemplated calling home until he remembered he drugged his wife. It was a small dose; enough to knock her out for two hours until they had left – she would be unable to come here.
Even if she was awake, what was the possibility she would answer his call? She would be mad at him. He then decided to try his kids but was distracted by the man kicked to his front.
“Where Is Miguel?!” interrogated Andrew, who had come in place of Emerald. Yes, he and Niles had met and both men were cool.
The man laughed and spat out blood from his mouth, “Fools,” He called them, “You think he didn’t know you were coming?” he sneered, “We had infiltrated your gang before he even made the first move,”
“Tell us where the hell is Miguel!” Andrew punched him right in the stomach.
The man moaned in pain yet laughed mockingly, “He’s already far gone,”
“Far gone where?!” Sakuzi yelled this time.
He sniggered, “Far gone to destroy what you love the most,”
Niles paled instantly.
Reina.
The third point of view:
Isabella shook her head,?amusement curving her lips to the side. She had stumbled upon her father sneaking out and it took her everything not to laugh at the scene.
Her mother Reina was such a fool to have believed Niles. She had known long again that Reina wouldn’t step a foot out of the house but hadn’t said a word not to ruin her father’s plan. Isabella had lived long enough with her father to know he was not to be trusted.
“What are you doing?” Ailee asked her sister suspiciously.
The kids – who recently formed an unusual bond with Isabella- were in her room once again. Ailee was giving her a skeptical look because she was working on her warrior robot- the one that could fire lasers from its eye.?Isabella and the kids had called a truce on their pranks hence it was quite suspecting for the others to see her working on it.
“Improving it,” Isabella murmured, all of her gaze concentrated on the controls. Getting this customized AI robot?had cost her quite a lot of money and now, she was going to get her money’s worth.
“Why are you improving it?” Ailee leaned closer, observing the control panel in Isabella’s hands.
The control was simply a rectangular shaped transparent panel that blinked light whenever Isabella tapped on any of the invisible buttons.
For the first time, Ailee was suddenly in awe of her sister’s knowledge. Isabella was so smart nor could the little girl?discern whatever it was she was tweaking in those controls.
“Preparing for war,” was Isabella’s answer.
“War?” Ailee was confused. Why was her sister suddenly speaking in parables?
Isabella couldn’t explain it but the moment her father Niles had left instead of Reina, she had these cold feets. She was uneasy because her guts told her something was wrong.
Although her parents didn’t expose what was going on to her, Isabella was no longer a kid like her ignorant younger siblings and was smart enough to figure out something was wrong.
For Niles to have tricked his wife and gone in her place meant this wasn’t a simple “capturing a criminal” as Reina had claimed, this was a war. And in war lives were lost.
Isabella didn’t know the name of whoever killed Angela, but what if Angela wasn’t his initial target? The assassin could have killed Angela ever since, why wait till that day when Reina came?
A smug smirk crossed Isabella’s features as she figured it out, her mother was the target. Adults always underestimate children, unfortunately, they’re the ones with the most ideas.
Isabella put herself in the shoes of the assassin and thought hard. If she wanted to finish off Reina, what was the best way to do so if not to drawout all of her shield?
The only reason Reina was off-limits was because of the protection of Niles and her father Sakuzi. But if those two big figures were out of the picture, boom! She had her. Checkmate.
“Cynthia, attack mode,” Isabella commanded the adorable looking fifteen inches robot.
The robot had a shiny white metallic frame with braided blonde hair and blue innocent eyes that suddenly glowed an evil red upon Isabella’s command. It didn’t look so adorable anymore.
Immediately, a robotic voice sounded out, “Attack mode activated. Who do I exterminate, mistress?”