Chapter 43: Ian’s fury.
Chapter 43: Ian’s fury.
Chapter 43: Ian’s fury.
As Isabelle got dragged away by the cops, Ivan and Nancy panicked running behind them.
“Issie please stop!! Ivan call our attorney!!”
As Dara got placed on the stretcher screaming and crying, her mother frantically tried to follow cursing Eric on the way out.
“How could you do this to your sister and me!!!! You’re not my son!!!”
As the guests all panicked frantically trying to leave, Ian stood in shock as his eyes locked on Eric. There was no way he was going to let him escape! He quickly gave money to one of the guards.
“Stop him!! Now!”
As Ian walked towards Eric, he pulled out his phone and made a call for his men to get to the hotel ASAP! As the crowd continued to leave, both Eric and Ian noticed two figures standing in the lobby. Cassandra and Ayden.
Instantly, Ian ran over to Cassandra only to be blocked by Ayden’s bodyguards.
“Cassie!!! Where have you been!!! I……I didn’t know what……they tricked me!!!! Please!!! You have to believe me!!!”
Cassandra looked at Ian as if he were the most pathetic man on the planet.
“Ian stop it. No one tricked you. You cheated on your own. You lied on your own. You hurt me all on your own. No one forced you to do these things.”
Ian’s face went ashen! How could she say that! She heard what Eric said! He was just as much a victim as she was! Suddenly, Ian became furious!
“Cassandra! You signed an NDA!!! How could you expose me!!! I could sue you!! Please….let’s go home and talk about this okay! You weren’t supposed-”
“Sue me for what Ian? My NDA said ‘I’ wasn’t allowed to go to news outlets, press charges, go to social media, or sue. I did none of those things.”
Ian looked at Cassandra as if she had ten heads!
“WHAT!!! You literally aired everything out at my wed-”
“I didn’t air anything out….Eric did. He was the one that exposed you all and he was the one that gave that USB to the media director.”
Suddenly, Eric became irate as he tried to charge at Cassandra and Ayden.
“You fucking bitch!!! You tricked me!!! Mr. Keller!!! I swear! I never wanted them to air anything about you out to the public!!! I only wanted-”
SMACK!!!
Ian backhanded Eric so hard blood began to drip from his bottom lip. As his security team came into the hotel, Ian instructed them to grab Eric. Struggling as he tried to run, Eric began to plead as the bodyguards gripped him up.
“M-Mr. Keller! Please!! You have to believe me!! She tricked me into talking! She told me that-”
SMACK!
Ian hurled another backhanded slap to Eric’s face; his cheek instantly swelling. Ian gripped Eric’s chin, blood and fury in his eyes.
“Did she also tell you to use your whore sister to slither into my bed? Did she tell you betray ME over and over again!!!”
Ian’s voice suddenly became low and eerily calm.
“Did you think I was creative when I thought of the three ropes? That’s good…..I can be much more creative than that.”
Eric’s eyes widened with horror as his legs began to feel like jelly. As he was carried away, Eric stopped moving for a moment, fury and confusion in his eyes as he stared at Cassandra.
“Why…..why did you do this me?”
Cassandra walked up to Eric….her face stern as she slapped Eric hard across his other cheek.
“You didn’t think you could hurt my parents and just get away with it…..did you Eric?”
Eric’s lips trembled as the bodyguards dragged him away, his face completely drained of all its blood. Ian slowly turned back towards Cassandra. His face filled with a mixture of emotions from guilt to confusion, to possible hatred. He couldn’t understand why she chose to expose them all like this.
“Cassie….I understand you wanted to expose Eric and Dara, but did you have to-”
“Are you serious right now? You think I did all of this because of Eric and Dara.”
Cassandra’s eyes grew dark and her voice though it wasn’t loud, it was heavy and filled with malice.
“Ian….exactly how narcissistic are you to think that all of this was because of them. You are NOT a fucking victim!”
Ian’s eyes widened from shock as Cassandra continued.
“YOU were the one that initiated ALL of this! This is on you! The end of our marriage is on you! And the demise of you and your family is on YOU I mean come the fuck on! You were willing to stand in front of hundreds of people and LIE! THinking you had me because of some NDA and yet you stand here offended!!”
Cassandra turned and walked away feeling as if an entire mountain had been lifted from her heart, mind, and soul. FINALLY…..it was all over! Ayden walked over to Ian; his face filled with smugness and triumph. Ian sneered.
“Don’t look so smug Crawford…..you only got her because she’s mad at me right now! Don’t think for one sec-”
PUNCH!!
Ayden landed a right hook straight into Ian's face. Leaning down his voice was low and sinister.
“She was never yours. And you know it. Cassandra….her heart…..it’s always been with me. (Chuckles), and the best part….you’ll never know the TRUE reason why she’s so repulsed by you.”
Ian’s eyes widened with confusion. What exactly did that mean? Yelling out, he demanded an answer from Ayden.
“What do you mean by that!!! What true reason!!! TELL ME!!”
But Ayden simply smiled and walk away. Suddenly, he paused in his tracks giving Ian a false sense of hope that he would answer his question, instead, the words that followed only darkened Ian’s heart more.
“Oh….you should….Cassandra may not be able to sue you for defamation….but I can. So thanks for mentioning my name in your little speech. You’ll be hearing from lawyers.”
With that, Ayden walked away leaving Ian mumbling to himself. He couldn’t accept the fact that Cassandra no longer loved him as he convinced himself he was the true victim of Eric and Dara’s schemes.
“She just doesn’t realize it yet! They are the reason our relationship ended!! It was them!! Not me! I’m the victim!!!......I just need to make them pay…..and then she’ll see.”
Ian stalked out of the hotel with many of the guests looking at him as many recorded not only the reception but the altercations in the lobby.
As Ian drove to the warehouse, his mind was on one thing and one thing only….destroying Eric and Dara! Suddenly, an idea popped into Ian’s head. Pulling out his cell, he immediately called his head bodyguard.
“Boss.”
“Change of plans. Take Snyder to the cabin at Deer Park.”
“Roger that sir. Anything else?”
………
“As a matter of fact….Eric has been dying to reenact the three ropes.”
………
“Understood sir.”
CLICK.
Ian headed to the cabin in deer park….this would be his gift to Cassandra. Once she saw how much he loved her and how sorry he was for hurting her….she would have to forgive him then!
After the bodyguard hung up with Ian, he looked over at Eric with a slightly empathetic expression. As he walked towards him, Eric began to panic. Ripping the tape off his mouth, Eric let out a light yelp.
“W-What’s going on! What are you doing! Has Mr. Keller changed his mind?”
“Yeah he did….but not in the way you were hoping for.”
Eric’s brows furrowed. What the hell did that mean! His voice slightly trembling.
“W-What do you mean by that?”
As the guard untied him from the chair, he shook his head.
“I’m not sure what you did….but the boss wants us to take you to Deer Park.”
Eric instantly began to panic! He knew exactly what that meant! In a frantic state, he began to squirm as he tried to break free.
“No please!!!! Please!!!! Tell Mr. Keller I’m sorry!!!! PLEASE!!!”
The henchmen began to hold Eric down as his meltdown continue!
“Stop fighting Snyder!!!”
“Yeah whatever you did the boss doesn’t want to hear you’re sorry!”
But Eric wouldn’t listen! He kept squirming and fighting to break free. Finally, one of the henchmen grew tired of fighting him and landed a full forced punch square in his face knocking Eric out. As the other henchmen laughed, they picked Eric up to carry him to the van.
“Damn Lee….did you hit him hard enough hahahah!”
The henchmen all laughed as they placed Eric in the van and headed towards Deer Park.