Chapter 27
Upstairs Jael was on edge, he had roughed up the sleazy hotel worker the last time he saw him because he tried to demand payment for information on Celine but he didn’t remember giving him anything that required a cast, it could only mean that Mafia King Nolan had been here. They needed to get out of here, *fast*.
He watched Celine immediately search through her stuff, as if she was making sure that nothing was missing, she seemed to be quickly satisfied by what she saw because she started packing up the few effects she had taken out previously.
He was quick to stop her, “Don’t worry about that, I’ll send men to pick up your things.”
Celine frowned, her cellphone in her hand, “But we’re already here. I don’t have a lot of stuff, we can just take it.” She argued, she didn’t mind doing all the moving herself but she didn’t understand why they needed to send more people over.
The sound of squealing tires in front of the hotel made Jael whip out a gun from thin air, her eyes going round at the implication of his previous sentence.
“We need to leave.” He said curtly, taking her arm.
Celine just nodded resolutely, not about to argue further when they could be in potential danger. She said nothing when instead of going through the way they came in, Jael led her deeper into the hotel, going for the fire exit instead of the main entrance. How lucky that she wore comfortable shoes and clothes because she was practically jogging behind Jael because he was much taller than her.
Just as they left the hotel behind, the unmistakable sound of a gunshot came from somewhere within the hotel making her jump in fright. Jael didn’t slow down even once, stopping in front of a random car and breaking in with ease.
Celine could only watch on in silent horror, getting in without question as he hot-wired the car and peeled off. She only relaxed when they were considerably far away from the hotel, leaning against the car seat with a heavy sigh, she didn’t want to imagine what would have happened if she had protested their leaving or hesitated for even a moment or if Jael hadn’t noticed whatever he did that made him predict the attack.
It sure was tough being in the Mafia, she couldn’t imagine having to fear for her life every time she left her house. She wondered who the people coming for them had been, and how exactly they had known when they got to the hotel.
She might have tried asking Jael but the grim look on his face dissuaded her, it looked like whatever it had been was a serious issue. She glanced down at her phone which was the only thing she managed to grab before they had to leave in a hurry, the device was dead which was no surprise.
Celine couldn’t help but worry if she would ever be able to get the rest of her things, Jael had said he would send people to get them but was that even possible anymore? *Wouldn’t that just put them in grave danger?*
She had been expecting them to return to the mansion so she was stunned when Jael pulled into the parking lot of a classy bar instead, a valet instantly showing up to open the door for her.
“Ditch this car,” Jael ordered the valet, right before leading the way inside.
The valet didn’t seem fazed by this cryptic order so Celine could only guess that he was one of Asher’s men and this place belonged to Asher. When they got in, he immediately foisted her onto a waitress with the orders to take her to a private room before he disappeared.
“Please come with me,” The uniformed Beta smiled politely at her.
Celine hesitated for just a split moment before going after her, her thoughts still preoccupied. She wondered where Jael had gone, and if Asher was in the bar.
“Can I get you something to drink?” The waitress asked after taking her down a hallway that led to the private rooms.
Celine was about to take up her offer when she remembered that it was a bar, “Do you serve nonalcoholic drinks?”
“We do,” She smiled her response, “Just soda and mocktails, though. You can look through the menu to make a choice.” She added, gesturing at the menu aesthetically placed on the table.
“Can I have a mojito?”
“Sure! I’ll bring your order in a moment.”
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Jael went right to Asher’s office to give a report in person, he didn’t want to do it over the phone, it was why he had stopped by the bar. He planned to report to the Alpha, switch cars, and then have men go over to the hotel to retrieve the rest of Celine’s things.
The bodyguards positioned in front of Asher’s office opened the door immediately they saw him, nodding respectfully to acknowledge him. Asher didn’t even look up when he came in, a dark look on his face as he attended to the paperwork on his desk.
“You’re back early,” He muttered.
Jael just walked over and took a seat, “We had to leave early, Mafia King Nolan’s men showed up mere minutes after we arrived.”
His words made Asher look up, hazel-gold eyes blazing. “What?”
“Pretty sure the cashier was a mole-”
“Where’s Celine?” His Alpha cut him off, uninterested in the rest of his report.
“She’s in a private room completely unharmed, I’ll have men retrieve the rest of her things.” Jael watched Asher visibly relax at his words, his dominance easing up and he decided to resign himself to it.
It wouldn’t help Alpha Asher if he kept opposing his attachment to the Omega, Mafia King Nolan wasn’t playing fair so it was high time he stopped doing damage control. Now that he had decided to see Celine as someone important to Asher, things were going to change. He previously intended to wait until Mafia King Nolan’s men were gone before going to retrieve Celine’s things but now he fully intended on sending a squad right away.