BELLA.
"Is everything alright, my wife? You suddenly started running!" Caspar comes running behind me and holds my shoulders before I can stumble over the stairs. "What's the matter? Why are you trembling like this?"
"N-Nothing," I lied, hiding my scared eyes from him. I know Caspar already knows about my all exes, still I don't know why I'm feeling embarrassed and ashamed to tell him about this fucking bastard Theodore Roosevelt!
Why was I struggling to not tell him that this crazy psychopath is finding ways to remind me of his existence? I'm also aware that Caspar will eventually find out about the emails from Theodore to me since his DarZ group's intelligence team is observing my contact details.
"Is everything alright, Bella? Why did you run in the middle of our chat?" My brother too arrived and started worrying about me.
I couldn't say anything. The thought snapped inside my head, maybe I was embarrassed to talk about my relationship with Theodore. Because he was my brother in some way, maybe not blood related but the Roosevelt family has ancestors of the Dior family.
I was scared of bringing this again to my brother and Caspar when everything was going well. I didn't want to ruin their happiness, Theodore would not do anything beyond threatening me and sending creepy emails or messages. As much as I feel disgusted, I'm sure he feels the same otherwise he wouldn't cheat on me with another woman.
Brushing off his thoughts from my mind, I held Caspar's hand and smiled. "Thank you for worrying about me, I was just overwhelmed when I heard someone's lover prepared such a grand surprise for his woman. It's truly marvelous."
Of course I was lying since I could never compliment Theodore's crazy display of love. He always does extra. He did the same to get me back after cheating on me. Who does he think he is, trying acts of a child when we are freaking adults? Immature brat!
"Do you like this kind of surprise?" Caspar and Olivier questioned together.
And I brushed off my hair strands at the back of my ear and shyly replied, "Yes. I mean why would anyone hate it ."
Since I don't want to draw doubts, I lied again and I don't mind if they believe it. I would like it if such surprises were from my brother and even love it if Caspar tried it. I mean I'll fall in love with him again.
They both nodded their heads and whispered to each other, when I tried to listen, they just stopped talking.
"That's not fair."
"Oh it's fair," they laughed and I manifested that our smiles never turned into sadness.
"Now shall we leave?" Olivier stretched his right arm towards me, prompting me to hold on.
But I was already holding onto Caspar's arm, shaking my head in thought I grabbed brother's arm too. We arrived downstairs together and walked out of the premises through the other entrance door. Purposely, I didn't want to see that bastard's surprise gift!
Everything went well, our private jet landed at the international airport of Saint Petersburg and soldiers of DarZ and Hawkins arrived for security. Vincent carried Karina with him and greeted me. She was very happy to welcome us and I kissed her cute cheeks.
Finally I thought this was a happy ending until I heard the sounds of guns firing suddenly in the airport.
"W-What is happening?" I got startled and ordered Vincent to duck in.
Caspar and Olivier took out their guns and fired at the attackers, there were hundreds of them and managed to kill some of our soldiers.
"Madam, we need to leave. Boss and your husband will handle them," Vincent said as he hid Karina underneath his long coat.
I looked at Caspar and shouted, " Leave. Hurry up, return to the mansion. I'll be back shortly."
I clenched my jaws, I couldn't help but run towards him and hugged him midst of gun firing. Caspar quickly hides behind the thick pillar and kisses my forehead. "Why are you worried about me? I'll not die not yet, I promise you."
"I-I will stay with you," I insisted and pulled out my gun and fired at the approaching men. "I refuse to leave you alone."
"Don't be foolish, Bella. You have to take care of Karina, our daughter. Go back to her."
And I looked at Vincent holding my daughter, I was torn between wife and mother's responsibilities. Suddenly I heard my brother's voice and saw him getting shot in his left arm. Panicking, I rushed towards him while shooting the attackers in between.
"You are stubborn, Bella," Caspar cursed and followed me.
I turned back and fired at the last attacker and slid underneath the plane where Olivier was. His left arm was soaked in blood, I waited no second and tore off my gown's skirt.
"Brother, are you alright?" I asked while bandaging his bleeding arm. "Let me take you to the hospital."
"You worry too much. I'm completely fine," Olivier laughed even in a situation like this. "You listen to your husband's words and return with Vincent. You have to be with Karina."
"Yes, I'll go. But please take care of yourself."
The soldiers took control of the situation and those attackers were soon lying dead on the floor, covered in blood. However my eyes roamed around the terrace of the arena, I could spot hundreds of snipers, aiming for their targets.
And they were targeting Olivier, Caspar, Vincent and my daughter? I was mortified for a second, calculating who could plan such a clever ambush of us?
And that very moment I received an email notification from Theodore. I opened it and it read, 'You made me upset by not seeing my surprise for you. So I gave you another surprise, this time you had to see it.'
My blood boiled and my hands trembled in rage, I was controlling myself enough as I replied rashly, 'Stop this, right now. Crazy bastard!'
'Why should I? I'll kill everyone and you'll eventually come back to me!'
His reply enraged me and I saw the destruction of my family in front of my eyes. Even if cops arrive at the scene, they won't be able to stop the snipers, who have their aim fixed. Just one order from Theodore and they will take the headshots of their targets!
I know this because I'm a sniper myself, a very good sniper can never miss his or her target. Unwillingly I typed, 'What do you want from me?'
'You know what I want! Come to me at this address, right now.'
And I saw the address below the email text. It was a hotel near the airport, unbelievable. I hurriedly replied, 'Yes, I'll come. Now ask your men to stop everything.'
'Alright.'
Firing stopped and the snipers who were previously aiming at us left. I ran to my brother, he was losing consciousness because the bullets fired at his arm were poisonous.
"Bella, you go back with our daughter. I'll take my brother-in-law to the hospital," saying that Caspar tossed Olivier's body over his back and hurried outside.
"Madam, please come with us," Vincent called me and I followed him.
Turning back in intervals to see Caspar and my brother leaving. The remaining soldiers followed them while some stayed back to protect me and my daughter.
The cops arrived when everything was over to just clean the airport and remove the dead bodies. Very irresponsible behavior!
' I hope you haven't forgotten your promise,' I received another email from him. 'Because I can still have your daughter killed. I'm sure you don't want her to die so young!'
My heart almost stopped for a second when I read his ruthless words. How could he even say such a dreadful thing? Folding my lower lip in my mouth, I terribly typed, 'Don't even think of doing that. I'll destroy you, Theodore, if you hurt my daughter.'
He didn't reply to anything after that one and I asked Vincent to leave first. I asked the driver to stop the car near the airport and rushed inside the hotel building. Surprisingly the manager of the hotel greeted me as soon as I stepped inside the hotel and showed me the way to Theodore's VIP suite.
I assumed maybe this hotel was owned by Theodore, I never thought he would have properties in Russia when he was from Italy. I didn't even realize when the manager stopped in front of the VIP suite and turned towards me.
"Madam, this is the card," the manager said as he forwarded a black card for swiping on the room's door. "Boss is waiting for you inside. Please waste no time and meet him."
I couldn't even bring myself to smile after hearing the man's words. Snatching the card from his hand, I swiped on the door's lock and walked inside.
"Ouch," as I walked inside, a powerful grip of a man pulled me in and slammed me against the wall with my face facing the wall. Twisting my hands at my back and wrapping his other hand around my waist, he whispered near me.
"I was fucking waiting for you," Theodore's creepy raspy voice feathered over my ears and back. "And you showed up so late that I was fucking losing my patience."
"Shut up, Theodore," I scolded him. " I'm a married woman and a mother of a child. How could you still dream of making me your wife? Do you even have a brain to understand the ethics and values of life?"
"Oops, I don't have one," he chuckled, making fun of me. "But I'm willing to learn. Do you want to teach me while we do some fucking?"