Chapter 87

"They are not here"

Chester wrinkled his brows as he walked up to him. "What are you doing here, Aldo?"

"What does it look like? I'm here to find Adriana and oh, yeah. I requested for the footage as well"

Chester stared at him suspiciously. He was not buying into Aldo's response. He knew him too well to believe that. "And you expect me to believe that?"

Aldo stepped aside, making way for Chester to pass. "You can find out yourself"

Chester walked past him and walked up to some of the men.

"We've not had any children come on board for a while now" one of the men explained.

He turned to Aldo, wearing a smile. "You did a great job coming ahead of me today but I promise you, this will be your last golden opportunity" he warned.

"Come on, Chester, I was only trying to help out. Have you seen Harlow? She's so broken right now. I'm trying my best to see to it that you at least get married to her tonight just as she requested"

"Don't come in between my family"

"Do you even care about her?! How can you comfortably cancel your wedding without a second thought like it never mattered? Harlow is considerate enough to request for a silent wedding at least"

"Considerate?" He scoffed. "Are you going to ignore the fact that she's desperate?"

"Anyone will! What are you doing, Chester? Harlow has been with you for over 3 years now. People are beginning to talk! She can't even attend any ceremony or gatherings because she will be the talk of the event. Do you know how much this hurts her to see you cancel your wedding at the last hour just to go in search of a child you're not sure about?"

He smiled. "Looks like you know my fiancee more than me. Are you sleeping with this one?"

"What do you mean?"

He walked closer to his father. "You think I did not know you were trying to hit on Olivia while she was alive? I decided to ignore it because your efforts were not so much but it looks like you've successfully won over Harlow this time"

"Chester!" He shouted. "You can say whatever you want about me, I wouldn't mind but how can you not trust your fiancee? You are getting a woman who you think is sleeping with her father-in-law?!"

He walked away, ignoring Aldo. It was not a good time to entertain such discussions from Aldo or give it a thought.

"We should check the airport" Gerald broke out, igniting the car.

"Had some few people look into that. They didn't use the airplane"

Until this moment, his suspect was Olivia but Aldo was giving him a reason to suspect him. The fact that he was going ahead of him annoyed him most.

"Are you going to attend your wedding tonight?"

Chester scoffed.

"Aldo is planning to wed Harlow on your behalf"

"Make him understand that if he does that, he automatically becomes Harlow's husband. I won't have anyone stand in as a husband for me. I'm not handicapped"

"What's your next plan?"

"I'm suspecting Aldo. He might have taken Olivia and Adriana away or...." He paused.

Gerald turned to him while riding the car. "Or what?"

"I suspect he must have joined hands with Olivia"

"Why so?"

"I'm aware of how much Aldo hates Olivia and Adriana. If this was only Olivia's doing, he would do anything to go in search of her and bring her to me because he knows I won't have mercy on her"

"What if they didn't join hands but he's just glad that Adriana is far away from your reach?"

"No, I have this feeling they might have joined hands and that is the reason why he's so protective of her"

"Hmmm, makes sense"

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"Mom, why are we packing up? Are we leaving already?"

"Are we going back to New York City?"

"Has everything been resolved in New York?"

They all quizzed.

"It's President Chester, he's coming after us"

"Why?"

"He canceled the wedding"

"What?!" Aryan exclaimed in shock.

"I'm sure you understand what that means now. In no time, we will be all over the news. Hurry, help me pack"

"How about Aldo? Can he not help out?"

"Aldo is trying his best and that is why we're leaving this Villa. He suspects that Chester might find us here"

"Mom, Chester is more powerful than his father?"

She nodded, throwing their stuff in the box.

"How's that possible? A child is not supposed to be more powerful than his parent" Adriana wondered.

"President Chester is not a child. He's an adult now. He can do whatever he wants" Adrian responded.

"Let's go!" She announced, rolling their box away.

"You can return when things are settled" Ms. Pat explained.

Olivia nodded. "Thank you so much, Pat. I won't forget you" she expressed and entered the car.

After a 15-minute drive, they parked before a bungalow.

"What are we doing here?" Olivia questioned the men in front. "Are we not still in Dradevows? I bet we're not out of the city"

"Dradevows is not like New York, you can't leave the city so easily but Aldo prepared this house for you. It's not his so it'll be hard to suspect you living here. We will be hanging around here, no need to worry"

She nodded, assured by their words, and opened the car.

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Chester and Gerald scurried into the company, down to his office. He walked into his office and stood by his window, lost in thought. For an unknown reason, the view from his window was therapeutic and always calmed him.

While standing by the window, his brain was spinning, his thoughts were having a great time throwing in ideas.

Finally, he turned to Gerald who was standing a few meters behind him.

"Aldo owns properties almost everywhere around the world and some of these properties are houses, villas, and hotels for his hiding place. He must have hidden Olivia in one of those places. I have a list of those places, have some men look into them in the next 12 hours"