Masked Man Unveiled

Wordlessly, Kristen turned and headed out. Annie thought of following her and when Kristen realized that Annie was following her, she gestured for her to stop with her hand. She has no idea what Lucian had planned to do so she can't endanger Annie's life. Kristen thought that after all of these and she survived, she would then reward Annabel for being her backbone. Both have been through thick and thin. She was full of exhaustion yet she was intending to drive herself to that God damned address. If in her terrible condition she can drive from place to this place? What is a thirty-minute journey she can't do? The address was the popular hotel in town, what a joke! If indeed she is getting married to Lucian, wasn't it supposed to be inside a church or something? A wedding inside a hotel, Kristen hadn't seen it all yet.

The servants she saw gave her a kind look and with their deepest hearts, they wished she could pull through.

But wait? Wasn't Kristen supposed to report this to the police? She had thought about it but as she had thought earlier, she really didn't know the kind of beast Lucian is. He might end her mother's life if he gets to hear that she involved the police. She is going to marry him willingly and anything that happens after that she will know how to deal with it, first, her mother's life.

Kristen moved her car quickly but not at an entirely high speed. The earlier she gets to the hotel the better for her.

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Lucian smiled and turned to face Mrs. King who was tied to a bed. The hotel room was dim except for a night lamp which cast enough light for Lucian to see the woman's face clearly.

Her hair is messy and her eye bags were more prominent, she looked exhausted. He felt sorry for her but he needed to do this to get Kristen. Did Kristen think she can abort his plans for him without knowing? Who gave her the audacity to say no to his proposal? For a moment he had thought he would change and be a better man but after how she treated him this morning, this was the only option to get her married to him. Kristen Chase can hate him after this and he wouldn't give a damn about how she will feel about him from now on. The goal is to get married to her and execute his plans wordlessly and before she realizes it, she would be six feet gone. Of course, she has to die to get what he wants and he would kill her without thinking about it because his confession of love to her was all a sham. He never loved her for one day, he only wants what's in her name, like Stephen king. He smirked thinking about how Stephen king will riot in jail. The arrest made of him was planned by someone else and he aided by giving the details evidence of the crimes committed by Stephen to the police so it has been made sure Stephen will be behind bars for a long time. And with his connection when Stephen will be appearing in court, he would make sure Stephen stays in prison for life. That's the least he can do for his father-in-law, his father's best friend, Peter Chase, not that he cares anyway. He just likes dealing with people who challenge him. And for the man who made an arrest on Stephen, Lucian made himself a promise to find out who he is after he might have gotten married to Kristen.

There were two more people in the room, one of Lucian's men and a priest who sat at the far end of the room in fear. He dared not make a sound or he would be dead.

Maria's sobbing jolted Lucian back to her.

"Sorry mom but you will have to stay like this until your daughter and I are Wedded," Lucian said with his voice laced with fake sadness. Mrs. King couldn't believe what she was hearing. So this is Lucian's true nature. Kristen was right about him.

Was she so blind to see the kind of man Lucian was, all she cared about was Kristen getting married to protect the Chase Empire and she never thought for one day to know the man her daughter will be spending the rest of her life with. She failed as a mother before, she is doing it again.

"Why are you doing all of these, Lucian?"

Lucian chuckled, "to marry Kristen, of course. What else could be my reason?"

Maria knew he had a motive and she could sense it had to do with Peter's will. She had to properly take a good look at it the last two weeks before Kristen's accident and was surprised to see how wealthy her dead husband was. When Chase died, she didn't bother knowing more about his wealth because she thought it wasn't necessary. What he left for her was enough so finding out what was in Kristen's name wasn't much of importance and when she finally did, her daughter was an unknown billionaire heiress and for that reason, it could be why Lucian is so obsessed with getting married to Kristen.

It really dawned on her that Lucian might not be the guy Kristen had talked about. He could be someone who learned secretly about Kristen's wealth and decided to use Kristen's loss of memories to his advantage. She knows Daniel Lous but how much does she know the son? Or can father and son be in collaboration?

Maria sighed and hoped for a miracle that would save her daughter from this beast of a man.

A knock sounded and from what Lucian could see from the door hole, it was one of his men outside the door. His only man in the room rushed to the door on his boss's order and the moment he opened the door, he dropped to the floor, groaning in pain to the surprise of everyone in the room. He had been shot.

Lucian looked up to see who would dare him this way and before he could realize it, his second man was down on the floor groaning too.

It was no one else but the man in the cloak and a mask. Lucian stared hard at him, he had seen this man on several occasions but it never bothered him to check who he was and why he seemed to be everywhere.

"Who the hell are you and why are you gunning down my men?"

"Before I can answer your question, untie the woman."

The man ordered and Lucian reluctantly did.

"Now, that's what I am talking about, absolute power. Good boy," He smirked and moved slowly towards Lucian, pointing his gun at him, "now on your knees."

Lucian went down on his knees and as the man turned his back on him, he pulled out a gun but before he could even aim it, his hand was shot, making him drop the gun.

"You never learn, Lucian. Did you think you could end me? Nah, that's not possible." The man gave a cold chuckle and faced him fully, "your games are over." He bent over Lucian and caressed his jawline before picking up Lucian's gun.

Maria watched the man curiously and when she couldn't bear it, she stood up, "who are you?"

"I thought you would never ask," the man replied and slowly removed his mask.

Maria gasped, "Peter!"