Even up until this moment, Selena still couldn't quite understand how she had ended up getting kidnapped the moment she arrived in Nova City.
Speaking of which, she had only gone to use the airport's restroom after landing to solve her physiological needs and after she was done, while washing her hands, she had noticed a suspicious figure covered tightly in black form head-to-toe lurking around from the mirror's reflection.
The figure had made her feel strange since there wasn't that many of normal people who would wrap themselves up that tightly, not unless the person was a celebrity.
Adding to the fact that the figure wasn't exactly doing anything but just stood at the restroom's door and sneakily glanced around, she had came to the conclusion that the figure was indeed a celebrity and should be hiding from fans.
Probably because she had been observing quite carefully, she also came to notice that the figure seemed like a male's but when she thought of how crazy star-chasing fans can be sometimes, she decided to pretend that she hadn't seen anything...
But right at the moment she made that decision, she suddenly saw the 'celebrity' rush towards her aggressively and cover her nose with a handkerchief.
Not to talk of raising alarm, she couldn't even put up a struggle before everything went dark...
And well...
Here she was.
Selena laboriously sat up from the floor and looked around.
'She seemed to be inside what seemed like... an abandoned warehouse?'
So, she had been kidnapped? And most likely by a pervert?, Selena thought calmly to herself though in contrary, her heart pounded furiously against her chest.
When she thought of the fact that she might really have been kidnapped by a pervert, Selena hurriedly checked herself and only breathed a sigh of relief when she found nothing wrong. But soon, she began worrying again because she knew that if she had indeed been captured by a pervert, then she was only temporarily safe for the time being.
Not to talk of the fact that she wasn't sure of the reason why the pervert kidnapped her. Was it for murder or...
'No. I have to think of something', She thought with a hint of panic in her heart, after all, she was still a normal woman in the end and no matter the reason why the pervert had kidnapped her, she could be sure that it definitely wasn't for something good.
It was at moment like this that her thoughts couldn't help but drift to Ryan.
She somehow wished he could descend like a knight and save her from this situation but... Selena smiled bitterly. She hadn't informed anyone that she would be coming back to Nova City today, not even Nina who was her best friend. So it was highly possible that they thought she was still in F Nation with her family at the moment...
So... She couldn't just wait passively in hopes that someone would miraculously save her.
She looked at her bound hands and feet and thought to herself that although, she had learnt some half-baked self-defense skills from Ryan, she had to be able to free herself first to at least give it a try, right?
Because, who knows, maybe her captor might not be skilled as she was...
Thinking of this, Selena forced herself to calm down and glanced around for a sharp object she could use to cut the ropes but unfortunately, her surroundings was just too clean. It was possible that her captor had thought of the fact that she might have that idea and cleaned up the place while she slept.
Selena grew even more desperate at that thought and felt just like meat on the chopping board.
Powerlessness suddenly overwhelmed her and her eyes turned red at the rims while she choked back a sob.
"Ryan... Please come and save me..", She chokingly whimpered under her breath.
"Please... I beg of you.."
Clang!
Selena stiffened on hearing the abrupt sound and raised up her head, revealing red eyes. She saw that the warehouse's metal door was now open and a man's figure walked in.
As the man walked closer to her, she trembled as panic overtook her every being.
'No. No. No. Don't come closer!', Her eyes widened in horror as she screamed in her heart, but obviously, her pleading wasn't heard nor answered as the man soon appeared in front of her.
Sunlight shone through a tiny window in the warehouse and Selena finally saw her captor's face.
He was a strong-built man and has tough features with a scar that began from below his left eye and disappeared down his jawline.
Selena felt her heart sink even further on seeing the man because she could tell that even if she wasn't bound, he wasn't someone she could defeat.
"You are awake." She heard the man say but Selena couldn't even be bothered to listen as she only felt herself drowning in hopelessness.
Her eyes went out of focus as she stared blankly ahead, seeming to have given up putting up a fight. In her heart, she, however couldn't help but think of Ryan, Nina, Little Emma, Dan, Justin, and also her newly-found family.
'If the pervert killed her, they would all definitely be sad, right?', She wondered to herself.
A strong burst of unwillingness suddenly filled her heart when she thought of this!
She still had so much she wanted to do!
So, she definitely didn't want to be murdered or humiliated here!
Regaining her bearings, Selena forcibly calmed herself down and brought the momentum she usually brought as a businesswoman to the negotiation table.
"Who are you? Why have you kidnapped me?", She questioned the man.
The man stared at her for a few seconds and just as Selena thought he wasn't going to say anything.
"I am sorry for any inconveniences caused to you, ma'am but please bear with us until a compromise is reached with our employer", The man bowed and said respectfully.
Staring at the man blankly, Selena's brain which had automatically slowed down the moment the man finished speaking, struggled to digest the information contained in the man's words.
'So, I wasn't kidnapped by a pervert but rather because these people wants some sort of ransom?'
"Who is your employer if I might ask?", Selena asked the man directly.
The man paused for a few seconds but he seemed to decide that it didn't matter if she knew or not and frankly told her the answer she wanted to know.
"The Anderson family."