LOVE & REVENGE - CHAPTER 22

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“Jayden Moore, sounds familiar” Alex muttered and Kylan dragged Olivia to take a seat.

“How did you know him? Where can we find him? Kylan asked

“He is my friend” Olivia answered

“Friend? The three guys asked at the same time and Olivia looked at them with a surprised face.

“Am I not allowed to have a friend? Olivia asked

“Not that but be careful with friends” Donald said and turned back to his laptop.

“So this friend, how long have you know him? Alex asked

“For sometime now. He is a transfer student” Olivia replied with her head down

“How can we meet this friend of yours? Alex asked but Olivia looked unsure of the answer to give

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Fiona stirred in her sleep and opened her eyes to find herself in a strange room.

“Where is this? Have I been kidnapped? She muttered and fearfully ran to the door. She opened the door and found herself in Alex office.

She did her calculations and remembered coming to visit Alex in his office and then he went to meeting leaving her in the office.

“So he actually left me here” she said and started crying. She went back to the room and checked her phone. Her battery is almost dead with 23 missed calls from Hailey.

“What! Its almost 9pm” She screamed and Hailey’s call came in again. She picked up the call and just then she saw a spider crawling up to the table. She screamed and before Hailey could say anything, her phone went off.

Luckily for her, the rays of light from outside were filtering into the room and she used the opportunity to locate the switch.

She switched on the light and just then she felt hungry. She started looking around without knowing what to do. She would just wait for Alex to come to work tomorrow morning.

Few minutes later, she walked to the fridge and opened it. She thanked her stars that there were things in the fridge. She have to eat first. She don’t mind if Alex would go crazy the next morning. She just had to eat before she die of hunger.

She took the plate of ice cream and started eating fast as if she have been starving for the past ten days.

After eating the ice cream, she moved on to the chocolate cake.

She continued eating until the fridge was almost empty.

Funny enough, she didn’t finish the ones she touched.

After eating to her fill, she went to the bathroom to freshen up. She picked one of Alex’s shirt and threw it on. The shirt barely fit on her but she didn’t mind.

After checking herself out, she went back to sleep. Anything that wants to happen can start tomorrow morning but right now, she needs to sleep.

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Alex’s phone rang for the fifth time and Olivia looked at him without saying a thing.

“Pick up this call, its disturbing my peace” Kylan said

“There is no peace for the wicked” Donald said laughing and Kylan threw a pillow at him.

The call ended and came again and Alex decided to pick.

He looked shocked after picking up the call that everyone in the room felt his fear.

“What is it? Donald was the first person to ask

“Fiona is missing” He said and sat back down

“”What!!! The two guys screamed at the same time.

“Who is Fiona? Olivia asked and the three guys looked at her without responding.

“What happened to miss Fiona? Gemini appeared on the step.

“Nothing Gem. Go back to sleep” Alex urged and Gemini stood still without moving.

“I heard you scream so definitely something happened and its not a good thing. Dad, tell me what happened to her” Gemini insisted and Alex sighed

“She is missing” He said and Gemini felt his tears thr_@tening to fall but he kept it in because boys don’t cry.

“Talk to me when you find her” Gemini said and ran back upstairs with Olivia running after him.

Alex sat down feeling angry with himself. He failed to protect her once and he failed again.

He was still trying to solve the puzzle between them and now she goes missing. Where is he going to start from?

“Lucas, i’m going to ki|| you myself if you are behind this” Alex muttered

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The ringing of the phone woke up a sleeping Robert. He picked the phone and wanted to end the call but changed his mind when he saw the caller.

📞 Why are you calling at this time? What is it?” He asked

📞 Fiona is missing” the other person replied and Robert sprayed up. The sleep cleared from his eyes immediately

📞 What? When?” he asked

📞 I don’t know how it happened sir”

📞 Keep me updated” Robert said and hung up the call before the other person could reply
He dialled Lucas’ number and he picked on the third ring.

📞 Dad, why are you calling me by this time? What is it?” Lucas grumbled on the phone

📞 Are you with Fiona?” he asked

📞 No. Why? Is she missing?” Lucas asked

📞 Yes but tell no one about it for now until we find her” Robert said and hung up.

‘This is getting interesting. I hope to get to Fiona before Alex does. I need to get Sandra to track her for me. Alex i’m ahead of you in this’ Robert muttered and picked up his phone to call Sandra.

After speaking to Sandra for sometime, he hung up and went back to sleep smiling triumphantly.

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Derek was enjoying his beauty sleep when a call woke him up and he didn’t hesitate to swipe reject.

The call came again and he picked up yelling into the receiver. He calmed down a bit when the person spoke.

📞What did you say? He asked

📞 Fiona is missing” the other person replied

📞 What has that got to do with anything. I think I need to congratulate whoever did that” Derek said with a smug smile.

📞 What i’m saying is that, with Fiona missing, Alex will be distracted. So you can use this opportunity to do what you want to do. This is a perfect timing” the other person said

📞 I never knew you were this sensible” Derek said

📞 So when am I going to meet my brother? The other person asked and hung up without replying

▫NEXT DAY▫

Alex prepared for work in the dullest manner. He went to Gemini’s room to check up on him but found out he was in the bathroom. He went down to the dining and Mira came to serve him breakfast.

“Good morning sir” she greeted with a flirty smile but Alex didn’t respond to her greetings.

She came close to Alex to dish his food making sure that her exposed cleavage were in his face.

At that moment Gemini came downstairs and sat far away from his father after muttering an inaudible greeting to him.

“Are you here to work or to flirt with my dad? Have you taken a look at yourself in the mirror? You look like what I drew with my left hand. You are not much father’s type so focus on your job and stop trying to get my father’s attention. He will never see you. And next time dress properly before appearing in front of me. You will scare my cat away with this dressing one day. Thanks to your horrible dressing, I lost my appetite” Gemini said at once and stood up.

Mira was already shaking out of embarrassment and she mistakenly spilled water on Alex.

“Get lost” Alex said coldly when she wanted to wipe it and she scurried away like a rabbit.
Gemini was almost at the door when Alex called him and he stopped without turning.

“I’ll take you to school” Alex offered and Gemini scoffed

“I’m not interested. I have a driver” Gemini said and left.

‘His attitude’ Alex muttered and turned to see Cora standing on the stairs. He ignored her and walked upstairs to change.

▫FEW MOMENTS LATER▫

Alex arrived at his office late than usual and was greeted by the workers and he snubbed them as usual.

“tch, so rude. What’s the big deal in responding to the greetings from other people? A lady said. She was probably new to the office.

Alex stopped immediately she made that statement. He started walking to her and the lady remained unmoved till he got to her.

“What did you say? He questioned

“I said you are rude and arrogant” the lady replied fearlessly and Alex let out a smile which didn’t reach his eyes.

He turned and saw Nathan coming towards them.

“I want her gone from this premises in the next two minutes” Alex said and Nathan nodded looking at the lady with pity.

The lady palmed her mouth and immediately went on her knees holding Alex’s legs and Alex glared at her.

“Touch me again and I will cut off that hand” he said and walked away while the other workers started mumbling among themselves.

Alex walked into the his office and sat down going through some files on his table. He started hearing some soft snores coming from the inner room and be went to check.

He opened the door to behold a figure sleeping peacefully on his bed. He squinted his eyes and went closer to find out it was Fiona.

His mind suddenly went back to yesterday, when she came to see him. So she didn’t leave afterall. And what is she doing in his shirt? He felt this urge to lie beside her and cuddle her but he fought so hard to control it.

“Hey! What do you think you are doing? He yelled and Fiona woke up with a start.

“Alex, you scared me” she said rubbing her eyes

“What are you doing here? He asked again coldly

“I slept off here and you locked me in so there was no way I could go home yesterday. I had to spend the night here” Fiona said getting down from the bed and Alex looked away.

Seeing her In his shirt is doing things to him.

Immediately his eyes went to the floor and he saw the mess Fiona made with the things he kept in his fridge.

His eyes nearly popped out of its sockets when he opened it to find it almost empty.

“What happened to my stuffs in here? He asked and Fiona’s eyes glistened with tears.

“I was hungry. I only ate a few things. Why are you acting as if I finished everything? Fiona said sniffing and Alex ruffled his hair in frustration.

“You have five minutes to get dressed and leave my office” Alex said and walked back to his office leaving Fiona standing.

▫ 4 PM▫

Few meters away from Gemini’s school, a car parked there as if they were waiting for someone.

As soon as Gemini’s driver stopped, he skipped happily to car and was about opening it when a gunshot was heard and blood splashed.

Immediately trigger was pulled, someone on face cap palmed her mouth to stifle her cries.

“I’m sorry Gemini” She started running away and her cap fell revealing…

TBC