Alex p.o.v
They say protect what you love at every cost, and that is what I was going to do. Lia was the only woman I would do anything for, other than my mom and sister. But even with the comparison, I loved her too much.
She would be on the wrong and I still would choose her, not that she had done anything wrong yet. Today was going to be a beautiful day because I was going to stay home for a while, I would be working from home, and I would get to see miss beautiful in the afternoon because I wanted to compensate for the time I lost while in Mauritius.
I was really going to compensate when she came home. Ryan was still snoring away in his room by midday, you'd think he was a professional sleeper. But being the nice friend I was, I was going to fashionably wake him up, and he wouldn't catch me this time.
Payback for Mauritius, what can I say.
The storage room was packed and dusty, but it was all going to be worth it when I woke Ryan up. The stupid trumpet had to be somewhere around this place. After searching for a few minutes, my phone rang.
At first, I ignored it because nothing would be more important than what I was about to do, but boy I was wrong. After a few more rings, I put my mission on hold, good thing is I already got what i needed.
"Hello! Hello! Please answer the phone Alex please! Fuck!" wow, what a greeting from miss beautiful, I didn't even know her beautiful mouth could curse, I was definitely using that, later.
"hey baby calm down, I'm here now, what's wrong?"
"Alex, I'm scared...they took her..they took my Jenny..they took my only reason for living, they..they took her, Alex they took her! Help me get her back, my Jenny..help me. Please."
"Woah, heyy calm down, where are you? I'm coming to get you, don't move, I'm coming there baby. Hold on for me, can you do that?"
"Okay, help me, hurry, I'm scared...Jenny"
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Third-party pov.
Alex had to change his plans for pranking Ryan because his woman was in a frenzy and he had to go. He went to Ryan and woke him up, the poor guy was still in his pajamas when Alex forced him into the car.
"dude wtf!? A little explanation would be nice for ruining my wet dream about your sister"
But Alex was too occupied in his mind to focus on Ryan. He was wondering who this Jenny was, and why would someone want money from Lia for her. His first thought was that Jia and his men were playing with him and that Lia did not have any relatives, or did she?
Ryan on the other hand was whining and complaining about being woken up and being in his pajamas, he was rumbling about being the hottie in pajamas and who was still sleepy as fuck.
But he stopped when he saw the face of Alex. He was curious, so he asked Alex what was wrong but what Alex said felt like a punch to the gut.
"Lia's Jenny has been kidnapped by Jia's men and they are demanding ransom from her. I didn't even know she had a friend or relative or whoever the fuck that Jenny is to her man."
All that Ryan could think of was that he was fucked. He wondered whether Lia remembered him and was just playing along. He wondered whether it was possible that this was the doing of that conniving woman to get back at him. But it couldn't be or could it be that the real-life monster was back for her dues?
This was not good for Ryan or Lia or even Alex for that matter. This was not supposed to happen, he was sure he had gotten rid of the conniving bitch long ago. He was angry at himself, at the world, at everything around him.
He was angry for ever falling I love with the forbidden, he was angry at being so gullible, he was angry for letting himself be used as a pawn, he was angry at everything and everyone. But all he had to do was pray that this was not what he thought it was. This could not be, not now, not in this time, not when he had just had a rough couple of weeks, not now.
"Fuuucckk!" he subconsciously screamed, which got Alex to halt the car.
"yoh, you doing okay?"
"Yeah man, just wondering why someone could possibly want to harm Miss Beautiful," Ryan responded while internally cursing himself for being so stupid.
"Aight, we almost at the office."
They both went silent again, each with their own thoughts, but what they did share was the worry they both had for Lia, but only one of them was aware of what was going on, the looming possibility of the dangers they were about to face, and the impossible hope that was lurking around.
They were going to face the challenge of a lifetime, something that would determine the fate of the relationships they had, whether they would be ripped apart or brought together by the same. This phone call was the determinant of their future, one they were oblivious to.
When they reached the office, they were met with Lia, a woman who was so disheveled by the unfortunate news of someone she cared about. While she had known that this had been a possibility, the occurrence was too soon and her defenses were on the low, something that was not beneficial for any one of them, but only she knew that.
This web of secrets would be their doom.