Chapter 5 - HOT AND COLD

𝙇𝙞𝙖𝙢'𝙨 𝙋𝙊𝙑:

"Whom are you working for? ", I yelled at the traitor.

This idiot ruined my night yesterday. He took drugs as a precaution so that even if he gets caught, he can withstand all the torture.

This guy was working right under my nose and I wasn't even aware that he was a spy. I'm still trying to connect all the dots but it doesn't make any sense. Just when I think that I can trust the people around me, something happens like this and somehow a spy enters my circle.

Well, it's not easy being a 𝗗𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱. Always somehow I end up creating loose ends and it's hard covering it all. Only if this spy spills out about the whereabouts of his leader, I would get to know who is targeting my territory this time.

It took five hours for the drug's effect to drain out.

After that, I tried all the ways of torture to make him spill out information, but he still endures it.

Damn, how can someone have this much resistance? It reminds me of Hannah. She has such a resistance. People out there would kill themselves if they have given an opportunity like her.

She refused to take the job or the money I offered her. Well, she was attracted to me and just wanted to have sex with me. She didn't need anything else. I admire her morality. I usually don't get to see girls like this who are ethical with dignity.

I started to feel guilty for dragging her in my mess.

I never felt guilty for anything in my life before. I have shot and killed many people in my life. Strange!

Maybe it's because she is immature like a child. She is 23 years old but acts immature for her age. But she is just what I need now. She will be a bridge for my target. I'm only dragging Hannah in this mess to avenge my brother's death.

My blood started to boil as I thought about it. My elder brother Chris was murdered by a female assassin. He met her in a bar. He thought her to be a normal girl and took her to a luxury motel.

She killed him when he was unarmed and completely naked. The tragedy didn't end there. My Uncle Erickson died mysteriously in a plane crash the same night.

I lost both of them in a single day. The worst thing is, it's been six months and I still didn't find out who is hiring these assassins. I almost gave up completely.

But two weeks ago I received a crucial message from an unknown source. That gave me a newfound hope. The message gave me a clue about how I could find my rival who hired these assassins.

The message said that Reynolds Patterson has answers to my questions. He runs the biggest network of illegal high tech arms trafficking in Alaska. He must have supplied weapons to these assassins.

I tried to contact him, but he is not someone you find on Facebook. He was exposed several years ago and he is currently in an unknown place which no one could track. To this date, somehow he manages to run his business flawlessly.

But the message also said that Hannah is the daughter of Reynolds Patterson. I'm still trying to figure out how she could be his daughter. Because she grew up in Oregon and her last name is Miller.

Maybe Millers adopted her. But why would Patterson just abandon his daughter and give her up to some middle-class family in Oregon?

That doesn't even make sense. I'm very angry with the bastard who sent me that incomplete message. He did help me but it's not completely helpful. I'm even more confused than before. Or maybe he is just messing with my mind.

But I decided to take a chance and find out more about it. I monitored Hannah for the last two weeks and I got nothing. I made Cece introduce Hannah to me.

I just lied to her that I want to get married to a sweet and innocent girl like Hannah and she just bought it. That's very crazy. She thinks that I'm some kind of desperate guy wanting to get married and have children.

But I just let it go. It's safer that way. I don't want her knowing the truth. Only Ricky and a few of my investigators know about this. Because anyone could be a traitor among me and if I just tell them this, my rival will get alert. I can't lose this battle. I want to avenge my brother and uncle's death at any cost.

But so far I have got nothing from Hannah. She seems to be a normal girl. Two days ago I found that she has a brother who was involved in street gangs when he was a teenager. And my investigators are trying to find out his whereabouts. Because it seems like Hannah doesn't get along well with her brother.

I sat down on the chair feeling extremely confused. This is a difficult phase for me and I'm doing it all alone. I am the last living Eaton and I have to face this if I want to protect my family's legacy.

I am going to plan something big. I'm going to set up a stage and plan a fake marriage with Hannah. If that Reynolds Patterson is her father as the message claims to be, then he would do something to save her from me. That's when I made my demands.

" I'm sorry Mr. Eaton. He is giving us nothing. ", Ricky said from behind me. I completely forgot about the traitor in my sea of thoughts.

" It's because they know nothing. They have been informed nothing about their leader. Our attacker is making his move in a safe zone. We need to bring him out of that and provoke him into doing things that he has not planned. "

Ricky came in front of me looking confused. " How are we going to do it? " he asked.

" We will set him a trap which he can't be able to resist. I'm going to set up a fake marriage." I said.

" You are right Mr. Eaton. The marriage of a Drug Lord is a big deal in the underworld. He will try to do something at the wedding. But who is going to act as the bride? Is it going to be Roxy?"

I smirked at his question. Is he seriously thinking that I should choose Roxy? No offense to her, she is a terrific young lady, but I will be a laughing stock to everyone if my rivals think that I'm marrying an escort.

" Hannah will act as my bride," I said.

Ricky got shocked as he wasn't expecting this. " That's perfect. The fake wedding will be like sending a message to Reynolds Patterson. If we trap Hannah, then Patterson will come to comprise with us."

" Exactly, Now I'm going to propose to her tomorrow to which she will accept because she won't have any other choice. And I need you to arrange a wedding planner to form me. It must be in an open garden. "

" Okay, Mr. Eaton. I'll look forward to it.", he said and left.

I took out my phone and called Cece. She picked up immediately. " Hello, Mr. Eaton. Did you take care of the emergency? " she asked.

" Yea, and listen. Bring Hannah tomorrow to my beach house. I'm going to propose to her. "

She was silent for a moment and I could feel that she is surprised. " That's fantastic. I'll go and tell her now. "

" No, you won't tell her a thing. You will just bring her there and I'll tell her everything myself. Just bring her and you can tell her that it's a date if you want. "

I hung up the call. It was exhausting to act in front of everyone. But I have no other choice than this.

𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙝'𝙨 𝙋𝙊𝙑:

"What do you mean by this? You don't want to see Liam? You must be crazy because, despite all this, he wants to see you. He is obviously into you. " she screamed at me.

She must be completely out of her mind. Liam doesn't fall in love. He said to me yesterday night that he doesn't like teenage romance.

He believes that romance is for only teenagers. Why would he want to meet me tomorrow?

He is just playing around and I don't want to fall into his trap.

" I don't want a job or anything. Leave me alone. " I said and went to sleep.

Cece is always like this. This is what I hate about her. She is money minded and she won't stop until you listen to her.

But I have already made my decision here. I don't want to associate myself with a complete jerk yet adorable guy.

Yesterday it was so close. I was about to have sex with him. I thanked God that he got a call.

But it was strange that his lights turned red. He was acting strange and Cece didn't give me a convincing answer when I asked her.

She is a bad liar. She said that Liam's production company had an emergency meeting.

But what kind of emergency makes people gather at midnight?

Everything about this Liam is strange and mysterious. But deep down I felt a void. It was very empty and I don't know what is wrong with me.

I was feeling disappointed. I feel like this because I wasn't able to have sex with him. This is strange. I am commanding my mind to stop thinking about him. But my heart is longing for him secretly.

It is just an attraction and nothing else. I should control myself and never give in to that ruthless Liam.