Cherry slumped into the sofa after reading the letter, she was shaking in fear when suddenly her phone started ringing. She answered the phone with trembling hands,
"Hello", she said in a cracked voice.
"Hello, kitten, I hope you liked the dress I sent you.", he said dramatically.
"What do you want? Why are you doing this to me? Please I beg you, leave me alone", she said in between her sobbings.
He laughed loudly and said sarcastically, "What happened to the brave girl, who was telling me that she will do whatever she wants to do?"
"I'm sorry, Please leave me alone.", she pleaded.
"Kitten, get ready to marry me, wear this dress for our wedding, I have prepared a lot of gifts for our wedding, you don't know how long I have waited for this day? You gonna be mine kitten, no matter you like it or not, you are destined to me and I will make sure that you will always remain by my side", He said maliciously and hung the call.
Cherry started getting a panic attack when Charles entered the house. He frightened by seeing the condition of the Cherry, he ran toward her and hold her in his arm.
"Hey Cherry, don't close your eyes, I'm here, please be with me.", he said while shaking her.
Cherry looked towards him and said, "He will never leave me, He will take his revenge." With that, she succumbed.
Charles picked her up in bridal style and took her to her room. He laid her down on the bed and tucked her properly. He took out his phone and called Chris.
Hello Chris, come to Cherry's house as soon as possible and hung the call.
He went downstairs and saw the letter and the dress. He read the letter, his face turned into a cold one. He picked her phone which was fallen. He saw a number and dialed it again,
"That was fast", he said sarcastically.
"What the hell do you want Mr. X?", Charles asked angrily.
"I want my kitten", he replied coldly.
"She is not your's, keep this thing in mind", Charles said sternly.
"She is, my dear friend.", he said angrily.
"Leave her alone Mr. X, she has been through a lot in past, I don't want her to suffer again.", he said while gritting his teeth.
"Why are you so concerned about her and I don't need your permission, She is mine and I'll make her mine at any cost, you can't stop me. What do you think, that two bodyguards of yours can protect her, no my friend, I'll take her when the time will be right. You just wait and we will meet again." he said firmly and hung the call.
Charles screamed in anger and slumped into the sofa. Chris entered the house, Charles was smoking and drinking, his face was gloomy. Chris walked towards him and sat in front of him.
Chirs asked calmly, "What happened?"
"Cherry had an anxiety attack and she collapsed.", Charles replied coldly.
"What? Is she fine? ", Chris asked worriedly.
"She is sleeping upstairs. I want to talk to you.", Charles said while looking into his eyes.
"About what?", Chris asked in confusion.
"Mr. X is stalking her", Charles replied coldly.
"I know that because of that I allowed you to stay near her", Chris responded calmly.
"What you gonna do about it? As he threatened her that he will marry her and take her with him?", Charles asked curiously.
"I'm going to marry her in three days. We can't delay it any further." Chris replied while folding his legs, taking out a cigarette, and lit it.
Charles signed and closed his eyes. They both sit there the whole night, thinking what they have to do next to keep Cherry safe.
Cherry got up in the morning with a huge headache. She got up from the bed and went towards the kitchen. As she reached into the living room, she got surprised to see Chris sitting on the sofa.
Hey Princess, How are you feeling? , Chris asked and got up from the sofa and went towards her.
"I'm fine Chris When you came?", Cherry asked while rubbing her temples.
Charles entered the living room with a cup of coffee and passed it to Cherry.
"Thanks, Charles what are you doing here?", Cherry asked while sipping her coffee.
We both came yesterday night, Charles replied and when I entered the house you were unconscious. Then, I called Chris.
Chris sat beside and hold her hand, What happened princess, why are you having these anxiety attacks again.
Cherry didn't want to tell them the reason behind her anxiety attack so she came up with an excuse, "My mother's health is deteriorating day by day, I was feeling helpless and there is a constant fear in my mind that I'm gonna lose my mother that's causing these anxiety attacks."
Chris looked towards Charles, Charles cleared his throat for getting Cherry's attention, Cherry looked towards him then Charles started to speak, Cherry, I think you should get married to Chris in three days as it is becoming very difficult for me to keep an eye on every activity of Mr. X.'
Cherry's hands started to sweat by listening to his name, she looked at Chris, Chris nodded his head in confirmation. I've done all preparation, we are getting married in two days and you will not come to the office for few days, he stated firmly. Cherry kept quiet as she knew very well that there is no point in arguing with these two people because she can't win against these two people. She pulled her hand out of Chris's hands and went to the kitchen to make breakfast for them.
But there was someone else who was watching all this on his screen. He Smirked because everything that he had prepared was going to happen according to his choice. He took out his phone and dialed a number.
"Book my return ticket" and he hung up the call. He got up from his chair and went near the window, there was a faint smile on his lips and then he said,
"It's Showtime."