Drey pulled over infront an hotel.
Arci and Richard's hands remained cuffed together.
"Drey, you may return now," Richard said, taking his suitcase. Arci quickly took hers as well.
He held her and wrapped her clothes around the cuff.
Arci has no choice but to follow him as he opens the car door and walks out.
They entered the hotel together.
They approached the receptionist.
"I'm from California, and I reserved a room here." Richard handed the reservation book and his passport to the receptionist.
It was opened and confirmed by the receptionist.
"And how about this lady?" She inquired, pointing to Arci.
Arci struggled, but he held her tightly in his grip.
"My name is Richard, Commander Drey's nephew. She is my wife. If you don't believe me, you can call to confirm." He lied without even blinking.
Arci gave him a hard stare.
If appearances could kill, he would have died 100 times.
"It isn't necessary. Here is your key; the room is located on the fourth floor." He was given a key by the receptionist.
He took the key.
"Thank you," he said as he slipped the key into his pocket.
"Let's go," he said to Arci.
Arci trailed him.
They entered the elevator and encountered a soldier inside and another standing behind him.
She decided to press the elevator so that the soldier would notice the cuff in her hand and arrest the jerk who was holding her.
She quickly stuck out her hand and pressed the elevator button, exposing the cuff slightly.
Richard snatched her hands back and held her tightly.
The soldier gave them an odd look.
Richard cast a glance at Arci "I told you last night that we shouldn't do those crazy things. You just won't listen, and now that the key is gone, what should we do? This is extremely embarrassing. Don't you agree?" When he saw her agitated expression, Richard smirked.
'Agree about it, your head. 'What strange thing did they do?'
She feels like thrashing this scumbag.
When he heard this, the soldier behind the Marshal was trying hard not to laugh.
"Gentlemen, please forgive us, my wife is a little mischievous," Richard explained.
The elevator door swung open.
The soldiers walked away, leaving them alone.
The elevator door retracted.
Richard gave her a cold stare.
"Would you like to die?"
"I didn't do it intentionally. I pressed the button without realizing it "She stood up for herself.
The elevator door reopened.
They made it to their destination.
He took her hand in his and walked out of the elevator.
He came to a halt in front of a door.
He took the hotel room door from his pocket and pushed it open.
"Get in" he dragged her in.
And closed the door with a bang.
Richard held her shoulder. She started struggling.
"Let go of me"
He threw her on top of the bed and lay on top of her.
"What are you doing?" Arci asked him
"I should be the one asking you that"
"I've been nothing but cooperative over since we lodge out of the hotel beside the airport. I'm an unmarried girl and am doing this embarassing play for you. I don't have the cheek to do things like this"
Richard scoffed. "You surely can talk. It's my fault. What's fake can never be true. I can't expect my fake wife to be trustworthy. I have to do it a real thing to solve the problem"
"What are you doing?"
She started struggling when he tried to kiss her.
"Let's do something wild" His voice sounds hoarse and demonic.
She closed her eyes and struggled when he tried to kiss her again.
He kissed her eyes softly and bit them making her body submissive.
She tried to struggle but her body didnt yield her command.
Richard just wanted to tease her but his eyes became darker and his under risen.
He cleared his throat softly and uncuff the handcuff on his hand.
He tied the other end on the bed.
"You want to take advantage of me?"
"No way" Richard replied.
He stood up from the bed.
"Stay right here, if you don't want to die"
He told her.
Even though she wore a decent clothes, she still looks seductive in his front. He cleared his throat again.
And walked out of the room.
Arci quickly tried to unlock the handcuff.
….
In a hotel room.
Two soldiers stood in the middle of the room.
They were the men that Arci and Richard met in the elevator.
"Marshal, I heard that the military general will bring up at the dinner party the marriage between you and Miss Runa. Marshal congratulations on that" The soldier told him.
The man looked at him coldy without any change of expression on his face.
"Marshal, are you still caring for your childhood crush, Miss Arci?"
….
Lincoln Residence
Calvin walked towards Dawn.
"Madam bad new"
"What is it?"
"We failed to pick up miss Arci" Calvin told her.
"We must find her before Lincoln is back, understand?"
"Yes Madam" Calvin bowed at her and left.
….
Richard walked out of the room.
He went to the hotel and end and called Drey.
"Hello?"
"Drey, we are all set. Let's have a drink tonight"
"Okay, we can have a nice chat tonight".
Richard smiled and hang up.
The reason he came back to California is to investigate his father's death.
He came back to slowly investigate and take revenge. There is a conspiracy, his father's death is not natural.
His father has a soldiers of his own, And they are trustworthy.
Drey is the commander of California who he bribed, he was working under Albert the number one suspect for his father's death, before Richard bribed him.
He lost some of his memories of when he was young, so he didn't remember how his father dead.
He also have a sitting Lima Watts who is already schooling in California before he arrived here.
He put his phone back to his pocket.
….