An hour later, they arrived at another hotel where they had been staying for the past two weeks.
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Carl walked inside his suite, and after taking a bath, he took out his phone and dialed a number.
" How's she,?" he said, while sitting on his bed after the call connected.
" There has not been any sign of them recently. . .rest assured boss, miss is safe." Came the voice from the other end.
He was one of the men assigned to secretly watch over and protect Clara if their enemies tried to ambush her again. without interfering in her personal life.
"Mm," Carl murmured and lay down on the bed.
The man from the other end wanted to open his mouth and say something but instantly stopped as his boss only told them to watch over her not to report anything else except if the enemies attack. However, he contemplated for a while before deciding to tell him that she was in the hospital. But, before he could speak he heard the beeping sound of the phone hanging up and realized that his boss had been listening to his silence. He shrugged and put away his phone before commanding the other men who were disguised in civilian clothes to increase the security around the hospital as it was night already.
Meanwhile, after Carl hung up the phone after hearing no sound from the other end, he dialed another number, then came his brother's whining.
" Big bro, how can you lock me in this place. . . I'm getting tired of eating canned food and also miss the city light. . . please let me out of here and I promise not to prank Lucy.". After he went to the basement, Zach tried to go out as his brother was not there to watch him and their men wouldn't dare to report to his brother. However, he realized that he can't even get out as the security system does not even recognize his face which was obviously his brother's doing.
" The mole.? " Carl ignored his brother's babbling and asked.
" Big bro, are you sure the mole is among us. . . Our men couldn't find anything unusual in the organization and after the incident with Sister-in-law, I don't think they would dare to make any movement, " Zach replied rapidly from the other end.
Carl sat down again and sank into deep thought and after some seconds he muttered coldly." Release those men and trace them."
" Oh. . . yes, yes.okay. " Zach nodded and slapped his forehead. Why hadn't he thought of that idea?. Those stupid men that tried to attack sister-in-law would surely go back to their gang after they were released.
" Uhm. . . Big bro, is there something else you want to say.?" He enquired after some seconds as he realized his brother had not hung up.
" Mm, nothing, " Carl contemplated for a while and replied curtly then hung up the call.
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Zach was flabbergasted at his brother's odd behavior and quickly dialed his number again which was ignored from the other end. Something was definitely wrong as David had also informed him about his brother's recent weird behavior. He sighed and turned to the man standing beside him who had finally managed to track Mira's location again.
" We saw her entering the hospital earlier, " said the burly man respectfully.
" Hmmm, alright. . . make sure you don't lose her this time," Zach ordered then chuckled remembering how she was very good at disguising during their training.
" Yes boss, " the man replied.
" you can go...," Zach said with a sigh and scrolled through his contacts list then noticed that she had blocked him again. " And get me another pack of sim cards." He shouted after the man who stopped and nodded a reply before going out.
He wondered why she hated him so much as they were both victims of what happened. His expression turned cold and he prayed Maggie did not do anything else apart from spiking their drinks that night.
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Carl lay back on the bed and watched the picture he had asked his men to send him.
He stared at it carefully and noticed that her figure had paled, then frowned and watched it closely but finally shrugged thinking it was because the picture was taken from a distance.
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__ The Hospital __
Clara sat quietly on the chair which had been placed beside the window. She inhaled the calming breeze with her eyes fixed on the clear blue sky and rays of the morning light glinted on her face.
It had been three days since she woke up in the hospital. She remembered the advice of the psychologist and sighed. Did she want to forget him, It was a big no but the ache the memories brought to her heart made her want to reconsider.
If he doesn't love her, she had to try and forget him too. She needed to live for her family. She wanted to fulfill her sister's dream.
She sighed and quickly wiped the tear that had stained her face as she heard the door opening.
" Jack, " she muttered with a soft smile as he came and stood beside her. Mira had gone back as she had to take care of something at the company and Jack came back to keep her company.
" The doctor said you will be discharged today," He said with a chuckle, and Clara's eyes instantly brightened, just as he expected.
She smiled with a nod while Jack watched her side profile with a contented smile. He was finally going to confess his feelings tomorrow and happiness welled up in his heart. But he had to do it in a grand way that had already been planned with his assistant.
" Jack,. . . thank you." Clara turned to him after some minutes and smiled gratefully. She was lucky to have met a friend like him and felt he was too nice for his own good.
" You don't have to thank me, Clara. . ." Jack beamed and rubbed the back of his neck. " actually, there's something I need to tell you tomorrow.".
Clara knitted her brows and wonder what it was that he couldn't tell her today. She slowly nodded her head and smiled. " Okay."