Chapter 7 - Chapter 7

I wake up to an empty room, something I'm used to but as I look next to me, I realize Alex never came back last night and it pains me. Eventhough I'm used to it, I thought we were past it.

I get ready for the day, just as I was going down the stairs my phone rings. I see it's Carlos, It has been a while since we last spoke.

"Hey, how are you?" I answer the call. "Selene, I've got news." he states.

I pause at the landing as he continues to tell me of news he over heard his dad discuss with his Grandpa, it both came as a shock and a predictable event.

I had my breakfast whilst checking the latest news, I see the headline that stated father in law had given up his shares and rights to Alex, a small win.

I decided to spend my day with Grandma, so I had my driver take me there. On the way there, our car was stopped by a black van. Armored men came out and towards my car.

I found this suspicious and tried calling Alex whilst the driver reached out to the police too. He left his phone on the seat and shot out a warning to the men using his own gun but he the men were too many. He managed to shoot a few men but he ran out of ammunition.

They took advantage of this, so they opened the door and dragged me out. I held on to my phone whilst it was calling Alex. One man put a weird smelling cloth to my nose and I slowly started losing function of my body and was feeling sleepy. I tried fighting the feeling of but it was soon a losing battle.

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I walk out of the conference room and find a missed call from Selene, I start to call her back when a worried Emmet walks up to me. He didn't need to say anything for me to know it's about Selene.

"Who did it?" I ask furiously as I walk towards the elevator.

"We still have nothing on that yet. It happens on her way to visit Mrs. Black but no one should know of her plans unless someone told those involved. We are currently looking at the house staff.." Emmet's phone rang, which he answered. " Yes, okay. Inform everyone."

"What?" I asked.

"We've found those involved. It seems Emma's brother didn't like yesterday's embarrassment so he decided to take revenge on behalf of his family. She is currently being held in one of their company warehouses. Moreover, one of the maids at the house had been helping Emma, that's why she's been able to get in and out of the house and seemed to know a lot about your marriage."

Everything he said just pissed me off more and more. Emma is beginning to be more of a problem as days go by. It's time I got rid of her and her family but first let me get my wife back.

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"Are you sure this was a good idea?" I hear a high pitched voice ask. My head is pounding. I slowly open my eyes and look at the ceiling. There's a huge bright light. The ringing in my ear finally stops and I pay attention to the argument going on before me.

"You know he practically owns the city. Kidnapping her, especially after yesterday isn't smart. He'll catch us, that's if he hasn't already." I look up to see a worried Emma and a man who is the spitting but younger version of her father.

"I know!" He exclaims angrily.

I clear my throat and ask,"Why am I here?" my voice sounds hoarse but I still keep my poker face on.

They both turn to look at me, finally acknowledging my presence. Emma's face turns red in anger as she looks at me.

"This is all your fault!" She yells. "Everything between Alex and I was perfect before you came along. I was supposed to be Mrs.Black." She storms towards me and grabs me by my hair.

She then on grabs my left hand and snatches my wedding ring off my finger, scratching me and making me bleed.

"This was supposed to be my ring, my life. I was supposed to be the most envied girl not just in the country but the world. What use is a great man like Alex on a country bumpkin like you. You don't know how to act, dress or even live in high society. I was raised to be a queen and he was supposed to be my king. He's the only one who could provide me with the life I wanted." She says all this heatedly whilst staring into nothing, just lost in her fantasies. She finally looks at me and I see a crazed look in her eyes. She starts walking towards me with an evil glint. I start moving backwards hoping to get some space between us but the drug they seemed to have used on me hasn't worn out completely and I'm unable to coordinate my body properly. I look around me in search of something I could use as a weapon.

I look towards her brother and he seems to have an excited and an anxious with anticipation look on his face.

"Yeah, you should just die. With you gone Alex won't ignore me or treat me as coldly as he has been. He will be mine as my dad promised. I will be the queen of the country, envied by every woman and I will have his kids." She says excitedly as she turns to her brother and grabs a knife from the table. I try to get up and run away whilst her body is turned but her brother notices and chases after me. Then he drags me towards the table by my hair just as Emma had finished deciding which knife to choose.

"Don't worry. This will hurt a lot." She said smugly.

Just as I was forced to look as the knife came barreling down towards me. We heard a loud crush and we all turned to look at the door.