Ruby
As much as I wished to ask who this person was, I couldn't because I had a gag in my mouth. When I tried to look at the kidnapper properly, I understood who it was. I recognized this person very nicely.
Michael Ares, the king of the Mafia Tentrons.
How could I forget him? Wasn't he in police custody? Vexon ruined Michael's business, and I thought he was behind the bars. How was he here then?
All of my doubts on why he kidnapped me were clear already. He wanted revenge from Vexon, of course.
"You didn't answer me," Michael said with a big devilish grin plastered on his face. Then he walked towards me. "Oh, poor Ruby. How can you answer with that stuffed cloth in your mouth? Here, let me help you." He pulled the gag out of my mouth. "Now you can speak."
I didn't want to even speak with him. If I didn't have a baby growing inside me, I would've just insulted him, which I couldn't for now. If I angered Michael, he might hurt me and the baby. This guy was a psychotic person, after all. So it would be wiser for me to stay silent than spitting bitter words. Still, my hands were itching to punch this bastard.
"What? Shocked much?" Michael chuckled humorlessly and pushed a few strands of my hair backward with the muzzle of his gun. "You know, I find you really beautiful. Vexon is really lucky."
I stayed quiet, while he continued speaking and his eyes darkened, "And this is why I want to ruin that guy. He has every goddamn thing. Who in the Mafia has a happy family, love, power, fame, and a nice image? Of course, your so-called husband, Vexon Bevine! Why is he so lucky? On which diamond did he rub his forehead to shine his luck?"
Little did that person know how much Vexon had to suffer to have what he has today. After all, everyone saw the beautiful side, no one wanted to look at the ugly side��how his family betrayed him.
When I didn't utter a word, Michael said, "I wouldn't have kidnapped you, Ruby. Believe me. If Vexon was behind the bars, I would've left everything the way it was. I just needed Vexon to be in jail and suffer there."
"He was helping you in business, Michael," I breathed out this time.
Michael moved a little bit away from me and chortled. "When I went to him for business, the way he explained the plan, I was more jealous of him. He was actually perfect, in family, in Mafia, and in business."
"So what was the problem? He was helping you until you trapped him in a lawsuit," I mumbled.
"This is the problem, Ruby! He is happy and I can't tolerate the happiness of people." Michael pulled a chair from a corner and sat in front of me. "And this is why Vexon Bevine has to go down."
I knew that he was a psychopath. He was ruining a person for no reason, and he wondered how he wasn't lucky. If he's so busy meddling into other's lives, how would he find happiness for himself?
My eyes fell on the concrete floor which made me glance up at the room. It was a small dark room with metal rods and a few carton boxes placed aside in the corner.
Did Michael Ares bring me to one of his warehouses?
What a fool! No wonder why Vexon called him brainless. He was utterly dumb.
Why do I always get kidnapped by dumb people? The first time I was kidnapped was by Carter Cowell, just after my marriage. He was a dumb person, and this Michael Ares was the dumbest of all.
Thank God, Liam didn't kidnap me. It meant he kept his promise of not bothering us anymore and I was happy that he kept his words.
"Anyways," he let out, "Won't you ask why I saved you, and this tiny little thing growing inside of you?"
"Why?" Even I needed an answer to that question. He could've easily killed me and my baby, but he didn't do it. What was he waiting for?
"Because I want to use this baby against Vexon," he replied with a smile that I didn't like at all.
"But the way you portrayed everything, everyone thinks I am dead, along with this baby," I pointed out.
He clapped his hands all of a sudden, slightly startling me in this pin-drop silence. "This is the plan. Once you give birth to this baby, I will kill you and raise this baby. Then I will make the child fight against Vexon, who will be old by then."
What was wrong with this guy? Does he think this is a film and something like that would actually work? I can't believe he went through so much trouble for a plan like this.
"So I will stay alive till this baby comes out?" I inquired, smirking mentally. When he nodded in response, I was beyond happy, which I didn't show on my face. I didn't have to worry about getting tortured anymore.
Michael would keep me safe until the baby comes to this world and Vexon would find me before that. In fact, I was sure it would take a maximum of three days for Vexon to reach me once he figured out I was alive.
Well, that was a relief.
"I won't harm you anymore, but you will stay tied up for today. I have my men everywhere, so you can't escape even if you want to. Just remember," he cautioned me for the last time and walked out of the door.
All I could do was sit, eat whatever he provided for the sake of the baby, and wait for Vexon's arrival. That's it.
Where are you, Vexon?
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VEXON
"This seems like a rushed plan," I said to Mane after checking the CCTV footage of that route.
"Vexon," Liam called me from behind, and after I turned to him, he handed me a piece of paper with his left hand as his right hand was placed in a plaster around his neck. "Look at this."
I checked the paper. It was 'THE MOST WANTED' leaflet from the police station. There was a picture of Michael Ares.
Just to be sure, I asked Liam, "What happened?"
He replied to me, "Michael Ares escaped the prison two days ago. Did you happen to have enmity with him?"
I nodded in agreement. "I was the one who exposed his information to the cops after he betrayed me."
Liam sighed. "It means, he's the one who kidnapped Ruby. Only he has a solid reason to kidnap Ruby because he wants revenge from you."
I checked the picture of Michael, thinking about something, and sat on the nearby chair which Mane pulled for me. "So he wanted me to think that Ruby was no more because he wanted me to suffer." My head snapped towards Liam, when thinking about this matter, a feat engulfed within me. "There are 99% chances, Michael wants to keep my child and then kill Ruby. He just wants to use my child against me." I could tell what that stupid bastard was thinking, considering how dumb he was.
Liam was dumbstruck listening to it. He said, "Tell your people to fully keep an eye on Everley and Allison. He might try to kidnap them too."
I hummed in response. "Mane, handle the security of Everley and Allison, while I and Liam will look for Michael Ares."
"Yes, Boss," said Mane and walked out of the room.
Liam pulled a chair for himself and sat near me. "What should we do? From where do we begin looking?"
I ran a hand through my hair. Then I spoke up, "Michael isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, and since it was a hasty plan, I'm pretty sure he must have taken Ruby to one of his warehouses, where he feels safe the most. So we have to find out all of his warehouses and start checking which one is the farthest one."
"Then?" questioned Liam.
"Then we attack and rescue my wife."
