Taken By The Arrogant Billionaire

She opened her eyes a little. Unable to ignore the splitting headache, she winced. Everything she saw was blurry, and could not make out where this was.

“Valerie. Are you awake?” She heard a male voice beside her. She turned her head and met Jared’s eyes filled with worry.

Her vision had cleared a little. Jared helped her up.

“What happened?”

“You suddenly fainted a while ago”

“How long has it been?”

“About two hours ago”

“Two hours!” She screamed in horror. Were people not going to get suspicious?

“Don’t worry. I told everyone not to enter my office”

She almost cried. That was even worse. What would they imagine they were doing in his office?

“I need to leave” she stood up and staggered back a little, but Jared quickly held her. She squeezed her eyes shut to balance herself and took his hand off her before walking out. Kathy only spared her a glance before going back to work.

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Dylan sat in the president’s office he had recently moved into and was working late. He felt bad leaving Sandy alone, but he had no choice.

A frantic knock on the door made his stop. Sebastian barged in when he got no response. “Boss…. No, Mr President, we have a problem. I received information from Madam’s bodyguards that she is missing”

Dylan hit his fist against the table, his eyes blazing with fury. “What did you just say? Sandy is missing?”

“Yes sir”

“Gather the team. I want her found in an hour” he barked out orders and stormed out.

The bodyguards were lined up with their heads down.

“Are you saying she was not in the house?”

“Yes sir”

“Where did she go?”

“She told us she was going to visit her friends. When we tried to stop her, she threatened she was going to fire us. She stopped at the mall and needed to use the restroom. We began to have suspicions when she spent almost thirty minutes there, so we barged in, and she was gone” Dylan tried her number, but it was turned off. He could not even track her location because it was switched off. He felt like he was losing it.

“Did you call her friends?”

“No, we didn’t”

He called Jared immediately and told him of the situation and asked him to call Valerie.

“Do you think she was kidnapped?”

Dylan sighed. “We don’t know for sure”

“I’ll call her now”

“Boss?” She called in surprise when she heard the voice on the other end.

“Is Sandy there?”

“Sandy? No, she isn’t? I wonder what is taking her long, though? She told us- wait, is she alright?”

“Yes, she is. She just forgot something at the house, and we were hoping she would come back to get it. It’s okay. Goodnight” he hung up without waiting for a reply and called Dylan back.

“Send her a message and tell her Sandy has returned and will not be visiting them. We cannot have them getting suspicious”

“Okay”

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Sandy woke up slowly. Her hands were free, and her mouth was not gagged. She sat up and was a little confused at first. The last thing she remembered was entering the restroom and….. suddenly she perceived some kind of offensive scent and blacked out. She heard her phone fall. Her phone! Where was it? She searched frantically for it, but it was nowhere to be found. Why the hell was she in a car? There was no one driving it? The windows were tightly shut. She stood up and moved close to the driver seat. There was no key nor a button to start the car, like it was broken. She tried all the doors, but it refused to open. She looked forward, then she saw something. Far away, she saw what looked like…… a cliff?! She gasped and fell back. She held her chest, breathing heavily.

Somewhere else, Damon sat before his laptop and watched everything with an amused or sadistic smile on his lips.

“Start the car” he ordered the man beside him.

Out of nowhere, she heard the car start and began to move forward by itself at high speed.

“Aaaaaaahhhhhh!” She screamed as she watched her life flash before her eyes. She screamed some more and fainted.

“Stop” he ordered.

“Boss, I thought you wanted to end both of them. Why did you change your mind?”

“I didn’t change my mind. It is what I wanted to do from the onset. This is like the tip of the iceberg. This will keep the on edge and make the scared and insecure. That is precisely what I want?”

“What should we do with her now?”

“Let’s just keep her there. Keep your eyes on the car” he walked away, whistling.

A family dinner was called that night.

“Why is your wife not here?” Old Smith asked.

“That….” He didn’t know what to tell them. He also did not want to let them know.

“She went to visit her parents” Jared replied.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“Why are you answering for him?” Old Smith said, an unpleasant look on his face.

After dinner, they both stood outside.

“What do you want to do now?”

“I plan to start looking for her full on tomorrow”

“You have to do it discreetly. You know grandfather has eyes and ears everywhere. Be careful”

The butler appeared.

“Master would like to see you both”

They met everyone in the living room as if they were waiting for them.

“When were you going to tell me?”

They looked at each other.

“What do you mean?”

“Why did you not tell me your wife was missing?”

“What! Sandy is missing?” Mrs Smith shouted. “Is that true?”

They knew Old Smith had heard their conversation through the butler, so there was no hiding it now.

“Yes. It happened a few hours ago. But I will find her, so don’t worry”

“You will find her? By staying idle and having dinner here when you should be racking your brain thinking of how to get her back?” His mother screamed at him and looked genuinely upset. “Was it kidnap?”

“We do not know yet, but no one called to ask for ransom”

Mrs Smith started hitting him. “It is all your fault. All you did was work. You left her alone despite being pregnant”

He froze. That’s right. She was pregnant and was fragile and extremely sensitive. She was not safe.

“I’m leaving” he stood up.

“Is there any way you need my help?” Amelia spoke for the first time since dinner.

“No thanks” He stormed out, blaming and cursing himself.

Sandy woke up for the second time. The surroundings were clear. It was morning. Her throat was parched and her lips, dry. She felt a light kick in her stomach. She slowly rubbed it soothingly. There was so much heat in there. The only reason she hadn’t choked was that there were some holes in the door in which air was passing through but it wasn’t enough. She was finding it really hard to breathe.

“Don’t worry. Mummy will get us out of here” she tried opening the doors again, but it was still locked. She slumped back on the seat. She stood up again to look at where she was, though something told her not to. She craned her neck and realized she was so close to falling over. She could see a part of the water beneath.

She fell back as her eyes started to close by itself. Was this how she was going to die? Where was Dylan? Why hasn’t he found her? Or was he even looking for her? Did he abandon her? If she died, he was wealthy and could easily find someone else. Women will throw themselves at him. Her mind went back to what Jared asked her.

“Do you love my brother?”

She hadn’t given a definite answer back then.

“I don’t know” she whispered to herself.

Just before her eyes closed completely, she saw someone outside the window at the driver’s side, wearing black.

“Dylan?” She murmured.

Damon’s minion narrowed his eyes when he saw someone trying to get in the car. He pressed a button on the table.

“Boss, there is an intruder”