Chapter 58
I held my head tightly as I winced in deep pain, my head hurts so badly that I felt like dipping it into a bag of ice. I slowly opened my eyes as the brightness coming from the LED light almost blinded me.
"Ouch!" I creaked in distress as I used my hand to wedge the light.
"You finally woke up Elizabeth" the very familiar voice uttered and cackled cockily, making me bring down my hand to get a view of his face.
"Ken!?" I exclaimed in shock as he scoffed indifferently dipping his hands into his pockets with that cocky smirk on his lip. "What's going on? Why are you doing this?" I uttered almost in a whisper as tears threatened to escape my eye sockets.
"Well well well Elizabeth, I don't have nothing to discuss with you all I need is Edde Loxley's attention and you're just a bait to get him to oblige to my demands" Ken snorted as he snickered mockingly. "So all you have to do is cooperate with me and you won't get harmed" he said as I gnitched my teeth with rage and made to stand up just to notice that I was chained with the metal chair.
"You're such a loser Ken! I hate you so much!" I yelled in tears as one of his guards made an attempt to approach me and probably hit me but was stopped by Ken immediately.
"Let her speak, you all should wait outside" he ordered calmly as they nodded with Stern facial expressions, they all looked scary and big.
"I thought you liked me? What was all the love and care for? To lure me into trusting you!?" I yelled as he sighed softly and walked towards me leaning low to my level.
"Elizabeth, I never loved you and yeah you guessed right. I did all that just to lure you into trusting me but Edde cut short all my plans by coming back… Such a pain!"
"At least he is a million times better than you are! He isn't a loser and he works hard unlike you!" I retorted sharply as Ken's eyes narrowed crossly, the look on his face showed that I overstepped my boundary and I was getting scared of whatever he would do to me.
"How dare you? How dare you compare me to your Casanova boyfriend!" Ken Screeched as his palm connected aggressively on my left cheek making me wince in intense pain and my cheek pink showing his finger prints, that was how badly he hit me. I couldn't feel my face again. All I could do was cry helplessly.
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Edde Lay on his bed with his MacBook on his lap while he went through the files Nelly sent to him, he was about to buy a once big company that got broke after a large investment and that was another way to increase his Net-worth and also create more awareness for his company.
It was a huge project for him and the internet had already carried the news, the soft cooing sound of Grey grabbed his attention as he sighed. He totally forgot that Grey was lying next to him in deep sleep.
He slowly pulled the duvet over Grey's body and tapped his back gently. "There is a lot to do right here" Edde Muttered breathlessly as he turned back to his MacBook to open up a file when his phone vibrated, he quickly grabbed it from the table hoping that it was Elizabeth but was proven wrong when he found out that it was an unknown caller. He sighed and swooped to the answer icon.
"Who is this?" Edde's voice came up sounding harsh as a loud cackle from the other end alarmed him. "Wh-who are you please?" Edde asked, sounding calm this time.
"I guess you're looking for Elizabeth right?" The voice retorted as Edde quickly dropped his MacBook as he sat up alerted by the mention of Elizabeth.
"Ken!?" Edde Squawked totally forgetting that Grey was sleeping next to him.
"Oh yes, it's me! Now enough of the familiarities let's get straight to why I called you" Ken uttered boorishly as Edde sighed frustratedly running his finger through his hair.
"What do you want Ken? Whatever issue we both have has nothing to do with Elizabeth so please let her go. I'm begging you, do not hurt her" Edde pleaded as Ken Scoffed.
"Elizabeth is here for a reason, to get her back you have to do what I ask of you"
"What do you want?" Edde asked anxiously as Ken beamed.
"I want you to refer me to the Grande's, tell them that I'm better off buying the company instead of you" Ken uttered as Edde's mouth slacked in Awe as he scoffed with disgust.
"You're such a loser Ken, if that's what you want then you have to kill me to get it" Edde growled and ended the call immediately.
Ken turned back to Elizabeth glaring at her with contempt as Elizabeth sat steel vibrating in agitation.
"I guess your lover no longer cares about you" Ken mocked as tears rolled down Elizabeth's already red puffy eyes, she was shocked to her bone marrow that Edde could treat her in such a disagreeable manner. Why then was he acting like he still wanted her back there in the Amusement Park, what was all that for if her can't help her out of the mess he created.
"Which means that you're totally useless to me" Ken uttered in a Devilish smirk as he aggressively pulled Elizabeth's head back with his hand holding tightly on her hair as she bit her lip tightly to avoid yelling out loud in pain, the way he held back her head made her neck hurt and her skull felt like it was on fire.
"I will give Edde till tomorrow to call me back and agree to my request, if he doesn't call me back… You know your fate" Ken said in a Devilish grin as he roughly connected his lip on that of Elizabeth's. "So use this time to pray" He said as he winked at her and walked out of the stuffy dusty room.
Elizabeth fell back on the metal chair in tears, she felt helpless and Betrayed she never expected Edde to be the one to give up on her in such a way, She cried more on remembering that he didn't even make an attempt to plead on her behalf or maybe negotiate or just something that shows that he valued her even a bit.
"Will I ever see Grey again, Grey will grow up without knowing who I am and knowing Sadie as his mother. I won't even have the chance to say goodbye to Melanie and my mom… What about my little investment, the Cafe? My life is such a waste!" Elizabeth wailed helplessly as her eyes teared up uncontrollably.
On the other hand, Edde was restless and confused. He didn't know the next action to take but he just wanted Elizabeth out of that place immediately. He swooped up and down his call log thinking of who to call but his brain was way too occupied to figure that out.
He sat on his couch frustratedly as he tried to catch his breath, he was suddenly having a panic attack which hasn't happened before.
"What if Ken hurts her right now for not getting what he requested for? What if she passes out or just anything!" Edde Panicked as he quickly clicked on Nelly's caller ID.
"Hey hey Nelly, can you help me track down a number quickly?" Edde hastily asked once the call was picked.
"Yes sir, please send it to me"
"Alright, get to work immediately, I need to find out the location immediately, Elizabeth is in trouble" Edde Panicked and ended the call as he quickly sent the number to Nelly.
He grabbed his car key and quickly dashed out of his room to the garage, he quickly picked the First car he sighted and zoomed off to the main road while he impatiently waited for Nelly to call with the location.
While he waited he quickly called his personal investigation officers…
"Hello sir, I have an emergency please I need your attention immediately, my wife has been kidnapped by my business competitor. I need you and your men out immediately… Not to worry I will send you the address immediately" Edde uttered and abruptly ended the call, just then he got a message from Nelly which was the address.
"Oh! That bastard doesn't know how to play this game!… My father's fucking abandoned motel!?" Edde spat disgustedly as he increased his driving speed.
All he could think of was Elizabeth's safety, he didn't want to see her with the slightest scratch at all. "Ken is definitely going to jail this time around, I can't keep up with his mess" Edde ranted in rage as he held tightly on the steering wheel like it angered him or it was Ken in some sorta way.
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Note: I was having a little writer's block but I just had to write, hope I didn't write a blunder and you all liked it?.
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