His Bride: Being the mafia’s princess

“We searched the CCTV footage for the supposed area and, as expected, it’s been altered. It only showed the part where the Lady and maid stepped out to check the unconscious guards in another car, the rest of what took place wasn’t found.”

“It was also known that the security guards there were all unconscious at the said time, which means….”

“Which means that this person really knows what he is doing. But who could he be? Or could it be…” Bella cut Draco short as her mind drifted to Mark, but strangely, she doubted if he had such authority or resources.

“I doubt if he was. Even if he was behind it, I believe he had back up, someone with a similar goal compared to his.” Don also thought of Mark, but being in this game for long, he understood that not just anyone had the power to pull such strings.

Nobody said anything for a while, and this gave Draco the opportunity to speak again.

“We’ve sent messages across to all of our connections in the country, but there hasn’t been news yet.”

“Don, is there any other way to track her by ourselves? I mean, it’s been half a day already, and who knows how she’s fairing over there. She wasn’t even feeling too well, remember?” Bella glanced at her brother with worry written over her and hands crossed against her chest.

Don didn’t say anything for a while as he held the pillar for support. He was also calculating his next move because tracing Lillian’s location without even knowing her whereabouts was literally impossible.

He had tried to track her with the necklace he gave her during their first dinner but realized its current location was in the house, meaning she wasn’t even wearing it.

“There’s none.” He replied lowly, then suddenly glanced at Draco, “Has there been any strange call in the past few hours?”

“Apart from the one regarding the maid, there hasn’t been any other. We’ve also gotten ready for that, just in case, then we can track them down immediately.”

Bella ran her hands over her head in frustration as she let out a slight yell.

Even the maid had claimed to have been beaten and dumped by the seaside when she was queried, so literally, she knew nothing.

According to the maid, she tried to save her madame, but those people were brutal enough that they almost killed her. By the time she woke up again, it was in a strange woman’s house, who helped her contact the house.

There was silence again in the house and all of a sudden, Don grabbed his jacket on the couch and that alerted Bella. Immediately, she lifted her gaze at him and asked, “Got any new ideas?” Her gaze looked hopeful.

Don heaved out a little, “Sitting here while doing nothing won’t help us find her, so I’ll step out to make the process faster.”

“So, it’s true?” A voice suddenly came up in the living room, and the duo immediately turned towards its direction.

“Sir Jeffrey?” Bella called out, her tone mixed with fear and worry.

He took a few steps forward and glanced at Don, “How did this happen? I married her to you to avert this.” He shook his head, looking like he ran all the way there.

“Sir Jeffrey, please come on and have your seat. We can settle things amicably.” Bella uttered as she walked to guide him to a couch, even when she only understood a few out of what he said.

Fortunately, Mr. Jeffrey didn’t fight it, instead he obeyed like a kid and bowed his head slightly in silence.

“How did you find out?” Don asked, his gaze fixed on him. He knew that wasn’t the right question at the moment, but this could be what he had been looking for.

“He called and actually mistreated her that moment, just to spite me.”

“You mean the man you’ve always wanted to hide away from Lillian?” Bella also began to find his coming helpful because who knows where help could come from.

“Yes.”

Bella sucked in her breath then exhaled softly, “This man that you talk of, I’ve only heard a few things about him. Could you please shed more light about him?”

“We used to be close friends, like brothers, until Lillian’s mom came along. He fell in love at first sight and would always talk about her to me, but unknown to me, I was slowly falling in love too. She was a daughter of one of the Mafia underboss then and was both our friends, so when the time came, we coincidentally confessed our love on the same day, and she chose me.”

“Of course, you know what happens next when he found out. Lillian’s mom and I pleaded for his forgiveness, where she really friend zoned him. Pablo got so furious that he broke all ties with me and I truly understood then, so I didn’t bother him. I wanted him to heal of the heartbreak.” Mr. Jeffrey concluded in a sigh.

The past was truly hurtful, but he didn’t expect it to cause so much harm to everyone around him.

“I heard you were the reason he was exiled from the organization forever.” Bella voiced out after a while as her gaze remained on him.

Getting detailed information about their newly found suspect might really help to locate Lillian faster, and Bella wanted that as soon as possible.

Mr. Jeffrey heaved another deep sigh before he replied, “When Lillian was still in her mother’s womb, they were involved in a ghastly accident alongside my father-in-law. Fortunately, my wife and Lillian survived, but my wife’s father didn’t. He died while protecting my wife and the unborn child.” He sucked in his breath, trying not to shed a tear, then continued.

“It was finally revealed that Pablo was responsible for the accident, and that actually led to why he was sent away.”

“Then, has he been seen since then?” Bella asked yet another question.

“No, but before he left, he made a promise to just me, and it was that he would avenge by being the last person Lillian would see on Earth.”

By this time, Don was already feeling enraged on his stand. Just the thought of what would have happened to Lillian at that early stage made him want to find Pablo as soon as possible and kill him instantly, but it was never too late, though.

Bella could only sigh and rest back on the couch with different thoughts running through her head. There seem to be no way to locate this man who was spoken of.

Just then, a guard came inside and stopped beside Don, his boss. Then he whispered into his ears, “Eva has just been caught outside the gate.”

“Imprison her until my next command.” Don mumbled back, and the guard nodded before he left.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.