I Swear, Let Me Love You Again

Rachel POV:

“Send my regards to him, well that’s if you ever get to see him again.” My heart sank and I looked at my security then back at Jason.

“What in the world are you saying, fool?” I snapped and he shrugged with a bright smile.

“Nothing, I’m just an investor, I don’t put my hands in this stuff. But I make sure I receive the worth of my investment. Goodbye now.” He pressed the button and the doors slowly closed making me fist my hand while he waved at him happily.

Why was he speaking in parables? What exactly was going on?

“I’m already calling my mates at his penthouse.” My security said and I took in deep breaths pacing back and forth. I tried calling Nathaniel again and yet the same results.

“Fuck!” I exclaimed and felt myself about to cry just thinking about the worst scenarios.

I called Kelvin, who had been the best person I had ever known in the midst of the crap I was going through.

“Hello, what’s up Rachel?” He asked and I sniffled breathing heavily. I was I’m distress as I thought the worst as we headed to Nathaniel’s penthouse which was about an hour drive from the hotel building I was staying at, it was a subsidiary of the Miller’s Hotel.

“What’s going on? Are you okay?” He questioned worriedly and I just shook my hand like he could see me.

“I think something horrible has happened to Nathaniel.” I said and he became quiet.

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4 HOURS LATER:

It was the middle of the day when all Nathaniel’s friends, his assistant and two investigators along with the men who were meant to be securing his place.

“Though it hasn’t been up to 24 hours, we are working on this because there’s a possibility Miss Jennifer is back in the city. So I will request if we can access the security footage of last night.” The investigator said and I nodded.

Nathaniel’s assistant, Lisa, had come here because Nathaniel was meant to have an important meeting today and when he didn’t come around nor answer his calls, which was so unlike him, she decided to come by and check up on him. Jacob and Liam had gotten a call from Kelvin informing them of what I had just told him, so they quit their work and practically ran down here.

“We had been sent home for the night as soon as Mr Nathaniel arrived in his apartment after work. He seemed tired and stressed out, so we left and decided to come early this morning. He didn’t answer the doorbell so we forced ourselves in, thinking the worst but everywhere was clean. Nothing seemed suspicious, so we concluded he had spent the night out.” One of his security informed us and we all sighed. I noticed Kelvin was no longer in the living room where we were all at.

The next thing we heard was a doorbell and I rushed to go answer it hoping it was Nathaniel. But it wasn’t, it was Lydia standing in there with worry written all over her face.

“Hi, come in.” I welcomed and she stared at me, analyzing me from head to toe.

“What’s going on? Jacob had called me to come over here and it seemed hasty.” She told me and I nodded as I had informed everyone that the last time I talked to Nathaniel was when he was picking an outcome for his date.

I was about to fill her in when one of the investigators interrupted.

“Good afternoon, Miss Miller. We are currently looking for Mr King who we haven’t been able to contact nor see in the last few hours. And we gathered that you were the last person he was talking to and went out with last night.” The investigator said and Lydia knitted her eyebrow.

“Nathaniel didn’t meet with me last night. Our date was meant to be by 8 and he stood me up. I tried calling but it didn’t ring.” We all sighed and I ran my hand in between my hair.

She was literally my last hope.

“To think I was so mad at him, I blocked his number.” She muttered, feeling guilty holding her forehead.Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

“So what’s next? Have you checked the security footage of last night?” She questioned and the investigators responded stating they were working on getting access.

“I think there’s a reason why we haven’t been able to reach his line.” Lisa held the shattered phone in her hand and my heart sank further.

“Place it on the floor.” The authorities instructed and Lisa instantly did. They brought out their gloves and packed the phone in a transparent evidence bag.

“What in the world is going on?” Liam asked and Kelvin came from behind looking stressed out.

“Do you think Jenny is back?” Jacob asked to contact someone and we were all thinking the same thing.

When Jason said he invested, did he mean he provided funds to Jenny or to someone who could help kidnap Nathaniel and bring me misery?

I walked to the table where Nathaniel keeps the keys to his car, a landline telephone, a notepad, a pen and other stuff. I just stood in front, tapping my fingers on the table repeatedly. Until I saw something was written on the notepad, words written slantly.

Lydia began to discuss with the authorities who stared at us getting stressed while the security just went outside feeling extremely restless. I was trying to read the words written.

J…E…. N…N…Y.

“Jenny is involved in this.” I muttered to myself and Lydia and the force were already headed out.

I knew it, especially my mum’s weird call this morning. She was aware of this, and she supported the kidnapping of her son. What kind of weird obsession does she have for Jennifer?

“What’s going on?” We all inquired looking at the two with hope.

“They had found something on the CCTV.” Lydia spoke and we all followed along with her and investigators.

I grabbed the notepad and grabbed my phone.