Chapter 211 - 211: Evan"s meeting with Arthur
Chapter 211:
After Ken"s men gave the details about Daniella"s friend, he puffed out a sigh. Sitting in his office with papers filing on his table, Ken stared blankly at the s.p.a.ce.
Why? Why was he getting so attached to that small woman? He asked himself.
He made an effort to eliminate her from his mind so he picked up one of the doc.u.ments on the table and opened it.
One after another he flipped the pages in the folder. When he reached the end without understanding the content, he decided to pick up a pen.
He was about to sign the paper when he realized that he picked up his phone instead of the pen. He took another sigh and shook his head.
"d.a.m.n it!" he cursed out and slammed the folder closed.
He then dialled Daniella"s number but before it rang he ended it and called Evan"s number.
He knew that they have broken up but he was certain that Evan can help Daniella save her friends.
The phone rang… Ken wobbled his head confusedly wondering why Evan was not answering his calls. When he finally realized that Evan won"t answer the call, he decided to do something to remove her from his head.
Meanwhile, Evan"s nose wrinkled as he stared at his phone. This was Ken"s tenth call and the man was not planning to stop.
He exhaled heavily and shut off his phone. Then he stared at Arthur who was sitting on the couch in his office.
His eyes squinted, while his mind drifted back to the day the man showed up in his hotel room and encouraged him to be on his side.
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The child in the video in the familiar room was screaming her pain and confusion. It was the same room Daniella brought him on the island, and the girl was no other than the woman he just spoke over the phone.
They said we cannot feel the pain of another but her scream was agony seeping into his skin.
Her cry full of terror sounded so wrong in her childish voice. So young and pet.i.te, high pitched and raw voice, it was indeed the sound of a child in pain. Her scream was as good as a siren, no one would scream like that unless it was terror beyond endurance.
Watching the gruesome video, Evan swallowed his anger. He will never forget her eyes, the eyes of the woman he loved the most. He always loved her eyes which always sparks with affection but right now, the child eyes of hers were showing the inferno she lived in.
Every time Daniella opened her lips to scream, Evan got angrier. The doctors surrounding the bed were like robots with no emotion while in the background was Roman Lee holding a pen tightly.
When one of the doctors ran a scalpel over Daniella"s chest, the rage came rushing out of Evan. He snapped and threw the phone in the air, clenching his fists he walked back and forth anxiously. His chest rose and fell with rapid breath while Arthur sitting on the couch opposite of him was observing him quietly.
"Why are you showing me this?"
He had seen the scene when he kissed Daniella before though it was only images but now, watching it on video made him understood why she was torturing people with no mercy. People indeed learned from experience and Daniella was a living example.
He sat down and brushed both palms over his face. Her face, scream and body, everything was tattooed in his mind. He blinked repeatedly in hope to forget it but they stayed. And now all he could do was to sigh his anger.
He knew that Daniella was planning something, though it stopped after they met and now, he was unsure of what was happening right now. She averted to talk about it every time he asked her and even Mark and the other men he appointed to follow her didn"t report any of her activities relating to her revenge.
He shut his eyes as he leaned his head on the headrest of the couch, then he stared at the ceiling already feeling depleted.
"I have been following Daniella since she was a kid," Arthur"s voice ended Evan"s thought. He looked at the old man with creased brows.
"Why Daniella doesn"t know about your existence?"
Arthur gulped hard, and then lowered his sight to the ground. The guilt was lurking in his eyes.
"Her mother hated me. You can ask your father, Alexa was a very ambitious woman. She wanted our kids to be perfect that"s why we put the ch.i.p.s in their heads."
Those words kindled his curiosity about the chip in Daniella"s head.
"Why did you put the chip in their head? They are your kids."
Arthur went silent while remain staring at the floor.
"I love her mother so much, and I was willing to do anything she asked me to do even if it was wrong," then, Arthur lifted his face to meet Evan"s eyes, "you know that feeling right? The wants to do everything she asks. To give everything she wants."
Evan didn"t reply, he remained calm on the chair he was sitting.
"So, why do want to meet me?"
Arthur flashed a faint smile, he rested his arms on his laps and folded his hands together.
"Daniella deserves justice. Her mom was slaughtered and her brother was killed," Arthur hesitated and blew out a shaky sigh, "and she can"t do that with you around."
Evan furrowed his brows, "and why is that?"
"Because your family killed hers. She completely gave up everything after you proposed to her. And now, she"s about to make the biggest mistake of her life."
Confusion screwed Evan"s face. Wondering if he meant that Daniella being with him was a mistake.
"What do you mean?" he asked, voicing out the confusion in his mind.
Arthur valiantly met his eyes, "Roman Lee is currently building a laboratory and he had helped from the president."
The news made Evan"s breathing stopped. He gulped repeatedly and decided to listen to him with pursed lips.
"I can protect my daughter, I have been doing that for years and that"s mainly the reason why she"s still alive," Arthur paused and handed a folder which he got from his briefcase, "here is the list of people who have been searching for her. They all wanted the same thing and that"s for Daniella to die."
Evan flipped through the pages, one after another all the names and pictures of the people who wanted her dead was written there. He recognized most of the people, they were boss of a cartel in Mexico, some were Russian mafia"s and even yakuza"s bosses. Seemed like in every country, Daniella has an enemy.
He gulped hard, how could she know this much people.
"What did she do? Why these people are after her?"
Arthur chuckled a deserted laugh, "in order to give one person a favour, she needed to p.i.s.s ten people. Do you see that?" Arthur pointed a finger at one of the photos in the folder which was taken in an empty warehouse.
"The bas.e.m.e.nt of this warehouse was a factory for cocaine, owned by a Mexican cartel. Your fiancée burnt it down shutting down their whole operation."
Evan was dumbfounded with what he heard, his eyes shone in disbelief as he stared back at the man in the photo.
"And why did she do that?"
Arthur flashed a smile once again, "she wanted to save a lion which was being auctioned in the black market. The owner of this cocaine factory outbid her so she burnt down his cocaine factory."
Evan was still shocked when Arthur handed him another folder and each of it had a different story. And every story was so shocking for him.
Hours pa.s.sed. The hotel employees came to bring them food and as they ate Arthur continued with his story.
It was getting dark when Arthur finished. Papers and pictures were scattered on the table, Evan"s emotion mixed up, overwhelmed with all the stories he heard.
But with all the words Arthur spouted, none of it explained why he was here.
"What do you want from me Arthur?" he asked.
The old man became silent, the sweat on his forehead shone by the sun which was about to set.
"I need you to break up with my daughter. Break her heart so she can focus on her revenge."
Evan let out a laugh full of amus.e.m.e.nt, eyes shining in disbelief looked at Arthur.
"And why would I do that? Break her heart? Are you out of your mind?"
Arthur nodded, one by one he gathered all the papers from the table.
"I understand if you won"t but Evan, Daniella had a meeting with Roman Lee behind you back."
Evan"s fists clenched tightly, his heart pounded as he waited for Arthur to continue.
"She agreed to have experimented again and in exchange, Roman Lee will use all of his client"s power to protect her from her enemy."
With anger, Evan got up, emotion reddened his face as he glared at the man in front of him.
"I can protect her and she knows that," his ego was hurt by what he heard. He has enough, no more money to use to protect her so he was certain that Daniella won"t go behind his back and asked for someone else protection.
"Yes, she knows very well that you can protect her but, she has too much enemy and if those people find out about you. That she cared for you, they will come after you," Arthur got up and walked closer to Evan. He placed a hand on his shoulder and gripped it tightly, "after Selena and everyone you care that"s why she doesn"t to be involved. Why do you think she left your cousin?"
Evan"s lips remained shut, his nose wrinkled furiously, suddenly feeling useless.
"She left Matthew because she didn"t want him to be in danger but she loves you so much that she can not get herself to leave you that"s why she decided to do this."
Arthur turned around and picked up his briefcase when he looked at Evan, a pity expression was on his face.
"Leave Daniella and marry Camille, that will crush her and focus at her revenge."
Evan swallowed hard repeatedly, his mind was in a mess. Yes, he can protect her and use everything to make sure that she"s safe but Daniella didn"t want his help. To her, his help will only bring more danger.
In the midst of chaos, Evan"s eyes caught the ring in the necklace Arthur was wearing which served as a pendant.
His eyes darkened, he recognized that ring.
"Do you know my sister in law?"
Evan watched his reaction but it was steady and didn"t change.
"No, only know that she is your brother"s wife."
Evan nodded, a little bewildered by the tense he used.
"She was," then he stretched a hand, "I will do it. I will break up with your daughter, break her heart and marry Camille."
Evan could see Arthur"s eyes shining even though his lips were pursed tightly.
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