Chapter 38 - Eyes So Familiar (1/2)

Arianna knew they would come for her - including the handsome man she just stole from - and ran hard for her life. Why had she stolen from Marcel though?

To create a diversion. Marcel didn't look like an ordinary man and would want to have her before Kenith does. Luckily for her, Kenith was too proud and conceited and would never hand her over to him. You could only imagine what happens afterward, a fight between both men? While they're engrossed fighting it out, she would make her escape - that is if she does get caught.

Moreover, she also took his wallet to cover her expenses. If Arianna was going to survive the night and days ahead, enough to connect with Ruth and come up with a plan to leave this country, she needed money. Sadly, the only thing she had on her was Big Joe's black card which she couldn't use unless she wanted to be tracked down. But then, luck was on her side because Marcel was loaded. God bless his soul.

Arianna wasn't stupid enough to go through the VIP entrance nor the normal one, that would be the first place they would search for her. So that left her with one option, the emergency exit.

Every building had one and Arianna had stolen, no, slipped a jacket from an unobserving drinker. The jacket had been spread over the top rail of the chair and the man had his back turned to her drinking with a woman by his side when Arianna passed by him and the material vanished instantly. The poor fool didn't even notice it.

The jacket had a hood which Arianna was grateful for and so she hid her face while navigating around the club, trying to find the exit. Arianna knew the more time she spent here, the harder it would be to leave since they would have all exits blocked.

Lucky for her while going through the small hallway assigned for staff, she saw the safety sign and floor markings that led her to the side-hinged doors.

The door was not closed and Arianna pushed it open with a grunt and was directly led outside to her utmost joy. She could finally taste freedom. However, that joy was short-lived because an alarm blared straight into her ears and she knew at once she was in trouble.

Oh no.

Arianna didn't waste a second and sprinted into a run. The club was not located along the main road else she would have easily found a taxi that would take her away from here. So Arianna was left running across the street and dodging into alleyways for cover.

The security alarm drew Big Joe's men to the exit like bees to a honeycomb and even without seeing them, Arianna could hear them from her hiding place as Kenith barked orders to find her at all cost.

Cold chills run down Arianna's back, she didn't put all of her efforts into escaping only to be caught and dumped back into that hell hole once again. She would rather die than get captured.

At once, Arianna bent down and tore a split in her gown to create more space for movements since she was going to battle. With the jacket that reached her thigh, she was really tempted to rip that annoying gown off her body but Arianna wasn't really confident enough to fight in a thong.