291 The Unfortunate 1 (1/2)
In the whole city, there was no one else in the greatest danger of getting killed or attacked by the enemies other than Chris. This was what crossed the actor's mind, the moment he heard of Sofony's disappearance.
The Silver princess was gone. The clone, Sofia Mendoza, was also taken away by the leader of the Secret Organization. Their little alliance had just done something crazy when they infiltrated and bombed several sites in C-Empire and confronted Leo Jones. In their little group, he was the only one around and was the weakest one too.
”I'm sorry, Mr. Meyer. Mr. Albarez is not here and no one knows his current whereabouts. Even we have no idea where our boss is now.”
Chris drew in a cold breath after hearing this from the secretary called George who used to tail Sofony before. The half-host was not aware that the man originally worked for Gio so he momentarily found it weird to see the bespectacled guy within Ever Victorious. However, discovering this piece of information was nothing but a fleeting matter before the real issue.
Gio Albarez, Sofony's fiancé and the person he was assuming to be a high-level host, was not there too which sounded real bad news to him. He didn't know whether the Albarez' heir had heard of the news and immediately went to search for the woman. But he knew he was, and maybe the whole city too, was in a very vulnerable situation. The realization made him close his eyes for some time with a frown put on.
”Chris… Why are we looking for Mr. Albarez?” Puzzled and anxious, Alessa asked him.
They walked down the low staircase leading to the parking lot in the basement of the building. Worry could be made out on the actress' face too since she could see that he was making a gloomy expression.
How would he answer his girlfriend who didn't really have a holistic idea of what he was and what kind of world he was living at now? The man wondered. He knew how he acted earlier in the penthouse so, in the woman's view, he probably appeared weird since he abruptly pulled her towards this place without informing her why.
He remained silent for some time before he spoke in a low voice. ”Alessa, do you know that Ms. Silver has been kidnapped?”
”What?” Genuine shock immediately crossed the woman's face. What he said felt surreal to her and her body even jolted a bit on her seat.
Chris grimly nodded. Yet Alessa still couldn't believe it. Even when their car left for the main road, her head was shaking at him.
She asked with a slightly shaky voice. ”H-hey. Are you speaking the truth? Y-you mean the President?”
Confusion flickered across her eyes since it was hard for her to imagine that Sofony Silver could be kidnapped. Several inexplicable things had happened in the industry and in the most recent one even, several artists, directors, producers, and investors unexpectedly met disaster yet Sofony Silver remained safe. In fact, there were several indications that it was her who resolved the problem and made the rival company taste defeat. Could that sort of resourceful and all-knowing woman fell into the hands of someone?
Chris continued driving. He replied, ”I went to Ever Victorious to find Gio Albarez because I wish to talk to him about this. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to catch up with him there. Since he's not around, it also means it's true.”
”But he could just be somewhere else, for a meeting, or surveying his properties and businesses.” Alessa turned to the guy in the driver seat and argued. ”You know, big bosses like him are not the type to be bound by their swivel chair. Actually, I won't even be surprised if I hear he's on vacation while his people are working so hard for him.”
He frowned. ”While that makes sense, you seem to be forgetting my other occupation,” he could only say to stop her from doubting his words. He brought up his hacking skills, although, in reality, his intel came from the system who offered it to him for free.
Anyways, his goal was achieved as the woman no longer questioned his information. Instead, she widened her eyes for some time and exclaimed an 'OMG'. A couple of seconds were needed for her to recover. Then furrowed her brows as she asked, ”If Miss Silver really disappeared, are we going to be affected badly? I, I mean, you particularly? Since you reacted this strongly about the issue?”
The man cast her a glance, a serious one, which made her heartbeat sped up. Alessa was stunned for a moment by the kind of look he just gave her because it was just tantalizing. Thankfully, the woman, although as hopeless as always, still had some sense in her brain so she hurriedly managed to chastise herself for being distracted at such a time. She realized the gravity in his situation upon meeting his gaze. And she was feeling so bad for an unknown reason.
He opened his mouth. Alessa waited for him to say a thing. Yet minutes passed and he chose to shake his head which made her heart sunk.
'It seems I'm not yet there,' she told herself self-mockingly, reminded that in his life, her status was still only that of a temporary lover.
He only spoke when they reached the townhouse where Wendy's unconscious body lies.
”Alessa, I'm sorry,” he said in the same low voice that only had some tinge of apology and helplessness as the difference. The girl sported a dumbfounded face when she turned to him. While she was not truly comforted by his reply, it came as a shock to her that he apologized to her.
However, his next words, like his brown eyes that were abnormally tender yet sad, almost made her heart stop.
”I can't say much… And I quite hate myself for doing this. But I fear that this time, I might be in real danger of dying. So you have to choose and you have to decide now….”