Chapter 212 - Obsession (1/2)

Tiana walked down from the private jet, excitement written on her face, she was finally going to see him; she couldn't contain her joy. She quickly called him as she walked away from the rest, her eyes scanning around, the call was not connecting and she pouted.

Peeking at her phone, she saw that there was no network service, and her brows creased. How was there no service at all?

She groaned angrily as she walked further, raising the phone high, looking for a connection, but just when she was about to lose it, she heard a familiar voice call her and she turned towards the voice instantly;

He was standing on the other side of the road, his hands in his pockets and a beautiful smile on his lips. Tiana's lips stretched into an excited smile and she leaped forward, running towards him.

Nicklaus started walking forward, but suddenly everything stopped. It happened so fast, and for a split second, it felt like a trance. Nicklaus watched her run towards him, and abruptly, a van drove in front of her making her stop, but when the van passed by, she was no longer there.

Nicklaus world stopped in a beat, and he shook his head as though he was not seeing clearly, he lifted his eyes back to the spot she was standing but she was no longer there. For a second, he didn't want to believe that he had seen her at all; he thought everything was an illusion until he saw the sling purse in her hand on the ground.

In a split second, five black Hilux raced after the van with great speed, but Nicklaus could not move from his spot, he just stood there staring blankly at the spot she was standing as though he just watched a horror movie. After a few seconds, he walked to the other side of the road and picked up her sling purse from the floor and as though struck by lightning, his legs got weak and he fell on his knees, his eyes staring at the purse;

They took her…

Those words resounded in his head, as though trying to understand what just happened;

They took her…

His throat felt dry as he hummed the words again. He had done his possible best to protect her, but just in a split second of ease, she was pried out of his sight. Nicklaus stood up from the floor, stabling himself. He did not want to think of the thousand things that could happen to her, because it would f.u.c.kin kill him, he needed to muster all courage he has to think straight.

Nicklaus turned around to his car, getting in, he called the gang leader;

''who was that? '' his voice was deathly as death could be and his eyes dark as he stared ahead;

''Boss, we have not confirmed yet. ''

Nicklaus took in a deep breath as his hands fisted;

''the only task I gave you, you could not do… ''

''I'm sorry boss, we'll get her back this night; ''

''Yes, you'll be sorry when I wipe your whole family from the surface of the earth by the time I call you next and she's not with you.''

Nicklaus ended the call, he breathed in heavily, and the next second, he was slamming his fists against his steering; gripping his hair with both hands, he screamed painfully.

The only person he vowed to protect was taken in front of him.

He could not protect the person he loved, how could he say he loved her?

Nicklaus felt a thousand needles pierce at his heart; his head fell on the steering as he shut his eyes, thinking.

He had two enemies who would dare to touch her, Douglas and Catherine, which one was it?

Nicklaus rattled his brain on who would try to strike first. The only person who would strike now was Douglas and if he was with her, it was a little easy to get her back, but if it is Catherine?

Nicklaus paused, taking his phone out of his pocket; he called the ring leader again.

''Boss, we lost them. Twenty vans with the same plate number hit the road and when we caught up to the few, they were on autopilot. But not to worry, the IT team is tracing them this instant, we'll strike immediately we get the address. ''

Nicklaus gripped his phone firmly in his hand, his throat becoming dry,

'' don't do anything, just let me on if there's any news, I don't want her getting hurt. ''

He spoke quietly, feeling his eyes getting wet. If anything happened to her, he wasn't going to forgive himself.

…

Tiana felt a cloth go over her nose, she struggled to breathe but as soon as she took in air, she felt her head go blank and she passed out.

She didn't know how long it was, but when she woke up she was tied to a chair. She struggled to free herself but her body was tightly bound, and as she struggled, she hurt herself. A light whimper left her lips when she tried to pull her hands and realized it was tied behind her back with ropes so strong. She could feel her blood seizing on her wrists,

Tiana bit her lower lip tightly as she remembered Nicklaus. She could imagine how much he must be blaming himself right now.