Chapter 152 - One Hundred And Fifty-two: Protect The Girl (1/2)

Niklaus' point of view

I couldn't sweep away the uneasy feeling of being watched, but no matter how much my gaze darted around, I came up with nothing.

Why was I uncomfortable and restless? Was it because I was feeling guilty knowing I endangered Maya by coming to her place last night?

I picked up my phone and called Judy at once. For some reason, my eyebrows kept twitching and I had this premonition that something bad was about to happen.

”Judy speaking”

”I need status on Maya” I ordered him the moment he answered.

”Sure, give me a few minutes,” He said to me and ended the call.

I tapped my finger on my laps uneasily while tousling my already messy hair, anxiously waiting for Judy's report.

My phone rang two minutes later, it was Judy.

”Where is she?”

”In E-building for the audition”

Oh right, I forgot about that. No wonder she woke up quite earlier than usual.

”Alright, keep an eye on her. Report to me if anything unusual happens”I was about to end the call when he added

”Your daughter is there too”

Well, that was not surprising, Isabella had now formed a tight bond with Maya; if she didn't go to show her support, who would?

”Watch my daughter with care  - especially what she purchases and ensure she doesn't cause trouble ” I emphasized.

Since she was out in the open where she could get her hands on whatever she wanted, who knows what that little imp would bring into her possession this time?

Well, I would order a thorough search once she was back, yet my daughter was smart; prevention was better than cure.

”Alright sir ”

The call ended, I took a deep sigh of relief and relaxed against my car's headrest.

”Where do we head to, sir?” Micheal, my chauffeur who I had called to drive me back, asked.

”To the company'

Though the unsettling feeling in my stomach didn't go away, I could now breathe since Judy was watching over them- he would keep them safe or so I thought.

In the company, I hardly settled down when my secretary walked into my office with a nervous look and a file in hand.

I looked up vexed, ”What is it?”

He gulped before placing the file on my desk, opened, and revealed the list beneath for me to take a glance while making a sigh of the cross when he thought I wasn't looking.

My brows scrunched up as I glanced through the engagement arrangements in which the budget rounded up to a hundred billionaire dollars.

I pinched the space between my brows out of irritation while I went through the list just to be sure my eyes weren't deceiving me.

This wasn't even our wedding but an engagement party and she was going all out like this? Does she think I plunk my money from a tree?

Yes, I had enough money that I could not exhaust in this lifetime but it was a product of my blood and sweat. It would have been a lot understandable if I was funding a project, not this!

If our engagement could cost this, our wedding arrangements would probably be an astronomical sum.

With a glare, I tossed the file back to him which he caught swiftly.

I barked, ”Return to me when you've made reasonable adjustments ”

”But sir, she -”

”Are you the one marrying her or me?” I cut him off.

He swallowed nervously and wiped the sweat dripping down his forehead,” Of course not, I wouldn't dare to ”

”Your girlfriend is high maintenance, I can't even date her ” I could see the look plastered all over his face but didn't say anything.

”Make the door your friend”

”Yes sir ” He bowed and left.

I loosened the tie on my neck but took it off eventually, tossing it to the back of my seat - I needed to breathe and it was ceasing the little air I could get into my lungs.

Tina was definitely my retribution for all the heartbreaks and bad things I have done to all the women I've ever dated and slept with. This was karma paying me back in my own coin by using Christina, f*ck the universe.

Today was destined to be a bad day because after the witch pissed me off with her ridiculous list, there came another tragic news: Maya and my kid were involved in an accident.

I raced to the hospital like a madman - my employees would never forget the sight of me speeding to my destination like the Flash.