Chapter 254 - Two Hundred And Fifty-four: Confirm Her Identity (1/2)
Niklaus's point of view
What do you mean you can't find anything more on her?! ” I yelled into my phone.
How can that be so?
It was just a day after the knocking out incident; I should have known to trust Maya standing behind me. However, I was convinced beyond every unreasonable doubt that Reina was Maya.
But there were just some things that didn't make sense. I had watched her fight that assassin sent after us, sure Maya had been fearless but not against one with a gun. However, the way Reina went after him, it was as if she scanned him; knowing his weak point, area to incapacitate, and the right time to strike. Also, those moves? It wasn't just something one would learn from a martial art center and execute it perfectly.
Reina was perfect and focused, knowing a slip would result in the loss of her life. Which got me thinking, either I had mistaken Reina for Maya or she was Maya who had gotten herself involved with some shady organization.
I pressed my temple, my heart throbbed. After she had knocked me out, Micheal was the one who tracked me through the GPS location of my cell phone and brought me home- thankfully she cleared the assassin.
So far, all I knew about Reina was she was an aristocrat from some mysterious family - highly suspicious- studied and spent most of her life abroad - there was even picture evidence to support that. But I refused to believe it without analyzing the images myself. We were in a technological age where one could photoshop a picture and it looks entirely convincing.
”What about the surname, Armani? Did you search for that?” I inquired.
”Yes, I did. There are not so many families with that surname but they don't fit the 'mysterious' theme,”
”Alright. Get me the address of where she lives,” I ordered.
”I did but there's something strange,” was his sudden report
”What is it?” I pressed the phone closer to my ears as if I was going to hear better. I was so damn curious this time, hoping this was good news.
”Until today, she had not been living in that apartment,” He revealed.
”What do you mean by that?”
”I got this information by chance but Reina had not been living in that room until today,”
My brow furrowed suspiciously, ”If she had not been staying there then where had she been living since she arrived in the country?” I asked, rubbing my chin. Reina keeps getting mysterious
”The first thing that came to my mind was a hotel but I've searched almost all the hotels in the city but none accommodated her. So I narrowed down the places she could have gone to the past weeks but I couldn't get anything from the cameras. It's almost as if her information was purposely wiped out, ”
”She's hiding something,” I mumbled, staring at her information the private investigator had sent to my laptop that was resting on my lap. That picture must have been taken without her consent because she was looking away from the camera. That face? It must be her.
”Sir, don't you think she's dangerous?” was his question
”Huh? ”
”Someone who can hide her presence like this, she's not someone you should mess with,”
My mouth curved into a smile, dangerous? I find her cute and this hide and seek game made my blood throb- I was someone who enjoyed the thrill of the chase - she turned this into one.
” It's fun, ”
” What? ”
”Forget about it, I need you to do something else, ”
”Anything sir,”
”Find out if she has a child,”
”Child?” he was surprised, ” But sir Niklaus, she's a single lady who just-”
”Just do as I say,” I gave my formal order, ”She'd probably try to hide that secret the hardest, do everything to dig that out. Inform me right away if you find something,”
”Alright, sir,”
The line went dead.
I wiped my face with my palm, exhaling loudly. As much as Reina insisted she wasn't Maya, the moment I find her with a child, it would be game over.
Either she tells me what the hell is going on with her or she can forget about the child forever. Yes, I would do exactly that, I made up my mind.
At once, the doorbell rang but I didn't bother myself since Amanda had gone to answer neither was I expecting anyone or so I thought.
”Isabelle?” My eyes widened, what the hell was she doing here and with luggage. Didn't I tell her I'll be returning soon once I settled the problem at hand?