Arabella hurriedly entered her car, turning on the ignition. Then, her phone rang beside her. It was Maxwell. “Where are you?” His voice came through, calm but firm. Arabella pursed her lips for a while before responding. She wondered if he knew about what happened with Victoria. But that wasn’t important now. “I’m… leaving the gala,” She replied, already pulling out of the parking lot. “Mum texted me that Mike has been arrested.” A pause came from the other end. “Don’t go there.” Her grip tightened on the steering wheel as her brows furrowed. “What?” “Don’t go there,” he repeated. “Go home.” Arabella frowned. “Maxwell, my brother is in trouble. You don’t expect me to just go home and do absolutely nothing?” “Arabella, just trust me. Do not argue, go home and leave it to me to handle.” Arabella shook her head as she drove, overtaking a car. “No. Not anymore. You have been fixing my family’s mess all on your own without telling me, I can’t put this on you as well!” A deep

Theodore stood up on seeing him, Arabella ran towards him and looked out the door.She raised an inquisitive brow. “You came alone?”Maxwell gave a stiff nod. “Mike isn’t at the police station and your mother doesn’t want to come home, she still insists on you coming there instead.”“Then, let’s go,” Arabella responded hurriedly.“No,” Maxwell shook his head, holding her arm, stopping her. “You’re not going anywhere, Arabella. If you do, you will be putting all of us in danger.”“What do you mean by that?” She frowned. “You told me earlier that the call was a trap and now you are stopping me from going to bring my mom home. You think she’s a danger to me?”Maxwell’s jaw twitched. “At this point, yes she is,” he responded with mincing words.Arabella glanced at her father who stood there silent watching the whole ordeal play out. “Father, aren’t you going to say anything?”Theodore blinked, staring at Maxwell. He knew his wife and how she can be and also he didn’t really know much abo

Arabella covered her mouth instantly as her blood ran cold. Her eyes filled with fear as she stared at the masked man, a deadly aura emanating from him. “Step down from the car, miss,” the man ordered. His cold voice sent a chill down her spine, and she found herself nodding as she opened the car door and slowly walked out of it. Surrounding her car were several men dressed in black, masked as well, each holding guns pointed at her. Her lips trembled as she stared at the sight. A soft whimper came from beside her. The masked man from earlier was holding her mother at gunpoint. “Arabella, please just do as they say!” Sienna cried, her body shaking with terror. “Pleas… please, let my mother go,” Arabella pleaded, her voice cracking. “Is it money you want? My credit card—” “We don’t need your money,” another said. “Just get into the car.” He pointed at the car in front of them. Arabella nodded as she heard one of them cock his gun. She swallowed hard as she walked towards the ca

“Sienna is gone,” Theodore said, descending down the stairs. His eyes widened at the little crowd in the living room.Men and women dressed up in military uniforms surrounding Maxwell who had a chilling, cold look on his face, as he stared directly at Theodore.“And… Arabella as well,” he added.“I’m aware,” Maxwell responded simply. “Go to work, Theodore.”“Why? My whole family is missing and you want me to go to work? I seem to the only one missing out on all the details right now. Can someone just tell me what’s going on?!”“Don’t speak to the commander in that manner!” Hardin said in a menacing tone.“Hardin,” Maxwell called out and the man backed away. Maxwell looked up at Theodore and said calmly, “Your wife decided to rope herself in with my enemies and took my wife down with her and I’m going to get her back but whatever happens, leave it to me to handle.”Theodore’s jaw twitched as he sighed. He knew how his wife could be but he didn’t know how Maxwell would handle this situa

Arabella noticed the changes in the atmosphere and for the first time since her kidnap, a surge of hope reignites in her heart. She didn’t know long she had been tied up here but she knew someone was coming for her. Gilbert sensed the shift in her expression and gave a knowing smile, he gave the tablet back to the men and said, “You can feel it as well. Maxwell was always going to come for you because that’s the kind of man he truly is. But don’t worry, my men here are still capable of holding down a commander.” He waved at the man to leave. “We just have to see just how prepared he really is. You were never the target dear, just the bait to bring your husband to me and now, my plans are slowly coming together.” Arabella stared at him blankly despite the turmoil going on in her head. Deep down, she still felt a surge of guilt down there. ‘How I wish I had listened to Maxwell,’ she thought. At that point, another guard rushes in. This time, his face was covered with panic, each s