Billionaire's Seduction: BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE (Alpha Billionaire Romance Collection) (BBW Pregnancy Marriage of Convenience) (19 page)

Instead of going back, I thought of staying here and kept a keen eye on her. As her business got expanded and she kept signing one after another deal, she realized that she needed a personal assistant. The moment the post was published, I applied to it and got in. I started working with her, without letting her know that I was Henry’s sister – the same guy whom she had murdered. She is the one who killed my brother and I can’t let her walk away without getting punished. I laid low for the few initial years, without letting her anything about Henry, but after a while, I realized that I should do something. I had to do something.

I decided that I should kill her in order to seek my revenge. I wanted to kill her for so long, Larry. I thought that I didn’t have it in me until one day I woke up and realized that I have nothing left in my life anymore and it was all because of Victoria. I planned the whole thing and I am telling you, the next week, it would be done. This would be her last week in this world, Larry. Henry would be so happy!” she said and closed her eyes. I didn’t try to wake her up. I got everything I needed and simply got dressed. I knew that I was able to get the most crucial piece of evidence.

Without worrying at all, I finally decided to hit home. I knew that Victoria would be out. I simply left her a message about the entire incident so that she won’t get surprised on finding Natasha in her house.

I knew that staying there was not appropriate and drove back to my place in order to sleep for a while before coming back to Victoria to tell her the entire truth.

As I drove back to my place, I realized how my life has been changed in a matter of just a few months. When I was living with Anthony, I had to put my life in danger in order to save the people around me – it was not my duty, but it was an obligation. I used to save their lives not because I used to care about them, but because I was getting money out of it. But not anymore – the only reason I was so keen to saving Victoria was certainly beyond my job.

Both, Victoria and I knew that we were having a strange affection towards each other. I believe it all started when we had sex for the first time. The spark between the two of us didn’t seem to die as it ignited an undying fire in our soul. I missed Ila, there was no doubt about it. She came like a breath of fresh air to my life and made me realize that I wasn’t too old to fall in love, but she chose Rick over me and I had no regrets.

She was young, wild, and free – and she was bound to make a few mistakes along the way. I knew that Rick was indeed one of her mistakes. As I parked my car in front of my place, I couldn’t believe what I just saw. It was Ila – I had no idea why she was standing in front of my place. It was raining heavily and her entire body was drenched. She was simply wearing a navy dress and was looking certainly gorgeous in that.

As I stepped out of my car and walked towards her, I couldn’t stop thinking about my past. It was no longer haunting me in the form of various flashes – instead, it was standing right in front of me. It was like at that moment, everything came running back to me. I could remember the day when I bid my farewell to the both of them. We left with a promise that we would keep meeting soon and that it was not the last of our interaction.

Though, after I left none of us got any time to meet each other. I believe that we both simply got occupied in our lives and didn’t know how to maintain our relationship strong with time. Nevertheless, there are a few relationships that are beyond the rules of time and space. What Ila and I had was certainly one of that. We didn’t require constant touch in order to maintain our relationship. Just a single look at her beautiful face was enough for me to remember all that time that we had spent together.

“What happened, Ila? Is everything fine?” I asked her. Of course, things weren’t fine, otherwise, she wouldn’t be standing in front of my house.

“No, Larry. Everything is falling apart. I don’t know what to do? I don’t know whom should I trust anymore? It all got destroyed!” she said and hugged me tightly. She was somehow able to keep herself together before she saw me, but not anymore. Tears started to fall aimlessly from her eyes and she was not showing any sign to stop at all.

“What happened, Ila? Tell me all about it!” I said as I opened the gate of my place and invited her in. She was completely wet and I could smell her essence covering the entire atmosphere. I have missed her smell, her presence for so long. I have always been in love with Ila, but I was simply never brave enough to fight for her. I don’t know why, but that day as she stood in front of me, I realized that I was given a second chance.

I don’t know if that makes me a bad person, but I wasn’t thinking about Victoria at all. I knew that I was still serving her and I shouldn’t be with Ila. But there are a few bonds that are beyond any rule. I gave her a towel so that she would be able to soak herself properly.

“What happened? Tell the details!” I said as I made her sit in front of me.

“Anthony is dead, Larry. He got murdered. Someone murdered him, but they all think that it is me. I have been framed!” she said and started crying. I realized that she was certainly not taking that situation wisely. The moment I realized that Anthony has been murdered, I understood the gravity of the situation. He had been one of the most dangerous men in the country and someone who murdered him won’t certainly be safe. The entire mafia would be coming after her and I had to do something to protect her.

It was really strange knowing how protective I felt of her. She came to me, crying and asking for help. Even before she could ask for it, I realized that I had to help her. But what about Victoria? What was I supposed to with her?

“What happened? Tell me everything you know right from the start,” I asked her.

“It was just like any other ordinary day for us in the mansion today. I completed my work and Rick was in the lab working on some new drug that Anthony had asked him to prepare. I don’t remember much after that, Larry. It is like all my memory is gone. All I could remember is that Anthony asked me for a glass of whiskey. I went to the bar to fetch it from him and the next thing I know was that he was dead. Everyone started to say that it was because of the whiskey. That I poisoned him, Larry. But I don’t have any memory of how and when I fetched him the glass of whiskey. I didn’t do anything.

He used to do really bad things with me, Larry. I can still feel pain and irritation on all the places where he had touched me and fucked me badly. I can still feel his presence inside of me for all the bad reasons. I don’t know why, but every night I used to pray to God for his death. But I never thought that it would be like this. I thought that he would die in a car crash or would be murdered by his enemies. I never thought that he would be poisoned and that too by me.

Maybe, I did poison him, Larry. I just can’t seem to remember a thing about it. I didn’t know what to do. They didn’t want to include the police and Anthony was a member of the mafia and his entire mansion had a lot of stuff that would break the code. The entire mafia is there and they all are looking for me. I knew that I couldn’t go to the police, but I know they will come to know of it too. I couldn’t go back to Mexico as well. You were the first person whom I could think of, Larry. So I came here in order to seek your help. Tell me what to do, Larry? What should I do? Is everything going to be alright?” she finally wiped her tears away and narrated me the entire incident.

As I listened to her, I realized that maybe it was the glass of whiskey that poisoned Anthony. Ila had no memory of it and I was pretty sure that it must be given to her by Anthony’s enemies. He didn’t have a very good reputation in the mafia and have gained quite a few enemies along the way. Maybe, she was simply hypnotized or drugged and that’s why she was not able to remember anything at all.

“Yes. Don’t worry! Everything is going to be alright,” I said and held her in my arms. It was still a few minutes to midnight and I knew that I had to act fast if we truly wanted to outrun the mafia.

“We can’t stay here for long. Everyone knows about us. When they can’t find you, they will definitely come here, Ila. We have to leave right now!” I said and gave her a hand. We both started to run towards the car and I called Victoria in order to make sure that she is safe.

“Where are you?” I asked her over the phone.

“I have just reached home. What the hell is Natasha doing here? She is drunk and passed out in the guest room!” she said, as she had no idea what just happened.

“Something has happened, Victoria. I am coming in five and will let you know everything about it!” I said as I kept driving my car to reach her mansion as soon as we could. I knew that we were running against time and had only a few moments to make it. I knew that the instant I had promised Ila to save her, I broke another promise at the same time. I won’t be there to save Victoria anymore. It was a choice and I didn’t know if I had made the right decision or not.

“You will be safe here. Trust me!” I said as I parked the car inside the mansion and told Ila to wait for me for a few minutes.

“I will be back in five. Don’t step out of the car. Wait for me here. If anything happens, just call me!” I said as I stepped out of the car and rushed to see Victoria.

“What is happening? Where were you, Larry?” she was certainly confused and I didn’t know where I was supposed to start.

“It is a long story, Victoria. I don’t know from where I should start!” I said as I entered her room. I was covered in my own sweat as I was simply running for the last few minutes.

“Calm down, Larry. Have some water and tell me what is wrong?” she handed me a glass of water. I told her everything about it in detail. I told her about Ila and I and how we have been involved in the entire Mexico episode. I have already told her everything about it, but I knew that it was a long time back and I had to fresh her memory.

“There is one more thing I wanted to tell you, Victoria. It is about Natasha. She is the one who was trying to kill you,” I said and realized that it would be tough news for her.

“What? What are you saying, Larry? She is one of the most trustworthy people in my team! Are you sure that she is the one who is after all of this?” she asked me, still not able to believe what she just heard.

I opened my phone and let her listen to our entire conversation. For a moment, she couldn’t believe it at all. The mistakes that she made years ago were still able to haunt her in the form of Natasha.

“I had no idea that she was Henry’s sister. Henry’s death was not my fault, Larry. I told him that night that he was overdoing it. I warned him, but he didn’t listen to me. He simply slapped me and kept consuming more. I tried my best to stop him, Larry. When I found him dead, even I started to think that it was my fault. I was thinking that I was the one who took his life, but it was not me. It was the drug. That day, I realized that I had to clean my mess.

It was the last day of my life when I consumed any kind of drug, Larry. I became sober and cleaned myself. It has been years now since I have taken anything. It took me a really long time to realize that I didn’t kill Henry. He killed himself, and if Natasha thinks this then I can’t help her either,” she said and hugged me. I realized that she had her past too that was haunting her, the same way my past my haunting me.

“I trust you, Victoria. I have emailed you this voice note so that you can go to the police and tell them about Natasha’s intentions. I am really sorry, but you have to do this on your own. I can’t stay by your side anymore. There is an urgent matter that I need to take care of. Ila needs me, Victoria. I really need to help her otherwise, she won’t be able to survive,” I said as I let her go and emailed her the file the very moment.

“Are you leaving? Are you really leaving me, Larry? What am I supposed to do without you? How will I survive?” she asked me and started to cry. I realized that it was a hard choice – Ila or Victoria.

Victoria loved me, I knew that. There was a very strong part of me who loved her too, but I also knew that Ila needed me, more than ever. If I won’t help her, then she might die. It was probably the toughest choice that I was asked to make in my life.

“I have to go, Victoria. You know how hard this is for me. I really need to go. I am sorry, but I can’t stay,” I said and locked our lips together. In every possible way, it felt like a goodbye kiss. There was no passion, no spark in that kiss – it was utter sadness and remorse.

“This is farewell,” I said and we parted our lips.

“I should have known that this was not true. You were too good to be real, Larry. For a moment, when I got you, I started to believe that I got my happy ending. Now I know how wrong I was. Villains don’t get their happy ending. All they get is a dream, a figment of their own imagination to hold on to for the rest of their lives. You were just a dream to me, Larry that never came true,” she said and let go of my hand.

I knew that it was the last time when I would be seeing Victoria and the thought of it was breaking my heart.

“I am really sorry, Victoria. I didn’t mean to hurt you,” that was all I could say as I left the room and walked away. There was a very strong part of me that wanted to turn and look back at her. I wanted to run towards her and kiss her face one more time. I wanted to taste her presence on the tip of my tongue, but it was all gone. I knew that I have let go of one of the most precious things in my life and that there was no going back.

I ran back toward my car, knowing that I had closed the most beautiful chapter of my life. I put an end to my own story so that I could give Ila her happy ending. I knew that after giving Victoria Natasha’s recording, she would be safe. It was not any competitor who was after her life, but her own assistant. The one whom she considered a friend was planning to kill her and the mere thought of it was so devastating. I knew that Victoria would take care of her after that.

I had no hard feelings towards her. In fact, all I had was love and respect for her. She came to my life when I needed someone’s help the most. I was just too proud to ask for it. It was like as if I was drowning and she saved me. Yes, she saved me in every possible way a person can be saved. But just because she was my savior didn’t mean that she had to be my lover as well.

If it was any one thing that I learned the most from the entire event was that we can’t trust anyone. Even our best friend can betray us at times and we can’t do a thing about it. I was pretty sure that never in her wildest dreams did Victoria think that Natasha would be the one who wanted to kill her. It was an utter shock to her. That night, she lost not only me but Natasha as well. She lost her lover and her friend, and I was finding it hard to imagine what she must he going through.

All I knew was that things were getting tough for her, but she was tougher than the world. She has been through a really bad phase in her life and came out as a winner. She was able to come out of the worst phase of her life, and she would come out of tonight as well with flying colors. She was a fighter and fighters never lose.