Loving You Too Long

Five minutes, could Haisley sneak out of Flavia’s villa? What should she say if someone catches her?

Haisley shook her head. Quickly, she walked out of the room. Sneaking as she put on her sneakers and headed towards the front gate because the villa didn’t have a back gate.

A guard seemed to be at his post. Haisley tried to come up with a plan so that the tall, sturdy man wouldn’t suspect her.

She walked closer and saw the uniformed man immediately stand and inquire about Haisley’s needs. “The guest inside is asking for you to come in, he said there are instructions to be given.” Haisley said to the man, who she knew was only slightly older than her husband. The man nodded without much suspicion and then left his post. Thus, Haisley could leave the villa without being suspected.

She stepped out and chose to hide in a dark area while waiting for the car mentioned by the caller to arrive. The two men who had earlier claimed to be police officers and took Nathan away now stopped the car in front of Haisley. Both of them gave a disgusting grin that made Haisley shudder involuntarily in terror.

“Hello, little one. Ready to go?” The driver asked Haisley, while the other man got out of the car and opened the passenger door for Haisley to enter.

“Relax, we won’t do anything dirty outside the job assigned to us,” said the second man with a sneer as he saw Haisley hesitating to get into the car.

Feeling like she had no choice, Haisley finally got into the back seat, and the car immediately drove away from the villa.

They drove for quite a while. Haisley remained silent, not asking where she was being taken, and let the two men in front speak in their own language and even argue about something that Haisley didn’t pay attention to the reason for. Until they arrived at a hidden beach behind large rocks. A ten-meter-long pier was visible in the moonlight, illuminated by the car lights Haisley was riding in. At the end of the pier, there was a dark-colored speedboat. A tall, big man stood at the end of the pier with one hand holding a cigarette and the other holding something.

Haisley was pulled by the car driver and dragged towards the end of the pier to meet the man. The man looked sneering, extinguished his cigarette and stomped it rudely with the boot he was wearing before handing something in his hand to Haisley, which turned out to be a brown envelope containing money.

“Get out of here, don’t let the police find you,” the man said to the two men. Haisley’s hand was now in his grip, and he roughly dragged her onto the boat, pressing her shoulders so that Haisley sat calmly before he released his grip and started the engine that took Haisley into the dark sea.

“Where are we going?” Haisley asked, gathering her courage. The man didn’t answer her at all. Until, for who knows how long, the small, powerful motorboat stopped and floated in the middle of the ocean. Not far from them, a large cabin cruiser boat could be seen approaching. The boat turned around so Haisley could see its back. The man who brought her pulled her arm to make her stand again and silently dragged her to the end of the boat.

“Jump!” he commanded Haisley. “Be careful not to slip and drown,” he added mockingly. Haisley could only widen her eyes, but the strong push from the man made her unwillingly have to jump. Luckily, she was wearing sneakers with a non-slip bottom, so she didn’t slip. Nevertheless, she still felt pain from the fall, sitting on both of her knees.

As Haisley tried to stand up, she could see a woman she recognized but couldn’t quite place standing in front of her with a wicked grin.

“Hello, Haisley. How have you been?” The girl she once knew as simple and sweet now looked sexy with heavy makeup adorning her face. One of her eyebrows lifted in accordance with her menacing grin, which seemed terrifying in Haisley’s eyes.

“Loretta?” Haisley asked in disbelief. Not disbelief that this woman was the mastermind behind all this, but disbelief in her changed appearance and the words she spoke. How articulate she was, not like the ‘ignorance’ she always pretended to have.

“Yes, it’s me. Who did you think? A fairy?” She chuckled. She then nodded towards another man standing beside her before turning to enter the cabin part of the boat. Meanwhile, Haisley was once again held by two strangers who gripped her arms tightly. “I thought you and your friend had tight security. But I didn’t imagine that you could leave the house so easily,” Loretta said as she continued to walk inside with a sway of her hips. “Dear Nath, look who’s here,” she added, stopping her steps.

Haisley was stunned as Loretta shifted her body, making Haisley see her husband’s condition. She cried instantly, trying to free herself and approach her husband, embracing him while occasionally wiping his bruised and bloodied face.

“Shhh, I’m okay,” Nathan said with difficulty, grimacing. His face was battered and bruised, and it was unclear which part of his body was injured. Nathan’s hands were tied behind his back, and he sat on his knees. He looked pitiful.

“How about that? Are you happy to see him alive?” Loretta asked with a smile on her face. She was already sitting on the sofa, lighting her cigarette. She let the reunion of the couple unfold while sipping whiskey from her crystal glass. “Enjoy it; this joyful reunion will be over soon,” she said with a meaningful smile.

“What do you really want from us?!” Haisley asked, staring at the woman in front of her with a look of pure hatred. Her chest throbbed painfully at the sight of Nathan’s current condition. But her hatred for Loretta was much greater than anything else.

The woman sat casually, taking another sip of her whiskey before shrugging her shoulders and looking at Haisley with a flat expression. “I don’t know,” she replied flatly.

“If you want money, just say so. Although I’m not rich, I’m sure my family can ransom Nathan,” Haisley pleaded.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

Loretta raised the corner of her mouth and snorted. “Do you think I need that?” she asked mockingly. “My parents, I mean my adoptive parents, are already wealthy enough. So, I don’t need all that. My job also gives me more than enough than I could ask for. So, I don’t need the scraps you’re offering,” she said coldly.

“Well, then, what do you want?” Haisley asked, puzzled. She didn’t know how to negotiate with Loretta.

“It seems I want to make both of you suffer,” Loretta said as if she were contemplating an important formula in her head. “Yes, making people who have hurt me suffer is my hobby.” She continued with a happy smile on her face. “I just haven’t thought of the most beautiful way to make both of you suffer at the same time,” she added, crossing her legs, resting her elbow on her knee, and cupping her chin with her hand.

Haisley could only look at the woman with an unbelieving gaze. She jerked in surprise when she saw the woman clap her hands on both thighs and then stand up. Looking at Haisley and Nathan with a smile on her face.

“Take them to the deck!” she ordered the two men who had been standing silently against one of the walls.