SARAH

The tablet got snatched away from my hand, as soon as the video ended. I was too numb for a minute to even react. How could he behave so barbarically with my papa? How dare he hurt my papa!? He punched him!

A gentle soothing touch broke my trance and I looked at him. His face empty, blank, void of any emotion. His calloused fingers were rubbing of the trials of my tears and his strong hand had cupped my face.

I choked on a sob, and moved away from his touch, jerking his hand away.

"Don't touch me! How dare you hurt him and insult my papa like that!?" I snapped out, jumping down from the bed, creating as much as distance possible between us. Hot fury coursed through my veins.

A muscle ticked in his jaw as he tightened them, adjusted his suit and stood up from the bed. Running his hands through his hair, he took a deep breath and slowly turned his face towards me. His eyes cold and hard, similar to those I got the opportunity to see, when I first landed here.

I was breathing out harshly, trying to keep my tears at bay. But the pathetic condition of papa, didn't help much. He behaved like monster to him, humiliating him and hurting him.

His phone vibrated, but without thinking twice, he disconnected the call and thrusted the device into his jacket's picket.

With two long and powerful strides, he pinned me to the wall, his arms on either side of me. His hard contoured frame grazing inch of me.

The whiff of his cologne drifted into my nostrils, and I couldn't help but took a deep breath to steal some of the scent more. His strong and muscular arms around me was not helping me much either, as those choclate orbs pinned me down to the ground.

"It's only you, for whom I held myself back. Or else your dear papa would have been dead by now," he whispered, pronouncing every syllable into my ear. His voice hard.

I was taken aback by his words. He hold himself back!

The buzz of his phoneagain caught my attention, but he threw the device away.

Did he just say that beating my father and insulting him, was holding back!?

"If you think, hurting my papa and beating him up was holding back, than you are clearly mistaken Mr. Morg..."

He crushed his lips on me, taking me by surprise. For a second I didn't know what happened. He suckled them deliciously, as he crushed my body into his muscular frame, one hand on my nape, the other on my hips.

I moaned out in pleasure, when he licked the seam of my lips, asking me to open up. I didn't even think twice before opening up to him. His hot tongue met mine, and I turned into a putty in his arms. Our tongue danced in rhythm, seeking each other. He claimed every inch of my mouth, licking my tongue and sucking it.

My body felt too hot, as I savoured the delicious pleasures Chase gave me. He devoured my mouth, stealing every last breath of me, until I moaned out in protest.

By the time, he pulled back I was panting heavily, gulping as much as oxygen I can, as if I finished running a marathon right now.

"It's because of you, he is still alive. Just because he is your father. Not because, he had left anything. I have already stolen every last information which could have destroy me and destroyed those evidences, my alley set me up for. Not because, I promised you to let you go back to your papa, after delivering the baby, cause if I wished, I could have easily showed his death as an accident. But only and only because, he is your papa."

My eyes were still closed when his husky voice, reached my ears. His words uttered with utmost sincerity.

I opened them only to see his heavily hooded eyes, had turned confused. His eyebrows furrowed.

But in a fraction of second his eyes widened in horror. It was the first time I saw a flash of terror on Chase Moran's face. He was a monster who foist pain upon others. Even the devil would think twice, before appearing infront of him.

But the man who was standing infront of me, with a terror-stricken face wasn't the one I had been seeing from the time, I came here.

His terror stricken face turned hard. His jaw clenched, a fire blazing in his dark eyes, his fist curling up beside him, and his body tensed up. Those muscles, going hard and stiff beneath my fingers, as my hand lays on his heart.

"FUCK!" He snarled out, making me gasp out in fear. His face snapped towards me and with a flash, he grabbed my forearm. His hold firm, yet gentle.

A distant sound of helicopter's blades caught my attention.

Chase continued to drag me out of my room, and as soon as I set my foot out of my room, the scene infront of me accelerated my heartbeat.

Maids were running all in one direction, the guards heavily armed, with guns raised up in defence.

"What is going on here!?" I asked him, but he didn't bother to reply me, and continue to drag me to his office.

The helicopters were nearby as I can see impact of it outside from the glass windows. The tress were moving violently.

What the hell was going on!?

Chase dragged me into his office, slam shutting the door. He was heaving, his face twisted in worry and anger. Swallowing down heavily, he padded towards his desk as I stood behind him dumbfounded.

"Will you atleast tell me whats going on!?" I screamed out in utter frustration.

He halted on his steps, turning to face me.

Grabbing me gently by the shoulders, he looked into my eyes and said the words, which hitched my breath for a second.

"The mansion is under attack."

"What?" I murmured out.

"I don't have time to repeat. This was not supposed to happen in this way. Come, I have to keep you safe."

He knelled down beneath his table, touching something, which made a swiss sound behind me.

I turned back only to gape in utter disbelief. The bookshelves sunder into two parts, opening up into a hidden vault.

Taking my hand, he stepped into it. The vault was literally huge, divided into numerous number of big, steel cabinets. White florescent light illuminating the room.

I gasped out in pure disbelief. Twirling around the room, I gaped at those huge sized cabinets.

Cupping my cheeks, into his warm hands, Chase looked at me. His eyes warm and soothing. Concern flashing into those deep orbs.

"I want you to stay here. Do not try to touch anything. This room is sound proof as well as as bullet proof. The door will only open with my finger print, so don't worry. You will be safe here. I have to go now," he whispered tenderly, his nose touching me, and protectiveness shining in his dark eyes.

He took a step back and my heart jolted in fear and panic. The fear of loosing him. I clutched his hand, which was still placed on my cheek, shaking my head negatively.

"I will come back. Don't worry," he said, his eyes turning soft. I was still reluctant to let him go. A strange terror had enloped my heart.

When he saw that I was not letting him go, he dropped his lips on my forehead, giving a strong kiss. His lips lingered there and I closed my eyes, savouring his touch.

"I won't leave, ever," he uttered, his chocolate brown eyes boring into me.The same words, I told him in the cottage.Those eyes held a promise, which he intended to fulfill.

With a unsure nod, I let him go. He stepped back and dashed out of the room, locking it behind him.

Please God, keep him safe.

CHASE

The sound of gunshots erupted in the hallway. Dead bodies laid scattered on the floor, lying in a pool of their blood. Most of them were not our men. And I knew, whose men they were.

Benjamin Kevanagh's.

Those scorpion tattoos at the back of their ears, were the evidence of it.

I clenched my jaw in rage. That bastard had attacked us from top. I never expected this. The security was tight on the borders and in the mansion, to evade anybody's entrance. But what I didn't expect from them was, an attack from the air.

Those fucktards broke into my mansion, landing on the rooftop directly from the helicopter ladders.

By the time I realised, the mansion was under attack it was already late. They had already evaded. Most of the maids and others had been sent to the security room, in the basement. But I couldn't sent Sarah there. It was already late.

Hiding her in the arms vault in my office was a better optiom. It would keep her safe.

A bullet grazed pass my ears, and I snapped back. Aiming at a pair of Benjamin's talons, I shot them.

Their bodies fell down on the floor, dead, with a thud.

My warriors came running down from the third floor. All of their gaze burning with revenge and anger.

"Boss, the upper gates have been sealed. No one will be able to enter from the roof now. The third floor had been searched thoroughly. Due to extra locks, it haven't been broken down. The rest of the attackers are now in the 2nd, 1st or ground floor," Draven said, his voice hard.

"Good job."

Benjamin won't dare to come here, I knew this. Like every time, he had sent his dogs.

Just then, one of my men hissed out in pain. He had been shot in the knee. I ordered Keven to take him to medical room but he refused.

"I will fight for my King till my last breath," he said groggily and continued to hold his ground immobile. I smirked victoriously. This was what I seeked from my men.

Loyalty and courage.

Swiftly tuning back, I ordered the rest of my men, to eliminate the threats on the 1st and ground floor.

"But boss, atleast let one of us stay," Draven suggested.

"That won't be needed," I ordered, and sauntered away from them.

The hallway was deadly silent and I walked through it, my gun raised up in defense. Blood splattered on the wall, the holes of bullet and the empty shells.

As I rounded on the corner, a gun touched my forehead, and I halted in my steps.

My eyes collided with a deadly gaze.

"Sir?"

Mark stood infront of me, his jaw clenched in anger. His eyes narrowed into slits.

"Everyone had reached safely in the security room. Right?" I asked.

"Yes sir, everyone except Sa- I mean ma'am."

"She is safe."

Mark nodded and raised his gun again.

"Mark, look in each and every room. None of those bastards should leave this mansion alive!" I ordered him, smirking maliciously.

He nodded, his eyes twinkling dangerously.

But now, the mansion seemed deadly silent. As if nothing had happened here.

I stood quietly in the hallway, keeping my ears and alert and my gaze sharp as a hawk.

"Sir, its clear." Mark said.

"Lock down the floor," I commanded and descended down the stairs.

Looking out of the glass window, I saw one helicopter was still in the air, but far away from the mansion.

I descended down the stairs only to come face to face with Ares. His left arm had been shot, and he was limping slightly.

"Boss, the mansion is clear. We have already killed Benjamin's dogs and the rest who were out, had been taken care off by the others."

I nodded, and nudged him towards the medical room. Those bastards were dead. I didn't expect the attack would be this weak. It went better than I expected. This didn't even last 20 minutes.

Benjamin was a fucking coward. He didn't have the balls to come face to face to me.

"Boss!" Mark howled out, from downstairs. He always called me sir. The only person he called Boss was Antonio, and last time I checked he was in Ireland, doing his job I had assigned him, having a fancy dinner with Benjamin.

Running down the stairs, I came to the ground floor. The helicopter had slightly descended down, the tress shaking violently. The sound of it too harsh to take. I was ready with my gun to shot he pilot, when the scene infront of me disrupted my actions.

Two men threw out a figure from the helicopter and it landed with a thud just infront of me. And then, the helicopter rounded around the corners, ascending up in the air.

Mark ran upto the place, where the person was lying. His face turned away from us, his right leg and left ankle twisted in a odd angel. He wasn't wearing anything above the waist. His back had been ripped apart, whip marks visible on them. Bruises on his shoulder showed that his shoulder bone had been dislocated.

Mark kneeled down in front of him and slowly turned him around. The sight made bile rose upto my throat.

Antonio laid there, his face blue and black, badly bruised. His jaw dislocated and his lip had split open. Both his eyes had turned black. He was hardly able to keep his eyes open and was mumbling something.

Mark took his ear near his mouth. Antonio whispered something in his ears before going unconscious, almost lifeless.

Mark swiftly turned his face towards me, his eyes blood shot and jaw clenched. Standing up infront of me, he said the words that shook the ground beneath my foot.

"Benjamin is here sir, and he is looking for ZD-07, the special edition shotguns, we imported from Balochistan."

That gun was in my arms vault, and Sarah, was there too.

SARAH

As soon as Chase left the vault, the room crept silent. It was so huge, that it made me wonder, why did he hide it from us.

I really hope that he return safely to me.

Oh God, please keep my friends and him safe.

Praying this I opened my eyes and they widened in amazement and wonder.Thousands of smaller steel vaults lay infront of me, a few hundred drawers. Curiosity got he best of me, and I hopped to one of those drawers.

Shoo! Don't touch anything idiot. Lets not piss him off.

Well, he pissed me off earlier, by his behaviour with papa and catching me off guard by kissing. So, revenge time!

Holding the handle, I gave it hard tug and it opened instantly. I peeked in curiously, only to gasp out and step back in fear.

Steal metal guns were resting there, which crept a shiver upon my spine. I swiftly closed it, unable to look at those shiny devils anymore.

I was pacing up and down the room, nervously gazing at my wrist watch. 15 minutes had already passed. Why wasn't he coming!?

A click turned my attention to the door.

Finally, he is here.

I looked at the door expectantly, my legs almost ready to ran upto him and embrace him.

But as soon as a figure stepped into the room, my breath hitched in my lungs and my knees got weak.

Olive green eyes pierced into me, sharply.

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