MISTAKE 198

Chapter 198: Retrieving Stella

"Son, Stella, she..." Christopher started to say.

"Why is my nephew there?" Ray asked a they all looked at the satellite footage with a frown. Lenny walked into a car and drove off.

Five minutes later, James's drone dropped a bomb on the compound, sending it to flames.

They all saw right. It was Lenny.

But James had other problems. Stella was still being held.

He ordered his men to storm the wing they were holding Stella.

He had this bad feeling in his gut about the entire operation.

Within minutes, his men covered the wing easily. They took out the perpetrators so easily that Christopher glanced at James with a frown. He needed no telling that James was already prepared. This entire situation was James's trap. As the operation started, James walked out of the surveillance room and made his way towards. the wing.

"You have the wing already covered, huh?" Christopher asked following him.

James clenched his jaw, knowing his father already figured this was a trap.

His comms told him Stella was in the room. James almost lost his mind. Stella? Didn't they swap her?

He could not concentrate on this now. His mind was focused on Stella.

He could only hope they arrived in time before anything more traumatic happened to Stella.

He watched as the strike team moved into position, high-tech weapons raised.

They crept down the dimly lit hallway towards the doors.

A woman's deranged shouts and Stella's anguished cries.

With a concussive bang, the door was blown open and mayhem erupted.

of his men attacking wildly, but his eyes were on a horribly familiar image of Stella, battered and

woman screeched like

James barreled through the open

shot without thinking. The bullet passed through the

to the

out two more shot, Bitting her shoulder and

before James scooped Stella's trembling form into his arms, cradling her gently. "Baby?" he called but she

got you," he murmured as she

him.

seemed to be slipping in and

stroked her hair, wishing he could absorb all of her suffering and

out into the hallway, leaving his men to deal with the rest. He could hear Stella whimper

she might get injured but seeing her actually injured broke his soul. When he saw that she

your eyes open!" he

need to take her to the clinic," Christopher reminded

the Grey family had gone overboard and

her lying there, for some reason, a thought crossed his

doctors returned to tell the family that she was fine

guests had been let go and they had taken

the city so that James

and Stella was

when Stella was settled in James' room. When

stairs, he found his mother father and grandfather waiting

sighed and took a sit before pouring himself

married?" Ray asked and James raised

"Yes," he answered.

did you do it?" Marla asked. It was dear his immediate family found out that he had used Stella as

was trying to use her as bait. What did you think was going to happen when people found out I was married?" James asked

he had married Maria. Their enemies saw it as a chance. to move. It took a

godmother as balt. You must never do this either," Christopher said. To this, James agreed. But, in his defense, he did not know

Maria asked and James' face went dark.

just got her back," Maria said

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