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.

attacking wildly, but his eyes were on a horribly familiar image of Stella, battered and crumpled on the floor with one of the assailant standing

woman screeched like a

the open

his gun and shot without thinking. The bullet passed through

her to the

he let out two more shot, Bitting her

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

he murmured as she whimpered

him.

consciousness seemed to be slipping in and

stroked her hair, wishing he could absorb all

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

had first made this plan, he knew she might get injured but seeing her actually injured broke his soul. When he saw that

awake, baby. Keep your eyes open!" he

her to the clinic," Christopher reminded the hysterical

hotel like theirs would have a small hospital. But the Grey family had gone overboard and gotten experts. Stella was soon left to them with James standing there

crossed

tell the family that she was

they had taken

back to the city so that James could

Stella was moved to the Green

silent and solemn when Stella was settled in James' room. When James

found his mother father

sit

Ray asked and

"Yes," he answered.

asked. It was dear his immediate family found out

trying to use her as bait. What did you think was going to happen when people

it as a chance. to

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

think you used her as bait?" Maria asked and James' face went

to her, you just got her back," Maria said and walked

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