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.

men 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 over her, repeatedly kicking and stomping

Die!" the woman screeched

James barreled through the open doorway,

shot without thinking. The bullet passed through the crazy

to the

filled his head as he let out two

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

got you," he

him.

to be slipping in and

he could absorb all of her

hallway, leaving his men to deal with the rest. He could hear Stella whimper slightly in his arms as he

plan, he knew she might get injured but seeing her actually injured broke his soul. When he saw that she was slipping away, he

your eyes open!" he

take her to the clinic," Christopher reminded

like theirs would have a small hospital. But the Grey family had gone overboard and

thought crossed his mind; what if she doesn't wake up? he

the family

go and they had taken their private

had to be redirected back to the city so that James could move

docked and Stella was moved to the Green family

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

he found his mother

sighed and took a sit before pouring

two really married?" Ray

"Yes," he answered.

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

use her. The men did not swap her. Like you, they thought I was trying to use her as bait. What did you think was going to happen when people found out I was

as a chance. to move. It took a lot of work out eliminate

never do this either," Christopher said. To this, James agreed. But, in his defense, he did not know there would be a

she think you used her as bait?" Maria asked and James' face went dark. His reaction made his mother sigh and get up to

just got her back," Maria said

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