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.

horribly familiar image of Stella, battered and crumpled on the floor with one of the

the woman screeched

barreled through the

without thinking. The bullet

her to

out two more shot,

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

over...you're safe now, I've got you," he murmured as she

him.

be slipping in and

absorb all of her suffering and agony

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

this plan, he knew she might get injured but seeing her actually injured

baby. Keep your eyes open!" he called

doctors are prepared. We need to take her to the clinic," Christopher reminded the

the medical team arrived. A large hotel like theirs would have a small hospital. But the Grey family

there, for some reason, a thought crossed his mind; what if she doesn't wake

to tell the family that she was fine

had been let go and they had taken

hotel had to be redirected back to the city so that James

docked and Stella was moved to the Green

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

found his mother father and grandfather

took a sit before pouring himself a

really married?" Ray asked and James raised

"Yes," he answered.

do it?" Marla asked. It was dear his immediate family found out

use her as bait.

married Maria. Their enemies saw it as a chance. to move. It took a lot of work out

either," Christopher said. To this, James agreed. But, in his defense,

bait?" Maria asked and James' face went dark. His reaction made his mother

just

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