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.

image of Stella, battered and crumpled on the floor with one of the assailant standing over

the woman screeched like

barreled through the open

thinking. The bullet passed through the crazy

her to the

out two more shot, Bitting her shoulder

three of his guards to fully restrain the other assallant before James scooped Stella's trembling form into his arms, cradling her gently. "Baby?" he called

he murmured as she whimpered in

him.

consciousness seemed to be slipping

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

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

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

baby. Keep your eyes open!" he called

to take her to the clinic,"

medical team arrived. A large hotel like theirs would have a small hospital. But the Grey family had gone overboard and gotten experts.

there, for some reason, a thought crossed his mind; what

while, the doctors returned to tell the family

let go and they had taken their private transport off the

hotel had to be redirected back to the city

docked and Stella was moved

when Stella was settled in James' room. When

mother

sighed and took a sit

you two really married?" Ray

"Yes," he answered.

It was dear his immediate family found

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 married?"

married Maria. Their enemies saw it as a

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

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

to her, you just got

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