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 crumpled on the floor with one of the assailant standing over her, repeatedly kicking

the woman screeched like a

barreled through the open

gun and shot without thinking. The bullet passed through the

to the

filled his head as he let out two more shot, Bitting her

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

got you," he murmured as she whimpered in pain,

him.

be slipping

her hair, wishing he could absorb

leaving his men to deal with the rest. He could hear Stella whimper

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

eyes

need to take her to the clinic," Christopher reminded the hysterical

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

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

a while, the doctors returned to tell the family that she was fine

they had taken their private transport off

to be redirected back to the city so that

docked and Stella was moved to the Green family

solemn when Stella was settled in

found his mother father and grandfather

and took a sit

two really married?" Ray asked and James raised a

"Yes," he answered.

it?" Marla asked. It was dear his immediate family found out that he had

they thought I was trying to use her as bait. What did you think was going to happen when people found out

saw it as a chance. to move. It took a lot

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

as bait?" Maria asked and James' face went dark.

to explain this to her, you just got her back," Maria said and

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