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

woman screeched like

barreled through the open doorway, his vision

shot without thinking. The bullet

to

head as he let out two more shot, Bitting her shoulder and

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

got you," he

him.

be slipping in

could absorb

the rest. He could hear Stella whimper slightly in his arms as he

he knew she might get injured but seeing her actually injured broke his soul.

baby. Keep your eyes

doctors are prepared. We 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

there, for some reason, a thought crossed his

doctors returned to tell the family that she was fine but still

let go and they had taken their private transport

redirected back to the city so that James could

hotel docked and Stella was moved

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

he found his mother father

took a sit before

two really married?" Ray asked

"Yes," he answered.

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

enemies saw it as a chance. to move.

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

her as bait?" Maria asked and James' face

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

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