The CEO's Assistant
Chapter 42.-2

"Taylor. Please. Stay with me....Oh god." I was trying to hold her up. But I was not able to hold her steady.

"Scarlet."

I turned around to see her standing there with a gun pointed at me. Her eyes were void of any emotions. She was clearly looking like a deranged person.

"Cherry." I whispered her name in a very low voice. Afraid to move, I stood near to Scarlet's unconscious body.

My heart was beating so rapidly that I might get a heart attack right now. What is wrong with her?

"Look what you've done? Look at her.

Look what you've made me into. A total mess.... You....

You.... Scarlet is a thief.

You stole everything from me.

Why?"

"What?" I asked her confused and very carefully in a low tone.

She laughed hysterically.

"Oh what a bitch.... Being all innocent.....

I said you're a thief. You took away everything from me..... My peace, my happiness, my love, my Alexander."

She yelled at me angrily.

"What!" I asked her with sadness. Alexander.

"Yes. I love him and he loved me. Then you came along and changed everything. You stole him from me. How could you?

You are so ugly. You don't even have a status. You are a bitch who just wants to have his money. Hell, you don't even have a career for yourself. Look at you...."

"Stop... please Cherry....Stop." I am hurt with all her words but my friend is injured, I need to save her. Cherry is gone crazy. What am I supposed to do? I need to calm her down.

"Just calm down Cherry and put the gun away. We'll talk it out." I stated calmly wiping away my tears. If I yell at her she will lose it and one of us definitely will get injured. I need to stay calm.

"No.... I want you away from him. He is mine. You back off. Go to hell.... I don't know. All I do know is that I love him and I need him." She broke down in tears and started rambling out words. All her bottled up emotions were coming out. But she still had the gun pointed at me.

"You don't know anything. He was my first love. The only one who loved me, who supported me and made me who I am today but somehow due to the distance created between us made me turn away from him. I got attracted to another man, who I thought was more capable of making me damn happy than Alex. I know it was a huge mistake from my end for all the complications. I learnt my lesson. I suffered and endured a lot because everything turned out to be a nightmare for me.

I realized that Alexander is the one for me. He is my savior, my love and my life. I need him and I will not allow anyone, not even you to take him away from me. Even if it means that I have to kill you."

I gasped. She was about to pull the trigger but stopped. She gave a wicked chuckle.

"Aaahh... No. No no no no no. I need a happy ending. I don't want to be a murderer. So...I give you a chance."

"What?" I frowned at her.

"Take her." She commanded while snapping her fingers in air. Two heavily built men grabbed my both arms and dragged me out of the penthouse. I was struggling to get free from their hold but they silenced me by making me sniff a handkerchief.

I started losing my conscious, Alexander was the last word that I uttered and then I slipped into darkness.

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"Just hold on a sec." Max said as he was on a call.

"Baxter what is it?"

"Cherry has kidnapped Scarlet!"

"Where are they now?"

"I'm trying to find that from my team. Wait let me check, yeah?"

I nodded in response while pacing from right to left in my cabin.

I shouldn't have send her out with them. I should have kept her with me, here in the office. Damn that Cherry. Wait a minute.

"Check for Vince's whereabouts now. I want to know where he is currently and he is up to?"

"Cherry was last seen in your old apartment. Hotel Seawood's receptionist confirmed it. The lady said two visitors had come to meet her. It was Scarlet and Taylor as checked from the security cameras. One of my men found Taylor injured and lying on the floor all unconscious. They have taken her to the hospital."

"Shit....Shit....shit...shit... Baxter I need to know where they took her. Find her please."

"Got Vince....he is in his apartment. There she is...it's Cherry."

Baxter turned his laptop towards me showing a video of them. He had setup hidden cameras in Vince's apartment. He checked in his bedroom, kitchen and spare room area through the camera but Scarlet is not being seen anywhere. Where the hell did she hide her?

"Look.....they are moving out. I'll tell one of my men to follow them. We need to get going as well. Come on lover boy let's find your girl."

We quickly left and followed Cherry's car. I called up Ray and told him about the situation. Ray has already dropped off Estelle and Sera at my home with my parents. Ashton will be staying at home along with the guards. I want everyone to be safe.

Cherry is really going to pay for all this shit that she pulled now. I knew there must be some reason why she behaved so nicely with everyone especially making me believe her... through emotional talk. Nice one though.

She even lied about being pregnant. She was pregnant but lost that unborn baby due to an accident because of Vince while living with him. Well, she continued the role of a pregnant lady to gain my trust and care towards her. At first I believed her but later on I felt like...she is just pretending all of it though I just kept along with her act just to get a confirmation from Baxter.

I had never really believed her totally, so I did a thorough check about her. Though whatever happened with Antonio is all true and she did suffer a lot with him. All that tortures of his triggered her behavior into a madness. She is totally gone insane and now she wants me like anything.

"Alex, I don't get it. Why all this drama? She is well aware of all the things you can do to her for abducting your girl. I mean... you have all the resources and power to end her life, career etc. Then why would she take so much trouble to do all this shit?"

"Maybe it is all for attention. She wants me like anything hence she is proving me what she can do to have me even if it means to take Scarlet away from me."

"What about this Vince guy. He is not insane like her. I have done a background check and the only thing I've got about him is a connection with Italian Mafia and that secret thing."

"Well, I don't know about that guy. Maybe his only motive is to get Scarlet. Which I'll never allow, I can't believe about that secret thing. Firstly, I want my Scarlet back in my arms. She is mine and I am actually afraid....afraid of losing her. So damn Baxter, tell your guys to get me details. I am going insane right now."

"Okay...okay...let me check." Baxter called up his team and was talking to them while I was getting tensed by every second.

Scarlet, where are you baby. Please be safe. I'll find you. Oh damn man!

I was occupied in her thoughts. I feel scared... for the first time in my life I feel so scared that.... I feel like I am going to have a heart attack this instant.

I closed my eyes and suddenly all those moments of us being together flashed in front of me.