Man of his word

First meeting

David POV

I have not been able to sleep after receiving that envelope, Kitten is sleeping so peacefully beside me, occasionally grunting which is really cute. I have come to accept she is a cuddler especially when drunk, right now her legs are around my waist, her arms around my neck so if I even move an inch she will wake up so I have no choice but to lay still until she awakes.

I hear my phone vibrate and I quickly answer it so that it does not stir her up.

"Did you get him?"

"Its not a he, its a her"

"What do you mean a her?"

"The guy was just a decoy she used and you wont believe this, you actually know her"

"Who is it?"

"Sharon Sir, Sharon Whittaker"

Damn it, why her of all people, she is such a nut job

"Ok, bring her to the warehouse discreetly"

"Yes Sir"

I return the phone on my bed stand, I really do not need this drama right now.

Sharon Whittaker, spoilt brat of an oil tycoon that my mother tried to hook me up with when I turned 20, I knew from the moment I first saw her that she was a nutcase. She stalked me for months, even trying to tap into my phone to try and trace my calls. Went to the extent of threatening any female who got too close to me, my mum thought I was making it up until the day she threatened my sister, who she thought must be the reason I do not want her, then my mother finally believed me. A restraining and gag order was issued both by the court and also by "The Elites" to her family so for her to reach out she must be really stupid or desperate.

My phone buzzes again and a message has come through with one word, "done".

Now I do not have a choice but to get up and my movements cause Kitten to wake up also, she is still a bit groggy so she quickly goes back to sleep. Am thankful for my soundproof bathrooms, I quickly shower and dress up, but before I leave I kiss Kitten on the forehead then softly close the door.

Thomas is standing at the door with a travel mug ready with coffee and what looks like a packed muffin.

"What's this?" I ask him to which he replies, "I may be old Sir but I figured you may be needing this from now on considering the amount of energy you have been burning up of late and you need to keep your sugars up." I really do not have the time to argue with him so I grab the items and quickly enter the car. As I sip the coffee after finishing the muffin I realize Thomas was right, I really needed this.

We are now nearing the warehouse and I can see Jones waiting outside, as I walk in he directs me to the room he has put Sharon to wait for me, I can already smell her sickly perfume. It always irritates my sinuses and once I open the door my nose is hit full blast by the scent and Jones has to open the window.

"Why hello David, how have you been" she greets me as she shifts her legs exposing the slit on her skirt that is running high up her thigh.

"What do you want Sharon?" I respond to her harshly

"Is that how you treat past lovers?"

"Can you get to the point, am a busy man and for the record I would never touch filth like you so the sooner you speak the better for you or we will be having a different conversation with your father," I reply with a cold tone. I signal Jones to cover her legs, which he does with a nearby polythene bag.

"tsk tsk acting so self righteous yet you do not know who your wife's real identity is!!!!" playing with her hair as she continues speaking, "you would have married me, you would not have to worry about the s**t storm coming your way honey."

"I already know who my wife is and it will not be the first time I faced a s**t storm considering the secretary of the s**t storm committee is right in front of me kicking up a stench. If that is all you had to say I will be leaving now, the next time you come near me I will effect the threat I told you the last time." I notice her face go pale, at this point I turn and leave.

"This is not over David, she will not last, enjoy her when you can," she hisses behind my back which makes me stop in my tracks and turn around. "Caught your attention now have I, I am not the only looking for your so called wife, her family is coming for her soon."

"What did you do?" I ask her calmly, she refuses to respond, "ANSWER ME WHAT DID YOU DO?"

She sneers as she responds "Lets just say, how I got the information got the interest of many people, I would suggest you start preparing for her funeral because they are closer than you think." I look at her and smile then turn around and leave.

I can here her shouting profanities behind my back but I do not care, I am more prepared than she thinks

Emma POV

I woke up to an empty bed and I must say I actually missed David's nagging and s****l innuendos that always ended up with is having s*x. I slowly get up and head to the bathroom to shower, today am supposed to be speaking to Stanley about my new work place and I cannot wait. I hope this time I might actually get to do some work and not just laze around.

As I walk down the stairs I immediately inhale the sweet scent of muffins coming from the kitchen, I rush to the kitchen and lo and behold muffins and a mug of drinking chocolate. I gleefully sit down and start munching the muffins, this feels like soft clouds going down my throat and the drinking chocolate...…ambrosia. Thomas then walks in and places a note on the table, it seems David left an apology note for leaving me before I woke up. I immediately take my phone and send him a message thanking him for the muffins. I feel like am slowly falling for him, I hope I never regret trusting him.

The ride to my new office is quiet as I take in the scenery, after 10 minutes we have already arrived at our destination, its actually not that far from our home and we do not have to join the main highway so that means no traffic. Soon am shown to my office and I already feel at home, my office is not so extravagant like the previous one and everyone is treating me like one of them. So I have been assigned the responsibility of staff recruitment for all branches and businesses of Bullion. After orientation, my in-tray is soon full with pending recruitments and approvals for hire or promotion. I do not even notice the time fly and soon its time to go home.

Am so excited, this is more like, am being treated like one of the staff and my name has been changed to guard my identity. I have so far made a few friends between the lunch and tea breaks, they are single so I cannot accompany them for Monday madness drinks at the local down the road. Alex is packed in the basement waiting for me, as I enter the car I notice someone else in the back seat.

"David!!!!….ouch...why did you pinch me"

"What did we agree?" he scowls at me

"Baby" I roll my eyes and I can see him smiling

"Yes, Kitten" he smiles at me

"I thought you had a busy day?"

"You are part of my busy day" he replies rubbing my knee with his knee making me blush

"Stop that, Alex will see," I move to the edge of the door

"In that case" he stretches forward and presses a button and a screen appears and blocks off the front of the car.

"You were saying?" at this point am giggling uncontrollably as he starts playing around with me but stop him from going too far

"You know its just a matter of time before we go all the way in the car" he says as he adjusts my dress

I slap his hand and laugh, "I am not having s*x in a car, that is just too embarrassing"

"Why?" pulling me closer to him so that my feet are now on his laps.

"For starters, the car will rock back and forth and everyone will know we are up to no good"

"Then I will send everyone away" he responds as he starts kissing my neck again

"What!!! that is even worse, everyone will know what we are about to do in the car," am looking at him with shock written all over my face, to which he starts laughing uncontrollably.

His phone begins to buzz, he looks at it and brings down the screen.

"Alex, we will drop madam home then we will drive back to the office."

"See I knew you still had some unfinished business, this was too good to be true." I respond crossing my arms pouting

"Ohh Kitten how you have changed, there was a time you looked forward to me going away now you want me all the time. For a minute I might just think you have started to care" as he caresses my face.

"HAAH never!!!" I respond immediately removing my legs from his laps and turn towards the window because I do not want him to see me blushing because I know there is some truth in what he is saying.

He chuckles and responds, "time will tell Kitten time will tell but one thing I know is that at least now you like me very much."

David POV

Damn it, why now!!! I had planned to spend the evening home with Kitten but it seems I will have to go to the warehouse. I cannot postpone it because it concerns Kitten, Jones seems to have pulled out more information from that b***h Sharon. As we arrive at the warehouse, I can see an extra familiar car in the parking lot, its seems everyone is on site. I walk it to find dad and Jones in deep conversation.

"So what do we have?"

"They contacted us yesterday" responds Jones

"What did they ask?"

"They request that you meet them at the playgrounds just outside town to talk tonight at 10pm"

My dad interjects "Son we need to be careful, I have done a background check on this guy and he is not to be underestimated"

"I agree dad, Jones survey the grounds via our satellites and send it our mini drones to survey the area discreetly, I do not want to walk into an ambush" to which Jones nods and proceeds to step out to make a call.

"So what did that woman say?" I remember it was because of Sharon that we have converged.

"She says that Emma already had an arranged marriage with a man called Hakim when she was born so your marriage is null and void"

"Who arranged it?"

"Apparently her father but I think there is more to it, because the age given when it was done coincides with when Emma and her family disappeared. Which raises the question, if her father knew she was dead why arrange a union on her behalf?"

"Unless there is a huge inheritance involved that only Emma can access" my dad nods in agreement

"It seems we will have to visit Mr. & Mrs. Bailey to have a candid chat" I look at my watch and realize its now 6pm. I bid my father farewell and head to the office to prepare for the meet at 10pm.

Jones confirms they have 3 armed guards hidden in the trees around the playground, 4 cars are parked at strategic road exit points around the park with at least 4 armed guards each. It seems like they are preparing for a fight and we will give them one.

Its now 9.45pm and we are parked at the furthest corner of the playground where we can monitor who is walking in and out of the grounds without been seen. A few lovers are still walking through the grounds but soon we see everyone been chased out and the area being locked down. I take this as my cue to approach. As I walk towards the grounds, I notice a tall grey man with a heavy brown trench coat heading towards me, I assume this must be who I am supposed to meet.

He begins to speak, "I will get straight to the point, My name is Hellion, Emma's father and am here to instruct you to divorce her and return her to me in 5 days time."

I laugh at him and ask, "You expect me to give you my wife just like that, you clearly do not know who you are dealing with."

"Clearly you also do not know who I am," he responds.

"I have a rough idea what kind of a person you are," sneering at him

"Young man do not start something you will not be able to finish," he barks at me already getting worked up.

"I would also advise you to choose your wars carefully, I highly propose that you abandon your mission to take my wife, because it will not end well for you," I reply in a low harsh tone which agitates him even more.

"You insulate brat, just because you think you have money you think we are of the same level" he responds gritting his teeth.

"Then I guess in 5 days we will get to know each other better, I hope it will be everything you dreamed off, Hellion" I turn around and walk away. I can hear him kick the gravel and shout profanities in anger.

I walk towards the car and Alex quickly drives off, we take a different route to ensure we not been followed. We notice a black tinted SUV trailing us and we decide to lead it to the man-made lake just outside town. The moment it turns the corner my men jump into action and disable the car, a brief gunfire ensues but they are no match to my snipers. We just needed to get them far enough to avoid any civilian casualties. Once we are sure no one is following us, we head home, I look at my watch and notice it is now heading to 1am. Kitten will probably be asleep right now, I quietly walk into our room and head into the shower to cleanup, I do not want her to smell the gun powder in my hair and clothes.

When I slide into the bed, she immediately snuggles towards me for warmth, as I look at her sleeping I cannot imagine her being away from me for even a minute. At that point I know I will fight tooth and nail to keep her safe but for me to do so I need to tell her the truth about her true identity. I wonder how she will react when she finds out her whole family was killed and she is the only survivor. I can tell from the way the Baileys treat her, she is not their daughter, but they have taken care of her very well.

"Baby," she calls me groggily

"Hmmm"

"Why are you still awake?"

"Just thinking"

"About what?" she asks as she sits up

"Kitten what would you do if you found that everything you know is a lie?"

"I do not know, why do you ask? is there someone who cheated you or lied" she asks raising her eyebrows with curiosity

"No Kitten, lets sleep its going to be a long day" and I kiss her forehead and she immediately falls asleep.

As I lay there on the bed with her laying on my chest, she has already locked me in with her legs, I begin to come up with a plan on how to keep her safe. I do not know whether she will cooperate but I will have to get it done.

Its now 6am and I have not slept a wink, I already have black eyes and eye bags forming. I move so that Kitten can wake up, and right on cue she opens her eyes.

"Kitten, I will need you to call your parents and inform them we are coming for lunch today" she looks at me shocked , "why what's wrong" she asks

I respond "Nothing serious, its just that we have not seen them since the wedding and I wanted to have a chat with your father about your family's company."

"Ok, but I will call at 9am, mum does not like early morning calls" she responds as she heads to the bathroom.

I might as well join her because after today, things are soon going to become dicey and it might be a while before we have some peace in our lives. As I step in to the shower, she seems not to have heard me, once she notices my presence she screams, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? GET O....." I bend down and kiss her to shut up and within a short while she is panting for air. I help her wash her hair and scrub her before I help her out of the shower to dry herself. I quickly shower and get out, I want to taste her before we leave, as she is drying her feet I quickly lift her up and take her to our bed to finish what I started in the shower