Rich and Sassy

HUNTED

THE NEXT DAY

After sleeping late last night, Ciara was awakened by the bright rays of the early morning sun which radiated through the glass windows into her magnificently large bedroom.

She remembered forgetting to close her curtains last night, after enjoying the beautiful scenery of last night's sky.

Since the servants were not allowed to disturb her while sleeping, no one could help her draw the curtains.

She steadily got out of bed and prepared herself for the day's work.

She wore a black long sleeved shirt over a fitted red trouser and tied her hair into a bun.

Having been satisfied with her looks, she walked out of the room and headed to the parking lot.

"I will go with the Rolls Royce today." She said to her driver who was already waiting for her at the parking lot.

The driver hurriedly opened the car door for her. After she had entered, he closed the door and drove off.

Inside the car, while waiting for the driver to reach the company, Ciara opened her phone to confirm her schedules for the day. She was so engrossed in studying her schedule for the day that she was unaware when she arrived at her destination.

"Ma'am we are here ."

Without giving much attention to the driver, she stepped out of the car.

"I'll be leaving the office by 2pm today. Don't be late!" She said to the driver, before walking elegantly into the building.

Aslan was eagerly waiting for her at the entrance of the building. They lived in the same mansion but Ciara never allowed him to ride in any of her cars to the office.

"Good morning Miss Ciara."

"The results must be ready since you're here already, right? She asked sternly while heading towards her private elevator.

"Yes ma'am."

"Let's talk about it in detail in my office." She said coldly as she waited for the elevator to stop at her designated floor.

Upon arriving, Aslan quietly followed her. While she headed to her office, her employee's eyes were on her and she became the center of gossip.

"Awwn look at our CEO. She is so beautiful and classy." The first worker whispered as she stared at Ciara with eyes of admiration.

"So what if she's beautiful? She is just a cold blooded demon who gives her employees a heavy workload without caring about their wellbeing. " The second girl whispered with disgust on her face.

"That's true. I almost forgot how she fired our team manager for making slight mistakes on the business proposal she submitted. Who knows if the marriage between her and her secretary was arranged as an act of damage control?" Another worker chirped in.

Ciara turned her gaze to the girls who were gossiping about her. When their eyes met, the girls immediately scrambled for their lives without any utterance from her.

Ciara knew that the side talks as well as the sharp lustful stares were all directed to her. Even though she had the urge to gouge their eyes out, she decided not to as she cared less about their opinions.

She finally got to her office and sat down on her executive chair, while placing her eye glass on the table.

"You can tell me the details of the threat now." She said to Aslan as she peered deep into his eyes.

Aslan immediately handed over the documents containing the details of the person responsible for the threat call last night.

"Ma'am, Laura Deville was the brain behind the threat you got yesterday."

Ciara couldn't wrap her head round the name, as it didn't sound familiar.

After thinking for a while, she finally asked,

"Who is this Laura?"

"She is the daughter of Mr. Deville Jones, president of Deville Corporation who went bankrupt recently. He tried to bribe your uncle to accept one of his project proposals."

Ciara laughed so hard.

What a pair of father and daughter! Foolish duo!

But what amazed her was the reason for his daughter interfering in a matter that was of no concern to her.

"Have I met the silly girl before?" Ciara asked, trying to recall any memories with her.

"Yes ma'am. She was the lady who hit you in the face at the club, because she thought you were trying to flirt with her boyfriend. You almost killed her after the hit though." He explained.

Now she remembered! It was that rude girl who hit her on the face while she was hanging out with her best friend, Liza.

"I nearly killed her not because of the severity of the slap, but because she dared to lay her filthy hands on me! " Ciara fired at Aslan.

"Sorry Miss Ciara. I remember that she would have been dead before now, if not for Miss Liza who stopped you."

Ciara smiled wickedly.

"Yes! She would have died a pitiful death, if not for the urgent intervention of Liza."

"Yes ma'am. How dare she think you wanted to seduce her boyfriend!?" Aslan praised Ciara with sparks in his eyes. He was angry that a lowly woman like that could dare think his wife was cheap.

"You're talking too much Aslan! This wasn't why you were brought here." She snarled at him.

"I'm sorry, ma'am." Aslan immediately apologized.

Ciara totally ignored the apology and continued with her interrogation.

"How did she know who I was? I always have a mask on, whenever I hangout with Liza."

"I doubt if she is aware that you are the CEO of The Arthurs corporation. With the information gathered, she paid the workers at the clubhouse to enquire about you. So after she figured out that you go clubbing once in a month, she decided to place assassins around there permanently. Since you do not have a particular date you go there, she plans to get rid of you for humiliating her in public."

What a fool she was for doing that!

"I'm very sure if she had known that you are a top martial artist, she wouldn't have dared to send those weaklings to get rid of you."

"Since she seems to care about her boyfriend so much, run an investigation on him quietly. I'm about to give her a surprise gift, don't you think she deserves one from me?" She asked with a smirk.

Aslan nodded without hesitation.

"She has the guts to think that Ciara Arthur can be dealt with by some insignificant pieces of trash" Ciara said with a murderous look on her face.

"Ma'am should I put a call across for her to be dealt with?" He asked anxiously.

But Ciara had a different plan in mind.

"Inform them that I don't want her to be hurt anywhere, especially her pretty face." Ciara ordered.

"Yes ma'am!" He replied instantly.

"I'll pay her a visit myself, when I'm done going through the files on my desk."

"Right away Miss !" Aslan said, as he left hurriedly to make preparations.

He made a call across to her men who were already waiting for Ciara's order.

"Take action immediately but do not hurt her one bit. Miss Ciara wants her alive and sound."

"Right away." A voice said from the other end and the call was disconnected.

…

In a cozy hotel room, a beautiful young lady stood behind the window and hissed continuously.

She was furious and it was as though she was anticipating a call from someone or rather a person's arrival.

"What's taking them so long?!" Laura screamed in anger as she stumped her feet to the ground.

She finally sat down and had a flashback of the incident that happened between her and Ciara.

FLASHBACK

Desmond booked a VIP room, so he and his girlfriend could spend some time together without being disturbed. Laura wore a blue sleeveless gown, which was highly above her knees and clicking to her body.

She looked so beautiful and was the center of attention at the club. Laura cling tightly to the arm of Desmond to prove to the other girls that he was hers.

She gave the receptionist a murderous glare when she discovered that she was staring at Desmond in a lecherous way.

They soon headed to their room but Desmond stepped out a few minutes later. On his way back to the room, he saw a lady in the corridor. She was headed to one of the VIP rooms. Since all the doors of the VIP room were the same, Desmond stopped her as he thought she was heading to his room.

"Excuse me young lady. I think you're heading towards the wrong room."

"You must be mistaken." Ciara replied without looking at his face.

"Actually, I booked this particular room for my girlfriend and I . So I think you're the one mistaken here." Desmond explained politely.

"Oh really? You must be very bold to stop me here." Ciara said, in a tone of mockery.

Back in the room, Laura was growing impatient from waiting for Desmond, so she decided to go look for him.

Just as she stepped out of the room, she saw her boyfriend speaking with a lady in a very short red gown which was crazily revealing.

The lady's skin glowed even in the dimly lit corridor. She was red with anger as she thought, the lady was one of those young ladies who wanted to flirt with her man.

Laura dashed towards them and grabbed the lady by her arm. The lady immediately turned in shock to see who had grabbed her arm, but she was welcomed with a hard slap on her face.

"How dare you try to flirt with my man?!" She ranted in anger.

"Laura, calm down." Desmond said as he tried to explain the situation to her.

"Don't you say that Desmond. Can't you see that she is trying to flirt with you?" Laura asked with a look of contempt in her eyes.

"No babe! She wasn't flirting with me at all. I mistook her room for ours, so I tried to stop her from entering it."

Laura's rant had attracted a lot of people, as they kept tropping out to see what was happening.

"I can't believe you're trying to cover up for this slut!" Laura said loudly as she noticed people were tropping out.

She continued her show to gain people's pity.

"And you, who do you think you are?" Laura asked with disgust on her face.

"I'm talking to you! Or have you suddenly gone deaf and dumb after flirting with my man?" Laura asked and made to slap Ciara the second time.

In a blink of an eye, Ciara held Laura's hand and sent her falling to the ground. Then she forced Laura to lick the dust over her shoes and hit her on the face so badly, as a payback.

Liza was amongst the crowd at the scene but she couldn't see the ladies faces as she was standing in the middle. It was when she heard a familiar voice speak that she rushed to the front to see things clearly.

"Stupid girl!" Ciara spat, as she kept hitting Laura in the face.

Liza hurriedly went to separate Ciara from the lady that was badly hurt from her beatings.

The girls whom Laura had behaved rudely to earlier, gave her wicked smiles.

"See who is being humiliated and beaten blue black in public, in front of her boyfriend! I'm sure she will learn not to overstep her boundaries next time." The receptionist who was given a murderous look earlier by Laura, said.

Liza immediately held Ciara by the hand and took her away from the scene.

When they got outside, Ciara tried to free herself from Liza's grip.

"Let me go Liza! How dare she hit me in the face just like that?"

"Ciara, calm down. I'm happy that I was at the scene on time before you beat her to death."

"She should forever remain thankful to you. If you had not come to rescue her, she would have been dead by now." Ciara said, while walking towards the car in anger.

They got into the car and Ciara sped off as soon as Liza adjusted her seat belt.

…

POM! POM!

Someone knocked on Laura's hotel room. Since she was expecting the arrival of the assassins to give her feedback on Ciara's movement, she didn't bother to check the identity of the person at the door before opening blindly.

The men hurriedly entered and instructed her to cooperate with them.

She was extremely scared. She got soaked in sweat, despite the AC on.

The men tied her hands and sealed her mouth up, to prevent her from making any noise.

Who were these people? What could they possibly want from her? Who sent them?

Now, the hunter has become the hunted.