Sold out to a Monster

Back from the past.

Mr Jake's Pov

I was still thinking of what that i***t daughter of mine had said this morning.

I mean, after all the caring and accommodation I had provided her, she still had the nerve to reject my request.

I think it's high time she starts getting punished for things like this.

Still thinking of other things, I didn't hear the footsteps of Mia until she shouted my name.

'Dad' she screamed

'My love' I replied back while turning to stare at her, but I got a shocker.

She looked really worn out and dirty.

'Baby, what happened to you? Why do you look like this'? I asked her in fear

'Dad, it's a long story, the cops are coming after me. I need to shower and get dressed' She answered back

This only made me more worried but I decided to let her get cleaned up first.

Soon she was out of the bathroom looking better than before.

'Dad, we need to talk' she called out while walking to take a seat

'Okay, I'm all ears' I answered back

'I bumped into someone's car today and got arrested but I just managed to escape with the help of a cop with the look of things the Victim is a very influential person' she finally opened up

' Are you kidding me Mia?' I exclaimed almost in exasperation

'No dad, I'm dead serious' she responded

I was really speechless at this point.

'Did you get his/her name'? I asked her back

'I heard the cops mentioning something like Mr Aiden' she answered again

On hearing this, I nearly lost my balance.

Oh my god!

I really thought I had escaped from the past.

Now he's back and I have to find a way to deal with it.

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Aiden's Pov

I haven't been able to catch a glimpse of sleep since yesterday's incident, i had a really strong hunch like an awkward feeling that evil was brewing.

At first I waved it off as a normal feeling but it continued and this time more pressing.

I ignored it and went to bed. I had a really complicated dream where the name of the girl I had earlier met was replaying and this time it sounded more like it was trying to bring back a hidden memory.

Well, that's past now. I basically have a lot of work to do this morning.

Aside from pursuing the case myself as I had said, some days ago my men caught some 'spies'.

I needed to interrogate them and find out their mission, though this wasn't my work but I felt the need to follow up things like this myself and leave nothing unturned.

I had a strong thought that they were from my uncle.

After the death of my parents, he subjected me to harsh treatments while trying to overthrow both positions of my parents.

My parents were the most feared ruling family in the world due to their large number of influences, secret deals and positions.

He was successfully able to take over ruling the beijing city due to my young age but failed to fully take over the Mafia due to some of my father's loyal men refusing to bow to his rule.

At age fifteen, having gone through harsh and tough training and had enough, I escaped finally from the grip of my wicked uncle with some of my father's loyal men and all of my men while swearing and promising to come back for revenge.

A call came in interrupting my thoughts

'Ice King', the voice of one of my henchmen called out

'Speak on' I responded

'Two of the three men captured some days ago are now dead' he announced

Well to be honest I wasn't surprised. Whoever sent those spies definitely did not want to be found out.

'Okay, how did they die? What happened?' I asked again.

'This morning while going round to inspect, both were found dead with bullet wounds' he answered again

'Wait, did you say bullet wounds? I queried again

'Yes boss' he muttered back

This gave me goosebumps

'Do you know who's behind this'? I said now calculating

'No boss' he said

'Okay, Let this be between us, keep an eye on the remaining one man' I finalised and hanged up.

''Wow, this gets definitely more interesting' i thought to myself

I needed to take things more seriously than before.

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Cora's Pov

Finally, the three days work leave was over the previous day.

I needed to get ready for work today. I rose up slowly from the bed slowly wishing that the mini holidays could continue. It wasn't that I didn't enjoy my workplace, in fact i worked in one of the leading tech companies in the city as

a secretary. It wasn't a big position, but I was well paid and satisfied.

My alarm rang the second time, signalling it was six a.m.

I hurried to the bathroom and a few minutes later, I emerged fully dressed in office wear.

I downed a cup of coffee and off I went.

I arrived at work at the perfect time. Greeting everyone I met on my way, I finally got to my office.

Desk made up of see through glass, a swinging beautiful chair and a mini soft water bed adorned my office.

It felt like a mini home to me.

I set to work minutes starting from checking through the previous week Management meetings record, they were all in place.

After minutes of working I felt the urge to ease myself and walked briskly to the staff's toilet not so far from my office. Done with it, I decided to check out my makeup a bit and moved closer to the mirror.

I wasn't someone who was keen on dressing all up or going out of my way to look good, as long as I looked decent that was fine with me.

Growing up, I never really had the opportunity to do all girly stuff. I was just a boring, depressed, sitting at home girl.

I never made or had friends, Hell I never even had a boyfriend.

My so-called father contributed greatly to this. He never respected my mother, always beat her up over little provocations and never ceased to remind her that he was forced to marry her.

It was a contract marriage between both families.

He never loved both of us and we found a little solace when he began going out with other women and leaving the house for a while.

I noticed that most nights my mother always cried out to herself after every argument with my father. I never really understood why because I was too young to.