I look at all the pictures that has been thrown on Eric's desk as we are in Eric's office, sitting with a headache because of the clues that points finger at every single person I lay my eyes on.
"I don't think he is the one behind it" I calmly tell Eric who sighs not knowing what to answer "I don't know Ziyan, the footage only shows his face and since your doubting Max, let me tell you at the time the person disappeared the footage, Max was sent by you to a sight which was atleast 50 miles away from here, so I don't think Max is behind it" he clears me out and I nod in understanding.
"So your telling me its Zach who is behind this?" I hesitantly let out the guys name who I have zero percent doubt on, he nods shrugging as if it was not a big deal.
"I don't think so Eric, if he is the one then why would he be roaming outside the cabin instead of being in" I sigh not believing him but he nods before speaking "I am not sure about that, maybe he has send someone else in so he doesn't get caught" he does not stop blaming and I am actually starting to think the same now.
We've found a footage from my floor a little bit far from my cabin since the other cameras did not have the footage of an hour in which the person stole the card attached into the camera very cleverly.
And the only footage we got was from the other part of the hall where Zach was phasing out while using his phone.
And it was right after 10 minutes I left the building because of grandma who did not stop ringing my phone, since she didn't want me to miss her handmade delicious food.
"The only thing we can do now is ask Zach" I suggest but he shakes his head "No! If you ask him without any evidence he will for sure deny and will get alert so do not do that" he stops me from doing something which actually can clear everything out.
But yeah I can't go against a detective, Can I?
Well I have a question, who made him a detective on the first place, he does nothing but elaborates the same stupid shit I already know. P
Checking my phone I see no calls from Ziah, I left her 4 hours ago and she did not even call me once that's strange.
"I'll be taking my leave now, if you get any information contact me first and if I am not available call Sufiyan" I stand up as I speak, straightening my coat and buttoning up the only button, I leave his room.
Ignoring his goodbye I leave the place and soon I am sitting with my driver who is taking me towards ny office.
Sighing deeply I look out of my window hoping that everything settles down soon and that I live happily with Ziah without any fear.
After a 10 minutes ride, the car comes to an halt and I stare at my building feeling tired, I just want to go home but I need to pick Ziah up who I am sure is tired as well, probably is upset too because of me disappearing for more than 4 hours.
I walk inside my building, after nodding at my guards who greets me, but my steps slow downs when I see Zach, Zoe, Alia and Mateo standing in a group talking about something which I am not able to hear.
Zach is laughing so loud at some joke they made, but my eyebrows furrow up in confusion, when I do not find Ziah with them, why is Ziah not with them? She is always with them.
Zoe's eyes drops on me and she does not waste a second to nudge Zach's shoulder who looks at her confused but his eyes follows her's and when he notices me he grins and waves towards my side, but he does not stop their, he brings his whole little gang towards me and I force myself to not role my eyes since I am so tired.
"Hey boss" he grins and I force myself to give him a smile, and I am feeling guilty to even look at him with judging eyes because his smile looks genuine.
"Did you see Ziah?" I question them and they quickly shake their head "No, we did not even meet her today, the last time I met her was in the morning and after you dragged her I am sure we did not see her" every body nods and I wait for certain someone to speak that she met Ziah and showed her the video, but she does not open her mouth.
Maybe she forgot.
Goodness my head is spinning by just looking at everyone with judging eyes.
"Okay" I nod but before I could leave, Mateo speaks "Boss, when I saw you with Ziah in that footage, my heart pained looking at the way you guys looked so cute" he pouts as he complains and I only roll my eyes at that.
"Please Mateo, don't complain" Zach sternly stops him before giving that creepy look to me "They looks so damn freaking hot that I was waiting for something else to happen but that video came to an end very quick, like I was so disappointed since I thought I will watching a free hot video without browsing it but it came to an end too early" Zach and his filthy mouth, what can I even say now.
I see another girl who I am sure Is Alia, giggling quietly as he eyes Zach with a glint of amusement. Zoe smiles nodding but Mateo pouts with a glare which was pointing towards the shameless Zach, who I am sure is so near on nudging me for being intimate with my wife in an office room like those teen girls do when their friend makes an eye contact with her crush.
"You guys continue, I'll go find Ziah, I am sure she is hungry and bored" I walk away before Mateo opens his not so useful mouth to let out not so sensible words.
"Bye boss" I hear Zach's voice, this guy cannot be the stalker he is too friendly to do such stupid shits, but I cannot trust anyone now and I just hope he is not the one behind it.
I enter the elevator and within few seconds it drop me on my floor, my eyes first falls on Max who looks so concentrated on the screen infront of him, I do not bother him but I walk past him, reaching my cabin I open the door and with a sigh I enter only to find myself furrowing in confusion.
"Ziah?" My voice comes out in a whisper when I see my beautiful Sweetheart crying so badly while holding herself close as if she is trying to protect herself from being harmed.
My heart thumps against my chest and the worry that runs in veins cannot be described in words so I rush towards her without waiting any second.
"Hey Ziah" I gulp when I see her body trembling but she takes a second pause to look up when her bloodshot eyes meets mine, she launches over me and I was forced to stumble back at the way she jumped on me and I am so grateful that I was waiting for some hard hug because she always does that, or else we would have been lying on the ground by now.
"What's wrong sweetheart?" The fear that I am feeling of the possibilities of her being hurt is only making me feel a rush of anxiety passing through my blood cell.
I squeeze her arm as she wraps her legs around my waist to be as close as she can, she sobs right next to my ear, with her face hidden in the crook of my neck.
Did the stalker did something to her while I was gone? I am not sure what is happening, and the way she is sobbing is only scaring me more.
"You know you can tell me everything right? So come on sweetheart tell me what's wrong?" I rub her back in a way to calm her down and I gently squeeze her waist but I sit on the couch when she does not answer.
She whines and snuggles closer when I try to pull her away so I can look at her. What the freaking hell happened when I was out? My head is bursting from stress now.
"Ziah, your just scaring me by not telling me what happened, please tell me love" I gently speak in a low voice but hear her breathe falling into a calm phase.
Her voice trembles but she let's out the most horrible words I could have ever hears "They kidnapped me" her voice coming out in a whisper but loud enough to blow my mind.
"Huh? What?" I forcefully pull her away from the hug so I can look at her face to see if she is hurt, "what are you saying Ziah?" I cup her cheeks but a hiss leaves her lips and that's when I see how swollen her left side his, her cheekbone is pretty much purple and also the side of forehead has some swollen spots.
My breathing only heavies when I see her hurt, "who kidnapped you what happened baby?" She sobs more loudly but holds my shirt tightly in her hold I cares her right cheekbone gently before pulling her closer to kiss the tip of her nose, I lick my lips before placing a gently kiss on her soft lips.
"Can you tell me everything in detail my love?" She nods sniffing. "I-was hungry, I ordered food and then I went out to get the food and when I was standing out waiting for the food, one Man in black came and said that you said him to pick me up, so I told him I was waiting for my food but he said your busy and you were waiting for me to arrive, so I went with them but when I sat inside the big car I saw another Men in black and I was little scared seeing them so I tried dialling you but before I could call you they injected me with a painful injection, I swear it was painful" she sobs at the end like a cute baby and I am sighing over my fate, I was so close to getting heart attack and here the reality is, it was just a damn dream.
Why the hell would she order the food and go out and wait for the order, when the food always gets delivered inside the building on the receptionist table.
I'll go nuts with her and her dreams which are so damn dramatic.
I try my best to hide my annoyed self when I see her blinking her eyes at me for not commenting on how she was kidnapped.
"Awe My baby" I peck her lips while cupping her face gently when I see her looking at me with teary eyes and pouty lips when I do not react the way she wants me too "You've gone through so much all alone, I promise you I'll try my best to get those bastards who tried hurting my wife" I roll my eyes mentally on myself for being the best drama queen.
Well I know she would throw a handful of tantrum if I tell her it was only her stupid dream.
"It still pains" she sniffs as she stares at me "where does it pain sweetheart?" I pull her closer by her hip and she waits for few seconds before answering "my face is paining" her voice coming out confused "they injected you on your face?" I ask with some amusement and she shakes her head, "No my arm" Letting out a 'ah okay" I nod.
"Do you remember how you rescued yourself from those bad men in black?" I squint my eyes with some curiosity and she nods before shaking her head.
"I don't remember, I think they gave me a dose of forgetting things, I don't remember a thing after that but I remember waking up with an aching jaw on the ground" she completes with confusion in her own voice, and that explains how she ended with a swollen left face.
By the way she looks at me with those pouty lips, red nose and shoulder's slumped down, she just looks so so adorable that I am not able to handle her cuteness.
I lean forward to give her a gentle kiss, but I keep the kiss short didn't want to ending up making her lips swollen too and I know she won't be able to kiss me from the way she is hissing while talking because of the pain she must be feeling in her jaw.
"Baby why were you standing out waiting for the order, when they gladly brings it in?" I question her quietly and she thinks for a second before opening her mouth only to close them.
"Yes, why was I out waiting for them to cook and deliver it when I can stay in?" She questions me back "I don't know, since it was your dream, you should know about that, yes?" I raise my eyebrow but see her eyebrows jumping up and she gasps in shock.
"No it was not a dream" oh yeah of course it was not "hmm? It is not?" She shakes her head firmly and I only stare at her and after a pause she drops her eyes down on my chest and nibbles on her lips nervously while hesitantly peeking at me.
"It-It was a dream?" She gulps looking so hesitant and adorable and embarrassed, everything at once that I am loving this girl because of the way she looks so cute..
"Hmm? Shouldn't I be asking you that?" I give her a glare and she clicks her tongue and shuts her eyes close as she sits and thinks for few seconds.
"They really did kidnap me, I was not lying?" Pinching her neck she tells me genuinely and I nod "ofcourse your not lying, who the hell said your lying, I gonna chop their tongues off if they dare to say you were lying" I look around, using the playful taunting tone to which she giggles but throws her arms around my neck.
"I-I thoughtâbut it felt so real" she whines but pulls away to pull her sleeve up, but the sleeve is stubborn that it does not even move up and she hesitantly peeks at me.
"I remember them injecting me in my arm but this sleeve is not going up" she bites her lips looking hesitant.
I chuckle at how scared she looks but I cup her face gently while giving her a soft smile I kiss her soft lips.
She has the softest pair of lips that I am not able to resist when they are just inches away from mine.
"Lets go home, and give some punishment for this women who scared the living day lights out of her husband, shall we?" She shakes her head giggling and I stand up with her legs wrapped around my waist securely but her hands quickly hold my neck as she holds on to me tightly so she doesn't fall which only makes me laugh more.
"I am sorry! It felt so real!" She squirms and giggles when I squeeze her waist.
"Oh the punishment I'll be giving you will also feel so real baby" I whisper so it turns out to be in and intimate way which I know she felt and I can tell that from the way her cheeks our turning red and from the way she is giggling adorably.
I squeeze her hip where my palms our resting and that only makes her laugh more over nothing.
I make her sit on my table and as I stand in between her legs I fetch for the first aid box "I am already hurt, you should treat me and not warn me and give me more punishment" she pouts shaking her headâI can tell she is trying to act cute which is actually working because whatever she does looks adorable in my eyes.
Chuckling I hold her chin with my left hand after squeezing some ointment in my right hand. As I gently hold her by her chin, I apply the medicine on her swollen cheekbone and jaw and the forehead.
"Ziyan! Your ignoring me! I am against this, how can you punish this already repair girl" she gives me a cute glare while holding my shirt collar tightly.
Taking a step forward I lean closer to her lips "you don't have to worry my love, I am sure you will enjoy the punishment"
Well there is nothing I am going to do to her, but I always wanted to say this line after watching multiple English series.
I continue spreading the ointment while looking into her eyes which has gone as wide as globe and the blush that is deepening on her cheek is only adding points to her beauty but I gently lean in to kiss her soft lips, because I am not able resist them.
They are irresistible, it's not my mistake if I claim them always.
******
A/n: I know it was a very short chapter, from what I am used to writing, but I apologies for that cause I am having a stupid shoulder pain which all of sudden returns and that's the reason why I am not able to update as I used to do before. But In Sha Allah, I'll try updating as fast as possible.
So, tell me your thoughts on this chapter, Did you expect this or what where you thinking?