Ch. 351..355: Love Slave to the Mafia Boss's Passion Chapter 351-355

Chapter 352: The Search

"Feeling better?" Lucy asked after a short while.

"Yes…" I replied in a whisper.

Contrary to my words, my head felt light and dizzy. I shook my head from side to side to try to clear the haze but that only made me feel extremely sleepy. My eyelids felt so heavy and then so did my body.

"Malissa?" Lucy called my name softly.

By that time, I couldn’t reply to her anymore. My entire body felt weak and heavy. The last thing I was Lucy’s face before everything went black right in front of me.

"I’m really sorry…"

I heard her voice whisper close to me and then I didn’t hear anything else.

…

"Miss Malissa is gone. We can’t find her anywhere…" the man mumbled.

"She’s gone?!" the boss thundered as he jumped out of his seat.

A deep red color started creeping up onto the boss’s face from his neck and everyone gulped at the boss’s visible display of extreme anger.

"What do you mean ’she’s gone’?! Find her! Find her and bring her back now!" the boss yelled as he pointed a finger at all of his men.

Hayden watched as his father went into berserk mode. He was extremely worried about Malissa, and something told him that this wasn’t just a simple disappearance. The men in black scattered and left the church to search for Malissa.

"Umm…what should I…" the old priest mumbled close to Hayden.

"Go die…" Hayden muttered in reply without looking at the old man.

The priest watch Hayden’s back as he strode away before making his way out the back. Hayden headed for the last place that Malissa should have been before she went missing. The door to the dressing room opened with a loud slam before Hayden strode in. Not surprisingly, there wasn’t a soul in the room. Hayden’s eyes quickly scanned the room before he sighed.

There weren’t any signs of struggle. Everything in the room was orderly. Malissa’s wedding dress was still hanging there untouched. He opened the jewelry box on the dressing table and found all the diamond jewelry that he had purchased for her in there.

"Fuck…" he swore as he felt a throbbing pain in his temples.

Since whoever took Malissa left these here, they are likely not out to get money, or they are simply out to get a lot more…

Hayden ran towards the parking lot and was entering his car when he heard a loud familiar voice calling out to him from behind.

"Where are you going?!" Luka yelled loudly.

"To find Malissa…" he replied like it was supposed to be obvious.

What else was he supposed to do right now?

"I’m coming with you," Luka said as he got into the passenger seat.

Hayden didn’t want anyone to come with him, but he knew that arguing with Luka was just going to be a waste of time and he didn’t have any time to waste. Hayden started the car and began driving immediately.

"Do you even know where you’re going?" Luka asked.

Hayden was driving fast with his eyes on the road. Luka started to have a very bad feeling about this.

"Calm down. You’re going to get us both killed in a car crash before we find her," Luka said, and he wasn’t joking.

"I’m calm," Hayden replied coldly.

Luka glanced over at Hayden white knuckles as he gripped the steering wheel before he shook his head and reached for his seat belt.

Suddenly, the speakers in the car connected a call and the voice of one of the senior managers of the gang answered.

"It’s me," Hayden said coldly.

"Yes, Sir…" the older man replied.

There were chaotic noises in the background that told both Hayden and Luka that the man was still in the church and also the state that things were back at the church.

"Look into a woman name Lucy for me. She was heading the organizing team for the wedding. I haven’t seen her, and I doubt that she’s still around. Either she got taken along with Malissa or…" Hayden said without needing to finish his sentence.

"Right away, Sir," the man replied, and the line clicked dead.

"The organizer team? An insider job…shit show. Complete shit show. The boss is going to kill loads of people this time around," Luka said as he stared out the window.

One thing that Hayden quickly realized when Malissa went missing was that Lucy also disappeared and some people in her team along with her. The odds were likely that they were involved rather than victims. No kidnapper would bother to take along three additional people as extra baggage.

And the one behind all of this was probably none other than…

"Where are we headed? We’re not heading where I think we are heading, right?" Luka asked suspiciously.

As the car rounded a corner onto another road, Luka felt a sinking feeling in stomach while he prayed that he had it all wrong when he knew very well that he was right.

"Silva…" Hayden growled.

…

Hayden took my hand in his and entwined our fingers together. His touch was so warm and gentle as his hand held mine. We stood side by side in front of the same old priest who was supposed to assist us with our vows on that chaotic day in the past. I couldn’t stop smiling because I felt so happy although I was also nervous and extremely excited.

The priest said something that I couldn’t hear before Hayden turned towards me. He smiled and I thought that he looked just like an angel. His beautiful lips opened, and his blue eyes smiled at me but I couldn’t hear what he was saying.

"Hayden…" I called his name, but no sound came out of my mouth.

Hayden looked confused while I started to panic. Suddenly, I started feeling very cold…

"Hayden!"

I woke up screaming his name. Disorientated and my mind hazy from sleep, I had no idea what was going on and where I was when I woke up. My body felt like it had run a marathon. My muscles ached when I moved, and my body felt very heavy. I winced in slight pain as I tried to move my hands only to find that I couldn’t move them.

What is going on?

 

Chapter 353: Where is She?

I glanced down to see my hands bounded by grey tape. More confused than shocked, I cocked my head to the side. Is this really happening to me or am I just dreaming?

It didn’t take me long to realize that the same tape that bound my hands together also bound my feet together. In my shock, my first reaction was to scream and struggle against my restraint. It hurts every time I try to separate my hands and feet. In the end, I couldn’t free myself and I felt stupid for thinking that it would be an easy feat to achieve.

Where am I? Where is Hayden?

I had no idea where I was and looking around only confirmed my initial thought. Where is this place?

The place was extremely large and resembled a warehouse of some kind although there wasn’t a lot of boxes stored there. The warehouse had a high ceiling and was pretty much empty. Whoever brought me here had dumped me right at the center of the warehouse. It was cold.

I didn’t have a lot of clothes on. More precisely I only have a white robe on on top of my underwear. How did I get here?

How come I don’t really remember anything? The last thing that I remembered was when I was with Lucy in the changing room. Then she offered me a glass of water…

Then I didn’t remember anything else, and I somehow ended up here. I thought about it for a while before I realized that it didn’t matter how I ended up here.

Reality was harsh when it began to sink in. I’m supposed to be getting married to Hayden right now and if I’m here then that means that the wedding didn’t take place. How long has it been since then? Has Hayden realized that I’m missing?

Hayden’s probably super angry and worried sick right now if he knew that I’ve gone missing. I need to get out of here no matter what and find Hayden. How do I get out of here?

My eyes scanned the walls as I tried to find the door to this massive warehouse. To my surprise, for such a large place, there was only pair of doors. The door was no where near to where I was causing me to curse from my frustration. How am I supposed to drag my ass over there with my feet and hands tied together like this.

…

"Going in there is like walking straight to your death!" Luka yelled loudly as he tried to pull on Hayden’s arm the moment that they both got out of the car.

Luka cursed fluently as he tried to restrain Hayden. It wasn’t like he didn’t suspect the Silva gang of this foul play but that doesn’t mean that he can just let Hayden waltz in there alone and pretty much unarmed.

"Let go, old man…" Hayden said coldly.

"We can’t be here!" Luka yelled loudly.

"This is just their public company building similar to the one for Torex. They won’t just shoot and kill us here," Hayden replied without a care in the world.

"You don’t know that. You’re not even making sense. I’m not letting you go in there," Luka stated firmly.

"I don’t want to use force against you," Hayden said coldly as he pulled his arm roughly away from Luka’s hold.

"Hayden! You don’t even know if Ethan really took her," Luka tried to reason as he struggled to keep up with Hayden.

It was true that the chances are high and even Luka knew that too. However, one look at Hayden’s face told him that nothing mattered anymore. If there was even the slimmest chance that she was here or if she was taken by Silva, Hayden would go in there to get it out of Ethan.

"We’re going to get killed if we step in there…" Luka hissed.

"You don’t have to go in. You can call for back up and wait here," Hayden replied calmly.

"And what? Let you die all alone and lonely?" Luka asked with a dry laugh.

Although this was Silva’s headquarters, just like that of Torex’s, it was nothing more than a large and tall office building in the heart of the business district. It was peaceful and quiet inside the office building because it wasn’t a working day.

"And how are we supposed to get up there? What if he’s not even here?" Luka asked as he looked around suspiciously.

"He’s here…" Hayden said with certainty as he took out his phone.

…

"Boss, your phone is vibrating…" one of Ethan’s men politely pointed out.

"Huh?" Ethan said lazily as he glanced over to his phone.

He quickly found out that his phone was indeed vibrating but what surprised him the most was the person who was calling. Apparently, hell must have frozen over for Hayden Torex to be the one to give him a call first.

"Hello?" Ethan said in a playful tone.

"I’m here," Hayden stated curtly through the phone.

Something in Hayden’s tone of voice nagged at Ethan’s mind but he wasn’t quite sure what it was.

"Someone will fetch you…" Ethan stated before hanging up.

With a wave of his hand, a few of his men left the room. No words were required for them to know what Ethan wanted them to do.

Ethan turned around in his chair as his eyes admired the silver fox with green eyes on the wall. The next head of Torex will soon be in this room. His lips curved into a smirk at the irony of it all. He couldn’t remember the last time when Hayden was here. It was too long ago…too long…

Ethan could hear loud sounds of commotion outside of his room before the door to the room flew open with a loud bang and Hayden strode in.

"I tried to stop him," one of Ethan’s men quickly said as he followed Hayden into the room.

"Step aside," Ethan said with a wave of his hand and his men quickly obeyed.

"Where is she?!" Hayden yelled as he confronted Ethan.

Ethan blinked rapidly in surprise as he cocked his head innocently to the side.

 

Chapter 354: History Repeated Itself

Luka quickly stepped in to restrain Hayden immediately while one of Ethan’s men stepped in between Hayden and his boss before anything physically abusing could happened between the two men. Ethan continued blinking a few more times as he stared at Hayden’s distressed and angry face.

"Where is who?" Ethan asked with a confused expression on his face.

"Don’t pretend that you know nothing about this, Ethan. Where…is…she?" Hayden asked in a low growl as he glared sharply at Ethan.

"This place isn’t a lost and found. Consider your position carefully, Hayden Torex. Go back home to your daddy and I will not take offense this time," Ethan spat.

"Ethan…" Hayden growled as he glared at Ethan.

"What?" Ethan asked as his eyes narrowed.

There was a suffocating silence as the two men stared in each other eyes as if they thought that they could find whatever answers to their questions there.

"Malissa…is missing…" Hayden confessed softly after breaking their eye contact.

Ethan’s composed face morphed into an expression of shock and disbelief at the same time.

"What did you just say?" Ethan whispered in shock.

Hayden’s eyes narrowed. It didn’t seem like Ethan was acting. It’s not possible…

"Malissa is missing. She disappeared and I don’t know where she is…" Hayden repeated.

"You mean…you lost her?" Ethan said as he approached Hayden.

His green eyes locked with icy blue ones as he stared at his old friend in complete disbelief.

"How the fuck did you lose her?! Where is she?! Where is Malissa?! Where is she?!" Ethan screamed directly in Hayden’s face as his hands grabbed the front of Hayden’s suit.

The two men stared at each other in shock when they were both faced with the unexpected. Unless Ethan was delivering an award-winning performance, it didn’t seem like he had any clue that Malissa had gone missing. On the other hand, Ethan couldn’t believe that Hayden managed to let Malissa disappear.

"You didn’t take her?" Hayden asked as if he couldn’t bring himself to believe it.

Ethan pushed Hayden away in his anger before he continued to scream at his friend.

"You think I took her? Me? Are you crazy? You LOST her. How can you manage to lose her?! She’s just a girl!" Ethan screamed even louder than before as his green eyes became bloodshot from his immense anger.

"If it isn’t you then who else could it be?!" Hayden yelled back.

"You crazy…" Ethan hissed through clenched teeth.

Before anyone could stop him, Ethan drew his fist back and punched Hayden squarely in the face. Luka and Ethan’s men looked on in shock and confusion at the sudden use of violence.

"Young men these days…" Luka muttered as he shook his head.

"Find her. Everyone! Find her! Find Malissa Maxford now! Gather all list of gangs with potential conflict with Torex and Silva. Look into all gangs that are struggling financially.

This can be another kidnapping for ransom. Go! Now!" Ethan yelled loudly as he pointed his finger at his men.

"Yes, Sir," the men said before heading out of the room.

"You! Get a grip on yourself and help find her…" Ethan said after turning to face Hayden.

"Ransom…it can’t be…" Hayden whispered in shock.

"Calm down, both of you…" Luka said as stepped in between the two men and placed his hand on Hayden’s shoulder.

"I know that you don’t want to think of this scenario, but I think it’s the most likely scenario, if you ask me. Many small and medium-sized gangs are struggling financially and most of them were driven out of business by Torex…" Ethan said after having calmed down somewhat.

Hayden stood in the middle of the room with his fists balled tightly to his side. If Ethan had nothing to do with this and this turned out to be ransom, then history had decided to repeat itself.

"We were supposed to get married today…" he muttered as if talking to himself.

"Well, you can’t get married without your bride, so I suggest we quickly find her and bring her back," Ethan said before pulling up his phone to give further instructions to his men.

…

After what felt like a few years of climbing up a steep mountain without the use of my arms, I finally made it to the door. Whoever captured me didn’t think that I could save myself and hadn’t even bothered to tie me up to a pillar. The good part was that I could somewhat move around but my bound hands and feet made that extremely difficult.

"Hello! Is anyone out there?! Help me please!" I screamed loudly to whoever was outside.

I wasn’t a fool, and I wasn’t unreasonably optimistic, so I didn’t expect any help to arrive simply because I screamed to ask for it. However, I wanted to know if there were people outside guarding me. Would they respond?

The silence that replied to me was scary. Was there really no one on the other side of the door?

"Hello! Can you hear me? Is someone out there? Why am I tied up in here?!" I yelled even louder as I started beating on the door with my clenched hands.

After a while of screaming and listening to my own voice echoing throughout the warehouse, I decided to completely give up. This is probably one of the scenarios that Hayden desperately wanted to avoid when he decided to lock me up in his mansion. Despite my bold actions, I was scared out of my little mind on the inside.

The tape that bound my hands and legs together was no joke and the person who bound me wasn’t Hayden either.

I sunk down onto the floor as I leaned my back against the wall next to the door while I wondered about what would happen to me. Hayden will come and save me, right?

Hayden and I were going to get married today so why did this have to happen of all days?! This is just so unfair. I worked so hard for this day and just when I’m about to walk down the aisle and marry the love of my life, I get drugged and kidnap by my wedding organizer.

Like, seriously? These things really do happen…I guess…

 

Chapter 355: Temporary Truce

Who captured me and why? They’re not going to hurt me…are they?

Suddenly, I started worrying less and less about the wedding and I started worrying more about the short-term future of my life and my safety. To my surprise, I found that I was less panicked than I thought that I would be. I couldn’t hear anything or anyone and that made me feel like I must really be all alone in the warehouse.

If I wait here patiently enough, Hayden will come and save me. That was what I told myself over and over again as I rubbed my hands together to keep them warm. Rubbing my hands together seemed to be the only way to slowly loosen the tape around my wrist as well. It’s so cold in here and it was making me feel very sleepy and tired. I need to conserve my energy or I’m going to pass out.

Closing my eyes, I continued to rub my hands and wrist together while I tried my best to stay calm. To keep myself from going crazy, I tried to think of Hayden. I was sure that he was looking for me right now and soon he would find me. If I just trusted him, I knew that I could make it through. If what Hayden told me before was true, then this wasn’t the first time that this is happening to me.

When I was younger, someone had kidnapped me just like this. Of course, I didn’t remember a single thing about it because I was too young.

My eyes snapped opened and I looked around the empty warehouse in panic. Hopefully, the kidnapping from back then had nothing to do with what is happening now. Seriously, Malissa, how unlucky do you need to be to be kidnapped twice in your lifetime. A thought struck me, and I ended up giggling like a mad person. Thankfully, whoever decided to tie me up didn’t gag me.

Hayden was probably right, if I married him, I might have to go through a lot of eventful events like this. Might as well get used to this, Malissa. This isn’t the first time, and it may not be the last time for you.

If this was a repeat of what had happened to me before then it was probably ransom. Hopefully that meant that they wouldn’t hurt me and after they get their money from Hayden, they would return me and be on their way. Money does solve many problems, fortunately.

I had no idea what time it was or how long I had been sitting there with my back against the wall. Why does it feel like it’s getting colder in here. I feel so sleepy, my eyes won’t stay open anymore…

Hayden…please come soon…

…

"We’ve just received demands from the kidnappers," one of the men in black stated.

"Give it here!" the boss snapped as he reached for the letter.

The atmosphere in the room was tensed and the boss’s face was red with anger and frustration. The boss looked around the room before his eyes focused on his son and Ethan, the boss of Silva. He still didn’t understand why Ethan had to get involved but he wasn’t in the mood to deal with another conflict between the gangs right now.

"This girl is fucking expensive…" the boss growled before he began laughing loudly.

Everyone’s eyes were on the paper that the boss held as they wondered what the demands were while the boss continued laughing without bothering to share the news to anyone else.

"Boss…" Hayden called his father to remind him of the gravity of the situation.

"First, I paid 500 Million to get her back and now they’re asking for another 500 Million. Thank God those bastards are too stupid to bake in the effects of inflations over the years," the boss spat followed by another round of laughter.

"Show me," Hayden demanded as he grabbed the letter from the boss.

Ethan was beside Hayden as both men quickly read through the letter stating the demands for Malissa’s release. It was just as the boss had said, they demanded 500 million dollars for her release.

"Just like last time…" Hayden muttered while Ethan nodded.

"Jack…why the hell is your daughter so expensive?" The boss asked as he stared up at the ceiling as if conversing with someone up in heaven.

"I’ll pay for her release," Ethan spoke up without hesitation.

"I won’t let you do that!" Hayden objected loudly.

"I don’t want Silva to be indebted to Torex about this anymore," Ethan explained simply.

"Malissa is not a Silva!" Hayden yelled loudly.

"Silence!" the boss shouted at the two younger men.

"I’ll get the money ready. You two get the men ready. I don’t want any of them left breathing after we get Malissa back," the boss said decisively.

"Yes, Sir," all men in the room replied at the same time.

"This offense will never be repeated ever again. I’m going to kill all of them. I shouldn’t have let them go. I shouldn’t have listened to Jack. He was always too kind…" the boss muttered regretfully.

After figuring out that Lucy and some members of the wedding organization staff were involved, it didn’t take long for Hayden and Ethan to trace her connection back to a mafia gang that was struggling financially. Ironically, the gang was closely related to the culprit from the past which made it easier to narrow down their suspects.

With everyone looking forward to the festivities of the celebration, the guards admitted to being too loose when dealing with internal staff members and did not suspect the staff team entering in and leaving the venue. Prior and during the entire event, many vehicles that belonged to the organization team came and left to transport decorations, people, and other tools in and out of the venue.

After a few days of getting used to the staff team’s transportation, the guard did not feel that it was suspicious.

"Ethan…Malissa is just Malissa. She’s neither a Silva nor a Torex…" the boss said followed by a small smile.