Grace's POV
“Here is your order. Two plates of chicken and streak, and a bottle of red wine” I dropped the tray on the table of the man and his secretary who was busy reciting like a robot the rest of their meetings for the rest of the day.The man wasn't even concerned about his secretary and his words, he was focused on me with a wide grin on his face, I shook my head,“Come on, Grace, I'm not done ordering. Did I mention that I want a lady wrapped in uniform as well?” He asked and I let out a soft laugh.“Oh Mr. Marcus, can you stop being so cheesy” I laughed as I walked back to the kitchen.Not minding that he was in a restaurant, he called out loudly, causing people to look his way,“Grace, I love you. Give me a chance. I promise to take care of you. C'mon babe, I'll make your dreams come true. You'll work in an office with good A.C and no more in a restaurant. Baby, give me a chance” but as always, I didn't spare him a look as I made my way back inside the kitchen.He had a grin on his face the last time I checked on him before disappearing into the kitchen.That's Mr. Marcus, alright, he can be very annoying but funny when he wants to be. He is a well-known businessman in this area, he comes to Danny's Restaurant whenever it is his lunch break. Although the workers around think I'm the reason why.“Is that Mr. Marcus?” One of the workers, Jasmine, asked. I nodded with a smile and she chuckled.“Why don't you just give that man a chance?” Another worker, Claire, asked and I rolled my eyes,“Do you know his age? He is old enough to be my father”“Besides, I'm not ready for that right now” I added, but Claire scoffed,“Will you ever be ready for it? Church girl,” They had all given me a nickname, calling me a church girl. Not like I mind, I am a church girl.“Everyone knows you will never be ready. I'm only being a good friend here. Mr. Marcus always asks—”The ringtone of my phone interrupted her speech, which gladdens my heart. I was quick to answer the call but was yelled at to leave the kitchen and I did. Picking calls in the kitchen is not allowed, so I went to the storeroom.“Grace Daniels on the line,” I said, immediately I was out of the kitchen.“That's good, now Grace Daniel, you'll do everything I ask you to, else your sister will breathe no more” the caller said calmly.“Who is this?” I asked with furrowed brows. Is this a joke?His voice was raspy but firm. I gulped down the lump in my throat, trying not to believe the words that spilled out of his mouth.“That shouldn't be your question. Or don't you want to speak to your sister?” He didn't wait for my reply before I heard the cry of Caroline. And my heart went racing.“Grace, there's a gun pointed at my head. Help me, sister, help me!”“Caroline! Caroline!” I called but could only hear her scream as he had already taken the phone from her.My body trembled as cold sweat broke out. Fear crawled at my chest threatening to overwhelm My composture. My breathing was becoming faster and shorter as I asked,“Who is this?” Tears were rushing down my eyes now. Nothing else matters to me any more than my little sister, as I prayed for her to be fine.Caroline is the only one I have left as a family. Father left after mother died, and I don't know where the man went to. All he did was drop a letter saying we could move to a particular neighborhood in New York, so we don't have to pay rent.I had to drop out of school to take care of Caroline. Picking up multiple jobs, I just wanted Caroline to have the best life, a life I never ever dreamt of having since my mother died.“That's not the question, Grace, you're smart enough not to ask that. The question is what do I want” he let out a chuckle while I tried not to let my legs fail me. I held on to the shelf.“What do you want?” I asked and I heard him say,“That's it. I want you to do a little favor for me. Walk out of that damn restaurant and do not tell anybody any shit" And in a sing- song manner he added,"I'm watching you"I came out of the store room and tried to walk out of the restaurant with my shaky legs. The phone was still on my ear and I almost jerked when I heard him say,“Smile Grace,”I forced out a smile as I walked past everyone. No matter how loud they called, my focus was on the door. As I made my way out, I also heard the call of Mr. Marcus, but I ignored him as well.The cold breeze greeted me, causing me to literally shiver.“Please,” I swallowed after making sure no one would hear, “Can you let Caroline go? I'll do whatever it is that you want” I cleaned my sweaty palm on my skirt, but he replied like he didn't hear me.“Get out of there. Make your way to the nearest hair salon” I swallowed as tears fell down my cheeks.“And wipe those damn tears, if someone suspects anything, you'll see your sister's dead body” he threatened, and I was quick to wipe my cheeks dry with my palm.Getting into the hair salon, the man asked me to pass the phone to the hairdresser, and I did. I sat there with my palms on my face. I tried not to share any tears as I wondered how they had gotten Caroline.When he was done, the lady handed me back my phone before giving instructions to some other ladies. I checked to see that he had ended the call.“Your husband must love you a lot,” she said to me. I swear, I felt anger gushing through my veins at her words, but I remained mute.For a good three hours, I remained mute as I watched them give me a makeover and even changed my outfit into a short blue gown. I didn't say a thing to them because they were only following instructions, but I really wanted to ask why this gown. It was too exposing and I didn't feel comfortable wearing it.When the woman was done, I looked in the mirror to see a different Grace Daniels, and I gulped. That moment, my phone rang, and I picked up the call immediately,“Go out, there's a car waiting for you”Without paying, I walked out of the shop and saw a black Range Rover in front of the shop. I stepped in and heard more instructions from him,“Do not say a word to the driver. He knows where to take you” The call ended. I didn't even dare speak to the driver, I don't know if he was with them or just following instructions as well. Fear had long gripped me.The drive was around thirty minutes before he called and asked me to step down. I did as instructed and looked around to see the name of where I was.Club XL“What—”“Go in, there's a man in there….”My heart began to beat rapidly. I have never in my twenty-one years of existence been to a club before. What am I doing here? Don't all kidnappers ask for money as ransom? I wondered. His next words caused me to freeze on the spot,“Seduce him then fuck him”Grace's POVHere I was in club XL, now dancing with the man I was asked to sleep with. He had this dangerous aura that caused me to be on my toes. He is devilishly handsome, he kissed the nape of my neck as I danced with him, my mind was blank by his touch.Gosh! I tried to distract myself as I looked around.I see why we were not allowed to visit the club by mother, even when father did. The place was stuffy and noisy, and I just couldn't see anything good about it.Half-naked girls walking around, kissing and rocking men. Some girls were also doing so with other girls, I couldn't be more disgusted.The moment I entered the club, as instructed by the kidnapper, I made my way to the bar and took two shots of alcohol immediately. He was kind enough to explain that it would boost my confidence, so much for boosting because now I can't see or reason properly anymore. Even though he had said four, I could only take two small glasses.I sat there at the bar, feeling tipsy when a man walked
Davis POVThe prying of the sun into my room through the curtains woke me up. My eyes opened slowly as I scanned my environment. “Fuck!” I shielded my eyes with my arms from the sun.I was still in bed, but where was the lady, what was her name again? Damn! That girl was fucking heavenly.It wouldn't be bad to have her this morning too before letting her go finally.Getting out of bed, I saw her clothes were still on the floor, so I checked the bathroom, she wasn't there. Looking around, I noticed she was no longer in the room, and I frowned,How dare she leave without my consent?“Who was she?” I breathed out as I stared out the window.We didn't only have the most amazing sex ever, I had slept so well, I can't remember the last time I had slept this good and into the morning.Seeing her send all the guys away at the club last night, I wondered who she was. I had only come to inspect my club and see how things were going here, but she caught my attention.I made my way to her and saw
Grace's POVSitting down at the pharmacy, I waited calmly for the result of the test I did a while ago. I have been so sick since the incident, it's been three weeks, but I still couldn't get the night off my head. It was the most horrible night of my life. It haunted me day and night.My Caroline, that beast, that bastard still took her away from me.On getting home that morning, I saw the crowd in front of my apartment. When I got there, I saw my sweet little girl on the ground cold with a bullet in-between her eyes. Her eyes wide open in fear.“Caroline!” I screamed, throwing the shoes in my hands away to run to her, ignoring the pain in-between my legs. I grabbed her and pulled her into me as I cried. There was blood everywhere, staining the white sleeveless round neck top I had taken from the man. “Help! Somebody help me!” I screamed, my voice cracked from the screaming I had done from last night's torture or pleasure, I don't know.No matter how I screamed, everyone remained whe
Davis POV “Don” Vincent called from behind, and I turned to him. Not leaving the balcony, he made his way towards me. I had a cigarette between my fingers as I waited for the good news, I puffed out the smoke,“News” “We have tortured, but the man is refusing to say a word, Don. He claims he doesn't know a thing about what we are talking about”“Then kill him” I spat. There was no time to waste on the motherfucker.“What about the girl?” I asked.We had only been able to trace her just yesterday after so many weeks of searching. I wanted her to be brought to me, I wanted to look into those fake innocent eyes of hers and fucking shoot her myself.The bitch even lied about her name, she said Madison, Michelle, or was it Mary, something that had to do with the letter 'M' but fuck, we only found out yesterday that the bitch's name was Grace, Grace fucking Daniels.I dragged the cigarette on my lips before asking,“Where is she?” I puffed it out.“She… she escaped Boss” The words rang t
Grace's POVHere I am on my way back to the place I dread a lot. I sat there in the plane praying for God's help, his protection, and his strength because I was losing it. Thinking of the same murderer with my innocent and lovely daughter, I could only panic. Why do I feel no matter what, he would still kill her?A tear fell from my eye again, I have been crying for the past five hours since I knew that Helen was kidnapped. By morning, I should be back in New York, I'll go to Davis, and I don't care if he kills me as far as he finds my daughter for me.I couldn't sleep the whole night, my heart was beating so fast, as I shifted restlessly in the plane. How did the beast find me? I've been hiding here in a foreign country for the past five years and he still finds me? How powerful was this man?"Madam" I jerked only to see a hostess beside me, "I'm sorry to scare you, ma'am, would you like a drink?" I shook my head negatively before positioning myself well again on the chair, "Ar
Grace's POVOkay, I can't die before freeing my daughter from that monster. I tried to tell my racing heart that it is not a mistake coming here. I'm doing this for my daughter and I'll do anything for her.The men with faces that could cause one to have nightmares stared at me with their guns ready to blow my head off. Is this how they welcome a harmless lady here? No wonder the driver was eager to leave. "Listen, I mean no harm. I just want to see Don Davis Stone" I said with a shaky breath. "And who said you can decide whether to see the capo when he has not decided to see you…?" I watched as the men gave way to the one who had just spoken. The man came closer to me with his hands behind him, I wondered if he was hiding a gun behind him."Grace Daniels" My eyes widened as I stared at the man, how did he know my name?"You know me?" "You have entered the lion's den, Grace and you won't go out alive, this I promise you" the man gently Before I could ask who he was and how he kn
Davis's POVSitting in front of the man whose hands had been spread on the table, two of his fingers gone, I puffed the smoke out of my mouth.“Pussy” I murmured a curse at him when I saw him cry like a little child when he saw the axe raised high ready to strike like the first two times. I don't forgive those who steal, lie or betray me. I am twenty steps ahead, so there's nothing these fuckers would do behind my back that I wouldn't know about. I don't joke, I hate jokes, or else I'm the one telling it.“Down” The sharp axe immediately dropped down on his finger and another loud scream rang through the room we were at. I dragged the cigarette in between my lips, only to puff it out on his face. “No one fuck with me and lives,” I reminded the fucker before pulling out my phone and picking up the call. “Vincent” “Don, we have Grace Daniel” and my lips twist, how's that possible after how many years?“You found her” I murmured under my breath as my eyes darkened. I've been waitin
Davis's POV I stared at the woman in front of me and even though my godfather has always told me never to lay my hand on a woman, I really wanted to rip the beating heart out of this bitch's chest. “Who the hell are you calling my child?!?” I thundered at her, but she didn't flinch. Instead, she quickly brought out a phone from her back pocket. She was working on it so fast, I wanted to pull it off her hand.“Your daughter, your daughter” she continued to murmur like a mad woman. Actually, she was no different from one right now. Her clothes were dirty, her hair messy, her face stained and covered in tears, and she was saying nonsense too. I don't know why the fuck I'm even standing here watching her when the torture was supposed to begin. I was about to grab the axe from the axe, but as I made a move, she grabbed me by the leg, pulling me back causing me to curse at her, “Don't go, don't go. I do not have time, I'll die if anything happens to my Helen” She pulled my leg, almost c