Her Return, His Regret

"Sir, we've found something."

Adan's heart jumped to his throat at those words. He turned sharply to face one of the IT men, asking, "What did you find?"

"Although we can't see the kidnapper, we can see Miss Jones being forced into a second car on a camera near the blind spot. The license plate was fake, but we are working on tracking the make and the model to know who owns the car," the IT man reported. "What about the thing I asked you to look into?" Adan inquired.

He was referring to the background check he had ordered on Cheryl.

"Yes, we did find something," the IT man replied. "She had withdrawn about a hundred thousand dollars from her savings account two days ago. However, since she didn't use digital transfer, we can't trace where the money went. We just have to wait until we find the owner of the second vehicle."

Adan's jaw clenched and Ryan placed a hand on his shoulder before squeezing it. He said, "We are going to find her, bro."

"I swear, if Cheryl has anything to do with this, I'll make her pay," Adan hissed.

Adan clenched his hands into fists, his jaw clenching as he thought of the possibility of Cheryl being responsible for the kidnapping. He wanted so much to confront her and question her if she had anything to do with Bianca's disappearance. However, he had to hold himself back until he had proof.

It didn't take long for the IT technician to interrupt Adan's thoughts. He approached him, saying, "Sir, we have a lead."

Adan froze, looking at the man with a worried look on his face. He asked, "What have you found?"

"We traced the second car to a rental company outside the city. It was rented under a fake name but we can check the footage to see who got the car," the man reported. "I'm sure the kidnapper's identity will be known once we watch the footage." "We should go there now," Ryan suggested after being silent for some time.

Adan quickly nodded and said, "Let's go."

They were about to leave the building when Cheryl stopped them.

"Sir! Where are you going? Has there been progress?" Cheryl asked.

Adan glanced at Cheryl, his face devoid of any emotions. He could see how eager she was to know if he had found Bianca or not and it irked him.

Why would his assistant want Bianca gone?noveldrama

It didn't make any sense.

However, he could guess from the way the woman was giving him gooey eyes. Ryan was right. She had a crush on him and thought Bianca was a threat. Irritation flared through Adan. He forced himself to reply, "Yes. Someone just called and said they saw someone like Bianca in the east of the city."

Adan squinted his eyes when Cheryl looked relieved. She smiled and said, "That's good, boss. Can't wait to have Miss Jones back."

When Adan and Ryan left the building, Adan's face became frosty.

"I can almost confirm she had something to do with this. She looks so happy that Bianca is missing," he remarked through gritted teeth. "I lied about where Bianca had been seen and then she looked like she had hit the jackpot." "I'll have the police on standby as we check the footage. They will arrest her as soon as we confirm that she was the one who rented the car," Ryan replied.

...

"How dare she?" Adan seethed, banging his hand on the table in the security room at the car rental company. "I'm going to destroy her!"

They had arrived at the car rental company and requested to see their footage. The owner of the company wanted to be difficult but Adan threatened to sue them for protecting a criminal and they allowed them to view the footage. It was then that Adan was able to see his assistant, Cheryl, rent the second car that was used in the kidnapping. She wore a cap but her facial features were recognisable.

"I'm so sorry, Sir. We didn't know she

would use our car to commit a

crime," the owner of the company said. "We will provide you with all the details necessary for this case."

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Adan and Ryan left the company and rushed back to the city since the police had already arrested Cheryl. On the way, Adan couldn't breathe properly. His heart was under his feet.

He couldn't wait to find Bianca and get rid of the storm within him. He just knew he would feel better once he found her.

However, when he met Cheryl in the holding room at the police station, she suddenly laughed.

"You're not going to find that bitch anywhere. She's already dead!"

Adan's heart flew out of his chest.

He glared at the woman and questioned, "What do you mean by that? What did you do to her? Where is she?!"

"I killed her," Cheryl confessed, a wicked look on her face. "She stole you from me and the only thing she deserves is death."

Adan's stomach churned. "Stole me from you? When was I ever yours?"

"You were never mine and that's because you belonged to everyone!" Cheryl replied. "Of course, I did hope you would notice me one day and ask me out. If you could play around with all those women, why would I be an exception? However, you never made a move on me, not even once! I couldn't just do nothing and watch you marry someone else

when you said you would never get married."

Adan felt sick.

"So, you're saying, you killed Bianca just because of your delusional thoughts?" He questioned.

To say he was in pain would be an understatement. He was in agony.

Bianca was an innocent soul who paid the price for his bad reputation. She didn't deserve what happened to her and it broke his heart that she was killed for such a stupid reason.

"I. Want. To. Know. Where. She. Is." Adan demanded, his voice cold and dangerous,

He wanted to see her lifeless body for himself. His chest clenched in pain at the thought.

Cheryl wasn't saying anything, making Adan's anger reach the roof.

"Tell me, Dammit!" He yelled, his eyes flashing with anger and pain. "Where is Bianca?"

"I doubt there's a body. I pushed her down a cliff... for wild animals to feast on her body," Cheryl confessed with a grin, making Adan's world come crumbling beneath his feet.

No.

Bianca couldn't be dead... she couldn't.

His eyes welled up with tears and his heart shattered into a million broken pieces. He couldn't lose her, not this way.

Why did he waste time when he knew exactly how he felt about her?

Why did he pretend he didn't want her to be his? What was the point of being stubborn when losing her came in the blink of an eye?

If only he could turn back time...

Adan promised he would let her know how he really felt. He would tell her he loved how fiery she was. How she was different from other

women and always stood up to him.

He would tell her he fell for her the moment he saw her in the clothing store.

He wouldn't waste time dwelling on the past and he would confess his real feelings for her.

His heart squeezed with pain he had never felt before. You only know the worth of what you have until you lose it.

Suddenly, Adan's phone buzzed in his pocket. He picked it up, the lump in his throat never going away.

"Adan, Bianca has been found."