Chapter 29


    Chapter 29~ Harry’s n


    A few days prior…


    “Can we meet for lunch?” Harry asked Delh on the phone.


    “For real? Have you finally decided to marry me?” Delh responded excitedly.


    “Let’s meet up and talk. I’ll meet you at the imperial hotel in an hour.” Harry said and cut the call before


    she could respond.


    His eyes narrowed as he nced at the trending pictures of Tessa and Aaron. Jealousy red through


    him and the look that flitted through his eyes could kill an elephant.


    ‘So these two have decided to mend their rtionship? I won’t let them. Not on my watch, he thought to


    himself and then dialled his underling’s line.


    “Boss.”


    “Cobra, I’m sending you an address and a photo. Send one of your men to that location and have them


    approach that woman in the photo. He should just make it look like they talked for a while and then


    leave. The man should be someone we can sacrifice. Offer him a lot of money. I want him


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    “Ok, boss. Consider it done.”


    A wicked smirk crossed Harry’s lips as he cut the call and switched off his phone. He didn’t n on


    meeting Delh at all. This was all part of his n to get her out of his face.


    She was the reason Tessa didn’t want to ask him for help because she imed to be his fiancée.


    He was going to teach her a lesson she will never forget


    Harry had been ying nice for too long and it cost him. Tessa didn’t develop feelings for him despite


    him being the one by her side for five years. She was still in love with Aaron. Even though. she denied


    it, deep down, Harry knew she had neverpletely moved on.


    It was only a matter of time before she agreed to be with Aaron. This made Harry desperate. His n


    was to have something happen to the kids and then swoop in at thest minute and save them. That


    way, Tessa would feel indebted to him and will finally agree to marry him.


    A few dayster, he was seated in his swivel chair in his office when his phone rang.


    “Boss, it’s done. I have the kids,” A man who looked like Enock Hastings said through the phone.


    Something sinister shed through Harry’s eyes and a satisfied, cruel smirk crossed his lips.


    “Good. Take them to the warehouse. I’lle for them soon.”


    Harry cut the call and looked out the floor-to-ceiling windows in his office. His n was simple. He


    instructed someone to kidnap Tessa’s kids. The man hired by Cobra had worn a realistic human face


    mask that looked like Aaron’s assistant to get easy ess to the kids.


    A dark chuckle left his lips as malice flitted through his eyes. He just had to wait for Tessa to reach out


    to him and ask for his help. He had been her go-to guy in the past years for almost


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    everything and Harry was confident she would call him to ask him for help.


    However, two hours had passed and Harry hadn’t received a call from Tessa. His eyebrows furrowed


    as he pulled at his tie in frustration. ‘Doesn’t she need all the help she can get to find the


    kids?”


    He was starting to wonder if he had just wasted his time by kidnapping the kids. Perhaps he should


    have used a more direct method like getting her drunk and sleeping with her. But he knew Tessa would


    hate him forever if he did that. He was trying to make her love him, not to make her


    hate him.


    Time seemed to pass by agonizingly slowly. However, Harry still held hope that Tessa would


    think of him and call him.


    His phone suddenly rang and his heart skipped a beat. However, he found that it wasn’t Tessa and


    anger surged through him like a tidal wave.


    “What is it?” He snapped when he picked up the call.


    “Boss, the kids are restless and won’t stop crying.” It was his underling. Cobra, who had called


    “Knock them out or give them something to make them sleep. Don’t disturb me unless 1 call you,’ he


    ordered curtly and cut the call.


    Harry clenched his hands into fists. He knew no one could find the kids because he had taken. them to


    his secret warehouse so that he could y the hero. He swallowed his pride and dialled


    Tessa’s number.


    She picked up after the third call.


    “Hey, Tessa. How are you? Why were you not picking up your calls?” He questioned as soon as the call


    went through.


    Did Aaron stop her from contacting him? His jaws clenched at the thought.


    “The kids are gone, Harry. They are missing,” Tessa’s voice sounded hoarse over the phone as she


    replied.


    Although Harry knew where the kids were, he feigned surprise, eximing, “What?! What happened?


    Where are you? I’lle over-”


    “I don’t want to trouble you. Aaron is handling it. The police and the military are on the case. I’m sure


    they will find them soon. Thank you for your concern.”


    Tessa cut the call before Harry could respond. He clenched his hand around the phone, fury rippling


    through him.


    She brushed him off like he was worthless. How could she be so ungrateful? She used to depend on


    him for almost everything but forgot about him the moment Aaron came back into the picture. Harry’s


    eyes shed dangerously. His jaws clenched and his chest heaved heavily. A vein was almost popping


    out of his forehead. All his efforts were in vain! He was done being nice!


    He called Cobra back and instructed through gritted teeth, “Take those bastards to the ship Make sure I


    never see them again.”


    “B-boss. Aren’t these Mr Wentworth’s kids? Trafficking his kids off would be risky and this might


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    cause trouble for our underground business He would use all his power to find them. We’ve managed


    to keep our business hidden for years”


    Cobra’s words of reason were cut off when Harry angrily yelled through the phone.


    “Didn’t you fucking hear me? Load those bastards on a container and ship them off. The farther


    the better!”


    Harry’s eyes were bloodshot as he threw his phone against the wall, smashing it to pieces. He was


    involved in several illegal business activities and had managed to stay under the radar for years.


    He knew selling off Aaron’s kids was a bad idea. His business could be exposed if anything went


    wrong But he couldn’t let Tessa reunite with Aaron because of the kids


    The only reason Tessa was giving Aaron the time of day despite how much he hurt her in the past was


    because they had children together.


    Since they were a hindrance, he had decided to get rid of them for good. Those were Harry’s thoughts


    as he downed a whole bottle of whiskey.


    Back on the other side, the mood was sombre as they waited to hear news about the whereabouts


    of their kids.


    Tessa’s eyes were swollen from crying too much.


    She felt like her life was about to end. As if someone had ripped her heart out and rubbed it against a


    grater, shredding it to fine pieces.


    When she realised the kids had been kidnapped, her stomach twisted violently. She recalled how she


    felt when she was giving birth to them. The pain she endured… her happiness and relief


    when she held them to her chest and knew they were safe…


    It all came back to her and all energy left her body when she realised they had failed to protect them


    Losing her kids would be the worst thing that could ever happen to her. The kids were her


    everything.


    It had been hours since they started searching for the kids but to no avail


    During that time, Aaron had frantically searched for them like he was about to lose his mind. He asked


    his friend, the military general, Graham, to get involved and he dispatched the tech expert team to work


    on tracking the car that had picked up the kids.


    Tessa’s heart ached as she waited outside the balcony.


    They had gone to her former apartment- the one Aaron gave her in the past. She was shocked to find


    that Aaron used to live there all along but it wasn’t the time to think or talk about that.


    Finding the kids was more important


    She didn’t want to go to her apartment and rm her mother so she lied that she and the kids would


    sleep over at Aaron’s house.


    A sigh escaped her lips just as she received a call from her friend.


    “Hey, hun. How are you holding up?” Michelle asked through the phone.


    Tessa felt her chest constrict in pain at the question She took in a shaky breath and replied, “I can


    never be ok without my kids, Michelle They need to be found, otherwise, I don’t know how I’ll


    survive


    “Don’t say that. Be positive. I’m sure their father will find them. Are you alone? You don’t sound so good


    Let mee over.


    Michelle wanted to go over andfort her friend, but Tessa refused, saying, “No, it’s ok. I’ll be fine.


    Aaron is with me.”


    When she cut the call, Aaron who had been making calls in the living room followed her out on the


    balcony, breathing heavily. His eyes were red and they mirrored Tessa’s eyes. They both looked like


    they had spent a lot of time crying and worrying about their kids.


    He looked at Tessa and said with difficulty, “We’ve found the car. It’s been traced to a warehouse a few


    kilometres from town. It’s dangerous, so stay here while I go.”


    Aaron was about to tell her to wait for them at the apartment but she interrupted him.


    “I’ming too. My kids are missing. There’s no way in hell I’ll sit and just wait without doing anything,”


    she said through gritted teeth.


    “Our kids,” Aaron corrected. “I’m worried too but I can’t put you in harm’s way. What if it’s a trap?”


    “A trap where my babies are being held! Scared and hungry… This kind of situation is very


    traumatising for kids I need to be there when we find them so that I can hug them. They won’t feel so


    scared when they see me.”


    Aaron furrowed his eyebrows but ultimately, he agreed “Let’s go.”


    Late at night, a convoy of luxurious cars, police cars and military jeeps drove along the streets of


    Ashford City. Giving the impression that something bad had happened. It looked like a state issue since


    the military was involved.


    However, this convoy was on its way to find three adorable kids that belonged to the most powerful


    man in the city.


    On their way, Tessa and Aaron were anxious. But they chose to stay strong until they found their kids


    Aaron could feel that Tessa was trembling and her forehead was coated with beads of sweat. He


    wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close to him.


    “Hey, we will find them,” he saidfortingly.


    Tessa nodded but she didn’t reply. The only thing she did was rest her head on Aaron’s shoulder as he


    hugged her because, in all that chaos, he made her feel safe and secure.


    They finally arrived an hourter and Tessa bolted out of the car, running towards the warehouse.


    “Tessa! We need to be careful-” Aaron yelled, running after her.


    However, Tessa wasn’t thinking straight. Finding her kids was the only thing on her mind. She


    immediately entered the warehouse and the knot in her stomach tightened.


    It was… empty.