《Waiting for You My Love》


 1. Hunt

    "I am not going to do it, MOM. Seriously is everyone out of their fucking mind. How do you suppose me to do this when you know that I don''t have any plans to get married? At least not until I have a stable life of my own. And I have a boyfriend already what am I supposed to say to him?"


    "I know Val. I know my child. But that old man is adamant about his decision. You thought we would agree to this? No my child but he threatened us to use any means to get you up at the altar even if it meant using force and he told us that we would never be able to see you again in this life. You know how scared I am. We don''t fucking care what happens to us but you and your brother are precious to us. I can not afford to lose you."


    Inez is a woman of unyielding resolve but at this moment she feels so helpless and worthless and her resolve crumbles into pieces. Seeing her precious daughter cry she struggled to control her emotions that threatened to gush out from her eyes.


    "But what does it have to do with me? That fucking Bitch wanted to marry, she chased that guy like a deranged lunatic and now that her marriage is fixed, she ran away. So what do I do with it? I am not her fucking guardian or parent that I or anyone of us has to be responsible for her."


    After saying this Valdis picked up the glass of water that Arnold had filled up and chugged it down. This was her habit. Whenever she is arguing and her emotions are all over the place she starts drinking water like crazy. It helped her to calm herself for a moment before she went in for another round.


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    Valdis Elrod is the younger daughter of the Eldest son of the Elrod Family, Azure Elrod. Azure and her wife Inez never forced their children to do anything, but it doesn''t mean that they spoiled their children as his younger brother and his wife did.


    They have two children, Arnold and Valdis. Valdis being the younger and cutest (according to Azure) received lots of love from her parents and older brother. Never in their worst nightmare had they thought that because of them their precious child would cry. But they were helpless at the moment. They didn''t want to lose her. And they knew what that old man of Elrod''s family was capable of. Even if they sent her anywhere on the globe, he would find her and kill her without any second thought.


    Azure and Arnold had worry written on their face. But the moment Azure saw her daughter cry, he rushed to his study and pulled out his two licensed guns from his locker,


    "Noah, I need your 10 best men at my office in 10 minutes. Make sure to send the ones who know how to shoot and use hands to kill." Azure was talking with Noah, his best friend and the city''s most notorious mob boss on the phone.


    Arnold knew what his father was up to, so he also stood from the sofa and was prepared to leave with him when Valdis stood in front of them and asked with a serious expression,


    "Where are you going?" her tone carried a strange coldness and intimidation, she truly is the daughter of Azure Elrod.


    "Nothing sweetheart," Azure said with a beautiful, charming, and carefree smile, "Daddy is just going for the hunt."

 2. Noah Gray

    ¡°What do you mean by that dad?¡± Valdis knew very well what her dear father was thinking of doing.


    ¡°Ah!! Val, it¡¯s nothing.¡± With this, he cupped her face in his two hands lovingly like he always does. He was smiling sweetly but his eyes were telling a whole other story.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you relax baby, I know it¡¯s been a lot for you. Why don¡¯t you tell Aunt May what you want to eat hmm¡­. And after that, both you and your mother can catch up. You know Inez has been telling me that we need to change the interior of the house for a very long time. But to tell you the truth I have been holding her up and telling her that our hamster will decide what changes we should make.¡±


    ¡°And when I am back I want to know who is that bastard who wants to take away my daughter.¡± He said it with a serious expression on his face.


    ¡°But¡­..¡± he leaned closer to Valdis''s ear and whispered, ¡°Hey I just said it because of your mother, I know my daughter¡¯s choice is excellent but do understand I am just a pitiful husband and I have to keep my wife happy¡­ don¡¯t worry we will make her understand.¡±


    The more she listened, the more complicated her mood became. It was a simple conversation between father and daughter as Valdis always had with Azure but today was an exception. She never talked with her parents rudely, she always loved them twice the amount they loved her and she knew that they loved her more than she could imagine, more than she could ever love them.


    Thinking how disrespectful she was, how rudely she behaved she couldn¡¯t stop herself and a hot teardrop trickled down her face. Her throat seemed to be blocked by something very heavy. She hugged Azure tightly and started crying.


    ¡°Why it has to be me?¡­.hic¡­sob¡­why¡­hic¡­hngg.¡± The more she cried, the more it broke Azure¡¯s heart. He never wanted his daughter to cry, he always wanted to make her so strong that she would be able to protect herself in this world full of lechers and he was successful in doing so, she was just as strong as he was but as a father, he wanted to protect her until the day he died. But unfortunately, he failed. He failed.


    ¡°I am sorry my precious. I am so sorry.¡± He hugged her tightly and rubbed the top of her head affectionately to give her some reassurance.


    You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.¡°But don¡¯t worry hamster, I will make everything right. I will not let anyone fucking force my daughter to do something she doesn¡¯t want to do. They made you cry today and I promise no one will be left to cry over their grave. I promise you. Ok. Now please stop crying hamster, look you made my beautiful wife cry too.¡±


    Arnold was holding Inez who was crying seeing her daughter breaking down in her husband¡¯s arms.


    ¡°Azure, Arnold I don¡¯t know what you two will do but I am not letting my daughter go anywhere. She will not go anywhere. I don¡¯t know what you will do but I want them dead before they get to see the morning¡¯s light. Or I will go myself and kill every fucker who is involved in this shit.¡± Inez said in a stern and direct tone. Inez was the sister of Noah and they came from a very powerful and old Mafia family. Killing a bunch of people was not a big deal for her. She never wanted to use her family influence and wanted to avoid bloodshed but now it seems that there is no option left. She wanted to talk to her daughter first because it was important. She wanted to know her decision. It isn''t like she was incapable of doing something, but after getting married and giving birth to two children, she somewhat became protective. She knew that if you''ll kill someone they will get revenge.


    What goes around comes around. And she never wanted to endanger her kids'' life.


    ¡°No one is going to kill anyone. Before telling me what fuck is going on here. Why does it feel like I am watching a soap opera?¡± everyone was so focused at the moment that they did not realize that someone had just entered the villa.


    ¡°Or is it that Walter Elrod died?¡±


    ¡°Nope. But I guess he will be dead as soon as Valdis lets go of father or I let go of mother. Uncle Noah.¡±


    The person who entered was Noah Gray who was contacted by Azure just an hour ago. He is a tall, muscular man with a dark skin tone and a cut over his left cheek which ends just above the left eye. This makes him more intimidating. His voice was dangerously deep and alluring. With how serious Azure sounded he knew something was wrong. So he led his best men and made his way to the given location. But when Azure didn¡¯t show up for a very long time, he came to the villa.


    ¡°Oho, now that¡¯s some news. But what made you guys finally come to this decision? What did that old, dying man do now.¡± Noah said as he picked up the glass of water brought by the servant.


    ¡°He wants your niece to get married to the Artemis Whitlock in two months.¡± Said Arnold as the four of them sat on the sofa where Noah was sitting.


    Noah choked on his water as soon as he heard Arnold.


    ¡°wha¡­what did you say? Who wants to marry who?¡±

 3. A Crazy Stalker

    ¡°That fucker. Did he forget that I am still alive? How the fuck he is imposing his rules and decision on my family?¡± Noah was fuming with anger.


    Arnold told the whole story to his uncle. Walter Elrod his Grandfather and the current head of the Elrod Family called them last Sunday on the pretext of having a little get-to-gather between family members. They hardly visited him. But considering his old age and weak health, Inez persuaded them to attend the dinner.


    There they got to know that Evelyn Elrod their cousin had run away from the house and they had been searching for her for the last two weeks.


    Evelyn Elrod is the cousin of Valdis and Arnold and the Elder daughter of Arron Elrod and his wife Hallie Elrod. She is a top Actress in the country with millions of followers. There is no doubt that she is extremely beautiful and charming with a lean body which thousands of girls envy. Her almond-shaped light brown eyes had the power to compel and attract anyone who looked into them. But the person she wanted was far beyond her reach. And that person that she wanted was Artemis Whitlock, the head of the formidable Whitlock family.


    Artemis Whitlock is not just anyone. He belonged to the most powerful family in the whole continent. It wouldn¡¯t be too much to say that the Whitlock family had a huge influence on the world market. Most of the companies in almost every sector had Whitlock as their shareholders. And he was known as the coldest, ruthless, and emotionless person; which made him an excellent candidate for handling such a huge empire.


    Evelyn met him at a Charity Gala which she was attending on the behalf of Elrod Family and fell in love with him at first sight. From then on she started visiting everywhere he went like a literal stalker. She wanted him at any cost. She knew that he was a workaholic and never had time for romance. So instead of acting like a fool in love, she devised a plan. A careful, meticulous trap was laid by her.


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    He has a habit of reading books. Even when he is a crazy workaholic, he never works on Sundays¡¯ and the same goes for his staff. On every Sunday he visits his favorite bookshop by himself without any people with him. And one night he went for a drink at a bar right around the corner of the same street. Evelyn who was following him in the shadows, found this to be an opportunity she was waiting for.


    On that same night, she went into the bar and bribed the bartender to add a substance to his whiskey. After he passed out from drinking spiked whiskey, she asked her men to carry him to the lounge on the 2nd floor of the bar. But Before carrying him into the room, she asked them to take a small video of them just to trick people who would see the video that they were shamelessly dancing in each other''s arms.


    But here is the thing she overestimated herself. He was The Artemis Whitlock, he wasn¡¯t going to fall into her trap.


    ¡°Do you think lady that I¡¯ll sleep with just any chick if I am drugged? No, that¡¯s where you are wrong.¡± Artemis said while he buttoned up his shirt.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know where the hell you come from and I seriously don¡¯t want to know it. But if you don¡¯t think that you want to go to actual fucking hell, make sure to not show your slutty self to me again.¡± He said while pinching her jaw hard.


    ¡°Make sure to snuck back into the hole you came from.¡± And he left the room by shutting the door hard behind him.


    ¡°Ha¡­Ha¡­.HAHAHAHA.¡± A peal of Loud laughter filled the room.


    ¡°Haha¡­. Oh darling you don¡¯t know what you have just done. Hah¡­ I¡¯ll let you know what I am capable of.¡± Evelyn said as she watched the door of the room opening and his men coming in.


    ¡°Here, take it. I don¡¯t think I need to explain what is to be done.¡± She said as she passed her mobile phone.


    ¡°Yes, mam. We will take it from here.¡± The man in the charge bowed to her and signaled her to come with them.

 4. The Whitlocks Estate

    ¡°Can you explain Em, what is this?¡± Imogene said as she passed her mobile phone over to Artemis.


    ¡°That fucking bitch. I should have killed her then and there. Shit.¡± Artemis was irritated and his head was about to explode. He already had enough on his plate and now this.


    ¡°First of all mind your language when you are in front of me. You''re not a roadside thug, are you? And secondly, do you know this girl? What happened between you, tell me honestly.¡± Imogene said with a serious and stern tone.


    ¡°May we come in?¡± a low, muffled voice displaced the momentary silence in the room.


    ¡°Yes.¡± Said Imogene


    Within a few seconds, the door was opened and four people entered the room. The one in the wheelchair was Lucien Whitlock, the previous head of the Whitlock family and the husband of Imogene.


    Seeing him entering with Sylas, Kai, and Leticia, Artemis and Imogene stood up from their respective seats.


    ¡°Oh Honey, you are here.¡± Said Imogene as she took long strides and reached to take the wheelchair from Kai¡¯s hand ¡°Here, let me take it, Kai.¡±


    The other three people who entered with Lucien were Kai Whitlock, Artemis¡¯s Older brother, and Leticia Whitlock his wife.


    And the other person was Sylas Whitlock, twin of Artemis and the most annoying person in Artemis''s life.


    ¡°Hey Brother, I didn¡¯t know you knew something about romance huh? You hide it from us very well.¡± This was Sylas teasing his older brother by 5 minutes while putting an arm around his shoulder.


    ¡°Have you proposed to her then, Don¡¯t tell me you didn¡¯t? And when are you planning the wedding¡­¡±


    Sylas and his non-stop chatter made Artemis more angry and he wanted to eat this person alive right here, right now.


    ¡°Shut up Sylas,¡± Both Artemis and Leticia said at the same time.


    Leticia Whitlock is the Eldest daughter-in-law of the Whitlock Family and a renowned Lawyer in the city. She was also in charge of Whitlock company¡¯s Legal Team. So she was called by Imogene to discuss what steps should be taken in this matter.


    ¡°And you, I told you to keep an eye on your surroundings, what the hell were you doing in a bar? We have a fucking wine cellar which is twice as big as that cheap bar. What you were thinking Artemis Whitlock? Or did you leave your brain at home?¡± Leticia was angry because she just come after attending a meeting with the PR and the legal department of the company.


    And because it was the video featuring Artemis''s face, they were in a tough spot. And now that the video is trending on all social media networking sites, they couldn''t do anything about it.


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    Artemis didn''t answer, he just sat down on his seat and now looked more cold, with a grim expression on his face.


    Evelyn Elrod was a successful actress with a strong, loyal, and large fan base. And Artemis, well he was no less than a celebrity. Technically he had more fans than the country¡¯s top actors can ever have.


    With how popular they are the fans instantly recognized the two of them in the video and the internet exploded.


    ¡°Leticia, my child that¡¯s why I have asked you to come. Please tell us how can we solve it?¡± Imogene was getting anxious. It was about their reputation.


    The Whitlocks were never involved in any type of scandal. The position in which The Whitlocks were standing, only one mistake, one small mistake and they would be completely eradicated by their opponents.


    ¡°Mom, seriously saying the situation is getting more and graver with every passing moment. The video exploded on the internet even before we got the chance to do something about it. If you want to take a safe and legal route, then I am sorry it is not possible. The damage has been done and it also caused a huge uproar in our company too.¡± Leticia said while massaging her aching temples.


    ¡°What if we try to explain our side of the story?¡± Kai said.


    Kai is the oldest of all the four Whitlock siblings maybe that¡¯s why he is such a calm and composed person. He always speaks less but today he was desperate too.


    ¡°No, no, no. What are you thinking honey? That cannot happen.¡± Leticia almost jumped from her seat.


    ¡°People will always take the side of that girl, no matter how much you explain. And we don¡¯t have any evidence.¡± Sylas said completing Leticia¡¯s statement.


    Sylas was in charge of handling the Entertainment sector so he knew how this works more than anyone else.


    ¡°So¡­We have no way out?¡± a dark, menacing voice rang out


    ¡°That''s not it if you want we can use illegal¡­¡± Leticia was explaining when Artemis cut her in the middle,


    ¡°Dad, what do you think we should do?¡± Said Artemis as he walked over to his father and knelt before him.


    ¡°Before getting in charge of The Whitlock Family, I promised you I¡¯d make no mistakes that would jeopardize our family¡¯s reputation. Trust me I¡¯ve never seen that woman in my life nor do I share any kind of feelings towards her. Even if I was drugged and not in my senses, I know that I haven¡¯t laid my hands on her.¡± His mood was complicated.


    ¡®When you are in a position that everyone coveted, you have to be careful about anything you say or you do.¡¯ This was the first lesson Lucien taught to each one of his children.


    ¡®Nothing is more important than reputation not even money. Money is a materialistic thing, one day it is you who is enjoying it and maybe it will be someone else who will enjoy it on the next day. But the respect and status that have earned in your life, if it¡¯s gone once you will never get it back again.¡¯ This was something Lucien¡¯s father would say to him and he always followed this principle in his life. Naturally, he wanted his children to follow this too.


    ¡°Are you sure you will do anything what I say?¡± Lucien said. Even if he gave his position to his son, he still was his father and his elder.


    ¡°Yes, Father,¡± Artemis said in a loud voice without any hesitation while keeping his head down.


    ¡°Very well.¡± Lucien smiled


    ¡±Kai made the appointment with Walter Elrod. Tell him that I have a proposal to make.¡±