Is this destiny?

Nick woke up in an unfamiliar room, tied up to a chair.

He blinked a few times while trying to understand how he found himself here. He remembers that he was in his apartment, and then there was some sound from behind him… and that's it. Now he is here. Where is here?

"Hello!?" Nick called. "Anybody!? You've got the wrong person!"

Aaron entered the room and smiled at Nick. "We have the right person. Nikola Pajic, right?"

Nick observed Aaron who is wearing a black uniform and he understood that he is kidnapped. As a young master of a prominent family, it must be for the money. Right? "You want a ransom? How much? My parents will pay no matter how much you ask. Give me a number and let me talk to my father."

"No amount of money will get you out of this trouble. You angered our Goddess." Aaron said dryly. 

Nick blinked. Goddess? So, it's a woman. Must be one of the arrogant women he brushed off recently. "Is it Ceca? Hey, I told her that it was a one-time thing. Or is it Ksenija? I made no long term promises and she knows it. This is too much for refusing to date a girl who slept with half of the club. You want to scare me? OK. I am scared. Now let me go." Nick yanked his arms, but the chains didn't budge.

"I will let you go only if my Goddess approves. Don't be impatient. She is eager to talk to you. I just came a bit ahead to see the foolish man who dared to cross her." Aaron chuckled. "Boy, you are way over your head."

Nick had no idea what Aaron is talking about.

Nick analyzed his situation. They know who he is and where to find him. The man (aka Aaron) told Nick that he offended his Goddess, but that does not mean just a girl in terms of dating… it could be one of the people he touched as Nu. Maybe he hacked this woman's bank accounts and she is angry? But he always hid his traces well. How is it possible…?

Nick's eyes widened when the door opened, and he saw Sarah.

Nick's lips stretched into a smile. "Sarah… nice to see you, as always."

'PAK!'

A heavy slap landed on Nick's face.

"It's NOT nice to see you, Nick. Not after what you did." Sarah squeezed through her teeth.

"What did I do?"

'PAK!'

This slap was much heavier, and Nick felt a metallic taste of blood in his mouth.

"You don't know what you did? You damaged my security system and people died, Nick."

"No one was supposed to die."

'PAK!'

Nick's head swayed from the force of the impact. His head was buzzing, but he heard Sarah talk…

"This is not a game, Nick. There are no resets and first aid kits that restore your HP. There are no respawns and limbs don't regrow magically after ten seconds cooldown. In real life, people get hurt and die."

"I'm sorry, I…"

'PAK!'

"I don't need your sorry. I had armed intruders on my properties, my kids were hurt, my dog was shot, and my husband is missing. I need you to tell me who hired you and what all you did."

Nick looked at Sarah and his eyes swelled with tears. "Why are you treating me like an enemy? Don't you like me? You taught me the ropes and gave me hopes that I can be good enough for you. The only thing I wanted was for you to acknowledge me as a man, and to stop looking at me like I am a kid!"

'PAK!'

"I am treating you like a man, Nick. A kid would get a slap on the wrist and a warning. Kids get second chances to show that they learned their lesson. That is the treatment I gave you so far and now I see you as a man. You are stupid and selfish, and there are no more chances for you. You either tell me what you know, or I will make you!"

Sarah saw that Nick is unreasonable and she injected him with a truth serum. She hoped that Nick will tell her everything willingly and that maybe it turns out that Marija tricked him, or blackmailed him and that he didn't have a choice. However, Sarah confirmed that Nick is delusional and that he can't get over his infatuation with her.

"Three years, Nick. It's three years how you found out that my heart belongs to Aiden and you can't let go. You even used your skills to harm me and my family. If one week ago you contacted me and asked to join our group, I would welcome you. But now… it's too late. No one goes after my loved ones and leaves unpunished." Sarah glanced to the side. "Aaron… untie him and put his right hand on the table in front of him…"

Nick was happy that Sarah said how he should be untied. It seems that this will end with a few slaps. Right? Right!?

Nick willingly put both of his hands on the table in front of him, palms down. His cheeks were swollen from the slaps, and there was a stream of blood from his mouth, but he was smiling. Sarah's expression is icy, however, she released him, so that is a good thing.

'BAM!'

Sarah's left fist landed heavily on the back of Nick's right palm and his face contorted in agony.

Nick felt like he was hit with a sledgehammer and all of his bones shattered.

Nick's mouth was open in a soundless scream and it took a few seconds for him to actually make an ear-piercing shriek that sounded like it came from the depths of hell.

"I will never be able to use a keyboard again!" Nick cried. 

"You stupid boy. You obviously don't know who I am. What gives you the right to mess with my life? What did they offer you? Money? I thought you have plenty of that. Some other benefits?"

"You." Nick blurted out, unable to prevent himself from talking.

Sarah didn't understand. "What?"

"You." Nick repeated. "I get to hack a few things and I get you."

Sarah was not sure where to start. "Hack a few things? Explain. What did you do?"

"I had a few simple tasks to gather information on White corp. and Smithsonite corp. and Marija gave me a silver coin that has the functionality of sending a signal. It took me a few weeks to make my virus simple enough to be sent through that without being detected…"

Sarah heard what Nick did and there was one more thing... "I didn't know that you are so stupid. Do you think that someone can give me to you like I am an item? I would never be yours willingly. Was your plan to keep me imprisoned? Even if I can't escape, many would look for me."

Nick smiled. "Marija said that there is a medicine that can alter memories. You would wake up in a hospital and I would be by your side with a story that I am your husband and that we love each other, and you would believe me. I have the photos ready from our honeymoon and the wedding bands. Part of the story would be that you are an orphan so that you don't look for anyone. With some hair color and a different haircut, you would look different… I would stage your death so no one would look for you... You would be mine. I have a house in Austria. It's next to a nice lake... You would love it there..."

Sarah looked at Nick in disbelief as he spoke about their plan. The story about memory loss reminded Sarah of Vivian who was her best friend, and then a backstabber… and a few months later, Vivian didn't know who Sarah is. They said that Vivian had a car accident and a memory loss, but Sarah knows that Vivian was used by the Lebedev family to test the medicine.

And the clues pointed back to the Lebedev family…

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