Is this destiny?

Sarah and Aiden entered Marija's cell.

Marija didn't look too good. Other than Sarah smacking her around during the interrogation ten days prior, Oni and Michael came to deliver some punishment as well.

Marija's eyes widened when she saw Aiden.

"Didn't you say that Aiden was missing?"

"I found him. Your friends held him captive and fed him memory-erasing medicine with a goal to keep him for themselves."

Marija made a face. "And? You paid some ransom to get him back?"

"I rescued the man who belongs to me and I killed them all."

Marija was not sure how to respond to this. Is Sarah serious? The madness in Sarah's eyes told Marija that she is telling the truth.

"Why are you here?", Marija asked after some time. "You want to hit me again? What will that achieve? Are you here to release me, or are you here to kill me?"

Sarah glanced at Aiden, silently telling him to take over.

"Sarah and I had a talk about you, and we decided that keeping you here is not serving any purpose. You are an expense to feed and guard and we don't think that you are a person capable of rehabilitation. For that, you need to let go of grudges, and history shows that your resentment runs deep. On the other side, killing you would only dirty our hands."

Marija's eyes flashed with hope. "You are releasing me?"

"More like… transferring you.", Aiden responded.

Marija was visibly confused. "Transferring me?"

Aiden confirmed. "Let me explain the process… Within the next two hours, you will be sedated and when you wake up, it will be in a different place. Your face is badly beaten, so we can't get a good price, but your body is passable and with a layer of makeup you will be fine for the non-picky customers."

"What?" Marija's voice was barely audible.

"There is a place where women are treated like playthings for the pleasure of men. They don't care if your body will give in, or if you are aching or bleeding… A woman will perish there within four to six weeks, on average.", Aiden explained while gritting his teeth.

Memories of Madison resurfaced, and she was one more woman who plotted to separate him from Sarah. Madison and Marija had different goals, one wanted Aiden for herself while the other wanted Sarah to suffer, but their actions lead to the same result: Aiden was drugged, and Sarah had to pay the price for bringing him back. Because of that, Aiden decided that Marija will have the same ending as Madison.

Marija's mind exploded and all color drained from her face. "You can't do that."

Aiden smiled icily and Marija was confident that he is the devil.

"This is unreasonable!", Marija screamed.

"I think it's appropriate.", Sarah said. "You always looked forward to an adventure with a new man. This is your chance. As a bonus, you don't need to look for men, they will find you. As for being unreasonable… What would happen to me and Aiden if your little plan succeeded? We would be split apart, I would forget about myself, and I don't want to think about how many people would die. But I guess I'm wasting my words on you because you never cared about how your actions will impact others. As long as you get your fifteen minutes of fun, nothing else matters, right? Well, you can look forward to countless hours of fun. And don't think of escaping because the only way to leave that place if is you stop breathing."

"Who are you, people?"

Sarah observed Marija's face that showed pure panic before responding: "Use your wildest imagination. And it's much more than that."

Marija screamed unintelligibly as Sarah and Aiden left her cell.

After lunch, Sarah and Aiden met with the Sigma army members in the study, with a goal to check on the progress of kids who were left at the Ceresc Solutions as interns: Ade, Hande, Tejan, Rosa, Daniel, and Xiaohui.

Tejan, Rosa, Daniel, and Xiaohui were placed at the Ceresc Solutions, as assistants to Petar, Lucija, Emir, and Tereza.

Ade and Hande are too young to show up in a company as interns, and the two of them kept busy by learning about coding, hardware, and networks from the members of the Sigma army. Ade and Hande already know a lot, but nothing beats the experience. Every day, Mishi would come up with tasks and various scenarios for Ade and Hande where they need to assemble something or hack into a server, and once a week, they would have coding-battles in the area of choosing after which they would analyze the performance of competitors.

"Emir has something for you…", Mishi announced when they were done discussing internships.

Emir came proudly and showed a palm-sized device to Sarah and Aiden while speaking in an official tone: "I present you signal-digger."

Sarah laughed at Emir's silly expression. "You will need to explain better what that is."

Emir nodded before talking: "I collaborated with Felix, Beck, and Nico on this. We concluded that a lot of trouble would be avoided if there were no signal jammers. Considering where you are going, there will be more of those, so… that is where signal-digger comes into place. This will counteract signal-jammers. Think of it as opening a tunnel through which the signals can go through."

Sarah and Aiden were visibly surprised.

"How reliable is this?", Aiden asked.

"We are testing it for the last few days, and it works great."

Sarah was not happy with that vague explanation. She will test it herself. There was one more question. "Can it be detected?"

Emir bobbed his head. "It's not an easy yes-no answer. Normally, signal-jammers don't have testing more than on-off for the device itself. There might be a separate device that will try to use blocked frequency in order to verify if the jammer is working, or people might do it manually. Because of that, the signal-digger is not something that should always be on, but you can turn it on, and when your communication is over, you turn it off, to avoid being caught."

Aiden nodded in approval. "We can decide on a time when this device will be on. Ten to fifteen minutes, a few times a day."

Sarah agreed. "We can start with once a day and then add more if needed." She turned to Emir. "I want to know what testing you did so far. If this works… You saved us a lot of trouble, Emir."

Emir grinned. Finally, he felt useful.

"How long are you staying?", Mishi asked Sarah and Aiden when the official talk was done.

"We came to check on the kids and to take care of Marija and Nick so… tomorrow we will move on.", Sarah responded.

"What will happen to Marija?", Tereza asked.

Sarah was not sure how much to disclose, and before she could say anything, Aiden spoke: "Do you really want to know?"

Tereza understood that she poked a topic that should stay untouched. "No. As long as she is not a threat anymore, that is fine."

"Whatever Marija's fate is, she deserved it.", Mishi said. "We warned her numerous times to behave and she didn't listen. This time, she attacked Sarah and Aiden and that means that as long as she has capabilities, we might be next."

Emir agreed. "We all know how much Sarah did for each of us. Attacking her home is a big offense."

"I heard that you asked the chef for a special dinner tonight. What is the occasion?", Lucija asked Aiden with hope to break the grim atmosphere.

Aiden's mood improved that instant. He wrapped his arm around Sarah, straightened his back, and puffed his chest before announcing: "We are pregnant!"

"Ah! Wonderful!", Tereza exclaimed and started a round of congratulations.

Aiden was ready with the photos from the ultrasound and he made everyone listen to the recording of the heartbeat.

Later that afternoon, Marija was taken away by the members of the Army of Chaos who were to meet with Aiden's contacts, and Nick was transported to one of the labs of the Lebedev family. Stella volunteered to observe Nick's status and when they believe that he is ready, Sarah and Aiden will be notified.

Dinner passed in a good mood.

Present were Mishi, Eliza, Petar, Lucija, Emir, Tereza, with Attila and Milica, and also the six kids from the Cliffside Villa who are staying at the Ceresc Solutions. Aaron and a few of his deputies were present as well. If anyone didn't know that Sarah is expecting Aiden's child, they knew it by the time entrée was served.

Aaron teased Aiden about the upcoming fatherhood while trying to hide his displeasure. In Aaron's mind, Sarah is a perfect woman, and Aiden is not worthy of her. Aaron's mood improved when he found out that Noah is not aware of Sarah's pregnancy. To Aaron, it showed that he is Sarah's favorite, compared to Noah. Some rivalries never die.

The dining room was full of laughter and it was like a ray of bliss that cut through all the trouble surrounding them.

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