Is this destiny?

Ellie and Jasper walked back to the party in silence, and they were not far away from the shed when they saw a man run toward them. Jasper pulled Ellie to the side and they hid in the darkness and nearby foliage.

"Why are we hiding?", Ellie whispered when the man was out of the earshot.

"I think that he is part of Sarah's 'pretend you didn't see anything'." Jasper explained. "Let's hurry back, I have a bad feeling about this."

Jasper is not the one to shy from a fight, but considering that it's night, together with all these circumstances he does not understand, and the fact that Ellie is with him, he does not want to risk her getting hurt. Sarah beat up those four, and from little that he saw, Jasper already knows that she has some unique skills. Jasper didn't miss that there was only one chair in the middle of that shed with ropes below it, and he can conclude that Sarah was tied up, and that for some reason instead of taking her time teaching those guys a lesson, she decided to knock them out quickly and run… probably because there is something more important than getting her revenge. And if his guess is right, the only thing more important could be that someone close to her is in danger.

"Are you going to tell me what is going on?", Ellie asked Jasper when they approached the garden.

"I'm not sure… but we should check that everyone is present.", Jasper didn't want to worry Ellie. There is a chance he is overthinking it.

…

Thomas is in the shed, facing Noah, Aaron, Paul and Henry.

Four of them are dazed, but awake. Thomas found a bucket in the shed and filled it with water from the tap nearby. He splashed water on them to wake them up.

"What happened?", Thomas asked four people in front of him. "I saw Sarah leave this place. And she was not happy. But she didn't look violated either."

"I don't know what happened." Henry rubbed back of his head. "She was tied up, and next thing I know you are pouring this stinky water on me… oh, I was talking to Noah. He should have more answers."

"My Mistress is amazing!", Noah mumbled. "She took out all three of them like a demon warrior. I could not see her moves at all."

"Demon warrior?", Thomas sarcastically asked.

Noah nodded confidently. "And she left me as the last one. Because she trusts me."

Thomas looked at other three hoping to get some explanation, and Henry shook his head helplessly. "He is like this since he came here. The moment he stepped in the shed he kneeled in front of the girl, next to Aaron."

"Kneeled next to Aaron? Aaron was kneeling?", Thomas could not hide his surprise. The whole thing is getting more and more… bizarre.

"Yes, in front of my Mistress.", Noah added.

Thomas frowned while shaking his head in disbelief. "This evening is just… confusing."

"What happened with you? Where are Patrick and Liam?", Henry finally noticed that not everyone is present.

"Patrick is missing completely, probably with Jessica.", Thomas said and glanced at Aaron. He was not surprised that Aaron didn't like what he heard, so Thomas continued. "And Liam… changed the plan."

"Changed how?", Henry asked.

Thomas told them that he and Liam helped Madison drug Aiden and take him to Madison's room.

"Where is Liam now?", Aaron raged.

Thomas said that he does not know. "When we bumped into Sarah on our way here, he was petrified. He even wetted himself… and then went to change."

Noah chuckled and mumbled: "It's not the first time."

Thomas didn't miss what Noah said. "What?"

"At Jeffrey's birthday, when facing my Mistress, Liam wetted himself. He can't hold back when he faces her greatness.", Noah explained with a smile on his face.

Aaron looked at his companions firmly. "We need to leave the resort, as soon as possible."

"Why?", Paul asked.

Aaron looked at Paul like he is an idiot. "Did you forget that Aiden is a White? It's one thing to beat him up. That is a quarrel between guys, and unless someone suffers permanent damage, no one will say anything. But drugging him to spend a night with some girl, when he has a fiancée which his family approves of…? That qualifies as a permanent damage. We need to leave before Whites find out that we are involved."

"But we didn't know about this! It was Thomas and Liam.", Henry immediately washed his hands.

"Do you think that Whites will listen? We need to leave and pray that one week from now our families still have a running business. I'm not staying here… and I can bet that Liam is already on his way to the airport. Good luck to you.", Aaron left the shed without looking back.

Thomas took a deep breath and turned to Henry, Paul and Noah. "Liam always planned for everything. Why would he help Madison to get Aiden into her bed and risk angering the White family?"

Henry responded to Thomas angrily: "You should have asked that before agreeing to help him and change the plan. I came here to beat Aiden up, not to hear that he is shagging Madison! I didn't get my revenge, but I found out that Whites might be after me and my family! F*ck this!" Henry stormed out of the shed.

Paul looked after Henry and spoke to Thomas. "Liam probably thought that all the blame will go to Madison, and he will not be implicated."

Noah agreed with Paul. "It would not be the first time that someone else takes the blame for what Liam did."

"And this time… it could be us." Thomas narrowed his eyes. "I will not let him get out of this without consequences."

…

Jasper and Ellie returned to the event hall, and they can see Sophia and JoAnna chatting with Jill. Felix is with Steve and Bridgette and two other people. There was no sight of Aiden… or Sarah.

Ellie went toward the girls, while Jasper found Jeff and got his attention.

"Do you know where Aiden is?", Jasper asked Jeff.

Jeff responded immediately: "With Sarah." It is a logical answer. Other than restroom breaks, those two didn't separate how much he saw.

"Are you sure?", Jasper is not the one who gives up easily.

Jeff frowned and took out his phone. On the tracking app he saw that Sarah and Aiden are in the building where resort suites are, and he relaxed.

"Yes, two of them are together, probably in their room. Did something happen?"

Jasper shook his head. "I saw something, but I'm not sure what I saw."

Jeff nodded knowingly. "Those two can do that. My advice for you is: pretend you didn't see anything."

Jeff can see that Jasper is not satisfied with that answer, so he added: "Aiden and Sarah are… special. Whatever you think you saw, you did. And it's probably worse than what you are thinking. But neither of them will act unless provoked. They are in charge of security for this event, and there is a reason for that. Two of them know how to get into trouble, but at the end they come on top. Don't worry about them."

Jasper thought for a second before nodding in agreement. If Jeff is not worried about Sarah and Aiden, why would he be? Jasper turned to go back to Ellie.

Jeff placed his hand on Jasper's shoulder to stop him from leaving.

"I'm glad you fixed things with Ellie."

Jasper flashed a grin before going toward Ellie.

…

"Here, this is yours.", JoAnna stuffed her wedding bouquet in Ellie's hands.

Ellie looked at the flowers in confusion. "Shouldn't you toss this, and then unmarried girls fight for it?"

"It's yours, anyway.", JoAnna winked.

"It should be mine! I'm next to get married!", Jill protested.

JoAnna rolled her eyes at Jill. "Sweetie, you are engaged… and how the things are going, you will be engaged forever. Do you two even plan to get married? If I give it to you, no one here will get married because you will block the queue." JoAnna ignored Jill's displeasure and turned to Ellie with a mischievous expression. "Now, Ellie on the other side is making some progress."

Ellie narrowed her eyes dangerously, ready to retort, but her face turned to panic when she felt an arm snake around her waist.

"Ladies…", Jasper gave a small nod to JoAnna, Sophia and Jill before shamelessly pulling Ellie toward him.

When Ellie turned to face Jasper, he noticed the bouquet in her hands.

"I see…" A playful smile danced on his handsome face. "You are giving me a hard time about dating, but you have no problem suggesting a marriage." Jasper's eyebrow arched while he observed Ellie's absolute embarrassed expression.

She smacked his shoulder with the flowers. "Stop teasing me!"

Jasper laughed.

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