The Billionaire's Kept Woman

  Alessandro watched as his wife was enjoying a late afternoon swimming. The girls are enjoying the jacuzzi while drinking wine. They are laughing over something while Conrad and Alessandro were busy at the table as Conrad explained to him about the few upgrades on the security system that they needed around the Golden Age company that has lots of spies and assassins. 

"I'm jealous whenever your wife is close to Jo." Conrad told Alessandro. 

"Yeah," Alessandro nodded. "They are just so close together." He pointed to the programs. "What did this do?" 

"It's face recognition. Since we are installing new face recognition cameras and apps, it'll be easy for us to know whoever entered the company." Conrad said. 

  They discussed everything further and they concluded on what to do with the security system.

  Before dinner, Keira and Alessandro left and it's six in the afternoon.

"I'll prepare dinner," Johanna said. 

Conrad followed her to the kitchen. She took out ingredients and didn't say a word but he knew what to do and washed the vegetables and chopped them for her. 

  Conrad grew a little worried as she was acting silently. He chose to be silent too and just followed her around. He doesn't want to touch her because he knows that she'll reject her again. Even after dinner, Johanna headed back to her room. He decided that Johanna needed space so he went to his room and took the tablet as he checked the house to lock it automatically. 

  He checked the pool and Johanna's balcony door. He locked it and sat on the bed. Suddenly, his phone started ringing. He quickly picked it up and answered it. 

"Violet?" 

"I had the DNA test." 

"Where are you now?" 

"Outside the building of Victor's apartment." 

"Okay," Conrad said, a little nervous. 

"I'll call you a little later." 

"Got it. Be safe." 

  Conrad waited for Violet to call. He was a little anxious. 

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  The time that Violet entered Victor's house. She knew that something wasn't right. Victor suddenly attacked her in his beast mode. She defended herself and searched for the teddy bear that was nowhere to be found. She rushed to his bedroom and sat in a fighting position. 

"Victor, it's me," Violet said aloud. 

"I have to kill you," Victor said monotonously as he took out a knife from his pocket. A swiss knife. She exhaled slowly and noticed a purple thing peeking under the bed. She quickly pulled it and his attack was fast but she faced the teddy bear to him. 

"Victor!" 

  Victor seemed to freeze as he groaned, struggling to make a move. 

"Victor, I have the results." She said softly. "Please put the knife down." 

  Victor forced himself to throw the knife and he moved away from her. 

  Violet bit her lip to avoid tearing. She took out the envelope and gave it to him. He opened it and took out the paper and unfold it. He read it and his hands started shaking. 

"Remember when I promised you~~" 

"She's alive, Violet!" Victor screamed at her. 

"This is the dead-end, Victor. How can you explain that?"

  Victor laughed and put it away. He paced back and forth. 

"She's near. Someone tricked you." Victor looked at her with wide eyes, like he's losing his mind. 

"What do you mean?" Violet approached him and reached his cold hands. 

"Violet, someone knows that we are searching for her. Someone swapped the DNA that you took from the grave and swapped it with the real DNA of my sister. She's near." He laughed and hugged her tightly. His mood changes quickly. 

"Victor," 

"I have proof to show you that she's alive." He sighed and scooped her face. "Remember the time that I always gave my sister a gift?" He asked. "On her sixteenth birthday, I gave her something special." He kissed her forehead. "Leave now, before I kill you." 

  Violet reached his face and kissed his lips. He shakily wiped her tears. 

"Leave now!" He growled and she took the paper as she left quickly in tears. 

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  Conrad listened to Violet sobbing as she seemed to be driving. He wanted to accompany her but she wanted to do it by herself. 

"Send your location," Conrad said and after a second Violet's location was sent to him. He watched as Violet went to the stockroom where they store Victor's gifts for his sister. He bought them, especially for his sister. So, after Victor died to them~~or more as he had already become a rat lab in the Charles Empire, they bought gifts for Hannah Grace every year for her birthday. Last time, he bought her a necklace since he knew that she's already a grown-up woman. 

  After a few moments, Violet told him everything. That the DNA they gathered is not Hannah's but she still has to verify it. After a few moments, Violet sent him a scanned photo and he checked it from his tablet as he creased his brows at the Japanese characters. He can't read any Japanese letters but he noticed the numbers. He then checked Hannah's grave with her parents and the date was six months apart. 

"Violet, can you read this?" 

"Yes," Violet said. "There's a photo of her too from a Polaroid and the date." 

"What does it say?" 

"To My Dearest Big Brother,

Mr. And Mrs. Baker don't want me to see you. I know that you are still there in your school. I just want to tell you that I am safe and I am waiting for you. Mom and Dad suddenly left me. But I care no less as I want to be with you. 

Amusement parks, hiking, and making friends. That's what you told me. I met someone, a neighbor. She's a sweet girl as I listen to her play her piano. I had learned a few songs from her and I wish to play them to you, big bro. She told me about amusement parks and that she'll ask Mr. And Mrs. Baker to take me with them next time. 

Victor, when are you going to pick me up? Although I have my first ever friend, I still want to be with you. I'll be waiting. 

Love, 

Hannah Grace

P.S. I love you, always. I'll wait for you" 

  Conrad was silent for a while. So, Hannah was adopted by Mr. And Mrs. Baker.

"He's telling the truth, Conrad. What should I do?" Violet asked. 

"Go home. Take it with you. Make sure to create a copy." 

"Okay." Violet sniffled. 

"Don't worry. Do you want me to come?" 

"No. Just stay with your lover. I'll take care of the rest." 

"Okay." 

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  Seeing Keira wrapped around Wendy Charles's arms with a knife on her hand pointing to her neck, her blood rushed immediately as she froze and stared at Wendy's sick eyes. 

"Keira!" Alessandro's voice echoed and it immediately took away Wendy's attention. She quickly pulled out the letter opener and threw it directly to Wendy's left wrist where she's holding the knife. She screamed in pain as her body rushed to Wendy and she reached the knife and started stabbing her nonstop as blood gushed out of her neck and chest. 

"Jo! Stop!" Keira screamed but she didn't listen as she stared blankly for a while and looked around for possible threats. Her eyes quickly spotted a man pulling out a gun from his shirt. She quickly jumped off from Wendy's body, pulling the body and using it as a shield as she moved closer to the man with a gun. 

Bang! Bang! Bang! 

  With Wendy's body she used as a shield, she quickly struck the man's arm with the knife in her hand and she jumped into him and started stabbing. 

"Jo, baby…" 

  The familiar voice. She looked up at him without any emotions and she stood and reached the gun from the man's hand, pointed it to Conrad/Connor as she pulled the trigger. Bang! 

  Johanna gasped as she opened her eyes. She's sweating and the first thing she sees is the big wooden ceiling fan that was spinning gently. She sat up and looked at her naked body. She slipped off from the bed, reached a glass bottle of water, and drank half of it. She went to her closet, put something on after wiping her sweat. She turned off the fan and used the secret door to Conrad's room. 

  He's already sleeping and his room is cold. She climbed up on the bed toward him, slid to his right side as she pulled the duvet. She reached his left hand and placed it to her head, holding it there to steady as she pillowed on his chest. It woke him up and he smiled and hugged her. She put back his hand to her head and he started caressing her hair, brushing his fingers through it carefully, and kissed her forehead. 

"Bad dream, baby?" He asked softly. She didn't answer as she pulled the duvet to his naked chest. "Sleep now, baby." He started humming a familiar old song and she slowly closed her eyes and dozed off. She felt peace and she started dreaming of a man singing to her. 

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are gray

You'll never know, dear, how much I love you

Please don't take my sunshine away…

  She's dreaming again but the man was playing the ukulele in her bed as he sang it to her softly. She would fall asleep and feel his kiss on her forehead. 

"Goodnight, sunshine…" He mentioned a name but it sounded blur to her.