The Kidnapped Bride

With no further exchange of words, Shawn gazed at the black man with his hard eyes. His veins started to pop out on his hand where Alice could feel alarmed... "T-..there must be some kind of misunderstanding... Shawn.." 

"Do not be afraid, Alice. It's fine.." he mumbled to give her a relaxed feeling but in contrast to his face, he wasn't even a bit calmed. At the same time, Alice already saw the gun that was pointed against Shawn's stomach. Her eyes roamed here and there at the people who passed from the place but none paid attention to them. 

On seeing the lady getting distracted for help, the man in the black commented, "Lady, it will be better for you to actually stop looking for anyone and stand still and….quiet." 

Hearing the statement made Alice feel stuck in her own place. No words came out of her mouth with fright already crawling under her skin. Her entire back was filled with dread and uneasiness, the fear that the gun will be fired…

As her heartbeat at the highest speed, she gulped the saliva to slowly nod her head. Afterward, the black man once again asked Shawn, "Sir…will you cooperate with us now?" 

At last with no other option that surfaced in front of him, he ended up nodding his head. But before that, he turned around to face Alice whose face was already giving him the sight of horror., "Sh…it's alright. They are my people.." 

"But why do they have guns?! And pointing at you? If they are your people..why will they try to kill you?" she was scared with the multiple questions arising in her mind. But to her dismay, Shawn had no time out to answer any of them. 

"I will be fine. Take the ice cream and go home. You don't have to worry about me. I will be fine..and contact you myself.." with this saying, he handed her the ice cream while blinking his eyes twice to give her an understanding look. 

Without waiting any more, he stepped back to leave with the black people who left. Knowing that Alice's gaze was fixed at his back, he knew that it would be difficult for him from now on…the happy days are over. Now, it is the time to actually face the harsh reality. 

On the other hand, Alice saw him leaving the place to drive away with the rest of them in the black Audi. Her lips parted to speak but no words seemed to come out due to the fright which she went through. 'I will need to find out about Shawn as early as possible…'

With this thought that crossed, she took her purse out of her small handbag to take out some coins. Going near one of the booths, she inserted that coin into the same to call no one else but her secretary who was shocked to hear her voice from the unknown number. "Ma'am?" 

"Abbey, tell me, do you know any Johnson group in this state? Any rough information about them?" 

"Johnsons? Ma'am, wh..why are you asking about them?" Abbey's cracked voice gave Alice a bit of hint, "You know. Tell me." 

"Ma-am.. They are the main mafia group of our state. They have been here for generations and generations and.. Their businesses go really vast to the heights, we can't imagine. But why are you asking me this?" 

Mafia group? Vast business? So…was Shawn not a simple man as she expected him to be? 

Alice's brain went under thousands of emotions where she ended the call without even saying anything. Coming out of the booth, her hands held her head to recall the time she spent with Shawn, where he didn't even mutter a single thing about his past. Never! He never told her about the fact that his family is involved in something wrong…or illegal. So, he was basically from the family that rules this state? The family which dominates the business environment of this state? 

'God Alice …with whom have you associated yourself?' 

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At the same time, Shawn was brought into the big mansion of the Johnson group. Without even wasting any time, he was brought in front of Elder Johnson who appeared quite annoyed already. 

Facing his back, Shawn stood with the full amount of hatred on his face, "Is this the way to call me here?" 

"That way was only left by me when you didn't pick my call, Shawn. I called you, your mother called you…even your brother. But you were to amend to not pick any of our calls." 

The elder Johnson turned around to face his son, who was too distant from him, "I know what happened to you but is this the way to cut off from your family members?"

"I needed time before I take up the role of CEO," he answered honestly without beating around the bush but this wasn't how things functioned, thought elder Johnson. 

"I don't care how much time you need. The lady with whom you were earlier spending them, made you cuckolds. You should utilize your energy into the work, rather than being involved with more girls."

"There is only one girl!" Shawn bluntly said, while lightly raising his tone to which elder Johnson smiled, "You said this with your last one also." 

With this reality, Shawn had no response to give since he knew that he was at fault too. His parents don't have proper trust over his abilities until… he proves them to be capable.

There was no response from Shawn's side whose jaw tightened. With his eyes looking down, not even at his father, the angry young man wasn't even interested to listen to his father even for a mere second. While sensing the same reluctance, a sigh escaped from Elder Johnson's lips before he sat on his chair.

"So…tell me, are you willing to marry the girl whom you are seeing?" 

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