The Billionaires Desires novel Chapter 2

"You are not Hillary, where the fuck is my wife?” I screamed back at her, pouring all my anger on her, making her squint her eyes in surprise as she kept looking at me. I wanted to take some steps forward, but Raymond put his hand on my chest, pushing me back, nodding his head sideways as he tried to tell me that it was not a great idea to raise my voice at her or even expose my identity to her or anyone else. He then turned to her with one of those his professional smiles that makes you want to fall in love with him.

“We are terribly sorry to be bothering you this way ma’am, but we had no idea that the former occupants of this house had moved away. Would you by any chance have their new address?” he asked her calmly, making me roll my eyes impatiently. I have no time for this, the lady is looking at us with a sad face and it’s getting more infuriating by the second. All I want is to be shown the right direction, I want to know where Bethany is, how hard can that be?

“I’m so sorry, but she didn’t move away, she died.” The lady said sadly as she looked at us with pity. I nearly fainted as the words left her mouth. 

“That’s a lie, that’s impossible. Where is she?” I yelled at the top of my voice, trying to go up the stairs again, but Ray still refused to let me go. He held me back and turned to the woman, this time he had no smile on his face, 

“How the hell did it happen?” He growled angrily at her, as we both glared angrily at her.

“I have no idea how it happened, I wasn’t here when it happened, I only heard the stories after I moved in. Lou knows the story better, she had witnessed it all. I need to head back to bed right now, in case you didn’t notice, I’m pregnant okay. I’ll let Lou tell you the story, the same way she had told me.” She let out weakly before turning to head back inside. I noticed the look on Lou’s face, I guess she wasn’t expecting her boss to throw her under the bus. 

“I used to work for the lady right opposite this building, I saw the cops come in here to clear her things when she died.” She explained calmly. I noticed that her lips were quivering in fear, but I didn’t think much about it because I have no business with her. When we got back home, Ray called the building opposite that house and he asked them if they had a maid named Lou and they denied knowing her saying that they have never seen or met a Lou before. I knew there was something off about her, I guess she was placed in that house by nu brother. He wants her to inform him in case I stop by the house. I guess he knows about her whereabouts, he must be holding her hostage, waiting for me to come and find her so he can get to me. I won’t let him win, not this time. I’m sticking with my initial plans, he won’t set his ticking eyes on me, not until I am ready to take over.

“I need you to help me put some guys out there to search for her. I won’t let this issue ruin our mission. We are going to the Caribbean tomorrow.” I told Ray, making him beam with joy. That is what he had always wanted, he keeps telling me to focus on the mission and leave everything else to him. Sometimes I think that he knows something about this mission that he is not telling me. In any case, I think he is right. It’s about time that I pay my grandfather a visit. I’m going to the Caribbean to take my place as the head of the Trent family, then grandpa will explain the reason why he chose his secret over me, I need to know if his dirty little secret is more important than my life, I just need to know it. Let him look me in the eyes and tell me that he wants me dead, I want to hear him say it to my very face.