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“Exactly, that's the one." He said with a small smile that was short lived. I could not believe Hunter was really in front of me. Many people sought to get appointments with him and it was impossible since he was a very busy and extremely important man. But we just jumped off a f*****g bridge together.
It was hard to wrap my head around it.
He turned around and gestured for me to follow him with a sense of urgency. I ran after him.
He was a tall man with long strides, it was hard to keep up with him.
“Why did you come for me?."
“You will know very soon, for now... Let's save your energy. Your muscles must be sore."
I followed him through the dense trees and we broke out at some point. On the side of the road there was a red sports car waiting for us outside. The driver was standing outside and smoking when we arrived.
When he saw Hunter, he threw the cigar on the floor and crushed it with his shoe.
“Boss." He said and opened the door for the both of us to enter. I entered the car and Hunter handed me a small bag.
There was a wig inside and some other things. Looking inside the bag I knew it was not for me, this bag was here in case of emergencies. I knew he was a powerful man and they were sometimes dangerous but…to what degree was he dangerous?.
“What do I need this for?."
“Check point."
I wore a wig and hugged my body with my hands. I was uncomfortable with the wet clothes.
We drove and met a checkpoint.
“Don't roll your window down." Hunter told the driver and proceeded to roll down the window beside him.
“Mr Hunter." The police officer said with a big smile.
“What's the problem?."
“We had an emergency sir, but don't worry, we are taking care of it."
“Good." Hunter said.
“Please sir, you can go through."
Hunter lifted his window and the car drove off peacefully without being stopped at the other checkpoints.
We arrived at a large mansion, it was the largest building I ever laid my eyes on. Cassian was rich but this... This could be built on Cassian's entire net worth.
“Come inside." Hunter said and took me into the house. He took me upstairs and showed me to a room. “The changing room is over there. You'll find some clothes inside." He said pointing to a door
He was already taking off his shirt as I got to the changing room. I closed the door and placed my back against it. That man was built perfectly, the image of his defined abs flashed in my mind and I snapped my eyes open.
I hurriedly got out of the wet clothes and changed into a soft cotton top and sweatpants that were my perfect size.
I got out and Hunter was sitting on a chair with a laptop beside him.
“Please, have a seat. I have to tell you why I came for you today "
I sat down beside him on another armchair the size of his own and I got swallowed by it.
He turned the laptop in my direction and on the screen, there was an old man lying on a hospital bed.
" It's recorded by me. That is your grandfather and he asked for a final wish, he made me promise to fulfill his wish. He passed away yesterday."
“I don't know that man." I confessed.
He gave me a look, it was a pity.
“When your mother met your father, she fell deeply in love with him. She was supposed to take over her father's multi billion dollar company but instead, she decided to choose your father. Her father, who is the man you see on the screen now, disowned her and she died in a terrible car accident when you were just three."
My mouth was wide open.
Hunter pressed the play button.
“My dear Freya, if you're watching this right now, it means I'm already dead. My greatest regrets we're not being able to tell my only daughter how much I love her, before death took her away from me. I was angry about her choices, out of anger I disowned her, what I should have done was to draw her nearer and show her my love. I wanted to take you in when Teress died but I could not bring myself to do it. Now the doctors have told me I don't have any time left and I realized that I never met my granddaughter, time passed by so quickly and I realize that you're my only surviving family, so I'm handing over my company and properties to you. Hunter, is my trusted friend, he's an excellent business man too, he's the only man I can rely on. I'm making him your supervisor, your mentor and someone that can show you how to run a business. I apologize for not reaching out all these years, Freya, forgive me."
Hunter walked into view and the old frail man turned to him with a smile. He came closer to the camera and the video ended. I turned to Hunter and realized that he never looked at the video but he was staring at me to see my reaction. I had never seen my grandfather before.
“I'm sorry." I apologized and cleaned my tears.
He frowned.
“Don't apologize, Freya. It's okay to cry." Hunter said
His deep voice was assuring and calming, I tried to overlook the way my name had rolled off his tongue like a spell but the fact that he was so masculine could not leave my head.
I felt not just confident but protected. I wanted to lean into his arms. I know they're strong and I would find comfort there but everything was going to be wrong about that.
Everything.
He was off limits and I should be ashamed of myself, after what I had gone through in the hands of Cassian, I should be running from men and disgusted by them but Hunter was a different man, I could feel it.
I missed my mother at this moment, I could hardly even remember what she was like. I put the thought away and decided to go straight to the point.
“I'm a billionaire? " I asked with tears stinging my eyes, fighting to break through my eyelids.
“Multi billionaire." He corrected me with a smile and at that moment, I couldn't hold back the tears of joy.
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