My Ruthless Innocent Billionaire

UNFOLDING HIS PAST

Alex’s P.O.V.

After 2 days, Austin discharged Tina and we decided to bring her to my place. Cynthia and Matthew agreed with me as it would be easy for Cynthia to take care of her in our home. I also bought an apartment for Danny and his family near to my house. I wanted him to be with Tina for 24 hours and also instructed him to hire some trained bodyguards for Tina. I could do this on my own but didn’t want any unnecessary attention from the culprit. I still didn’t believe that John was behind all these.

My dad was out of the city for a business meeting in New Jersey. He would be back in 3-4 days and I was hell worried now. He loved Anaira like her daughter. How would I be able to tell him what happened to her? He would be so angry with me when he would come to know that I hid his granddaughter from him for so long.

He personally prepared a room for his grandchildren after our engagement. He was the most excited person about my marriage. He also broke when Anaira disappeared but handled himself very well just for my sake. He was everything for me. After my mom, he performed both parts for me and I was the happiest child.

Matthew completed all the formalities of her discharge and how to bring her in the mansion. I was really stunned when I brought Tina inside her room without being caught in any camera placed everywhere in my house. We found that the person had already placed cameras in the mansion but not inside the room. It was really hard to bring her back into her room.

He hid her inside her long coat like he had worn something very fluffy. Tin was small and lean. So, none could notice at the first look that he had something around his chest. He tied her with his chest with the help of a belt and asked her to hold him tightly. Then he put on his loose sweat and overcoat. This was what I could say, Matthew. Only he could think about such a trick.

We were careful about anyone noticing about her. Tin’s room was next to mine and there was a door connecting both the room from inside. I used that door to reach her. Even Cynthia and Danny also entered her room through my room. I like my privacy but now her safety was my first priority.

The van that was standing in the far corner of the street near a deserted point was still there. One of my men was keeping eye on them. I had placed a few people around my office and Cynthia’s clinic who were watching our back. We were doing everything like our normal routine.

I was eating my breakfast when I saw Matthew coming towards me. Cynthia was sitting with me here and Danny was with Tina in her room feeding her breakfast.

“Hey Matthew… good morning bro”, I greeted him but his looks told me some other story. I needed to tell me something. Something that pissed him so badly.

“Good morning bro.. Good morning Cynth”, he greeted both of us while going to Cynthia and gave her a like peck on her cheeks as a gesture.

“Good morning Hunny… let’s have breakfast together”, Cynthia proposed to him with a smile.

“I am full Cynth but thanks. I need to discuss something important with Alex”, he said while signalling me to come into the study.

I got the signal that there was something serious. I nodded and got up. We both went towards my study. Matthew closed the door when we both got inside.

“What is it Matthew”, I asked him. He took out a file from his overcoat’s pocket and handed me over. I was a little bit confused. If there was anything official, he could speak with me in the office. I opened the file and made the face. It was the travelling details of John Blakefield for the past 6 years.

“Matthew, I told you there is no need to investigate him and what is it checking about his travelling details for this long period”, I asked him annoyingly while putting the file on the table.

“I have marked something suspicious and it’s better if you look at those details for yourself”, he said seriously and I sighed. There was no way he would leave me until I checked the details properly. I sat down on my seat and started checking details that were marked by him. First, there was nothing that could gain my attention, but soon I found something suspicious.

John had travelled some places frequently and then he suddenly stopped going and then after some time, there was another frequent travel to another place. I straightened myself and noticed the whole pattern for 6 whole years. He never visited the same place twice after dropping once. My eyes widened when I saw a note attached to some date and places.

My heart was beating fast. I was literally confused now. “Where did you get all these details”, I asked Matthew in a calm tone. He was sitting in front of me on the chair with hands crossed on his chest.

“I hired a private investigator a few years back to get the information of Anaira if any we could find. He gathered some information through his sources from all over these places. It took time but we got some proofs there who somehow pointed towards Anaira for being there at the same place.

“Say what you want to say Matthew”, I asked him again in an irritating voice. I wanted to finish this crap as soon as possible.

He pulled out another file from his pocket and gave it to me. I took the file without saying anything to him and opened it. My heart skipped a beat and my eyes widened in horror. It was a picture of Anaira’s favourite bracelet. Cynthia had gifted this bracelet to her on her sixteenth birthday. She never took off this bracelet. There were a date and a time written on one of the corners of the picture. I brought the previous file to me and matched the date with one of the notes.

At first, I was in shock. How could it be possible? Part of me didn’t want to accept that John was behind all these. It might be a coincidence.

I flipped the page of the file that had all the pictures and other proofs. It was a scarf with help written at one end. There was also a blurred picture of a girl who was in a vehicle. The picture was not so clear but the girl resembled Anaira. My mind went numb.

These were pictures from the police file. Every picture had a date and time written over the page. I checked all the images and matched them with the previous file. All data matches with the notes attached with some of the dates of John’s travelling date.

“We need to ask Tina about him. My gut feeling is telling me that soon he will be here to investigate them. He will try to search the whole mansion for them”, Matthew stated in a stern voice and I closed my eyes and sighed.