Chapter 43

"Can we talk?"

I gestured for us to sit on the couch. He took a seat reluctantly.

" I don't have all day!" He snapped.

" What's going on with you?"

" What do you mean?" He asked oblivious to my question.

" You are different .You talk and act different. Did I do something wrong? "

" I am not acting different. I am always like this and you have done nothing wrong" he said shifting to sit closer to me.

Taking my small hands into his, he brought my hands up and kissed them. One finger at a time, then my palms. When he was done ,he brought my face closer for a kiss. The kiss was so soft that it brought tears to my eyes.

Maybe I was exaggerating everything. Maybe I was overthinking. Nothing was wrong with us. He said he was okay and I believe him. He wouldn't have said he was fine if he was not okay.

When we stopped kissing to get some air I decided to voice some of the concerns I had.

" Your sister doesn't like me" I said pouting.

" She loves you. Why would you say that?" He frowned.

" Because she told me right to my face that she doesn't like me" I crossed my hands and laid them on my chest.

" Love, maybe you misinterpreted her words"

" I wouldn't do that, you have to believe me" I pleaded

" Let me do this, I will talk to her tomorrow and straighten all this out. Is that alright?" He asked caressing my cheek.

" Okay. Thank you"

Since it was late we went to bed, both of us hoping that the next day would be better.

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Marcus's POV

We have been trying to track who has been stealing from me for months and now we were closer than we have ever been before. I was so close that I could actually taste it. When I find out who it is, I will make them pay for the rest of their lives. I will make them suffer like they have never suffered before.

They shouldn't have messed with me. This investigation took longer than I had hoped but at least we are getting closer to our goal. I wanted to put all this behind me and focus my efforts into something else or most importantly someone else.

Speaking of someone else, Zawadi. My sweet Zawadi. I know I have been acting different but I wanted to protect myself. Was that so wrong? She told me she loved me again and I always have something against those words, not the person saying them.

She is an angel and she doesn't deserve someone who was using her like I was. I wanted her, I have always wanted her, since the first day I saw her. She was mine and will always be mine. I will never let her go.

Now that she was in love with me, I was convinced that she will never leave me. I relaxed slowly when I thought about our future together. I will put a baby in her and marry her just to keep her close to me. It might make me sound selfish but I don't care for anyone's opinion.

Thinking of her being with someone else makes me angry, so angry that I would beat the guy to death. She was mine and no one will ever take her away from me.

I wanted to put some distance between us so that I could decipher my feelings for her. After a lot of soul searching ,I discovered that I was also in love with her. I didn't know when that happened but she was my whole world, my entire galaxy.

When she told me yesterday my sister didn't like her I was angry. She was very hurt thinking that my sister didn't approve of her. What was wrong with my family? First my brother and now my sister. What do they have against this sweet, innocent angel?

Speaking of which, I will have to call my sister after my meeting with the investigators. They will be here in a few minutes to talk about the theft happening right under my nose.

My desk phone rang and I picked it up.

" Sir the investigators are here"

" Let them in Adeline" I said before hanging up.

This chase has gone on for far too long and I was getting really impatient. This was the only thing tying me down. I could be balls deep inside Zawadi right now, if it were not for this matter. I hope they came with some good news because otherwise I was going to loose my shit.

There was a knock on the door before it was opened to reveal two investigators one a man and a woman.

I rose to my feet and shook their hands before gesturing for them to sit down.

" Welcome Harry and Taylor. It is nice to see you two again."

" The pleasure is all ours sir" Harry responded.

" Any news for me?" I asked.

Patience has never been a virtue of mine. I don't wait for things for happen, I take control and make them happen.

" Yes sir we do. We have tracked down your money to bank accounts that were accessed by an electronic in this address" said Taylor.

She showed me the address on her iPad.

" That can't be right!"

" Sir that is the last place the electronic was used" Harry insisted.

" I am saying that is not right because that is my house!"

" The electronic was used two days ago. Any idea who was in your house two days ago?" Asked Taylor.

" I have so many people getting in and out of my compound every single day. I need you to dig deeper. If the thief is around me, I need to know who it is!" I barked.

" Yes sir" they both agreed.

They left the office a few minutes after that, leaving me to rack my brain on what was happening.

Who could it be? Two days ago. Who was at my house two days ago? Jake? Or was it Zawadi? No it can't be her. This person started stealing from me even before I met her.

We had a thief amongst us, a traitor. Who is this insane to steal from me and is still in my circle? And the worst part is he or she has been in my house, maybe even more than once. If I stayed here any longer I would go crazy. So I left the office to talk to my sister Lily before I go home to Zawadi.