Chapter 45: Secretly married

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"She has been inside that house for over an hour guys. Should we go in?" Jerry asked Peter and Jude.

"Of course not. You'll blow our cover. Remember what the boss said?" replied Jude

"What if something is happening in there as we speak? or probably she is already fucking dead for all we know," Jerry asked.

"Try and be positive for once"

"Oh now everyone has the tough guy act on until something happens to her and the boss kills us all"

"Something like what? "

"Do you think the boss wasn't worried about her safety to have sent four guards to watch over her?"

"Can you both keep your mouths shut for once and be calculative?" Peter let out in annoyance when he couldn't stand their bickering anymore

Jerry rolled his eyes at both of them. They had no idea how possessive Xavier can be to his loved one. That was why they were so relaxed.

"I think we should go in" Peter finally said what Jerry wanted to hear. He was a man of action, just like Jerry, but the only difference between the two of them was Peter worked with his brain, not strength.

"Oh wait here she comes" Jude was quick to point out.

There she was, leaving the mansion with Ralph right behind her.

"Who's that?" Jerry asked, looking at Peter who already had a binocular in his eyes.

He lowered it. "That's Ralph".

"Ralph Caden?" Asked Jude in Astonishment.

"Maybe my eyes are getting bad. Here" he handed the binoculars to Jude to have a look. "Have a look"

"It's him," he lowered the object. "What business does she have with such a dangerous man?"Jude asked

"I don't know. I think we should tell boss right away. This smells like a scheme" Peter said.

"Come on. Let's not jump to a conclusion. I've seen her with boss, she loves him. There is no way she can plot against him" Jerry suggested.

"Have you forgotten what Claudia did? It's only a miracle that boss didn't have her killed" Jude said

"If she isn't plotting against the boss, then what the fuck Is she doing with the enemy?" Peter asked the obvious question.

"I think... " Jerry tried to speak, but Jude nudged him.

"Look" he pointed out.

Little Leia ran out of the house and was hugging Ralph while Rachael gave a fake smile at the side.

"I didn't know Ralph had a Kid. God, she looks just like him" Jude said looking through the binoculars. "What if" he brought down the object. "What if they are secretly married?" He turned to look at Jerry.

"Get serious. You two. Jude, sometimes I wonder if you think with your butt instead of your head" Peter pointed out.

"He makes sense though. What if she is secretly married to him? This could be a plot"

"Jerry, whose fucking side are you on?" Peter snapped, already pissed off.

"Yeah" Jude supported. "This moment you are here and the next you are there"

"Can we just drop this" Jerry gave up.

"And you two should shut the fuck up while we do our jobs" peter snapped. "Boss should have thought clearly before giving me two morons to work with" he muttered under his breath.

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"So I got your girl," Ralph said with his hands on the steering wheel. " She lodged in a hotel. Kings hotel"

"Good.

"But be careful. I don't think a Mafia boss will leave his lover to go to another state on her own. She might be heavily guarded"

"When she came to your house, did she show up alone?"

"Yes she did, but still be careful. What do you even want with her anyway?"

"I don't know yet. I find her quite interesting".

"You find your brother's lover quite interesting. Get serious"

"He is not my brother" Ralph knew he made Magnus angry, but he didn't care about it. "I don't consider him to be one"

"You just hate competition"

"Who doesn't?"

"Anyway, be careful. You will give Xavier full permission to kill you if you slip" with that said, he ended the call.


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"I don't like the food here," Rachael complained over the phone as she took a seat in the hotel restaurant.

"You can always go out and grab a decent meal," Xavier said at the other end.

"Oh please. Don't act like you weren't the one who told your guard not to let me leave at night"

"Oh I did?" he feigned ignoring which caused Rachael to chuckle. "Anyway, how are things in Miami? It's been a long time since I've been there"

"Lovely. Different air from California"

"So you prefer there?"

"If I didn't have a handsome drop-dead demi-God in California, I wouldn't mind staying here"

"Oh really" he let out a little chortle. "Don't flatter me, Mrs. Anderson"

"I'm serious, Mr. Callum"

"Of course"

"The urgent case you needed to attend to, have you rectified it"

"Not really"

"Okay then, but when you come back you are going to give me full details about everything"

"Great" she faked a laugh. "Just when I was starting to think you were becoming less protective"

"I am many things, but certainly not that. I can kill you Rachael" he confessed and he meant it.

Rachael sighted the waiter, coming her way with her order. "I have to eat now by the way. Talk to you later" she said as she abruptly ended the call.

"Thank you," she said to the young waiter who gave off a witty smile before leaving Rachael to eat

Rachael hadn't gotten anywhere with her food when she heard the chair opposite her being tugged. Out of curiosity, she looked up. Her heart stopped. It was him; Magnus.

Her shaky hands dropped the fork as she quivered. "Magnus" she called out, looking around, trying to get a glimpse of William, but he wasn't there.

"Don't worry about it. I took care of him. Xavier should have picked a more competent personal bodyguard"

"You can't do anything to me here. People are watching"

"Of course, I can't. I'm not stupid" he stretched his hands and took one of her french fries from her dish.

"What do you want from me?"

"I badly want to teach you a lesson, Rachael"

The way he called her name, sent a cold shiver down her spine. No one had ever instilled such an amount of fear into her just by merely calling her name.

"The article is a thing of the past, why can't you forget about it?"

"Forget?" He sounded astonished like she had said an absurd thing when in a real sense, she was right about him forgetting about it and moving on. What Rachael didn't know was Magnus was a crazy person.

"My company almost went down the drain because of you"

" Almost, not completely"

"I see Xavier has given you a tone to your voice. How about I change it back to the submission; your default mode"

"Xavier has given me more than a tone"

"Of course. You might think all is going perfectly with you and Xavier, but I know my brother and he is not what you think he is"

"What do you mean by that?" His brother? That can't be possible. Xavier and the demon sent to earth can never be related.

"I think you should ask your lovely Xavier that question. If he loves you, he will tell you the truth about the Alfonso and the Callum family. He should also tell you about vatos locos" he said.

" What are you saying?" Rachael asked in confusion.

"Words," he stood up. "Remember to sleep with your eyes open and don't think Xavier can save you from me. He is four hours away from here and I'm right here" he smiled at her and left.

She looked down at her food. Her appetite had gone. A huge lump appeared in her throat as she resisted the urge to cry. He was right. Xavier wasn't here to protect her. The way Magnus had access to her easily, made her shudder. She came here for her daughter, but Magnus caught up with her instead.

"Ma'am" she heard and turned to look at William who had a relieved look on his face. "I was called saying you were run over by a car. I thought something horrible happened to you"

Rachael stared at him in anger, not sure what she should do to him. "Do you want Xavier to skin you alive?" she asked with venom in her voice.

"No ma'am"

"Then you will do a better job next time" she shot at him and immediately stood up. She was done with food, but not done with Miami because no matter how badly she wanted to stay away from Magnus she still needed to stay and reconcile with her daughter. One thing was certain, Magnus was going to pay for what he did. Xavier will make him pay. She wasn't going to hold anything back this time

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