Chapter 49

Crystal's pov

"Dante please, it's enough now. I'm full" I almost yelled at Dante as he was making me eat those vegetable salads without my wish.

"Last morsel, promise" He said with a grin to which I glared at him hard.

"You're saying this shit for a long time now" I pointed out angrily.

"That's because you're throwing tantrums for a long time now" He mocked me with a grin.

"Dante" I whined pushing the plate away but only for him to pull back.

"Come on. Come on. Last one" With this he once again fed me.

"Enough. Not anymore" I almost yelled and got off my seat.

"Crystal you seriously need to start having more food" Dante chirped softly to which I rolled my eyes at him.

"Yeah yeah" I said and grabbed my bag to leave for college but Dante stopped me by grabbing my palm.

"What?" I asked raising my eyebrows to which he shook his head in no and kissed my forehead lovingly.

"Take care" He said to which I nodded and kissed his cheek before turning away but he once again stopped me.

"Wait. I'll drop you today" Dante said urgently.

"But you have to go to the office, right? Today is your important meeting, no?" I asked him to which he nodded.

"Yeah but... Nothing".

"Dante what's wrong? I have been noticing you since the morning. You're looking quite tense" I said rubbing his arms.

"Nothing. It just.. I'm not feeling good" He replied.

"Oh my god! What happened to you? Why didn't you inform me before? Should I call the doctor?" I asked in panic.

"Crystal I'm fine" He said with a small smile.

"But you just said that-"

"I know but that wasn't related to my health" Dante cleared.

"Then?".

" It's about you" He said looking directly in my eyes.

"About me? What?" I asked slowly.

"I don't know, Crystal. I really don't know. From the morning I'm feeling these negative vibes. It's like something bad is going to happen" Dante finished with a sigh to which I let out a small laugh.

"Seriously Dante. Negative vibes. I didn't knew that you believed in all these things" I said with a chuckle but seeing his worried face I realised that I shouldn't joke around.

Sighs.

"Dante" I called his name and hugged him tightly.

"Don't worry. Nothing would happen to me or anyone of us. Don't believe in all things and just try to be positive, okay" I said squeezing him tightly in my arms.

He hummed and hugged me tight when suddenly his phone started ringing. I broke the hug and kissed him.

"Bye" I said and turn around.

"Bye and take care" I heard his voice and smile and showed him a thumbs up before leaving.

Time skip.

Hush. I sighed in happiness after getting free from my classes.

Today was the one hectic day. I had back to back lectures. Though I enjoy being busy but I needed one coffee break which I didn't get, so yeah.

I reached towards my car where Martin and my driver was waiting for me.

"Where to mam?" Driver asked opening the back door for me.

"Office" I told him with a smile and sat inside.

Martin joined the passenger seat and busied himself on his phone.

Phone. Hey, did I mentioned that today Dante called me for about seven times, asking me about my wellbeing. I don't know what's wrong but he seemed kinda disturbed which made me upset.

I hate seeing him worried.

Though it's not like that Dante never call me during college time. He does but he never sounds this much upset.

I wish all his worries disappears soon.

I sighed looking outside the car and frowned instantly when I realised that this wasn't our regular route.

"We are going to office, right?" I asked chucking a little to which Martin nodded.

"But this isn't our regular route, right?" I asked to which Martin turned to me looking a bit irritated.

"Crystal I have some work here that's why we are going from this route. And for your kind information, this is the shortcut for your destination" Martin said sternly to which I nodded.

This man.

I rolled my eyes at his attitude and looked outside the window. We were driving towards the isolated part of city where big trees has surrounded both the sides of road making the place look heavenly and the black clouds in sky made that view look more appealing. But on the other side it scared me because I was unknown to this place and had no idea of what time of me reaching the office.

I badly wanted to ask Martin but from the last few days he is looking quite grumpy and is rude to me so I controlled myself. And to add more miseries in my life, the network wasn't available.

I sighed looking outside the window hoping to reach my destination as soon as possible.

After few more minutes I looked at my watch and realised that I'm late for office.

Didn't Martin said that this route is shortcut to office?

"Martin?" I hesitantly called his name to which he turned a little towards me.

"Where are we heading to? You said that this is the shortcut for the office but we are almost seventeen minutes late now" I said to which Martin smiled at me.

"Few more minutes" Martin replied and looked ahead.

After almost ten minutes of driving, Martin asked the driver to stop the car. We both looked at Martin in shock.

"I have some work here. I'll be back soon" Martin chirped with no emotion in his tone.

"What work do you have in the middle of this isolated place?" I asked a bit scared.

"Don't worry about that. You'll see me soon" Saying so Martin got off of the car. I looked out from the window to see that clouds were getting darker then before.

"Martin, wait" I yelled to which he stopped and looked at me in a bit shock.

I came out of the car with my umbrella which was in my bag and gave that to him.

"Here, have this umbrella. The weather is getting bad. I would be in the car, protected but you're outside. I don't want you to get sick" I said with a smile and saw a tiny amount of guilt in his eyes which he covered quickly with a hard look.

"Thank you" He said in hard voice and left the place.

I shrugged my shoulders at his bipolar behavior and sat inside the car.

A few minutes passed but Martin was nowhere to seen. Me and the driver waited a lot for him but he didn't showed up. We even tried calling him and network wasn't there.

Finally after almost half an hour later he came but he wasn't alone. Behind him was Ethan, Maddison and her father.

All of them were smirking at me and that moment I realised that Martin isn't my bodyguard anymore. Instead he was a betrayer. An enemy.

Dante's pov

Since the morning I'm feeling depressed. I'm feeling like something bad is about to happen, that too to Crystal.

I did talked about this with Crystal but she took that lightly and somehow that disturbed me more. I really hate it when she takes herself for granted.

But I can't blame her for this. She doesn't know the whole story.

Basically one of dad's trusted man has revealed that someone close to our family is working with Ethan Kingsley. And this shit is scaring me.

I honestly didn't wanted her to leave house today but on the other hand I didn't wanted to scare her.

For some reason Ethan is still the cause of Crystal's fear. I remember a few days back Crystal heard a news about Ethan and she got scared. Just by his news. And now I'm scared about what if Crystal accidentally meet him in person.

Though Ethan definitely is a dangerous man. Not just by his looks but by his deeds too.

The moment Crystal revealed his truth to us on our wedding day, I knew that Ethan won't leave her easily. He will make her life miserable.

That man, Ethan didn't spare his own wife, how will he spare Crystal. But as of now my main concern is the person who is helping Ethan.

That betrayer.

That's the reason I have asked Martin to be extra careful today.

"Dante" Ashton rushed inside my cabin along with dad, looking worried as hell.

"What's wrong?" I asked and the quickly stood up from my place.

"We know who the betrayer is" Ashton said to which I clenched my fists angrily.

"Just tell me his name. I won't leave him" I said angrily and desperately.

"It's Martin" Dad replied in sorrowful voice and something inside me went numb.

What? Martin? How? Wasn't he supposed to protect Crystal from enemies? Is Martin the enemy himself?

"What the fuck?" I yelled loudly and searched my phone in panic to call Crystal.

"Who are you calling?" Ashton asked in shock.

"Crystal" I yelled at him while calling Crystal.

"What? Isn't she here?" He asked to which I shook my head.

"The fuck. Her phone is switched off" I cursed loudly.

"Let's go" Dad said sternly to which me and Ashton nodded, knowing that dad is gonna involve cops.

Just be fine Crystal. I'm coming for you. Just be fine.

Martin is with Kingsley's •_•

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