ETHAN'S POV:-

I sat motionless in my car, my eyes staring at a blank spot. The soft hum of the air conditioner and the moving of the car were the only sounds breaking the silence. I take a glance at Charlotte who was looking out of the window, lost in her own thoughts

To my knowledge, she must also be thinking about the events that happened there in the hospital ...

Even I'm stunned to know that her mother was being drugged for many years. Maybe it can be that the person she ran away might have done this to her but what will he get by doing this?? Or .. it can be Charlotte's dad .. but what will he get by doing something like this? that too to his own wife?? Then who is the person behind all this...

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I take a deep breath conceiving about something. My hands were clasped together. The faint scent of freshly brewed coffee lingered in the air

I have already talked to the other hospital staff, where I got to know that she was admitted there for about 8 years and they also explained me about the same guy, Lanier told me about and the same disease he talked about

It means... She was admitted for 8 years in one hospital then for 5 years in the other hospital which is a total of 13 years. So, there is not much chance that she ran away with someone

I remember, Charlotte told me that she got a note written that her mother is running away with someone so, it might be a criminal or someone who kidnapped her mother and left a fake note so they don't think about it much

Can it be the same guy who used to come and meet her every friday ?? I quickly reached out to my phone "hello?" I instruct the man all the Information about that 'Mysterious Man' and command him to search that man in every corner of Paris and cut the call

Let's see how we will not find him... I grin in acknowledgement, squeezing my phone with a tight grip

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"Hey, you told me on the phone that you have something important to tell me, then Why did you bring me here? At the bar?" Charlotte's continuous questions don't bother me much and I continue to drag her along with me inside a bar

Upon reaching there, my eyes wander around searching for someone, and here I found him and it looks like he saw me too

That person comes towards me more like running, his eyes stuck on us "Sir, you came at the right time, he usually sits at that corner of the bar" the man says, pointing towards a spot in the corner of the bar

"There is another table beside it, you both can sit there and wait for him, it is the nearest place to hear him" the man says, his voice barely above a whisper. His eyes scanned throughout the bar and without making any eye contact he left from there like a small blow of wind

I grasped Charlotte's hand heading towards the place, that man suggested. Charlotte was still endlessly asking questions as she was not aware of anything happening right now

With a quiet thug, I perched on the sofa, with Charlotte beside me. I finally gazed at Charlotte who was already looking at me with curiosity shining in her eyes

"So, will you please tell me now? Why are we here?" Charlotte asks, giving me an angry look. Seems like I have made her upset "see, you remember that mysterious man who used to come to the hospital to meet your mother?"

Charlotte thinks for a second, and suddenly looks at me with a hint of realisation "yeah, it means we came here to see that man?" She jumps out of curiosity "Hey, hey don't shout everyone will hear it"

She looks around, and bows her head down in embarrassment "I'm sorry" I chuckle at her misdoings "it's ok, and yes we came here to see that guy"

"Oh, I always wondered how a bar looks from inside and today I saw it" her eyes wandered throughout the bar, her eyes were radiating a different kind of energy, a soft glow suffused her features like a lantern lit within

"Well, Bar is not for babies Chérie, so don't be much thrilled" I smirked, signing my own death certificate by glistening the fire burning inside her

[Translation:- 'chérie' means 'darling' in French language]

She glared at me, giving me a skip of my heart beat. But I don't regret at my words, instead I grin which makes her grow wilder, she stood up and calls out a waiter, I stare at her, with a look of amusement drawn on my face and was about to say something just when I see her holding a champagne in her hand, grinning shamelessly

The quick realisation of what is her next move, leave me behind fright. I try to stop her but it was of no use. She has already opened the bottle and started drinking champagne

With one gulp she completed the half bottle, while I sat there motionless staring at her actions, completely surprised by her will power

In the next moment she had already completed the whole bottle, which made me jolt from my seat and snatch the bottle from her hand

"Hey, what are you doing" "give me the bottle back" Charlotte demanded, her voice was drunk obviously because of drinking too much

I took the bottle away from her grip and hold her waist, warning her to sit back at her place. Somehow she finally sat down like an obedient child and pouted "Oh c'mon I was just teasing you, for that you didn't have to drink the whole damn bottle"

"Just shut up you a*sh*le, you dared to mess up with me, Charlotte Carter, how could I have stayed back, huh?" She yells at me, in her drunk tone

"How dare you curse me, first of all I'm helping you in solving the case and now you are only yelling at me like this, even cursing me" I say, anger boiling over me, she fucking cursed me, don't know what will happen after our marriage

Before I could muse further, I perceived that Charlotte was not sitting beside me. I search passim the bar and here, I found her. She is dancing on the table !!??

Ahh, this girl. I hurriedly ran towards her, my eyes stuck on her hourglass figure, which was waving in the air smoothly leaving no corner for any flaws, her hairs flapped as she twirled on the table, flowing along the music

Her face was calm, as if music was the only thing she could see or hear. But then I noticed, some creeps were staring at her in a wrong way, I scowled moving towards them to teach them a good lesson

BUT in my own way, I swept out my gun, pointing at the eye of one person, and then shot. The bullet's fire echoed in the whole bar, making people frighten and they started to sprint here and there

Then I shot another bullet at the eye of another man, he screamed in agony and blood started flowing from his eyes, both the man rushed out of the bar, calling out for an ambulance

"She is mine, no one is allowed to stare at her like this, except me"

I kept my gun back at its place, moving towards Charlotte who was looking scared seeing all this rush

I gently grasped her around the waist, lifting her off the ground with ease. She let out a playful squeal as I swung her around, her legs dangling in the air

I draped her over my shoulder, her arms wrapping around my neck. I adjusted my grip, securing her in place as I began to walk away from the scene

Her long hair cascaded down my back, swaying gently with each step. Her eyes sparkled with delight as she peeked over my shoulder, taking in the receding view of the surrounding area

I walk near the car, and open the car's gate and smoothly slide her down on the back seat, securing her. I slowly glide her heels down from her feet and cover her with my coat

I slowly move away from her, but hold back when I feel a soft touch on hand, which makes me halt on my steps, I slowly regress to see, Charlotte, clasping my left hand with her small fingers

A slight smile forms on the corner of my lips and I swiftly bend to release my hand from her fingers. But her hand quickly grasped my collar, pulling me towards her and In one fell swoop I was lying over Charlotte, our lips pressing against each other

I looked at her with startling eyes, unable to do anything. My body froze at a place, as if all the organs in my body refused to work

As soon as realisation came to my mind, I briskly moved away from her, my mind still filled with the thoughts of our first kiss. I decide to not tell her about this when she wakes up tomorrow

It is half night so it's better to take her to my house for tonight...



Charlotte's POV:-

I was troubled by a bright light which was giving my eyes gunshot. I shab my eyes and start opening them steadily. Where the hell is this light coming from !!?? My half sleepy eyes wander around the room and I abruptly jump out of surprise

This is not my room!! Where the hell I'm ??!!

I quickly dart to get off the bed, but was paused by a husky voice. My head tilts towards the sound and I freeze at my place

As if a bombshell had hit. Cause yes! It is .. the devil is right in front of me then how can be anything good

I stare at him, my mind completely blank and out of sudden my head starts aching badly, a low scream equal to whispers blow thorough my lips as the pain starts rising

Just then I hear some footsteps approaching towards me, I glance at the sight to see 'Ethan' walking towards me with a smirk on his face

I glare at him, demanding any answers "Chérie, you woke up? Hope you had a good sleep" he says, sitting beside me with a tray on his hands consisting of some drink

"First of all, stop calling me that, I'm not your darling, secondly why I'm here ?" I glare at him, my eyes giving him a straight death stare enough for him to bury under the ground 6ft down

"Don't worry you are at my house. You don't remember anything that happened last night?" He grins

"What do you mean?" I asked hesitantly, my voice barely coming out as confusion starts taking over me

"well, last night was so beautiful. You, me and this bed. Ufff" he says, my eyes grow wider as some dirty thoughts started flashing in front of my eyes about last night

"Wait! I remember last night we went to a club in search of that mysterious man and then I drank too much and .." I paused cause I can't remember what happened after that, I glanced at Ethan for an answer

He chuckles "No need to remember anything, because after that the night became more beautiful" he looks up, at the ceiling, his eyes shone with glitter

I start sobbing when I realise what he meant by 'beautiful night' he hastily looks at me tensed and tries to console me

"Hey, don't cry I was just kidding nothing happened between us, you were sleeping here at my bed, and I was sleeping in the other room, please stop crying" he tries to explain

And in a brief time, I stopped crying. He looks at me all confused "I was just fake crying to know the truth" I smirk, he glares at me

Just then, we were disturbed by a ringing voice, echoing throughout the room, catching our attention

I look at the table to see, my phone ringing, with Lia's no. Flashing on the screen. I quickly reach out for my phone and pick up the call

"Hello?" I ask, "charley, open the news channel quickly, you have to see this" She blurts out like a whirlwind

"But what happened? " I question noticing the tension easing, and I glance at Ethan who was looking equally confused as me

"SHUT up and open the news channel, it's important for you and Ethan to see it" she yells from the other side. I signal Ethan to quickly open the news channel and cut the call

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