chapter 15

Roselyn Bell

When I woke up next time it was very dark. It seemed like I was in a warehouse.

"Hello," I screamed. The room was quite big as could hear my own echo. After waiting for a few minutes the door of the warehouse opened. I wasn't able to see the person coming. I was sure it was a girl. When she finally came into my view. I was beyond shocked to see who it was.

Emma.

"Emma" she was dressed all black and her brown hair were pulled back in a ponytail.

"Oh little Sherlock finally got it," she said and the two bodyguards behind her just laughed.

"How could you betray them" I spatted out.

"I betrayed them" she scoffed, "Roselyn you are really naive," she said, "Boys you can leave I need a little time with our guest," she said without tearing her gaze from me. They left without another word.

"What do you want," I asked.

"What's the hurry Rosie let's start from the beginning," she said, "What do you think why Adriet is around roaming around you like a dog," she asked.

"I don't know," I said bluntly.

"Aww honey" she scoffed, "Let's start from the beginning. Do you really think Adriet purposely met you in his hotel it was all planned. He was the one who actually got that chip. He just pretended he didn't know anything," she said.

"You mean to say that he was the one who posted that letter," I asked.

"Yes, he already what was there in the chip. He just wanted it to make it more realistic"

"So does that mean that letter wasn't written by my father," I asked and she nodded, "But why would he do that," I asked?

"Because you are way too powerful than you know" she replied with a smirk on her face.

"Meaning"

"Have you heard of Xavier Ivanov?" she asked.

"The Russian politician who died," I asked.

"That's just a cover, baby to hide his real identity" I wasn't able to understand what she was talking about. What cover. She sighed looking at my face, "He was a Russian mafia" she said.

"Oh," I said.

"And you know what the interesting part is" I nodded in denial. She smirked, "That Xavier Ivanov is your father" she stated as if it was no big deal.

"What"

"Yeah that chip had your father's will," she said while taking out something from her pocket it was an injection, "It had your name," she said as she took my right hand and rubbed my wrist.

"What are you doing," I asked.

"Something I was here to do" she then injected it content in me, "Now exactly after 30 seconds you will feel a fiery sensation through you body for approximately three hours......" I didn't hear anything after that. She was right I felt like my body was on fire. The pain was unbearable.

"Emma" I screamed.

"Oh seems like the acid has started its reaction" with that she got up and left. I laid flat on the dirty floor.

"Emma please come back" I screamed but I knew it was useless. The pain was just getting intense as the time was passing. I was screaming for help but I knew no one would come but still, I was screaming.

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I don't know for how long I was in that warehouse probably three days or something when finally the door opened again. It was Robert. I didn't bother to get up. I just laid there like a dead body. My body was bleeding which I didn't know why. Probably because of the injection and all the beating that happened to me. Those men were disgusting they tried to force themselves on me but before anything could happen Robert came.

"Oh darling look at you," he said, "Your Adriet has gone all mad out there he is searching for you like a mad man" I wasn't interested in a word he was saying and plus if he was talking about that Adriet then definitely not. I was not in a condition to reply to any of his questions.

"Seems like you aren't listening to me," he said with that clutched a handful of hair of mine and picked up from the ground and threw at the wall. I lifted myself. I could taste metal.

"Now be a good girl and do as I ask," he said while clutching my hair again.

"Robert please" I pleaded him.

"Please what"

"Please let me go"

"Stop hoping for the impossible sweetheart," he said. I knew what was coming. He got hold of the injection.

"Robert please don't do this"

"That injection was nothing that Emma gave you," he said as few people tackled me on the ground, "This one is even more painful and believe me after this you won't be any condition to fight back" he laughed, "And then I can finally have all that money from the partnership with your father" with that he injected me. I knew this would be even more painful than the previous one.

"Let's get going boys to let our guest have her own time," Robert said and kissed me. I quickly pushed him away giving me last look he went away. He was right the fiery sensation was even more painful. I screamed my lungs out. Suddenly I heard a few noises from outside. I managed to drag myself to the door to hear what exactly was going on.

"HELP!!!!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed as loudly as I could, "Someone please help me" I screamed again but it all went in vain. I laid near the door lifeless. The pain was unbearable but I didn't have any energy in me to scream for help.

"ROSELYN" I heard someone calling my name.

"Y..." I wasn't able to say anything I was about to lose my conscious.

"Open this door up" I knew who it was.

Adriet Rashnikov

I told my men to open the door of the old warehouse from where the sound came. They opened the door and the scene I saw was very disturbing. Roselyn laid there almost unconscious. She was bleeding all over. I quickly went near her dropping my gun and picked her up. I wrapped my coat around her as the thin tank top of hers was now torn and was hardly covering her body.

"Roselyn" I tapped her cheek, "Roselyn" I tried to wake her up but she wasn't responding. I picked her up and made my way out of the warehouse. It was strange that Robert hadn't kept her in front of his eyes but somewhere far away from the city. It was a two-storey building but with proper guards and everything, "Call Dr Williams" I said to my men as I loaded her and commanded the driver to drive away from the place. We quickly reached the mansion and took her to my room where the doctor was already there. I laid her carefully on the bed and the doctor did his work while I was still present in the room.

"Mr Rashnikov can we talk for a minute," he asked to which I nodded and we went out of the room and I closed the door behind me. We sat in the living room.

"What is it," I asked.

"May I know your relationship with Ms Roselyn?" he asked.

"She's my wife" without thinking anything I blattered it. I didn't know what to say. There was no proper explanation as to why I said that.

"Then Mr Rashnikov your wife needs your emotional support at this time," he said. "There are chances that she might go crazy" he chuckled.

"What do you mean," I asked while eyeing him.

"I hope you saw her face she has a lot of bruises on them," he said.

"So do you think she will sulk about them," I asked while I sipped my coffee and he just shrugged to that, "Don't worry Roselyn isn't like that"

"Okay, Mr Rashnikov if you think so then I may take your leave" we shook our hands he left. I went back to my room and saw Roselyn on the bed with the blanket covering her. suddenly my phone started ringing. I saw Markus calling. I picked it up.

"Yes"

"Sir Deborah Bell is back"

"Okay make sure that no one and I mean no one should come to know where Roselyn Bell is exactly at, do you get that," I asked.

"Yes sir" with that I hung up. I went back inside the room and saw Roselyn laying not so peacefully. She had a frown on her face. I knew she was waking up. I quickly went next to her.

"Roselyn" I called her out. She didn't respond to that. She stretched her hand out and I quickly grasped it. I sat on the bed next to her, "Roselyn wake up" I tapped her cheek. She wiggled a little and then opened her big brown orbs.

"Do you need anything?" I asked as I made her comfortable with the cushions.

"Water" barely any voice came out of her throat. I gave her a glass of water from the side table. She drank the whole content in one goes.

"They killed her," she said after drinking it.

"Who," I asked.

"Lila," she said blankly without meeting my gaze. I didn't know she was close to her dog. okay, I agree owners do get attached to their pets but she just woke up and the first thing she is talking about is her dog. I just sat there and hugged her trying to make her feel better about just because the doctor said that she needs a lot of emotional support.

"Where am I," she asked.

"In my house" I replied.

"I should probably get going," she said as she pulled back.

"You are really sick," I said and got up, "Do you realise that you were in that warehouse for five days locked without food or anything and you are ready to leave. Look at yourself you are in no condition to even feed yourself and you want to go from here, and think about your mother do you want to show up like this in front of her" I yelled at her.

"It's better than to be with a liar" she mumbled.

"Fine, I get it that I failed to protect you-"

"Failed to protect me?" she scoffed, "Do you really think that's why I am calling you a liar" she glared at me.

"What do you mean," I asked advancing towards her.

"Right what do I mean, I mean Adriet when were you planning to tell me the truth" she yelled, "You lied to me that my father was alive you cooked up all that story just to drag me around with you just to get what you wanted then probably murder me and dump me somewhere, where nobody would come to know what happened to little Roselyn Bell" clearly she was very angry.

"How did you come to know about it," I asked coldly.

"Really after all this you have the nerve to ask me how I came to know about it, you are pathetic" She stated.

"I was about to tell you I-"

"When" she cut me off, "Probably when I would have been dead"

"You wouldn't have died there-"

"There?" she asked, "There, Adriet really oh, of course, how could I forget it you still have some pending business with me you wouldn't have let them kill me"

"Shut up will you" I screamed at her making her wince. I was sure the maids in the kitchen must have heard me so I quickly went and closed the door, "How can you be so stupid. They fed you with anything and you trusted them more than me" I asked her.

"More than you, Adriet, really more than you?" she sighed, "At least they were honest with me unlike you keeps everything hidden and likes to work all by himself"

"I haven't hidden anything from you" I stated in a low voice.

"Really then why didn't you tell me that instead of Jason Bell Xavier Ivanov is my father and that chip actually had his will and even that letter wasn't written by Jason Bell" She yelled.

"I didn't know how you would have reacted maybe you would have just gone away then what was I supposed to do tell me," I asked her.

"You didn't have to worry about that it would have been my headache you were not supposed to think about my reaction the least you could have done was, to be honest with me, but you failed to do so" her anger was still on the same level, "And do you think after knowing the truth I would be anywhere near my future murderer" she clenched her teeth and started to walk out. I quickly pinned her to the door.

"Adriet" she tried to wiggle.

"Shut up and listen to me Bell," I said as I held her hands behind her back, "I don't give a fuck as to what you think about me. If you think I am your future murderer then that's absolutely fine, but I can be mother's present murderer if you don't cooperate. With a snap of my finger I can have your mother dead and maybe even your brother and his wife so now it's up to you if can behave like a civilised person and stay here or you can have the whole family wiped away in a moment" she was terrified but she was also very angry at the very same time, "In a couple of hours we would go to your mother's house you will pack your bags and we will leave" I commanded.

"You can't force me Adriet" she managed to say.

"Of course I can" I yanked her away and went out after locking the door.