Daughter-in-law Strikes Harder

A meeting was taking place in a conference room of the board of directors and a CEO, and were talking about innovative plans to improve the effective output of their resort inorder to aid much productivity.

They already had made available golf courses for elites who loved the sport as a recreation, but needed more exclusive improvement to bring better ratings to the economic center. The executives were brainstorming and thinking as required of their CEO, who just watched everyone silently in their own mulling state.

Quickly, an agitated but comported assistant entered into the meeting room and ambled quickly over to his boss’s side, to inform him of the development that was taking place outside the company’s walls.

Collin, who had returned back to work after his quite stressful journey, was sitting back on the luxurious chair, unfazed about what he had just been told by his assistant. He decided to end the meeting which was in favor of most of them who were unable to think of any ideas, and left the room immediately to the next room where his supposed visitor was waiting for him.

“Never thought we would have to meet in this manner, Mr. Miller. What brings you to my honourable company?” Collin enquired responsibly, without minding the intensity of the gaze that Dalton had fixed on him, which failed to give away even an ounce of his beauty in any way.

“Where is the lady you took away with you from the walls of her living abode?” Dalton demanded rudely without even greeting formally, as he tried not to exceed the way he was speaking to the other person. Respect was reciprocal, even if Dalton was never a stickler for rules.

“My friend called for assistance because she didn’t have to walk barefooted from her husband’s house, and I helped drop her to her desired destination. That is not too much for a reasonable individual, who knows the importance of the relationship they share with someone right?” Collin stated so politely in a sarcastic manner, that Dalton understood very evidently without having to think too much.

He had been the jerk of a husband without the proper responsibilities of her, and he couldn’t even keep his family in check till the very end. Still, he didn’t care to know if Collin was helping Aria or not, because he could start by punching him hard if didn’t spill what he wanted to hear.

“So where is she now?!” Dalton demanded furiously, as he had already given instructions earlier to find out where Collin lived and check the areas.

For every suite, hotels and resorts that were in the nearest axis of them, he had ordered his men to find out if anyone matched her description.

Collin knew that engaging in a fight with Dalton was useless and unnecessary, even if he was willing to give him a taste of his own medicine. But Aria had even pleaded with him not to spill her whereabouts, and just give another clue that would be hard for Dalton to miss.

“Knowing well that you would get to her in no time, she said to drop her at a bus terminal. She also knew that you would end up coming to me for answers, so she wouldn’t spill her whereabouts to me either. Peace and happiness was all she wanted,” Collin said to Dalton, and took his seat so as to indicate that he was not welcoming any more questions.

“If I find out that you are lying Carson, I would have you pay mercilessly for it in every manner I, Dalton Miller can,” he threatened, and stormed out of the room almost immediately.

“Suit yourself, Mr. Miller,” Collin said, and put on a smile which irritated Dalton to even hear.

The workers and executives of the company who had seen Dalton feared for their lives, thinking that he was probably there to strike a deal with their CEO. Dalton Miller was also well known for investing massively in so many successful companies, and also acquiring companies that were in huge debts with the assurance of high returns for their possession.

Everyone of them had begun to whisper amongst one another in fear of what would happen, if Dalton wanted to indeed takeover the company and refused workers buyout. It would kill their livelihood

However, seeing the stifled air that released the moment Dalton opened the door, created the speculation that there might have been some kind of heated affairs between both of them. Again, they feared that thought.

‘Why would their coolheaded boss decide to get entangled with Dalton Miller?’

Alex on his own side too had gone to search and check the connections of Collin being connected to Aria’s whereabouts, but it was the same result at the end of the day which led to everyone’s frustration. They were all tired and stressed out even when they shouldn’t be, especially for the fact that Dalton was bent on finding her that very day.

It was evening already, and there was equally no rest in the mansion. There was suspension of duties for every servant working as they remained outside, which meant no one could prepare dinner or serve any food.

No one was allowed to leave the mansion either, which made their tension worse the moment the mother and sisters found out that their credit cards had been freezed. Every internet and WiFi connection in the house had also been cut off to prevent anyone from having access to anything. The passing hours that stretched to evening was hell for them.

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The peaceful blowing of breeze that moved from alongside the east settled at the west, and aided the lovely absorption of silent nature where one could almost hear the grass rustling in the wind.

The bright sun which was shining in a cloudless sky had set towards evening, as the light breeze ruffled the clear waters of an open pool in front of the vacation house. Aria, who had expected less of the vacation house, was astounded when she finally saw it.

The beautiful place could pass as a permanent residential abode for someone who loved an introverted country life, as warmth circled the amply furnished common room it bordered, mixing with the early spring breeze lilting in through the open windows.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

The place had a keeper who maintained the place and changed the water in the pool every time, which made her realize that anything could happen so far money was involved. Secluded among beautiful trees on an exclusive street, it had glass turrets, gables, dormers, balconies, and screened-in front porch.

She gathered the confidence in her mind that pushed her to the idea of visiting the vacation house, hoping that the passcode would still be the same as Dalton had said. And so it was. It was bizarre for her to know that the place was indirectly abandoned, just because it tied a meaning to their marriage.

Without the desire to explore the other ends of the place, Aria just walked outside the glass walls to where the pool was after dropping the few items she came with. The clear waters gave her the urge to swim as the cool breeze blew her dress to opposite directions, and she obeyed her instinct by stripping down to her bikini of matching colours instantly.

She sat at the edge of the pool and put her leg into the chilly water, not minding how cold it was, or with the cautiousness of when last the water had been changed. The only thing that seemed to catch her attention and bothered her, was how slim her flesh was becoming against her bones.

She stood up again to check how gaunt her body seemed to look over the past few months, and just smiled painfully as she walked around the pool to get a clearer view of the vacation house from where she was standing.

The scent of the flowers that were planted in the surroundings lingered around her nostrils, as she breathed in deeply the natural whiff of roses. As she inhaled the beautiful scent the more, the smell became unlikely and it was something that accelerated her heartbeat. She could never forget that scent.

Exhausts of burning wood began to trail alongside the air that blew to her direction, and it came from the side of where the house was located. Tremored, she scurried away from the pool back to the house, to be convinced that she was sure of what she had perceived.

Immediately she entered the house through the glass door to see what had gone wrong, the house that was shining brightly of numerous bright lights went off immediately. The shock made Aria turn her neck immediately to see what was going on, and the sound of a locking door followed immediately.

Quickly, she ran close to the door she had entered from to push it open to no avail, as she ran back in restlessness and fear of what was going on. The smoke in the room began to increase in an accelerated manner, and everywhere had become stuffy immediately in the space of minutes.

Unceremoniously, her body hit the floor in reaction to what the gas was beginning to do to her body, even if she tried hard to cover her nose. That was when she realized, that the battle she was fighting was just more than physical confrontation. Someone really wanted to kill her, and she would die that night.