Chapter 10: You’d Never Betray Me.

When Gina woke up, she guessed it was already evening. The room was empty. She left the room to the living room. A delicious aroma wafted in the air. Following the smell, she entered the kitchen. She saw Andrew wearing an apron and stirring something inside the pan.

"You're awake. I thought you would like to sleep for another 8 hours. Dinner's served." Andrew dished out some rice and ratatouille for her. Taking a spoon, she said "This is good." You're the most dangerous woman in the entire underworld yet you can't cook, not to talk of cooking better than this. she thought. "You're making me feel like your wife." "What do you think about becoming Mrs McDonald?" "I hate it."

"It's late. Take me back." Gina said after dinner. It was already 7:55pm. "Okay." Less than an hour later, they were back in the restaurant. "We should do this some other day." "You're always welcome to my room." Andrew said. After saying goodbye, Gina entered the restaurant.

In the McDonald mansion

"Where is Andrew?" Yvette asked pacing back and forth in the living room. "I'm sure he's with that stupid girl." Andre said. "Andre, she has more working brain cells than you'll ever have." Andy said as he entered the house. "You-" Andre pointed his finger that was shaking out of anger. "Hello mother." Andrew said hugging Yvette. "Where have you been? Tony and the boys said they hadn't seen you all day." complained Yvette.

"I went somewhere special." came his simple reply that explained everything to Yvette. Andre sneered, "I'm sure he was with that girl. How do you like her, she slapped a teacher." "Why?" "Ms Dorothy just told her to stop texting." Andre said. Probably something provoked her. thought Yvette. "The teacher called her a whore." "Go clean up and have dinner." "I've already eaten." Andy said before he disappeared into the hallways.

Somewhere in Las Vegas

"Mr Baylor, my Boss wants you to sign this contract. It's a billion dollars contract." Jaguar said placing the stack of papers on the table in front of him. Drake Baylor was a slightly tall man. His whole body was rigid and built but it wasn't strong enough as the man was already 86 years. Even though he was that old, he only looked like he was in his mid-thirties. It was only when one looked closer that the wrinkles on his face would be seen.

He glanced at the contract. "I don't need a billion dollars." Drake sneered. "But I'm sure Ms Regina would be honored to have you honor her contract. In the end, you might be able to make a billion dollars." Jaguar said. "I don't need the money,... but since she's begging me, I'll sign it." Without reading the contract, the man signed it.

"Make sure she remembers that I'll always be superior to her. I'm older than her, more powerful and she must bow down to me. Yes." the man kept blabbering. While the man kept mumbling to himself, Jaguar quietly left for his next destination.

Two days later

"Vivian, you're being unreasonable!" Mike exclaimed. "I'm not! You destroyed the lives of my two babies before they were even born!" Vivian countered. "Your Honor, I would like to finalize the divorce." she added. "It was all my mother-" "But you agreed to it. Let me be Mike, I can't bring myself to be with a murderer." "What about Regina? How can you request for both children to be withdrawn from the organization. She's the Queen!" "Gina baby, you'll leave all this to be with me right?"

Everyone's attention was shifted to Regina, who sat on a throne beside the judge. She stared lazily at them before saying slowly, "No. Mum, why don't you want to join us? At least be part, you won't have to do anything else. I really don't want daddy over here to commit suicide once you're gone. If it's about giving up your career then no problem. You don't have to. But if it's because he's a killer then you don't have a valid reason. Marian is also a killer. If it's because he didn't tell you sooner then he was probably trying to protect you. Stop making a mountain out of a molehill. You're even making me talk to much-"

Regina stopped abruptly as she quickly dodged the arrow that was shot at her. "I'm sorry Boss but I can't let you continue this." Marco said shooting another arrow. "So,... it was you." Regina said dodging the second arrow. With a snap of her finger, two bodyguards subdued Marco.

"How did you figure it out?" he asked as he struggled to break free. Gina replied, "Well from the start, I figured someone was stalking my mother when I found cameras hidden in her bedroom. I'm very lucky that my parents are both the best actors in Hollywood. I asked them to play along with me."

"Then that day, just after I returned to New York, you told me thugs attacked the estate. It was obviously to place me under pressure and shift my attention to something else. Jaguar told me this was the first time anything of such was happening, and the most suspicious part was that the thugs managed to get away in my heavily guarded estate. That made me think there was a mole among us."

"So I got some of my boys to hide in the secret passageways yesterday as that may have been their escape route and we caught all the thugs. After thorough interrogation, it was reported to be you. I didn't believe so I set this trap up for you. You really disappointed me. My question now is,... Why?" "I'm sorry Boss. I did it because I wanted to live and serve you till you killed me."

"I knew you'll eventually catch me but now I need you to save me. I was sent by the Estate governor, my uncle. At first I refused because I love you too much to betray you but he poisoned me. He said he would only give me the antidote if I listened to him but I still refused."

"Before my very eyes, he poisoned someone else with the same poison and with a push of a button, the person exploded. He said if I told you, he'd kill me instantly. My only mission was to split up your parents at any cost so that he could have her. Boss avenge me! This is injustice!" Gina stared at him for a while. "I knew you'd never betray me." Gina smiled.

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Author's note:-

Here's the extra chapter. Hope you enjoyed it.