Chapter 27

Dawn day was boring, she slept through out after Sarah left and when she woke up, the maid had asked her what she wanted to eat. She had even offered to bath her as requested by Stephan but Dawn had rejected the offer, she felt weird having someone else see her apart from Stephan or Sarah. 

While the maid was busy making something for her to eat, she called Sarah to ask if she was coming home and Sarah reassured her that she would be home soon.

When it was almost getting late, she had called Sarah again to ask if she was still coming home and Sarah reassured her that she will. She didn’t mean to disturb Sarah but she felt bored just doing nothing.

“Dawn!” she heard someone call her as the scream of the maid could be heard, what was going on? She rolled out of bed as swiftly as she could and wore her robe over her satin night gown. She opened her room door and walked to the living room.

There was a smell in the air.

“Dawn.”

“Damien?” 

Dawn was surprised to see Damien here but she was more surprised to see the maid was cuffed to the table kneeling down.

“What is going on?”

“They wouldn’t let me see you, I had to use her as bait. I am here to rescue you.”

“Rescue?” Dawn was perplexed, did Damien think Stephan had forced her to stay with him? “I am okay, you don’t need to worry about me.”

“He kidnap you, didn’t he? I went to the hospital and you weren’t there.”

“He didn’t kidnap me, I agreed to it.”

“What do you mean agree to it? Is he threatening you? I can help you, let’s just…”

“I am truly fine Damien he is not…” Dawn words were caught short as she felt something inject into her neck from behind, she turned around to remove whatever it was as she slowly touched her neck staring at Jerome.

“What is going on?” Dawn asked turning to face Damien, she felt her muscles weakening.

“What did you do that for? I had things under control.” Damien yelled at Jerome.

“Control you say, she wasn’t going to follow you.” Jerome replied as Dawn fell to the ground, she brought out her phone and dialed Stephan’s number but Jerome used his foot to pin her hand to the floor as she winced in pain.

“What are you doing?” Damien pushed Jerome off. “You are hurting her.” 

Damien squatted down to Dawn’s level and he could see she was calling Stephan, he gritted his teeth in annoyance, why was she calling Stephan when all he wanted to do was help her.

He removed the phone from her hand, switched it off and placed it in his pocket.

“You?” Jerome said grabbing the maid by the hair and yanking it backward. “What is your name?”

“Madeline.”

“Well Madeline, when your boss comes back tell him to see me immediately.” Jerome said.  

Damien carried Dawn in his hand and they left the building, they had not killed anyone, they only threw in sleeping gas and waited for it to circulate. 

Jerome had plans to kill but he didn’t want to go to jail.

Damien and Jerome successfully carried Dawn to the house, they had placed Dawn in Damien’s room and Jerome had suggested they handcuff one of her hands to the bed just incase she woke up and decided to run away. Damien was not pleased with the suggestion but he knew Jerome was right.

He didn’t understand why Dawn would agree to go the Stephan’s house.

When Dawn woke up afterwards, she felt a slight headache and when she tried to turn to the side, she felt her hand was cuffed to something. Then it hit her, as she jerked up on the bed remembering what had happened to her. She looked around the room and she knew instantly that she was in Damien’s room.

She heard the door open as Jerome walked in.

“Where is Damien? And why am I handcuffed?”

“because you might run,” Jerome answered he climbed on the bed and grabbed Dawn by the legs.

“What are you doing?”

“What I have always wanted to do?” Jerome grabbed her legs and handcuffed them together after so much struggle from Dawn. “I don’t know what they see in you.”

Jerome didn’t have plans to kidnap her but his brother was going crazy over her and even Stephan had allowed her stay in his penthouse, what was it about her that was driving them crazy. He wanted to know, now that Damien was out to do some paper work he had enough time to find out.

Dawn struggled with her one good hand but every time she pushed him she felt a slight pain on her waist.

Jerome pinned her down and climbed on her, he grabbed her breast roughly in his hand and squeezed on it tightly as Dawn cried in pain and fear.

“Tell me Dawn what is it that they see in you, is this the same breast every woman has.” He touched her other breast and she winced in pain as she felt him resting on her wounded waist.

Jerome got up from the her when he felt something wet, he stared at Dawn who was wincing in pain as blood was coming out of her cloth. Jerome had added too much pressure on her injury.

Jerome seem unbothered by it as he grabbed her legs and placed it over his shoulder, he stared at her pant with an evil smile and all Dawn could do was struggle but the more she did the more she bleed out. 

Why was Jerome doing this to her? She wasn’t close with Jerome but when she was dating Damien she had met him a couple of times. He was always reversed and barely spoke a word.

“You bastard,” Damien barked at the sight in front of him, he pushed Jerome off as Jerome found himself on the floor.

Damien had gotten home and went to the library to inform Jerome that he had sorted out the paper works but he didn’t see him there, he decided to check on Dawn only to find him on her. Was he losing his senses.

Why would he do something like this to Dawn? Damien stared at Dawn who looked like she was going to die as she bled out.

“What is wrong with you?” Jerome asked rising to his feet. “I only wanted to see what it was about her.” 

“If you touch her again I swear to God I will kill you,” Damien warned pointing at Jerome. If someone told him Jerome would do something like this Damien would have said it was a lie but here was his brother trying to sexually harass his woman.

He had brought Dawn here to keep her safe not to hurt her more or make her feel less of herself, he removed the cuffs on her legs and her wrist.

“Don’t touch me,” Dawn protested when she felt Damien wanting to carry her. She had been doing just fine back in Stephan’s house. Damien had not only kidnapped her , his brother was also on to her. She had already given in to the fact that Jerome would hurt her because no matter how much she struggled she couldn’t break free.

Why was all this happening to her? Had she not suffer enough?

“I want to leave,” she demanded.

“You are injured, we need to check your injury first.” Damien said feeling sorry for her, he stared at Jerome angrily. This wasn’t what they had agreed on, didn’t Jerome care about him anymore why was he trying to ruin his plan and plant hatred in the heart of Dawn towards him.

Dawn relationship towards him wasn’t the best and now Jerome had made it worst.

“We will let you be,” Damien suggested staring at Jerome who was smiling, why was the idiot smiling. He left the room with Jerome and left Dawn alone. He couldn’t let her go just like that, he had to make sure she was alright first.

Dawn touched her waist and tried her best to stand up but she couldn’t , she needed to get out of here right this minute.

She looked around the room, she was very familiar with this house so she knew the way around, the only problem now was she was in so much pain.

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Stephan had closed from his meeting with Matteo, as he was riding back home he checked his phone and noticed Madeline his house maid had called him ten times and Dawn had called him once. He remembered she had called and he promised he did call back when the meeting was over. Did she miss him that much already.

“Did Madeline call you as well, I have twenty missed calls from her.”

Twenty missed call, that was unusual. Stephan had not want to call her back, he wanted to reach the hotel first before calling her but twenty missed calls. He dialed Dawn’s number but it wasn’t going through. he tried Madeline number and it went through on the second ring.

“Sir,” he heard her voice and she sounded like she was in tears.

“Where is Dawn? Is she asleep?”

“Sir…Sir.. forgive me Sir.”

“What am I forgiving you for?” Stephan was worried at the sound of that, did something happen to Dawn.

“Madam was taken away by Sir Jerome, he said I should inform you to see him immediately.”

“What?” Stephan disconnected the call and nearly threw his phone out the window as Matteo stared at him worried.

“What is going on?”

“That bastard, I should have killed him a long time ago.”

“Is Dawn okay? Talk to me.”

“Turn this car around,” Stephan yelled at the driver as he obeyed immediately not knowing where they were going to. “Take us to the airport.”

“Stephan,” Matteo called out.

“Jerome has Dawn,” he replied. “You will handle the remaining business, I will handle that bastard.”

 How did this happen? It didn’t make any sense to him, he had taken her to his penthouse so she could be safe but she only got into another trouble. His security was tight to the max. he made sure they were everywhere and didn’t grant access to anyone only Sarah. So how did this happen?

Why did this happen? He was starting to develop an headache from thinking and trying to figure out how it happened and how they managed to get into his penthouse. Someone must have helped them, it was the only way they could get in. 

Who was foolish enough to help Jerome and go against him, who was so foolish to do that. He couldn’t wait to get back, to fish that person out and blow their brains out. This was definitely that bastard Damien doing, he knew Damien doted on Dawn and would not harm her but he didn’t trust Jerome one bit.

Jerome was just like him, he would harm Dawn. Stephan knew this, worst part Dawn was hurting so how was she going to break free from his clutch. He just hope Damien would not let it happen.

“Relax, Damien won’t let Jerome hurt her.” Matteo tried to reassure him and Stephan could only nod in agreement to that fact. “ Let me call Sarah if she is safe.”

Matteo knew Sarah was still at the hospital because they had chatted a few minutes back but for Stephan’s sake he decided to call her again just to be sure, Jerome could be up to no good. He dialed her number and she didn’t pick rather she video called him instead. When he picked she was already home.

“Dawn is gone,” Sarah said.

“Don’t do anything, just stay put.” Matteo warned.

“Are you coming home?”

“Not yet, but Stephan will be there by tomorrow.”

“I am sorry, I was really busy with work today.” Sarah apologized. She had been shocked to get the hotel to find out that Dawn was gone, when she had taken the private elevator to the pent house she knew something was not right. All the guards were nowhere to be found.