Divorced Heiress
Chapter 127

I had spent the best weekend with Alexander, forgetting for a moment the responsibilities that had overwhelmed us lately, relaxing and enjoying to the fullest our private cruise in Bora Bora, even though I almost sent him to the other world for not thinking about the risks that my wonderful idea could entail, but in my mind, that plan was perfect and very romantic, and it turned out to be a complete disaster.

A romantic disaster.

Unfortunately, time passed in the blink of an eye and the cruise had come to an end. Reluctantly, we returned to Paris to continue with our daily lives, however, I was no longer going to exert myself further with the companies that were already doing very well since the Dubois trial, those were the doctor's recommendations, and if it weren't for missing Tristan, I would have extended our little vacation.

The driver was waiting for us to head to Doinel Villa, where my parents, Tristan, and Abby were waiting for our arrival. I sent Abby a message, letting her know that we would be at the villa in a few minutes.

"The driver has been very kind to give us welcome strawberries. Are you ready to go?" Alexander asked from the side of the car, waiting for me with the door open and eating a couple of strawberries before offering me one, but I shook my head. I was more than satisfied with breakfast; I couldn't fit even a pin.

I put my phone in my small bag and gave a slight smile as I saw him looking handsome with those dark sunglasses.

"I'm ready." I said before kissing him on the lips and walking past him to get into the car. I heard a long sigh from Alexander and the next second, he got in while taking off his sunglasses with a silly smile on his face and leaving the strawberry packaging on the side. "How I adore you, woman." Alexander whispered near my face after closing the car door and took my left hand to place a kiss on my knuckles adorned with my engagement ring.

"You can take us now." Alexander ordered the driver after seeing my smile caused by his words and his sweet kiss that made my hand tingle.

The car started moving, and Alexander didn't miss the opportunity to embrace me, burying his face in the hollow of my neck to breathe in my scent, and he stayed there, stuck like a leech, as if he had no intention of ever moving away from me. "You're going to fall asleep." I warned playfully as I stroked his hair, but he didn't react, just continued breathing calmly, not letting go of his arms around my waist.

I decided not to say anything else and continued stroking his hair as I looked at the road through the rear window of the backseat.

I felt at peace next to Alexander; he transmitted his tranquility to me in that way.

But that tranquility began to fade away when I realized that the path the driver was taking didn't lead us to Doinel Villa. I furrowed my brow as I carefully looked at the streets we were passing, and soon I noticed that we were heading towards the outskirts of the city.

I gave a slight smile and then knew that it was possibly a last-minute surprise from Alexander, so I didn't bother to complain to the driver about the detour he was taking, and I didn't say a word to Alexander, who seemed to be asleep on my neck, or maybe pretending to be asleep was part of his plan.

When we arrived at the outskirts of the city, the speed of the car slowly decreased, and I had a better view of the place we were in, but all I saw were trees that indicated a deep precipice. I didn't understand why we had stopped in the middle of nowhere, and I wanted to know, so I lightly shook my shoulder to make Alexander stop acting as if he were asleep, but after insisting so much, I realized that he was actually deeply asleep.

"This isn't the way to Villa Doinel, what are we doing here?" I asked, hiding the fear that was starting to spread through my body, and I looked at the driver's eyes through the rearview mirror, but that wasn't the driver I knew, I didn't even know who the hell that man

was.

His eyes met mine in the mirror with surprise, as if he didn't expect me to speak to him, and I admit that it was a big mistake not to have spoken earlier, thinking that it was all part of Alexander's plan, because obviously, it wasn't.

Alexander was unconscious on my chest and my gaze automatically landed on the strawberries he offered me and that he clearly ate a few of, so in my mind everything fit together in a matter of seconds. The strawberries had some kind of sleeping drug and were meant to knock both of us out, but I didn't even taste them. Now Alexander was unconscious because of it and terror began to take hold of me, as I had no idea what that person intended.

"You should be dreaming sweet dreams." Said the man, sending a shiver down my spine, as it confirmed that his intentions were not good at all.

"Who are you? What do you want? Do you want money? Tell me the amount, but let us go." The first thing that came to my mind was to negotiate, maybe he was doing this for money, it made the most sense.

But as quickly as my words left my mouth, the door on my side was opened, causing me to let out a scream of terror. When my eyes stopped on the person who burst into the car, I felt fear invading every particle of my being, my legs trembled with fear and my heart raced so fast it could jump out of my chest at any moment.

I wanted to scream, I wanted to run out of the car and disappear from that place, but I didn't even have time to think properly. My mind went blank as I firmly grasped the hand of the unconscious Alexander beside me.

"Sweet dreams, my Sari."

His voice froze me in place. Suddenly, I felt my heart stop and my eyes filled with tears, unable to believe that this was really happening. I didn't even have time to ask for help, although it wouldn't be of any use when we were in a desolate place.

The last thing I saw was the evil smile of that man I despised before he covered my nose with a cloth that made me lose so much strength that I lost consciousness. I just hoped this was a nightmare and that when I woke up, I would be by my son's side. My little Tristan.

I furrowed my brow when I felt something preventing me from moving, I opened my eyes, waking up from that terrible dream, but everything around me was dark, the only thing illuminating the place was a small ray of light that filtered through what seemed to be a window covered with dark fabric.

I soon realized that my wrists were tied above my head with a rope hanging from the ceiling. No matter how much I struggled, it was impossible to free myself from such a restraint. It didn't take long for me to realize that what I saw last was not a nightmare, it was reality. I was kidnapped.

"Sarah?"

Alexander's voice made me look everywhere, but it was in vain, I couldn't see anything in the infinite darkness of the cold place we were both kidnapped in. "Alexander, I'm here. Are you okay?" I asked worriedly, trying to move my feet that were bound to each other, preventing me from moving as I wanted.

"I'm okay, are you okay?" He asked back from somewhere, but at least I knew he wasn't far from me based on how close his agitated and concerned voice sounded.

"I am." I replied, trying to sound as calm as possible so that he wouldn't worry in this situation, although that was impossible.

"How did this happen? Who has us here?" He asked, of course, I had the answers to his questions. Just by remembering, my skin froze, I couldn't believe that man with brown eyes had managed to do such a thing. How was he out there so nonchalant?

I didn't even have to answer, because the light entered immediately, blinding me for a few seconds, when a door was opened and I could only see the silhouette of that despicable being, the one who seemed unable to stay still until he completed his mission. "I asked for one and they delivered both, life is very generous to me. Hello, my Sari, you are more beautiful than ever." As soon as those disgusting words came out of his mouth, the light was turned on, completely blinding me. "But what has that idiot done to you, he broke your forehead, I wouldn't have been able to lay a finger on you."

I was forced to open my eyes after blinking a couple of times, hearing his voice closer to me, causing my breathing to become agitated due to the nerves mixed with the disgust he made me feel just by looking at him.

So, I saw it more clearly, just like the place where he had us locked up, which looked like a cellar or maybe an abandoned basement, because of how neglected it looked, the cobwebs and dust were what caught the most attention.

"Don't go near her! Don't you dare! Take one more step and consider yourself a dead man." Alexander's desperate words only provoked a amused laugh from the brunette, who looked worse than ever.

"I'm sorry, my Sari, I'll leave you for a moment, I want to have some fun with your pathetic ex-husband."

I made my best effort to pull away from his hand that came close to my face, but it was impossible to do anything but turn my face, not even that prevented him from caressing my cheek with his disgusting fingers, while smiling at me like the psychopath he was. I followed each of his steps with my gaze, as he passed by my side, and reached where Alexander was tied up in the same way as me, a short distance behind me. I couldn't do anything, no matter how much I imagined a thousand ways to escape, my options were almost non-existent, it was impossible to even untie myself.

"Alexander Lancaster." He pronounced his name with such contempt, as if the mere fact that it came out of his mouth disgusted him.

"I think you're not in the best position to threaten me, in fact, I could kill you right now if I wanted to." He said as if he was thoroughly enjoying himself, walking around Alexander's body hanging from a rope, who struggled with his wrists but without any success. I let out a scream of panic when he pulled out a gun from the edge of his pants and aimed it at Alexander's abdomen.

"Paul, no! Leave him! Don't hurt him! Just tell me how much you want to set us free and I'll give it to you!"

Upon hearing my offer, Paul's gaze stopped on my face and he flashed a mocking smile that I would love to erase with a single punch.

"Your proposal sounds interesting, darling, but I have a couple of unfinished businesses with this guy!" Paul responded as he put the gun back where it was and after blowing me a kiss, he punched Alexander in the stomach, who groaned in pain and seemed to have run out of air.

"No! Please, no!" I screamed in despair, as rebellious tears began to escape from my eyes, but he didn't care about my pleas, he kept beating Alexander's body as if it were a punching bag.

Alexander could only complain of pain with each blow he received, and on my part, as much as I begged and tried to release myself from the rope, which had already bruised my wrists, it wasn't enough to make Paul stop, he was enjoying his pain, it seemed like it genuinely amused him.

"You son of a bitch! Untie me so we can be on equal terms." Alexander could barely speak, but I was sure that the anger he felt just by looking at Paul's face was stronger than his physical pain.

Paul stopped, apparently exhausted from his efforts to take it out on Alexander, and took a deep breath as he brushed his long hair back.

"Thanks for the offer, but Sarah has made a better effort." Paul responded with evident sarcasm in his voice, and he turned back to me as he let out a heavy sigh.

"It's a shame to have to resort to these extremes, but you left me no other choice. If only you had accepted me in your life, this wouldn't be happening. You and I would be on a paradise island, enjoying a life full of luxury."

I closed my eyes tightly when Paul squeezed my cheeks with his hand, and I wanted to vomit from the disgust he caused me when his fingers started to roam my silhouette until reaching my waist.

"What do you want?" I asked through clenched teeth, trying to hold back the tears that were flowing on their own.

"I want you." He responded almost immediately, scanning every part of my body with his eyes, as if he was undressing me with his gaze.

"But it's a real shame that both of you will die today. I'll leave you alone to enjoy your last moment alive. Don't miss me, darling, I'll be back in a few hours, I have many things to take care of."

I saw Paul's clear intention to kiss my lips as he brought his face close to mine, but I was quicker than him as I turned my face and his lips barely touched my cheek.

"Stubborn as always. Anyway, I have a freedom to enjoy. Freedom, freedom, how I missed you." Paul continued on his way to the exit and closed the door behind him, leaving me alone with a injured Alexander who was still struggling to catch his breath.

I didn't even know what to say, I couldn't process that this was happening when everything seemed to be going great, but no, the Dubois nightmare continued and all I could do was think about my son, because the possibility of getting out of this place alive was nonexistent.