Evergreen: An Alpha Billionaire Romance

by Michelle Love

  I decided to just listen to some classical music to calm my nerves on the way back home because just the thought of seeing Anabella's mother that way chills up my spine. I heard a pop and the car began to slow down. Great, a flat tire is exactly what I needed right now. I sighed deeply and got out of the car to see exactly what time it was. I went around to the side of the car and saw that it was the front right tire.

  I heard the sound of a car pulling up behind my car and stopping. Not there a man walked up behind me and asked if I needed any help. Me being the skeptic that I am, I lied and said that I'd be all right and I had already called the police and my boyfriend and they were both nearby and would be here in no time. Just when I thought he had actually walked away, he didn't.

  I felt a piece of cloth covering my mouth and my body being jerked back into somebody else's. I tried to scream at the top of my lungs thinking that someone would hear being yourself it is broad daylight but there was no one around. They pick me up and threw me in the back of a car. The cloth is now tied in the back of my head so that I couldn't make a sound. Tears stream down my face because I felt so hopeless.

  Why is this happening to me?

  I managed to push the cloth out of my mouth and yelled for help as loud as I could. Something hit me over the head and everything started going to black.

  Arsen

  I got a text from Lola saying that she saw Anabella's mom watching her at the bank when she went to deposit the money. This just put us at a major lead in finding out who exactly stole the money. You have this new gang in town who wants to I'm the biggest and the best around town but to become that they would have to take us down because that's our spot. Anabella and her mom were both out to get us because of the deaths of their horrible husband/father. There are two groups of people out to get us right now and either they're just trying to get what they want individually or they're working together.

  I'm sick of trying to play nice when it comes to these people who threaten my life and play with my money. I don’t take kindly to threats. If you threaten me or ruin any source of my income, you will lose your life.

  “Donnie, get their information now! We’re ending this tonight” I screamed angrily.

  “What do you want us to do, boss?” One of the members, Jacob, asked me.

  “What do you think? Start loading the guns and packing them up. We’re going on a man hunt tonight and we won’t rest until we find who stole from us”

  “Got ya’, boss!” Jacob nodded and went into the back with a couple of guys.

  “Pete, take the others to go fill up the trucks with gas” I instructed. “David, you stay with me”

  “Sure thing, boss” Pete said. The rest of the members followed him out of the back door.

  "David, why do people keep trying us? All we ask is that people stay out of our way and we'll stay out of theirs but some people are too dumb to even respect that. So, they deserve to lose their life." I started to pace around.

  "I'm not sure but what I do know is that they've messed with the wrong team and everyone can use this as an example of what not to do when it comes to messing with us," David responded.

  I picked up a glass and threw it against the wall. That's how frustrated I was. Hearing the glass shatter as it broke sort of calmed me down. It made me think clearly again. If we were going to take down the enemy we would have to be calm but also have an amazing plan. Rule #1 of our personal cartel business is to never let the enemy get away with anything.

  Lola

  I woke up in the back seat of a car, my hands attached to my head from the heavy pounding. My wrists were tied together and so were my ankles. I fully opened my eyes to see some random man driving at a slow pace, his face was very emotionless in the rear view mirror and his hand was gripping the steering wheel a little too tightly.

  “Why am I in here?” I asked lowly. He paid no attention, he kept his eyes on the empty road ahead. “WHY?!” I yelled.

  “WILL YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP?” He screamed, gripping the steering wheel tighter than before. “God, you dumb bitch! You just woke up and the first thing you do is talk”

  “Well what do you expect me to do when I’ve been kidnapped?” I mumbled rolling my eyes. “Who the hell are you and why are you kidnapping me?!”

  “Shut….. up” His voice was very stern and demanding, intimidating as well.

  The car came to an abrupt stop and the next thing I know I was being snatched out of the car by multiple people and being dragged into some random house.

  I'm not sure where I am right now but I don't like it. I'm not safe here and all I want right now it's just to be with Arsen. Whoever kidnapped me brought me to a house, wake me up stairs, and made me sit in a room that has nothing but a rollaway bed and a window. It's cold and has very little light. I think they may have done the attic.

  What did I ever do to deserve this?

  Arsen

  It was finally dark outside so the plan was in full effect. My guys tracked down the new gang’s clubhouse. We also found out the computer that was used to steal money from our banks IP address linked back to that same clubhouse address. Not only was that new gang the one stealing from us, that house that have their clubhouse meetings in is in fact Anabella’s mother house. I guess Anabella and mother called in for backup when they realized I wasn’t afraid of them.

  It took two trucks to fit all of us. We drove about 5-10 minutes away from one another so no one would be too suspicious. When we all arrived we huddle. There was going to be a group of people going through the front door and another going through the back. We all drew our guns and got of the trucks. The backyard went around to the back door already, my group was now approaching the front door.

  “1... 2... 3…” I yelled and kicked the door in. We all ran in with our guns and demanding that everyone got on the ground. We went all around the house rounding everybody inside downstairs. Once we all had them backed into a corner and we all smiled.

  “Hi, Anabella” I chuckled as she tried to hide behind the others. “Bye, Anabella”

  Everyone just started shooting at the crowd of people and we didn’t stop until each and everyone of them were dead. I shook my head at the gruesome scene and ordered for everyone to start collecting the drugs and money.

  After we collected all of their things we ran out back towards the trucks. Just as we were driving away Anabella’s mother appeared on the scene. I shot at her through the window but didn’t look back to see I killed her or not.

  We got back to the clubhouse to discard of the clothes we were wearing and to clean the guns. After everyone was cleaned up and changed we opened the bags to see exactly how much we got from them. I gave David the pleasure of counting the money and Pete the honor of seeing how much drugs we took.

  “They had exactly 55 thousand dollars sitting around like it was nothing” David said and all of the guys cheered. It always felt amazing coming into a shitload of money.

  “We managed to get 4 bricks of cocaine, as well” Pete said and the guys cheered once again. This was amazing.

  My phone began to ring and the room got really quiet. I let it ring two more times and finally answered.

  “Hello?” I asked.

  “Yes, is this Mr. Arsen Lockhart?” a man answered on the other end.

  “This is him” I replied bluntly.

  “Hi, this is detective John Downey from the city’s police department. We found a corvette registered under your name completely empty on the side of the road.”

  “WHAT?!” I questioned.

  “Yes, sir. Is this your car? It had a flat tire and the driver’s door was slightly left open” the detective said and my heart dropped.

  “My.. my girlfriend was driving it. Are you sure you guys didn’t see her?”

  “No, sir. The car was completely missing. Your girlfriend is missing.” I dropped the phone from my ear and stood there in complete shock.

  A Billionaire’s Fate

  An Alpha Billionaire
Romance

  Book 5

  By Michelle Love

  Lola

  Three men barged into the room and closed and locked the door behind them. Frightened, I pushed myself into the corner of the bed as best as possible and watched them closely. Just then I heard multiple gunshots coming from down stairs and a lot of footsteps running around. I screamed at the loud sound and was instantly punched in the face by one of the men.

  I gasped completely shocked and in pain. I kicked my feet at him, despite my ankles being tied together, and hit him on the side. I immediately regretted the decision when I felt multiple blows to face. The pain was crazy and I taste blood spilling from my lip. I knew better not to that next time.

  All the while there were still multiple shots going on down stairs. I couldn’t tell if people were shooting at the house or if the people in the house were shooting at someone else. I was hoping someone would kick down the door and get me out.

  It seemed like it took hours for the shooting to stop when it was really just a couple of seconds. I squirmed in the bed and laid on my bed sobbing softly. I made sure to keep an eye on all of the men while doing so.

  “What are they doing?” The man who hit me asked the man listening through the door.

  “Sounds like they’re taking all of our stuff!”

  “Shit!” The third one yelled in a whisper.

  “I’d stop them but it’s too many of us to take on. It’s a guarantee that we’d get shot in an instant” The man by door whispered and shook his head.

  By the way they were talking I could tell the others were against them. I wonder if they could potentially save me but I was terrified and not in the mood to be beaten in the face again. Who knows? I could scream and they could put a bullet right through my brain.

  Arsen

  “What’s wrong, boss?!” David said running over to me and picking up the phone.

  “Lola” I just stood there, staring into space. I was still trying to wrap my mind around the concept of Lola actually being gone.

  “What about her?” Pete asked.

  “She’s gone”

  “Gone?” David took a step closer. “What exactly do you mean by ‘gone’, Arsen”

  “Gone!” I yelled. “Someone kidnapped her from the side of the road. The detective said something about a flat tire.”

  The room fell silent and the air grew thick around us. It was as if no one knew what to do or what to say, and I understood completely. I looked around the room and saw that everyone else was now sitting down. I couldn’t wrap my mind around the thought that she was gone, just that fast.

  “I’m going to go find her,” I grabbed my jacket from the coat hanger and threw it on.

  “Boss, it’s 11 o’clock. You should really get some rest and look for her in the morning” Pete suggested.

  “You must be out of your mind to to believe that I’m just going to leave her out there alone and in danger.” I scoffed.

  “You don’t even know where to start looking, Arsen. Let’s be real here.” David spoke, standing up from his seat and walking over to me. Pete followed shortly behind him.

  “What if your wife was missing? You would lose your mind. You’d search all over the world for her the minute you found out, David. You too, Pete. So don’t even act like you don’t understand where I’m coming from.” I forced out a stiff laugh and looked over at David. “Give me a ride home, will ya?”

  “Alright, man. Whatever” He grabbed his keys and threw on his jacket. I walked out of the building to his car and he soon followed behind me.

  We got in the car and headed off to my place. There was so much running through my mind. I didn’t even know if she were dead or not, and that’s what troubled me the most.

  We finally made it back to my place and I went inside without saying any goodbye’s to David. I walked straight up to Lola’s room to see if she was there. I know she wasn’t there but I just felt like I had to do it. Her room was completely empty and really cold. It was as if the house could tell she was missing, too. I hated it.

  It was usually cool in her room but her spirit and presence gave off a peculiar warmth. I got a dizzy feeling but quickly shook it off and walked down to my room. I plopped my body down on the bed and rolled over onto my back. I sort of felt myself falling asleep until I was interrupted by my phone ringing. It was a blocked number.

  “Hello?” I answered quickly.

  “Arsen?” I heard a small woman’s voice.

  “Lola?!” I asked, now sitting up on my bed.

  “Help me” she mumbled out.

  “Lola, baby. Where are you?!” I asked, frantically.

  “She’s with me” I heard a male voice speak up.

  “And who the fuck are you?!”

  “Don’t worry about that. You could’ve had your precious Lola if you would’ve looked in the attic of the house you shot up” He chuckled. “But don’t worry now, we’re not there anymore”

  “I’ll kind you, and I’m going to kill you” I spoke quietly.

  “You want the girl back? 50 thousand dollars. I want everything you stole from us back.”

  “Fine” I agreed. “Where are you going to meet me?”

  “I’ll let you know soon. If you fuck this up I’m going to kill the girl”

  “I’ll kill your entire family with no remorse” I spoke calmly, trying to now show him how angry I was. “I will leave you deserted with not even a dime to your name. Do you really want that?”

  He scoffed. “I’ll tell you when and where to meet me”

  The phone clicked indicating that he hung up and I dropped it on the bed. I slammed my fists down on the red sheets then ran a hand through my hair. I couldn’t believe that I let them touch her like that. I was so stupid and careless, letting her go home by herself. Especially after she told me that Anabella’s mom was watching her like some kind of creep.

  I stood there not really knowing what to do. I was going out of my mind insane and wasn’t sure how to get over it. I breathed deeply and decided to take a shower. I didn’t know how I would able to sleep knowing that my princess wasn’t in the other room safe and sound.

  Lola

  I was being carried out of the house that I was locked in earlier. There was a heavy smell of rotting flesh in the air. When I dared to open my eyes while passing by the living room, I caught a glimpse of Anabella. She was dead. I had never felt more sick to my stomach. My best friend since forever was now dead and I wasn’t sure how to deal with myself. She was laying in the arms of her mother, who caught me staring and came charging towards me as I was being carried to the car.

  When I was placed into the back seat, her mother pushed the man out of the way and gave me a horrible slap across my cheek with the back of her hand. Her sharp ring left a gash on my cheek.

  “What the fuck was that for?!” I screamed while attempting to kick my feet. I restraints on my wrists and ankles made it impossible for me to defend myself.

  “This is all your fault you bitch!” she slapped me again. I couldn’t believe this was happening.

  “What did I even do?!?!” I screamed.

  “You let that killer into your life, you traitor!” She screamed in my face.

  My eyebrows knotted together as my face cringed. Was she talking about Arsen? Then it snapped in my head. She screamed that Arsen killed her husband, which would be no one else but Anabella’s dad. A stared blankly at her as flashbacks started to play in my head.

  It was just two years ago. It was summer and Anabella were getting ready to go to the beach. She stepped out into the hall to take a call and ran back into the room minutes later screaming and crying. It was the most horrible thing I’ve ever seen and all I could do was hold her while she cried.

  When she finally calmed down I got her to talk to me.

  “You remember when I told you my dad worked for a drug cartel?” She asked, looking up at me.

  “Yes” I nodded. “What happened, Ana?”

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��They killed him!!! They’re trying to say he betrayed him but I know my dad would never do that!” She cried even harder.

  “Oh my god” my heart dropped. “I am so very sorry, Ana. I’m so sorry that you have to go through this”

  “All of those fuckers are extremely rich so if he did any of the things they claimed he did, it’s not like they would be losing any money” She held me closer. The only thing I felt as if I could do now was stay quiet and listen. She needed to get all of her emotions out.