Unexpected Encounter: A Second Chance at Love

[Volkov Mansion]

"What the hell is going on?" Andrew yelled. "How hard is it to track down a car?" It had been almost thirty minutes since they lost track of the car Elsa, Kate and Rachael were in.

He had even tried calling Rachael but the call did not go through. As the worse things that could happen to her crowded his head, he started getting agitated and impatient.

"We are trying boss but—" One of the security team members who was trying to track down the car stopped talking when Andrew slammed his hand on the table and got up.

"Where are you going?" Owen got up and followed Andrew.

"Do you expect me to stay here and do nothing?" he yelled. "I am going to look for her."

"And where will you go?" Owen frowned. "Are you planning to drive all over the city cluelessly and waste your time?" He placed his hand on his shoulder. "Just stay calm, okay? Let the team do what they can."

Just then Ben entered the mansion. "We found Kate and Elsa."

Daniel, who was assisting the security team, got up. "Where?"

"Our men found them near an abandoned warehouse," he answered. "They are unharmed but—" Ben looked at Andrew.

"Only Kate and Elsa? What about Rachael?" Andrew stormed towards him.

"Madam is still missing."

"What?" Owen frowned. "Why would they only take Rachael with them?"

"This is all my fault." Andrew growled and punched the nearby wall. "I should have never brought her here."

It was his fault that she was missing. It was his fault that she might be hurt. He couldn't stop blaming himself.

How could he be so careless? Why didn't he accompany her when he was very well aware of the looming dangers around them?

If anything was to happen to Rachael, what would he do? The mere thought of losing her was freaking him out.

Andrew kicked the nearby table and stormed out of the mansion.

...

[Downtown]

Kazi looked at the heavily guarded warehouse and frowned, "Why is it so guarded today? It's usually not like this."

"Who cares?" Riftan scoffed. "Greg's will never attack us so we have nothing to worry about."

The Genovesse and Greg's shared a very close relationship for decades. In fact, it was the only relationship and partnership Riftan had maintained after he took over his father. As both the families benefited equally from each other, they never dared to cross one another in any way. They always played safe and stayed in their own turf.

"But it's weird, don't you think?"

"What is weird?" Riftan asked as he inspected his gun.

"How Robert Greg called you for a meeting all of a sudden." The meetings with the Greg's were always pre-planned and never impromptu. But today when Robert Greg, the current head of the family personally called Riftan for a meeting in one of his warehouses, Kazi did not get a good feeling out of it.

He tried to talk to Riftan and tell him about his suspicion but Riftan shrugged it off saying that the Greg's would never harm them in any way which was true.

If the Greg's offended the Genovesse, they had too much to lose. But that wasn't enough to make Kazi shrug the weird feeling he was getting from the meeting.

"Hmm, it is." Riftan also found it suspicious. "But now I am curious. I want to know what he has up his sleeves."

"Your curiosity is going to get us killed one day," Kazi scoffed.

"And here I thought you weren't scared of death," Riftan chuckled before stepping out of the car.

"I am bringing some men with us in case something happens." Kazi informed him and Riftan did not argue. He knew how particular Kazi was when it came to his safety.

....

[Inside the Warehouse]

"Riftan, welcome." Robert cheerfully greeted him before looking at Kazi. "Kazi, it's good to see you again."

Kazi nodded before examining the surroundings. Everything looked normal but it also looked suspicious.

"You seem to be in an awfully good mood today." Riftan took his seat. "Did you win a lottery or something?"

"Oh you can say that," Robert smirked as he poured himself a drink. When he offered Riftan one, he turned him down.

"How about I make your mood good too?" When Riftan raised his brows, he added, "Didn't you always want the south-east port?"

"That belongs to the Volkov's," Kazi remarked.

"Yes, it does." Robert nodded. "But that doesn't mean you don't want it."

"What's the catch?" Riftan curiously inquired. There was no way the Volkov's would give up their area, especially to someone like the Greg's. He was still curious. He wanted to know what Robert was up to.

"Once I give you the south-east port, you have to give me twenty percent of whatever you make from the shipments that arrive there," Robert smirked. "It's a fair trade, isn't it?"

"Interesting," Riftan smiled. "And what makes you think Andrew Volkov will give you that area?" The Volkov's had a relatively large area under their control which they had divided amongst themselves. The South-East port happened to be under Andrew.

"Oh you don't worry about that," Robert chuckled. "He will present the port to you on a silver platter."

Riftan threw his head back and chuckled, "It's nice of you to think that."

"No seriously, he will." Robert took a sip of his drink. "I have something that is very precious to him."

Before Riftan could answer, someone entered the room.

"Boss, she is here," One of Robert's men said.

"Great, bring her in." Robert looked at Riftan. "You are going to love this so much."

"Riftan—" Kazi swallowed the rest of his words when Riftan gestured him to stay silent.

"Get the men ready," He whispered to Kazi. If it was what he was thinking, they would have to be very fast and alert.

After a couple of minutes, two men dragged a woman inside the room.

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