A Naive Bride for the Sophisticated CEO novel Chapter 81

“She will be going home with us, Fred.” Amelia uttered and gave Susan a reassured nod.

“What? Are you crazy? I can’t let a stranger go with us to the house. You know why I can’t.” He responded in anger.

“Susan, can you please look after Alice for a few minutes? I need to talk to this man.”

After giving the Walker to Susan, she walked up to Fred and exhaled softly as she started talking.

“You abducted me, didn’t you? Not just me, but my child.”

“Why are you saying this?” He answered almost immediately.

“And since this happened, after I chose to be with you, have I ever bugged you or tried to run away? We sleep on the same bed, I know where you keep the keys to the door, so if I wanted to run I would have.” She took a pause and waited for him to say something else, but he didn’t.

“If you can’t trust me, I see no reason why you want to be with me and my daughter. Can’t you just trust me the way I trust you? I left my daughter in your care, not the first time, but the second, because I know how much you love us and that is why I want to trust you. All I’m asking from you is that you trust me too! I know what I’m doing, Fred. This woman has lost her memories, according to her story, and I need to know how she survived that murder. I need to know if my dad is still alive too. Can you please just let her come with us?”

After she finished talking, Fred raised his head and looked over her shoulder at Susan, who was pretty busy playing and giggling with Alice.

“Fine. She can come with us. But if she tries anything…”

“She wouldn’t. I promise. I just need a long chat with her.”

Fred heaved a sigh and bounced his head. “Fine. Let’s go home now. Time isn’t on our side.”

Amelia divulged a hearty smile and also bounced her head. She hurried back to Susan and squatted in front of her.

“You’re coming home with me, okay? Let’s go.” She said to her in excitement.

Susan looked at Fred and then at Amelia before she agreed. “But I need to tell Tonia I won’t be coming home early.” She uttered.

“Tonia? Who is Tonia?” Amelia inquired.

“The old woman I told you about. The one taking care of me.”

“Oh, you should let her know. It wouldn’t be nice to make her worry so much.”

Susan pulled out her phone to make a phone call, and Amelia looked at Fred. She noticed he was uncomfortable with her making phone calls, but she ignored him.

“Hi, Tonia. I’ll be coming home late today. I need to find out some important things. Don’t stay up.”

She hung up afterwards and threw her phone in her bag. “What did she say?” Amelia asked.

“She didn’t answer the phone on time, but I left a voicemail already. Let’s go.” She stood up, and Amelia pulled the Walker to herself.

Fred took the lead as they all headed out of the restaurant. “We ended up eating nothing inside there.” Amelia uttered.

“I wasn’t hungry, and it was quite obvious you weren’t either.”

“True.” Amelia replied with a smile.

Susan moved closer to Amelia and whispered in her ear; “if this man isn’t your husband. Then who is your husband?”

Amelia exhaled and looked at her face. “My husband is pretty far from here. Remember I told you I was abducted. He is probably looking for me right now, and here I am, stuck with this psychopath.”

“You should do something about that soon. Your husband is probably so scared and devastated right now.” She added.

“I am aware, Susan. I wanted to gain his trust and make him love me more to the extent of letting his guard down before I do anything crazy. He has a gun, and his anger is quite a terror. I need to be careful.” She responded in a whisper.

“I’ll help you.” Susan answered with a grin.

***

James and the others got to the exact location on Elena’s tracking map. They all alighted from the care and headed to the house that the red dot rested on.

There were few houses around, and they were pretty far from each other. The cops that went with them took the lead into the house.

They kicked the door open, and went in to search the house.

“Amelia!!” James shouted her name from where he stood and everyone looked at him.