The Billionaire's Secret Lover novel Chapter 101

We all sat in the courtroom looking around while I held onto my daughter's hands, Michael was on my right holding on to Nadia's hands while Nora was beside me. They had recovered from most of their bruises but we were all still going to therapy every Tuesday. Even Lillian had joined us this time, I couldn't help regretting dragging her into my mess. 

I stared into the whitewashed room of the courtroom but I wasn't really seeing anything. All I could remember was the night when I felt I was going to die and Michael had saved me the second time ...

“ What is she doing?” I turned to stare at Lillian who gazed was fixed on Deborah, who was checking her gun to see if she had enough ammunition in them wearing a light smile on her face. I turned away from the face of the woman that I had come to despise, but couldn't do anything.

“ Don't worry, you'll find out soon” Deborah's loud voice rang through the whole room echoing through the empty room as she provided the answer to Lillian's question

I held tightly to Nora's hands as I felt biles rise up to my throat cause I knew what she was feeling excited for. It was the same look Austin had given me before the hunt

“ I have a request to make” I called gently to her trying not to annoy her as her head shot up to look at me.

“ I'm sure you know you are in no position to make a request, right?” Her cold voice reached out to me while I shiver in fear. I couldn't believe I was staring into the eyes of the woman who was the same person that was kind to me the first time I arrived in New York City.

“ But seeing that I'm in a very good mood, let's hear what you have to say” She called to me before returning to her task after motioning me to go on with her hands.

“ I just want to plead for my girls and Lillian. I'm the one you are angry with, please don't touch them. I'll gladly do anything, you could even kill me but please spare their life” I pleaded with Deborah with tears in my eyes.

Deborah smirked as she stood up from where she was seated on a long stool, she took a long leisurely step to us and glared at me.

She squatted down in front of me gazing deep into my eyes. She raised my chin up when she saw I was about to coward in her presence

“ And where is the fun in that, huh? Why do you think I was eager to kidnap your kids___?”

I gazed into Deborah's eyes, staring deep in the depth of the demon she had become all because of her obsession for Michael. I never knew obsession was real but with Deborah, I could finally understand why it is treated as a mental disease. I shake my head, to rid myself of those thoughts as I raise my lips about to answer her questions when she stopped me from providing the answers herself 

“ Because I wanted to send them off to keep my son and Austin's company. So, can you see that I need both you and your daughters? And as for Lillian” She paused and let her eyes run through Lillian who laid on the floor with Nadia beside her trying to recuperate from her the heavy bruises Deborah's men had given her

“ Well, I didn't plan for her but she chose to go with you. So, who am I to stop her?” 

A loud slap sound across Deborah's cheeks, I watched as her hands raised to hold her cheeks in shock while I gazed at my hands. I can't believe I just did that but I was glad I did. I can't have her insulting my children and friend

“ You can never have my kids. Michael will never allow that” I called to her in anger as I clenched my fists together.

“ Did you just slap me?” Deborah's Angry voice rang through the room causing me to shiver from fear. 

“ Ha! Haha!! Ha Hahahaha!!!!” Deborah's hysterical laughter filled my ears, taking over my entire eardrum.

“ Oh! Is that where that boldness of yours is coming from? Because you think Michael will save you, then you are mistaken cause girl, nobody can ever take you from my graph. Trust me!” Deborah told me with a coy smile on her lips like she had a secret that I wasn't aware of.

Is what she's saying the truth? Will Michael not be able to save me? Is this how we will perish in her hands?

“ Prepare for the hunt, it's time” I heard her call to the two hefty men outside the door who had whipped Lillian earlier.

My heart skipped a beat as soon as I heard her say that. I immediately apologized to her and begged her to forgive me but all my pleas fell on deaf ears as she was already walking out of the room leaving us to the mercy of the men who were already dragging us out of the room after they had whipped us a thirty stroke each.

Deborah stood in front of the large clearing, exhaling a big smoke from her lips. She turned to offer me a big smile as soon as she saw me approaching being dragged by the men along with Lillian and the girls.

“ Woah, Nina. I can't believe this is the place where we say goodbye”  Deborah told me, already walking to us after the men had dropped us heavily on the floor.

“ I guess there's no need for me to explain the rules of the game to you since you are already familiar with it but for the sake of Lillian and the girls, I will explain them again,” Deborah told me before she went on to repeat the rules which Austin had told me before. 

My heart skipped a beat for every time her loud voice rang through to me, I couldn't help thinking about the last time Austin had said the same thing to me.

“ Now, run, else the first person I catch will be the first to die,” Deborah told us before we all scrambled off in different directions. My kids' voices called to me from different directions of the field causing tears to scramble down my face as I searched around for them under the dark sky.

“Nina”

“ Nina”

I jolted out of my thoughts as I turned to see Michael looking down at me with concern on his face.

“Are you alright?” 

I nodded “ Yes. I'm sorry” I told him, forcing a smile on my face as the courtroom now became visible in my face. I can't believe I was spaced out still thinking about that night. I turned to see Deborah being ushered in with handcuffs on her wrist.

Her eyes ran through the entire courtroom before resting on me. I held her gaze refusing to back down from her angry looks. 

“ All rise” We all stood up as the clerk's voice rang through the entire room ushering in the judge who was an elderly man, his long flowing dark green robe flowing behind him as he walked into the courtroom.