The Billionaire's Secret Lover novel Chapter 99

“ Joey, come on. Please stop crying. You've got to be strong for your godmother” I called gently to my son who was crying silently on his bed as I stood in his doorway.

“ But mom, I'm missing Nora and Nadia so much. I don't know what's going on with them. And who the fuck is Deborah? I so hate her” He screamed at me as he turned to watch me from the doorway trying to dab at his now teary eyes.

I strolled to pull him close as I let him sobbed on my shoulder, ignoring him using the swear word. Any other day, I would have scolded him but today, I decided to let him be since he was hurting so badly.

“ It's okay son, momma understands. I promise we'll find them soon but please you've got to be strong for them. You know Nora and Nadia wouldn't like to see you like this” I told him pointing to his now lean body since he has been wasting his meals these past few weeks.

“ I'm sorry, mom” He apologized to me as he turned to force a smile on his face trying not to make me worry. I smiled back as I bent to ruffle his back hair, something he had always hated as he glared at me.

“ Mom, I'm no longer a kid. Stop doing this” He frowned at me as he tried to strengthen his curls as he pulled away from me.

“ Whatever, you are still my little baby. Now, fix yourself, I'm going back to your godmother” I told her as I walked back to the door. I opened it just as I saw Nina tiptoeing down the stairs with her phone held tightly in her hands.

I wanted to scream her name but pause. Seeing the way she was trying to be silent, something is not right. I needed to follow her, which was exactly what I did. I let her go down the stairs and watched her go into the elevator as I followed her by taking the stairs while dialing Danny's number. 

He picked up on the second ring“ Hello” I called breathlessly into the phone as I was already out of breath running down the fucking stairs. I still have two more steps before I'm on the ground floor.

“ Hey, beauty! What's wrong with you?” I felt Danny tensed as the smile fell from his voice as soon as he noticed my tone.

“ I'm great” I called sarcastically at him rolling my eyes. He just asked the wrong question at the moment.

“ Relax baby! I was only concern” He called through the phone, I could imagine him throwing his hands up in surrender. Yes, that's how funny Danny could be?

“ So, what's up with you? Or is there a man with you cause I will fucking kill him this minute? Nobody messes with my wife” He scowled into the phone causing me to roll my eyes at him. Typical Danny, always jealous and so possessive of me.

“ And what if I was willing?” I taunted him further as I paused as soon as I got to the last stairs trying to catch my breath. I just hope Nina won't be down before me.

“ You wouldn't dare!!” He growled menacingly at me, causing me to gasp at him in shock. I was only joking with him; there was no need for him to take it personally.

“ Quite it, Loverboy. I have far better things to talk to you about than your jealousy and possessive traits?” I told him as I resumed walking. That seems to get him to relax as he questions me further.

“ So, what's going on?” He asked me as he turned to call something to Michael in the background. I always knew they were together with inspector Peller in Michael's office planning on how to get the twin back from Deborah. Since they haven't received any phone calls from Deborah there was no way they could track her which left me to believe that Nina was hiding something from us

“ I think Nina is going to meet Deborah” I called into the phone as I stepped out of the staircase. I saw Nina rushing out of the Janitor's room, changed out of her dress, and clutching onto a waste bin in her hands.

I swore as I cursed profanities into the air. Looking at her now, no one, especially not the new guards Michael had just employed recently, could tell it was Nina but we grew up together. I could tell right away that she was the one with the way she carried her shoulder and her hip-swaying behind her as she forced herself not to draw attention to herself. I let her walk to the gate where the guards stopped to search her before giving her the clear to leave.

“ What did you just say? What is she going to do?” I heard Danny shout across the phone jolting me from my inner thoughts. I paused to see Nina half running to the gate, glad to be finally free. Things are not looking good.

“ I've got to go, Danny. She's boarding a taxi now, can you have Michael track her phone?” I told him already running to my car. I put the phone on the loudspeaker before dropping it in the passenger's seat before pulling out of the parking lot.

“ Michael didn't tap her phone. He said something of trusting her that's why he couldn't do it” Danny told me from the other line. His voice laced with concern, I could imagine him frustrated with everything and himself. And with Joey telling him every night to find the twin, I'm sure he's hurting that he's failing his son. 

“ Fuck!!” I swore angrily with my fist punching the steering harshly as Danny's voice filled the interior of the car. I don't know who I was more annoyed with, myself, Nina, or Michael? Or the fact that I'm letting my son down too even after promising to make sure that the twin is alright

“ Then have him do something. She's going to meet Deborah alone and you know how fatal that can be?” I shouted at him from the car as I looked up, praying that I might find Nina and talk some sense into her.

I could hear Michael's cursing and commanding everyone to find his wife from the background just as my eyes got a lone figure seated in a taxi two-lane away from me. I smiled as soon as I register that it was Nina, I couldn't be more glad for the red traffic light that had pulled us to halt, now I could follow her.

“ I've found her” I called excitedly into the phone. I could hear both Michael and Danny's excited screams.