
Flashbacks
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A few days after Aarav's departure, Juan was waiting for Oxanna to give him a thousand reasons not to see him. Right now, he was waiting and trying to be patient so as not to barge into the private room belonging to his brother and sister-in-law. But, remembering who that woman was made him try to hold himself back even stronger.
Oh, why is he so brave? Of course because the entire CCTV has been manipulated with Jordan's help. Juan will do everything he can to make his wish come true. Including conquering the man who is now Aarav's trusted assistant, Jordan.
Until, an hour later. Oxanna descended down and approached him with an arrogant face.
"What do you want to see me?" oxanna asked indifferently while sitting away from Juan.
Juan looked at him flatly. "You don't want to see me. You have something wrong with me?"
Oxanna flinched for a moment and clucked in annoyance. "I? Hell, I've never done anything wrong" he sighed.
Juan furious. He stood up and approached Oxanna, his hand pulling the woman's arm until their face was level. "Tell me the truth, Oxanna. For the sake of our good relationship in the past, I will apologize if you tell me the truth this time!"
Of course, being yelled at like that made Oxanna so shocked. He has no thoughts if Juan will be one of the men who hurt him. He would have been mediocre if that person had been Aarav. But Juan was different. Even if he tried to get rid of the man, Oxanna would need him at this crucial time.
Oxanna touched Juan's arm that was gripping her with a teary look. "What else can I do to defend this life? I'm sorry if my words put you at the bottom of the abyss, but I need something to survive, don't I?"
He hoped Juan would be eaten. Yes, it is true! The man with weak heart slowly stretched his grip and then sat back in his place. Secretly, Oxanna gave a small grin and followed Juan and sat down next to him.
"Do you know who I am, Juan? You're the only one I'd let into my life first" he whispered in seriousness.
Juan returned his gaze.
"Here, to be Aarav's wife, I've risked everything. Including my own life," Oxanna added later.
"What do you mean?" juan asked not yet understood the situation.
"I, Oxanna Krovopuskov. You know who they are, right? In the past, you kept your mouth shut because you thought that I left this region and could live quietly in another. But I can't keep thinking positively of you who can at any time divulge all my identity to Aarav, can I?" Oxanna looked at Juan intently to intimidate the man.
Juan took a breath. "I'm his half-brother, you know?"
Oxanna flicked both of her shoulders indifferently. "Then? Does not know half-siblings or siblings. You were born from the same."
"Yes, it's true. We were supposed to be filial brothers, I used to think that way. But all was lost when the man always took his life out on my body and kicked me out when we grew up to keep the legacy passed down to me. Do you think I'm still going to side with a brother who treats me like this?" Juan pulled his smile thin.
However, that smile looked pitiful! Oxanna got carried away and advanced towards Juan to give him a brief hug.
"Does that mean you're on my side?" oxanna asked quietly after letting go of her embrace.
Juan nodded slowly. "Help me to grab my property that Aarav has seized" he said.
"Yes, I'll help you. Look, let's go on the first mission" Oxanna replied.
"Whatis that? I'll help you!"
This is how Oxanna and Juan made an alliance.
***
Back to the present, an hour before Aarav meets Mr. Davidson. Now, in the man's luxurious mansion, Oxanna was trying to find something that could give her information. But, impossible. He had scoured the entire room and got nothing. He even gave ART a wad of money but they didn't want to tell him anything.
Not to mention, security is so tight. Not bodyguards, but technology that is in every gap. CCTV, key sensors, even sound eavesdroppers throughout the room!
He could not ask Juan for help because the man was accompanying Aarav. There is only Jordan in the CCTV monitor room.
Ting!
Oxanna exited the elevator which had reached the 4th floor, where her room was. Before entering the room, he gave the symbol *** to CCTV which was intended for Jordan.
"Argh! What am I supposed to do?! This mansion really sucks," Oxanna shouted furiously. He had nothing to worry about, other than that this room was soundproofed, Juan had already gotten rid of all the surveillance cameras in this room. Including, Aarav's secret place.
Upset not getting anything, Oxanna decided to go to Aarav's secret room. With pulling the book as the key to the entrance. This time, there was no earthquake-like vibration as Aarav had eliminated the system. Why could? Yes, because Oxanna has gone in there!
"Nothing interesting," Oxanna murmured through the entire room.
"Eh, what is it?" he asked when he accidentally passed through the iron door like an elevator. He pressed the button there, a moment later, the aluminum door completely opened!
"Well, it's really an elevator" Oxanna said in disbelief. But before he got in there, Oxanna picked up one of Aarav's swords and put on a personal protective belt, and pocketed a gun firearm, and she just got in.
What is confusing is, the 4th floor is indeed the top floor in this mansion. But there's a floor-4 button on it.
"Is there a basement?" oxanna muttered in confusion. Considering she had brought all the dangerous equipment to protect herself, Oxanna pressed the button.
Door closes. And, can Oxanna feel if the elevator instead of going up and down!
"There's really a basement floor" he said on alert because Oxanna wouldn't know where she'd land.
Ting!
The aluminum door had opened on the underground 4th floor. The first thing Oxanna could see was that both sides were filled with locked guards!
Oxanna pressed her heart and stepped in there. He looked at the first prison on the right, there was someone curled up in the corner of the place.
"Hey," he called slowly.
There's no movement.
"Are you human?" Oxanna tried to call out to him in a loud voice. This time, not only the prison occupants were disturbed, but other residents.
Oxanna retreated when she saw the human form. He was a man with long, disheveled hair, torn clothes, red eyes, a bruised face, as well as an entire body that was so messed up. There was a growl slowly roaring wildly from the man's mouth.
"Who are you, motherfucker?!"