
James' eyes barely blinked since a few minutes ago. He kept a close eye on the red spot on his mobile phone since he turned on the GPS connected to the tracking device on Natasha's necklace. Accompanied by Jason and his men, James is now on his way out of Bunol after failing to find Natasha's whereabouts at his booked hotel. The questions fill James's head, guessing what happened to Natasha and choosing to leave the city of Bunol.
While on the front side, Jason was seen frowning once he got the information where Natasha was from his men who were sent to investigate the place. Marquizze Apartment. Looks like they found Natasha and took her there. He had expected this to happen, no matter how much Romanov tried to hide Natasha, they would eventually find her too. Just waiting for time.
Marquizze's apartment building was visible shortly after they entered the city. Jason tapped his finger slowly, weighing what a confrontation would take to get Natasha out of there. It's a difficult choice for him, Marquizze is not an enemy. But he also had to abide by the rules that Romanov had set up as his boss. The air became heavier as soon as he got out of the car.
“Whatever happens, hold your emotions,” pinta Jason as soon as they get to the door where Marquizze is.
“I can't stay still if something happens to Natasha.”
“We'd better avoid violence.”
Jason finally braced his heart to knock on the door. Luckily it was not Robert himself who opened it, but his men. James, who was convinced Natasha was inside, was impatient and constantly blocked. There was a dispute at the door.
Meanwhile, inside the apartment, Robert was still flinching in his seat watching his injured men being treated. Some of his men died fighting with unknown enemies. But that was not what filled the man's mind. Natas was only there a few hours ago, and he was late. Now the girl has gone out of nowhere.
Alan, Robert's right hand was slightly piqued hearing the commotion at the door. Seeing that his boss was not moving, he decided to see what was happening there. His men are seen blocking guests who intend to enter. Of the few men, he saw one that felt familiar. The tattoo that popped out behind the man's shirt felt very familiar to him.
“What is this?” alan asked with a frown.
“These guys insist to go in search of a boss girl.”
“Let them in,” says Alan.
Not yet had the man who prevented him from getting out of the way, James immediately rushed into the apartment. Running to find Natasha.
“Sorry for this inconvenience Sir, we just want to make sure that our family members are here,”, said Jason, who chose to remain there. Let James alone look for Natasha.
“I think what you are looking for is not here,” said Alan full of regrets.
The commotion James made in another part of the apartment distracted Alan and Jason. Both of them seemed to notice James who was looking for a servant he met while looking for Natasha in the room. With a frustrated face, James approached Jason again with a necklace in hand.
“He's not here,” said James in despair.
“So I think we should look elsewhere,” take Jason. “Sorry to have disrupted the comfort of your day,” continued Jason before exiting. Tucked a sense of relief knowing not Robert who was there earlier. Now the problem is they have a dead end after only getting a necklace that became Natasha's tracking device. Their search was back to the beginning again.
*****
From the doorstep, Ivan notices Natasha talking to her brother on the phone. He had already prepared for a trip to Siberia, including several cars that had taken turns with different routes to outwit. Although he did not find anyone staking around the place, Ivan did not want to take any chances. At least now he knows who Natasha really is. His family is the most powerful Don in mainland Europe, deservedly the girl became the target of enemies of the D’yavol clan.
Seeing Natasha was done talking to her sister. Ivan approached to tell them they were ready to leave. “Did Daniel agree that you're going back to Siberia?”
“Iya, he will meet me there.” Natasha returned the phone she held to Ivan. He has nothing now, his phone and wallet are gone somewhere. If Ivan hadn't found it yesterday, he wouldn't have known what to do.
Natasha nodded steadily. He welcomed Ivan's hand and walked out to the car that was waiting for them in the yard. Natasha saw several cars preparing to get out to accompany them to the airport. He never thought his life would be in this danger until Ivan willingly gave him full escort.
Similarly to Natasha, Ivan who was standing next to Natasha looked very relieved once they reached the airport without any hindrance. He takes Natasha to a private jet that is ready to go. Just as they were taking off, Ivan obtained information from one of his men someone was trying to attack the bait car he was sending towards the city. A satisfied smile was engraved on Ivan's face, the plan worked. Whoever's after Natasha, got the wrong car.
“All will be fine, no one is chasing us now,” said Ivan calming Natasha who still looks tense.
“Thank you Ivan, if only.”.
Natasha's words immediately silenced Ivan with the index finger attached to the lips of the girl, “forget it. I did it out of my own will and I will do it all my life. Even if we are not together, let me always accompany your steps, be your shadow that will always protect you.”
Clear droplets in Natasha's eye patch can no longer be prevented from sliding. Natasha's heart was warm at Ivan's words. He did not reject Ivan when the man kissed his forehead and wiped his tears. The sense of solitude that had plagued him these past few days instantly disappeared for a moment. Maybe he and Ivan can not be together for a relationship like before, but the presence of the man in his life again feels soothing.
*****
“We cannot just enter Young Master, here is their territory,” said Mark noticed Sean who was still trying to dampen his anger.
They are now at the last point where Natasha's trail is tracked. Who would have thought that Ivan Ed Squires had found Natasha first. His arrival was a few minutes late after Ivan took Natasha on the run and it made Sean feel like he wanted to explode.
He had been hard-earned to trap Ivan first in order to get rid of all the way from Natasha. But due to Natasha's silly vacation, the man gets to meet again and takes Natasha to the man's mansion. It felt like he wanted to tear apart Ivan's place, unfortunately what Mark said. This place is where the power of the Squires and judging from what it carries now, it is very impossible to attack that place.
“We're intai that place. If there's a chance, I'll sneak in and take Natasha away,” Sean said back into the car followed by Mark and Dustin who are in charge of tracking.
There was no rebuttal from Mark or Dustin all the way up to the manor where Ivan lived. Until there, Sean was forced to groan loudly because the guard has been increased. There was no gap to be able to give him a chance to infiltrate in. The only way Sean thought of right now was to tap the place. Lucky he found Dustin, right Mark said. The man is reliable.
Throughout the night, Sean barely sleeps just to observe Ivan's manor movements. Just the morning he was making progress after Dustin got a signal from inside the house there was an outgoing communication. That's where Sean knew Natasha was fine and would be back in Russia soon. This time he won't let Ivan bring Natasha home. He'll snatch it while they're on their way to the airport.
As Sean had expected. Ivan will try to outwit anyone who comes after Natasha. But that doesn't happen with him. He saw several cars coming out alternately with a certain distance of time and in different directions. If he did not guess wrongly, Ivan could not possibly let the car he was riding in just walk alone. Just as three cars were coming out of the manor, Sean started the car to follow them.
“Are you sure about this?” dustin asked, realizing the recklessness of his new boss who was no older than him.
From the rearview mirror of the car, Sean stared intently at Dustin without comment.
“Ok. For you to know, I can't help you if there's a fight.” Dustin confirmed his sitting, making him comfortable after Sean ignored him.
After overtaking at high speed, Sean flips his car to face off against the three cars suspected of carrying Natasha. The cars stopped as Sean stopped. Sean got off and Mark was behind him, while Dustin stayed in the car. The people in the car in front of him looked tense, but also not seen preparing weapons. Even they didn't fight back when Sean told them to open the door.
How surprised Sean when checking one by one the car. There was no Ivan, nor Natasha. All three cars carried drivers. Realizing he was being fooled, Sean groaned with anger. He failed to get Natasjust back.
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