If Love Was Forced

Chapter 43: Unfolding

Alejandro's P.O.V

When she looked me in the eyes, I felt like my heart was pounding so fast that I didn't think I'd ever live again.

"'i'm sorry, sir." When I heard what she said, my head snapped back to reality. I was ready to grasp her when she abruptly pushed me aside and walked away from me.

I attempted to attract her attention, but she was gone. Was I having a hallucination? Was it, in fact, Camila?

Suddenly, I remembered I had to go to the headquarters. I rushed out of the restaurant to find my driver and Claire waiting for me. Claire opened the car door for me and I sat inside.

As we were on our way to the headquarters, the sight from a few minutes ago kept replaying in my head, the way I felt when I saw those eyes, those eyes that I would always stare at in my dreams.

After a few minutes, we arrived at the headquarters. I stepped out of the car, entered the entrance quickly, and went straight to the conference room to see Dante and my men discussing.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Huxley." They said and bowed and I nodded.

"What did you find?" I asked to get straight into business, and Dante passed me a zip-lock plastic bag with a badge on it. It was a pin-shaped Tiger, made of gold, and had the letter M on the back.

"Do you know anyone who might be the owner of this, sir?"He asked and I shook my head. It was something I'd never seen before.

I said, looking at the papers. "We have to find someone on that day of the party that was wearing this pin," I said, directly.

"Sir, all of the CCTV cameras at the hall were all broken." They said and I sighed in frustration.

"We will look into it more, sir," Dante said reassuringly, and I nodded.

I walked out of the conference room to take a rest.

"Alejandro!" A familiar voice says to me, I looked around and saw Xavier approaching me.

"Xavier," I said, shaking his hand.

"What are you doing here? I thought you were in France?" I asked and he sighed.

"I came to stop by. I have something to tell you." He said this gave me a feeling that something was wrong.

"Can we talk somewhere private?" He asked and I nodded and made him follow me to my office.

I gestured for him to sit down, which he complied with. I said across him and crossed my hands to my chest.

"So what do you want to tell me?" I asked him and he sighed and took a breath.

"When I was at the family airport a few days ago, I saw Valentino. He just arrived from Italy. " He said, and I raised an eyebrow.

"And?" I asked, emphasizing the last sentence.

"He was with a girl. The girl looked familiar." He said, and I got puzzled.

"So?" I asked him and he shrugged.

"What I mean is that maybe Camila is alive and Valentino kidnapped her." He said, and my eyes widened. How could I be so blind?

"We know what he can do and it's not surprising." He added and I quickly went ballistic.

"I can't believe this," I say and sigh and massage my temples.

I said, "I'm going to kill him," and clenched my fist.

"So what's our next move?" He said, and I smirked."

"We first have to spy on him. We have to make sure our theory is correct, "I said, and he nodded and stood up.

"I'll hire an investigator." He said and shook my hand, and I nodded.

I said, "Thanks, man," and he smiled.

"Anytime." He says and leaves my office.

I can't believe it. My Camila, my Angel, is alive.

Camila's P.O.V

"You're too cute."

I said to my son and pinched his little cheek, but not too hard.

"Madam, the car is ready." I heard Jackson, the driver, say, and I nodded.

I looked behind me to see Francine and Miss Caroline ready.

"Shall we?" I said and they both laughed and nodded.

I took Micheal in my hands and walked out of the room and headed outside.

I was quite happy to go outside. Of course, with my son and my friends, I treat Caroline and Francine like my family. They remind me of Gretchen and Railey.

I miss Gretchen and Railey so much.

As Miss Caroline and Francine sat in the other car, the driver opened the car door and I sat inside. I was used to it, although it would have been good to live a simpler life, I guess it wasn't in the cards for me...

"Are you looking forward to going to the park?" I said to my son, and he giggled and nodded.

My phone rang as I was soothing Michael to rest. I swiftly removed it from my handbag and picked up the phone.

The OTP is:

"Camila?" I hear Valentino's voice saying it over the speaker.

"Valentino, Hi. I and Micheal are on the way to the mall." I said

"Okay, please be careful, Amore." He said, and I chuckled.

"Of course, I will, promise," I said truthfully, and I heard him sigh, and he hung up.

At the end of the conversation

"I'm sure you'll be a strong boy when you grow up," I told Micheal, and he made the stern expression he usually made when he was serious. To me, it was more of a charming face than a menacing one.

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"We arrived." The driver said and I nodded.

I opened the door for myself, not waiting for anyone else to open it for me.

I quickly took my shades and put them on so no one would recognize me.

The driver took out Micheal's stroller and I placed Micheal inside.

"Come on, let's go," I said to Francine and Miss Caroline, and they nodded.

We walked to the park and noticed many people were there. There were games and booths. This was a great day to bring Micheal here.