The Billionaire's Promise
Chapter 156: Who Is Protecting Her?

Chapter 156: Who Is Protecting Her?

"You have insomnia?" Aryana asked in surprised. She can’t believe that Erik has insomnia considering how peaceful he slept when they were together.

"Well, it only occurs whenever I sleep without you. You are my sleeping pill you know. I felt so relaxed especially when we do our vigorous exercise." Erik teased her.

"Boss, don’t have improper thoughts tonight. You are injured ." Aryana reminded him. She moved away from the bed and went to the closet to get his pajama from his luggage. As his hand was injured, Aryana had no choice but to help him change.

Aryana gulped when his upper body was exposed. She has seen it several times but she still blushed whenever she saw his chiseled body that seemed to have been modeled by the gods themselves.

"You like what you see?" Erik lifted her chin with his uninjured hand.

"Hehehe. I can’t get enough of looking into this lean chest and toned abs of yours." She placed her palms on his chest and then she stepped back. "What a pity you are incapacitated today."

Erik laughed. "Come here you little seductress. Be good and let us go to sleep."

...

At a rundown house at the far end of the island, the man with the nose ring was crouching on the ground and moaning in pain. His upper body was naked and bloodied. His eyes were swollen and half closed. A long wound ran from his right forehead down his cheek to his jaw.

"I beg you. Please don’t kill me. I really did not know who made the order. It was from a website. I was paid via my online account. I can show it you if you want." The man with the nose ring and studded ears pleaded.

Kurt took photos of him. He was beaten to a pulp. He then handed his cellphone to him. The man with the nose ring logged into the website with his account. He showed the conversation to Kurt and also the transaction on the transfer of payment. Kurt took screen shots. His phone has a special app that should have captured his user ID and password.

’So his alias online is Crazy4U.’ Kurt smirked. He accessed the chat history of the customer who wanted Aryana disfigured. He then uploaded the gruesome photos of the man with the nose ring.

’You are next! I’m coming for you. You messed with someone you shouldn’t.’

He brought the man out of the rundown house and dumped him near the police station.

...

At a condo in Central District, a tall woman with short hair was about to retire to bed when she heard a notification from her cellphone. The notification came fromCrazy4u. She excitedly opened the email. The moment her eyes landed on the photos, her hand froze. She almost threw her cellphone to the bed.

’What the fuck!’ She cursed. She continued browsing the photos and she shivered. Who did this to him? Why was he brutally beaten and his face disfigured? A realization came to her. Wasn’t this what they wanted him to do to Aryana Jones? The woman trembled as fear descended to her.

She decided to send a message and forward the photos to her big boss.

’Boss, looked like the man we hired failed. His account was hacked as well. Just look at the email I sent you. Looks like this Jones is someone that we should not mess with.’

Cassie was about to sleep when she received an email notification. She got up from her bed and sat down on the couch that was placed at the foot of her bed.

She was in a good mood. She thought that her mission was fulfilled. But when she checked the email attachment she almost dropped her cellphone. What she saw caused her entire body to turn cold.

She read the words on the comment section of the photo and it said..."

’You are next! I’m coming for you. You messed with someone you shouldn’t.’

Cassie was really scared. ’How did they found out? Did they knew about my plan? Will they trace it back to me?’ She thought hard if she left any traces. ’I was pretty careful and there shouldn’t be any connection to me.’

She stood up and paced the room. "Who is protecting Aryana? Does she have such a powerful backer? Is it Clark?" She was muttering to herself. She learned that Aryana went to Batan Island the other day for a photo shoot. Clark was also there. Why would Clark give so much importance to Aryana to the extent of attending her photo shoot?

Cassie thought that it was Clark who was protecting Aryana. It made sense. Clark was with her at the island.

She needed to find a way to drive a wedge between Clark and Aryana. She looked at the photos of the man she paid to disfigure Aryana. His face has a cut and his eyes were badly bruised it was almost half closed. He was badly beaten and to think that he was a black belter in mixed martial arts, it meant that the one who hurt him was much stronger.

Cassie breathed long and hard. For now she had to let go of her desire to disfigure Aryana. She has to lay low. Anyway she was still busy with the inauguration of Timeless Beauty.

...

Clark was standing on the balcony of his hotel room. He was holding a cigarette in his has hand. He thought about what he saw earlier.

’Was Aryana, Erik’s woman? Or was he simply her guardian? Why would Erik come here when he has no official business? Why would he save her?’

Clark was getting more suspicious. He flicked the ash from the tip of his cigarette before taking a puff. He took out his cell phone and sent a message to his assistant and he continued smoking.

On the same floor at the farthest room in the east wing, Aryana has drifted to sleep while Erik was only pretending to sleep. When he was sure that her woman was already asleep, he stood up and went to the balcony. He dialed a number.

"Its me. Report." He said coldly.

"Boss, the man said that he does not know who the mastermind is as he only took his order from the website. I had accessed his account and saw the conversations. He is telling the truth."

"Send me the website and account details." Erik demanded. When his cellphone dinged and he confirmed that it was the credentials, he hung up.

Kurt heaved a sigh of relief. His boss did not get angry at him for not protecting Ms. Jones well. But then it was not his fault. Erik asked him to meet him at the entrance of the bar. Who knew that at the particular moment, Aryana Jones would be hurt.

The woman really has a lot of bad luck. He thwarted more than ten attacks on her without her knowledge. All those he reported to his boss, Erik Lee and Erik can only sigh in exasperation.

...

The following day, Aryana knocked on Elaine’s door to take back her bag. She told her that she needed to go to the hospital in the morning. She and Amy can continue their sight seeing.

"Are you sure you are alright?" Elaine asked worriedly.

"Yes, I am unscathed." Aryana showed Elaine her arms.

"Who was the man who helped you?" Elaine was curious. She pressed for an answer.

Aryana paused for a while. She wondered whether to tell Elaine or keep it a secret.

"It is Boss Erik. He was at the bar last night." In the end, Aryana told Elaine the truth. "Just keep it to yourself. Boss Erik doesn’t actually want to divulge his whereabouts."

Elaine nodded.

"Common, let’s have breakfast."

"You and Amy go ahead. Don’t bother about me."

Aryana went back to her room which was just across the Elaine’s.

"Do you want to have breakfast downstairs or I’ll order room delivery?" Aryana asked.

"I’ll just order. You might hurt yourself accidentally."

After breakfast, Aryana helped Erik in the shower as his wound should not touch water. It took a lot of will power for Erik to control himself.

"Honey, you’re body is so tense. Please relax."

"Yana, my control has a limit so don’t tease me." Erik warned her.

Aryana heeded his warning. She handed him the soap. "Wash yourself there. You might lose control if I do it. Our appointment with the doctor is 9:00am."

"What time is it now?" Erik asked.

"7:00am." She replied.

"Ah, there is still plenty of time." Erik grinned. He asked Aryana to dry him with a towel then he went out of the bathroom.

Aryana took out a trousers and a polo shirt from his luggage. She wanted to help Erik change into his clothes but Erik grasped her waist with his uninjured hand. Aryana felt his hardness pressing against her abdomen. When Erik kissed her, she lose control.

"It’s inconvenient for me to undress you Hon so help yourself." He said hoarsely.

Aryana stripped in front of him and he gulped. "I cannot wait anymore. Since I am injured you have to ride me." Erik whispered seductively on her ear.