Husband you've abandoned me. Fine, I'll focus on raising my son-Chapter 290: Reunited
JASMINE’S POV
"I love you," Louis told me.
Just when I thought I had gained control over my emotions, tears welled up in my eyes again.
"I love you too," I replied.
Yesterday, Keith had also told me he loved me. I was completely taken aback and repulsed by his words. But now, looking into Louis’ golden eyes full of genuine concern, those same words completely melted my heart.
To think I was in Keith’s arms the day before and kissing him and now I was in Louis arms. It was surreal. I was still processing the fact that I had actually escaped.
Upon entering Louis’s apartment I was suddenly overcome with emotion. In the car ride I was able to keep my composure because of the adrenaline of escaping but now
Taking in the familiar look of his apartment scent I just couldn’t hold back anymore. I couldn’t believe I had actually escaped.
As his arms wrapped around me and his familiar warmth and gentle touch filled me. Suddenly the guilt of everything I had done with Keith just the. Day before came to mind and I felt I didn’t deserve him.
"What’s more important is the fact that you’re actually safe now," he said to me. You’ve been through so much, so cut yourself some slack."
He then kissed me again. This time for much longer. It felt so good to feel his lips and his gentle hands on me. With Keith it was suffocating and he was more dominating. The difference was night and day. I cant
"I missed you so much," he said to me as his hug felt more deeper than the last. I leaned into him as well hugging him back.
"I missed you too," I told him.
When broke apart and Louis spoke up. "Now then back to finding Tony."
"Keith probably already knows that I’ve left the estate and will probably start looking for me. It’s a no brainer that he’ll suspect you have something to do with it,"
"Well we have to get moving then.
I nodded my head. "We have to find Tony before he does."
Louis nodded in agreement. "He still has that conservatorship over you."
"Before we head out and start l we need to figure out where we’re heading," I said as I wiped away my tears.
"Let’s go to my office," Louis said. He grabbed my hand and took me there.
"I was looking into Kolton Acland and learning about his life. He definitely looks like he would have a motive to go after Keith I’m surprised he wasn’t your first suspect. More importantly what made you question him now?"
"It crossed my mind earlier before we found but there wasnt enough physical evidence to pin anything on him other than having a motive. And about why I now suspect him now, I couldn’t tell you the full details in our texts because of the limited words I can use but I received a call from the lady we met in Kensington when we visited Diana’s old apartment."
"Really?" he asked.
"She told me that she once saw Marco with a different eye color. Specifically a golden-brown colour. The colour of Kolton’s eyes," I then opened my bag and took out the files I had taken with me.
"Tony told us that Marco had issues with his eyes," Louis added.
"Exactly," I continued. "So it supports the idea that Marco was hiding something about his eyes and it would explain why he looks similar to Keith if Kolton is his father."
"So that would imply that Edward and Kolton were working together? I mean you mentioned all the physical evidence relating to Diana was discovered under his name," Louis said.
"Right, Edward could have served as his inside source as to what was happening at the Acland HQ.
"What I don’t understand however, is why Edward is so adamant to maintain his silence on the situation now that he has been arrested," I then pointed out. "Edward is possibly going to face life in prison but he would talk about it. Why is that? He has nothing left to lose. Why protect Kolton?"
"Unless, there’s something that’s keeping him quiet," Louis suggested.
My eyes narrowed as I brought my hand to my chin. "Like he’s being threatened by Kolton?"
"It’s entirely possible that Kolton might have something over Edward and that’s why he will not fold no matter what happened to him."
I contemplated for a moment as I recalled everything the police and Keith had uncovered about Edward. Searching my mind, I recalled the picture of the ginger-haired woman on the fridge.
"Edwards girlfriend!" I suddenly yelled out. I remembered that when Keith and I had gone to Edwards’ home they mentioned how they couldn’t find his girlfriend. She wasn’t with her family, Edward’s family and had been missing work for weeks now.
I quickly explained the situation to Louis.
A look of realization then appeared on his face. "That would make sense. He might be trying to protect her, explaining why he is willing to go through everything."
I nodded my head in agreement. "So that would mean Edward is the fall guy. All the evidence points to him because Kolton pinned everything on him, knowing Edward wouldn’t be able to disclose the truth."
"Kolton seems like he is one step ahead at all times," Louis added. "Anyway, I found out that Kolton has a home in Yorkshire, which used to belong to his mother, and it just might be where he is keeping Tony," Louis said.
"You suspected that as well?" I asked excitedly.
"Yeah, as soon as you told me you suspected him, I began looking into him and found out everything I could. That’s when I noticed the location of his mother’s home matches up with where the van from the distribution centre was last seen."
He then lay out a map of Yorkshire city and then pointed it at the general area.
"So we start our search from there," I said.
"Do you think we’ll find Kolton there since he technically doesn’t live in Yorkshire?’ Louis asked me.
"I’m not sure what we’ll find there, but we have to investigate," I told him. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
"We go and knock and politely ask to see his home?" Louis asked, being slightly sarcastic.
"No, unfortunately, we’ll have to barge in."
Louis then smiled at me, causing my eyebrow to cock in confusion. "Lucky for you I have people available that might just be able to help with that," he explained
"If Kolton actually is our guy, the Acland family is pretty fucked up considering what they are doing.
"You got that right," I said as I brought my hand to my face, putting Keith and Kolton’s actions together. They were both kidnappers.
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5 seconds passed and the screaming noise suddenly stopped. My heart sank in my chest. They had found my phone. Fuck. They were going to find me here soon.
"I heard the voices of the guards whose phone is this?"
If I didn’t get this door open I was truly fucked I thought to myself. Even if I tried to abort the mission and return to the mansion. I was on camera trying to unlock this gate with the keys I stole and I would have to explain why my phone was in the gardens. Keith was going to find out and there was no telling if I had an excuse he would believe.
The fourth key failed. I then moved on to the fifth. My quivering hands were not helping the situation as I felt I was going to collapse from how much I was panicking.
It was now or never. I would just have to go through with the escape no matter what came of it. I couldn’t focus on failing.
I tried the sixth key and was met with the sound click unlocking. A massive wave of relief came over me.
Oh god! I was so terrified. I opened the gate and quickly went through it.
I made a final glance back into the estate garden and saw the guards hadn’t returned yet. at the estate so far no one had seen me still. I closed and locked it behind me.
"What was that?!" I heard one of them say.
"Who is that!?" I heard a guard yell.
I ran as fast as I could.
They surely didn’t know I had runaway yet so they were confused. However, I’m sure whoever was on Camera duty certainly was.
My heart was hammering in my chest as I ran for my life. This was the point of no return. I ran as fast as I could
A blue Chevrolet was waiting at the end of the end of the street. The closer I drew to it the more my path to safety became clear. Just a little more.
I opened the door and was met with Louis figure seated in the drivers seat.
"Jasmine!" I heard the familiar voice of Louis.
