DESTINED MATE : SWEET ALPHA PHEROMONE
Chapter 77 - GRUVV’s POV

Chapter 77: Chapter 77 - GRUVV’s POV

I called Sherburne as soon as morning came, I went to my father and told him what George had found. The five hundred million dollars that had suddenly vanished was evidenced by the purchase of Mosha Gilmore’s land. Although the name of the sender of the money was different from that of the suspected conglomerate, the amount and timing were perfect

But of course, we didn’t just use that as evidence. If that’s all there is to it, you’ll never be able to stand up to those greedy people.

Beforehand, I contacted Louis Baxter first that night.

"I’ve been investigating that..." He said on the other end of the line, his voice sounded a bit hoarse and heavy, the long buzz before he picked up the phone proved that he was asleep.

"Did you look into it?" I asked.

"Yes, I got the approval to investigate the history of Moses Gilmore’s land transaction, there are some family names that don’t exist in our country. After I investigated, it turned out that they were from the country where the Sherburne family lives. Strangely enough, they were the names of families whose lives could be considered relatively simple."

"What? How is that possible."

"The conglomerate you’re referring to is Leon Edison. He was both a conglomerate and a government official in that country."

I sat on the bench, twiddling my fingers in thought.

"But, is it possible for a conglomerate to be corrupt?"

There was a long pause and silence before I heard Louis Baxter’s voice back on the other end of the line, "Ah, sorry, I didn’t explain it to you. Leon Edison became a conglomerate after he took care of the government, in other words, the conglomerate status he had was only a matter of years. This is not a status that you usually encounter among the elite. You understand, right? It’s not hereditary."

"What do you mean he’s been corrupted since beginning?"

"Yes, it’s an open secret. People in that country suspected it but couldn’t prove it, not only because he played so neatly but also because he was in contact with other elites. The house he lives in and its contents were a gift from one of the conglomerates as well. So his glamorous lifestyle and growing wealth a night cannot be proven to be the result of corruption."

I nodded. This was the biggest case of corruption and also money laundering, again Gil went beyond the limits of his imagination. He thought the man was laundering money only for people within the country, in fact he was going far for people from other countries as well.

"It is likely that Madam Rose’s drugs factory was getting funds from by Leon Edison."

"Did you find the evidence?"

"Yes, I already have some evidence. So, are you okay with me conducting a joint investigation with that country? As you know, this is related to the life and death of your fiancé."

Fiancé...

That’s right, he’s my fiancé. Shiloh.

So, I immediately reported to Dad what George and Louis Baxter had discovered. Dad immediately went into action, he contacted all of his business associates as well as the police people. I had no idea that my family held this much power.

"You’re my grandson’s fiancé?" The voice on the other end of the line belonged to Paul Sherburne. After contacting his secretary we were immediately put through to him.

"That’s right, I’m Gruvv Dhurudatta. I request you to cooperate with me as Shiloh’s life is now in danger."

I explained everything to Paul Sherburne how Gil had treated Shiloh and his mother, how their lives had turned out after the Sherburne family had cut the family ties with Shiloh’s mother. I told him how Gil sold and used Shiloh for profit. On the other end of the line I heard Bethany Sherburne sobbing, sounding like she was apologizing to no one in particular.

"I didn’t call for a long time because we thought the Sherburne family didn’t care about Shiloh anymore."

"We searched for the child’s whereabouts, but somehow every time we wanted to contact them directly all access was closed as if we were forbidden to contact them or even know about their situation."

That’s right, Gil did it all. He took the daughter of the Sherburne family, married her and then separated her from her family. The Sherburne family said their cut off the family ties with her daughter because of what Gil did. They admitted their guilt about that.

"Our plan after making the announcement was to contact Graciella and explain to her. But when we lost access, we were told that Graciella died of illness."

I didn’t dare go into much more detail than that, so I just explained to them our plan to get Gil into prison. We were pressed for time to get Shiloh back because he was pregnant.

Fortunately, the Sherburne family was willing to cooperate, so I immediately contacted Louis Baxter and prepared a plane to take him to the country where the Sherburne family was located.

Father asked me to rest for a while, we still had one more day to finalize everything. I went to Shiloh’s room, Father wasn’t there that morning. There was only Seth who was still asleep.

The boy was sleeping so soundly.

I lay down next to him, Shiloh’s scent still wafting. I looked at the boy’s face, it looked like Shiloh’s face when he was little was similar to him. Long eyelashes, high nose, I smiled at how similar Seth was to Shiloh.

"He’ll be happy to see you, he misses you." I whispered to Seth.

I kissed the boy’s cheek, and fell asleep beside him.

In the dream I seemed to be in a distant place, the atmosphere was so cold with a lot of fog, I kept walking because I smelled Shiloh’s pheromones. In the distance I could see Shiloh with a little boy.

"Shiloh!" I called him.

He turned around, his long grayish hair shimmering. He was holding a little girl who had the same hair as him, the child didn’t look like Shiloh, the child looked more like me. Who is she?

"Gruvv, you haven’t named her yet.

I paused, suddenly Shiloh and the girl were already in front of me. The girl looked rather big, maybe she is Seth’s age.

"Shiloh, Seth is here. You said you want to meet him, you missed him, right?"

He looked at me and chuckled softly, "You haven’t given her a name yet..."

"Name?"

"Yes, this kid, our kid..."

I looked at the child closely, a beautiful girl with hair the same color as Shiloh’s, she had similar eye characteristics to the Dhurudatta family. Her eyes looked slanted with double eyelids. Her eyes were blue like Father’s, she looked like the Dhurudatta family apart from her hair.

Beautiful. She’s so pretty.

"Gruvv, give her a name."

"Uh...But?"

"C’mon, think about it." He chuckled.

"Can I hold her? I want to hold her." I said to Shiloh, but he looked at me with a sad look, he touched my cheek, stroking it gently. He gently pulled the child’s hand closer to me and let the tiny hand touch my cheek.

"We missed you..." He said.

"Why are you sad? I’ll find you soon." I said softly.

"Gruvv, we love you."

His voice was so low and soft, my heart ached. What’s wrong? Why does he look so sad? Why can’t I hold the child? What happened to them?

"Whatever happens to us later, we just want to tell you that we love you. Give our child a good name, I trust you with Seth. And, Gruvv it’s not your fault. Everything it’s not your fault. Okay? Don’t blame yourself. We love you so much."

I woke up with a gasp, I could feel my eyes wet, I looked up at the ceiling of the room and felt my tight chest. My chest felt so painful. I didn’t want to think anything bad, but the dream felt real, it was like a message that he was saying goodbye to me.

I turned my head and found Seth looking at me, the boy was snuggle up hugging all of Shiloh’s clothes while crying. I looked up at him.

"Father..."

I blinked my eyes.

"Seth? Seth?" I heard Maeve’s voice from outside the room, I woke up and wiped my tears, Maeve was at the door.

"Please give him a hug, it looks like he just had a nightmare, he’s been crying and calling for Father all day."

"Father? Did he call Mateo that?" I asked.

Maeve shook her head, "I asked him to call Shiloh Father."

My eyes rounded, I hugged Seth who was crying again.

No, it couldn’t be, could it? Did Seth and I have the same dream?

"Father.... Father..." The boy kept saying Father over and over again, my heart was in turmoil. My head hurts. Something must have happened, I must find Shiloh immediately.