Married To A CEO. Omega
Chapter 45 - Thirty-Nine

Chapter 45: Chapter Thirty-Nine

ERWIN

"Steve listen, it is not like this," I point out the mistake Steve just made with my forefinger as I correct him, "it is like this."

Steve jerks his head up and down as determination flares in his black diamond eye. Not ready to give up just yet.

We have been at this for half an hour now and he still can’t get it right. He has been making the same mistake all this time. I am literally wasted at this point but this kid has incredible resolve to learn what I am teaching him even if he can’t make out the heads and tails of this shit. And since I have taken the job I will do it properly.

One week ago John summoned me and requested that I teach Steve since he is going to start his school very soon. As he is my best friend I just couldn’t turn him down, so all I could do is look over this little kid’s studies.

I know John can do this himself but that bastard really sucks at this kind of job. He doesn’t have the patience to teach a child. I am pretty sure if he had to correct Steve even half the time I already have, he might snap. So, he bestowed the right person the job. Even when we were in school, I had to keep John in his right mind when we studied together or he would occasionally snap.

Look at me now, once I handled the big brother and now I am handling the younger brother.

What a pain in my married ass...

Just then John walks in with a try decorated with snacks and drinks. And maybe this is the only reason I am here.

"So, how is the study going?" John asks the question randomly as he sets the tray down on the table.

Steve swipes a small glance at his brother before minding at his own business once again without saying anything.

What a quiet kid... I barely even see him talk.

"Hmm," I whip out a hand to grab a snack but John smacks it away.

"You greedy little thing." He scolds, "What do you think Steve will learn if you behave like this?"

"Hmph!" I reach out once more and this time I beat John to this. I shove my winning trophy inside my mouth as I grumble, "Who will eat if I don’t, bastard? Now, let’s get back to the point." I swallow the food inside my mouth and turn serious, "Steve is not a quick learner. He takes considerable time to catch up on things but the good thing is he is very patient about it and is very determined. So, if he tries hard then he can learn what I am teaching him." I explain the situation truthfully because lying about something like this will only betray John’s trust in me and Steve will never get to study properly.

"We have a problem then." John nods as he concludes.

John is wearing turtle–neck once again today just like Leo. Leo wears them to hide the marks I leave behind in his beautiful body when we have sex and seemingly John wears them for the same reason though he never talk about his new fuck buddy as he used to. And what is more astonishing is that he is the bottom this time and whoever is sleeping with him is a quite capable man. Based on the trembling feet and quivering body John shows up in front of me every time I come to his place now. He appears less tired these days too.

Just who is this guy that John is sleeping with?

Just then my phone rings, grabbing everyone in the room’s attention. I slide it out of my pocket and look at the caller ID. It’s Ruth.

Now why is this jackass calling me?

I slide the green button with a scowl taking over my expression, "Get to the point." I say nonchalantly.

"Leo," Ruth gasps. He sounds so freaked out that he might have a panic attack any moment now, "Leo has been abducted!"

"Wait, WHAT?!" I jump off my set as my heart stats to bang against my chest and my muscles tense, "What the fuck in the world are you shitting about, Ruth?! If it is a joke then it is not at all funny!"

John Instantly turns alarmed at the roughness and urgency in my tone and sends Steve off to the other room.

"You insolent brat!" Ruth barks, worry lingering in his tone, "Why would I do something as meaningless as this?! Have some common sense!"

"So, where are you now?" I urge urgently as I signal John to move to his studies where all his illegal devices are set, "Where is Leo? When did this happen?!"

John instantly understands and stalks toward the door. I follow suit behind him. I put the phone in the speaker so that John can hear the conversation too.

"I don’t know!" Ruth growls frustratedly, "He was taken. It’s about ten minutes now, I guess. He was there to pick up some of his medical test results! He left his car keys behind in my office, so I followed him to the parking lot but by the time I got there it was too late. He was already taken into the van and before I could call someone, it drove away. And I have lost sight of the van."

"Where are you now?!" John urgently queries as he quickly slides onto his revolving chair and turns on every computer in the desk with just one click of his finger. His pale fingers fly over the keyboard, typing a mile in a millisecond.

Ruth pauses for a beat when he hears John’s soothing voice but quickly pulls himself together, "I am now at my office getting my keys." He replies as a rustling sound comes from his end.

"Are you an idiot?!" I roar angrily, "You could have just given them a chase in Leo’s car!"

"I am sorry!" Ruth yells apologetically as I smack some sense in his good for nothing head.

"No need to worry!" John pipes in, "I have tracked their location through the CCTVs on the streets! They are moving out of the town!"

And something dawns on me, "John, can you look for any abandoned warehouse or factories out of the city and the closest one?" I lean on toward the screen, my arm propped up on the table.

John’s fingers storm through his keyboard. They are almost invisible now because of the speed they are moving with. "Yes there are three of them!" He announces after a beat.

"Look for the most difficult one to find." I instruct urgently.

’There is one!" John buzzes like an alarm bell, "It’s quite isolated from the main streets and locality."

I grab the phone from the black table surface and stride toward the door, "Send me the details of the location and keep a tab on the van that is carrying Leo. And Ruth," I turn my attention to the doctor on the phone, "listen, chase after the kidnappers and call the cops thirty minutes before you get there. Tell them that you followed them and this is how you come to know their location and wait outside if they don’t get there before you do. It will take me at least one hour and half to get there."

"But the location John gave us is two and fifteen hours drive from his apartment if the traffic behaves." Ruth drawls confusedly, ’how will you get there in one hour and half?"

"You will see when I go." I turn my head over my shoulder to give John the last instruction for now, "John, infiltrate the cameras in the hospital and make Ruth leave after Leo’s kidnappers."

"Done." John acknowledges without looking at me.

And I set out to rescue my life. I would have handled the matter myself usually but I need to involve the police since Leo is not a normal commoner. If any of his enemies planned the abduction then they are screwed if they lay even a finger on Leo’s hair. I will kill them and nobody will even know where their bodies are.

***

By the time I pull my car in front of the warehouse, Ruth is already trying to peek in and to see what’s exactly happening there. Before I can approach him, the cops’ cars appear in the distance, meaning he just got there too. They stop before us and I tell them I just got there and I am the husband of the victim in a brief second and then we barrel into the warehouse through the door.

And my blood runs cold from the sight of the scene and black rage flares inside my chest. Leo is lying prone on the ground, unmoving. He is head to toe soaked in red blood and that fucker James is trying to undress him, tugging and pulling his pants. James cock is sticking outside through his zipper, it is dipped on puke. There are some in the ground too.

The goons and James’s attention snaps to us as we storm into the room. Their faces instantly ashen. Some police and Ruth quickly go to Leo as I stalk toward James. I swear to God that I am going to kill the bastard.

"You_" Before I can even touch the fucker Ruth’s calls me from behind.

"Erwin!" read and horror is evident in his alarmed voice, "Leo is not in a good shape! We need him to get to the hospital now!"

My heart stalls as I whip around and run toward my Leo. I kneel down to lift him up in my arms, my face drained of blood and my chest tightening into a knot.

"Please take him to the hospital," A cop calls out, "and take some of our guy! We will take care here!"

I don’t know how I managed to get Leo to the hospital when all I can see before me is pitch black darkness as if someone has robbed me off my privilege to see. And I am barely breathing right now in the hospital lobby, my head between my shoulder and my hands clasped together between my knees while doctors do their job inside the OT. I am soaked in red blood as dread and anxiety pools in the pit of my stomach. Ruth is looking like he is about to faint from dread.

The doctor steps out of the OT accompanied by a nurse. I quickly block his way, so does Ruth.

"H-How is he?" I stutter, my heart thundering against my ears and worry written on my face.

"He is fine," The doctor informs as he takes off his surgical, "He should be awake in eight hours."

Just when I start breathing in relief and my shoulders loose up, the doctor’s next words pierces my heart like hundreds and thousands of sharp blades are invading it. Oxygen stutters out of my lungs.

"But unfortunately we couldn’t save the child in his womb."