The Secret Obsession of the CEO
Chapter 174: Unexpected Help

Chapter 174: Unexpected Help

Rory looked up. Her insides were trembling out of fear and her brain was not operating at its full capacity. It was hard.

"Dignity," She said looking up. She wanted his gun. But she cannot tell him that. Her lips curled as she stared him in the eye.

The eyes are the windows to the soul. And there is something different in the eyes of a psychopath. She was stupid to not see it before. The blank stare Jake was donning was eerily similar to the look she saw on Lennon.

As she smirked, maybe her brain thought that she had the upper hand and her heartbeat slowed down.

Jake chuckled. It was just a short chuckle that sounded like someone stirring an iron pot with a metal spatula. He stared down at her.

Rory didn’t know what he was thinking. But he removed his coat and placed it on her shoulder.

Rory furrowed her brows. She wondered if it was deliberate that jake forgot about the gun he had in his coat.

"Thanks," she smiled and pulled the coat closer. If it was any other time, she wouldn’t have accepted the coat of another man, but, hey, it’s like what they say... Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.

She slowly took some steps back and Jake, still wearing a smirk walked to the basement door. Rory immediately pushed her arms into the sleeves of the coat. She didn’t want to be half-naked in front of Lennon. And her hand reached for the gun.

For a moment, she did fear that the gun might not have been loaded. It could also be a toy gun, but she knew weapons. She knew that it was not. So, Jake’s readiness in handing over the gun to her made her skeptical.

But as she pulled out the gun, she felt the weight. A short sigh escaped her mouth as she could say that it was loaded. Her heart skipped a beat as she wondered what game Jake is playing. And she remembered the odd conversation she had with him on her way here in the flight.

She waited for Jake to open the door. He was not hurried and that intensified her doubt. She took several steps back just in case. She didn’t know if Lennon is having any weapon.

Jake opened the door and Lennon sprang out raising his hand. "You~"

He almost hit Jake, but Jake blocked him--like, karate chop blocked him. Lennon almost fell on his face by the block, but he managed to stand on his feet.

"She’s not going anywhere," Jake pointed at Rory before the shocked Lennon could say a word.

And like a panther lunging on its prey, Lennon dashed at Rory. Rory pointed the gun at Lennon.

"Stop!" she shouted.

Lennon stopped. But she didn’t think it was because he was scared of the gun in her hand. But because that entire area was shaking with the loud sound of spinning rotors.

Helicopters?

Rory looked around and she could hear at least two helicopters getting closer to the house.

*Flick*

In just a moment the entire house was lit up all around.

"This is the FBI. Lennon Roberts, you are surrounded. Come on out so we can have a chat..."

Some guy spoke to the speaker.

Rory looked at Jake. The sound of sirens she heard earlier, the timing of Jake’s arrival, and him handing over the gun to her...

He has become an informer to the cops, probably... To escape greater punishment...

That’s what she thought.

If she figured Jake is working with the cops, Lennon did too. But he didn’t show any emotions at the betrayal. He spared a glance at Jake and then continued to move toward Rory.

*Bang*

Rory shot in his thigh. There was every chance that she might hit his femoral artery. But she didn’t care if Lennon dies at that moment. All she thought was to stop him from getting near her.

Fortunately, or unfortunately, the bullet hit his muscles and he fell to his knees.

The sound of a gunshot from inside the house alerted the agents outside. They all gave warning that they are getting in.

"Shoot him!" Jake said.

Rory could not hear him over the sound of the helicopters and the flashes of the cop cars all around made her dizzy. She didn’t look at Jake and focused on Lennon who was crawling toward her. She didn’t have much energy left and she used all that to keep Lennon from reaching her.

Jake ran to her. "Shoot him dead! Do not leave him alive. This is self-defense. Do not let him leave this place alive. Come on..."

Jake shouted at her as she stood there unmoving.

Rory looked at the main door as it rammed open. A bunch of agents wearing black attires and protective gear stormed inside the house.

"Secure the house..." one said and some of the agents split and searched each room.

Rory saw one of them getting inside the office door that was wide open. Another one walked down the stairs of the basement. "Need medical assistance..." the agent talked to her comms.

Rory sighed in relief.

One of the agents was standing in front of her with his guns pointed at her waving his hand. He probably was asking her to drop her gun. But she couldn’t move. Her hands didn’t cooperate. Rory could not hear much, but she looked at Jake who was visibly upset that she didn’t kill Lennon.

Jake then looked at the agent and with his hands held behind his head, he kneeled. He was saying something to the agent and she could not hear much as she was in her thoughts.

She wanted to kill Lennon. She was mad at Lennon. Her finger on the trigger shook as she remembered the humiliation she suffered in Lennon’s hands. She remembered the way he treated Sidney.

He does not have the right to face a fair trial. What if he finds a way to escape? He needs to be put down like the mad dog he is.

She looked at Lennon, her gun still pointed at him. Lennon with his eyes still on her, lifted his hands. He was already kneeling and blood pooled around his knees. The gunshot wound was bleeding. But it was not life-threatening.

"Miss Roberts... look at me... Miss Roberts...Listen, you do not want to do this... Let the law handle him..." the agent tried to reason with Rory.

"Kill me!" Lennon mouthed at her.

Rory pressed the trigger-- almost. But then she dropped the gun to the floor and raised her hands above her head. She kneeled not caring whether that was the agent asking her to do it or not.

Does Lennon want to die? She won’t let him die. She wants him dead for everything he did. But that doesn’t mean she can end his life. He needs to be humiliated just the same way, if not, more than how Liam was humiliated. He should suffer more.

Maybe he should go through the humiliation of a "fair trial". He then should be sent to death by the state. It would be much better if the state broadcasted his death.

"Holy sh*t!"

She heard someone shouting from inside the office. She knew what that would imply. She was glad. Finally...

Rory could not kneel anymore. She felt waves of tiredness hitting her like a hurricane and she let it take over. She keeled over and her head hit the floor.

She could see the helicopters that were hovering in the sky close to the house. They didn’t look like the helicopter belonging to law enforcement. She smiled.

They must be the media. At least, one of the helicopters is media. And that means...

Looking at Lennon, she smiled. The focus lights from one of the helicopters passed through the window and ended up on her. She covered her eyes as it was so bright. Her eyes were still at Lennon. He looked like a shadow then.

Her heart skipped a beat.

The shadow... the shadow figure that always haunted her... the monster in her nightmares...

She crushed her eyelids with the back of her hands to have a better look. The spotlight had moved and with the normal lighting, she saw the agent putting Lennon’s hands in cuffs. The EMTs were rushing into the basement and a couple of them ran at her with a blanket.

Her world started to blacken.

"Should have killed me, little rose!"

Hearing Lennon’s voice, she opened her eyes. She could not see him as the EMTs rolled her over. They were checking her pulse and another one waved a light in front of her asking her to follow it.

She couldn’t do what they asked of her and she closed her eyes. But her heart was still pounding as Lennon’s words echoed in her mind

What did he mean by that? What else is he hiding? Should I have killed him?