Bride To The Island Wolf novel Chapter 3

Freddie sat over a table outside and the ocean breeze violently shook his hair about. He had a bottle of beer in front of him and a tumbler with little of the beer in it.

Few minutes later, Paolo walked over and sat on the chair at the other side of the table. He had a bandage over his face-

“looking good” Freddie teased him and began to pour out a drink into the tumbler.

Paolo scoffed and looked away. “Now I have another scar for life” he said

“and you can't hide this one under sleeves” Freddie mocked and gave a short laugh. He sipped beer from the tumbler and dropped it.

“don't tell me. I want to get that girl. Get her and make her pay! That wench!” he croaked

“well, you can make her pay when she's off this ship and off my hands. But as long as you're on my ship? And she's under my custody? You can't lay no finger on her”

“I see you like the girl”

“I do. She has what I'm looking for”

“you want to take her for yourself right? You just want to have a taste of her before anyone else? Eish! You b@stard!”

“Hahaha! No! Of course not! After seeing what she's done to you? Nah! I can't take chances. Besides, my men raped her before bringing her here”

“then why? Why do you care about her so much? You personally killed the Asian girl who dared to cuss at you and hit you. Why won't you let me do same to someone who has ruined my face?”

“your face has always been ruined Paolo. It just got a little bit more ruined”

“stop teasing me. It's not funny”

Freddie laughed and gulped down beer again.

“that girl... Is money in human form” he spoke up with a more serious and evil tone

“she could fetch us millions of dollars. She's exactly what he wants. Tall, fair, beautiful. Do you know how much we would loose if she gets a single scar on her body?”

There was silence for some seconds.

“I'm sorry. I didn't think that”

“I don't want you or anyone else near her or her friends. Let's get them to him and get off this side of the world”

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“hey, get up! Come out all of you!” another masculine voice echoed through the cell. Avril's eyes popped open and she looked up.

“get up. Up!” he said again and the other girls began to stand. Nana motioned to the Chinese girl to also stand up and she did.

Avril who had slept off with her back leaning against the wall, tried to gain a clear vision first. She then tried to stand but felt s sharp, terrible pain in her lower abdomen. She let out a shrew cry and sat back down.

“Avril! Are you okay?” Nana asked and bent over to her. Avril held her hand and Nana pulled her up.

“are you okay?” Chidi asked

“my belly... It hurts so bad” Avril cried and leaned against Nana

“the pain just settled in. Don't worry, you'll be fine” Chidi said

“follow me” the man said and began to walk away. They too moved out of the cell, helping Avril to walk. They kept walking for too long a distance and Avril couldn't cope with the pain anymore. Her face and arms hurt. Her tummy felt like a hot metal bowl was placed on it and her legs were just too heavy.

“how big is this ship? Why is it taking so long to get to wherever we're going?” Nana asked. She was getting tired of Avril's groans and cries. She felt her pain.

“be strong okay?” Chidi encouraged and smiled at Avril who just nodded.