Free Seduced 5 by P.A. Jones Page B

The nose wasn’t enough. I wanted to see his face covered in blood, completely.
    “Why did you do that?” I jumped on him, catching his collar. Peterson again pulled me back.
    “Tristan, wait for a moment. We don’t want to get any cops here. We will take him to a hotel room and then we will see where the money is.” Gavin said.
    “There is no money. Everything was spent for my daughter’s operation,” Gerome replied, his voice was shaking.
    “What the fuck? Your so-called son is getting taken away from his mother and you are telling about a dau…” I realized what he was saying. I turned to face him. With my grip on his neck, I said, “What do you mean by daughter? What did you do with that money, jerk?” I was losing it. The more I was away from knowing about the money, the more he was driving me insane, it never happened with me, but thinking about Nikki’s face when she lost Stephen drove me nuts.
    “The money, Tristan. I’m sorry, but I had’ to do it with Nikki. Otherwise, he would have killed my daughter. My daughter is getting operated on for a heart transplant and she needed that money.” Tears fell down his cheeks. Seeing a man crying was painful.
    “What daughter? You only have one son, and that's also in danger.” I squeezed his jaw in my hand. “Do you even know how much pain your wife is in? Do you even care?”
    “The two years I was gone, I’d married a pretty Mexican woman. I have’ a daughter with her, and she is sick, very sick. She needed a heart transplant. I had’ no money. Everything Nikki’s dad gave me had vanished and I couldn’t ask him for more money. I was doomed.” He started sobbing, his words gone awry. “And then he came up with a proposal.” His chin jutted up.
    I looked in his green eyes. I saw something moving there.
    “Gavin, can you pull some strings and get the complete info on this jerk?” I asked Gavin.
    He nodded and walked away.
    “Tell me about everything. Who came and what proposal? Why did you come back in her life when you had married another woman?” It was all confusing. I was on the brink of losing my calm again. Because of this jerk, I was apart from my love. The woman who could change my life was pushed away because of this man’s lie. And now he was telling another lie.
    “Mr. Shaun. The lawyer Nikki is facing against.”
    My hands dropped his chin. It was a shocker for me. I couldn’t believe that could be true. Why would Shaun contact Gerome and how did he know him in the first place?
    “Tell me, Gerome, what really happened back there? What did he ask you? And how did he know you?” I asked.
    “He came to me one day with lots of cash and promised to give more if I worked for him. He wanted me to get back with, Nikki. And make sure she couldn’t get the company back on the track.”
    “But why would he want that? Why would he want to keep Stephen away from Nikki.” I still couldn’t understand the motive behind this all.
    “He wants the power.” Gerome wiped the blood from his nose. “He wants to control the whole Jordan industries, and he can do that only when Stephen is under his influence.”
    It made sense; Shaun would completely control the Jordan empire if he is the custodian of Stephen.
    “And then you made sure that Nikki ’didn't take the company uphill’.” I completed his plan.
    “Yes, but then you came and you made sure that she got the money. I even gave money to the players on our team to make sure we lose,” Gerome said.
    “You jerk. I should kill you for this.”
    “I deserve it, Tristan, but I can’t get your money back. It’s gone. When you won the tournament, Shaun threatened me that he wouldn’t give me any money. And I had’ no choice but to run with the money to save my daughter. You would have done the same if you were in my place, Tristan. You would have done the same for Stephen," he cried.
    “And now I’m going to kill you.” I tightened my grip on his neck.
    “Tristan, come on. Let's