Chapter 16. Kidnapped

Amelia’s POV

Richard would have gone after Marcus if I had not managed to talk him out of it and forced him to head to a hospital to treat his bruises with my assistant.

As soon as they all left, I crashed into my seat and took a deep breath. My broken laptop was still on the floor so I gathered the pieces and thrashed it before I began to arrange my desk.

It was getting even more and more difficult to control Marcus, no matter how harsh I was to him, he kept showing up at my office with flowers and constantly breathing down my neck to sign the cheque.

He wasn’t exactly what I had hoped he would…

The gentle buzzing sound of my phone on the desk pulled me out of my thoughts and back to reality. It was a text from Nolan and the content made me smile softly.

“Don’t forget. 7pm. The car will be there soon.”

It was refreshing to have someone gentle like Nolan fawn over me these days, unlike Marcus, he wasn’t much of a headache and he didn’