Its Too Late To Forgive

Chapter 59: 59. BELLA IS MISSING

Claire ran out of the club. She could not leave that woman alone o her own now.

However, she tried chasing after her, she could not find her. Impossible, that woman's legs were not in good shape, so how could she be missing in just a short amount of time?

Bella was indeed missing?

Claire thought, 'Is she in her dorm?'

She called Sophia, who at this time was looking for Bella on the other side of the club, and asked to rush to their dorm and look for Bella.

Immediately hearing that, Sophia ran towards their dorm in a hurry. She used her key to open the door. There was no one inside. She figured, 'perhaps Bella will come back soon.'

Sophia waited in their dorm. She was continously in contact with Claire throughout this time. She waited for 40 minutes, but no one came back.

She was afraid that Bella might be in some other booth of the club. She immediately called Claire and told her this. Claire instructed her to stay in the dorm only and rushed back to the club. She searched the entire ub but could not find Bella.

She thought of something and rushed to the survillance room and saw Bella coming out of the club. Shattered, defeated and lonely, tightly holding on to her torn shirt. She then saw her looking at the sky and murmuring something. But ofcourse, Claire couldn't hear anything what Bella spoke.

She called Sophia again and asked if there was any development but nothing. Claire looked at the time, almost 2 hours had passed since the incident.

Claire was worried that something had happened to that woman. After all, Bella had just gone through such a stressful situation that would be difficult for anyone to accept. What if she decided to do something stupid?

There was hesitation on Claire's face. Eventually she gritted her teeth and reluctantly took out her phone,

"Boss, BELLA IS MISSING.

I'm sorry sir I didn't wanted to disturb you but am employ of out club is missing, so I had to call to inform you."

On the other end of the phone, the man, who had been continously smoking since last 2 hours, twitched his eys. He said with no expression on his face,

"Tell me everything that happened today in the booth."

Claire did not know if she was doing the right thing. However , before meeting Jason, she had never seen a smile on Bella's face ever. Now, the reason for Bella's current suffering and torture is also because of that very man, Jason. And but ofcourse because of Henry too.

If Jason had given Bella the first stab of today, then Bella's parents and brother were the ones who stabbed her second. And ofcourse cherry on top was her big boss, Henry Jackson.

'How could it not hurt?'

If she was not hurt and did not care, why would she ignore the box of cash and walk away? She needed money so badly. She even wished to split one cent in half when she spent it.

If she did not care, she would not have denied entrapping Cindy and asked Jason to believe her infront of everyone.

Perhaps Bella had used all of her might to ask Jason whether he believed her or not. Claire was terrified. She was worried that Bella would do something stupid.

She did not dare to hide anything from the person who was on the phone. She told him everything that happened before he came inside the booth.

Claire had already checked the entire recording of the booth from the time the gathering started.

The man on the other end of the phone had a brief flash of worry in his eyes. He stood up quickly.

"Go find her again. I'll be right there."

He did not waste much time and hung up the phone. The man took his keys before quickly walking to the garage. He regretted coming to Jackson Mansion rather then staying at the club itself.

Mia and Sara created nuisance when they came out of the club as Henry didn't punish Bella. Henry didn't wanted either of them to stay back in the club hence he drove them to his family Mansion.

Even though his fiancée was there in his house, he was still alone in his room, recollecting everything that happened today and smoking continously. His red wine had also been refilled atleast 9 times now.

When he was at the door, he called up Martin, who was in his quarters,

"Wake up other and follow me"

Martin was shocked by his cold order. He did not dare to disobey him and Martin immediately dressed up and rushed towards the main gate.

He was about to sit in the car when Henry stopped him,

"I don't need you to drive. Go and wake up others."

Henry rejected him and drove alone. He gave instructions to Martin and especially asked him to tell Ray Li to give him a call right away.

Henry then stepped on the pedal. He reversed out of the garage and did a sharp turn. The rumble of his engine made an extra piercing sound in the quite night.

Martin's pupil constricted when he went upto others. Soon more then 20 bodyguards appeared at the gate,. all dressed in black.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to sleep tonight. We'll each form a team of two and drive a car."

It seemed that something bad had happened. Since there were so many of them, it would be more convenient to form a team and take separate cars.

Finally they all agreed and team of highly experienced and trained bodyguards took a black Benz each and drove out of the manor. Their manner was highly imposing.

It was a huge commotion that it disturbed Mia and Sara's sleep. They looked out of the window with curiosity in their eyes. They went down to ask the butler what was going on. But the well trained butler denied knowing anything about what was happening.

With a loud screech, the car stopped. Claire looked over and saw a car in front of the entrance. She ran over quickly. The man in the car got out immediately.

"What's she with you and Sophia?"

His handsome face was extremely cold.

"Yes. It's my fault for talking to young master Lynch for a while. If not, I wouldn't have missed Bella."

Claire was worried. She did not bother about her manners with Henry anymore.

"Mr. Jackson do you think that idiot will kill herself after being stabbed so many times today by all of you?"

Under the dim streetlight, the man's heart skipped a beat. There was worry in his eyes. His handsome face was even colder now. However, it was not prominent.

"Keep quite, she is not that weak."

Soon he could hear many cars approaching them. Martin, Ray and entire gang came over in total 11 cars. They formed themselves in a row a d stopped in front of the entrance of the club.

The man strode over and stopped in front of Ray. Suddenly...

Smack~~

A slap landed on his face.

"Where is she?"

The cold voice asked. Ray was confused.

"Boss... who??"

"Bella, didn't Martin asked you to watch over her? Where is she?"

His cold gaze landed on Ray Li again. When the latter heard the woman's name, his heart sank. His face turned pale.

"Boss... I...."

"You didn't carry out my order well enough. You treat Bella as if she is nothing. You didn't keep an eye on her, did you? Yes or no?"

"Boss..."

Ray broke out in cold sweat. It was true that he did not care about this woman. What was so good about that woman anyways? She killed the woman he loved, Cindy Anderson and also insulted her after her death.

Henry's handsome face was cold. He pointed at Ray's nose.

"I will deal with you later. Martin, maneuver the gang. Get everyone in City A here. Find her!"

Martin nodded immediately as an acknowledgment of his orders. Henry looked at his club's building and suddenly remembered that Bella had stood on the jumping board of the swimming pool, which was inside the amusement park, and confessed to him many years ago. To be precise a day before she was thrown in the prison, her birthday... her 18th birthday.

The lights in his eyes went out. He turned around and got into his car.

"Claire you stay here, it's quite late now. If she comes back to the club, then inform me immediately."

Then he nodded to other.

"Two of you keep patrolling around the club and two go to the dorms and wait there. Ask Miss Sophia if she knows anything. Call me if you see her."

After he said that, he stepped on the pedal and the car zoomed forward. Aside from the coldness on the man's face there was also faint worry.

He did not know why he was so worried after hearing the news that his woman, his Bella was missing.

He did not know why he was anxious when Claire asked him whether this woman would kill herself.

He did not know!

However, he had to find her!!

The car drove on the high trestle Bridge of City A. He was driving along each and every street possible in search of Bella. However, Henry did not realize one thing. In other people's eyes, he was doing something very stupid. He was merely looking for a needle in a haystack! How could be find one person in sea of people.

However, he did just that....

Even though he was driving and looking outside at the same time, his phone was connected to blue tooth and through that he was in continous contact with other,

"Have you found her?

Have you seen her??

Is she home???

What about the club????"

Henry's gang became more and more anxious with every call he made. Time passed slowly, and it was already 2 in the morning.

Suddenly!!

An image flashed inside the head of the man who was sitting on the driver's seat. He turned on his signal quickly and made a turn to head to another direction.

It seemed that the car had arrived at its destination. Henry's long legs got out the car before slamming the door shut. He walked towards the door slowly. She was indeed there.

The woman was leaning against the iron gate of the amusement park without caring about her image. The man's legs stood right infront of her. Bella lifted her head slowly and looked at that familiar face,

"wasn't it enough already for today. Now are you here to laugh on me?"

She asked with her cackling voice. She did not want to know why this person had come to this place at this time. She did not want to know about all this. Tonight, she was exhausted.

"Claire said you went missing."

Henry replied in deep voice. His subconscious mind wanted to say, 'I'm looking for you.' At this moment, Bella did not care about what he said. She did not notice the tiny details in that sentence.

He stood infront of her and looked at her with his head lowered for a long while. Atleast a quarter of an hour passed. Suddenly, his eyes looked determined. It looks as if he has made an important decision.

The man suddenly bent his waist and reached out to her.

Smack~~

Bella smacked that long and lean hand away.

"Don't touch me."

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Bella was too tired to deal with this man today. She just wanted to stay here for a while sitting quietly and thinking about her future peacefully.

Henry's gaze shifted slowly to look at the palm that had been smacked away. He did not get angry. Instead, he crouched down in front of the woman.

"When we were young, you, me, Brandon and Cindy used to come to this playground by skipping the classes."said Henry while sitting infront of Bella.

"Your all were my seniors. Cindy always wanted to skip classes and run around and you supported her. I don't why but Brandon always pulled me along too. ...But truth was it was fun to be here." Bella spoke softly.

"Ya.... we tried everything here. It was so....."

"You all did but not me..."

Interrupted Bella. Bella always believed in love, romance, power of love. She read in some romantic book that ferris school should be enjoyed alone with the person you love and if we get to kiss inside it when you are on top then that love will last for seven lives.

"Ferris wheel... You never sat on it. I remember you saying to me all domineeringly, 'Before Henry falls in love with Bella, Bella will never rife the Ferris wheel.'"

The truth was that Cindy always forced him to skip the classes and come out for fun. He used to force Brandon to bring Bella along. He wanted to be with her always.

Bella was touched. She continued Henry's sentence,

"Henry will never fall in love with Bella this lifetime."

She firmly finished Henry's sentence. She fisted her hands. All her misfortune started the moment she fell in love with this man. She looked at Henry. Yes this was the man who caused her to loose too many things.

First, it was her heart. Then, her identity and past. This was followed by her first child. Then her body. Followed by her freedom and dignity. What next?

Then, in her dark suffocating and smelly life, she finally found a Ray of light. Whenever that special man looked at her, there was no despise, sarcasm or ridicule. However, everything was over today.

While she was sitting her alone, she thought long and hard as to why was everything she owned being taken away from her slowly? The reason was right infront of her - Henry Jackson.

There was a flash of pain in Henry's eyes. He did not like the way how this woman was looking at him now. He puffed up his cheeks and reached out again.

This time, he firmly grabbed the hand that was smacking at his hand. He exerted some force and pulled. He successfully pulled Bella right into his arms. Then, his hands traveled lower and he carried her bridal style.

"Let me go!!" Bella struggled. She was scared of this man. At this moment, she did not want to see this man.

She was afraid of going in his car alone. She can't forget what he had done with her in this same car.

"Shhhh~~" He forced the woman into the passenger seat. He pressed down on her shoulders and placed a finger on her lips.

"The only thing you need to do now is rest."

There was a pity in the man's eyes. It was so subtle that even the man himself did not realize it.

"My body, my rules, I don't want to sleep. I don't want to rest."

She was throwing a tantrum. So many things had happened today. She did it want to put on an act for him anymore. Henry ignored her. He sat on the driver's seat,

"When I say that you need to rest, then you need to rest. You have to be a good girl. Bad girls gets punished."

The man's voice was cold. However, when one listened carefully, one could hear the pity in his voice. But no one noticed it. Not Bella and certainly not Henry himself.

Bella just heard the word 'punished. Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

"Mr.Jackson is always punishing me. What if I don't want to listen to you today? How are you going to punish me then??"

Had he not punished her enough already?

'If he wants to punish me, then he should just do it!' Bella thought as she sat on the passenger seat.

"If you want to punish me, Mr. Jackson, just do it. We are as usual alone in your car."

She gave up. He should just punish her. She did not care anymore. On the driver's seat, Henry's eyes glinted. Then, they darkened. He turned his head and said in his deep voice,

"Alright, If you want get punished then I will do it."

After he said this, he hooked his long arms around Bella's neck and pulled her towards him. Then, he used another hand to rub Bella's lips furiously. His deep voice suddenly sounded in the quite car.

"I hate that your lips have been polluted by other people, do you know that?"

The pad of his thumb caressed Bella's lips repeatedly. Suddenly, he bent down and bit down on her lips.

Yes, he bit her. As hard as he can.

"Ugh!!!~~~"

Bella grunted when the skin of her lips broke. She reached out her hands to push Henry away. After bitting her, he pulled himself away and started the car. He changed the gear and stepped on the pedal very smoothly.

When the car drove away, Bella let go of her hand that was holding her lips. When she tasted rust in her mouth, she knew that it was blood.

She was really exhausted and drained. It was as if all her energy had been sucked out of her body. She leaned on the car seat. 'Whatever. I'll just let him do whatever he wants .' She would just go along with him. There was no use for her to struggle anyways.

After a while, she requested,

"If possible then can you drop me at my dorm."

Henry initially was planning to take her to his floor at LAS DEUX but he then agreed and drove towards her dorm.

When the car stopped at the dorm, the man did not say anything and carried Bella bridal style. He strode towards her room.

"Don't move. You better behave if you don't want me to do what I did to you in the car infront of everyone here. Don't make me angry. I won't do you any good."

Bella could see almost 20 people wearing black suits along with them she also saw Claire and Sophia. She was touched by the way Claire and Sophia supported her throughout.

Henry had already called all his gang to wait for him at the dorm gate. After settling Bella inside her room he asked Sophia to stay back and sent Claire to her apartment.

Henry came out of the dorm. Took out his cigarette while settling in the driver's seat and with a deep puff, he called up Martin.

"Find out everything that happened with Bella since the day she was put in the prison.

And also ask Ray why he reported wrong about Bella all these years."

Henry was already confused and disoriented since he came out of the booth. Why did Bella say again that she was put in the prison for 4 years when he had clearly instructed her to be there only for 6 months.

He even asked Ray to check on her and he informed her that she was discharged from the prison right after 6 months.

Why was she sitting near the garbage dumpster??

And what child was she talking about?