Filed to story: The Billionaire’s Regret Novel By Symplyayisha
Not wanting to disturb her peaceful sleep, Oscar carefully untangled himself from her and got out of bed. He kissed Vicky’s forehead after which he proceeded to the balcony of the room, remembering to shut the glass-walled door that divided the room as well as the adjoined balcony.
Oscar tucked his hands in his pocket and brought out his phone. He suddenly wished that he arrived at the hospital earlier, when the policemen were still around.
Bringing his phone to his ear, Oscar waited for the person on the other end to pick it up.
“It must be so special that you keep calling me today.”
“You told me it would take a while for Greg to be able to recover or do anything”
“Yes, because you dealt with him and he could hardly walk. What with the question? I thought I explained to you earlier!” Fedora’s confused voice took over the phone.
“Victoria was attacked and I need to know who the fuck is responsible. I swear, I’m going to ruin that person!” Fedora could hear the venom in her brother’s voice and she knew he was damn serious. “Attacked? Fuck, is she okay?”
“Thankfully, She and the baby are fine but she’s in pretty bad shape as she sustained some injuries.”
“I’m so sorry about that.”
“But Greg is still in California. I’m sure of that, unless he has someone outside, doing anything dirty for him.”
“I have to go Fedora. I need to reach out to the people who will help me get to the root of this.
“Let me know how it goes. I’ll try to see what I can find too.”
Oscar sighed, ending the call. He was in the process of searching for certain contacts on his phone when a call came in.
It was an unsaved number but Oscar picked up anyway, bringing the phone to his ear.
“I knew you were no good for my sister. Who the hell is Ingrid?” Oscar recognized Gabriel’s angry voice.
“Wha….what do you mean? What are you talking about?”
“Spare me that bullshit and answer my damn question! I’ve got no time for jokes. My sister’s life and that of my niece are on the line here.”
Oscar sighed, “She’s my ex-wife. Why did you mention her? You know her before?”
Gabriel mumbled some incoherent words. “You are nothing but a bad omen to my sister and I wonder why she isn’t seeing it.”
“Look, I know you hate me but you don’t have to speak ill of me and my relationship with Victoria. If there is any issue we need to address then you better talk about it and stop affecting personalities.”
“It’s so sad that you are still so proud after bringing all this doom on us.”
“What is it, Gabriel? Go straight to the point and stop trying to play some hate on me. Why the hell did you ask me about Ingrid? Are you stalking my past now?”
“Trust me I have got better things to do than to pull up at your past.”
“Then why all the hate? Why are you asking me about Ingrid?”
“I got a call from the cops. The truck driver confessed that Ingrid paid him to get rid of Vicky.”
Oscar froze upon hearing so.
“You see when I say that being with you is dangerous to my sister? Tell me, what the hell does your ex-wife want? You are surrounded by psychos who keep hurting my sister. First, your mother, and now, your ex”
“I understand your concern here Gabriel but you don’t have to be all mad at me or you think I’m happy about all that’s happening?”
“My marriage to Ingrid was forced. I had to do it to save the company back home but nothing ever happened between us. We were never a couple. We just lived in the same house and could even go days without seeing or talking to each other. The house was a gift from my parents and I hardly even stayed there since I had my apartment.”
“My divorce with Ingrid was successful and she ripped me off by getting a huge sum of the things I owned. I really do not understand why she is doing all of this. As far as I remember, I owe her nothing. Not even love.”
“But she wants Vicky dead?!” Gabriel’s pissed voice came through over the phone. “She obviously still likes you or something because if she doesn’t, she wouldn’t go around, messing with my sister.”
“I would be lying too if I say that I am not confused but I’m going to take care of it.”
“And before you go on to ridicule me, you should know that I am not happy with all that is happening. In the end, I am just human and a guy that insanely loves your sister. I would never intentionally hurt her either. I’m going to be more vigilant in protecting her, please trust me.”
“I don’t trust you and neither do I like you. I just have to put up with you because of my sister’s stubbornness. But just do whatever the fuck you have to do to make sure stuff like this doesn’t happen anymore.”
“I am not your enemy, Gabriel. Or do you think I’m happy that this happened?”
“Don’t try to seek pity from me because you won’t find any. I don’t like you but I’ll try my hardest to be civil with you since Vicky’s safety is also my priority.”
“Where the hell is Ingrid? When was the last time you heard from her? She is definitely going to spend the rest of her life behind bars.”
“I can’t say because she travels a lot but I heard she moved back to Chicago after the divorce”
“I’m going to find her and she’s going to pay for this. I promise you.” “I hope so.”/
“Trust me, and please keep me updated with any information you get from the cops.”
Gabriel said nothing but ended the call.
Oscar sighed, taking his phone away from his ear.
As someone who was very influential, he had so many people at his beck and call that he started scrolling through his contact list, thinking of the best person to call for the task.
After dialing the particular number, Oscar brought back the phone to his ear, waiting for the person to answer his call. “Good day Sir,” A deep voice came through.
“I need your help, Drew. Do you by any chance know where Ingrid is?”
“She was in Italy as of last week according to what she posted on her website but I have no idea if she’s still there.”
“I need you to get me her current location as soon as possible.” “Right away, Sir. Anything else?”
“I need trusted security personnel here in Australia. About 6 to 8 people who are ready to start work as soon as possible.”
“That’s not an issue, Boss. I’ll make arrangements for that. You can text me an address and I will direct one of the men to locate you.”
“Give the person my contact to reach out to me.”
“No problem, Sir. Anything else?”
“That will be all,” Oscar said after which he ended the call.
He then went to the phone settings and unblocked a particular contact, after which he dialed the number via facetime audio.
With a hand tucked in his pocket and the other one against his ear, he waited as the phone rang, while taking slow steps up and down the balcony.
Oscar got no answer.
He was about to drop a text instead but he changed his mind and dialed the number again.
“Call me smart pants. I definitely know what to do to get your attention.” attention?”
“Are you insane? You had to kill the woman I love just so you can get my
“You know I don’t give a shit about anyone, especially the poor brat you claim to love. This is what you get when you dump me for some commoner!”
“What kind of person are you? How can you be so devilish? You almost killed your fellow human and you are so cool about it? What the hell?”
“She’s not my fellow human. She’s a commoner. And can you stop raising your voice at me? I was only doing what I was meant to do. You know it takes me nothing to get rid of people who come in my way.”
“You are nothing but a coward and a psycho. So this is how low you can bring yourself?”
“If you’ve got any issues, why not come after me? You have to go all the way to harm an innocent woman?”
“No, I don’t care about her. I promise you. She’s not the target!” “Then what the hell do you want? Why are you doing all of these?”