Chapter 20: Chapter 20

"A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance"

-Bear Gryllis-

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Edgar's P.O.V

The dim light room makes this place looks really different from my usual place, the casino at the yakuza house has different kinds of arcade machines as well, and it makes me feel challenged.

When the contract has been settled, and the deal has been made regarding the weapon supplies and "friendship" between the two group, the head yakuza asks me to play a game here before going to a hotel with my men, and of course, I couldn't turn down a good game.

My men also play some of the challenges here with the native here, and I think they are just enjoying themselves, good for them, because sometimes I also just want to relax once in a while.

Even though some of the items here are inspired by Russian games, like the Russian roulette, my favorite game, even though I don't follow the rules 100% because I hate having my head off from losing, there are also games native to this place, like the Pachinko, which is similar to slot machine in the western world.

"Not bad, Mr Romanov." The man I have been calling Yama san, speaks to me as he watches the dart on my arm flies straight to the small circle hung on the wall.

"Darts and Russian Roulette are my specialty." I say with pride in my chest.

All of a sudden, one of the woman who has been in the room approach me as she puts her fingers on my chest, I am too experienced in this to know that she is seducing me.

What a slut.

I remove her hands from my chest and I can tell she is not looking happy.

Mr Yama, I would prefer it if you tell these women to get the hell away from me.

He smiles at me and nods, as he claps his hands, making the women in the room get out willingly one by one.

"Do you have someone already, Mr. Romanov?" He asks me with a smile, and I shake my head.

"No, I don't, you know how dangerous our life can be like, Mr Yama, I do not think it will be appropriate putting the life of a beloved one at line, don't you think so?"

"Well, when that is true, Mr Romanov, I do believe that there will be a time where you would want to start a family on your own, despite knowing the risk."

"Maybe, but that day is certainly not now."

"I believe someone like you would have many beautiful ladies at your feet."

"He does, but he only has his eyes for one woman at the moment." Viktor says as he takes a sip of his sake, a Japanese alcoholic beverage.

"Shut up, Viktor."

"You know what the best part is? She is actually a red head."

"What's wrong with red head?" I ask him and he shakes his head.

"Don't you know what they say, red head have the most fun, i am debating which one does, blondes or red heads." He speaks before getting a smack in the head from Nikolai.

"Ah, speaking of red haired lady, there was a red-haired lady earlier caught on this building's CCTV, it was rather strange because she seemed to get out from the emergency exit." One of the man who just got in the room speaks, and he mentions a red headed woman, which begin to capture my attention.

My eyes widen slightly at that, but I try to keep my composure. However somehow, I can't seem to do that, so I approach him.

"May I know what she looks like?" I ask the man and he nods.

"The CCTV wasn't that clear but based on what I heard from the desk woman at the lobby, she looks like a porcelain doll, with freckles, light blue eyes, and of course, red hair, also, she was carrying a suitcase along with her."

It doesn't take me long to realize who that is and what has happened, and at this moment my chest tighten slightly as anger begins to boil in my blood, I throw a punch at the wall which cracks it a little bit, but the rest of the men look at me as if I am a crazy person, well, they don't say it, but I can see it in their face.

"It's Phoebe, isn't it?" Nikolai begins speaking as he stands up from his seat.

"Excuse me, but what is the meaning of this?" Mr. Yama speaks, certainly having a certain annoyance on his tone, It looks like he is not happy that I just make a small crack on his building, but for goodness sake, I do not care about that at this moment, so Nikolai goes to speak for me instead.

"Well, we're sorry for his action, but the lady your man just described is the lady from our house, you can say, she is our prisoner."

Mr. Yama stare at me with annoyance, but then he lets out a heavy sigh.

"Where is she now?" I ask the man but he shakes his head.

"We do not know, because she just left like that."

I clench my fist and my men makes the right decision by excusing our presence before I burst out any longer, as they use the yakuza car to bring us to our hotel, and I think I do my very best to not burst in anger inside the car, and when we finally arrive at the five star hotel and check into our rooms, Nikolai bring me to my room and at that moment, I can't help but cuss out loud.

"Dammit! She is running away! That woman! She sneaked into the plane and now she is running away!" I scream out loud, fortunately the hotel's door is soundproof and I was put on the room in the very end of the hallway, with Matvey and Viktor room beside mine and Nikolai.

"I know, Edgar, but you have to calm down, man!" Nikolai speaks as he sits down on his bed.

"How can this happen! How!?"

I grab the glass available in the room and immediately toss it on the ground, smashing it in pieces, and Nikolai shakes his head at my action.

"We have to replace that to the hotel management later." he speaks in a rather sarcastic tone.

"How can she get out from the mansion! goddamit! What do we do now!?"

Nikolai takes a towel as he makes his way to the bathroom.

"We find her, of course."

He gets into the bathroom and lock the door. How can he be so calm and sure about it?

I am not supposed to act like this, usually, i don't really care if a prisoner escape because even if they tell the police or something, the police can't do much toward me thanks to my family influence, and usually, they are dead before they can find the police anyway, those rats are just rats. They do not get in my nerves, nor do they linger in my mind.

But with Phoebe, I can't be calm about this, there is something missing when I don't know about her whereabouts.

My heart is beating fast and for some reason, I can't bear the thought of her escaping and getting away, but a voice in my head tells me that I simply don't want to lose her, I just simply want her by my side. No matter how hard I try to shake the thought off, it always comes back and it slowly convinces me that it is my true desire.

Soon enough, the bathroom door opens and Nikolai comes out with his shorts and black t shirt, and I look at him with a serious gaze.

"Tomorrow, we are going to find her, if we can't find her by tomorrow, we will stay here for as long as it takes, even if it's going to take weeks."

"Man, you've gone crazy." He says in a whispery voice, I know it's crazy, because we do have some stuff we need to get done of in these few weeks, but that can be postponed for now.

"You have fallen for her that deep, haven't you, Edgar?" He speaks in Russian as he pulls out his laptop and starts doing his own stuff.

"Yes, I have." I admit.

"I love, and want her, no matter how ridiculous it sounds."

That is what I want.

I want her, I want all of her, I want her for myself, she is mine and mine only, she cannot get away from me.

Right.

I will find her and gets her back in my arms.

She is mine.

Phoebe is mine.

I will find her no matter what.