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The night that ruined me

Alaric is trapped in a contract marriage with an illegitimate daughter. To protect his wealth, he and his mistress drug his wife, orchestrating a scandal with a stranger. The scheme works; she is left pregnant, divorced, and homeless. With no other options, she begins a desperate search for the man who took her innocence and fathered her child. Will she ever uncover the true identity of the mysterious individual from that fateful night?
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Chapter 4

Allen's pov

A knock came on the door and my assistant made his way into the office.

" What is the result of your investigations, have you checked with the hotel again?" I questioned with a stern voice at the same time attending to the pile of documents on my table.

" I have checked with the hotel today and it was confirmed that the woman returned the request for the CCTV footage," William answered with a slight bow.

I glanced up from what I was doing, interested in where the conversation was heading.

" Is she the same woman that was captured in the footage? Is that the only thing that you found out?" I asked.

" Yes sir, she is the one that was captured by the camera though she wasn't provided the footage in regards to your Instructions," he answered with certainty.

" Finally, there is great news, did you do the background check I requested?" my heart felt contemplated by the information he just revealed. I have been searching for the girl since the night of the incident but there was no single good result.

" Yes sir, I did the background check on her and I discovered that she was married but got divorced some days ago. I think it has to do with the incidence,'' William concluded.

" Married? How come?" I was shocked by the new revelation, if I could recall correctly she was a virgin, I sighted the blood on the duvet that night.

" Are you sure your investigation is correct?" I was still uncertain about the accuracy of the new information.

'How can a married woman be a virgin?' I didn't ask anyone but confusion was written all over my face

" Yes sir, it is very accurate. She was married for three years,"

" Really? Compile a complete result of your investigations and get back to me before afternoon, I have to know her family background as well," I instructed and waved my hand at him to disperse him.

I can feel it something isn't right somewhere, some things are not just adding up at all

He left the office and I immediately zoned off where I sat down.

No reason for a married woman to be a virgin was coming to my head so I decided to call my friend, Cole is popular with women so he should be able to at least give me a tip, I placed a call across to him and behold he picked up immediately.

" Why did you pick up the call so quickly? Don't you have patients to attend to? " I questioned him coldly.

"Could you be nicer when you call me? I don't think you called me just to chastise me," the husky voice of Cole came from the other end of the phone.

I was deliberating in my mind whether to tell him or not because he is such a blabbermouth and will continuously tease me with it but I swallowed my pride and said " I have a question that is bothering me and I need your help on it,"

" What does the almighty Allen need my help on?" he asked with a mocking tone.

" Can you be serious here," I said with a warning tone and he immediately apologized

" Is it possible for a married woman to be a virgin? I want to know," I asked, arching my brows.

" Why are you asking me that? Wait, are you entangled with a married woman!" he screamed and I could feel a headache coming. I knew calling him was an utmost bad idea but my curiosity led me on.

" Just answer the damn question and stop interrogating me," I was getting impatient at this point.

" Okay let's be honest here, it's not in my line of profession so I can't say," he said and I hung up.

Some minutes later, my office door opened and I was about to chastise the intruder when I saw that it was Cole that entered.

" Where are your manners?" I growled at him with a scowl

" You look ugly with that face,'' he burst into laughter.

"Why are you here? Don't you have things to do?" I picked up another file and glanced through it before putting my signature on it.

" Can't I visit my buddy again," he said with a smirk.

" I don't believe that's why you are here, and as you can see I am very busy," I continued with what I was doing, not sparing him a glance.

" So tell me, who is the married woman you are inquiring about?," He asked and I immediately paused what I was doing, pondering whether to tell him or not.

His question triggered my memory and the memory of the night rushed to my head.

I went for a business meeting with many company presents, the meeting was scheduled for the night. At first, I wasn't comfortable with going but when I was told that many other companies would be there, I decided to attend because it would help me with networking.

We did the meeting, everything was fine and they insisted that we should have a mini party before we all go back. I insisted that it was late but they all convinced me to stay which I did.

A few hours into the party, my body started feeling hot but I didn't pay much attention to it, later it became unbearable and my head was also feeling fuzzy. I felt that something was wrong with me so I excused myself. I got a room and managed to soak myself inside the bathtub even though it did little or no relief.

I came out of the bathroom with my eyes looking so red like a beast ready to devour anything, my gaze caught a petite girl sprawled and wriggling on my bed, she was whimpering and at the same time sweating even though the A.C. was on.

I moved closer to her to check what was wrong with her, she touched my chest which ignited the fire in me.

" Please help me,'' her tiny voice sounded, I couldn't hold it any longer and ravaged her. Everything cleared from my head the next day when I woke up to meet a blood stain on the white sheet.

' I was her first man and she is also my first woman so I must find her,'

I briefly narrated what happened that night to him " What? So you had a nightstand and didn't tell me, I am hurt," he pouted and I threw shredded paper at him.

" What's your plan now, Did you get the person that drugged you?'' he asked curiously.

" Search for her and take responsibility, nothing else, William is already gathering the information about those people" he breathed a sigh of relief after I completed my statement.

" I can't wait to meet the woman that finally made you a man, How was it?" I spared him a disgusting glance at what he just spatted.

" Ehh, you don't have to give me that look okay? I wish you luck with her," he concluded and went back to where he was sitting before.

I glanced at the wall clock and then dropped a message to William inviting him to my office with immediate effect.

He was ushered as soon as he knocked on my door and he brought the file I requested along.

" This is everything you requested sir," he dropped the file carefully on my table and moved away.

I took the file and the first information caught my attention, I paused and glanced through it carefully.

' Her father was the one that married her off? Interesting!' I lamented, getting pissed at every new information. I tried hard to assimilate why she was made to pass through all that hell just because she was an illegitimate child.

I was still trying to hold myself back as my friend didn't stop teasing me.

" What? It was her husband that set her up!" I shouted, already frustrated at this point. " How could he do that? He could have just rejected the marriage from the beginning," I added and Cole joined me to scheme through the document.

"Damn! Now you know the reason why her husband didn't consummate their marriage. He doesn't want her," Cole said and I couldn't help but feel pity for the lady.

"You have done well with the investigation, I will give you a pay raise," I encouraged, facing William signalling to him that he could leave.

"Another important thing sir, we got her location and she is currently staying in one of your hotels," William concluded and I was elated with the information he just passed across.

"Get the presidential suite ready for me, I won't be going home tonight," I concluded and Cole's mouth was left agape.

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