The Greek Billionaire’s Indecent Proposal
Chapter 41

Soraya’s POV

Sofija and the other big guy had gone ahead. I could hear her yelling at him. I kept kicking and pummelling Nikolaj as he ran up the stairs with me over his shoulder.

“Let me go!!” I yelled at him. I could hear explosions and men screaming like they were on fire. It definitely smelled like fire.

Xander was here. My heart was racing, I knew that he would replace me, I never doubted it. My eyes teared up. “Xander! Xander! Help!” I called out for him.

“Cupcake, if you don’t stop this incessant kicking and screaming. I’m going to have to knock you out, stop it!”

“My husband is going to kill you, I told you he would come.” I hissed at him. “If you let me go now, I will make sure he is merciful towards you.”

“Your husband is not the merciful kind, I will take my chances running. Now stop kicking.” He snarled at me.

We finally reached the top level of the building, we went through a door and found ourselves on the roof of the building, I was facing the floor and if I lifted my head just enough I could see the door we had just come out of but I could hear the sound of the rotter blades turning. Suddenly my hope felt like it was being sucked away right in front of me. If Xander didn’t reach me on time, would he ever be able to replace me again. I had to replace a way to buy him some time.

I kicked my feet around wildly making sure I heaved all my weight down on Nikolaj, my cuffed hands smashing hard onto his back. I did it over and over again making him miss a step. He fell forward with me going down first. He fell to his knees using his his palms to steady himself on the ground.

I was in so much pain but there was no time to think about that. His face was right in front of me so I kicked hard and my foot landed on his face. He growled in pain and probably annoyance as he fell back. I struggled to get up but got on my knees and used my bound hands to steady myself onto my feet and I ran towards the door screaming out Xander’s name over and over like a mad person.

I could hear Moretti in the back yelling for Nikolaj to catch me.

“Don’t let her get away Nikolaj!”

I ran as fast as my legs would take me, it wasn’t easy to run with my hands cuffed as I was going down the stairs. If I fell, I would have no way of steadying myself. I could hear Nikolaj gaining on me. My heart was racing and I started to cry. If he caught me then it would all be over. The gun shots were nearing and I could hear men shouting downstairs.

I heard Hector’s voice, he was here too. He seemed to be calling out to Xander. “I hear her, she up there, go now!” He yelled.

I called out over and over. Then I heard Xander calling out to me. My chest started heaving as I started sobbing.

“Soraya, Angel, where are you? Soraya?”

“I’m up here Xander. Help” I cried out. Then I felt hands yank me backwards. Nikolaj grabbed me and shook my shoulders turning me around to face him. He had a murderous look on his face.

“I warned you.” He snarled at me and then threw a punch at me. Everything was hazy as I slumped over then suddenly a darkness engulfed me.

Xander’s POV

I was taking the stairs two at a time. I could hear her voice, she was calling out my name and sobbing. I could hear the panic in her voice then all of a sudden I couldn’t hear her anymore. I had to get to her fast.

As I reached the door to the roof, I saw the chopper as it took off from the ground. “Moretti!” I yelled in frustration as he looked at me with this ugly arrogant smirk on his face. I couldn’t shoot at the chopper. I had been so close. “I will replace you Moretti.” I yelled at him. He pointed at Soraya who was slumped over on one of Moretti’s men.

Sofija was standing there with a bruised face, she was restricted and looked like she had been crying too. She looked at me and screamed my name.

“Xander, help!” I regarded her with so much hatred in me. How could my own sister orchestrate this. The chopper took off, i clenched my fist, I had been so close.

Hector came up behind me. He pointed his gun at the chopper. I gestured for him to stop.

“Damnit! Haaaaaah!” He snarled.

“We know where that chopper is headed towards, there’s not time to waste. Let’s go.” I yelled and we headed back down stairs.

Hector took out his phone and placed a call. “Dorian, ready the choppers. Get some more armoury and men, we are headed to Libya.”

I walked back down the stairs with Hector, one of our men had found the room where Soraya and Sofija had been kept. It was a small room with just a bed and side tables. To the left was a door leading to the bathroom. The men searched the room and found the clothes that the women had been wearing at the gala. Folded neatly with the shoes underneath the dress. I held out the dress and the neck piece that Soraya had been wearing that night fell out. Why did I keep failing her? I almost had her with me. I had promised my son that I would tuck him into bed tonight. I would make sure I kept that promise but I had to make sure that I got his mother back to him.

Moretti didn’t know that I knew exactly where he was flying to. The moment he thought he was safely hidden, my team would get to him.

Hector and I went all the way up to the rooftop to board the chopper that was waiting there.

“It should take us a little over two hours to get there? Xander we will get her back. He won’t have the time to harm her. By the time he lands we will be about forty minutes behind maximum.” He patted me on my shoulder.

“She was trying to get to me Hector, I heard her screaming and running down the stairs but I didn’t get to her fast enough.” I sighed.

“The most important thing right now is that she’s safe? Unharmed? A few more hours and she will be home.”

Sofija’s POV

I tried to move my hands even though I knew the cuffs would to budge. The cuffs were linked to one of the helicopter seats. I was on the floor of the helicopter.

Soraya was passed out as she lay her head on Nikolaj’s shoulder. He had one of his hands against her to make sure that she didn’t slump over. He looked worried, he kept looking at her like he was worried she was dead.

“Boss what if I punched her too hard, I hit her quite hard on the side of the head.” He said to Moretti.

“Then you will have to replace another woman to replace her for tonight and the other nights.” Moretti dismissed him.

“You all are stupid! Do you think that my brother will not replace you again?”

“It might have been easy for him to replace us in Athens because that’s his territory but he doesn’t know that we have left the country.”

“Now I see why he never wanted to work with you. You keep underestimating him and that’s going to get you killed.” I said in frustration.

“You suddenly care about our well-being princess?” Nicolaj scoffed.

“No! I care about my own well being. I can’t afford for my brother to replace us because you ran your mouth to her..” I pointed at Soraya. “..about my involvement in all this. He is going to kill me too. You keep me alive, I can tell you about all his businesses, his dealings… everything you need to know to stay ahead. Only if you let me go.”

Moretti laughed out loud. “Adamos is surrounded by women who just want to betray him left right and center… except for his wife that is. That reminds me… we do have one woman we definitely can use, Leticia. She is supposed to meet me in Libya this evening.” He had an evil glimmer in his eye.

Whoever this Leticia woman was, she had no idea what she would be walking into. I had to get myself out of here. Xander would come for Soraya, it was time for me to look out for myself. Judging by the way Xander had looked at me on that rooftop, would never forgive me, he knew what I had done. Joud was loyal to one person and one person only and that was my brother so he would not help me get out of this one. As soon as we landed I would bolt and make a run for it.