The Greek Billionaire’s Indecent Proposal
Chapter 70

Soraya’s POV

“How come you didn’t go to your honeymoon? Where is daddy?” Kai looked at me like he knew something was wrong.

He was sitting in my bed watching me get ready for the day. I brushed my hair up in a bun and walked up to him.

“Something came up.” I said quietly and tried to smile at him. I had debated over and over in my head whether to tell him that Xander was injured and in hospital or just make him believe that Xander had gone away for work.

“Like work?” He asked. I sat next to him and took his hand in mine.

“Uhmm yes but guess what? You are going on holiday with Ajana and Jovan. You will be with aunty Stacy, giagiá, grandma and grandpa and uncle Joud.

“Where are we going?” He looked like he wasn’t buying anything I said.

“It’s a surprise, you are going to have lots of fun.”

“I want to say bye to daddy first.” He said nonchalantly.

“Daddy is very busy.” I hesitated.

“Can we call him then?” He sulked.

“Well his phone is on voicemail, he’s really busy. Sweetheart as soon as Daddy is available I will get him to call you on uncle Joud’s phone.”

“Mommy I don’t want to go.” He knew that something was wrong. Maybe he could sense that the adults were a little worried right now, was I not doing a good job of hiding how I really felt at that moment?

“Sweetheart I need you to go with uncle Joud because mommy and daddy have to do something important, when everything is okay here then i will come and get you.” I pleaded with him.

He got up from the bed to stand right in front of me, cupping my face with his little hands. Gently he kissed me on my forehead. My eyes became teary but I blinked the tears away and hugged him, if Xander didn’t pull through what would I tell our son.

“Why don’t we go and say hi to uncle Joud, he just got here.” I took his hand guided him to the playroom.

Joud’s POV

I stood by Ajana’s bedroom door for a little while as I watched the nanny help her to dress. They were both oblivious to my presence.

“Hey there little princess.” I smiled as she looked up.

“Daddy!” Ajana ran into my arms as I knelt down to hug her, she put her arms around my neck.

“Hey there pup.” I held her tight and just breathed her in. It was so good to see her, I hadn’t been away for too long but not being able to see her every day had been difficult for me.

“Are you going away again?” She looked at me, her face looking so clouded as she frowned.

“This time you are coming with me.” I smiled at her. Footsteps sounded behind me, Soraya walked into the children’s play room and smiled at me. There was something different about her, you would have thought that she would have been breaking down and feeling helpless because Xander was down but that was not the case at all.

“It’s good to see you Joud.” She said, she didn’t look vulnerable at all, she looked like she was getting ready for the fight of her life.

“Well not under these circumstances, I can’t believe what happened.” I said as I put Ajana on the ground. Soraya shook her head and gestured towards Kai, she didn’t want the kids to know what was going on.

“Hey Kai, are you ready for the trip?” I ruffled his hair. He frowned at me and sighed.

“Where are we going?” He asked me with a serious look on his face. He looked so much like Xander, his eyes regarding me like he wanted to say something else.

“Well you will definitely have fun there I promise.”

“Sweetheart daddy has to speak to Aunty Raya, I will be back just now okay? Why don’t you and Kai go and look for Jovan.” She nodded and walked towards Kai, grabbed his hand affectionately and they walked out.

“He definitely senses that something is wrong, don’t you think it’s best to tell him and have him see Xander before we leave?

“I don’t want it to seem like I’m doubting that Xander will pull through, I have faith that he will make it and I don’t want Kai to see him like that Joud. To a little boy, his father is indestructible, his hero. If Kai sees him like that he will refuse to leave.” She explained.

I nodded my head, I understood what she meant.

She smiled and gave me a hug. “Welcome back, I’m sorry for dragging you back here.”

“Are you kidding me? You couldn’t keep me away even if you wanted to. Everything I am I owe to Xander and your kindness to Ajana is something I can never repay back.” I said. “So what is it that I have to do besides getting the kids to safety.”

“My issue now is tracking the person I believe is responsible for this. Dorian says you are the best tracker between the two of you but I need you with the kids, I don’t trust any one else to look after them.”

“How about I push back the time to leave, we can leave this evening. In the meantime I will hunt this person down, who is it anyways?”

“No you have to leave soon, We think it’s Paskal. I don’t know what else he has planned. For all we know he could just show up at anytime, he wants to take over the estate and the businesses.

“That piece of s**t, Xander should have taken him out long time ago!” I never understood why Xander had a soft spot for his unhinged selfish brother.

“If he’s responsible I will make him pay, he will beg me to end his life.” She said vehemently. She had a determined look on her face.

“You survived the warehouse, Soraya you are a special kind of woman.” I smiled at her.

“I’m not special, I just want to protect my family. I don’t want to ever feel like I’m helpless.” She shook her head.

I nodded my head, I understood exactly what she was talking about. “The kids will be safe, I’m taking them to South Africa, easy to blend in over there. There’s a place in Johannesburg that I found, I have been hiding out there. I bought it cash using a fake name, no one will replace us.”

“Take a few men with you for protection.” She suggested then led me towards the staircase. “After breakfast you have to leave.”

Paskal’s POV

That bloody bastard had better be dead, I had not heard any news about him on the media but it was probably because the family was trying to keep it quiet. They knew that they would be getting attacks from everywhere as soon as people found out that Xander Adamos was dead.

I winced as I moved on the bed trying to replace a comfortable position, I had managed to replace a lodge where the owner’s daughter was a nurse. I had offered to pay them to keep quiet so they had put me in one of their rooms and treated me. The bullet had gone through and had missed any major vessels. The explosion though had caused injuries from pieces of furniture and shards of broken glass. I popped another painkiller in my mouth and reached for the water.

I wondered how the Adamos house was fairing, Gaia was probably sick with grief which made me feel good. I would help Soraya get over the pain of losing my brother, she would soon forget about him but I was going to have to kill that brat son of hers because he was Xander’s heir. I couldn’t have anyone who had claim to the estate live, he had to die.

The little brunette nurse walked in with a basin and some dressings, she looked very hot in her skimpy little dress with her cleavage peaking out. Something told me she was trying to impress me, she knew I was moneyed and probably thought I would be interested in her. She looked like she would be a good f**k, as soon I was feeling up to it maybe we could have some fun.

“It’s time to change your dressings.” She smiled at me seductively. “I will bring you something to eat after that.”

“Any news from the port?” There had to be reports about the yacht that blew up and who it belonged to?

“Nothing to report really, the news says there was a gas leek which caused the explosion but it wasn’t a serious one and there were no casualties.”

They definitely were trying to hide everything that happened, I smiled to myself as the nurse changed my dressings. In a few days I would be able to fly back to Italy. I had to make it look like I had obeyed Xander’s instructions, I couldn’t show myself too quickly or the jig would be up. As irritating as Hector was, he still was capable of replaceing proof that I’d been involved in Xander’s death.

I looked at the nurse, she was sitting too close to me, her perfume wafting up to my nose. It was quite an intoxicating scent. “When you are done with the dressings, why don’t you mount on me and give me another type of healing that I need.” I winked at her making her blush.

“I thought you would never catch on to my hints but I don’t think you are ready yet Jiles.” She addressed me by the fake name I was using.

“I can handle a little pain, masochists don’t have a problem with a little pain now again.” I told her. She leaned towards me and kissed me.

“Food definitely can come later.” She smiled.

Soraya’s POV

“I’m not going anywhere while my son is laying in hospital, I’m am not going to run away from Paskal, in fact I want to look in his eyes when you finally get him in the dungeons.” Gaia was very stubborn, I could understand why she was being like this because I was a mother too. She paced around the drawing room like she was on edge.

I needed to make sure she was safe though, because I didn’t know when Paskal would show up and I doubted she would be calm when she came face to face with him. I had a feeling he hated her as much as she hated him.

“Gaia please, I need you to go with Joud.” I pleaded with her.

“Soraya I will not leave my son and I won’t run. An Adamos doesn’t run and hide.” She stated the same saying that Xander had said. This is what had gotten him into this mess!

“Xander wouldn’t want you here, caught in the crossfire, Hector, Dorian and I will deal with Paskal. I promise that he won’t get away with this. Xander is not alone, he has me.” I said.

“What if he doesn’t make it? You saw how bad he looked.” Her eyes began to tear up.

“He will be fine, I refuse to think Xander will give up fighting when he has so much to live for.”

As I tried to comfort her, Joud walked in. “I found Paskal.” He said and smiled.

“How? Where is he?” I was impressed that he didn’t even have to leave the estate to track him down.

“I know some locals in Mykonos, he is using a fake name. He is injured as well which proves that he was in the explosion as well.”

“Do you think he is working with anybody else.” I asked.

“I don’t know, he could be. I have some men who will keep their eyes on him. I doubt he will show up here right now though.”

“But I still have to get the kids out, precautions need to be taken since we don’t know if he is working with someone.” I looked at Gaia as I said this. “I can’t do the job that Xander requires me to do if I’m worrying about your safety.”

She nodded her head. “Fine I will leave but if Xander’s situation changes you call me immediately Soraya.” She held my gaze.

“Of course.” I promised her.

“How are you getting them out of here?” I turned to Joud. He produced a bunch of fake passports that looked very legit. I don’t know why I was surprised that he had managed to get these so quick, the Adamos family had strong connections.

I’m using a friend’s plane to get us to Botswana then we will drive past the border into South Africa, once we are in, Johannesburg is not that far. I think that alternating between Johannesburg and Cape Town will be a good way to stay hidden.

“This friend can be trusted?” I asked him.

“He doesn’t know where I am taking his plane, we will have to use one of our own pilots and cabin crew. They will fly the plane back to London then France and drop it off there as agreed. It will look like I took a business trip to Botswana, London and then ended up in France.”

“If there’s one person that can disappear without a traces it’s Joud, the only person that can replace him is Xander.” Hector walked in to the drawing room.

“Okay fine then it’s time to leave, Gaia this is temporary. I promise that if there are any changes I will let you know.” I walked towards her and hugged.

After making sure that my parents, Gaia, Stacy and the kids had left. I began to relax, now I could set a trap for Paskal. He probably thought that Xander was dead and I was going to use that to my advantage.

“Now that we have eyes on Paskal we will know his every move, if he is working with someone, we will definitely know.” I said to Hector.

“There’s something that we have to talk about, it might be a little sensitive.” He looked at me assessing my reaction.

“What is it?” I frowned.

“Let’s go to Xander’s office.” He said. I followed him there, there was a safe that was hidden behind a bookshelf. Hector entered the code then he asked me to put my thumb on the print reader.

“My print won’t open the safe.” I said to him, little surprised.

“It will, Xander prepared for this. Besides his prints and yours are the only ones that can open the safe. He gave me this code the day he made you sign the documents.” He smiled. “The next code he said you would know.

“When? How did he do that?” I thought about the papers he made me sign.

I pressed my thumb on the print reader and the first lock clicked open. I thought about what the code could be, was it a birthdate? A significant date? I typed in the date of the first time we got married and surprisingly the lock clicked and the safe open.

“This man has way too much faith in me.” I breathed a sigh of relief making Hector chuckle.

“These papers give you control of the entire estate and businesses as Kai’s guardian until Xander gets better or until Kai comes of age.” He said. “I am going to be assisting you.”

“Are you not upset that he left me in charge? I asked Hector.

“Not at all, Soraya I don’t want the responsibility of heading an estate or the businesses. I think you will do this better than I can, you have already demonstrated that. I am good at taking orders, I don’t know if you have noticed this but you think like Xander. It’s like you are channeling him.” He smiled at me.

“Okay, so no pressure right?” I joked.

“I will teach you what I know. The rest will probably come naturally.” He chuckled. “You can work from Xander’s office.”

He walked out, leaving me as I looked around the big room. I didn’t want this title, I wanted my husband back but I would hold the fort until he came back. He trusted me to do that. I sat by his chair and I felt it, the weight that came with wearing the Adamos crown.