Meanwhile in the dark, cold lair, a man was sitting on the only throne-like chair in the room. There was happiness in his eyes, not the terrifying aura he usually emanated. The men in front of him were dumbfounded looking at their Master smile. All their lives, they had only seen him smile creepily which could make one piss in their pants or die of a heart attack, this was a first time they had seen him give out a genuine smile.

"I am very happy today. You know why?" The man lifted his head and stared at his men one by one.

"Ask me why?" The man said, pulling out his gun. This action was enough for the other men to tremble.

"Why Master?" They asked in unison before his craziness kicked off again and lest the psychopath should start firing at them without any proper reason.

"My prey is in the hospital, although I wanted her to be dead. It's okay, we can take of that. At least for now, she is out of the picture. I am very happy with your work, Zee. You will be rewarded accordingly."

He looked at the man named Zee and pointed at the briefcase beside him. "You can take as much money as you want."

"Thank you so much Master." The man named Zee was happy. He kowtowed in front of him, singing his praises.

"Tell me the complete detail of the accident, leave nothing." His Master said crossing his legs.

"Master, I made sure that the breaks of her car were not working. After ten minutes, the woman, Valarie took off in her car."

"Next, what happened?" The man on the throne was excited. He looked like a small kid who had been provided with all his favorite things in the world.

"The woman had a head-on collision with another car before her car toppled over twice."

"Great." The man applauded. After applauding for a while, he paused immediately.

"Whose car did she hit? Did that person die? Tell me he or she, whoever it was, died." The man stood up with a fierce glint in his eyes. He looked like he was out for a kill.

"Master, there was no death involved. The lady who was hit suffered some minor injuries."

"Shit." The man cursed and sat back on the chair.

"Anyway, who was the lady?" Although he was not interested in knowing about her, he asked casually as he was bored.

"Master, I think you know her," Zee said.

"Do I?" The man raised his eyebrows.

Zee in nodded. "It's Rachel."

The man's eyes widened. He knew only one Rachel. "Are you referring to Rachel Carter?"

"Yes Mas.."

Before he could complete the word master, a bullet was shot right through his eyes. Zee fell dead immediately. The other men looked at the bloody scene and shivered vigorously. Every had only one thought in mind.

'Why did Master shoot him? What did he do wrong?'

After shooting Zee, the man on the throne started laughing. His laughter was nothing short when compared to the laughter of the King of Hell.

"You want to know why I shot him right?"

Everybody nodded.

"How dare he hurt Rachel? He should have made sure that she was fine; at any cost she should not be the one getting injured, not even by accident. But what did he do, he harmed Rachel. My Rachel." The man's gaze turned from psychopathic to lovable in an instant. In the next moment, he turned sinister again. It looked like he had a switch that could make him change his emotions with the snap of his fingers.

"How is she? Is she alright?" He asked, this time with a worried look. All the men in the room looked at each other astonished. They had never seen him worry about anybody else other than himself. This was a huge shock for them.

"Tell me." He shouted and pointed his pistol at the man nearest to him.

"Master, Miss Rachel is fine. She only suffered a few scratches, nothing serious. She has already gained consciousness."

"Which hospital is she in?" He pulled back his gun.

"Regal Medical hospital."

"Get the car ready, we are going to the hospital." He looked at his driver who standing behind his chair and gave his orders.

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After half an hour,

At the hospital, Rachel was left alone to get some rest. Ian and Joshua had gone to Ian's cabin to discuss some important issues while Daniel had returned to his company as he had a meeting with a client. Ian had taken Violet with him, so Rachel had no other option than to lie down and sleep.

Although she had been unconscious for a while, her head still felt heavy and she was drowsy. She lied down and closed her eyes. She was on the brink of going into a wonderland when she felt a hand sweeping her bangs on her forehead. She woke up with a start and was shocked to see the person in front of her.

"Mr. Augustus, what are you doing here?" She asked immediately as she tried to dodge his touch. His mere sight would give her chills, she did not even want to think about his touch.

"Rachel, how are you?" Jared asked with a soft voice. He looked at her adoringly.

Rachel noticed that he had not used any honorifics when addressing her. She tried to scuttle away from him, in spite of her not having any place. She was on the bed and an IV tube was still attached to her, she could not go far.

"Rachel, calm down baby. I won't do anything to you, I won't hurt you. Never." Jared said as he pulled his hand back lest Rachel should move further away from him. She already looked like a scared rabbit in his eyes, he did not want to frighten her more. However, he did not know the true reason for her to avoid his touch. She was saving herself from the disgrace.

"Mr. Augustus, what are you doing here?" Rachel asked once again.

"I came to see you. I heard that you were involved in an accident, I was worried."

"I am fine Mr. Augustus. You may leave now."

"Why are you avoiding me? Do you hate me?"

"I want to sleep." Rachel avoided his question.

"Sleep, my dear. I'll look after you." Jared said with a gentle voice.

She stiffened, his words made the hair on the back of her neck to stand up. She was getting agitated. How could she avoid this psychopath?

At that moment, Ian came in as a savior.

"Rachel, you haven't had your medicines yet." Ian stopped halfway, looking at the stranger in the ward.

"This is.." He looked at Rachel.

"He is Jared Augustus, an acquaintance."

When Jared turned to look at Ian, Rachel motioned with her eyes to Ian to send him away somehow, which he understood at once.

"Rachel, I have to do a thorough check up on you, this is a necessary procedure. Mr. Augustus, if you will excuse us."

Jared squinted his eyes, he stared at Ian for a while before he looked at Rachel.

"Rachel, take care baby. I'll come to see you later." He got up and left the ward. Ian locked the door after he left.

"What was that?"

"I don't know. Thank you very much. You have no idea how creepy he was before you came in."

"By the way, who is he?"

"He had approached our company with a project, but I rejected him on Noah's warning."

"Noah knows about him."

"Yes, as soon as he heard his name, he asked me to be wary of him."

"Be careful Rachel. that guy looks like a maniac. Tell Noah about him."

"Yes, I'll have to keep my guards up." Rachel didn't protest against the idea of telling Noah, she knew it was better if he knew about it.

"Anyway, take your tablets."

Ian gave her her tablets. The drowsiness from before and the effect of the medicines made Rachel to fall asleep immediately. Ian stared at her sleeping self and sighed.

'Why did all the women surrounding Noah attract danger like magnets?'