"You will be mine soon." The man whispered to himself as he continued to watch her.

Ina who was busy looking at her phone didn't notice that Damien was walking towards her.

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"Can I join you?" Ina heard Damien's voice and looked up surprised to see him here.

"What are you doing here? I thought that you were busy today." Ina said as she stood up and hugged.

Kissing the top of her head, he pulled away and said.

"I couldn't let you eat your food alone."

The man who was watching Ina stood up and left immediately when he saw the young man who joined her.

"I'm glad you did." Ina said as they sat beside each other.

In a glance at the man who was sitting on the table in front of them and didn't find them, she quickly looked away, not wanting Damien to notice.

"Did you order the food?" Damien asked her.

Nodding her head and said.

"I didn't accept that you would show up, if I knew I would have ordered for both of us."

Caressing her hair gently, Damien said.

"It's okay, I will order more food." He finished his words and signalled to the waiter to come.

After ordering the food Damien and Ina chatted for a while as they waited for their food to arrive.

"My mother asked me again if I had thought about moving in with them or not?" Ina said and felt Damien hold her hand.

"You know I will support you in whatever decision you make," He said.

"I know, but honestly, I don't want to move in with them." She said looking away from him.

Damien understood what Ina meant but he wanted to hear it from her.

"Why is that?" He asked, placing his finger under her chin, turning her face towards him.

Ina stayed silent for a while before she replied.

"Because I don't want to be a burden to hem, my father company has just recently recovered from the financial problems, in less than a year many things happened, so I think that I need more time to myself and secondly I know that you won't be comfortable there."

Hearing her words, Damien's face softened, she was worried that he won't be comfortable, his little angel is so cute.

"I can speak to her if you want to." Damien suggested.

"No, it's better that she hear my reply from me." Ina said as she looked at him.

"Okay." Damien replied as patted her head.

"Finally." Ina said when the waiter arrived with the food.

Damien smiled seeing how Ina was excited when she saw the food being placed on the table.

The couple ate their lunch and had their dessert.

"I will use the bathroom." Ina said as she stood up, going to the bathroom frequently became a habit.

After she finished her business in the bathroom she checked herself in the mirror before she walked out of it.

Ina was about to walk back towards the table when suddenly someone grabbed her from behind and covered her mouth.

Ina became scared and tried to free herself from the man's grasp but he was stronger than her.

"Stay still or I will shoot you." The man whispered in her ear as he tried to take her away from the hallway but she kept on struggling.

Ina stepped on the man's foot with all of her power causing the man to whine in pain, she pushed away with all of her might and freed herself from his grasp.

Ina was about to run away from him but he was quick and shot her with the gun in her leg before he ran away.

At the table, Damien was waiting for Ina who took too long to come back when he suddenly heard the sound of a gunshot he quickly stood up and ran towards the direction of the bathroom.

Damien's eyes widened when he saw Ina lying on the ground and her leg was bleeding, he quickly went over to her.

"Damien, it hurts." Ina who was in pain said.

Picking her up in his arms he walked towards the restaurant exit.

"I will take you to the hospital now, bare with it for a while." Damien said, he took a look at the wound on her leg and saw that it was deep and she was bleeding too much.

At the same time, Damien man entered the restaurant.

"Bring the security camera footage, I want to know who did this." Damien said as he entered the car.

He took off his necktie wrap around the wound to stop it from bleeding.

"This will hurt but I need to do it." Damien said to her and waited for her reply.

Ina nodded her head and prepared herself for more pain to feel.

She screamed when Damien tied up the tie around the wound before she fell back on the backseat of the car breathing heavily, it was hard to keep her eyes open at the moment but she knew that she had to stay awake.

"I didn't see his face." Ina breathed holding Damien hand tightly.

"Don't think about it now." Damien said as he kissed her forehead.

They arrived at the hospital and Ina was rushed to ER for examination after that she was taken to the surgery room.

An hour later, she transferred to her room after the surgery, she will need to stay in the hospital for five days before she can be discharged.

Damien stared at the girl who was sleeping, her face was pale and she looked tired, everything happened so fast that he hadn't expected it.

Who did this and why?

He needs to wait until Ina wakes up and tell him everything in detail, the most important thing is that she is fine now.

Damien bent down and kissed her forehead gently before he caressed her face.

Later on, Ina parents received the news about her being sshotand was taken to the hospital, they arrived at the hospital and found Damien with her, Ina was still sleeping by the time they arrived.

"Did she say anything?" Her mother asked.

"No, She wasn't in a condition that allows her to speak." Damien replied.

Eleanor glanced at her husband before she looked away.

Damien looked at Ina's parents surprisingly he didn't know why but he had a feeling that they were hiding something.

"If both of you know something, you should tell me about it and I have a strong feeling that you do." Damien spoke, they were standing outside Ina room so she won't be able to hear anything.

William looked at his wife before he spoke.

"Shortly after Ina was kidnapped and found, we started to get threatening letters from your uncle but he suddenly stopped sending them."

Damien frowned when he heard this.

"What was in these letters?" He asked.

"The same words in every letter, that he will come and take her." William replied.

"We hired body grads to Ina after the kidnapping incident and we were always careful." He added.

Damien fell silent after hearing what her parents said, he was thinking of a way to find his psychopath uncle and turn him to the police, but who, that's what he was trying to figure out for now.

"I'm going to check on Ina." Damien said as he entered the room.

"You woke up." Damien said smiling at her as he walked towards her bed.

"I just did." Ina replied with a tired voice.

Damien bent down and kissed her lips before he pulled away.

"How do you feel?" He asked, caressing her head.

"In pain." She replied as she tried to sit up with Damien's help.

Placing the pillows behind her back, he poured her a glass of water and helped her to drink.

Damien didn't want to ask her immediately and wanted to give her some time with her parents, after that the doctor came and checked on her.

"I feel much better after the doctor ggivesme the painkiller." Ina said when she noticed the worried look on her parents and Damien.

"Are sure sweetie? you look pale." Her mother asked as she rubbed her hand gently.

"I'm fine." Ina said and heard a knock on the door.

"Excuse me, the police officer is here to take Miss Filo sayings about what happened." The doctor said.

Damien looked at Ina seeing if she was ready.

"I feel much better now, I can do it." Ina replied and Damien nodded his head.

"Okay, Miss Filo, can you tell us what happened?" The police officer asked.

"I want to use the bathroom and after I went out someone catched me from behind I tried to free myself but I couldn't, he threatened to shoot my If I didn't stop struggling, I was scared and just wanted to free myself so I stepped on his foot with all my power and managed to free myself after that he shooted me with the gun, I couldn't see his face ,unfortunately." Ina said, remembering what happened made her body shiver in fear.