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CHAPTER FOUR

Ameliana Smith" Mr.Black knew that name very well. But it was rather strange, they have been searching for the owner of that name for many years now.

The search always ended with the same result. "Amelia Smith" is dead. She died twenty years ago in a car crash with her father.

Just when he thought his boss had given up on his search until now, he brought the topic back to light.

"But sir, we already tried all that we could do but the results were still the same she is d......" Leo didn't allow him to finish his sentence. He flipped his desk over, causing everything on top of it to fall.

"I brought her home yesterday" Leo stated as he picked up a picture of Lia when she was still little. It was the only thing he had left of her. His only proof that she existed in this world and not only in his dreams.

"What if it was someone else who looked like her?"

"Don't test me, Black" Although Leo seems arrogant and all but he listens to Mr. Black, But it wasn't all the time Mr.Black could calm down the beast within him.

"I know it's her, her birthmark is there" The first time Leo met Lia he was six years old and Lia was three years old.

They were really close, he spent almost all his time with her. He would bathe her and if she wanted he would join her.

That's how he knew about the birthmark on her upper right thigh.

Without wasting another second Mr.Black left to do his newly assigned task.

How much time had passed by since he last saw her when they were kids?. If only it wasn't for the Giovanni's they would have never been separated from each other.

Seconds turned into minutes, minutes turned into hours, hours turned into days but yet there wasn't any trace of Lia.

The only thing he could do was watch the footage of her leaving his house and stare at the picture he had of her all day.

He was currently in his office at his company. Mr. Black came knocking at the door just when Leo was about to lose it.

"What do you want?"

"Sir, we have stopped the search the result was still the same, Amelia smith is d..."

"Don't you dare"

Mr. Black cleared his throat. "However, we were able to find the name of the woman you were with that night"

Mr. Black looked at Leo as if he were asking for permission to continue.

"Her name is also Ameliana, but they have different surnames"

"What is it?"

"Anderson, the name is Ameliana Anderson"

"Get out"

"Wait, there is more. This Amelia has a father. He is alive but he is in a critical condition. He has a heart disease and is currently unconscious"

Impossible

Anderson yes. But her father being alive was total gibberish. Anderson was her mother's surname. Her mother, who went missing before the car crash happened.

But as for Lia's father, he watched his corpse being buried with his very two eyes.

"Which hospital?"

"Ginseng, room 72"

"Clear my schedule for today"

"I'm afraid I can't do that sir"

"And why not?"

"You have a very important meeting with the board of directors"

"So what? I'm the chairman, not the CEO"

"But sir"

"If it's so important then handle it"

"Yes, sir"

"Prepare the car for me"

Leo was heading straight for Ginseng hospital. He remembered that was the first place he bumped into her before meeting her at the club.

Leo wanted to see who the so-called father was. Maybe her mother married another man and the man there was Lia's stepfather.

He had finally reached room 72. His bodyguards wanted to follow him in but he dismissed them all.

Then he went in. The first thing he noticed was how frail the body looked. It looked as if just a little mismanagement would break it into a million pieces.

He could just imagine what Lia was going through, at that moment all he wanted to do was hug Lia and assure her that everything was going to be alright.

He couldn't deny the fact that the man on the bed looked a lot like Lia. But he wasn't her father so who could he be?

Perhaps maybe he was a relative of Lia's mother. He looked exactly like her mother. Even Lia looked like her mother but she was more beautiful. So he thought.

He was done with whatever he came to do there and left. He was going to think of a way to get Lia to stay with him for good.

Not long after Leo left the hospital Lia came in. The familiar masculine scent of the cologne of the man that had been hunting her in her dreams.

But why would he be here? Could he have been looking for me? What could he possibly be wanting from me? All those were questions that ransacked Lia's head.

...

"Why don't you propose a marriage contract to her?" Mr.Black suggested.

"A marriage contract, seriously Gideon. Do you really think that Lia is so cheap that she would marry me because of my money?"

"That's not what I meant. She currently needs the money for her father's surgery"

"The man's surgery isn't urgently needed"

"Yes sir, and that is why we are going to convince the doctor to make her believe that her father would die in a week and that's where you come in"

"For once you are actually useful to me"

"I'll pretend I didn't hear what you just said."

"Then I'll propose the contract to her"

"Yes, But you're not going to show up immediately. You will meet her on the sixth day"

"Why is that?"

"Because if you meet her at her most devastating point she would have no other option but to accept your offer with open arms"

Mr.Black loved it when his boss was in a good mood and easy to talk to. If Lia was going to make him happy all the time, then he was going to do all that he could to help his boss get her back.

"Gideon"

"Yes boss?" Mr. Black was expecting praises from his boss after all it wasn't easy to come up with that kind of plan.

"Get out"

"Hmmn?"

"Shut the door on your way out"

"Sigh" "I guess you would never love me".

Mr. Black was about to open the door when Leo called him back.

" Hold on" Mr. Black turned around with hope.

"Find out everything you can about Ben Anderson" how disappointing.

"And also, I'll give you a raise this month" Mr. Black silently rejoiced. So all his efforts were not going to be in vain after all.

A week passed by since the plan was introduced. Leo was in his study room gawking at the picture he had of Lia.

Knock knock knock

"What?" Leo hated it when he was interrupted.

"Sir, I have the information you requested for, concerning Mr. Anderson".

" Leave it on my desk and get out"

"So heartless"

Leo flipped through the file and found out what he needed to know about Lia's current father.

And of course, he was right. The man wasn't Lia's father indeed. But he was related to Lia.

Something wasn't still right though, where was Lia's mother? Leo was definitely sure that Diana was not dead.

So where is she? and why has she been hiding for all these years?. Could it be that she thought Lia was dead?

But Diana went missing even before the accident happened.

"Gideon" Leo called out to Mr. Black

"You called for me, sir?"

"Proceed with the plan"

...

Lia's phone rang.

"Hello"

"Is this Mrs. Anderson?"

"Unhm yes, may I ask who I'm speaking with?

" I'm calling from Ginseng hospital, it seems like there was an emergency with the patient in room 72"

"What happened?"

Lia was on the verge of breaking down. She couldn't lose her father he was all that she had.

"I'm sorry, I can't disclose any information to you right now. The doctor specifically asked me to tell you to come to the hospital"

"Ok, I'm on my way. Thank you for letting me know.

Lia didn't waste another second and dashed out.

The atmosphere in the hospital was so unusual today.

"Doctor"

"Ah, miss Anderson you finally arrived"

"How is he?"

"He is stable for now, but not for long. If we were to delay the surgery and further I'm afraid your father wouldn't last a week"

"I only have half of the money, will you accept that, I promise I.....I'll pay you back"

" I'm sorry but I can't do that"

"Can I at least see him?"

"I think it would be best if you didn't, now if you would excuse me I have other matters to attend to".

" where am I going to get that huge sum of money from? Think Lia, Think"

"That's right Jack. I'll ask him to borrow me the money then I will pay him back.

He will help me, right?"

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