The Croesus’ Bride [Completed] - 110 Chapter 6

Danial Summer’s POV

I was sighing big time as I was looking up the search for Flora Kent. I did not find a thing as I was looking into the government database. It was as if she did not exist or maybe she was in hiding. I cannot believe she ignored me for 5 months and just turned up on my apartment like that.

Like hell, I would let you disappear again on me.

I just got off from the phone with Adam as Fauna, his wife, asked me to look for her. It has been a week since they saw her at their parents’ house. It seems that Flora was declaring to get out of there.

I sighed as I remembered her when she broke into her apartment and at that time when she was in disguise at the bar. She wore a red hair wig, which I thought looked good on her. But I would prefer brown hair on her head.

Not that I have a say in any of that, I was a red hair myself.

I was typing again on the computer as I was still searching for her. After 5 months of ghosting me and her sudden disappearance, I cannot take it anymore. I know that her sudden appearance in my house was a clue. A clue that she was saying goodbye in the kiss that we shared back at the abandoned alley.

I should have known but I was too dumb to make a move or anything in that matter. I always wonder why she did this to me. Why disappeared on me and have nothing to say to me?

I sighed again as I was locating the last time she was in America. She did go to work as I would presume after we shared that passion sex in the afternoon and that was it. The first clue that she was going to be a recluse.

Holy Shit!

I just realized what happened at that time. We had an argument of her asking me to go away with her. To getaway. To elope.

Stupid!

Idiot!

Foolish!

Why can’t I see these signs? She was asking to marry her and I was dumb enough to get through and now I know that she was gone, forever. I have to do something. I have to make a move. I need to use my resources and only one man knows how to find a missing person, or in this case a ghost.

“Hello?” Someone answered the phone. Female. hmm, that’s odd.

“Hi, hello. Sorry, is this Valentino Bianchi?” I asked her as I know full well that she was not a male.

“Hold on,” she replied before she was answering in a foreign language. I don’t know what she was talking about but I was guessing, Russian? Or maybe something else because it was not sound so harsh like Germanic languages.

“Hello? Valentino’s speaking,”

“Hello, Val. remember me?” I asked him as I was gripping the phone. He was silent for a while before speaking.

“Danny?” He asked. I sighed.

“Well, hello, how are you? It’s been a long time since I called,” I said as I was trying to speak with him. He was silent before he cleared his throat.

“I’m fine, thank you for asking,”

“Well, listen, I need a favor,” I said as I went to the point already.

“Straight forward as I remember, it seems that you have not changed at all,” he replied as he chuckled in that phone.

“Well, what can I say? Being in this business made me a little…cranky than normal,” I replied as I was chuckling as well.

“Well, it’s good to hear you, bro,” he said as he was typing something.

“Are you busy right now?” I asked him as I don’t know if he was busy with his work. He owned one of the biggest PI firms in the world, among other stuff that he can do. And he just 25 years old. I did not have that much when I was that age.

“Well, I am not but if you have a favor to ask, I wonder what would I ask for a payment?” He said as he was amused with my begging to him.

“What do you want?”

“Well, I think I will hold that payment. so, let’s hear it. What do you want me to do?” He asked. I sighed before I rubbed my face with my free hand.

“I want you to find someone for me,” I said to him.

“Who? And why should I?”

“Well, look, she’s special and I can’t find her because she disappeared like she never exists,” I said as I was walking back and forth.

“Well, if someone doesn’t want to be found, maybe they should have not,” he replied as there was amusement in his voice.

“I’m serious, Val. she was…she was someone special for me. And I think I have made a mistake that caused all this. I wanted to change it, I wanted to fix it. Please will you help me?” I asked him as I sat on the bed. I cannot do anything if he doesn’t want to help me. There was a silence between us before he sighed.

“What’s her name?” He asked.

“Well, her name was Flora Kent but her database indicates that she was gone for good. I cannot have any records of her in the government,” I said as I told him what I have done.

“Well, did you check the private servers?”

“Well, that would be no problem at all, I like a challenge,” he said as he was cracking some knuckles.

“Will you report to me as soon as you can?” I asked him.

“Well, you know I will,”

“Thanks, buddy,” I said as I hung up in him. I sighed as I looked into the sunset that was setting. How I missed her.

I put the phone done as I sighed. I leaned on the window as I was inhaling a deep breath.

Her papaya scent.

Her glossy hair.

Her smooth, pale skin.

Her big, green eyes.

She smiles as she looked at me when we were still in college.

I opened my eyes as I was looking into the horizon and I stared at my reflection. It was a hot mess.

The beard that needs to be shaved.

Bloodshot eyes because I did not have enough sleep.

Long hair because I refused to get it done.

I sighed before I went to the bathroom. If Val ever found Flora and I get to meet her again, I will need to be on my best appearance. Hence, more of shaving and haircut I supposed.

Flora Kent’s POV

I was free when my boss suddenly emailed me. It says that it was urgent and I had the urge to open it. The email went like this:

Flora, I need you to look into things. Based on your experience to hack the government system, I think you can have a challenge for yourself to hack into the private servers.

I need it by tomorrow -Val

I screamed in delight as I was waiting for a challenge to do it. I clicked on the attachment before my blood drained from my body.

Client: Danial Summer.

Person of Interest: Flora Kent.

Holy shit! Shit shit shit! Danial was looking for me. But why now? Why after 5 months? This must be one trigger from my visits. I cannot believe that he just went to look after me because I went to visit him and we kissed.

Oh yeah, we fucking kissed and I think that what’s made him realized his mistake.

I smiled wickedly as I was replying to his email stating that I will try as I don’t think I would get inside.

Well, let just say I fucking invented that layers and layers of encryption to prevent hacking. they were paying me generously for my patent and I have been saving that money to start over.

I think I can make more if I hacked into and they would come for me to solve it.

Yup, that would be the plan and I think I was done to be tossed around because Danial did not want to acknowledge my feelings for him and I for one will take advantage of that.

I leaned on the chair as I looked at his description of me. He said that it was urgent to find her right away as he had something to fix with her.

Hah! Like I wanted to fix with you, Danial! Suck it, pal.

I was reading more and more of the information that he had gathered on his own. For his level, he was good and I think he can get more if he just hacked into that encryption but he gave up too early.

Like he gave up on our relationship, my dark mind said.

I shook my head as I was rubbing my eyes. I felt sleepy and I think I need to take a nap. It was 3 AM and I think it was time to sleep. It must be 8 or 9 PM in the States. I guess I have to hit the sack or I might lose it.

I switched the computer to sleep mode before I went out of the study room in my bedroom. I went to a shower for bed as I took out my pajama. It was lingerie actually, the one that I will show to Danial if he ever visits me or maybe find me when I was in recluse. That would have been a good one.

Well, a girl can hope and she hoped that he will pay for everything that he had done to her.