Chapter two
After a five-hour-long journey, they finally reach a stop at Wilde Aparthotels, a five-star hotel in London.
"a hotel?" Leandra asked as she and Karissa stepped out of the car.
"yes" Ardin replied as he walked towards the hotel entrance.
"Mr. Torres!" a nicely dressed doorman said as he bent his head slightly and opened the door for them.
As they walked in, the receptionist called out to Mr Torres and handed him the key card bowing slightly.
They walked through the hallway, up the elevator, and eventually made a stop at a nicely decorated suite.
"Wow!" Karissa said excitedly as she leaped off her mother's arms and immediately started looking around the suite.
"Hmm...she's more excited than you my love" Ardin said as she pulled Leandra closer to him.
"How do you expect me to be happy?" she said as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"You killed my husband!" she continued as she started to struggle to break free from his grip.
"My love, I..." Ardin said as Leandra interrupted him as she leaned in to kiss him.
"my love, I've missed you so much!" she said as she pulled back and smirked.
"I've missed you too! I see how your acting skills took you this far" he said as Leandra walked towards the couch.
"Well, it would have been such a shame if I couldn't, now, won't it?" she said as she collapsed on the sofa.
"Mummy, are we staying here?"
"I don't know" Leandra replied and she carried Karissa into her arms.
"I don't like this place" she said softly
"You don't like this place, do you?" Ardin said as he walked towards them.
"Mummy!" Karissa said as she held her mother's arm tightly.
"Oh! don't be afraid Karissa dear, I'm not going to hurt you" he said as he patted her head.
"Don't worry, we are going somewhere even better, we are only here waiting for our private jet to be ready so we can go far away from here" he said as he tickled her.
"Now go to the playroom, there's a barbie doll collection there, go do anything you want to" he said as he lifted her off her mother's laps.
"So, where are we relocating to?" Leandra asked.
"Las Vegas" he said as he lifted her.
"Really?" Leandra said.
"Yeah! I know you've always wanted to stay there and that man didn't allow you to, now that he's gone and I'm here, I'm going to make all your desires my full responsibility to fulfill" he said as he pulled her in for a kiss.
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"Let me get that" he said as he walked towards the landline.
"Mr. Torres speaking" he said while Leandra turned on the television.
"Yes Sir, just wanted to inform you that your private jet is ready and your vehicle will be ready in five minutes" the receptionist said.
"Okay, I will be down in exactly five minutes" he said as he hung up the phone.
"What are you watching?" he said as he walked towards Leandra.
"Oh! I'm just watching the local news" she replied.
"Guess who's on the news?" she said as she pulled Ardin closer.
"Oh! Mr. Moore" he replied as she started to laugh "turn up the volume" he said.
"Welcome Back from that short break. BREAKING NEWS. Here on London Live we just got word that Logan Moore, the renowned CEO of London's biggest Clothing Industry has been found dead. That's right Meghan, this morning, London Bridge Hospital received a call from his wife, Mrs. Moore saying that an ambulance was needed. According to our sources, the call was made 5:30am, it was a distress call from Mrs. Moore saying that her husband, Mr. Moore had been shot and needed immediate medical care. But now, David what puzzles me is the fact that the ambulance got there and found Mr. Moore dead on the floor but his wife and daughter are nowhere to be found. The police are out on the case, trying to find the murderer, Mrs. Moore, and their daughter. Stay tuned to London Live as we go further on this case..."
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"Oh! It's time to leave" Ardin said.
"Karissa! Karissa! It's time to leave" Leandra said.
"I'm coming" Karissa said as she ran towards her mother.
"Mummy, can I take this with me?" she said softly.
"Okay dear it's not a problem" she replied.