Chapter 40

Chloe lifts his body and stays on his knees, he grabs her tied hands and pins above her head, he lowers his body over hers, their face close to each other 'Why?," he growls, his voice loud enough to scare anyone but not her, she never flinches nor blinks, her eyes looks into his 'What's so good about Riley?," he grunts 'Why are you choosing him over me?," he asks, his tone stern. 'You cannot be compared to him," she spits, 'You killed everyone for your own selfishness ' she controls her breath. 'Because they took away what's mime," his grip on her loosens 'The boy I pushed down from the rooftop in school," he moves back and continues, his eyes fixed to her wound 'He stole the watch which mom gave me," he says, he lifts her shirt and balls the material in his hand 'You know how much I worked hard to take over the company," he places the material on her wound and applies gentle pressures on it, Aiden looks down at his side features, her ears only on him 'My father decided to pass the company to my step uncle, he never listened to me when I begged him not to so I killed him and my uncle" he stops for a while and continues 'When mom died, she told me only one thing," he faces her 'She told me to take what's hers, the company. She wanted me to be the chairman, she wanted me to be successful" he looks away again 'But beyond being successful I wanted to be powerful, see, the court was on my side even though they knew that I'm wrong, some cops helped me, it was all for money...I wanted more and more… Isn't that human's nature? We are greedy!" he chuckles 'I will do anything to build my business and I don't care whatever it is but now, my company is shut down. It's all because of you so I made you feel my pain. Am I wrong? I will kill anyone I dislike," he says. 'You're sick," Aiden grunts 'You're a sick loser. You killed people because you were afraid that they will bring you down. It's your fear not power," she stops short of breath, pain shoots through her but she doesn't care 'You know,  'I regret being your friend," she says. Chloe glares at her for a moment, his eyes budged in rage, her eyes in full hatred. He moves his head lower, the tip of their nose touch, in a flash he smashes his lips on her. His weight on her makes her suffocate, her already heavy breaths turn louder. She fights, wriggling in his grip but couldn't move an inch. Her lips never part to let him enter her mouth, she joins her teeth and purses her lips tight. His lips slide down her neck leaving wet kisses along the way. 'Chloe," the word leaves her lips in difficulty 'Stop!," she orders. For the fist time she feels miserable, for the first time she feels weak. For the first time she needed someone to help her, to protect her, to be her savior. The main door opens, Riley scurries in. Chloe moves back and takes his gun, he stands when Riley comes to his view. He takes his gun and aims the gun point at Aiden. 'Stop there," Chloe commands 'Drop your gun," Riley stops in his tracks, he drops the gun immediately, his eyes clouded in fear. 'Let her go," Riley requests, his voice low. Aiden draws a sharp breath, she turns to her right, the corners of her lips move up slightly to a smile. She opens her mouth to speak but no longer could as her lungs tighten. 'Fall to your knees," Chloe orders, his eyes fixed on Riley 'And beg," he says  'Don't," Aiden whispers as she moves her head to the left and right with a subtle movement. Riley looks at her, he never takes a second to think, the very next moment he falls to his knees and looks up at Chloe. 'I beg you to let her go," he says. The room captures silence, the very next second it fills in with laughter, Chloe's laughter. He walks closer to Riley, stops in front of his knees and places the gun point on Riley's forehead, the smirk never leaves his face. Riley stays still, unmovable, he glares up at Chloe his eyes expresses no fear, he never budges. Chloe lowers his upper body moving his head closer to Riley's 'Aiden is mine," he states. Riley chortles 'She will never be yours," he spits. 'You got the guts to tell that when your life is in my hands," he arches a brow, his finger slowly pressures on the trigger. Click! Chloe's eyes widen, he looks at the couch near him, the missed shot. His eyes squint as he moves his gaze to Kevin, the person with the fired gun. He shoots again but his sweaty trembling hands make him lose the aim. Sweat beads form on his forehead, he grips tight on the pistol. Before he gets a chance to pulls the trigger Chloe moves his aim to Kevin and fires. Riley takes a chance of the situation and  snatches the gun from his grip. He retreats in an instant, before Riley could get hold of the pistol he kicks him on his stomach which makes Riley to drop the gun. Chloe marches forward, he swings his right arm and lashes on Riley, his punch was faster and it caught Riley flush. He grabs a vase from the shelf and hits Riley's head, his feet stumble back, his neck tickles when hot red liquid flows down at the back of his neck, he attacks again with a big right overhand punch. He picks up a shattered piece of ceramic and marches towards Riley, he lifts his hand in the air and stride down but before he the edge contacts Riley's skin he drives his shoulder into Chloe's chest and slams him to the wall, he starts to land solid punches into Chloe's gut. Chloe's face burned, he struggles and pushes Riley which makes Riley to stumble back due to his light head, a loud groan leaves his lips. 'I'm going to kill you," Chloe snarls. An ugly smirk sweeps across his lips as he bends to pick up the gun on the floor, before his finger touches the object, Riley picks a piece of ceramic and wraps his arm around his neck, strangling him. He stabs Chloe on his stomach and throws him to the floor. A loud dry scream leaves Chloe's lips, the ceramic still in his muscles, he tries to stand but before he could get to his feet another piece of ceramic makes through his leg meat. He drops to ground and groans, Riley doesn't stop. He picks another piece of the broken vase, he hovers over Chloe and pins his arms above his head, he grips tight on his arm and stabs his palm with the sharp object,  He stands and looks down at Chloe. Riley picks his gun, he squeezes his eyes shut and inhales a deep breath, his right palm at the back of his head. He strolls toward Aiden, a relaxed smile forms on his face 'How was my fight?," he asks. Aiden smiles 'Not bad,"  her eyes fixed on him, the smile never leaves her face. She felt it, she felt what's its like to be protected. He unties her legs and hands 'Lets get you to the hospital," he puts her arm around his neck and snakes his arm around her, he lifts her upper body from the ground. Chloe picks the other gun and stands. Click! He shoots. Riley's eyes widen in horror, his hand shiver as he moves his palm to the back of her right shoulder. He rub his fingers against the wet cloth and moves his hand to his view, it's blood… Not his… His grip on her loosens, her hand around his neck falls over as her body drops. He holds her immediately before her body lands to the ground and hugs her to his chest, the back of her neck on his arm. Chloe freezes, his heart literally stopped  'Aiden," her name comes out as a mere whisper. He steps forward his grip in the pistol loosens, his vision blinds with tears 'Is she alright?," he asks, his voice barely audible like questioning himself. He keeps another step terror struck in his face. Riley hugs her to his chest and moves his other arm with gun forward. Click! Click! Click! The gunshot echoes in the room, Chloe's motionless body drops to the ground, the silver bullet fired on his shoulder, leg and left side of his chest. A single tear rolls down at the corner of his eyes, his unseen gaze fixed on Aiden. Uncontrollable tears roll down Riley's cheeks 'Hey, Hey" he sobs 'You are going to be alright," he wraps his arms around her.