Only When It's Beneficial The present

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THE PRESENT

A 5ft5 young lady walks out of the Golden Vale Jewellery company while pressing her phone. She was wearing a short gown with her curly hair tight into a loose bun. She was very cute and petite. She swiftly hops into the first cab that stops in front of her.

Alia Vale FMC

*Still on her phone* Hello sir, 👋 You can drop me at Harp estate

Alia Vale FMC

*Checks the time and panics* Damn it! I am getting late for dinner again. I just hope mum and dad will let it slide this time around. Mister cab man, please hurry, or else I will get an earful once I return home.

Alia furrowed her brow as there was no response from the driver. She tilted her head to the side and folded her lips after a quick glance at the driver. She realized that she didn't pay attention to the appearance of the driver. Grabbing onto her phone tightly, she called out to the driver again.

Alia Vale FMC

Mister, are you okay?

The instant she spoke for the second time, the driver turned to look at her. Her heart jumped in fear at the sight of the scruffy looking man. She nervously looked around to see if she was anywhere near her destination. Her whole body trembled in fear. Realizing the man took a different route from the one leading to her destination, she stuttered, trying to talk to him:

Alia Vale FMC

Mi-mi-mister w-where are you taking me to? This is not the way to the Harp Estate.

The scruffy man started laughing at her mischievously, seeing that she was already alert by his evil intentions. He parked the car by the woods and cackled as he struggled to remove his seat belt. Seeing that the man was having a hard time removing his seat belt, the young lady opened the door and started running off, there were sounds of trees moving and sticks breaking from the woods which alerted the young lady, but She was too frightened to pay attention to it. She only halted after getting to a crossroad. She scanned around for a good route swiftly, when suddenly men started coming out from the woods in different directions and surrounded her. Realizing her helplessness, fear took over her mind, and her legs weakened in fear. She slumped onto the ground. The man in the car finally came out. On hearing his footsteps, she turned to look at him. The man didn't even pay attention to her. He simply turned to a man leaning by a black Mercedes by the side of the road and said:

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She's all yours

Seeing her life flash before her eyes, Alia starts crying while looking at the two men making exchanges. Her eyes were blurry with tears, so she couldn’t see the person that ordered her kidnap well, until the man statrs strolling to where she was seated on the ground

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Alia! Alia, Alia humph look where you've brought us to. You know none of us would be here if only you had listened to me and agreed to my marriage proposal. I usually don't do chasing. The women chase me, but as for you, it's like you are immune to my charms or something. I have been chasing you for years now and patiently for that matter, yet you have been playing hard to get. Well, I have had enough. And now here we are

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You have made me look like a fool for a very long time, and I have had enough. So, I thought hard with my friends;what are the best ways to forget about a girl who isn't willing to cooperate with you...

Not important

*Cackles and retorts* Forcefully have your way with her.

not important

Humiliate her!

Not important

Gang up on her and have your way with her.

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*Laughs maniacally* She loses her worth. It works all the time. It's like magic, they say.

Frightened by his words, Alia trembles in fear. She suddenly felt a burning sensation in her throat as she tried to swallow her pain

Alia Vale FMC

Shaun! please don't hurt me. I remember clearly telling you that I already have a boyfriend.

shaun only got more riled up by her response. He slammed his fist on the Mercedes-Benze behind him and yelled.

Shaun Sanders

You Liar! You don't have a boyfriend.

He approached her with fisted hands as if he were ready to give her a pummelling. Frightened by his sight, she defended herself some more with her round teary eyes.

Alia Vale FMC

*She flinched* I honestly do. It's just that we are on a break due to some misunderstanding.

He laughs at her defensive response in mockery

Shaun Sanders

Break, you say? Look!

Taking out his smartphone from his pocket, he showed her a picture of her boyfriend with some other girl kissing and having a good time. Alia cussed at her dilemma as she looked at the picture confused. What was she going to tell this man now? Will she escape from this trap she found herself in? Alia quickly looked away in tears

Shaun Sanders

the man you are head over heels for has blinded your eyes from seeing clearly who is really in front of you...

Silence fell over the place as tears kept streaming down Alia's beautiful honey brown eyes. Her sobs and the sounds of crickets chirping and birds cooing filled the entire environment. Those were the only sounds that could be heard in the entire woodland. Her body trembling, the cool wind blowing against her body, was not helping matters. Alia had given up hope of finding help in that isolated woodland. She was just waiting for the worst to happen.

In her helplessness, suddenly a lady in a black leather jacket and a fine black skinny trouser, with a leather high heel boots, jumped so high and kicked Shuan in the jaw. She landed in front of Alia, guarding her from the attacks coming her way

The men who surrounded Alia rushed in on them with full speed to attack the nonchalant lady standing in front of Alia.

Alia couldn't think straight in fear. She got up and took the road behind the lady standing in front of her and ran as fast as she could.

Her mind kept taunting her as she was running off. She kept thinking of the lady who saved her and how she might be in danger. She stopped and thought of going back to help her but hesitated a couple of times. Finally, she took out her phone and placed a call to the police before she returned with her fingers crossed for the worst that awaited her.

The lady who guarded Alia scoffed and smirked in the face of the platoon of men coming after her to fight. She jumps so high in the air and kicks the faces of four men that attack her first all at once, like she was hitting a football. As she landed, she punched one that was behind her with her elbow and the other in front of her with her fist. More men kept coming, and she just kept fighting them off like it was nothing to her. She fought all of them effortlessly, and as the last person approached her while planning a sneak attack on her, she shot him with a stun gun. She dusted off her clothes and took out her phone to make a call when she caught sight of Alia. She smiled and waved at her.

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Hey! You can come out now, you have nothing to be worried about. I have taken care of them

Alia crawled out from under the olive green jeep hidden amongst the trees in camouflage. Earlier, when she returned to help the estranged lady, she was met by an unexpected sight that caught her off guard. She was hiding there while watching how the lady bashed up the platoon of men that went after her, one after the other.

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*The lady smiled at her* I will just call the police then I will take you home, but you will have to direct me. I am a tourist here...

Alia stuttered to respond to the lady who saved her life

Alia Vale FMC

I have_ I-I have called the police already.