Alex cleared his head and sighed a few more times. He organized and read most of the files in front of his desk when James came barging into his office.

"Sir! April is missing!"

Alex instantly stood up. His face became pale and his body's temperature dropped. "What happened? I thought that the villa was perfectly safe?!"

"Sir, Sir Theo had called and informed me. He told me to inform you and that you should head to his office." James was in the dark of what happened as well. All he knew is that this wasn't good at all. April was vulnerable and wouldn't be able to protect herself at any cost! Of course, he too was worried about his boss. Alex had barely had the appetite to eat ever since April's last disappearance. Although April came back after that, she wasn't that in a good condition either. It only brought more stress to his boss.

"Understood. James, these are the files that the Black Dragon Club had gathered. Check on it and send it to my lawyer. Find things that could make my divorce go faster! Call me when there's news." Alex took his coat off the rack and left the office.

James wasn't even able to say goodbye when he saw his boss running down the hall. He sighed and looked at the files on the desk. The more he saw it, the more his brows furrowed. "Wow", it the only word that came out of his mouth. That woman was really black, he thought.

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Alex arrived shortly at his father's office. Although his father wasn't fully hands-on with the Hawthorne's Company, he still had an office. Just in case he got bored at home or whatnot, Theo would have a place to stay at the office.

"Dad! What's going on?!" Alex yelled as soon as he busted into the office.

Theo looked at his son's face and saw a bit of clarity in his eyes. He nodded in satisfaction and sat much straighter. "The Black Dragon Club called. They said someone bribed some of the medical staff, causing April to be kidnapped. They sent this video as well." Theo pushed his laptop toward his son.

Alex accepted the video and played it. It was a compilation of videos from the CCTV hidden inside the villa. There were people in medical staff attires who wheeled April out of the villa and into a car. How they got in and how they got out was in there. Alex didn't understand what was going on. 

"If they had captured everything, why didn't they stopped it?" He was anxious and he felt that there was more to the story. So he didn't lose his composure, not like the other times.

Theo saw his son's reaction and he felt relief inside his chest. Looks like his son had finally become clearheaded. "I asked that too and they said that they were tailing the car to gather more information about the kidnapper. By the sound of it, they are using April as a bait. Although they are helping us with April, their main targets are still the Golden Triad. No matter how angry I was, I wasn't able to get out of any other information. They said they will contact us as soon as they received any news and that to stay calm. They will do everything to protect her."

"THAT'S TOTAL BULLCRAP!" Alex clenched his fist. "How can they do that to her without our permission!"

Theo sighed and leaned back into the chair. There it goes, his hot-headed son. It looks like he was only trying himself to be calm. Still, there's some progress. "I agree. They didn't have the right to use her but what can we do? We can't exactly call the police on them. Also, we need to talk to Ted and Malcolm. They ought to know this."

Alex gritted his teeth, his eyes were red with fury. Why? Why does April have to encounter all of these bad encounters? If only he could take her place. April, please be alright! He prayed silently.

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Half an hour later, Ted and Malcolm arrived in Theo's office.

"What's going on?!" Ted instantly inquired. Alex was standing on the window, watching the skyscr.a.p.er absentmindedly.

Theo gave them a full summary of what happened, also the new pieces of evidence of Francesca's involvement towards April's kidnapping with Jackson's. Ted was furious and instantly ran into Alex. He turned Alex around and swing a punch into his face. Everything was so fast and no one had expected it.

"YOU!!! EVERYTHING WAS BECAUSE OF YOU!!!" Ted yelled to Alex.

Alex's eyes were hazy but didn't deny the fact. In his heart, he felt guilty as well. So he stayed sat down on the floor and didn't speak.

Ted glared at Alex on the floor. Theo was shocked for what happened, he stood up when he saw Alex dropped into the floor. Hearing Ted's words, he too felt that his son was indeed at fault as well. Hell, he might've punched his son too when he saw the box full of evidence but he was scared of his wife. Phoebe would not talk to him once she knew that he had dealt with her son. It was not worth arguing over with his wife. So when he saw Ted threw a punch to his son, he only sighed and sat back down.

Malcolm sighed and shook his head as well. "Okay, everyone calm down. Ted, sit down." Malcolm pulled his angry friend to the couch to sit down and handed him a water bottle. "The main important thing to do right now is to find information about April's whereabouts."

After Malcolm said that, the room went into silence. Just then, someone opened the office door again. Everyone's eyes (except for Alex who was still on the floor) looked towards the door and saw an angry young man.

Colm didn't bother saying hi or hello to anyone and glared at the man on the floor. Malcolm had never seen his son this angry before. It was shocking to see. Colm stormed inside the room and pulled Alex's collars to make him stand up. His hands held on Alex's collars tightly. If Colm's glares could kill a man, Alex would've dropped dead at this moment.