Chapter 13: First Love

Xander Ling was about to enter his car to attend a business meeting at a restaurant when his personal assistant and secretary who was holding the door of the car for him said "Master, we have tracked those three rats that broke the rules, it seems that they are not far from the main mansion. "

"Good, i will deal with them when I come back, let's head to the meeting now" Xander said as he entered his car and sat down.

His assistant Michael Chen remembered one vital information and he knew if he forgot to tell his master about it he would not be spared so before he closed the door he said "Master we also got information that the men kidnapped a woman today and took her to their hideout, they arrived there about ten minutes ago. "

"Take me there, quickly" Xander said with gritted teeth. He could never stand it whenever a woman was being mistreated in any way, a memory of a helpless little boy crying while watching his mother being beaten heartlessly by his father flashed in his mind, he clenched his fists and ordered "Drive faster. "

It took them less than fifteen minutes to arrive at the location, his bodyguards immediately formed a protective circular formation in case of any surprise attack that they failed to predict.

He got out of the car and entered the building his eyes burning with rage, he was going to deal with them later but then hearing a woman was involved he couldn't just ignore it, he knew these scums would surely not only kill her but defile her as well which he abhorred to the depths of his cold soul.

As soon as they reached the room he ordered his men to knock the door down and immediately a beautiful helpless woman came in to his view, and without wasting any more time he ordered them to release her.

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Back to the scums who were now kneeling and begging for their lives, no matter how much they begged Xander Ling he ignored them and continued to smoke his cigarette.

After he was done smoking he looked at the girl who was quietly watching the scene before her with fear still evident in her beautiful almond shaped brown eyes.

At first sight Xander could tell that she was an innocent, harmless good woman, he trusted his judgment because it has never failed him and this observation only fueled his anger towards these dirty scums so he decided to give them a very befitting punishment.

"Gather all our men, and then take these scums there, strip them and cut their private parts and make them eat all of it raw, after that set them on fire and leave them to die. Make sure the rest my men understand the consequences of breaking my rules." came the order from Xander.

His men immediately dragged the men out while they were kicking and screaming but it was to no avail as they were outnumbered and their fate has already been decided and set in stone.

Xander then looked at the girl and then stood up and walked towards her, after observing her and seeing that she was physically unharmed he ordered "Bring in the female guards and have them take the girl home." he then looked at Katherine and said "it will be better for you to forget what happened today, consider everything that you hear and saw a nightmare and forget about it."

Katherine who was still in shock and awe at the same time lost her speech for a minute, she was shocked at how cruel and ruthless he was at punishing her kidnappers, she thought he would send them to jail and make sure they rot in there but it seems she was naive to think that, and remembering what the men were going to do to her made her believe that they deserved to rot in the deepest darkest pits of hell.

On the other hand she was in awe of the man's beauty, she had never seen a man as handsome and beautiful as him in her entire life, from his pitch black hair to his beautifully arched brows, his deep chocolate brown eyes, long eyelashes, sharp nose, sexy pink lips and perfectly sharp jawline, this man was the epitome of beauty. His large body, broad shoulders and muscler lean body didn't escape Katherine's eyes, she was sure this man had eight pack abs underneath his clothes.

Katherine shook her head slightly to get rid of her dirty thoughts, she stood up, smiled and then extended her hand to him and introduced herself "Hello, I am Katherine Kanneth, thank you so much for saving my life."

Instead of shaking her hand Xander simply nodded and said "the female guards are here, leave now and forget what happened here." he turned around and was about to leave when he heard Katherine's small voice saying "I believe it's best if I remember everything as a lesson that the people you love might not always love you back and most of the time they are just pretending and the minute they get a chance they will not hesitate to destroy you, the people who appear to love you the most sometimes are your biggest enemies, I will not speak about you to anyone."

Xander was impressed by the girl's ability to understand things fast, she seemed stronger than he thought so he believed that even though today's events might traumatize her, she would be fine soon enough. He simply said "good" and then turned around and started walking but what the girl said made him halt his footsteps in shock.

"I also can't forget the fact that I met you here, I don't know what is wrong with me but I think I have fallen in love at first sight with you, even though you seem very intimidating and dangerous i can't help but feel like something is pulling me towards you like a magnet, you are my first love and I will never forget you. I know I have absolutely no idea who you are or whether you are already committed to someone else or not or whether I'm your type or not or whether you are a good person or not, but seeing how you saved me my heart is telling me that you are a good person deep down."

Katherine didn't know what came over her, it was as if she was possessed by some bold spirit or something, or many what gave her the courage to confess her feelings right away was the fact that she might never see this man again because judging from the events that unfolded before her a few minutes ago she knew that this man was not just an ordinary man, and she knew he probably does not mix or mingle too much with commoners like her.

She then cleared her throat and added "I'm sorry for my bold and shameless confession, I will leave now." the she sauntered towards the door and when she raised her head she noticed the shocked expression that was plastered across all the men and the female guards that were standing there, before she turned around to look at him Xander quickly composed himself and put on his usual cold and indifferent look on his face and then ordered the female guards "take her home."

Having said that, Xander walked past Katherine without sparing her a single look and left the building, "to the meeting" he ordered his driver as soon as he got in to his car.

Katherine on the other hand quietly followed the female guards and informed them of where she was staying, after they dropped off she ran to her room and locked the door and immediately broke down in tears, so much happened to her in one day.