His soul-Chapter 226: Tormented

It had been a week since Gina had been brought home by Patrick, everything was going well. Gina’s whereabouts are unknown to anyone, including Julian. Patrick can really act well, in front of Julian he will feel panicked and sad because Gina has not been found.

"Shall we go to the police, Julian," Patrick suggested quietly.

Julian shook his head. "No, it’s too risky. Massimo forbade me to report Gina’s disappearance to the police."

"What is the reason for preventing you from reporting this matter to the police?" Patrick asked curiously.

"Because Massimo has already given Gina’s photo to all the police in Barcelona, ​​so if I join the report it will be useless," said Julian quietly.

Damn.

"That guy already deployed the police too?"

Julian smiled. "Paying the cops to be exact."

"Shit, Massimo del Cano sure is a dangerous man," Patrick muttered hoarsely.

"That’s it, because right now all I can do is be patient and wait for news."

Julian brushed his hair which had started to grow rough roughly, the loss of Gina made him a bit of a mess. Even though tonight the Miss Universe peak event will be held at his hotel, as the hotel owner Julian is definitely required to attend. But until now the man still has not improved his appearance.

Patrick grabbed the apple slice that was on the plate and devoured it immediately. "The problem with your hotels, is Massimo still pressuring you like that time?"

Julian shook his head. "No, that guy doesn’t talk about hotel ownership anymore."

"Good, at least he has a little sanity. Gina’s whereabouts haven’t been identified until now, if that guy brings up your hotel ownership issues then he really is insane," Patrick said incoherently because his mouth was full of apples.

Julian pursed his lips at Patrick’s words, the man slowly shifted his seat in front of Patrick. "I regret it."

"Regret? Regret for what?" asked Patrick quickly.

"If that night I chose Gina, maybe this kind of thing didn’t happen, Gina would still be by my side. I’m sure Gina will really hate me this time, Patrick," said Julian hoarsely with his head down.

Patrick looked at his best friend without blinking, Julian’s current state was very chaotic. His eyes were empty and seemed more dreamy, the loss of Gina made the man seem to lose the will to live. Actually, Patrick couldn’t bear to see his friend in such a mess, but on the other hand, Patrick felt more sorry for Gina who had become a victim of Julian’s selfishness.

"You can only keep saying sorry, sorry and sorry, long ago. But you keep making the same mistakes, you left Sandra who was pregnant. Now you dumped your daughter with Sandra because you chose your wealth, try to imagine yourself, Julian. If you were in Gina’s position what would you do?"

Silence.

Julian couldn’t answer Patrick’s question, his chest hurt when he heard those words come out of Patrick’s lips.

"If I were Gina I would absolutely hate you, Julian."

Julian smiled at his friend’s words. "Good thing you’re not my daughter, Patrick."

"Tch... I don’t want to be your son either," Patrick said curtly.

Julian’s smile grew again, when he was about to continue the conversation suddenly two people called Wendy the assistant came. Two middle-aged women from Julian’s salon were invited to come to the office to help tidy up Julian’s appearance.

When Julian’s hair starts to be cut Patrick takes a photo of the man secretly to show Gina when he gets home, Patrick wants to show Gina that her father’s condition is not well. Even though he was disappointed in Julian, Patrick was still trying to mend the father and daughter relationship again as Brigitta told him almost every night when he was going to sleep, Patrick himself couldn’t bear to see Julian become such a human without passion.

"Hopefully by looking at these pictures Gina can forgive her father," Patrick muttered under his breath as he walked to his car which was parked in the VIP area in front of Julian’s The Paradise office.

***

"He’s Patrick Davidson, Julian’s best friend who is quite close to the Sanders family," Martin said quietly telling Massimo about Patrick.

Massimo stared unblinkingly at Julian’s photo. "I know, I’ve seen him many times when I was working at the Sanders house. Isn’t there anyone else we can suspect, Martin?"

"No sir, Julian strictly followed our instructions. He didn’t call the police and went on with his life as usual."

Massimo smiled faintly, so faintly that no one could see him. Since Gina’s departure, Massimo never smiled again. There was only one expression that caught on his face at this moment.

"Diego, what’s that kid doing?" asked Massimo flatly.

"Party, spree and fun. That’s all the boy does, sir." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Massimo raised one eyebrow. "Useless."

"Vanessa spoiled him too much, sir."

"Forget Diego, let him live in his world. As long as Yohanes Sanders’ legacy is safe I don’t care, all of it belongs to Gina. You must continue to monitor them, Martin. Don’t let the mother and child return to recklessness," said Massimo hoarsely.

"Yes Sir."

Massimo waved his hand. "Okay, then you can go. I want to sleep for a bit."

Martin nodded his head politely. "Yes sir."

Martin and his two men left Massimo’s presence, without Julian knowing that Vanessa and Diego’s movements had not been separated from Massimo’s supervision. After learning that Yohanes Sanders bequeathed almost all of his wealth to his beloved granddaughter Gina, Massimo asked his men to keep an eye on Diego. Massimo wanted to make sure that what belonged to Gina was not taken by anyone.

After learning that Diego and Vanessa were the cause of Barbara Sanders’ death, Massimo became even more wary. Massimo doesn’t want Vanessa and Diego to hurt Gina, that’s why Massimo once called Diego to his house to be warned not to touch Gina.

Discussing the Sanders family made Massimo think back to Gina, who until now had disappeared as if swallowed by the earth, no trace of her being read by her subordinates.

"You’ve been torturing me for a week, Gina. I don’t know what punishment I should give you later if I manage to find you," said Massimo hoarsely with longing.

Remembering how Gina was sighing, the groaning pain beneath his body was driving Massimo crazy. He couldn’t even touch another woman because of that, whenever he was with another woman the thought of Gina’s face in pain when he penetrated her made Massimo instantly lose his desire for another woman and this really irritated Massimo.

It was the first time that Massimo was infatuated with a girl and not just infatuated, Massimo was tortured to be precise. A don juan who has never lacked women in his life is only now helpless because of a girl, the stray cat who turns out to be still not tame even though he managed to make a mark on her. A permanent mark that can not be removed forever.

Continued