Chapter 376 - Game on

"I am done playing with the men for now. Let's call the only girl in our gang. Maggie, darling, you are next." Jared's voice fell on the girl's ears and the next moment, she stiffened in her place. Somewhere in her heart, she had a hunch that Jared would call her some time and when the time actually came, she could see her soul escape in the sky. At that moment, Jared was just the Lucifer she never wished to meet.

Seeing Maggie frozen in her spot, Jared licked his lips and walked to her. "What happened, darling? Are you scared?" He whispered to her, making the girl jump in her place. "If you are scared, you can disagree to the challenge. I would not mind." The man smirked and Maggie had the impulse to pick the revolver and shot the man in the head or even better, when the sun didn't shine. ​​

"Maggie darling, I am waiting." Jared prompted and the girl started to walk, trying to come up with plans that could help her escape from the situation. She knew she could not evade the predicament she was in nor could she kill Jared. It was not that she did have the skills to shoot the man. No. She was equally skilled as him when it came to handling a gun, or even better. The training she had taken at the Intelligence was not for nothing.

But the problem was the aftermath of killing Jared. 'I would then have to deal with this Godfather and his men and that is...' She pondered as she continued walking. 'What shall I do? What shall I do? What shall I do?' She racked her brain trying to come up with something and the next moment, she remembered the weapon she had with her. 

Secretly, she pushed her left sleeve up, making sure that nobody noticed this small action of hers Just when she was just a step short of the table, she pressed a button on the watch on her wrist and a loud blast reverberated in the room, stunning everyone. Even the man who was watching everything silently was perplexed by the sudden explosion.

Although the blast was not significant enough to shake the ground, small debris still fell from the top, and immediately after, everybody started to scurry away from the place. Jared could not comprehend what had happened and he looked around, furious and confused. "What the f_u_c_k happened?" He shouted and glared at the men who were scurrying away like scared rats.

Dust and debris continued to fall and now, Jared's first priority was to leave the warehouse and make sure that his Godfather was safe. Not caring about the girl who had picked up the gun, the man rushed to his Godfather and ushered him out of the place. The warehouse was a mess right now with the way everybody was trying to save their asses from what they assumed to be a bomb attack.

Only Maggie knew what had happened and she smirked, her confidence returning on her face. Not letting go of the revolver, she placed it on her forehead and closed her eyes. Taking a deep breath, she prepared herself to face the bullet only to hear Jared's roar. "What the hell are you doing, Maggie?" 

And before Maggie could press the trigger, the man had pushed the gun away from her. By then, Jared's secretary had lead Jared's Godfather away from the scene of the destruction. Maggie looked around and saw that it was only her, Jared, and a few men who were trying to get away from the place.

"Have you gone crazy? What the f_u_c_k are you doing? Why are you shooting yourself when you should be escaping from this place?" The man barked and pulled her with him, and a smile made its way on her face.

"Weren't you the one who ordered me to play your game and now that I am doing as per your wish, why are you blaming me?" She argued back, her smile not leaving her face.

"I only wanted to play the game. I never intended to see you die. I cannot lose you. You are one of my best comrades. I only intended to have some fun. You idiot." He scolded her and led her out of the place and Maggie's face scrunched up in confusion.

'What the hell is this man talking? Why does he not want to see me die? Is there something wrong with his head? Why is he behaving abnormally? This is not the Jared I know.' Maggie pondered and she stared at Jared's back, who was trying to make his way through the crowd whilst he yelled at them.

Maggie could not understand the man's weird behavior. 'Has he fallen for me?" She wondered and the next second, she shook her head. 'What are you thinking, Maggie? The man likes Rachel and he is nothing but a devil who uses women for his p_l_e_a_s_u_r_e.' Maggie knew Jared's ways and also about how the women who never made it out alive after giving a visit to his bedroom. 

"Why?" She questioned out loud and Jared who was walking in the front, stopped suddenly hearing her voice. They were already outside the warehouse and they were quite far away from the other men. 

"I have my reasons, darling," Jared smirked at her and suddenly Maggie was having a bad premonition. 

'Something is wrong here. He knows something about me and he just playing with me. What the heck!!' Maggie stared at him wide-eyed and Jared chuckled seeing her pale face.

"My Godfather has taken a liking to you and I cannot allow you to die just like that. Otherwise, that man would skin me alive. Don't assume anything else."

"What?" Maggie's mind could not make sense of whatever Jared was speaking. Everything felt like a mystery to her.

"Apparently, my Godfather finds you interesting and he has a mission which only you could do. How can I allow you to die when you are the best hacker and computer expert I have come across? No way." Jared refuted and Maggie rolled her eyes at his reasoning. "Moreover, you are way better than many of those bastards in the gang. So, why would I want you to die?"

'Does this man suffer from bipolar disorder?' Maggie thought and she frowned. 

"What was wrong with you? Why didn't you escape when you had the chance? Why were you trying to shoot yourself?" Jared enquired, scowling at her.

"How could I refuse your orders? Weren't you the one who ordered me to shoot myself?" Maggie questioned back immediately and an appreciative smile made its way on the man's smile.

"This is why I like you, Maggie. You do everything I say without questions." Jared's eyes then fell on the warehouse and his face turned cold immediately. "Maggie stay here. I'll look into what happened just now."

Maggie nodded while Jared left her alone to investigate the incident. The girl's lips quirked up slightly. 'Jared now trusts me more and I am one step closer to the result. Valarie, just a few days more and we will achieve what we want.' Thinking that, she looked at the bullets in her palm before pocketing them silently. 'Jared, you want to play a game right? Then, game on.'