Chapter 150 - True Motive

"It looks like our hostages are enjoying their stay here." the chubby man said.

They heard Elle and James's laughter as they entered the house.

"Okay, since we are all having fun here, let us go now to our proper business. Shall we?" The six-feet tall thin man said to them. 

The three men stared at James and Elle with sinister smiles flashed on their faces. Their evil intentions reflected in their eyes.

Elle was silently observing the three men. She assumed that the thin tall man was the leader among them.

She estimated that the thin and chubby men were in their mid-30s while the average built man was in his mid-20s and he was the youngest among them.

They were still wearing their mask, hiding their faces to Elle and James. The thin man started to approach Elle. He extended his arm as he held her face.

That action immediately enraged James. 

"I said... Don't f*cking touch her with your filthy hands!!!" James shouted angrily at the thin man.

James struggled with all his might on his spot as he was trying to untie the ropes which were wrapping him on the chair. But his action was useless.

He wanted to punch and beat those guys.

"Don't be impatient Mr. rich guy. We will have to deal with you later. But we need to finish our business first with this lovely lady here."

The thin man signaled his underlings to keep James in place and seal his mouth using a tape. After that, he brought his attention back to Elle.

James could not utter a word now as his mouth was completely sealed. He shot them a murderous glare.

'F*ck! I swear I will make you have a taste of Skull Gang's wrath if you do something to Elle. You don't know what frightening things I can do to you.' James was cursing them.

Elle just remained cool at her seat. She did not know whether to thank or pity James for his reaction.

'Poor guy, he got so worked up easily. Where is the super calm James Arison whom I was talking to a while ago?'

"You have such a beautiful face, my lovely lady. Too bad, I need to ruin and disfigure this today," he said to Elle as he showed her a bottle with a label 'Muriatic Acid.'

A single drop of that chemical liquid could burn and damage the skin easily.

The thin man clicked his tongue and shook his head in disappointment. Elle frowned after hearing what the man had just said.

On the other hand, James's eyes widened and it looked like he was the one who was more afraid for her compared to Elle, who had an amused expression on her face.

'Are they kidding me? They kidnap me here not because they want to kill me but their main purpose is to ruin my face?'

'D*mn, who was this dumbass foolish jealous insecure mastermind?'

Elle stared at the man with disbelief. A burst of unrestrained laughter escaped her mouth.

"Really??? You... kidnap... me... for that? Is the person who sent you... is really jealous of my beautiful face to the extent of doing this? You are not after money or my life... you are after my face?"

Elle was struggling to finish her sentence because she was laughing hard.

"You still have the guts to laugh in this kind of situation?" the chubby man said amusedly at her.

James also thought that this was not funny. This was a f*cking serious matter that Elle should not take it lightly. She should be nervous right now instead of laughing.

After seeing the strange gaze coming from the four men, Elle stopped laughing and she cleared her throat.

"Ahem... sorry about that. I just thought it was a funny joke. Never heard of someone in my entire life, who ordered to kidnap someone just to ruin her beautiful face."

"I guess the mastermind here is a woman, am I right?" she asked them to confirm her suspicion.

"You don't need to know. Hmm... do you want to beg us now? Come... we would like to listen to a lovely lady's plea. Beg us to spare you and save your beautiful face." the thin man said to her mockingly.

He began to move his hand and caress Elle's face. James's veins started to pop one after another because of too much anger.

He started struggling on his seat once again. But the two men held him to stop him from moving.

He could not bear to see this man touching Elle in front of him. He wanted to kill this guy, right here and right now.

Elle was also displeased with this man's advances. She wanted to cut his hand which was touching her right now.

"Will you really spare me if I do that? Mister... how much did she pay you? I think my friend here is willing to pay you any amount. Please just don't ruin my face."

Elle started to flaunt her acting skills once again, pretending to be scared, helpless and desperate.

James nodded vigorously in agreement with Elle's statement. He was willing to pay any amount just for them not to touch and hurt Elle.

"Hmm... but after seeing you I think I don't want just money now. She also said I can do anything to you... anything I want... as long as I don't kill you." He said with his ambiguous tone.

He was staring at Elle intently, surveying her flawless body. He could not take his eyes off this lovely lady in front of him.

L.u.s.t... that was the word that could be seen in his eyes right now. It reflected in his very own eyes, the very strong s.e.x.u.a.l desire for her.

He leaned over and whispered to her with his hoarse voice: "Are you willing to sacrifice your body for the sake of your pretty face?"

A glint of triumph lit her eyes, Elle now saw the perfect opportunity to attack.

Elle looked down as she closed her eyes and nodded at him, pretending she was shy and helpless.

That's it. James was now on his breaking point. The thin man smirked at her response. He was rejoicing inside.

This lovely woman was willing to give him her body just to save her pretty face. For that reason, he got excited and he felt something hardened under his pants.

"Let's go upstairs, Honey," he said as he started to untie Elle. She just nodded at him like an obedient child.

James was shouting and struggling on his seat. But since his mouth was sealed by tape, he could not utter any word. But Elle knew what he was trying to say.

James wanted to stop her. He was telling her not to do it. Elle just gave him a reassuring smile. She somehow felt grateful for his concern.

'F*ck! Elle stop, don't do this! You don't need to do this. I will save you. Someone is coming to save us. Please wait.'

James was now blaming himself right now. He was not able to do anything. Elle and the thin man started to walk upstairs.

They would go inside one of the rooms there. The thin man also instructed the chubby man to tag along with them, just in case Elle changed her mind and would start to fight back.

He thought two men were enough to restrain Elle if she tried to do something against them. He was wrong again for thinking that.

Even if the three of them combined, they won't be able to restrain Elle once she unleashed her true fangs.

James saw the three persons entered one of the rooms upstairs. His heart was beating fast, he was nervous and angry at the same time.

The moment Elle disappeared from his line of sight, James felt that all his strength and energy were draining out of him.

His skins started to bleed from struggling too much from the ropes which were restraining him.

"Are you her boyfriend? You look like you care too much about that girl. I could sense your murderous intent. Are you thinking of killing us now?" A smug smile crept on the man's face.

The younger man was left to watch over James. He signaled the man to remove the tape on his mouth so that he could talk to him.

But the man refused to do so. He just sat on the couch silently watching James who was fuming in rage. If just looks could kill, then the man would be dead right now.

Minutes later, they could hear banging sounds upstairs accompanied by the loud groans of men.

"It looks like the intense activity had started. Poor lady, those two men have never tasted a beautiful woman like her. I bet they won't be gentle to her."

The man shook his head as he pitied the woman. James clenched his fists and ground his teeth in so much fury.

He won't forgive these people. He won't forget what they did to them today.

He promised to himself that once he and Elle escaped from here, he would torture these three persons to death.

He already warned them so many times not to touch Elle but they never listened to him.

Then after a few seconds, it became silent again upstairs. James and the man averted their gaze towards the room where the three persons entered just a while ago.

The man became curious about what was happening there. So he stood up and decided to follow them to check the situation upstairs.