The Devil’s love

342  Incident(III) "That was out of goodwill." Walking towards Roger, Markus added, "You are after all our young master, there was a time when we used to protect you."

"Look Markus, I don't have time for this. I need to take my sister home, she is tired. Just tell me what you want and put an end to this."

"What's the rush? Aren't you going to wait for your men? They are on the way right?" Markus smiled. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Roger wasn't shocked or surprised that Markus knew his men were on the way. The man had worked with his father for more than thirty years now. Even he had worked with him when he handled his father's work in the past. Roger very well knew what Markus was capable of.

After learning about Ning's pregnancy when Roger started thinking about a different approach to deal with the situation, a thought struck him.

Without thinking twice, he contacted his father's right hand man, Markus who had also sent him an anonymous warning email the other day.

Markus was one of the most royal people by his father's side. Since he decided to discard his loyalty and send him the email, it wasn't hard for Roger to figure out that he wanted something.

"Why don't you ask Mrs. Mo to join us as well?"

"Leave her out of this—" Roger firmly stated.

"Didn't all of this start because of her? If she had died years ago, nothing would have happened. Savannah would have been alive—"

Roger frowned at the sudden mention of Lucas' mother's name. Jason and some of his men had been working so hard to find the real reason behind her death. Did Markus know something they didn't?

Since he had been around for a very long time, he definitely knew Savannah personally.

"How is all of this related to aunt Savannah's death?"

"So your little minions couldn't find out the real truth yet?" Markus smirked. "I don't blame them….no one knows what happened that night other than your father, Savannah and….me."

"Father killed her."

"Savannah's life ended the day she married your cruel father." Clenching his hand, he gritted, "From the day she stepped into the mansion, her sufferings began. There was not a single day she didn't cry. Your father made her life a living hell."

Looking at the sky, Markus smiled, "She called me brother Mark. She used to cook meals for me and always nagged me to eat more. I never had a sister but Savannah filled that empty space in my life. But—"

The smile on his face disappeared. "I knew behind her smile there was a lot of pain, the kind of pain one couldn't imagine."

He paused for a while. Whenever he thought of it, his blood boiled. "Savannah wanted love from your father but for him she was just one of the many ways to satisfy his needs. He wouldn't even bother or look at her the entire day but at night, he used to torture her."

"Every morning she would come down with a new bruise on her body. I knew she was dying inside but she never said anything. She hid all her pain behind her smile," he added. "But I couldn't bear it. I tried to persuade her to leave several times but she insisted on staying."

Looking at Roger, he smirked, "The poor girl thought she could win that cold hearted man's heart."

"When Savannah got pregnant, I thought Kareem would show some kind of mercy but he didn't. He didn't bother if she was in pain. He didn't even care when she almost died in the labor room while giving birth to his child. He never cared."

"But fortunately we didn't lose her. She gave birth to Lucas." His eyes turned misty. "I still remember the joy in Savannah's eyes when she first held him. She was so happy. Even though Kareem was rarely around after Lucas' birth, she didn't care. She didn't care about him anymore. She was fully focused on raising her son. I was very happy for her but that happiness didn't last."

"One day Savannah overheard Kareem and me discussing the upcoming plans. Kareem revealed all the things he had planned for you and Lucas. And how he didn't care even if you both died or had to be killed. She heard everything." Markus added, "And that is the first time I saw her confronting Kareem. She stood up against him for you both. She told him he shouldn't do this to his sons..she told him he was wrong. She was so brave, I never knew she had such a brave side too."

"But Kareem didn't like it. He didn't like the way he talked to her. I told him to let it go but he told me to leave. I insisted on staying but he ordered me to leave." Markus gritted his teeth. "I am nothing but your father's slave. I had no choice but to listen to him. But I still regret leaving..only if I had stayed longer, maybe Savannah would have been alive."

Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath to calm himself down. Markus still blamed himself for Savannah's death.

"Around midnight, I received a call from your father. He asked me to come home," he continued. "When I reached there, Savannah was lying on the floor with a pool of blood. I panicked but Kareem stood there unfazed. He casually asked me to take her to the hospital and make sure that she died."

He gritted his teeth and balled his fingers. "I wanted to kill him but I knew I had to take her to the hospital before it was too late."

"On the way to the hospital, she told me to call Lucas. She wanted to see him for the last time. I told her nothing would happen to her but she was sure it was too late."