An Innocent Heart Longing For Love

Jacob stopped the car in front of the entrance gate and whispered to Anna, "Hey, sleepy head! Wake up! You know... You are so easy to be abducted, you will volunteer yourself." Jacob was grinning.

Anna who was faking to be sleeping earlier, actually fell asleep on the way, "I slept? We have reached home already?"

"Not yet, we are in front of your security gate. I am not allowed to go through further." Jacob pointed his thumb outside.

"Ohh... wait, one second!" She signaled the security guard to open the gate.

After dropping Anna, Jacob exclaimed at her, "Hey! Don't you invite me for tea?"

"No, you will start irritating me once you get the chance. So off you go" Anna gestured him with her hands to go out.

"Too harsh! My heart is bleeding. So? Officially our date has ended for the day! Hmm... Bye."

"Ahhhhhhh...." Anna screamed out loud.

He smiled mischievously. Before he drove off, he again yelled, "Don't forget to call me, you still need to repay me, Ok!"

Anna was dumbstruck. She pulled out the five hundred dollars and his contact number from her pocket, she held it in her hand motionless. Impossible! This man is absolutely impossible!!

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"Shane! Where did you go?" Elanda was worried when Shane and Anna were nowhere to be found. She was thinking earlier 'Did they just left without informing, this man never bat an eye for any woman, is he now courting a girl in secret?'

The concert was over already. There are people still crowded in different sets of the food court looking for dishes to crave for the hunger. Shane's friends are all retired from the concert area to the exclusive wine tasting event.

Irik received a call from Shane asking for their whereabouts, and when Shane reached the place, his friends bombarded him with questions.

"We thought that you both left without informing us!!" Elanda interrogated with an ache.

"I got an important call to attend. Where is Anna?" Shane looked around and found that Anna is not there with them.

Orlando disputed, "What? You are asking us? She was with you all the time. If you can't keep an eye on her, you should at least let others to take care of her."

"Orlando! This is not the time. If she is not with you guys? Where would she go?" Shane looked around in panic.

Shane instantly called Anna's bodyguard whom he ordered earlier to leave and take Anna's car along.

"Yes! Mr.Shane" Anna personal bodyguard answered the phone immediately with just one ring.

"Number one, return to Highland Park at once and bring back up. Anna is missing."

"Roger that! On my way" Once Shane cut the call, everyone looked at him incredibly.

"Man! What is happening?" Orlando asked. All his playful tone was long gone, now it was filled with seriousness.

"We need to look for Anna first, let's talk about it later. Let us spread and start looking for her." Irik stepped in.

"Ok" Elanda and Kylie agreed. "Will she be alright?" Kylie inquired Irik with concern.

"She will be fine. She is not a kid, right?" Irik soothed her.

It was already too late for them to look for her. When they were searching inside the park, Anna was ragged by the gangster outside. When Shane heard the police sirens, he rushed out.

While he made his way out, Shane saw Anna sticking to the window of a car and looking at the scene distractedly.

Shane drew out his phone and dialed Orlando to inform others to retreat from searching. He looked at the direction of the car that drove away; she was not struggling which means she is safe. The place was overcrowded for him to get out of the parking area promptly.

He dialed the home phone number and informed the maid to call him at once when Anna reaches home.

After 20 minutes, he received a call, "Hello Shane!"

"Anna" he breathed out in relief. All the while, his muscles remained tensed up, he couldn't relax even a bit.

"I am at home, I got lost in the crowd and my mobile phone crashed. I tried to look...." before she could finish, a cold voice stopped her.

"Are you safe?" He was neither angry nor happy. His words are emotionless carrying no weight.

"I am fine" Anna replied with a trembling voice.

"Good! I am almost there, Wait for me."

When he reached home, Anna greeted him. His emotions are unreadable. He waved the butler to clear out and then he directed Anna to follow him to the study room.