Naughty Ceo’s Secret
Chapter 118

"Okay, so what happened?" Kendra asked.

It's been a couple of days since I woke up and all of my friends came to see me today. Peter and Beck stopped by early this morning with flowers and a teddy bear. It was adorable. They stayed for a short time to check on me before they had to go to work. Beck is in charge of a lot since Kenzo has been here with me.

Poor guy. Kenzo and I should do something for him as a thank you. Not that I think Beck minds at all. He's probably just thrilled that I'm safe and that Kenzo is taking time off to stay with me.

In the early afternoon, Sasha and Nikki stopped by. They only stayed a few minutes. I don't blame them, they are busy women. I was just happy they stopped by at all. It really made me feel loved.

Kenzo hasn't left my side at all since I woke up. Only to get food, or use the bathroom. He's been the one helping me shower, eat, and do anything else I need. It's been nice. Although he was pretty nervous about today. I think that Kenzo just wants me to get rest, but our friends are too concerned to keep waiting.

"Well, after those tests all came out positive, I came out of the bathroom-"

"I knew you were pregnant." Kendra interrupted me.

Kendra rubbed my belly excitedly and I rolled my eyes at her.

"Anyway," I drawled out. "I ran smack into Evan. That guy from the club that one night. Do you guys remember that?" I asked her and Marc.

"Yeah, that creep that followed you?" Kendra asked.

I nodded.

"Someone followed you out of a club?" Jed asked angrily.

"Yes. That was the night I met Kenzo. On pure accident," I said, smiling at him.

"It would be a lot sweeter of a story if some creep wasn't trying to r**e you that night." Marc said, ruining our moment.

I gave him a pointed look. I guess he has a point, but he could have just shut up. I shouldn't expect too much though. Marc has always been an i***t.

"Anyway, yeah, that guy. He put a knife to my side and told me to start walking. Thankfully, Kendra saw us, but I dropped all of my stuff when he started pushing me out." I explained. "Then I was pushed into a car, and there was another guy, DM-" "DM?" Kenzo asked..

"That's what I called him. He wouldn't tell me his name," I said.

"So you chose DM?" Jed asked.

I nodded.

"It stands for Drive Man." I said with a shrug.

Kendra laughed.

"Leave it to you to make light in a situation like that," she said.

I frowned.

"I didn't make light. He wouldn't tell me his name. He was the only nice one of the two. I was trying to escape." I said defensively.

Marc snorted as he shook his head.

"Alright, so where did DM take you?" He asked.

"Some motel. I was there for a couple of days. Evan would try to get handsy, but DM would always stop him. Then one day, Evan tricked DM into going outside, and he tried to rape me." I said, swallowing. "I killed him I guess." "We know," Marc said.

I looked up at them confused. They know? Already?

"We've been hanging around.. trying to help." Kendra said with a shrug. "The police told us."

"It wasn't your fault," Jed said.

"I know." I said.

And I mean that. Kenzo and I have been through the conversation over and over again. After all of that, I know that it wasn't my fault. It was self-defense, and I would rather do that again than get raped.

"So, why did they kidnap you though?" Kendra asked.

I looked at Kenzo.

"Haru did it. He set it all up trying to get control of Kenzo." I said.

"Wow," Marc said.

Kendra turned her head to Kenzo.

"Where is he now? In jail, I hope." She said.

Kenzo shook his head.

"The police are searching for him. The P.I. that he hired to help kidnap Opal admitted to everything. He gave them all the information they could need about Haru. It led the police to open up a full investigation. They found heaps of incriminating documents on multiple different types of charges. If they ever replace Haru, he will be going to prison for the rest of his life." Kenzo said.

If. If they replace him.

Kenzo won't elaborate more to me, but he's sure that Haru won't be found. I tried to ask him if he had done something, but he kept telling me no. He promised me that he had nothing to do with Haru's disappearance. I believe Kenzo, but I also think there is more that he isn't telling me.

"If they ever replace him? That bas.tard ran!?" Kendra exclaimed.

Kenzo nodded.

"You don't think they'll replace him?" Marc asked.

Kenzo shrugged.

"Haru has a lot of money, and probably had a backup plan in case something like this ever happened. Maybe he fled the country before things blew up." He suggested.

That's what he said to me too. It's just strange. You'd think that Kenzo would know about any place Haru could have run off to. It's strange to me that Kenzo hasn't been trying to replace him himself. That's really what makes me feel like he knows something more. It's almost like Kenzo knows that Haru will never be found, even if he tries himself.

Maybe Kenzo has already killed him, and just won't tell me.

"Wow, what an a.ss!" Kendra said.

I nodded in agreement.

"Okay, so you ran after that, I'm guessing?" Jed asked, trying to get back on track.

I nodded.

"Right into the arms of my stalker. I couldn't believe it. I just assumed that Evan was my stalker after he kidnapped me. Like, who gets kidnapped twice in a row?" I asked incredulously. Kendra chuckled.

"You, I guess," She said.

"So, this lady.. Your stalker.. I still don't understand what that was about," Jed said.

Kenzo told me everything after I had eaten and got some rest. He told me about my father. About Jane and James stealing the money from me. And all about Hailey. I know everything now. I took a deep breath.

"She was obsessed with my father. I guess that he was a famous soft rock singer." I said with a laugh.

"Your father? You? You're tone deaf," Marc said.

I glared at him before shaking my head.

"Apparently she was convinced that she was my mother, and her and my father were in love. She hit his car thinking I was inside. She said we were all supposed to die together." I told them. "Hailey said she happened to accidently see me one day. She was supposed to be locked up for life, but got out somehow. Hailey tried to poison my food, but I refused to eat or drink anything. So, she lit the house on fire, and.. shot herself in front of me." I explained.

Honestly, Hailey shooting herself in front of me like that, I think traumatized me more than anything else that happened. Maybe because Evan had hinted so much about raping me that I was prepared for that part. Plus, thankfully, he didn't get that far. Hailey though..

Haily was just a very sick woman. She had suffered from mental illness her whole life, something that was clear to me before Kenzo told me. If she had gotten the help she needed, she wouldn't have killed my father, and I wouldn't have almost died in a fire. It was sad to see her so easily kill herself, and right in front of me. It's still giving me nightmares.

"Wow.. I'm so sorry, Opal," Kendra said.

"You finally found out who your father was, at least," Marc said.

I nodded.

"Yeah, I just wish he was alive," I said.

"I got a call from Mom," Jed said.

I turned to him.

"Dad lost his job and is looking at some serious jail time. She told me that I needed to choose between them and you." He told me.

I smiled.

"I'm glad you chose me," I said.

"Whoa what?" Kendra asked.

"Apparently, my father left me money. Like a lot of money. Close to five million dollars." I told them.

"Holy sh,it." Marc breathed out as Kendra gasped.

I nodded.

"Jane and James stole it from me. Forged documents when I was a baby. That money was supposed to be mine when I turned 18. That was the only reason they took me in. Why Jane never told me I was adopted, and why she 'had a change of heart' after. Haru had found out and threatened to tell me if they didn't tell me I was adopted." I told them. "Wow, they really are scum," Kendra said.

"What's that mean now? They go to jail?" Marc asked.

"Well, Kenzo has kind of been handling everything..," I said.

"They're going to jail, Opal," Kenzo stated.

We've been arguing about this clearly.

"I just want the money back, Kenzo. Then I can be done with them." I replied.

"Like hell." Kenzo scoffed. "I'm ruining their lives. You can argue with me all you want baby, you are getting your money and then some." He stated.

I sighed. There's no point in arguing. Kenzo is going to do it no matter how much I ask him not to.

"Sooo..?" Marc asked.

Kenzo turned to my friends.

"They will be responsible for paying the money back to Opal. We are also suing them. By the time this is over, Opal will have over double what her father left her. That, and James will most likely do jail time for abusing his power as a judge. He will never be able to work again. As for the rest.. Jane will have to figure it out for herself," he said.

They all blinked at him.

"Wow," Kendra said.

Then she turned back to me.

"It must turn you on so much to have someone that fired up to protect you," she said.

I laughed at her just as a nurse walked into my room.

"Alright you guys, I'm sorry but visiting time is over." She said.

All of my friends hugged me as Kenzo shuffled them out of my room. He shut the door behind them before coming back to sit next to my bed. Kenzo kissed the top of my bed, and put my bed down.

"You should get more sleep kitten. Dr. Kormack said we could go home tomorrow," he said.

"Kenzo, I want to ask you something, and I want you to be honest with me," I said.

"Okay baby." He replied.

I took a deep breath.

"Did you kill Haru?" I asked softly.

Kenzo's eyes snapped at me. He looked away for a moment and rubbed the back of his neck. Then he sighed heavily.

"No, Opal, I didn't," he said.

"But you know where he is," I said.

Kenzo shook his head.

"I promise you that I have no idea where Haru is, baby, but I have a suspicion that someone else... took care of him." He said. Took care of him..?

"Who?" I asked.

Kenzo blew out a breath.

"There is someone I want you to meet tomorrow. Maybe after that, you will be able to piece things together yourself."