Chapter 53
An explosion led the six owners of the house to run towards the field of roses. Zayn's eyes filled with tears as he saw half the field on fire, there were already guards with fire extinguishers trying to put out the fire, but still, it was the work of generations burning.
"Who the hell did this?!" He yelled as he charged towards the guards, stomping his feet and reeking with fury.
Behind him, Liam was calling more guards to investigate the area, Louis was holding Harry by the waist, as he had swayed a bit at the scene, Niall was standing just watching the whole scene, Shawn caressing his arm.
"We are not sure, Mr. Malik, we saw movement in this section of the field, when we were going to enter it exploded and we almost lost three guards," reported one of the alphas who were putting out the fire.
"Boss!" another yelled and Zayn looked at him, his eyes were cold, he was furious "We found something, come with me."
They began to walk through what was part of the field of roses, until in the centre, where the explosion had apparently originated, they found the remains of a corpse, blood, burned skin, organs, bones practically turned to dust, and as it was expected, pieces of metal that Zayn claimed were from the bomb.
"If my assumptions are correct, I can easily deduce that someone sent a scapegoat with the bomb," the guard announced and Zayn gave him a wry look.
"Anything else to add to your little research report, genius?" He asked, venom seeping into his voice. "Of course they sent a scapegoat! Incompetent alphas!" He yelled angrily and stamped his feet on the ground. "The question here is how did they get into the house? Who allowed them access?!"
Everyone was looking closely at Malik, neither Louis nor Niall dared to get close, much less Liam. Harry quietly positioned himself next to him, put his hand on the omega's shoulder and gave him a small smile. He was worried, but someone had to stay calm in this situation.
"Liam is already investigating, Zee, we're going to find out who it was and how they got in," assured the curly.
"We better do it, because heads are going to roll and they better belong to the guilty ones," the boss declared and began to walk towards the house, under the watchful eye of everyone present.
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In his office trying to find a way to balance the losses they would suffer from that incident, Louis received a call.
His omega was with Liam trying to find out what happened, Zayn was with the medical examiners to analyse the remains and Niall was reorganising the most important deliveries, this was going to cause them enough difficulties.
"Louis Tomlinson," the alpha said calmly, he couldn't convey his concern for what was happening at that moment.
"Mr. Tomlinson, this is Frank Bullock, I'm contacting you because there have been some problems with the transportation of the wine, there is too much demand, and we are contemplating terminating some transportation business, including our business with you, there is a customer that..."
"Am I listening correctly, Mr. Bullock?" Louis interrupted, incredulous.
"As I was saying, there is a client who offers us more than you offer us, sir." Louis rolled his eyes. "Wouldn't you like to make an appointment? I'll be in New Zealand in two days, we could meet at your property there."
"At the moment I have a lot of things to take care of with my other business, sir, can't we postpone it for another time?" Louis proposed, but he heard the man snort on the other end of the line.
"I don't think so, see you in two days Mr. Tomlinson," and he hung up.
He was furious, who did that poor man think he was? Louis walked towards Zayn's office, where he was already there with his omega, talking in whispers about something important, the twins were next to Zayn in a crib that had been placed there in the office, the babies couldn't be long without Zayn or Liam.
"Why do you have that sad dog face?" Zayn asked, "I remind you that we have a serious situation right now, we can't afford to talk about the gossip in the house or be with you because you miss your omega."
"It's not that," he looked at his omega and smiled at him. "Actually, a little bit, yes, but I'm not here for that reason. We're having problems with the transport company in the vineyard, but I can't go right now, can I? What should I do?"
Zayn looked at him with a raised eyebrow, Blair started to cry and the omega took him in his arms, looked at the alpha again and sighed.
"Let Harry go, but I need you here, we're going to have losses and I need you to help me find a solution to that," said the dark-haired man.
"I can do that?" Harry asked in surprise. "I mean, am I allowed to fix this kind of problem?" He looked at Louis.
"Don't you know?" Zayn questioned with a small smile, setting Blair back in the crib and settling into the chair.
"Know what?" The curly man's gaze went from Zayn to Louis.
"When they kidnapped you, Louis realised that you are his omega," Zayn began to relate, Louis began to blush slightly, his brother looked at him funny, "then he began to arrange everything so that you could do paperwork and sign documents on his behalf.
Harry looked at his alpha, trying to find confirmation of what he was hearing, Louis simply nodded.
"And you want to see what he put in the documents?" Zayn asked amusedly, Louis was quick to speak.
"No need for that, Zee." Harry frowned at him, but a smile played on his lips. "But Harry can't go alone, he's pregnant and if something happens I won't be there."
"Dr. Jackson can accompany him, why don't you take your mother Hazz? Jane could probably use some time and spend the weekend with her son, so she too can make sure nothing happens to them."
And the next morning Harry, along with his mother and the doctor, boarded the private jet that would take them to New Zealand. The omega had almost forgotten how tiring the trip was, sitting for so many hours and with a baby of more than five months in his womb, everything was even worse. But memories of the first time he went to that vineyard flooded his mind, the way his alpha had hugged him the entire flight and how he had proposed to him, and unconsciously a smile appeared on his face when his eyes fixed on that one ring that adorned his finger.
"Do you have a date for the wedding yet, love?" Jane asked, noticing the sweet aroma of happiness that emanated from her son, Harry looked at her and shook his head, still smiling.
"We haven't really talked about it yet, but I think we'll focus on our pup and let time decide," he chuckled.
"Well, this little one will be born in four months... don't you want me to tell you what you'll have yet?" The doctor commented this time, joining the conversation.
"I would rather wait until things are better at home, for now I have to focus on putting things in order here.
After that they all continued talking about vague things, Harry told them about all the places they could visit inside the vineyard since it was a huge place. The plane landed at night and everyone decided to go rest, the omega felt a bit strange when he entered the main room and that his alpha wasn't waiting for him in bed, but he took a quick bath and lay down trying to avoid that thought.
When the sun finally came up Harry was already dressing, he had had to have special outfits made for him that would fit him while pregnant, and the one he had chosen that morning was nothing less than a beautiful black ensemble and an enormous light brown fleece coat that contrasted with the rest of his clothes. His hair had grown long enough to pick up half of him leaving a few curls to fall across his forehead; he finally put on his rings and left his room in the direction of his alpha's office.
All the alphas that worked as security greeted him with a little nod while the omega said good morning to most of them, he tried to remember their faces but he saw too many people every day that it was impossible for him to remember someone.
He entered Louis's office and smiled as he received the alpha's scent from him everywhere, even if he didn't spend much time there his scent was everywhere; he sat in the huge chair behind the desk and sighed...
"Why is it so cold in here?" He asked to himself, but the presence of a beta coming out of the bathroom made him jump a little on the chair.
"It's to keep the wine cool, Mr. Styles," he explained with a huge smile, "but if you like I can ask..."
"No, no, that's perfect, it's just that with my pregnancy I'm a little more sensitive, but I'm fine." The beta nodded and moved a little closer.
"We did not expect this visit."
"I've come to solve some business for my fiancé, he was busy and he sent me on his behalf," the beta widened her eyes in surprise and Harry understood what he had just done.
It was a secret Harry, you weren't supposed to tell. He thought.
"Many congratulations sir, I'm so happy for you and Mr. Tomlinson, and with the baby on the way, I'm sure you'll be the best parents in the world." Harry smiled at the woman's enthusiasm.
"I thank you very much, but I would prefer that it be something between us for now, or at least until he wants to make the official announcement." He said, believing that this was the best excuse and the beta seemed to understand.
"Of course, nothing comes out of my mouth, I wouldn't want to have problems with you or Mr. Tomlinson." She smiled and started walking towards the door.
"Excuse me," interrupted the omega, "could you call Mr. Bullock?"
"Immediately," and said that she left the office.
It didn't take more than five minutes for when a man stuck his head out of the office door, Harry stood up and motioned for him to come in and take a seat so they could more calmly discuss what was going on.
"I really appreciate that..."
"Won't Mr. Tomlinson come?" He questioned, interrupting him. Harry cocked his head a little to the side and set his jaw.
"No, but that's why I came," he said, a little less friendly than at first. The alpha snorted.
"I doubt you are capable of understanding the business we conduct in this vineyard," he leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms over his chest, Harry on the other hand kept his back straight and his eyes locked on Bullock's.
"However, here I am and you must provide me with the information that you were going to give to Mr. Tomlinson." His tone of voice was serious, although he did not like to be rude, he knew perfectly well that he was not going to allow an idiot alpha to treat him that way.
"You?" He laughed, "I won't do that, so go talk to Tomlinson so we alphas can have a real discussion." He took out a cigarette and lit it right in front of him, exuding superiority and self-centeredness.
Harry smiled and stood up, licking his lips as he took off the enormous coat that covered him and rested his hands on the table, exposing that ring that had such a reputation, the ring worn by soulless murderers, as they were described in the news. Bullock immediately sat up straighter and widened his eyes.
"Frank," Harry began as he walked around the desk, his steps slow and causing more tension in the environment, "I see you recognized my ring, huh?" He sat on the desk staring into the alpha's eyes. "Do you like it? Because I've always liked it, do you know why?" The alpha quickly shook his head, little drops of cold sweat began to fall down his forehead. "I'll tell you, just because I'm in the mood," he got his lips wet again and tucked one of his curls behind his ear before beginning." It's one of my favourite rings because it was given to me by my future husband, who by the way is the father of the little baby inside of me, and if I tell you that you have to give me the information you were going to give Mr. Tomlinson, you give it to me, and you make sure you don't make me mad because with a simple snap of my fingers I can have someone go and pick up your wife as she leaves her ballet lesson."
His gaze never left the alpha's eyes and his voice was so calm that it caused the man to panic. Bullock swallowed hard and nodded, then Harry grinned, showing hi, his perfect dimples.
"Well?" He stood up and returned to the other side of the desk, "what was so important that you had to tell me?"
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