Golden Hearts |Completed| ✔

Book II - Part 15

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Third Person POV

"Hello." Müller said as the phone call connected.

"You did good, I was told that the seeds of doubt are planted already." The person on the other side of the phone praised.

"Should I move onto the next phase of the plan?" Müller inquired.

"Not yet, I'm enjoying things this way. Let them drain their brains trying to figure out what's happening for a little while more." The other person's tone seemed cynically joyful. 

"It's been a week." Müller simply stated.

"Another week would do, I want their doubts to turn into an unwavering certainty. Only then do we have a shot at achieving our goal." The person said, all traces of humour vanishing from their voice. "Remember, Emma Knights should not know." They added.

"Understood." Müller complied dryly.

"Why? You don't like hiding things from your boss?" The person humoured.

"Mrs. Knights is not my boss." Müller responded firmly.

"Glad to hear that. I'll call you when it's time for phase two." They said before hanging up the phone.

Müller held the phone in front of him, looking at it intently. He didn't know if he would regret doing what he was doing now, he only knew that it felt like it's the right thing to do.

However the right thing to do is not always necessarily the good thing to do.

He had a promise he had to keep even if cost him his life, he's willing to dive into that life again just for the sake of bringing an end to this mess they started once and for all.

Müller was deep in his thoughts when Gisela hugged his left leg with one of her hands as she carried her bear in the other. "Onkel, when will we be returning home?" The little girl asked.

"Soon, sweetheart. We'll be going back very soon." He said as he lifted her up and settled her on his lap before he started rocking her to sleep since it was quite late.

"I miss momma and papa and Giu." The little girl said yawning before she was fast asleep.

"I'm sorry, sweetheart, but I'm doing it for your sake." He murmured slowly and kissed her forehead softly.

"Sir!" One of the bodyguards he brought with him came into the room where he and Gisela were. Müller glared at him when Gisela stirred in her sleep due to his raised voice. "Sorry, sir." The bodyguard said, bowing slightly as Müller rocked the little one back to sleep.

"Go to the office, I'll meet you there when I tuck Ela in." Müller ordered not looking at him.

"But, sir, it's quite urgent." The bodyguard said.

"I don't care how urgent it is, you will not disobey my orders ever again!" Müller hissed quietly so that he doesn't wake the little girl in his arms. "Wait for me in the office, I'll be there shortly." He repeated his order.

The bodyguard nodded his head in obedience and exited the room.

Müller stayed in his place for a while to make sure Ela has fallen asleep before he carried her in his arms and went upstairs to the room he specialised for her. It was a spitting image of the one she had back home, he wanted to make her feel as comfortable as she could while away from home. That's why he spent months decorating the room to look exactly like hers which caused the plan to be delayed. The little girl was his foremost priority, he didn't want this to seem as kidnapping whatsoever. He wanted her to believe that it's exactly what he told her, that she's staying with him while her parents are abroad on a business trip.