Hudson sat opposite Bertelli in one of the restaurants owned by the former. Bertelli had called a few hours ago, saying he wants to have a one-on-one meeting with Hudson just for the aim of creating peace between both families. "If you want to know how serious I am, I can give you my precious little sister's hand in marriage. I am pretty sure you two will bond well over time" Bertelli said, his voice filled with enough conviction to convince anyone but definitely not Hudson.Hudson let out a soft chuckle, in his mind he had the best answer to give to Bertelli that won't even give him any reason to suspect that Hudson already knows what he is planning but at the moment he was beginning to have second thoughts on giving him that answer. He had no choice but to give him the answer that he wants to hear, "Oh, too bad, I already have someone" he said with a blank expression on his face, he stretched his hand to pick up his wine glass in front of him, taking a sip from it, he returned the

Hudson's lips curve up into a sly smile, "It is a very simple and easy condition for you to fulfill, I am sure you can do it" "Anything you say, I swear in my life, I would do it," Bertelli said without being hesitant at all, he clearly wasn't thinking straight but he needed a way out of this as soon as possible. The excruciating pain he was feeling could knock him out any time from now. He can no longer take a second of the pain. "In your life you must never come near any of my family members or friends again, whether you mean harm or not, you must not be in the range of ten feet around them. The day you do, that will be the end of you" Hudson said threateningly, his eyes filled with as much venom to let Bertelli know that he meant every single word that he just said. Bertelli swallowed the lump in his 'throat and nodded his head, "Yes". He felt that there was more to this, there is clearly no way that Hudson would just let him go like that, the look in his eyes spoke loudly to

It's been a few days since Bertelli had been sent back home on a plane, he had recovered fully, his hand was already treated before he even came back. He walked into the garden, to where his father was seated with a cigarette in between his lips. His father was seated on a chair in the garden under a shade with a magazine in his hand. Immediately Bertelli got to where his father was, he dropped the cigarette he was smoking on the ashtray placed on the table in between them. He cleared his throat, "So are we going to ignore this father, since I came back, we have never for once talked about this before, anytime you notice that I am about to bring it up, you always find an excuse to leave my presence or you just leave like that."Talk about what, Bertelli? I don't see anything to talk about and I am pretty sure that I haven't been avoiding anything" his father replied, not taking his eyes off the magazine in his hand. "You barely even look at me Dad, what do you mean when you say th

Alexis walked inside the house, just as usual for the past few days, Hudson is nowhere to be found in the sitting room, it feels like he is barely in the house at all when he is in it, he comes back from work early nowadays. He always acts like he is busy with one thing or the other, barely giving her attention like before for reasons unknown to her but she could tell that something is wrong from his facial reactions. She dropped her bag on the chair and walked straight to his office room, hoping to see him there like always after finding out he is not in the bedroom but she didn't find him there. She heard a sound coming from the pool and walked towards there, hoping to see him and she did find him there. She couldn't tell if he took notice of her and was just pretending not to or he haven't really seen her yet.She took off her clothes, leaving only her bra and panties and went straight to the pool, sitting at the edge of it, dipping her legs into the water. She shivered a bit

The knock on the door interrupted Alexis ongoing speech, she raised her head, facing the door with a slight frown on her face, her secretary knows better than to disturb her whenever she is in a meeting. "Come in" she said. The door was pushed open immediately, her secretary walked in and bent close to her ear, whispering, "Ma, Mr. Hudson is here and I told him to sit in the waiting room".Alexis remembered pleading to him in the morning to pick her up from work, she didn't want to be in the presence of the bodyguards Hudson told to protect her, they are a bit scary. She took a look at the time, it a few minutes past the time she had told him to come pick her up. "Let him come in, I am almost done with this gentlemen" she said, moving her gaze to the two men sitting opposite her. They are dressed in a three piece suit, from the looks on their faces, one can tell that they are not getting what they came here for."Ok ma'am" her secretary nodded, walking out of her office and Huds