"Sir, sir... There's a man outside causing a ruckus, saying he must see you or he won't leave," Lucian's secretary rushed into his office without knocking, wearing a scared expression."What? And what are the security doing about this? Get him kicked out!" Lucian stood up angrily."He has beaten them all. We've called the police, but he is causing commotion outside the company," the secretary replied to Lucian's anger."Who is the bastard?" Lucian seethed."Mr. Marco. The man you forbade us to allow into your office," the secretary replied with a shaky voice.Lucian cursed under his breath as he made a mental note of what that jerk wanted."Let him in." He rubbed his head as he sat back down."Sir?" The secretary asked again, not sure why her boss suddenly changed his mind."You bloody heard me!" Lucian fired at her, and she shuddered and ran off. A few minutes later, she returned, but this time with Marco, looking like a wounded tiger."Leave us," Lucian said, noting that the words t

"I don't think we should be talking about this now, Damian," Ravenna said as Damian feigned a frown and picked up a fork."Why?" He dipped a slice of steak into his mouth, pretending to be oblivious to the reasons. "It's not like you both still have something to do with each other," he said, looking from face to face.His face transitioned to one of shock, and he gasped. "Or do you?" he asked."How is that even possible, Mr. Santoro?" Marco finally said. "She is yours now." He gestured with his hand towards Ravenna, who rolled her eyes in frustration."Ah…" Damian nodded slowly and shrugged. "You never can tell, Marco. Maybe she isn't truly with me," he said, taking a sip of water as another silence followed."I need to use the restroom. Can I—""Yeah, sure," Damian replied quickly and gave him directions."What was that?" Ravenna asked immediately when they were alone."Just trying to kill my curiosity. What does it look like?" Damian pretended to be engrossed in his food and not wil

"You seem too confident for someone who is about to lose his empire, Mr. Santoro," Lucian said, noting the sarcastic look Damian kept giving him, which made him feel as if he had lost before the battle even began."Why do you say that?" Damian asked, raising a brow as he turned to the shareholders. "Was this meeting urgently called to discuss me?" He inquired, but they all avoided his gaze. "How sweet," he muttered."I don't know if you haven't heard the hottest news in the country, Mr. Santoro, or if you're pretending to be oblivious," Lucian stated as he confidently strode towards Damian, who was just inches away from him. "Your iconic exit from King's Group, how you embezzled funds while you worked there," Lucian said each word with relish, causing Damian's face to tighten and his fists to clench as he yearned to strike him in the face."These news companies only care about profits, you see," Damian retorted. "They don't care about the real truth, which we both know," he added, lev

The continuous clicks of cameras that were on Ravenna made her want to throw up and run if given the chance. As she sat on the stage, with curious eyes of reporters staring at her like a mother hawk wary of her child's safety, she felt like the world should swallow her up. This was his plan all along, Damian's ingenious plan, to make her look miserable to the whole world."I'm here today to—" She paused as she tried to collect herself. This was hard, but she had no choice. "To correct the rumors that went around about me being in any sort of relationship with Domenico Santoro," she finally said as the camera clicks became more intense. There were more than twenty news stations present. It took just a post on her social media handle to gather so many people in such a short time after Damian gave her the ultimatum."The thing is that I—" she said as her heart rate increased. Her palms felt sweaty as she prayed fervently that all this would miraculously stop. "The child in my womb is not

"Forgive my impudence, Mr. Santoro. I was just teasing," Marco broke into laughter as he noticed Damian's expression. Damian concealed his emotions so well, and he despised Marco so much that he wanted to strangle him."It wasn't funny, Marco," Damian said with a smile that concealed malice. "I don't find jokes like that hilarious. Instead..." He watched Marco lazily. "I tend to turn them into something realistic.""Oh..." Marco feigned a gasp."I'm scared now," he added with a chuckle. Damian chuckled too, although he felt that Marco was playing around with him."Anyway, you are the boss. You call the shots. About Kings Airline, it's a loss, though," Marco said with a shrug and a more serious look.Damian just watched him without a word, like a lion waiting for the moment to pounce on his prey, without showing a hint."I'll take my leave now. It was quite..." Marco paused for a while and continued. "Satisfying, talking to you, Mr. Santoro," he completed as he stared at Damian, trying