Gambino stuttered something incomprehensibly and left his mouth hanging open before snapping them shut.His men marched forward, but Lucian stopped them with a deadly glare. "I'd reconsider If I were you,""Damnit!" Gambino growled, and like an explosion, he lurched towards Lucian and grabbed him by the collar. "What sort of bullshit is this? What the hell did you say?!""Like I said," Lucian scoffed, locking eyes with his opponent. "I buried her, six feet deep. She went in quietly and obediently like a good girl. I guess she was blinded by love,""I…I don't believe you," Gambino said, his voice lowered to a whisper. "Josephine is still admitted to your hospital. I have my men watching, so don't the hell try to play smart with me,"Lucian chuckled. "Why don't we find out if I'm telling the truth?"With a suspicious glare, Gambino released him and grabbed his phone to dial a number. When the person at the other end picked up, he yelled out an instruction and waited. A few minutes later

The next afternoon, Josephine, Darcel, Anthony and Lucian sat across each other. Lucian had summoned them for an unexpected urgent meeting and right now, they were staring at him for some sort of explanation.Lucian cleared his throat, before looking at Josephine. "You had a lot to tell me. Can I hear it?"Josephine blinked, confusion written all over her small face. "Is... is this the reason for the meeting?"Lucian nodded. "Yes,"A slight feeling of embarrassment crept into her skin at his reply. She looked across the room and all eyes were on her. She bit her lips nervously as the words failed her."We're all family, J, there is really no need to be embarrassed," Lucian called out softly as he sensed her discomfort."Yeah, we are all family," Anthony shot her a smile.Josephine nodded and swallowed before she continued. "It's about my accident,"Nobody said a word. It was like they hadn't heard her."I caused my accident," She continued."You did what?" Rose gasped."That was quite

"What…" Althea gasped in shock. This was not what she had expected to hear. She felt her knees weaken as the words sliced through her sharper than a knife."Sorry sir, I…don't understand,""I'm sure you heard me loud and clear the first time. You're fired,"Althea shook her head and laughed nervously. "I'm sorry, sir. Did I do anything wrong? You're joking right?" "Do I sound like a joke to you?" Her boss frowned. "Sorry, but I didn't realize I was a jokester,""No, sir, that's not it," Althea panicked. She couldn't believe this. This company was like home to her and she had worked in it for years now while trying to scale up her political career. Her boss personally had offered to sponsor her once in a while, so what the hell changed?Her palms began sweating on their own as she observed his seriousness. Fuck it, she was screwed. "Sir please, is there anything I did wrong? I promise to amend my ways, so please don't fire me!"The man stared at her intensely. "I'm disappointed in you

The following morning, Josephine stepped down from the cab and hugged her small figure nervously as she made her way to Lucian's office. On getting there, she saw him sitting on his chair as usual, but this time, he wasn't looking through some files, he was pressing his phone. "Hey…" she called out softly to announce her presence.Lucian looked up. "Oh, you're here. Please sit,"Josephine did as commanded while searching his emotionless face. What was with the cold tone? "You called for me,"Lucian nodded and opened his drawer. He brought out some paperwork which he dropped on the table. "Those are your papers; ticket out of the country. I had Anthony prepare them for you,"Josephine left her mouth hanging open as she looked at him in surprise. "Travel papers? What do I do with them?"Lucian stared at her like he didn't understand the question, then he smiled. "You deserve a better life, J, one that might not be found in this country. This is a chance to explore, get to see other pla

"What are you talking about?" Lucian narrowed an eyebrow as he regarded Betty."I might be able to withdraw the lawsuit on condition," Betty smiled, even though nothing was funny."And who said I was interested in a sick condition? I came because I'm a bit concerned about the unjust accusations,""Oh, are you?" Betty replied in sarcasm. "You know the accusations are not thoroughly unjust. My son is with you and not with his mother. How fair is that?""I'm running out of patience, Betty," Lucian snapped. "This is a chance to withdraw the case or live to regret not making wise choices when you had the chance,""I'm withdrawing the case on a condition. I made that clear earlier, didn't I?""Let's hear the sick condition already," Lucian said coldly."My son stays with me for a year and I get back my position as CEO of All Gold," Betty said with a smile that didn't reach her eyes.Lucian chuckled. "The Mother of the Year award would go to you at this rate, wouldn't it? All of this for poo