DEJECTED“ I'm very sorry, Miss Ragnar.But you're not able to buy this house because it says here that the place already has another offer”. She was talking about Samantha , of course.However, Mrs. Ragnar was someone who is used to getting what she wanted.She would have a house if she wanted it, even if another client was agreed.When she heard that the house was already sold, her face darkened and she said, “I don't care if the place already has a buyer, that's your problem. I just want to buy the house”.The sales agent was frightened and quickly agreed. “Don't worry, all sorted out”.That was something Brian hadn't expected. He planned to buy the house secretly.Then when Samantha was out of options on where to live, he would show her the beautiful Riverside house he had bought and surprise her.But now there seemed to be a better solution.With Mrs. Ragnar wanting to buy the home, Samantha would have no choice but to admit defeat.He looked at the agent and said.“Since this lady

POISONHe picked up a glass of water and tended to wash the pill down, but the sound of the door being kicked open stopped him in his tracks.Brian burst in and ran toward the bodyguard. He grabbed him by the neck and threw him across the room as if he was nothing more than a rag doll.He landed against the wall and fell to the floor. Nick shuddered.Ignoring the pain in his body, the bodyguards stood up, but rather than rush Brian in retaliation they were taken aback, the man turned to Nick. “Mr. Tomlins”, he said, his voice shaking. “I'm no match for this man. Nobody in the room is any match for him.He looked at Brian as if he were the devil, not immortal.“What did you say?” Asked Nick incredulously, kicking the bodyguard back to the floor. “There's one of him and several of you. How many more people do you need?”Although he thought of Brian as a useless man, he knew that his fighting skills were amazing. He knew that even if he had a dozen armed men, Brian would still beat them. T

HOSTAGEWhile Scott was on his way over, Brian called Stone to help him clean up the mess.The fight had caused more than Jeffery had anticipated.Nick watched them as they were talking.He was starting to panic. “Are they going to ask me if I can take them to Duke?” He thought.“I don't think even they realize how easy that would be for me”.Nick said quietly while the men tidied up the room and dealt with the injured men.He started to think about why they wanted him to help them deal with Duke.His mind went back to his last meeting with his father.As they were told they had talked about, he suddenly realized something.One thing stood out during what had seemed like an ordinary conversation.His father had mentioned that Brian had given him a headache recently. “Does that mean my father has a grudge against the man?. he thought.He decided that he needed to do some digging. “What are you planning, Brian?” He asked. “What can I do to help you deal with Duke?”.What he didn't know was tha

MASKEDBrian had seen Gonzalez fight in several competitions over the years. In fact, last fall he watched him win 3 bouts in less than 10 minutes.Billy had promised Gonzalez that the job he had in mind would be simple.He told him they were just going to scare a woman and not hurt anyone at all.It was just as bad luck that Brian Maxwell had turned up when he did.They've looked at Brian and started to crack his knuckles.Then the lady inside the car “Now we talk”, he said.Catherine looked at him.He was so big that he made Brian look like a chicken.She was convinced that he would kill her best friend's husband.She made a decision. “Billy, leave him alone and I'll get back together with you”. She shouted in desperation.Billy stopped dead in his tracks. “Do you promise?” He asked warily. “Yes, but you must promise to let him go.This is nothing to do with him”, she said, thanking her lucky stars that Samantha had been too busy to witness such a sorry spectacle.“Let him go”, Billy laug

ELATEDIt annoyed her that he was wasting his skills on low paying work.For the first time, she felt his lack of income was through his own laziness rather than an unfortunate absence of skill and intelligence.He opened his mouth but couldn't find any words to improve the situation.“Did you come up with this yourself?” She asked quietly.“No”, he replied impulsively.“Then how do you know so much about the workings of the company?” She asked.“I noticed some things from your notebook and paid attention when you told me about work, " he said, hoping it sounded like a decent explanation.“So you put this together from random scraps of information?” She asked.His heart raced as he tried to talk his way out of the corner he had backed himself into.“Plus, jeffery talks about business stuff with me a lot. He mentioned a method like this the other day, so I thought it could be applied here”.Relief filled Brian as Samantha's expression changed.She looks disappointed that he hadn't had a s