The Rodneys all sat around Madam Rodney's hospital bed, and they were all looking slightly out of place as they shuffled their feets and twiddle their thumbs, never in their life had they anticipated something of this magnitude happening to any of them, and certainly not from the hands of family. Jason thought back to Scarlett's stunned face after everything had happened and he scoffed in derision. She was a bloody idiot, stupid and weak, and he hoped to the heavens above and whoever might be listening that his cousin got her due. Just then his phone rang, and he hesitated, with his current state he was unsure if he would ever be able to face anyone. Looking at the screen, he blanched. The worst of the worst was calling: his fiancee Emerald Wilson, and she was definitely worse than a hundred nosy paparazzi combined. But he picked up, knowing that a bigger hell awaited him should he fail to do so. Last Updated : 2024-05-03

Mason went to bed that night with a beaming and downright devilish smile on his handsome face as he slept, he did with the thought that his arch nemesis would soon get what was coming to them, and the best part was that he would make sure of it. Scarlett said nothing when he climbed into bed with her that night. This would be the first time they were sharing a bed in all their years of marriage, and the reason was her family, they could not catch on to their secret, if they did, then Mason and Scarlett would truly be over. She knew there were those in her family that would do anything for her weakness, it was an unfortunate fact she had come to accept. Mason was quiet that night as he laid gently beside his wife, and listened to her gentle breaths as she laid quietly beside him, the tension was thick and heavy in the air, so thick th

Mason was quite wary that morning as he had no idea what his wife was thinking at the moment, as she sat facing away from him and staring resolutely at the window. Mason gulped, when she was like to him was when she was the most difficult, mainly because he then had no idea how to handle her, and what moves to make and not make, but recounting the events that just took place, Mason could place himself in her shoes and see why she was cross. Clearing his throat, he tried to gain her attention, but it was fruitless. He let out a huge puff of breath, anything to make her turn towards him, still nothing, deciding that enough was enough, Mason turned to her, ready to plead for her mercy. He was tired of fighting. “Scarlett?” He asked tentatively, reaching out a hand to touch her shoulder and found it shaking underneath his pal

The only thing Mason could think of was that Scarlett was out there with a strange man and gunshots while he was stuck in a panic room with people he hates and an armed gun man disguised as his security, he was not sure who would murder him first, he signed and shook the thoughts from his head, this was not the time to be distracted. “Mason! I don't think that's security!” Mason gritted his teeth as Jason shrieked into his ears, he really was not ready for this, and he was much less ready with Jason breathing down his neck. “Look I know that, alright? But our best bet would be a distraction.” He whispered back. If he had to play nice with the Rodneys to get out of this, then he sure as hell would. “Hey! You are obviously not security are you?!&r

Mason shifted uneasily as soon as Elicia's grin became more and more devious. He knew her well enough to know that even now she would try to sabotage him, it was something he had prepared for, something that was bound to happen, Elicia was helpless against her own cruel instinct and he knew that much. “So what do you think about the opportunistic match between your niece and one of the richest men to have ever walked the earth?” Shane Landon's booming voice asked, and he could see Scarlett flush slightly at this question, and raised his own brows at her reaction, then at how Shane Landon's question was phrased, gritting his teeth, he waited.  “Well.” Elicia laughed daintily as she looked at the crowd bashfully and Mason snorted at the act. &ldquo