Bianca's naked body was among the many others gathered there. She couldn't even see him because she was on her knees in front of another man, her eyes closed, as she pleased him with her mouth and her hands while moaning loudly.'What the fuck?' Elijah thought. He ran his hands over his face twice then blinked a couple of times at the image before him. He tried to open his mouth to speak, but no sound came out. He was tongue-tied. This was the very woman he had assumed was pure, innocent, and good. This was the woman behind his sleepless nights while devising procedures and systems to help her family business expand. But here she was, with no care in the world, basically offering her body and mouth, quite literally, to another man in order to get a business collaboration. Elijah's breath began to come in short, fast pants, and his hands still gripping the handle of the service cart tightly turned white. He did not wish to cause a scene, not with all the nakedness surrounding him. He

The sound of a constant beep stirred Elijah up. He opened his eyes slowly as he tried to adjust to the lighting in the room. He heard the beeping sound again and he opened his mouth to complain, mumbling words at the sound. He carefully turned his head to the side, noticing a white wall and a wide window that did not look familiar. Then he turned to the other side and he saw a tube that extended from his hand to an IV bag, which made him realize that he was in the hospital.As he glanced at his hand, something white underneath his gaze caught his attention. He looked down and saw that his legs were in a white cast, raised, and he began to remember everything that had happened, but not the details of how he had gotten to the hospital. The thought of Bianca made him frown. All he felt at the thought of her was hatred. The position he had met her in, in that room was imprinted in his mind. He tried to think of other things, but all he could think about was Bianca and everything he had go

Elijah was in his room inside his grandfather's estate, gazing out the window. The mansion was one of the biggest and highest in Connecticut.'Elijah, you won't be able to use your legs for a while.' Elijah swung his hands to the side and threw the bottle of brandy he was holding against the wall. He wheeled himself away from the window, knowing that one of his grandfather's maids would come in a few minutes to clean everything up.This is what Bianca and Fred had turned him into. He had been in this state for almost two months now. Which had given him enough time to learn the name of the man who had put him in a wheelchair. He had spent two weeks in the hospital, before Ethan discharged him, sending him away in a wheelchair and a physiotherapist to assist him get back on his feet.Elijah was not proud of his behavior and his current physical state, he knew he was making it difficult for the physiotherapist who had been assigned to him. In fact, he was not making things easy for anyon

"My handsome grandbaby." came a deep voice, as a cane struck the ground from the entrance of the office Elijah was sitting in. Elijah turned to face his grandfather, Lucas, who had a broad smile on his face. He had been sitting in his grandfather's office for almost five minutes, waiting for his arrival."Grandpa, I'm not a baby anymore.""Oh, you're not. My eyes must be playing tricks on me then."Lucas’ eyes twinkled as he spoke to Elijah, and his lips twitched as if he was trying to stop himself from smiling too much. Elijah squinted his eyes at Lucas as he replied. "We both know that your eyes are working quite alright. All I'm saying is that calling me a grandbaby at 30 years of age is embarrassing."Lucas walked into the room with a style in his steps, as he used his cane that had a golden eagle's head at the top of it for support. He moved around the desk and sat in his office chair. "Till the day I die, you will remain my grandbaby." Elijah scoffed. Lucas picked up the pack o

Two years laterElijah pulled into his mall's parking space. It had been up to four months since his last visit, and he needed to see things for himself after reading on a blog that some of the employees had been speaking rudely to customers.Elijah had created an empire for himself, a powerful corporation known to everyone in Manhattan City. He started from EM Airways, and a few months later he built a mall called EM Mall close to the airport. A few more months went he became the owner of EM Restaurant where all kinds of cuisines, and celebrities had to book reservations in a month.Everyone knew the brand "EM," but only five people knew the face behind EM. Elijah's initial plan was for only his grandfather, his sister, his lawyer, and his best friend to know the man behind EM. But somewhere along the way, he revealed himself to his Vice President during one of his meetings. From the very beginning, Elijah started holding his meetings with his EM Airline team via video call. He had