"Would you like a cup of coffee, tea or water." Mr Baron asked as he sat in front of Damson and Luis. "I can ask my secretary to give you anything you want. Just mention it.""Oh, we're fine, we don't need anything." Damson said. We're not going to be here for a long time. We're busy men and we need to get back to the company as soon as possible." "Ah, I see. You want us to quickly talk about the partnership and stamp the deal. I understand, I can't wait too." Baron said, laughing loudly. Damson and Luis also laughed, but theirs was fake. "It is a pleasure having people from the biggest company in the city here in my company. It is a big deal and I can't wait to boast around to my friends. I'm very excited and honored to have you here. I wasn't expecting it. You must think highly of my company and I'm happy you do." Damson laughed. "Our president sends his apologies. He said he's sorry he didn't consider your proposals and we hope you won't take revenge and reject ours this time.

Over the next few days, Damson and Maria spent a lot of time together. They went out to eat together, watched movies, and attended parties. They had so much fun together. He has also been sleeping in the apartment lately. If he wasn't with Maria, he would either be in class or in the library, burying his head in his books. He also spent some time with Fred and Luke. After the incident with Mr Baron, he had expected Sasha to call him and tell him she wasn't going to get married again, but she didn't. He decided to take Maria's advice and reached out to her so they could meet and talk. He called her and texted her so many times, but she didn't respond, so he gave up. He had gone to meet Lily to ask about her. She told him Sasha took some days off school because she was sick and will resume when she gets better. Sasha could reach out to Lily, but not him. It was enough for him to get the memo. Sasha didn't rate him and truly didn't see him as someone important, even as a friend. If

Damson was furious and landed a heavy punch on Andrew's face. "How dare you?" He said, punching him again. He grabbed him and was about to hit his head against the wall when the police came, stopping him from hitting him. "Stop it, kid. You might end up killing him and you wouldn't want that. We'll take it from here, leave him." Damson looked at Andrew, who had a smile on his face. He didn't feel remorseful for what he did and all he wanted to do was to beat and destroy his face, but he was lucky the police came on time.They cuffed his hands and dragged him outside, putting him inside their car. Maria was asked some questions and after that, they drove off. "Are you sure you're okay?" Damson asked Maria again."I'm fine. Jeez, how many times do you want to ask me?" She said, rolling her eyes. "How did you end up in the store?""He tricked me and I fell for it. I don't think he's mentally stable. Inside the store, I couldn't recognise him. He looked scary and different." "Why

Maria's eyes widened as she heard Diane mention the secret. It's something she had been keeping for years and the only reason she was able to find out about it was because she eavesdropped on her conversation with Matilda. "You better not say anything Diane." Maria said, clenching her teeth. Diane laughed out loud. "Aw, are you scared of how he would look at you when he finds out? Or you're worried he won't trust you again?""Shut up!" Maria yelled, startling everyone. "The secret was a big deal to her and she didn't like how Diane was joking about it.""You shouldn't have taken our money and run. You knew it would take you a lot of months and hard work to pay back, that's why you ran away. You're a thief and a liar, you sly fox." Damson had never seen Maria that angry before and he wondered what secret Diane was talking about. She was breathing heavily, trying to control her anger and he knew this was the wrong time to ask about secrets. He decided to focus on why they were here i

The man snarled as he tightened his hands around Maria's neck, he was enjoying the way she gasped and struggled to breathe. "You need to let her go." One of the men said to him. "She's the only one that can tell us where Damson is. "If you kill her we will lose and the boss already told us to make sure we come with his head." The man holding Maria's neck growled angrily. He didn't want to let go of her. The aim was to kill her for not answering his questions. Angrily, he threw her aside, making her crash into a set of mannequins. Maria held her neck, crying and gasping for breath, her body was shaking with fear. She thought she was going to die. "Where is Damson?" She thought to herself, looking around. She was worried because if these men should find him, they'll kill him on the spot. One of the men walked up to Maria, dragging her back to the middle of the room. "You need to answer our questions if you want to leave this place alive." He spoke to her gently but Maria knew it was