Claire walked to the door and was right beside her mother who gave the man a wide hug and then stepped aside, as if she was urging Claire to do the same. Disgusted, Claire quickly stepped out of the way before the fat man could envelop her in his very big arms. Caleb looked at Claire with a knowing look. His eyes didn't stay on her face for more than a few minutes, his gaze wandered to her legs and although it was covered, she began to feel exposed to his lustful gaze. "Welcome, senator, please come in," Freda said respectfully and led him into the living room. Caleb didn't bother sitting on the couch in the living room at all, he peeked into the doorway like the glutton that he was. "I can smell the sweetness of that toast from all the way here, let's go have breakfast, I'm sure that you've set out something special for me, just like last time," he said and waddled into the dining room. But he stopped right in his tracks when he saw that Bryan was right there on the dining table

Caleb clutched his nose and turned to look at the man that had picked him. It was no other than Bryan and he didn't look remorseful at all. "You dare to lay hands on my wife?" He asked with a loud voice and at once kicked him behind his knee. The senator doubled over in pain and groaned. Freda hurried to his side to hold him before she toppled over on the floor and inflicted more damage on himself. "How dare you hurt the senator?!" She snapped angrily, "He's old enough to be your own father!" She added. Bryan looked at the man on the floor with disgust. He didn't deserve any of his pity and the only reason that he hadn't beaten him to a pulp first was because he didn't want Claire to be in trouble. Because she was now the CEO of the Oscar family, she was going to get in trouble for assaulting the senator especially since she was still married to Bryan. There would likely be a lawsuit and Claire was going to bring shame to the family when she hadn't even been the leader for more than

Her mother. That was one topic that Claire didn’t ever want to talk about. Especially with Bryan. She had come to terms that the secret her mother had to keep would have to go with both of them six feet deep and she would do everything to make sure that happened. “There’s nothing between us, she’s just my mother and__” she began to say but Bryan raised his hands and told her to stop lying. “I have been around you long enough to know that Freda has something she is using to control you, I just don’t know it yet, and trust me when I tell you that I will find out!” He stated, “You would make this a whole easier for me if you could just tell me what it is.”Claire was biting her lips. A nervous habit that she picked up a long time ago and had been unable to part with. She couldn’t speak to Bryan about it. She had to keep it to herself. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, Bryan. My mother and I just have a healthy relationship, I love and respect my mother like I should__” Bryan su

The training ground was filled with different soldiers. Some of them looked worn out and dusty. The air was thick with perspiration and Bryan could smell the men as he walked by. "I think Davis should be in the captain's quarters," Benjamin said and at the same time, a man that was dressed in a brown shirt and a pair of murky green shorts ran to them. "You aren't allowed to loiter in the waiting area, get to your base at once, or resume training!" he snapped. Bryan had a soft smile on his face as he looked at the man. He was clearly the leader of his gang or something close to that. He turned to look at Ben and both men shared an unspoken joke. "You shouldn't be bothered about us," Bryan replied with a smirk. The man seemed pissed that Bryan was trying to make fun of him when he was trying to get him to act in order. He pulled out a whip and showed it to Bryan. "It's time you run back home, we don't reward disobedience here!" He snapped aggressively. But Benjamin was right

"The seal of the emperor?" Benjamin asked, his eyes wide. Davis nodded, palmed his face, and then slouched on his armchair. He too had been struggling to make sense of the fact that the emperor himself would get involved in Bryan's issue. It didn't seem fitting, especially since Bryan was yet to become warlord and that meant that the emperor even had no business reaching him personally. "Are you very sure about this?" Bryan asked, it was very unlikely that the emperor would reach him through anyone. But mostly not through an unknown message. That was meant for secretive missions that came from the emperor's cabinet. All that it needed was the stamp of the emperor which meant a seal and with that seal, whatever was promised in such a letter would be done without any questions. "You know I would never mistake a thing like that. Benjamin might be an insulting and rude brat but he did get one thing right," Davis said, looking at the younger man with a stern look, "I will follow orders t