Roman sat in his dining room with the two lawyers whom he had met at the funeral ground. They were both from Rhoades family and Floyd’s. It seemed they were here to talk to him about the properties. It was no news that Floyd had stolen the properties from his father. He had killed him and forced his mother to back away from most of his family’s possessions. But that ended when he was killed. Ben had also handed in the video which showed Floyd going into Lucien’s office to steal a few files minutes before his death. He was also viewed in the parking lot just before he came to meet Lucien in his office. That had been enough evidence for the police to tag his death as a murder hence, the properties which Floyd had stolen from him were to be returned with immediate effect. That was why the lawyers were here. “I’m sorry we didn’t know about this,” Cedric apologized. “We were only doing our jobs.”Roman nodded at that. Cedric was Floyd’s lawyer and he was the one with all his files. Lu

Lilian had thought about this for so long. Why would she want to submit to Roman? Why would she choose to abandon all the lessons her father had taught her? It was wrong to show weakness, especially to someone like Roman, but they didn’t have any other choice. Roman was going to win either way, and the least they could do was swear their allegiance to him. She had lost everything, but there was a little glimmer of hope left. If she could get back control of her father’s company, then she would be pleased. She had watched her father risk everything for it. He had built it from the ground to where he was. That was why it was so precious to him. She couldn’t let anything happen to the company. She had let it fall into the wrong hands once, and it had destroyed them. She wasn’t going to let it happen again. “That company belonged to my father. He suffered to build that company alone. And watching Viper Don take that form had killed him. The only thing I could do now is to make sure that

Roman looked around carefully as he stepped further into the room. Florence was behind him with the gun in her hand pointing towards her feet as he scanned the room tentatively as well. There was something wrong. The house looked empty, but it surely wasn’t. Billy and Alive were still in here but where? They were very good hitmen, that was why her father had specifically ordered them to murder Roman. But luckily for Roman, she had been there in time to save his life. She wasn’t going to rub it all over his face because she was the one who had put him in that position in the first place. “I don’t see anybody here. I think we are too late,” Roman said, turning to her. Florence sighed and looked around. Roman was losing focus and anything could happen. “They are still here, I can feel it,” she said. Roman squinted at her as he heard that. He didn’t buy what she said. But he couldn’t complain. So he turned around and looked at the living room one more time. “I’ll search the kitchen,

“Thank you for coming, Roman,” Lilian said. Roman clenched his jaws and nodded. He had just stepped out of the elevator and was already greeted by Lilain who seemed to have been waiting for him eagerly. Why wouldn’t she? He had accepted to give her back the company—well, not everything. Just a minority stake to make sure that they didn’t try anything funny in the future. Just like last time. “Right this way, the lawyers are waiting for you,” she said, pointing towards the familiar office. Roman walked through the hallway in silence as they made their way towards his office. Ever since Donald had died, he had become the new CEO of the company. That was because he had inherited all of Donald’s properties as well. He wondered why Florence would let him do something like that. This was his office now. The office where he had been once fired in, was now his. As he arrived at the door, he swung it open and stepped in. There were already people inside; two lawyers with Florence and Dav

“What?” Roman was trying his best to remain calm but he couldn’t. The news that Florence broke made it difficult for him to maintain his cool. Florence could feel the cold hands of guilt grip her. They had bonded during the little time they had spent together. It was no surprise that they ended up having feelings for each other. But those feelings couldn’t be acted on. She knew that Roman wasn’t going to have the time to spend with her. After what he had been through with Lilian, she knew it would be difficult for him to get married again. And that didn’t suit her. She wanted a family of her own, and kids too, but Roman wouldn’t be intrigued by that. And also, she needed some time alone to process her thoughts. She had spent half of her life trying to impress her father with the hope that she would save him one day. But he had ended up using her, and the only way they could stop him was to kill him. She was the only person in her family now and had nothing left here in New York. T