Chapter 4: Game on
“That bastard is a cheater, because why would he agree to the divorce easily?”
Lily complained, and for some reason, was disappointed and angry that Andrew didn't think twice before accepting the divorce.
She had expected him to beg, and bawl his eyes out asking for a second chance, but he didn't, and that surprised the hell out of her.
There was no other reasonable explanation she could think of, that made him agree to the divorce like that —if not, that he had been cheating on her.
“I hope I don't see that hoe of his, because I'm going to teach them both a lesson” She threatened, picking up her phone from the bed.
“Babe, come and see, your ex is getting into the latest range rover Prado ?” Mike called out , still peeping from the window, his gaze fixed on the car, till it went out of sight.
“ Don't take that puppet seriously, he's probably a driver” Lily mocked, her eyes fixed on the phone in her hands.
“Oh, I never thought of that, I thought he had graduated to hijacking cars” Mike said, bursting into laughter as Lily joined him.
“Babe, you know this would be the biggest moment of my life” Lily flung her phone on the bed and stood up to join Mike where he stood in just his briefs.
“ Babe, do you know the most exciting part? The mysterious chairman of A and U would be the one to personally present my money to me tomorrow” Lily giggled, her face litting up with smiles.
“And that's not even all, I am going to be a fucking shareholder in the biggest company in the world!” she squealed in delight, jumping on Mike's body, and in turn he grabbed her ass, pressing her body into his.
“ And before I forget babe, we need to invite your friends and business partners to come witness this day with me.”
“Of course, you are the star of the day, I will make sure to invite all the influential men I know” Mike assured, pressing his lips on Lily's.
“And like I told you, I will be going to A and U group to sign the partnership today”He added
“You can start going now babe, there is no time to waste “Lily squealed in excitement, tightening her grip on Mike's shoulder.
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After hours of being on the road, a white range rover Prado finally came to a halt at the other side of the city.
A part known to house only the elites and influential men. No one dared enter without a permit card.
Amongst other exotic tall glass buildings stood the largest of them all.
It was none other than A and U building , the leading company in Nashville city and beyond with over 5 branches located at various locations around the world.
The white gates slide automatically letting the range rover in.
And as soon as they got to the private garage, a man in his mid 40’s cladded in a black expensive suit, highlighted with speed and opened the car door for a younger man dressed in casual wear.
Just as Andrew was about to step out from the car, his phone vibrated, notifying an incoming call.
“Sir, we found Benita. She is currently based at Ceal Veal city.
And it seems her financial situation is not good... According to our investigation, her company is now on the verge of bankruptcy.”“What?! Send me every detail you have now.” Andrew said with shaking voice.
He blamed himself for making such a stupid mistake to find the wrong person and wasted the whole three years.But he hoped it was not too late to make up for her.
Suppressing his overwhelming emotions and taking a deep breath, he dropped the call and dialed another number.
“Hello sir,” Emily, his personal assistant, spoke up from the other end.
“Emily, I need you to make a public announcement that the banquet is shifted to three days time, not tomorrow anymore” He needed some time to meet that girl. And he had actually planned to cancel the banquet when he signed the divorce paper, but now he changed his mind.
He was really curious of Lily's reaction when he appeared there, with Benita. And he was going to make her return everything that didn’t belong to her back to Benita!
“ Okay, Sir”. The assistant replied.
Andrew Baron stepped out of the car as he headed inside his company- the A and U group.
But as he walked into the lobby, he sighted the last person he had expected to see again today.
“Hi, Mr ex son-in-law” Mike called out loudly, his lips twisting into a smirk
Andrew ignored him as he continued walking, not sparing him a glance.
He had important things to do. Wasting time on this trash was not on the list.“You don't need to be scared of me, don't worry I won't get you kicked out ,” Mike called out, quickening up his pace to reach Andrew.
But with just a few steps away, he paused involuntarily as the memory of how Andrew held his neck and almost strangled him, flashed through his mind.
It annoyed him that a man with no significance and way below his status , managed to intimidate him.
With one glance at both sides, his confidence spiked up to the fullest, as he saw the security guards that were littered around,so he continued walking, stood in Andrew's front, blocking his path.
Andrew huffed out in annoyance and paused for a second
“ Wow, I never knew A and U allow species like you in here” Mike taunted mockingly, his face covered in a smug smile.
“You already know now,”Andrew replied calmly, and made to continue walking.
“Wait, wait.. Just hold on for a second, don't worry I won't order the security to bundle you out, you can go in and apply for your cleaner Job, after all you need it to survive, I'm not that heartless to chase you out of somewhere you are privileged to be in ” Mike said in low mocking tone.
“Anyways it would be so bad of me to not say thank you.”Mike said, as Andrew raised his eyebrows questioningly, signaling him to say whatever it is he has to say .
“I just wanted to thank you for easily handing over Olivia to me by agreeing to the divorce, I thought you would want to prove stubborn, but thank you, she is indeed good in all area, especially in bed” Mike said, intentionally drawing out the bed part.
“Is that all? ” Andrew replied as calmly as ever, his voice not giving off any slightest hint of anger
Mike raised his eyebrows in confusion, his insides seething with anger that Andrew didn't give him the reaction he wanted.
Just the sight of the man standing before him annoyed him to death,and he couldn't hide his hate any longer.
“Stop pretending! You think you are all that?” Mike sneered glaring at Andrew contemptuously.
“Do you know why I am here? I was representing my father to sign a collaboration worth millions of dollars with the A and U Group. "
“And do you know how powerful the chairman of A and U Group is?”Mike sneered, his voice dripping with mockery." He owns more than one hundred companies and A and U is only one of them. He even won numerous battles for the country. And even the president wanted to marry his daughter to him and he declined! Now you know what it means to colllaborate with such a company, you idiot?"
“Well, you do have quite a knowledge of me.” Andrew chuckled lightly.
“What? You?” Mike asked, bursting into a laughter.
“ Are you saying you're the chairman? Hahaha! You are a piece of trash that could never amount to anything, and you dare stand there to talk rubbish! " He said disdainfully, looking at Andrew as if he were a fool.
Beep!
The sound of an incoming text caught his attention as he took a quick glance at his phone.
It was from Lily : “Babe, I just got the news that A and U shifted the banquet to 3 days and I just spoke with the event planner, they can set up our wedding a day after the banquet.”
Mike countenance fell flat , 3 days to him was too long and he couldn't wait any longer to attend the biggest event that would enable him garner massive connections from the influential guests that would come. And the most important thing was, he'd be able to meet the mysterious chairman there.He could use that opportunity to personally present another project to the chairman and build his father's trust. If he gets the chairman to approve another project,his father would hand over the company to him earlier than expected. But whatever, no matter it was tomorrow or three days later, he'd make it!Mike snapped back his gaze to Andrew and squared his shoulder,as a proud smile enveloped his face, “ My fiancé and I would be the special guests at the A and U banquet happening in three days and we would be signing our big collaboration with the chairman present there”“ You can just come and pack some leftovers, since that's the only way I can compensate you for snatching your wife fr
1 hour later, Andrew stood inside the tiny scattered room, he was sure this was the house his investigator had told him she stayed in. But what he was seeing now was different, the room looked like it had been deserted for months. And why was it unlocked? Did she move? Andrew thought of many possible answers to the questions he had, but he found none. Concluding that this was not the house, he walked out of the battered green building and dug out his phone from his pocket, about to call his investigator and scold for giving him a wrong address. “Poor girl, I doubt she would come out of that alive” a voice flew into Andrew's ear, and he paused in his tracks. He snapped his head to the direction and saw two women seated on a bench at the corner, and they weren't there when he had passed earlier. Heaving a sigh of relief, he approached them to see if he could get answers to his questions. “She was kind, she didn't deserve such a cruel fate” the first woman said,
In the dimly lit room,the sound of music echoed as loud cheers reverberated across the room. It was the viagra strip club —a porn home in disguise. Known for housing horny and dangerous high end millionaires and billionaires who seek to find pleasure in the comfort of women. No one dared enter Viagra without a minimum of $20 m in their bank accounts, because $5m out of it, would be used to buy a membership card that takes 3 months to process before allowed full entry.The viagra strip club was the biggest underground strip club in the whole of ceal villa city, owned by the ruthless and coldblooded loan shark, Mr Lethal. Most people in the city knew about the Viagra club and the inhumane things that were going on inside but no one dared talk. Because Mr lethal had bought over all the authorities that could possibly stand in his way. And for years —he had been striving In his inhumane acts. As the club bubbled outside, at the backstage, stood a trembling young lady In a skimpy dr
“You came right into a den of lion's !” The man snarled and raised his dagger to stab Andrew. In a swift move , Andrew snatched the dagger from the man and stabbed it right into his shoulder. “Owww!” The man groaned in pain, as he flung his wrist to Andrew's face, but before it could land. Andrew effortlessly launched a powerful kick into the man's stomach and he was sent flying a few meters away, like a bag of weightless grass. Silence befell the room once more as the men gawked at Andrew, their eyes wide open in shock. “You have just dug your own grave!” A man yelled, and the rest stormed towards Andrew. One by one Andrew dodged their weapons , his legs working hard in hard with his fists as he kicked and landed blows on any part of their body he came in contact with. The men yelped and groaned in pain as they sprawled on the floor, each clutching onto a part of their body that had been badly battered. After his little marathon, Andrew dug out his handkerchief and cle
Before Mr lethal could realize what had just happened, he was on the floor in pain, the same dagger he placed on Benita’s throat a few seconds ago, was dug deep into his spinal cord. “ You have 1 sec to stand up and fight me, or watch me leave” Andrew taunted, a smug grin spreading across his face “ You!” You will pay for this! I will make sure of that” Mr lethal, lay motionlessly on the floor, his waist downwards was paralyzed. “You dare disrupt my business and take away my trophy!” Mr Lethal groaned, his teeth gnashing in pain as he watched the back of the mysterious man who remained unharmed even after taking down dozens of his well trained soldiers disappear out of sight. “ You will regret this! I will hunt you down until the last drop of my blood!” He yelled, before succumbing into darkness. Benita looked at this scene in horror and fainted with a pale face. Andrew held her and regretted letting her see such a bloody scene. It was already late, so he took
Those were the only reasonable reasons she could think of, as to why the mysterious man would be attending a ball being hosted by the biggest company in the whole of Pinnock country. “Do you really want to know?”Andrew asked, contemplating on whether he should tell her the truth straight up. “Yes I want to know” Benita answered, seeing this as an opportunity to soothe her curiosity about the mysterious man's identity. Andrew decided there was no harm in telling her who he really was. “Actually I am going there as the chairman of A and U”“Wait, hold on” Benita said, bursting into a loud laughter after her futile efforts at trying to hold it back. After she had had her fill of laughter , she paused, feeling bad at how she had interrupted the man like that, but that didn't make what the man had just blurted out, less ridiculous, at least to her. “ Please I'm sorry about that, I couldn't hold it back” Benita said, still finding what the mysterious man had just said funny. Ch
The aggression in the guard’s voice grew, and he took a threatening step closer to Andrew.But Andrew remained unshaken. "Tell Justin. Now."The guard’s eyes narrowed. He was about to push Andrew further when something clicked in his mind. Justin’s name, paired with the way Andrew carried himself, brought back his captain’s briefing from earlier that day. The CEO had personally informed the security team that the chairman of A and U Group would be attending the event—discreetly—and gave them a specific description. He took a second look at Andrew and swallowed hard. This man, the one he was about to kick out, fit that description perfectly.The guard’s anger turned into cold fear as he realized the massive mistake he was about to make. His face paled, and he quickly took a step back. “Sir, I... I’m terribly sorry,” he stammered, his aggressive tone vanishing,“Please, come right in.”Mike stared at the guard, baffled. “What’s wrong with you? Don’t tell me you’re falling for his ac
The hall buzzed with excitement as the people waited for the event to start. Everyone in the hall was dressed in their finest clothing , because they had been anticipating this day —the day the mysterious president of A and U would finally reveal his face. Lily, her mother, Miranda, and brother Ben, were seated at the special table, cladded in their best outfits as they reveled in the adoration from the guests. Their cheeks were hurting from the amount of smiles they had had to flash at everyone complimenting them . Everyone in the hall was in awe of Lily. They deemed her lucky and blessed to be the winner of the A and U project. Everyone was throwing themselves at their feet in order to get on their good side. “Lily you are such an incredible woman and I wish my daughter would grow up to be like you someday” A woman walked up to their table, her face covered in smiles. “Thank you, don't worry she will grow up to make you proud just as my daughter here is alway