The situation in the Carney family Villa was a very tense one, everyone sat down quietly waiting for the unwelcomed newlyweds to come home. The atmosphere reeks of fear, anger, and regret. The four people sitting in the sitting room were in deep thoughts on how to handle the present problem that had come into their lives because they knew that if nothing was done about it, the problem would become a gigantic cataclysm. Damon is a catastrophe and his new wife is a disruption and the Carneys have no space in their life for both of them. "Mom, we should not have allowed that wedding, I just hope we don't repent for this drastic decision we made today," Celena said, palming her face in frustration."Baby, you need to calm down about this, we'll take care of it," Victor assured his worried-looking wife.Celena looked up and gave him a venomous look, "Don't just tell me to calm down okay, you're the whole reason this is happening. First, your silly boys made the mistake of not ending him
"Dad, you don't know Damon. I know him and I know he's up to something. His coming back along with Tatiana is not just ordinary and did you see the kind of authority she'd talked to us? That's not her talking but Damon, Damon might look calm and all but he can be an evil jerk if he's messed with. We can't just give them a free hand or ignore them...""Celena, you're thinking too deep into this, there's nothing Damon can do to us. Do you know who we are? We're the elites of this country, the world knows us... They can't do anything, I'm sure of it." Victor said, cutting Celena in. "Just shut up Victor, I know Damon, not you. None of you here knows Damon, he's a crook, I won't be enjoying some God-forsaken honeymoon and watching him destroy this family. I will stay here and that's final." She said with a note of finality and sat down again. "Oh God! What's wrong with you?!" Victor asked angrily, looking at his wife in awe."Nothing is wrong with me, I'm just trying to protect my famil
It was almost dusk, a taxi halted in front of the Carneys Villa. "Well, nothing has changed much around here," Athena said with a loud yawn as she stepped out of the taxi holding some filled shopping bags. "You sure, wifey? It's been a long time since you left here, baby." Damon asked as he handed some wards of dollars to the taxi driver who immediately zoomed away. "Oh please, as long as the inhabitants haven't changed, I don't see the villa changing." She replies honestly and Damon chuckles."Let me help you with that." Damon offered, stretching his hands towards his new bride. "Nah, I'm good, you can help Electra, she's holding more bags than me." Athena refused, gesturing towards Electra whose eagle eyes were observing her new environment. An assassin's blood would never leave Electra, Athena smiled and called, "Electra, Damon wishes to help you with holding some bags." Electra looked towards the two and smiled, "I'm fine, don't worry bos..."Damon cleared his throat to cut
"Hey, Ayden. Don't worry, you're seeing clearly." Damon teased upon seeing his brother-in-law's reaction upon seeing him. "Oh, God! Not again!!" He bewailed. Athena chuckled and said, "Ayden really hates you.""Yeah baby, he sure does," Damon replied, his eyes zeroing in on Ayden whose face was contoured with nothing but fear.Ayden still could not comprehend what was going on, his sister was happily grinning with her ex-husband... Did Damon become some kind of an evil monster and hypnotize Celena? Celena was supposed to get married today, she should be with Victor, smiling with Victor, and not with this loser. Is Damon even human? How's he still alive and what has he come back for? He'd come back to the family that would not hesitate to kill him again if they got the chance. Ayden couldn't find questions to his answers and the three people in front of him were looking at home as if he'd gone crazy. Left with no choice, he did what he should have done since, he turned around and w
"I'm willing to give you a blank check and one of my companies in Africa but in return, you should divorce Tatiana and leave her for good." Mr. Carney's deep voice interrupted his thought and he shot his head towards his direction, feigning shock.The shocked expression on his face gave Mr. Carney hope, so he asked, "Deal or no deal, Damon?"Athena huffed and rushed towards her father, "What's the meaning of this Mr. Carney? Do you always have to show off your wealth at the slightest opportunity given? Damon is my husband and I would not allow you or anyone to intimidate him." She blurted out, her eyes throwing daggers at her father."Watch how you talk to me young lady, I am your father!" Mr. Carney warned."Mind your tongue when you talk about my husband! I would not allow you to belittle him, he's my husband and the earlier all of you get that fact, the better for all of us. Plus, the last time I remembered, I didn't have a father. My father is dead to me." She countered."What is w
A low yawn escaped Damon's mouth as he woke up, his body felt tired but he was still very much relieved and there was a lot of energy to begin another day. He felt a movement beside him and he turned to Athena's sleeping face. The woman had done so much for him and he wished there was something more he could do to help her. She'd stand up to her crazy annoying parents for him, disregard her family for him though the Carneys family doesn't deserve any form of regard and he'll show them where they belong soon enough. "Stop staring at me like that or I'll think you've fallen in love with me," Athena murmured in a sleepy voice and opened her eyes to reveal those enchanting and bewitching blue."You look beautiful." He commented with a smile, "And I don't mind falling in love with you." He added with a smirk and Athena raised her middle finger to his face. "Fuck you dude, that felt so real." She said with a laugh, taking a sitting position on the bed. "Fuck you too, wifey." He said wi
"What in the name of the good Lord! Who the hell am I seeing?!" O'l James exclaimed aloud upon sighting Damon from afar.Damon smiled as he walked up to the man he'd first considered a father in the slums."O'l James, it's me, in flesh and blood," Damon said with a grin upon noticing the broad smile the man was giving him. "God! I thought we lost you to riches, my man! Those them evil rich ass holes didn't succeed in ending your story I see." O'l James said, tapping Damon's shoulder in welcome. "They couldn't, they're too slow..." Damon paused and turned to Athena and Electra who were standing and watching the whole scenario."Come girls, meet O'l James, you can call him James though, he never likes to be called old," Damon said, introducing the man who's all smiles."Hello, James. I'm Athena, Damon's wife." Athena introduced herself, offering him a handshake.O'l James took the hand and shook it warmly with a smile, "You two did make a great comeback yesterday, the media is raining
"I had always hated suits, I love to be in free clothes, I feel suffocated right now." Athena complained, trying to adjust her clothes as she stared at herself in the mirror."You'll be fine, bae, you'll soon get used to it," Damon said, stepping out of the dressing room."I doubt, I've never liked it and I don't think I'll start now, I don't mind wearing my night dress to work, this is so uncomfortable." She whined and Damon sighed."We'll go shopping for corporate boxy suites once we're done with today's work, how about that?" He asked."Yeah please, I won't survive in this for long... I wish we could skip today and resume tomorrow." She said with a groan. "You're not the boss baby and as long as my brain serves me right, we were to resume work today. Now stop whining and put on that bold fierce face for me." "Fine, I'm doing this..."She got cut in by the sound of the doorbell, "Who's that?" She inquired."Your worst nightmare bae." Electra's voice rang from outside.With a smile
Wow. She was really getting a divorce. "Thank you." She mused, unable to look him straight in the face because she didn't want him to see the tears that clouded her eyes.Damon stood up and went closer to her before he sat down again, "I know I wasn't the best partner to you, I keep secrets but I did everything with your safety in mind Athena but still, I'm sorry and I want you to know that if you give me another chance in your life I'll be a better partner than I was when we faked our marriage." He stated and Athena shot her head up. "Wait, what? What are you talking about?" She asked in shock as she blinked back her tears."I'm not asking you to marry me but I want us to be in a relationship, and get to know each other before we walk down the aisle. If you don't like our relationship then you're free to walk out, I promise I'll not force you." He said and Athena's lip parted but no words came out."Say something, I know it's unlikely and believe me, I'm not asking you out because o
"So everything between you guys was faked?" Damon's mother asked in astonishment as Athena finished narrating everything to her. Damon sighed, he wasn't expecting his mother to find out this way. He wasn't even expecting Athena to ask for a divorce in this manner."Yes, Mom, it was all planned, our marriage was just a mere contract. A part of our plan to get me into this house." Damon answered with a sigh. "Wow, this is very surprising, I actually thought there was something deep between you two." Mrs. Hector said and Athena just smiled.She wished what her mother-in-law said was true but everything between her and Damon was a lie and now that everything was over, it was high time they ended everything. It was for the best. "Well, I don't have a say in what you two choose to do because you are all adults but don't you think you both make a compatible couple?" She asked and Damon cocked his brow. Great, here comes another pressure."Don't get me wrong Damon, I know that expression.
THREE WEEKS LATER. (At the Carneys Villa)"Damon, welcome darling, how was the case?" His mother asked as he entered the house, tired and hungry."It was a blast mom, didn't you watch it on TV?" Damon asked as his mother kissed his forehead.That's his mom's little ritual, kissing him on the cheeks or the forehead. He had tried to stop the little tradition because it was weird and for the fact that he was now a Boss but the older woman would have nothing of such, so he was stuck with it. "Welcome Teddy, she didn't watch it on television and she forbids anyone from telling her, she wishes to hear the news from you," Artemis said with a smile and Damon just beamed."Okay, so mom..." Damon began, clearing his throat, "We didn't only win the case, Dad's name is cleared and his company now bears his name, we are cleared Mom, our family name has been vindicated." He added and his mom began to sob and hugged his son. "Gosh! Mom!! Do you always have to cry at the slightest things?" Artemis
(Carneys Villa; same day) "I need an explanation, Damon, I really need an explanation, all this is driving me mad. How could you do that to me, you could have let me know about something, anything." Athena said in frustration as they both decided to retire for the night.Athena just doesn't understand anymore, she knows he doesn't like sharing his plans with anyone and she's not asking him to share any plans with her, all she requested was a brief info about what would happen, that is all she wanted, and nothing more... Nothing more at all. How could he always place her in a tight situation, why can't he just give her a heads-up about what would happen, why?"I'm sorry, I'm sorry alright, I just don't want to mess anything up, I know I should have told you..." "But you didn't! You didn't find it important find fucking tell you. I might not be your real wife but you could have told me because of the fact that I am your friend and I am your fucking partner in this task, don't I hold a
"Just look at you baby, you're a mess, how could you allow those people to bash you so hard?! That man...he's evil, you should not have gotten yourself involved with him, he's a devil, he...he was responsible for your dad's death, he's..." His mother said, breaking into another sob and holding his son tight. "Shhhh, it's okay mom, I'm here now and I'm perfectly fine. Don't worry, everything is fine, please stop crying now, Mom." Damon said and the mother withdrew from the hug, followed by his sister."Mom was so worried about you Teddy, she nearly passed out when she saw you getting bashed up badly by those men and he called that man..." Artemis said pointing at Mr. Carney who was in cuffs, "Evil, he said he's responsible for dad's death and she was hyper when she saw you getting real bashed up, we were so worried, Teddy, despite the fact that Trev told us that you'll be alright, we were still worried." Artemis explained and Damon just smiled."I'm fine now, sugar, just take a deep b
Damon watched Frank rush around, his in-law staring at everything in astonishment and then yawned before giving out the raw command, "Round them up." Immediately the words left his mouth, and the guards swung into action and began to apprehend Frank, Mr. And Mrs. Carney along with the son-in-law.The chains that were used in chaining him were loosened and he stood up, blood dripping from his body. "What's the meaning of this?" Mr. Carney asked angrily as one of the guards held him firmly. The guards provided a towel and water to Damon and he used it to wipe off his face. When he was done, he was feeling pain all over his body but it was definitely worth it. "Nothing, father-in-law, nothing much, all I did was just play a game, just like you had played with my father, though it was one hell of a painful game, the reward was worth it," Damon said, tearing off his blood-soaked cloth and taking another one provided by one of the guards. "No sir, you can not go into the room... Sir...
"Let my husband go!!! You evil man!" Athena shouted in front of the dungeon her husband was kept in.Her father was inside with him, along with Victor Frank and some guards. They were torturing him and without a doubt, they'll kill him soon. "Ahhhh!!!" Damon shouted and Athena dropped to the floor in pain and misery."You should be happy you're not there with him, you are very fortunate sis because if I am father, I'll have you killed too," Celena said with a chuckle."Get away from here you evil incarnate, enough of your stupid drama, you're just evil!" Athena said, crying.They captured Damon last night and they have been torturing him till now, she doesn't know what they want from him but she doesn't know what to do. She can't call anyone for help, she'd followed Damon here and since then they neither allowed her out of the dungeon nor allowed her in to see her husband. "I can't believe that Damon is the son of Hector, like this is so insane, he'd come to the family to destroy al
"I believe I have the solution to all your problems!" A masculine voice announced and all heads turned to see who it was. Heading towards them were Frank and Victor walking side by side. Athena immediately looked towards her husband but she was shocked to see that the man was resting comfortably on the cushion, his eyes closed. Athena stared in awe... Didn't he just hear that there might be a twist in his plans? Everyone stood to their feet upon seeing the new men walking towards them except for Damon who was still very much relaxed in his own seat. "Victor.... Oh, baby, I've missed you so much." Celena said with excitement and went and hugged Victor who hugged him back, "Hello Frank." She said and waved to Frank who replied with just a nod. "What brings you two here tonight?" Mr. Pedro asked as he studied the two men who were now in their midst."I heard you are facing some troubles, I came to be of help and I know you'll definitely need my help," Frank said proudly and Mr. Car
"What I am saying is that our dad once worked with a man called Hector. Fuck! Do you guys ever bother to ask Dad about his adult days because we all know that this isn't generational wealth? Whoever the anonymous person is, he or she has something solid and that's the only reason why the claims?" She answered calmly."And how do you find out about all these claims young lady?" Her father asked as he stared at her suspiciously. "Yeah, sis, how did you find out? Are you by any chance working with this anonymous person to bring your family down on their knees?" Celena asked immediately and Athena frowned.Damon looked at his wife, he couldn't help but wonder how she'd pull herself out of this tangle. Athena looked at everyone in awe, she let out a sarcastic chuckle and asked, "Dad, are you really asking me such questions? You don't expect me to jump into some crises without digging around. Even without digging around, it is known to those who wish to know that the company was founded b