Deep whispers welcomed Damon and Athena immediately as they entered the main company's building.They went to register their name and the deep whisperers increased the more. Athena could hear some of their talks and she was trying hard to ignore it but she knew that she'd probably snap soon because the trash they were saying was too much. "He's a greedy one, just imagine how shameless he'd become, after he married the first one and when he didn't get what he bargained for, he went for another. What a man!" A female voice said."I don't know how a lowlife like him gets a chance with such a beautiful and wealthy woman. He's lucky in everything except wealth, you'll see, she would soon get tired of him too. Celena got tired, it would only be a matter of time before she did too." Another chipped in. "No matter how good he looks and how much of a great fucker he is, things would go wrong. We'll be here to witness another sad and dramatic divorce." A male voice added and Athena turned.H
A Month Later. (In the Carneys Empire; The Conference Room)"Good day ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure you all know why we're gathered here today." Mr. Carney declared, his eyes scanning everyone sitting.There were a total of eleven people sitting around the huge glass table. They were either shareholders or an important part of the Carneys Empire. "Dad, I don't think it would be possible to get a share in the new company, the company is founded by elites all over the world, powerful people who would not even take a glance at our company. I don't think this is a good idea, Dad." Celena said, her fingers tapping the huge glass table."We can't just give up without trying, our empire is a reputable empire and it's among the first five best in the corporate world, I strongly think that we should give it a trial, you never knew, things might get in our favor and I'm sure you know how good this will be for our business, getting a partnership with them would mean a lot, our Empire can fina
"Now, I ask again, who has an idea great enough to get us a part of the deal?" He asked, his eyes scanning everyone present."I do, father-in-law." Two voices said in unison and all heads turned towards the voices. Athena was surprised that Damon would raise his voice in the meeting. There were two voices that talked, she turned back to see Victor by the door. He wore a frown on his face as he gave a dirty glare towards Damon who wasn't even looking at him. "Woah, the two sons-in-law at war, I'm impressed by this, now who will win?" One of the uncle's questions and some of the family members chuckled. "Is this some kind of joke to you Damon?" Mrs. Carney, who'd been quiet for a long time, finally spoke. She doesn't know but Damon's presence had been suffocating her. "Ma'am, I'm not joking around and I think you...""Just shut up, who gave you the right to speak in this meeting anyway?" Ayden fired at him.Damon turned to give him a deathly glare and the young man immediately aver
Damon let out a low chuckle and all eyes turned on him."What's funny?" Victor asked angrily, his eyes zeroing in on Damon. "Your lies and inability to think like a businessman," Damon replied coldly, his eyes boring into Victor's. Anger sipped into every pore in Victor's body and he wished he could just end Damon once and for all but he could not and he wanted to find the reason why he was so untouchable despite being trash but he couldn't, he had the Carneys family to manipulate first. "Who the hell do you think you are to call me a liar?!" Victor's voice echoes in the conference room as he heads towards Damon to punch."I wouldn't do that if I were you," Damon said as he saw the intent on Victor's face but the man would not listen. He was still heading towards Damon furiously. "Victor, enough! You don't have to get angry at such people." His wife called, rushing towards her husband to stop him. Athena smiled, it looked like Celena knew what it meant to mess with Damon. If she
Victor continued to cuss as he made his way to his seat. "I told you to let him be, you should not get in a fib with Damon. He might be poor but my family still has this respect for him. Now look how you embarrass yourself!" Celena whispered angrily to her husband.Victor cussed again, her family embarrassing him wasn't enough, so she decided to chide him publicly. Change of plan, once he gets the Empire, he'll kick her out first before he kicks the rest of her family out with her. She's supposed to support him but nah, she chose to chastise him like a child. She'll pay for everything. "I'm sorry." He muttered to his wife."You better be. Don't just be sorry, get that contract and regain your respect in my family's eyes or it would be a slap on your face if Damon gets it and an embarrassment to me because my sister would become the star and I don't want that." Celena mused to her husband."I wonder what you were thinking when you wanted to fight Damon. Gosh! He'll bash you up so ba
"Just give me two days and I'll get you the contract." All heads turned towards him except Celena's whose hopeful eyes were still on her father's. However, her hope was dashed when she saw her father's eyes zeroing in on Damon's. Damon was well aware of what his father-in-law would say next. He also knows that his wife is angry because of his decision but he has no time to explain everything to her right now. At this point, all he wants is Mr. Carney's approval and he shall get it. "Alright, you have my permission." Mr. Carney said with a wave of his hand to the surprise of everyone. "Dad! Why would you give him a chance?!" Celena asked in annoyance. "Darling, this is business, and risks are taken. You know how important this deal is for us. I'm trying everything possible to get that contract and I'm willing to hit any corner that has a slight chance of getting me what I want." Mr. Carney replied calmly."Sir, he's just blabbing. The elites are not just any common man that can b
"What were you thinking Damon?! Like seriously, what the hell was going through your mind when you offered to help them get a deal with the new elite consortium? I still find it so fucking difficult to believe that you just did whatever you just did!!" Athena sniveled as she paced up and down in her room. "Bae, can you just calm down and listen to me?" Damon enquired, his eyes focused on the woman who was pacing around restlessly."Listen to you?! Like what sort of explanation are you gonna give me right now? I wish I could just turn back the hands of time and make you take back your decision but I can't, so sad... Very very sad indeed." She huffed and dropped on the cushion, exhausted from pacing around. Damon sighed, Athena had been quiet ever since they left the office, she'd refused to talk to him and he totally understood so he hadn't bothered to talk to her. Their discussion is extremely safe in the room and Athena had checked everywhere on their first day in the room for any
"I'm not really that hungry, Damon. We could have just gone to bed, I'm tired." Athena whined as she stepped out of the elevator with Damon by her side."You don't have to be hungry to eat, darling. You didn't have lunch today and I can't let you go to bed without dinner." He mused as they took the direction of the kitchen."You're so impossible, we could use the time you'll waste in the kitchen to work on the tender, I'm sure that would be more productive. What do you think?" She asked. Before Damon could say a word of reply, Celena's voice said aloud, "You don't have to bother about getting the contract 'cause I know he won't, just get him some cooking stuff. I'm sure he's better off as a cook than being in the corporate world, I promise to pay him more than the meager amount he's earning in the company."Athena halted, resulting in Damon stopping too... He wishes Athena would just ignore her, Celena is provoking Athena on purpose and he wishes Athena would see this and learn to i