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
Victor staggered backward, howling in pain, Athena kicked him and he doubled over on the floor cursing and screaming. "Awww, what a sweet sight. What did he do this time?" Electra asked with a chuckle as she dropped the drinks on the table."Hugged me and was trying to kiss me to make Damon jealous," Athena replied in a voice filled with humor."I think I should give him a gift too," Electra said, moving close to the man who was whining in pain on the floor and kicking him in the stomach."Owwww!!!" Victor screamed so loud this time that he alerted some of the residents of the Villa. "STAY AWAY FROM MARRIED WOMEN, IDIOT," Electra said and Athena laughed despite trying not to. Victor was wailing in pain, he had no idea that the woman she'd assumed to be his wife wasn't his wife but Damon's. How can two people be so identical? Now he's suffering! "Oh Lord! Have mercy!" A female voice said and Damon looked up only to see some of the family members rushing toward them.Mrs. Carney w
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