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
"I'm so nervous right now, like really nervous," Athena said as they made their way into the elites empire building.Damon sighed as he wondered how she'd be feeling if she didn't know that he owned the consortium. She just needed to present her ideas to the other board members and she'll be approved. She'll fucking get the contract, why then would she fret? "Baby, I told you that you'll get the contract, don't worry darling." Damon smiled as he assured her."I don't know but I'm a ball of anxiety, I know you own the company but fuck it! I'm so nervous I could pass out right now. You own it but the people I'm going to present this lame idea to have no idea that you own it... Well, according to you, most of them have no idea you own the consortium." She whined as they entered the elevator. Damon smiled, "Don't worry baby, no matter how floppy your presentation will be, you'll get the contract my love." He assured her for the umpteenth time that day but the woman was too anxious. Tr
"Believes don't work in the corporate world, a good connection and great business strategies work, so I think you should stop assuring your pretty wife and let her worry." A deep masculine voice said and Damon's fist clenched and his brain recognized the voice. Raising his head, he saw Frank grinning at him, "Frank.." He muttered the name. "Hello, impoverished son-in-law of the Carney's family." He mocked and Athena cussed inwardly.What is wrong with people?!Why can't they just mind their fucking business and let everyone live peacefully? "Please Frank, you can go away from here, I don't think we need your ominous mouth right now," Damon said calmly. "Oh, it looks like the last encounter we had is still fresh in your mind, Damon." He said with a chuckle and Damon looked at him with scorn."Look Frank, I came here for something important and I'm sure there's a reason you're here too. Can we just face our business and try to forget the past?" Damon asked."Ohh, you've suddenly bec
"Your presentation is promising, Mrs. Damon, and you have my vote." One of the board of directors announced and Athena's heart leaped in joy. "How can we accept such a lame presentation, this isn't done. We were supposed to get back to her. How can we accept it so suddenly? We should sit down and deliberate on how this would be successful... We can't just accept it." Frank said looking at Athena, however, the woman just scoffed at him. He'd expected Damon and his wife to be shocked and start pleading immediately; he'd told them they'd lose the chance to have a contract but no, they were just laughing at him. They dare to laugh at him. Even when Athena entered the conference room, she didn't regard him with any form of fear or respect. He'd expected her to be scared because of him but she wasn't and that only angered him the more. On coming to the board members, he'd asked them to have Damon and his wife thrown out but most of them refused, some of them even made it clear that the