"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
Damon and Athena entered the sitting room, chatting happily. Celena was the first to stand up immediately sighting them, followed by Mrs. Carney, then Victor, and then Ayden. Mr. Carney was sitting comfortably on his armchair, his eyes looking at the couples that just entered the Villa. "So, how was it?" Ayden asked first, his face filled with nothing but mischief, he too believed that Damon and his sister would not be able to get the contract.The couple halted immediately when they saw the stares everyone was giving them. "Well...how was it? Did you get it?" Ayden asked again and when they didn't say a word, Victor burst out laughing loudly.All eyes turned towards Victor who was laughing, "What's so funny, Victor?" Mrs. Carney asked, wondering what was making the man laugh so hard.She doesn't like Victor for her darling daughter but they needed the partnership with them so, she has no choice but to tolerate his foolishness and support him even when it's point blank that he's do
I'm not a man of many words and I'd have done what you asked had it been the other way round." Damon said calmly.Celena's heart skipped several beats, she turned to look at Athena and when she saw her smiling, she knew that all was not well. "Wha... What do you... What do you mean?" Celena stammered."What he meant is that..."Athena was interrupted by the door sliding open and loud murmurs filled the room. Turning around, she saw some of their family members walking towards them. They stopped right in front of Mr. Carney to greet him and congratulate him. The older man was confused as to what they were congratulating him for but he didn't bother asking them because his mind summed it up to his wedding anniversary that was coming up. But half of the family never comes to see them because of some anniversary. "Wait... You mean you guys came here because of some wishes?! When the hell did that even start? Like since when did you care so much for us?" Mrs. Carney asked, her eyes scan
"Yes, Samuel... Did they get it? I mean they didn't mention any contract to us." Mr. Carney inquired."You all never gave us a chance to speak, sir," Damon said and the shocked-looking Mr. Carney who was trying to hide his surprise nodded in affirmation and smiled. Damon clenched his fist and smiled back. He wishes to see that smile disappear and he'll do it soon. "Enough of the blah blah blah, stop explaining to them, just show them already," Abigail said, went towards the television, and turned it on. Abigail was about to change the channel when Ayden shouted, "Holy shit!!!" All eyes turned towards his direction, Ayden's eyes were focused on his phone, mouth slightly agape."What's wrong, Ayden?" His mother asked, moving towards the young man who looked up at them, and opened his mouth to talk but could not."Mother... You won't believe this... God! How?!" He asked, turning to look at Damon and then back at Athena who was just looking blankly at him. "What's wrong, honey?" Mr.
Damon sighed, took in a deep breath, and let Victor go with a shove. "Don't ever do that, if you hold my collars again or do anything that you know you shouldn't, it won't be good for you. Don't ever try such shits." Damon warned, his eyes blazing into Victor who was looking at his hurt wrists."So, how are we going to celebrate this great news? This is the best news and I'm sure you all have plans for it. The world needs to know that the Carney family is back and we're back for real this time and it's all thanks to Athena and her husband." Abigail said excitedly. Damon sighed, turned to his wife, and said, "I think we should go in, you need your rest, it has been a hectic day for you." "Yeah, we should rest." Athena agreed, she was beginning to get tired of the drama too. They couldn't even celebrate good news without any form of drama.She moved towards her dad and handed her some files she was holding, "Here's the contract papers, they entail everything you need to know. They inf
"Congratulations, you did great Tatiana." One of Athena's maternal aunts congratulated her. "Thank you, Aunt Mellie, my name's now Athena and not Tatiana, if you call me Tatiana again, I might not respond," Athena said with a forced smile.Her aunt nodded to the correction, they've all been ordered not to make the young lady angry because Athena does lots of shits when angry. Damon observed the huge party venue, everything about the place screams wealth and more wealth. The Carneys left no stone unturned when it came to the party, they spent recklessly and it was worth the money. Everything about the party was beautiful and unique. His eagle eyes scanned everyone present, he was getting bored of the party already and when he looked at his watch, he knew that the party had merely started. Many of the guests were bringing loads of gifts to Mr and Mrs. Carney for their anniversary and Athena was receiving hundreds and hundreds of congratulations from different directions.She looks tir
However, instead of Mario taking her handshake, he said aloud, "Oh Lord, Electra!" Electra who had been observing the scene gave Mario a bored smile and looked at her boss. Damon sighed... Another trouble.What the hell is Mario doing here? Mario recognizes Electra... Then he'll definitely recognize his boss. Damon knows immediately that his identity is at stake, just one greeting tradition in the Mafia would ruin everything because Mario can not see the boss and not do the traditional greeting. ‘Fuck!’ Damon cussed internally, he wanted to cancel that silly tradition. How the hell did he forget? "Hey, Mario. Long time, what's up with you?" Electra said with a half smile.The surprised Mario went closer to her and gave her a playful punch, "I've been good, you just vanished like that. Since you're here, I'm sure the boss must be around, where the hell has he been, I've been trying to get through to him." Mario asked and Electra swallowed hard. This wasn't such a good place to me
"Damon, are you already scared of meeting my friend?" Victor asked and Damon sighed. ‘Victor is indeed stupid.’ The inner voice in his head concluded. He decided to do what he didn't want to do, there wasn't much of a choice anyway... With that resolution in mind, he turned around to face Mario, it looked like his game might end there because his secret identity would be exposed. Mario's eyes widened as he saw his boss looking at him blankly, he was lost in so much daze staring deep into his eyes. How was this possible? Mario immediately lowered his eyes, it was like a sin to look into the Don's eyes, despite Damon having no regard for the rule, it was a rule most couldn't disregard. Athena didn't know what to do as she saw the scene in front of her, it was like her brain had stopped functioning at that moment. In a matter of seconds, Mario would definitely say and do the traditional greetings and that would ruin the whole plan. "Bo..." "Oh God!!!" Athena screamed and interru