Stefanie was obviously drunk, she laughed in his face. She snuggled her face into his chest and blew hot air against it. "A secret?" She asked. "What's that about?" David was holding her in his hands and he thought maybe it was the best time to tell her. Maybe she was still a little bit sober, maybe he could get a useful word out of her mouth. That way, he would be able to see her real reaction. He kissed him, he wasn't expecting that. She enclosed his lips and then pulled away, taking the wine with her. She found the kitchen and undid the cork, she poured herself a drink and went over to the table. David sat his ass down as he watched her drink, he was waiting for the right time to bring it up. "So, you have a secret?" She laughed. " And you want to tell me about it?""Yes, but you have to promise not to tell anyone okay?" He drew closer to her. "I am literally putting you in danger by doing this."She snorted, like to say that she didn't care for the danger he was talking abo
Everyone in the office got to know that David and Stefanie were dating. It was the gossip of the whole building. Everyone thought that they were a match made in heaven, even the jealous ones admitted to them being a cute couple. Stefanie and David weren't ashamed to hold hands and act all cute in front of their colleagues. Rosie wasn't a fan of them, she wasn't even trying that hard to make it known to them. Every corner they turned, they saw her glaring down at them. She never hesitated to break them up as soon as she saw them. "Go back to work," She would say to Stefanie. "But I'm on lunch break." Stefanie frowned. "And then who else are people expected to see when they walk in?" She asked. "Go back to work now, or I will fire you." Stefanie would sulk and then leave, in her heart the hate was growing for Rosie. She felt that Rosie was just being jealous since David and she got together. David spoke to Rosie about it, but she always maintained that everything she did was
"Woah, what are you guys on about?" David asked. His eyes were closely watching them in case they tried to jump him. The men came closer to him, but David took steps back to maintain the distance. The man that he met in the parking lot was the one leading them. David noticed that they were all dressed in the same kind of clothes. Fully black from head to toe. David counted them and saw that it wouldn't be an easy fight for him, but he still couldn't run away because they would definitely catch him. "What do you want?" David asked them again. "Tell us who the heir is, and we will let you go." The man told him. "We also don't want trouble, we aren't asking for much too, are we?""I already told you that I don't know who the heir is," David answered. "Look, I brought you the money, isn't that what I am here for?" "You think that I asked you to come here to give ten thousand dollars?" He looked at his friends and they laughed. "Do you know what your boss has done? How many lives ha
"Wait, why were you there?" Natalie asked as she also stood up. "It was part of the agreement that none of us should be there, why did you go behind our backs?""Because I know that both of you can't be trusted." She answered. "I told you that David shouldn't be hurt, but you instructed your men to kill him!""Relax! " Nick laughed. "David would be fine if he gave the answer to them." "But he didn't." She said, "Because Rosie found him and shot every one of your men dead." Nick's jaw fell to the ground. He grabbed his phone and rushed away. Natalie's eyes were fixed on Stefanie. "I don't believe you." Natalie glared. "You're lying.""You think I care about what you believe?" Stefanie scoffed. Nick returned; he just tried calling his guys' numbers, but they weren't picking up. "Are you sure of what you are saying?" He asked Stefanie with all seriousness. "Why would I joke with something like that?" She asked. "I am drenched by the heavy rain, I was watching from behind a buildin
The look of innocence on Stefanie's face went away very quickly, she didn't think of a real excuse before she came. Rosie laughed because she had caught her. She clicked her teeth and got closer to her. "Are you following me around, bitch?" Rosie asked her. "No," Stefanie mumbled. "Then what were you doing?" Stefanie exhaled before looking Rosie straight in the eyes. "That doesn't matter. Not after I saw you shoot those guys." The smile on Rosie's face only deepened, her eyebrows were pulled together. She grabbed Stefanie's arm and she winched. "Shut up and come with me," Rosie growled. She kept pulling her along, she pulled her till they got into the elevator and then finally to the terrace. This was where she was sure that no one was going to listen to their conversation. She shut the door, wedged it with a metal rod, and pulled Stefanie right into the middle. No one was there, it was just them. "You think you are a smart girl?" Rosie blasted her. "You are going to get
Rosie treated Stefanie so terribly, that sometimes she would lock herself in the bathroom and cry bitterly. Sometimes she wouldn't speak to David for a long time, because she knew that she was being treated badly because of him. David did all he could to get Rosie to give her a break, but Rosie was very adamant. He walked into her office one afternoon to speak to her again. He shut the door and sat down in front of her. "I want you to return Stefanie to her receptionist position." He demanded. "She is getting sadder and more depressed here as the days go on." "I really don't see that, I think I will keep her as my secretary for a while longer," Rosie said. "No, please," David begged. "You can't do that to her, I know that you are treating her badly." Rosie sighed as she looked at him. "You know that I am doing you a favor, right?" She propped her head on her arm. "How?" "Stefanie is going to get into trouble, except I am watching her closely," Rosie said. "Don't you think it
David was very confused, he didn't know what she was talking about. Was she just being super jealous because he was with Rosie? He stared at her weird text message for a few minutes, before he started to type q text back to her. "What are you doing?" Rosie asked, her eyes were still on the road. "Texting Stefanie." He answered without looking up. "No, no, we don't have time for that." She shook her head. "What?""Throw your phone out, phones aren't allowed there." She said to him, "Throw it out of the window." "Why would I do that?" He frowned. "I will lose all my contacts and important documents." "I have your phone cloned." She looked at him. "It's at the office, I will give it to you when we get back. It has everything on this one, you won't be losing anything." David was stunned, but not in a good way. "Are you trying to say that you have been seeing and listening to everything I have been doing with my phone?""No, I just made another copy and kept it locked away. Just
David and Rosie were driven in a closed van for hours. All their phones and accessories were taken away from them, they also had no means to communicate, even though they were standing so close to each other. They were taken to an underground bunker and there they were separated. David was left in a room alone for hours. He was with nothing, except a glass of water, a table, and two chairs. He tapped his foot against the ground, worried about Rosie and what they might do to her. She wasn't able to tell him anything when they were separated, but he knew that he had to keep his secret well. Rosie was a very strong girl, she would be hard to break. That meant that he couldn't do the same too. David was lost in thoughts, but he was brought back to reality when the door opened. The leader of the group that kidnapped them came in. He was still dressed in his black clothes. He had a cup of coffee in his hand and he placed it in front of David. "Hey, how are you holding up?" He asked
"Hey!" Stefanie took out her gun.Normally, she would have aimed it at Stefanie, but she knew that it wasn't her doing, so she aimed it at Lucinda. Tears were streaming down Stefanie's eyes, her hand was shaking, but the gun was still pointed at him. "I'm sorry." She sobbed. "I don't want to do it, David, she said she is going to post everything about my past life." "Just do it." He told her with a still face. "Go on, do it!" "Don't say that!" She cried. "Please." "I have the flash right here with me, Stefanie," Lucinda called after her. "If you don't do what I want, I will ruin your life!" "You have the black card, it has more money than anyone has seen in your lineage." Rosie hissed. Lucinda looked at her and laughed. "If it isn't his lap dog speaking." Lucinda mocked her. "How do you feel? You are right behind him all the time and you think that he is not going to fuck you up really soon?" Rosie wasn't fazed, the gun was still pointed at Lucinda, one word from David and s
Stefanie couldn't understand why Lucinda was smiling even though she had just told her that David ruined her life. She kept down the plate of food, she was now very sure of the fact that it was definitely poisoned. Lucinda noticed this, but she just laughed it off. She picked up the remote control and changed the channel immediately, she had put on a comedy show and was laughing hysterically with the audience. Stefanie was watching her as if she had gone mad. "David took your home?" She swallowed. Lucinda stopped as she looked at her. "What, you think that I am lying or something?" She frowned. "No, that's what I mean, what I am trying to say is that he never said anything about this," Stefanie said. She was trying her best to show Lucinda that she wasn't trying to be offensive. Lucinda crossed her legs as she looked at Stefanie, her eyes piercing through her soul. "You think David Wyatt is a saint, don't you?" She asked. "What?" "You think he is a saint, I mean, that's ho
After watching the CCTV footage in the cafe, Rosie and Tommy left again. Tommy drove while Rosie sat beside him, deep in thought. "So what do you think happened here?" He asked. "And where did she go?" "We saw her break the black card after she made the withdrawal, she could be anywhere at this point." Rosie sighed. Tommy glanced at her, but he kept on driving. "If the black card is only given out by David Wyatt, maybe there should be ways to find out how much she withdrew, maybe it wouldn't give us an idea of what she wanted to use the money for." "Withdrawals made with the cards can be tracked, that's why they were specially made. For untraceable transactions." She said, Tommy faced the road as he kept going, it seemed like there was so much on her mind. "Hey." He said to her, "Don't worry we will find her." "I don't know, Tommy, I have a very bad feeling about this." She confessed. He saw how worried she was, so he took her hand and gently squeezed it gently. Firstly he
The cameras showed Stefanie leaving, but no one saw her walk out. She wasn't dragged out, she went out of the building without anyone forcing her. That fueled the possibility of her actually running away, which made David even more angry. He was so disturbed that Rosie took it upon herself to dig even more into the situation. She spent the night at the office alone, reviewing the CCTV videos. A coffee to keep her eyes open and her brain alert, she kept watching the videos again and again. She noticed that Stefanie came out holding her phone very close to her chest like she didn't want anyone to take it from her. "Strange…" Rosie got closer to the screen of the computer. Stefanie was looking around too like she wanted to make sure that no one was looking at her. She finally got out of the building and into a taxi, the taxi didn't have a plate number and the driver wasn't seen. "Son of a bitch…" she muttered. She heard a knock on her door and her ears stood up like those of a
It was like a joke, she was there for one second and she was gone for the next. It looked like a joke, everyone went from wanting to kill David to looking for Stefanie, it was like she disappeared into thin air. Nothing was coming forth, not even after they looked at all the cameras and found nothing, it was a worrisome situation. After she had been missing for twenty-four hours, the police were invited. It was a sight to see, everyone stopped when the chief of the police came to see David personally. He walked into the building with his guards and they marched to David's office. David was waiting, his hands behind his back and a very worried look on his face. "Mister Wyatt? I am the chief of police, Frederick Lawson, I will be handling your case." "Hello, thank you for being here. Please let's talk in my office." David led him in and the door was shut tight. It was just David, the Chief, and Rosie, no one else was there. The chief took off his large hat and placed it on h
Even David didn't realize that his mother was going to be there, given that he didn't invite her to the "party." He knew where to look, Rosie was looking as guilty as a pickpocket caught in the act. "You call my mum!" He looked at her. "Rosie, is this you having a death wish?!" His mother rolled her eyes as she placed a defensive hand on Rosie's shoulder. "Imagine what would have gone wrong if she didn't." His mother said. "Maybe you should be thankful to her." She looked around at all those pointing guns at her son, but her face froze immediately. "Antonio." She called. Antonio dropped his gun even further as he slapped his face. "Don't tell me that Alexa is his mum!" Now this was David's turn to be confused. The Grand Master was looking at them with a smile on her face. She didn't really come here to save anyone, she didn't care that much, she only thought it would be fun to watch. "Thanks for calling me, Rosie," Alexa said. She took a step forward, she examined the situ
Finally, almost at midnight, Lilian and Antonio arrived at the office. There were no extravagant billboards, no sign to show that it was David's place, everything was turned down. Lilian texted David very quickly to make sure that he knew they were there. Antonio got out of the car, he couldn't stop looking at the huge building. "Wow, this is so beautiful." He said. "Whose place is this?" "I didn't research that, but Dominic Ford's son will be here, there is supposed to be a dinner party." She said, "Oh, I see." He said. "We somehow were able to get seats." "Nothing better than having front seats to watch that fucker die." He muttered. Lilian smiled as they walked into the building. David planned this very well, there were people there to meet them and they were led up to the first floor, then the terrace. Antonio stopped when the beautiful scene met his eyes. The beautiful lights, the beautiful decorations, the nice, huge table, he was blown away by it immediately. "Wow,
Rosie's eyes almost popped out of her socket when David told her about the new development. "Wait, please, wait a minute." She held up her hand. "Are you trying to tell me that you, willingly, invited her Uncle– who wants to kill you? – to come to see you kill yourself?!" "Exactly, that's just about it." He nodded. She puffed out her mouth and held her hands behind her neck. "David, I mean this in the most respectful way, what the fuck?!" "It's high time I get this settled," David said. "I mean, how long am I going to keep playing this game with him?" "How do you intend to kill yourself?!" She asked. "That man may be retired, but he is still very dangerous.""We are all dangerous people, aren't we?" He asked. "Maybe, just maybe, I will be able to have a civil conversation with him, but if not, I will die." "You can't die!" She rebuked him with horror in his eyes. "You are the owner of a trillion-dollar business empire, you can't die!" David looked at the pen in his hand. Black
It looked like it took just a twinkle of an eye and David was on the plane with Stefanie. He couldn't leave her alone in the town, she looked sick and he didn't trust her uncle. As they sat in the plane, they were flying through the night. They were sitting a few seats from each other and no, it was not because they got into some kind of argument. It was because she was dozing off and David laid her on the chair to give her as much space as she needed. She never really slept off, her eyes were half shut, and she was looking at David through the half-shut lids. He looked worried, the way he looked out of the window, even though it was nothing but darkness out there. She felt her heart worry for him, whatever was in his head right now that was making him worry so much. She knew how much he cared for Gary, the man was like his father – but David wasn't going to be caught saying that. She shut her eyes again and said a small prayer to God. For David's sake, let Gary be okay. She