2025-02-28 17:43:10Jake smiled, utterly satisfied when he saw that Nora was going to listen to him and not get the police involved in the matter.
He was elated but it couldn’t help but notice the change in Nora’s demeanor, it was clear that she was worried about something and although he doesn’t really care, he wanted to appear nice to Nora. “What’s going on in your mind, Sister Nora?” He asked, touching her shoulder as he got closer to her but rolling his eyes because he wished that she would just stop being a problem. Even though Nora trusted and believed him, Jake only saw the Benson sisters as a pain. He didn’t care about any of them, all he cared about was the money they had. “It’s just—” Nora sighed, her voice trailing off as she sat on the chair that Jake had led her to, “I’m worried about the gold bracelet that the bastard stole.” She added. Jake knew the bracelet she was referring to. It was the same bracelet that he stole and sold off just so that he could get some money to pay off the loan sharks. They’ve been after him and the last thing he wanted was for them to involve the Benson family because he hadn’t gotten what he wanted from them yet. “That bracelet is really important,” Nora continued explaining, “it’s an important relic of my father, one that could connect to the mysterious family that had been supporting us behind the scenes.” She sighed. “My father had made me swear that I wasn’t going to lose it no matter what but now that Kai has stolen it, I’m both worried and angry.” She added. “What if he connected the dots and uncovered the secret of the bracelet and obtained the special medicine from that family to cure his illness completely?” She asked and Jake sighed. “I mean, the family has always provided the secret medicine and now, if he uncovers the secret then he’s going to be healed.” Nora finished. She was utterly worried because she didn’t want Kai to be healed no matter what, she wanted him to suffer and die from his illness but the truth was hidden from her. Jake felt reassured because he knew that Kai didn’t steal the bracelet, a wicked smile secretly spread on his lips as he laughed internally. Kai is really going to die from his illness. The thought of it filled him with happiness but he wiped the smug smile off his face before his sister could see it and he rubbed her shoulder to ease her tension. “Don’t worry, sister,” he said in an attempt to comfort his sister, “Kai is not that smart, he’s not going to connect the dots and if anything, he’s probably only going to sell the bracelet.” “The family will contact us on their own since we lost our means of contacting them, they’ll find a way to get through to us.” He assured his sister. Nora smiled as she nodded, she felt relieved after hearing Jake talk and in her mind, she was glad that she finally found her biological brother. She agreed that Jake was right and even if Kai had miraculously contacted the family about the medicine, they wouldn’t give it to him. “Thank you, Jake. You really are a nice person.” Nora smiled and Jake smiled back as he politely hugged her even though deep within him, all he could think about was how to extort more from the Benson family. Kai had left the Benson family and returned to the Grant family. He stopped in his tracks when they got to the estate and his jaw dropped as he looked around. He was stunned by the grandeur of the Grant family’s estate. He’s the sole heir of the family which means that this luxury also belonged to him! He couldn’t believe his eyes, he had seen his own fair share of beautiful, spacious estate but the Grant’s family estate trumps it all. “Well, this is probably the smallest of our assets,” Fabio’s voice jolted him out of his thoughts, “the Grant family’s assets spanned the globe.” Fabio explained. “If we hadn't discovered that you might be in this city in recent years, we would never have moved to this small town.” He finished. Kai’s mouth hung open wide and he was too amazed to close his mouth. He was amazed by the wealth of the Grant family. “This. Is. Just. Amazing.” He said, his surprise showing in his voice and even though he tried so hard to maintain composure, he failed occasionally. “Oh well,” Fabio laughed, “it’s nothing, really.” He added, brushing Kai’s compliment off as gently as he could because this was indeed one of their smallest properties. “There are lots more that are more luxurious than this and you should also know that the largest company in the city, Rainbow Corporation, was a company that the Grant family had casually founded in recent years.” Fabio explained. “What?!” Kai exclaimed but his voice remained low and cool. He was taken by surprise and of all the things that he was expecting, he wasn’t expecting that. The Rainbow Corporation is incredibly large, unarguably the biggest in the city and even the Benson had been seeking cooperation with Rainbow, but the Benson family was too small for Rainbow to take seriously. The only person that had managed to get into Rainbow corporation was Gina Murphy, Kai’s fiancée, she worked there. “Alright, get comfortable and make yourself feel at home because you’re going to Rainbow tomorrow to take on the role of a secret CEO.” Fabio said, getting Kai’s full attention. “Doing this will help you take over the family business while keeping your identity hidden and secretly investigate which family is plotting against you.” He finished. “Yes, Sir,” Kai said firmly but Fabio only laughed and asked him not to be too formal because he’s Kai’s grandfather. “Thank you, grandpa.” Kai smiled as they all walked into the house and Kai experienced maximum comfort. Comfort like he’d never felt before and he felt anticipation building up inside him as he walked into his room to see everything in top shape and ready. Sighing, he collapsed on the very comfortable bed and took in the sweet smell of the soft bed sheets. It’s been really long since he felt something so soft. Closing his eyes, as the night plunged deeper into darkness, Kai was also plunged into an abyss of comfort as he fell asleep. ____________ Kai had woken up early and ready to take on anything and after thorough preparation, he was ready to go to Rainbow corporation. He arrived at the Corporation lobby and called the number his grandfather had given him, it was the company’s general manager, Catherine. “I’ll be there in five minutes Sir, I’m sorry for being so bold but if you could please wait for me.” Catherine said respectfully and Kai smiled. “I’ll be waiting.” He responded and just when he dropped the call, he heard a familiar voice that was laced with disgust speak behind him. “Why are you here?” The voice was heavy with hatred and Kai turned around in the direction of the voice to see who it was. It was his fiancée, Gina.
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Gina was boiling, anger shone in her eyes and her hatred for Kai showed in every other part of her body but Kai only remained calm as he stared at her.Though they were nominally engaged, this was really just a marriage arrangement between the Benson and Murphy families.But ever since Jake had returned to the Benson family, Gina had grown close to Jake, deceived by his hypocrisy, and frequently criticized Kai.Before Jake’s arrival, she had always shown great affection for Kai and Kai on the other hand had once hoped to change her but he changed his mind after seeing that she was beyond redemption.“Did you really steal from the Benson family and beat Jake, who hasn’t done anything to you by the way, up?” She sneered as she asked.Kai didn’t need to say anything because he knew that Gina wouldn’t believe anything that came out of his mouth as she would always believe Jake over him.“Did Jake tell you that himself?” Kai responded to her question with one of his own and Gina only glare
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When everyone saw Catherine, they were all frozen in shock. The lobby fell silent as the company's CEO approached with measured steps. Gina stepped forward, her lips curving into a relieved smile.She immediately thought up the words to say to humiliate Kai, she already thought that the beautiful CEO was going to support her and not Kai.This is her chance to humiliate Kai and punish him for secretly following her to the Rainbow corporation, a job she had tried so hard to keep.“Ms. Catherine! I'm so sorry about this disturbance. This man is causing trouble in our company," she explained, gesturing dismissively toward Kai. "He's my ex-boyfriend, and I'm afraid he's become quite unstable." She finished.An evil smile took over her face but Catherine didn’t spare her a glance, she only looked past her and sighed as she looked back at Gina.She knew Gina was lying.Catherine's piercing gaze shifted between Gina and Kai, her expression unreadable. "So, Kai is a madman, is he?" she asked,
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Jake couldn’t believe what he heard Gina say, it was surprising that someone as lowly as Kai would have a woman like Catherine interested in him.His surprise soon turned into anger that coursed through his veins and made his blood pound against his chest like the sound of a beating drum.His fist clenched and teeth gritted as he excused himself. The sound of Gina crying over the phone was getting him even angrier but he didn’t want to reveal that.“Stop crying, Gina,” he said comfortingly even though what he really wanted to do was yell at her until she had stopped crying, “it must have been hard on you.” He added, his voice laced with fake sympathy.“I don’t know what Kai did but I promise that I’m going to get to the bottom of this,” he went on in a bid to comfort Gina. He couldn’t possibly let his true self show because they still believed that he was the good person and Kai was the horrible one.His stomach tightened as different thoughts and questions ran through his mind and th
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He had no idea what to do and even his mind froze in place as he quickly searched that schematic mind of his for his next kind of action.He couldn’t possibly tell Nora that Kai had always been the one getting the meds while he merely took credit for it.Jake knew that he had to do something but the question now was what and just when he was drowning in his dilemma, the sound of his sister’s painful wince jolted him out of his thoughts.“Jake! I really need the medicine, I need to take it now or this pain is going to get out of control.” Nora said with urgency and her pain obvious in her voice.“Just wait for me! I’ll go and get the medicine right away!” Jake said with conviction, “I won’t let anything happen to you!” He added before hanging up the phone.He rushed to the nearest pharmacy to get Nora a cheap painkiller. He had hoped that was going to ease her pain in the meantime while he thought.Knowing how severe Nora’s case was, Jake knew that he had to somehow find a way to get t
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Nora’s stomach pain became so severe that her vision started getting blurry, she fought hard to remain conscious but it felt like she was going to faint.“My. Phone.” She forced the words out as she asked Jake to help her get her phone but Jake was still worried about leaving her.“It’s right on the table, I need to call Lila! I’ll be fine.” The words rushed out of her mouth in a bid to put Jake’s mind at ease.Scanning the room with his eyes, they soon landed on the phone that was on the table and without hesitation or a second thought, he rushed to get it.Jake never really cared about the Benson family, he didn’t care about anything but their money, the inheritance and he couldn’t let Nora die too.He knew that soon everything would become his so all he had to do was act as if he wanted Nora to live, as if he liked Kai and Kai was the one who didn’t like him back.“If I knew, I would have found a way to get the name of the herb from him.” Jake said to himself while Nora scrolled th
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Kai smiled heartwarmingly, he was finally going to be amongst people that make him feel wanted and among. People that wouldn’t do anything to betray or sabotage him.“We will be going to the private dining area, they are already waiting for us there.” Catherine said and just before they could step in, Kai felt pressed.He needed to use the restroom as soon as possible and Catherine was worried at first but when Kai explained that it was nothing major, she calmed down.“Where is the private dining area?” Kai asked Catherine who immediately told him how he was going to get there.“Very well then,” Kai said when Catherine was done showing him directions, “I’ll be there in a minute so you wait for me, please.” He added politely.Catherine’s face immediately turned red and her cheek felt so hot that it was almost as if she had gotten sunburned as she smiled at him.It was very rare to see men as wealthy as Kai be so humble and respectful to the people around them and even though he only kn
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“I’m sorry for the disturbance and whatever inconvenience it might have caused.” Kai said calmly to the restaurant manager.“I’m not who they claim I am, actually,” Kai said politely with a smile while pushing the thoughts of the Benson family to the deepest, darkest part of his mind.He doesn’t need to worry himself about them when he has other things to worry about.“I’m actually a guest dining in a private room.” He explained as politely as he could but while Lila bursted out laughing hysterically, the manager eyed Kai suspiciously.It was clear that even the manager was holding back his urge to laugh because there was no way he’s going to believe that Kai was really dining in the private room.The private room is reserved for people that are extraordinarily wealthy, it was for people who had made a huge name for themselves and not for people that looked like Kai.“Really?” The manager asked, still eyeing Kai suspiciously. He found it extremely difficult to believe that someone lik
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On hearing that, the manager broke out in a cold sweat, his legs going weak as he bowed respectfully and apologized repeatedly.“I am so sorry ma’am! I’m really sorry, ma’am, I had no idea that he was your guest.” He apologized, desperate to get Catherine to spare him.His heart thudded rapidly against his chest and his fear was obvious in his eyes and the way the color drained from his face.He didn’t expect that Kai was an important guest, especially a guest of the most important customer of the restaurant. The manager knew that no matter how much he tried, he could never get another customer like Catherine.Also, losing a customer like her would spell doom for them and that was the last thing he wanted, anger for the Benson family brimmed inside him as he apologized again.“Sir, I’m really sorry, I didn’t mean to—”“Let’s just go inside,” Kai said to Catherine, ignoring the manager who was trying to apologize to him because the damage had been done already.If Catherine hadn’t come
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“WHO THE HELL DO YOU TH—” The rest of the words got stuck in his throat when he saw who it was. The leader of the new gang that arrived saw Lorenzo’s face and his legs began to shake.The bat he was holding fell right out of his hands as the colors on his face faded away and just by looking at Lorenzo, he could see his life flash right before his eyes.His mouth opened but he couldn’t let out any words, he was terrified and had absolutely been petrified by the sight of Lorenzo right in front of him.He knew that he had crossed the line, when he got the call he had thought that it was a bunch of cowards but the man standing in front of him was no coward.The man standing in front of him was LORENZO MORETTI! the GREAT SHARK himself, there’s no way the newbie called him to face the GREAT SHARK.“You were saying?” Lorenzo asked, knowing fully well that this new gang knows who he is and was totally scared of him.“I— I— I’m— You— I—” The leader stuttered, fumbling with his words before fal
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“I don’t know who sent you but I’ll give you credit because you actually had the balls to come here and threaten Mr Kai.” Lorenzo smirked, deliberately avoiding Kai’s last name.“Each and every one of you is going to regret not saying the word ‘No’ when you could have done that and saved yourself the time and injuries!” Lorenzo roared.He stepped away from Kai, into a place with less lights while Kai, Catherine, Teresa and Shadow stepped aside to catch a glimpse of the fight.The thugs, angry and frustrated, charged towards Lorenzo all at the same time. They were all blinded by rage and their vague desire to beat the whole gang up.Lorenzo smirked coldly, his smirk turned into a smile as he analyzed their strength one after the other with just his eyes.He always taught his men never to attack first especially when they were being fueled by anger but it was clear that these ones forgot that part of the lesson.They all looked like crazed addicts as they charged at him head on but ever
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They all stopped abruptly with Kai wondering what this was about again. He had experienced something like this before when Jake had sent some thugs to kill him.“There’s no way this is happening again.” Kai sighed, maintaining composure as the car came to a halt and a group of thugs came out to block their way.Kai rolled his eyes as he mentally counted them, he could easily wipe the floor with their asses but he didn’t want to ruin the night with a fight.He also wouldn’t want anyone with him to get in a fight but it wasn’t until he looked beside him that he saw that Shadow and Lorenzo already looked ready to do anything.They were ready to jump in at Kai’s orders and the act of service that they showed towards him just made him smile.“WHICH OF YOU IS KAI?!” One of the thugs, who Kai assumed to be the leader, asked and seeing just how interesting things were getting, he played right along.“I am,” he responded, stepping forward a little into the light where they could see his face p
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Lorenzo charged at Kai, ready to hit him but Kai effortlessly dodged and seized the opportunity to land a few solid punches. Kai held Lorenzo's wrist and after the punch, gave him a really hard smackdown.“OH!” Teresa and Shadow both cheered in unison but Lorenzo was taken aback, he was astonished by Kai’s combat skills.“That was just a warm up.” He said in a vague attempt to save face and again, he came at Kai head on but Kai who didn’t feel the need to go all out only moved his ankle swiftly so that he was standing behind Lorenzo.Lorenzo couldn’t believe how fast Kai moved and his entire thinking went foggy at once when Kai gave him a knee strike, controlling it and making sure it wasn’t strong enough to do real damage.“You said you weren’t going to go easy on me, Lorenzo,” Kai said, standing behind Lorenzo, “what, are you trying to mock me?” Kai asked.Lorenzo couldn’t believe it, he wasn’t trying to go easy on Kai and if anything, he was giving it his all but it just seemed lik
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“WHAT?!” Catherine almost lost her cool and choked on the wine she was drinking while Shadow and Teresa looked at each other in a bit of confusion.Catherine had just started to calm down, she had brought Lorenzo to order and she felt like that was going to do something but it was painfully obvious that she was wrong.Lorenzo’s eyes beamed with joy as he waited for Kai to accept his challenge while rage pounded in Catherine’s ear and her fist clenched.The veins on her forehead almost looked as though they were about to pop because of how extremely furious she was.“Did that slap do nothing to you at all?” Catherine asked as she stomped to Lorenzo, holding him in a headlock, “how fucking dare you?!” She snarled.She wasn’t just furious to the point that she could murder Lorenzo if given the chance but she was also worried and a bit scared for Kai.“Who gave you the right to challenge Mr Grant to a duel?” She asked, still choking the living daylight out of him, “are you letting your ar
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Kai couldn't help but marvel at the realization—the Grant family practically controlled half the city, yet few knew about the tight-knit connection between these powerful figures.He wondered how they were able to keep their connection under wraps, a secret, from the entire world because only few knew about this.“Well, thank you so much for accepting me.” Kai said. He had no idea what to say or how to show them that he was indeed grateful for having them in his corner.Teresa and Catherine only smiled, Lorenzo snickered and Shadow could be seen desperately wishing that the dinner would end because he wanted to go home.“Shadow; how many times have I told you that you need to socialize more, you need to get in the sun and not mope around your house all day.” Catherine laughed as she said.“Leave him alone, Catherine, he might be the legendary hacker but he definitely is the baby of the group.” Teresa cut in as she poured Shadow a drink.“Don’t worry, Shadow, you let me know if anyone
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Lila’s brows drew together in a frown as anger took over the entirety of her facial expression. Her teeth gritted so hard that even Jake could hear it.She clenched her fist, anger was suffocating her and she was not only restless but she felt as though there was a volcano inside of her that was at the verge of eruption.Her fist balled up in anger, her frustration kicked in and fury twisted dangerously inside her. She couldn’t believe that Kai now had the audacity to go that far.“I CANNOT BELIEVE HIM!” She said through gritted teeth, her body shaking furiously and all she could see through her angry bloodshot eyes were red.She wanted to deal with him, to let him know that he had no right whatsoever to humiliate them like that, she wanted to put him in his place.“And that wench! I can’t believe her!” Lila’s breathing paced as she spoke and frantically dialed her phone, her fury was obvious in her body language.“She got us blacklisted?! She got us blacklisted from the most prestigi
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On hearing that, the manager broke out in a cold sweat, his legs going weak as he bowed respectfully and apologized repeatedly.“I am so sorry ma’am! I’m really sorry, ma’am, I had no idea that he was your guest.” He apologized, desperate to get Catherine to spare him.His heart thudded rapidly against his chest and his fear was obvious in his eyes and the way the color drained from his face.He didn’t expect that Kai was an important guest, especially a guest of the most important customer of the restaurant. The manager knew that no matter how much he tried, he could never get another customer like Catherine.Also, losing a customer like her would spell doom for them and that was the last thing he wanted, anger for the Benson family brimmed inside him as he apologized again.“Sir, I’m really sorry, I didn’t mean to—”“Let’s just go inside,” Kai said to Catherine, ignoring the manager who was trying to apologize to him because the damage had been done already.If Catherine hadn’t come
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“I’m sorry for the disturbance and whatever inconvenience it might have caused.” Kai said calmly to the restaurant manager.“I’m not who they claim I am, actually,” Kai said politely with a smile while pushing the thoughts of the Benson family to the deepest, darkest part of his mind.He doesn’t need to worry himself about them when he has other things to worry about.“I’m actually a guest dining in a private room.” He explained as politely as he could but while Lila bursted out laughing hysterically, the manager eyed Kai suspiciously.It was clear that even the manager was holding back his urge to laugh because there was no way he’s going to believe that Kai was really dining in the private room.The private room is reserved for people that are extraordinarily wealthy, it was for people who had made a huge name for themselves and not for people that looked like Kai.“Really?” The manager asked, still eyeing Kai suspiciously. He found it extremely difficult to believe that someone lik
