Grabbing the last unconscious thug by his leg and dragging him to the vehicle, Adrian smirked at Jeremy and then threw him with the others in the backseat of the car.A low groan escaped from the bruised up thugs as they laid over each other, unable to even speak for themselves let alone try to escape or attack any of them.“You should text the boss to come out.” Adrian told his son, slamming the car door shut.The silence in Gary’s room broke when Gary’s phone chimed, causing him to look away from Mrs Gilbert and focus on his phone screen. “Please excuse me. I got to head out,” Gary said as he woke from his bed, shoving his phone into his pocket. As he was about to walk past Mrs Gilbert, feeling disheartened, her voice stopped him, “Do not make me regret this, Gary… regret choosing you for my daughter.” A faint smile grew across Gary’s face, hearing her say that, knowing she wasn’t actually mad at him, just worried as any mother would be if her daughter was involved with a man li
Once again the dining table of the Larson's family was completely quiet as Alora slowly chewed her meal, looking so calm and relaxed, although a lot was going through her mind."Grandma, it’s been days since Fallon left this mansion… How can you be so calm? I mean, don’t you fear what might be going on through all of this silence with her?” Raphael asked Alora, watching how she calmly devoted the meal.Sighing softly, Alora placed her cutlery down onto her plate, before placing her hands together in front of her.“Stefan called me days ago. He said… Well, Gary was bold enough to challenge him the other day, at the house , and even claim that Fallon was already taken for him to pursue her…” Alora uttered with a cocky smile, remembering the relief she felt when he told her that.“He said what?! Fallon is taken… and that’s a good thing?… Taken by who?!” Raph asked with a more determined expression, inviting the presence of other people on the table.“Gary." Alora spewed.“Gary?” The tabl
The double glass door was pushed open, and Gary walked into the bar along with Tom, his hands stuck in his pockets as he advanced toward the front desk.Like a celebrity with bad reputation, he immediately grabbed the attention of the famous faces in the restaurant, giving him many stares, which he ignored. “Hey, I’m here to meet Cloe Areghan,” Gary told the lady sitting behind the desk as he looked down at her, a blank and uninterested look plastered on his face. Looking up to meet his eyes, she gave a small smile, and mumbled, “Right, Gary-” “Carter ,” Garyanswered simply.Her gaze darted nervously from Gary to Tom and back to Gary, mumbling, “Okay, the third floor, room five.”Nodding slightly, Gary pulled away from the counter with Tom right behind him, ignoring the conversation between the two receptionists. “He really is good-looking… Sadly, he is that way…” The lady with the long blonde hair commented. “Yeah… It’s disturbing that he is still showing his face around here, ca
Putting his card back into his wallet, Gary stared into Mr. Areghans’ eyes coldly and then scoffed before turning on his heel and walking away with Tom.“Wait!! How can you guys let him leave?!…” Mr. Areghan’s voice sounded desperate. “He hasn’t…"“He has paid his bill, Mr. Areghan.” The receptionist said, interrupting himLooking at her for a few seconds, Mr. Areghan frowned and turned his head to glare at the security guards before chasing after Gary, shouting, “Wait! Let’s talk more… I-”The door shut closed behind Gary and Mr. Areghan picked up his pace, running fast, gaining frowns from people that knew who he was, and the fact that he was chasing after someone like Gary made no sense to them.When he finally caught up with Gary outside of the restaurant, he took a second to catch his breath, watching Gary glare at him. “Who’s your boss?… I can negotiate a better price… Now, I know that I underestimated you a bit.” Mr. Areghan stated, breathing hard while trying to regain his com
For the resting of the mind, Gary stood outside the apartment, hands in his pocket, eyes on the sky.His head was still swimming from all that had happened recently, his mind still reeling with the fact that he had accepted to get married to Fallon because of the promise he made to her mother. However, it scared him. On one hand, he never wants to lose Laura. On another end, he wouldn't wait to see the Larsons push around an innocent girl like Fallon. He was ready to do whatever it takes to protect her as long as it doesn't jeopardise his marriage.So deep in thought, he didn‘t hear the door open and didn‘t connect with reality until Fallon poked him from behind.“Hey,” She said softly, and he could feel the smile forming on her lips even without turning around to look at her. “What are you doing out here?”“Thinking,” Gary answered truthfully, his voice barely above a whisper as well.“How much of what Alora said did you hear yesterday before walking in?”“A bit,”Silence followed
The atmosphere at the conference table immediately grew intense as, Kyle, Alora and some other members of the Larson family sat at the table the moment Kyle uttered, “Mother has confirmed that Fallon is hell bent on marrying Gary.”“‘This is all your daughter’s fault,” Mason mumbled underneath his breath, rubbing his temple in frustration.“What did you say?!”“It’s Sandra’s fault for bringing that damn bastard into our lives… If she didn't, Fallon and her mother would have still known their place beneath us, and I wouldn’t be losing my company to those two. Damnit!”As Kyle moved his lips to speak, his phone started ringing, causing him to pull it out of his pocket. When he noticed who was calling, he answered, mumbling, “Easton,”“Who is Sandra’s ex-husband?!” Easton’s voice boomed from the other side of the line, sounding furious.“Gary? Why are you asking about him?”“Who is he, Kyle?!”A frown crept across Kyle’s face when he heard Easton’s raised tone and then he sighed, “Are yo
While Tom drove the car in silence, he looked back at Gary, staring out the opened passenger window, and then he mumbled, “I know you don’t talk a lot about your marriage to Sandra, but I think your choice of leaving that family is very good…"“You will think those words twice after being with a manipulative, twisted psychopath who is willing to do anything to get what she wants,” Gary mumbled, not taking his eyes off the scenery. “Women know the power that they have… They use it like a weapon. They know how to wield it, to control it. To get them what they want.”Sighing, Tom turned around and looked at him for a second, seeing the pain reflected in his brown eyes as he said this before looking back at the road ahead, mumbling, “Not all of them are like that.”“I know. And I am hoping for Laura to remain as Laura. And then Fallon herself… Hopefully she doesn't fuck up trying to sabotage my marriage, cause I wont think it twice…" Gary mumbled, pausing as he stared at a store and then
Even though the atmosphere of the Larson mansion was calm, their expressions as the family sat around the table were anything but peaceful.Slowly, Alora set her glass down, then looked up from her plate at everyone else sitting with her, when she spotted Raphael's lady, she said.“Hey honey… It’s been a while since you have stopped by the mansion… I hope your father is not still mad at Raphael.” Alora said calmly.“Well,” she mumbled, holding back her words.“If he is, we can try to explain it to him and make amends. But in all honesty, Raphael really didn’t know that Gary was in a gang and had so many men to his name, you know? It wasn’t like Raphael knew what he did for a living… He didn’t know he was a thug.”“The thing is,”A nervous look crossed her face as she darted glances around the table and back to Alora letting out, “My dad is still upset… I tried talking to him, but he wouldn’t listen to anything that has Raphael’s name in it.”There was a brief pause as she remembered h