As Alex walked into the room, the flashing of lights almost blinded him. He hated press conference. Most especially, he hated them because he knew that he could not lie and keep his identity a secret anymore. Still, he pulled his suit jacket closer to him, placed a brave face on and walked to the end of the hall. He could hear the journalists screaming questions at him but he did not care about it. He would only be addressing questions that were asked directly at him. "Good evening all." He said as soon as he got seated at the center of the room. "I called for this press conference to address certain issues that have been going around but before I do that, I need to thank you all for making out time out of your busy schedule to be here. As you all know, recently my company Havillah Enterprises has been accused of some very gruesome activities and I am here to tell you that unfortunately, they are true." Alex said without blinking and the murmurs that filled the room almost made him
"Davina!" The officer that called her name was not as gentle as the one she bribed to allow her go meet Alex but he was the same person. He walked angrily towards her and Davina squeezed her face as she heard his footsteps approaching. "Hall, now!" He said between gritted teeths and Davina followed him to the hall. She was given a little opportunity to watch the television because she had promised the man that once she is able to blackmail Alex she would get so much more and be able to pay him off. But now that the cards did not flow in her favour, she knew that she was in shit."I can explain everything." She tried to talk before the man rained down abuses on her. "Save it. I have given you so many different opportunities and you jus keep messing it up. Well not anymore. You are going to pay me every dime that you owe me and you are going to do it now." "But I don't have any money on me!" She said, scared of what the man would do to her while hating on Alex with everything she h
"Dad please tell me this is a joke. Tell me that you are kidding." She said, trying to stop her tears from falling. "Do I look like I am joking Davina? Look the problem I have with you and that you don't know when to stop. Did you really think that you could get away with hurting a company like that? For goodness sake, you worked for them. That means you should know how difficult it is to actually get into that company and I got you that job because of my friend. Just for you to go there and mess things up and now my friendship with that man has been ruined because of you. I don't even think you know how bad you have ruined my life right now." "But dad I..." "I honestly don't want to hear it. Look, I have a meeting with a very important client in the next one hour and I will not be caught talking to you in this prison." Her father said and turned around to leave. "Dad wait," she called out with a trembling voice."What?" Her father answered angrily."Could you at least spare me so
Alex looked at her and knew from her facial expression that she had come for trouble."Natalie, what are you doing here?" He asked as he watched her walk into the room. When she kept mute and said nothing Alex stopped asking. He would not be caught pestering her. Slowly, she walked to the chair opposite him and lowered herself into the chair. Not saying a word, Alex leaned back on his chair and folded his arms waiting patiently for her to say a word. "My dear brother, aren't you happy to see me?" She asked. "What are you doing here Natalie?" He asked again. "Well, I guess you did not get the memo. Well let me probably introduce myself. My name is Natalie Cale and I am the daughter of Veronica and Derek Cale of blessed memory. Oh," she laughed. "I meant to say Veronica and Albert McQueen, your grandfather." "Okay, so why are you here then? What do you want?" Alex asked sternly "If you don't know the answer to that question, then I don't think I should have given you so much credi
Alex was not particularly shocked at what she said. He knew that the would come back for revenge but he could never tell what they were planning. He looked at the girl that claimed to be his sister and wondered if he should actually trust her and believe her words. She could be lying just to get a free pass into the company but on the other hand, she could actually be telling the truth. He did not know what to believe. His eyes went to Damien, hoping that he would be able to read something from his expression but the man had mastered the poker face and if he believed anything she was saying or not, he did not show it and that made him to wonder if she was actually telling the truth or not. He looked at her again, something still wasn't right but he could not place his finger on it . He could tell that she was telling the truth but he could also tell that it was not the full truth and he did not know what the full truth was. After deciding to not bother himself by over thinking, he d
Natalie stood outside with his secretary. She did not know what their final verdict would be but she knew that if Bobby father should find out that she came to meet them behind his back, she would be ruined and everything she had worked for would go down the drain. She knew the kind of person he was, he was not to be trusted but he was also a very violent man. She would not love to see the other side of him. But she knew what she deserved as well. She knew that she deserved everything nice and she was going to work hard till she got it. She would not stop till she was finally accepted into their family as one of them. She needed to have shares in that company because God knows that she has paid her dues and it was time for her to enjoy. Sitting down in that press conference, for the first time, she saw light. She saw the kind of change that she was always hoping for. She knew that it was a risky move but somehow, she felt like she could actually trust him. She believed that he was n
The night was breezy as Alex drove out of the office. He had told Andres to go back home. He needed the peace that came with staying alone or with a loved one. His thoughts went to Aurora and he picked up his phone to call her. Still she did not pick. He looked at his rear view mirror, wondering what was happening and why she was refusing to pick his calls but he could not think of a good reason for her to not pick his calls, expect if she was in trouble Anxious to know if he was right or not, he went to her home. As he turn back to head in the direction of her house, he could see someone following him and he knew that it was Andres. He wasn't even trying to hide it and he wondered if he knew something about why Aurora was quiet. He wanted a have a quiet moment with her but he was also happy that he was coming with him. If anything happened and he needed to have someone there to protect them, he could count on Andres to do that job. Turning on his radio, he drove to her place and s
"Aurora" Alex said as he tried to pull Emily off his body but the woman had such a strong grip on him and he could not get away. "Oh hi Aurora," Emily said with a cherry voice as she held strongly onto Alex. "I am so sorry you had to see us in this position but this bad boy here would not just let me go. You see, he wanted me that badly." She said smilingAlex huffed, figuring out what she was trying to do. Immediately, he peeled his hand off her and walked towards Aurora "Aurora, please don't listen to her. She is just running mad. I actually came here to see you. You haven't been picking my calls all day and I was worried if something had happened to you " he said while trying to hold her hand but she kept pushing it away and that was when he knew that she was not believing anything he said. At that moment, Alex saw something very different in her eyes. He saw that the girl was not just bothered or concerned. She was heart broken and he prayed that it was not the scene before him
Alex's blood ran cold as he stared at the message in front of him. He could not believe that Nancy could actually be the one behind everything. Immediately, he found a way to jiggle out of his woman embrace and went to the kitchen to make a call. As soon as he entered, he saw his men watching a football game and he immediately told them to lowered the volume of it. "What's going on?" Hayden asked as he lowered the volume of the game. "I need to make a call." "No, what you need to do is to cuddle Ivy while she sleeps " Dustin said, standing up an walking towards him. "She is already fast asleep. Trust me. This is equally as important." He said as he placed a call to the commissioner. "Commissioner, talk to me, what is actually going on?" Alex asked. "Exactly what I sent to you." He said. "Who did this test?" "Trust me sir. We are not lukewarm and incompetent over here. I had that test done by people who actually know what they are doing and for it to come out this way, it mean
Alex's sat down. He knew that whatever he was about to say would have to be received while sitting. He feared for the very worst and hoped that the young man would not be saying anything that would lead to him being more Disturbed than he already was. "Damien, what is it?" He asked. "Before I answer that question I need to ask. Have you guys gotten Ivy? Is she okay?" He asked again. "Well yes. She is. We have gotten a hold of her and she is currently in the hospital receiving some treatments. Damien, what the hell is going on?" He asked. "Well, first, you will need to find a way to calm down. But after you guys left, I called Cole and I had him do some digging around about the letter." "Okay and what is going on with the letter?" He asked. "Well, we found out some very striking things that I think needs to be addressed. He took samples and he was quick to run them by an illegal lab that he knows so that we could get immediate results. We did and you would never believe who is be
"Doctor, what is it?" Alex asked, not sure if he really wanted to know the answer to that question. He struggled within himself but he knew that he had to know exactly what was going on and he could not run from the truth forever. "Well, Mr. Albert, nothing is wrong with her. She just has some broken ribs that we will need to correct because if we don't, it could lead to something more drastic." "Okay then fine. Go ahead and correct it," Alex said as he heaved a sigh of relief. "Why then was your face like that? You had me worried you know." "Well my face has to be like this because most of her bones have been broken and even though we have not done am x-ray scan on her yet, we are positive that this may just be across her entire body. And you know how long it takes for bone to heal." Alex understood. Ivy would have to go through another set of pains. "doctor, as long as it is something that can be fixed and you know how to fix it, I will say that you do not bother yourself and ju
Alex could not believe what he was actually seeing. His woman was finally free. He saw a man carrying her out from the building and he brought her to the truck. Immediately they had gotten inside, Alex was the first to run to her and he immediately wrapped her in his arms. "Ivy," he said as he released as breath of air. Finally he could breath as he saw his woman and he was assured that she was safe. She felt too cold to touch and Alex could only imagine all the things she had to go through while she was in the arms of those men and ladies. He could only wish that none of those men had so much as touched her because if they did, he was not going to hesitate to actually drive a stake through their hearts. "Alex," she said softly as she almost collapsed into his arms. She took in the warmth of his presence and held as tightly as she could to not lose the sanity that his presence brought to her. "I'm so sorry," he said as he held her. "I am so sorry that I allowed this to happen to
The drive there was a fast one. Alex did not care about traffic. All he wanted was to get to the warehouse on time and ensure that Ivy was okay. "You can slow down now, we are almost there." Andres said but still, Alex did not bother to listen. He kept going at high speed wanting nothing more than to reach Ivy without the blink of an eye. Suddenly, he turned into an abandoned road filled with potholes. "Okay you really need to slow down now. You can't be driving at such speed on a road like this you know. You are going to wreck this car." "Oh calm down already. Nothing will happen to the car," Alex said ignoring him as he kept driving. Soon he reached a lonely path. "We should walk on our feet here." Andres suggested "Why? The road is wide enough to be driven on." "Yes it is but with the way you are going, you will definitely get all of us killed. We need to be subtle and if you haven't noticed, you are driving at an enormous speed right now. So the best option is for us to wa
The time on the wall read 7:15pm and Alex looked out to see that it was dark. Alex could not rest, he kept pacing around and Andres did not bother to tell him to rest. He understood what the man was going through. Anxiety, worry, panic. It was to be expected. After all, the love of his life was stuck in a bad place and he had to do nothing else but sit and worry all day. He could not even go to help her. "Are you sure that we should not go to her? I mean come on now. How sure are you that those your guys will be able to handle this all by themselves? What if they mess everything up? You know that I will hold you responsible if anything should happen right?" Alex finally said after a long time of keeping mute. "Yes I know that I will be held responsible and I will take full responsibility if it gets to that but right now sir, the best thing that we can do is allow these men to do their job. I can assure you they are well trained and they know what they are doing. They won't mess it
Alex knocked on his door and Dustin opened to see a very distressed looking man. "What happened?" He asked as Alex walked into the house, followed by Andres. "Those bitches called again." Alex answered as he went into his kitchen to get himself a cup of water. "And what did they say?" He asked. "Well they did not say anything good other than the fact that this is going out of hand and that they know my family is in town." Hayden laughed as he heard Alex finish talking and the man did not get what was so funny. "Okay what are you laughing at right now?" He asked. "Well that is not the truth right. You don't have a family so you obviously fooled them." He said still laughing but stopped along the way as realized that Alex was not laughing with him. "What is it?" He asked again. "It's not funny because I do have a family. " *What?" Hayden excalimed. "How come you have a family and yet I have never heard of this family before. What the hell is that?" He asked in outrage but Alex
"Why are you doing this?" Ivy asked as she ate the food in a haste. She did not even know that she was hungry. She imagined she must have gone for close to two days without food nor water. Her energy was drained and the only thing she was working on was the adrenaline to get out of whatever mess she had found herself in alive. "Well what can I say? I took pity on you and I knew that Davina had not given you something to eat or drink. I feel like it's very cruel. I mean after all, we are not after you. You are not the bad guy here, you just happened to be a little bit stuck in between a cross fire." "Is that how you want to describe it?!" Ivy asked as she finished her meal."What other way is there to actually describe something like this?" She asked. "Well you guys would have just served your time and gotten out of prison as free women. What do you think is going to happen if Alex does not decide to go through with your plan." "Are you serious?" Rebecca said as she turned to look
Rebecca heaved a sigh as she watched her being dragged out of the room. She would have never believed that she would have to do something like that to the girl but the truth was that she was slowly losing her mind and what she did would benefit both of them. She knew very well that Alex was not the kind of man for them to double cross and if she tried to hurt Ivy or worse, if she actually went through with killing the girl. Alex would go to great heights to ensure that we are locked up in a place that the sun never shines. Rebecca did not know much about her but she could tell that she wanted to live her life and not be subjected to having to hide. To achieve that, then she would have to not allow her to do what she planned on doing. "I can't actually believe this girl," she muttered under her breath as she massaged her head. She was stressed out and wished that she will just hear the good news already so that she could Ivy free and also walk away as a free woman. She craved to go