Griffin took time to show him all the paper work he had. He cross matched them with the paperwork that Cole had gotten from their site. As the man took time to explain it all to him, Alex could not believe the kind of things he had paid a blind eye to. Every figure did not add up, every balance was not correct and the more he saw it, the more his blood boiled and the more he wanted to punish them for being so neglectful and so cruel. "This report is from two years ago." Alex noticed as the man kept talking. "Exactly sir. This illegal affairs started two years ago. For two years now, these people have been staying in this company to embezzle funds.""How were they not caught?" He asked. "Well maybe because they were not in the position to have anything be investigated. In times like this, it's either the owner knew about it and decided to shut up or he didn't but he could not just say it out because he was being blackmailed." "What would my grandpa be blackmailed for?" Alex asked
"Sir, I think you must have made a mistake somewhere." He stuttered and beads of sweat could be seen on his forehead. "Now I asked you a question and I am yet to get the answer for it. What is going on here that I cannot find the truth that is supposed to be here? Why do all the numbers here look made up to me?" "Sir, they are most definitely not made up. Maybe the is a small problem with the tally system. Let me go and rectify that and I will come back with the results." The man said and tried to walk away but Alex's voice held him back "Mr. Gabriel if you dare move an inch from that place, I will so badly hurt you that you will not be able to recover from the pain." "Sir please." He said, turning around to face Alex.."I don't understand why you are begging me." Alex said as he leaned back and looked at him. He so badly wanted to give him the benefit of doubt but the were so many signs that told him not to do that. But how could he? His salary was very good and the company ensur
Andres took Gabriel into other room and Alex could head the sound of the young man screaming. It did not help reduce his anger. He was lied to, cheated and stolen from by people he was supposed to trust. He did not know who to trust anymore and that was all because the man had gone out of his way to make life a living hell for him.Few minutes later, Andres came out with Gabriel. Surprisingly, nothing was damaged in his face but Alex could tell that his body was wounded. "Are you ready to talk now?" He asked. "Sir, I will talk." He said. "We are four. Two men and two women. I will give you the names you want. I will give you all the names you want just please don't torture me anymore. Please. I can't take it anymore." Gabriel begged and Alex gave Andres the sign to stop. "Here," he dropped a pen and paper in front of him. "Write it out. Each and everyone involved in this." Alex commanded and watched as he begun writing out the names he knew. When he was done, Alex looked at Damien
"What?" Some people in the crowd shouted. "Sir, can I please say something?" Miss Davina said, trying to defend herself. "Go ahead." "Sir, I don't know about others here but I personally did not steal any money from this company. Sir, I am innocent of all that is being said against me." Alex looked at her and could not tell if she was saying the truth or not. She looked like she wasn't but his gut feeling did not believe her one bit. But how could he be sure that Gabriel who helped them steal such amount of money did not also lie to ensure that the real culprits got away. "Cole," he called his hacker and the boy walked to his side and bent to hear what he had to say. "You once said that you have all the information I need about these people. Their names and everything, does this check out? I mean the names that this boy gave to me?" He asked. "Yes sir it does. These are the name of the people that have been involved in this very tricky business and I will not lie to you about i
"What do you want to talk about?" The person replied. "What I actually want is to see you. Is that possible?" He sent. Eager to know what her next response would be. "That isn't the answer to my question. Have you always been this daft?" "Okay, I don't know what I want us to talk about but I know that I could really use talking to a friend right now." "Well last time I checked, you have a lot of friends, so this is not an issue and I wish you well then." "Aurora, I want to talk to you. Could you please come over to the office? I will send my driver to come pick you up if you are too tired to move." "And I'm guessing that you can't come over to where I am because it's too local for you " "On the contrary, I would be over there in a minute if you would let me. But the last time I was in the bar, you told me to never step my foot in there again and I don't want to do anything to get you upset.""And you somehow think that taking my number off the internet isn't going to get me ups
"You really don't hold back, do you?" Aurora said as soon as she entered his office carrying two buckets of KFC chicken wings and his bodyguard carried the fries and drinks. "Why did you carry anything? You would have allowed these boys to carry everything." Alex said, standing up to take the bucket out of her hand. "I am not a baby. I can carry my things by myself and besides, I asked for only chicken and you went ahead to get some extras for me." "Well we all know that they go well like this," he said and turned to look at Andres. "Thank you Andres, you can leave now." Alex said and Andres nodded and walked away. "When did you get a bodyguard?" Aurora asked. "I didn't. Damien got him for me.""I guess it's obvious that Damien really cares about you then," Aurora said as she sat by the sofa. Her heart was beating faster than she could ever imagine. She had told herself over and over again to avoid men like Alex. She had tried to convince herself that he was not worth the troub
"Alex," she whispered, trying to not sound so engulfed by his actions. "Yes," his voice was low and deep. "Don't do this." She begged, not knowing what she really wanted. "Beg me to stop if you don't want me to do this then. Beg me to stop." He said, his hands slowly moving up her thighs, eager to explore every part of her. "Alex," her voice came out as a moan as she tried to stop what was happening but she couldn't lie to herself anymore. Her body wanted this but her mind kept telling her that it was a terrible idea. Before the pleasure would become overwhelming and she won't be able to listen to what her mind was saying again, she pushed him off her and stood up rapidly. Her actions took Alex by surprise. He would have never thought that she would have the guts to actually do something like that. It made him question everything he knew. Made him to question if she truly felt anything for him at all. "What did you do that for?" He asked staring at her as his eyes darkened. "Yo
"Alex," she whispered, trying to not sound so engulfed by his actions. "Yes," his voice was low and deep. "Don't do this." She begged, not knowing what she really wanted. "Beg me to stop if you don't want me to do this then. Beg me to stop." He said, his hands slowly moving up her thighs, eager to explore every part of her. "Alex," her voice came out as a moan as she tried to stop what was happening but she couldn't lie to herself anymore. Her body wanted this but her mind kept telling her that it was a terrible idea. Before the pleasure would become overwhelming and she won't be able to listen to what her mind was saying again, she pushed him off her and stood up rapidly. Her actions took Alex by surprise. He would have never thought that she would have the guts to actually do something like that. It made him question everything he knew. Made him to question if she truly felt anything for him at all. "What did you do that for?" He asked staring at her as his eyes darkened. "Yo
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