The car arrived in front of the restaurant Le Bernardin. A valet opened the car door for Scarlett while Alarick came down on his own. Alarick started to walk into the building when Scarlett wrapped her arms around his. He froze for a second, shocked that she would show this much affection in public to someone who wasn't her husband. Alarick played the part though. He needed something from her and he was sure to get it. Scarlett smirked immediately as they crossed the threshold into one of the most exclusive and elusive restaurants in the city.Although the place was popular, there was little to no information about it. Only the elite knew what went in behind those doors. The mystery was what made it appealing to the 1 percent with deep pockets and Scarlett knew this. She had been here once before and she was impressed. Alarick was already doing something right. She spoke."You brought me to one of the most expensive restaurants for lunch? You must really adore me."Alarick chuckled a
Alarick checked the time on his watch. He contemplated going to work or going home. His decision was to go to work. Alarick had already missed a boatload of things and although the people at the company were taking good care of everything, he didn't want to be a half baked CEO. Alarick headed straight to the office once his mind was made up and informed Vivian he was returning. He parked in the garage himself and went into the building. As he reached the lobby, Vivian walked up to him. Alarick walked in front towards the office while Vivian was a step behind him."Welcome back sir.""Thank you Vivian. What's on my itinerary for the rest of the day?" Alarick asked after responding to her greeting. Vivian scrolled through the device I'm her hands."Since I didn't know if you would come back or not, I cleared out your schedule for today. Do you want me to bring anything up for you?"They stepped into the elevator and ascended up the company building. "Call the board back. We still hav
Alarick went home immediately to inform his father. There wasn't much he could do to hide it, sooner or later Cillian would find out. It was better if his father heard it from him first. Cillian was no longer the CEO but he hadn't retired just yet. Alarick got to the mansion and parked his car. He stepped out of the car but took his time entering the house. Once he did enter he went straight to his bedroom. He was about to video call his father to tell about what happened but he was hesitant. Cillian was supposed to be in hiding, protecting Grace and Charlotte and now Alarick was about to drop this bomb on him.Alarick opened the door to his bedroom and stepped in. He removed his suit and reclined on his workspace chair. Alarick tried to calm himself down as he brought out his laptop to contact his father. Once the laptop turned on, Alarick called his father. The video call rang three times before Cillian answered. Cillian chuckled through the screen."I actually expected you to cal
Later that day, an unknown man carrying a large bag walked into the King company building. He wore all black and his long pale blonde hair covered most of his face completely. The employees in the building watched the man in suspicion, wondering who he might be. The man walked over to the receptionist's desk. Her name tag read Clarissa. She looked at him warily but chose to act the way she was taught to. "Good day sir. How may I help you?" The man scratched his chin. "I'm looking for Alarick King." Clarissa typed on her computer. "All right. Just give me your name so I can see if you're on the system for today." The man didn't speak and continued to scratch his chin. The receptionist noticed what was going on and asked him a question. "You don't have an appointment, do you?" The man shrugged. "No but I am meant to see Alarick King." Clarissa looked away from her computer and then at him. "I'm sorry sir but if you don't have an appointment you can't see him today. I suggest
Alarick sat in his chair pondering on what he could do to get Charlotte back. He couldn't believe that the person whose father's death they bonded over would do such a thing to him. It was hard to believe. How would she even have a plan that would lead to her father dying or did she underestimate Jonathan's friendship with his father? Alarick tried to piece together all the information he had gotten some minutes before with everything that had happened so far, just as Chiny walked into the office. He had accumulated all the information that he could find on Charlotte and approached Alarick's desk holding a flash drive in his hand."I've got it." Chiny said, pulling Alarick out of his thoughts. Alarick brought out his hand to collect the flash drive but Chiny hesitated."The money."Alarick sighed."Give me your account number."Chiny smirked and called it out.Alarick typed on his computer for some time before speaking."Done."Chiny's phone dinged. He checked it and saw that he had
Ethan had signed the documents that handed over his firm to Alarick immediately they settled down in Alarick's office. Once Ethan was gone, Alarick finished up some menial jobs before deciding to head home that evening. On his way out he spoke to Vivian who sat at her desk typing on her computer."Vivian, email all the members of the board that there will be a meeting tomorrow by 8:00 am to review what we spoke of at the last meeting. I'm done for the day. You should go home.""Okay Mr Alarick. Have a nice evening."Alarick walked off. He left the company building and drove to his house. He parked, entered the mansion and went straight to his room, opting to have a bath before calling his father to inform him of what happened today. The warm water that touched his body relaxed his tensed muscles. He was tired but he had things to attend to. Rest would have to wait. After his bath, Alarick had dinner in the dining room. The place was somewhat empty with only him being there. Everyone
"Welcome back Charlotte." Charlotte looked to the door and back to Alarick at the desk. She walked closer to Alarick, dropping her bag on an empty chair and confused. "Alarick, why are you here? How do you even know where I work?" Alarick unfurled his fingers. "It isn’t a government secret, finding out wasn’t a problem." "Where's Ethan, my boss? This is his office." "He isn't here and he isn't your boss anymore. Well he is, just not at the top of the command chain. I'm your new boss because as of yesterday, I bought this law firm." Charlotte stepped back and chuckled, covering her eyes. "You can't be serious. Bought the firm I work at? Why on earth would you do that?" Alarick stood up from his chair. He had to convince Charlotte to go back to the mansion with him where he could question her before handing her over to the police. He didn’t want to take the chance that he would get tipped off and have time to run away before getting to the mansion, if not he would have waited s
Alarick walked back into the room after some minutes holding a flash drive and a laptop in his hands. Charlotte sat on the lounge chair with indignation. Alarick set the laptop in front of her and put in the flash drive. He opened the document on the laptop and faced the device towards Charlotte. Charlotte saw a picture of herself with her name beside it in bold letters. She scooted forward on her seat to get a better look."What's this?" "Evidence against you. That's what I'm going to use to put you behind bars for the rest of your life." Charlotte surfed through the documents on the file, her face frozen with shock. She thought she had left this part of her past behind but here it was, staring her in the face. Charlotte sniffled and turned the laptop away."You did a background check on me? How dare you?"Alarick scoffed."Yeah right. Like I didn't have a right to do that when you stole confidential files from my company.""I did no such thing."Alarick walked over to her and tur