Damian drew in a deep breath when he reached the door where Lucian was waiting inside. He didn't know why, but suddenly he was starting to feel uncomfortable with the whole arrangement. The new direction his plan was taking had not been predetermined by him.Lucian quickly stood up as soon as Damian walked in."Good day, young master," two burly men in black suits bowed to Damian. Damian stared at them in surprise, wondering why they were here with Lucian. Then realization hit him: Roberto must have sent them. He didn't trust Lucian at all."Leave now," he said to them as they exchanged glances."But sir...""I know. Just leave," Damian said, ignoring the look Lucian was giving him.When they were finally alone, he turned his attention to Lucian, his lips spreading into a wide smile."Father-in-law!" Damian moved towards him, spreading out his arms for a hug, while Lucian stood there, maintaining his glare.Ignoring him, Damian drew him into his embrace and tapped him slightly on the b
Lucian turned slowly to meet Damian’s teasing gaze as he couldn't control himself. He grabbed Damian by the collar with so much strength that you couldn’t believe he wielded it, while Damian chuckled at the gesture with a cocky smile.“They are outside,” Damian said softly, reading rage in Lucian’s eyes.“Don’t you dare play more games with me, Damian. You’ve had your fill with Kings Distributions,” Lucian said.“No, I didn’t,” Damian said with a stern expression.“You—" As Lucian made to throw a punch at him, the door swung open, and Roberto and the men walked in.“Hold him back!” Roberto commanded as Damian rolled his eyes. The men lunged at Lucian and held him down with his hands behind his back while he struggled to free himself. “Let me go, you bastards!”“Roberto,” Damian drawled as he tried not to give him that judgmental look that could prompt an argument between them.“Young master! What were you thinking being with him alone? If I wasn’t watching you through the CCTV—”“I kn
Marco stared at Enzo for a while as if trying to process his words. Enzo recognized that look; it was one he gave whenever he deliberated seriously on something.“I am just an investor,” Marco said as Enzo scoffed immediately. “Like hell, I would believe that. There’s something about that company, and I’m sure you know it. Don’t lie to me.”“And what makes you think you can barge into my house and ask me questions, Enzo?” Marco asked suddenly, a shocked expression spreading across Enzo’s face.“Barge? I don’t understand, Marco. We are-““Yes! We were close as brothers in the past. You’ve helped me so much, and I appreciate it. But you messed up, Enzo. Playing with Lucian? He was your benefactor. Why do you want to turn against him now?” Marco asked softly.Enzo's stomach churned at Marco's words. He was truly alone now. “You don’t know anything, Marco.” Enzo shook his head as he watched Marco.“You don’t know who you’re dealing with. One day, he will turn against you like he did to me
"No one has asked to buy Kings Distributions," Marcello said slowly while watching his boss's expression, scared to anger him because he has been quite sensitive to any matter concerning Kings Distributions. Lucian chuckled as he rubbed his chin without sparing Marcello a glance. After he had left the meeting with Damian, he had asked to see Marcello to discuss issues regarding Kings Distributions. But now, he couldn't help but think about Damian's offer. It now dawned on him how cunning Damian had become. To think, he tried to play with him."Boss," Marcello started again."Boss," he tried once more."Kings Air and Shipping," Lucian said suddenly, snapping out of his thoughts and turning his gaze to Marcello."How is the revenue these days?" Lucian asked with a serious look."That—" Marcello hesitated as he scratched his head."Go on. Tell me," Lucian said, resting back in the chair, his gaze fixed on Marcello, prompting him to continue. "We get half of our usual revenue," Marcello f
"Mr. Santoro," Arya gasped in surprise, wide-eyed as she stared at Damian, whose eyes were fixed on Ravenna. Ravenna didn't move, shock evident on her face."I was looking everywhere for you," Damian removed his hand from her shoulder and brushed strands of hair away from her face, gazing at her lovingly."What the—" Ravenna tried to say something, but Damian beat her to it."Are you going to scold me for finding you too late?" He pouted, and Ravenna's eyes widened even more. What the hell is Damian doing?"Are—Are you two dating?" Arya couldn't help but ask, staring at them in shock.Damian turned to look at her. "Us?" He asked with a surprised look, as if it were no news. "Well, not yet. You see, I've been trying to woo Ravenna, and she has been so stubborn," Damian said with a smile, glancing from one girl to another, noting their expressions.He took Ravenna's hand, turned to look at her, and then back at them. "Are you her friends?" He asked with a smile as Bella nodded, because
"Young master!" Roberto exclaimed in agony, frustrated by Damian's silence."Could you help me get Mrs. Marie to send a cup of coffee to my study, please?" Damian turned his gaze to Elena, who stared at him in shock. She looked from Damian to a frustrated Roberto as they both watched him stand up and walk away without sparing either of them a glance."The world doesn't revolve around you, Mr. Santoro!" Roberto shouted after him, trying to provoke a response, but it was futile."What the hell is he thinking?" Roberto turned to Elena in frustration.She shook her head, walked over to Roberto, and patted him on his back. "We'll be fine," she smiled and walked away."Even you too!" he shouted in utter confusion as he watched her leave. "No one takes me seriously anymore," he muttered and cupped his face.Meanwhile, Elena took it upon herself to make coffee for Damian and send it to his study. When he gave her permission to come in after she knocked, Elena saw him standing by the window, a
Lucian clapped his hands continuously as Ravenna walked through the door the next day after their talk. "You've outdone yourself, Ravenna!" He laughed out loud as his daughter, with a smirk on her face, walked towards her father, who had his hands opened for her to come into his embrace."You look quite happy, Daddy. Happy with the result of my plan?" She smiled as she freed herself and walked over to the seat opposite Lucian's and sat down."Why wouldn't I? I have such a beautiful and intelligent daughter." He laughed out loud again as Ravenna returned the smile."Let's see how Damian will tackle this," Lucian muttered with a wide smile."With me pregnant with his child all over the net? I'm not sure," Ravenna smacked her lips and crossed her legs."He must have been shocked." Ravenna looked up to her dad."Yeah, he would. Apart from that, people are rushing over to buy Kings Distributions since morning. We have been receiving countless calls; Kings Group stocks skyrocketed in a few
"We're here, Mr. Santoro," the driver said when he pulled up in front of the King's Mansion. Damian felt his sweaty palm as he found it hard to turn to his side to look at Ravenna, who sat quietly beside him."I—" When Damian was about to speak, Ravenna opened the door and got off quickly. Damian sighed as he got off too and rushed towards her before she opened the door."Ravenna," he called coolly as she swung around to meet his gaze."What is it?" She asked impatiently. She had been unusually quiet after the test results came out at the hospital. So was he; what was he supposed to say?He was so sure that his ex-wife, who had cheated on him, was lying, but then it turned out to be true."Is it mine or Carlos'?" Damian asked, still holding her arms."Do the bloody calculation yourself." She freed her hand and stomped away quickly."Damn it!" Damian hit his leg on the tire of the limousine as he shuddered with anger. How could this be happening? In quick strides, he walked into the li
"In five minutes, some people will come over to your place. Old friends of mine. I might call them," Damian said as he paced majestically in his study, feeling extremely proud of himself."You might be wondering what friends I have…" Damian paused, as if expecting a response."Or maybe you already know them?" Damian asked with a raised brow."The Tigers," Damian said in a grim tone. "They've been all over the city, looking for you, dear uncle," he said, folding his arms."You…" Valentine tried to steady his shaky hands as beads of sweat formed on his forehead."Don't," Damian interrupted. "It's just five minutes," he said again. "Are you sure you want to waste your precious time battling words with me, or is saving your life more important?""How would you know who The Tigers are? You bastard!" Valentine exclaimed."Hmmm… let me think. I did a small background research on you in the past, which didn't give me much result. But then, I do have some friends in the underworld, uncle," Dam
“Who is there?” Came Valentine’s harsh voice as Leonardo felt his feet freeze to the ground while the other man approached. For some reason, he couldn’t move, shocked by what was going on and the fact that he had been played.As the door flung open to reveal Valentine's harsh gaze, Leonardo swallowed, feeling completely dumb as the other man stared at him for a few seconds.“Leonardo,” he started with a smile, like the psychopath he was.“Have you been eavesdropping?” Valentine asked as he approached, his right hand behind his back as if hiding something. Leonardo was stunned for a second, but his survival instinct kicked in instantly.At this point, Valentine was very dangerous, and getting out of this house should be his main priority.“What did you hear?” Valentine asked, cutting into Leonardo’s thoughts, who forced a smile.“You are mistaken, Valentine,” Leonardo began, shaking his head.“I came here to talk,” he said again as both men's gazes remained intent on each other.“You a
“Just talks.” He muttered under his breath after a moment of silence, that’s all you can do.“I heard you took care of Ravenna, I must commend you however you did it.” He said again. “She is not a threat to me any longer. So just step down and let me have the position.”“You don’t understand.” Damian approached him. Valentine is trying to get the position for himself.” He said and started to shake his head. “Not you brother. And the moment you continue to stay with him, I won’t be able to do anything. Like I said, he will use you….”“Bullshit!” He turned away and headed to towards the door.“Leo…..”Damian made to say again but he had started walking away, this time with determined strides and out he went of the room.“Young master.” Roberto called after few seconds passed with Damian staring blankly at the door following Leonardo’s exit as if looking for something desperately.Damian turned away from the door. “I have a bad feeling about all this.” He said calmly.“Thank God you came
The chauffeur opened the door as Damian walked swiftly in front of the huge building, that stood towering over most the buildings in that area.The Santoro headquarter building was one of biggest in the city.Damian did the button on his jacket as he walked through the exit with the security bowing down for him.His hands tucked in his pocket, he made his way through the different part of the building and straight to the boardroom confidently. He was literally unstoppable now.Immediately Elena caugh sight of him coming out of the elevator, she rushed towards him with a scared deamenor.“Young master…,”she said breathlessly as if she has been running.“Are they all in?” He asked with a slight frown.“Yeah. The remaining two shareholders that seemed to be late has arrived. They don’t care young master.” She said as rage filled Damian as he made his way past her with her trailing behind him.“Do you have a plan?” She asked as he stopped on his track, memories of his conversation with Ma
As the laughing subsided, she stared at Amiri who just watched her.“Fuck you Amiri!” She spat out as Amiri just watched her. Her laughing was out of spite.It didn’t take another second when the sound of the police siren filled the whole place as Ravenna made to turn around to look back, but stopped, probably because of her pride.She turned to look at Amiri, her eyes bloodshot with rage while Amiri stared at her lazily.“You shouldn’t be outside here, Ravenna. Living with normal people.” Amiri said as the sound of the policemen steps coming towards them increased to show how close they were.“You are dangerous to humanity.” Amiri completed as Ravenna scoffed. “And you call yourself a saint by doing this one thing?” She asked with an angry look.“You are bloody criminal, you bastard!” She shrieked angrily as the police finally got to them.“I am inspector Morales and you are under arrest for the…..”The words trailed off in Ravenna’s head as she stared angrily at Amiri, and as her ey
Amiri wasn’t sure of what to say. He just stared blankly at her.“What did you do to Paulo?” He could only manage to ask as Ravenna gave him a scrutinizing look as if that would determine if she would tell him anything or not.“You should ask what I would do to him if you don’t comply to my commands right now.” She said as Amiri’s fist clenched.“You still look as if I am lying to you.” She said with a pout. “You still think I don’t have Amiri, ugh?” She raised a brow and tuttered.“Foolish.” She snorted. “Swerville Day school. Finish his lessons by 12 noon. Has a standby driver that takes him home to his mama.” She said to spite Amiri the more as if the other man hasn’t gotten the point, the predicament he was into.“What if I switched the driver with my people.” Her lips tugged in a sinister smile as Amiri felt a bead of sweat on his forehead.She chuckled and took off his shades and put it on. “Now I can see the darkness hidden inside of you Amiri.” She murmured almost in a whisper
Amiri made to blink but for some reason, restricted himself as if scared that any wrong movement of his would lead to another problem.He watched as a smile curved up Ravenna’s lips. “Who put you to this, Amiri?” She started to removed an invisible speck of dust on jacket, as she smiled sheepishly, she raised her gaze to meet his again as she stifled a chuckle.“What?” She asked with a laughing tone, her gaze dancing on his face.“You’re crazy.” Amiri could only say as Ravenna stoped moving her hand, the smile faded as she stared at me as if the word ‘crazy’ was foreign to her.“Crazy?” She asked with an irritated, as if challenging Amiri.“Me?” She asked, as if truly hurt. But Amiri knew better. “Stop playing the victim’s game. You’re in front of the man you killed. Have some respect for this dead, Ravenna.” He shove her hand away from his chest as her hand dangled by her side as if she had no control over it.“As if you care.” She stared at him with angry gaze.She bent her head to
“We’re here, boss”. Carlos said thriugh the rear mirror as he tried to discern what was going on in his boss’s head who looked pale through out the ride.“Oh…”He replied absentmindedly as Carlos quickly got off the passenger’s sit at the front.He opened up the back seat for his boss and waited, but it seemed Amiri was still in deep thought.“Boss.” He called again as Amiri snapped out of his reverie and turned to see Carlos watching him with a mixture of worried and careful gaze.“What’s with the look?” Amiri got off the car as he straightened his well tailored suit, as he out his shade one, Carlos closing the door again. “You don’t look too well boss.” He said as Amiri started to walk down the small path that was paved in the middle of the cementry where Lucian’s funeral was supposed to hold.“Today is Ravenna’s dad funeral.” He said, without sparing him a glance as he moved ahead.“I didn’t realize you both were that close for you to feel Lucian’s death.” Carlos said as Amiri sto
“I can’t believe this.” Amiri staggered back, unconsciously locating a sofa behind him and sitting down. His hand slowly moved to hold his face, the news making his whole body shudder, hating how foolish he looked.“It’s okay if you feel embarrassed,” Damian said nonchalantly as Amiri raised his head to look at him in an uneasy manner.“Sorry,” he feigned a smile. “I didn’t mean it that way,” he added as Amiri sighed, smacking his lips together, looking away to avoid revealing how disgruntled he felt to Damian.“So?”Amiri raised his head to look at him. “What? You want me to pay back?” He asked as Damian watched him with an amused look.“What?” Amiri asked, his apprehension growing by the minute. He always portrayed himself to everyone as this strong-hearted person, deeply revered in the underground world. But this man knew how to effortlessly get to him, making some part of his life seem to almost revolve around him.“You must think so lowly of me,” Damian said with a soothing tone,