"Mister Blackwell, Miss Lilian has arrived." Damien's new secretary, now a woman, tells him solemnly. Damien raises a hand but never lifts his head. "Let her in.""Yes, sir." the secretary proceeds to open the door to a woman clad in bright purple. The color of mauve was Lilian Claude’s signature. She sassily walked inside the office and gave the secretary a demeaning look from top to toe. The secretary walks out of the room to leave them alone.Damien looks at her. Lilian smiled and then slowly lifted the handbag hanging around her arm. "Why did you come here?" he asked her in an unwelcoming tone. Lilian sweetly approached him and took the seat before his desk. "I'm in a wonderful mood today, cousin," she says. "After all, just five minutes with you in that elevator secured me a thousand-dollar handbag from my mother.""I'm glad you got something from it," Damien replied, but his voice showed no interest. "You're done thanking me. You can leave now."Lilian took an envelope and th
Colton Computers Corp. Branch - Greenville Mall Surprisingly, Colton’s shop had customers in. They weren’t less, but they also weren’t that many. The counter had only three customers lining up, each with Blackwell’s newest product that was collaborated with Mr. Gazett’s company. Damien watched from afar at a fancy restaurant across the mall with a stern look on his face. He had noticed that from the minutes he had been observing the counter, the line didn’t seem to move a bit. He leaned deeper and squinted his eyes only to realize what was going on in the cashier. “Are they arguing?” he raised his eyebrows while speaking to his newly appointed secretary. The secretary peered too, and sighed. “It seems that they are. Should I inquire what’s going on?” “No.” Damien replied. “I want to see how they handle customers like that.” “The customers have not been behaving erratically though.” she pointed out. “I think this is a problem with their staff. We’ve already been told that their ca
“What is he doing now?” “Currently manning the counter.” the secretary replied to Damien. She was left to observe the performance of the Coltons while Damien had returned back home. “Good.” Damien blankly replied whilst his eyes focused on the running sight of buildings as their car sped up. “I am on the way to the hospital to visit a friend, so I expect you to take of everything whilst I’m shortly gone.” “I will try my best sir.” “Scold him off if that’s what it takes to knock sense in his head.” “I believe scolding off Mr. Colton is not very good idea Sir.” the secretary chuckled. “However, as always, I will do my very best. I will remind him that he is watched. Only the slightest mention of your name makes him cower, after all.” Damien smiled a little. “Alright.” The phone call finally ended. Damien tapped onto the driver then said, “Let’s be quick.” “Roger, Master.” They reached the hospital in late afternoon. It was not a very known hospital, since Damien did not want to
Damien exited the room to follow the man. His other bodyguard looked the hallway to the right while Damien took the one from the left. Walking briskly, he roamed across the halls of the dimly lit hospital corridors. Slipping his hands inside the pockets of his trench coat, he strode calmly– eyed fixated on the entrance to the emergency stairs.Damien reached the door. Saw the shadow silhouette against the wall when he opened the door, and bolted. Damien was quick to trail after the man. He could hear his footsteps smacking against the ground repetitively, and he knew he just had to chase him.The man ran with his life. Damien sprinted after him. However, the man was not in luck. He had descended deeper into the hospital and found himself at a dead end. He tried to shake the padlocked door that would lead him to the corridor of the first floor, but it would not let him.Meanwhile, Damien walked very, very slowly down the stairs and the stranger knew he was doomed forever.The stranger
"Master Damien!" the secretary came running towards him with a worried face. In her hands was a tablet that displayed the local news website. Damien gave the secretary a frown as she approached him. "What is it?""Look at this news about you, sir!"Damien took the tablet from her hands and eyed the article carefully. There he could see pictures of Clarissa Norwood and him when they were still together. Damien gave the secretary a look. "What is this?""It's slander against you, Sir." She replied fearfully. "What should we do?! They're going to damage Blackwell Tech's reputation!""She's trying to start a controversy she cannot win.""She mentioned a woman in the article named Ash Harlock. She says to the public that you and this woman are together. Is this true, sir?""Of course not. " Damien glared at her. "Ash Harlock was my personal bodyguard, so we were always together. However, Ash never showed interest in me of, which I respected.""This is bad, Sir Damien." The secretary shook
The news media were filled with stories about the controversy between Damien and Clarissa. Damien grabbed the remote and changed the channel on the TV, only for it to show another track with Clarissa in it.Eloise and her daughter Lilian were there too, their eyes fixed on the screen with worry. Eloise gave Damien a motherly frown and shook her head. “She’s everywhere on the television. Why has your team never made arrangements with the media company? You could have bribed them to stop. They won’t mind. All the famous people in the industry do it all the time.” “It’s alright.” Damien gave up and placed the remote on the desk behind him. He was leaning against it, arms crossed and eyes narrowed at the screen. “Bribing the media is practical, but I like a little challenge.”“You’ll end up being defeated by this girl though.” Lilian shrugged her shoulders. “I’ve only met with Clarissa Norwood once and I’m going to tell you that we don’t vibe with one another. I don’t think you should be
The court was in session. Damien and his companions were on the left side of the court as the accused while Clarissa was on the right as the defendant. Damien wore a prestige aura as the court proceeded, and even the judge was captured by his captivating features. He was dashing, indeed. Dashing enough to earn everyone’s favor in the room— even some of Clarissa’s followers. However, that alone was not the only reason why Damien was starting to win everyone’s beliefs. It was thanks to his talented lawyers that Damien was able to slowly win the fight. Every time Clarissa’s lawyers made an argument, Damien’s lawyers would counter it so flawlessly that they choked with their own statements. All of a sudden, the proceeding reached its rising conflict. “The defendant claims that Damien tried to seduce her in his home during a business meeting in his private residence at Fraulein. Damien Blackwell lured the woman with his husband into a business deal and invited them into his own house w
“The court is dismissed!”Everyone stood up in their seats and left Clarissa’s side. Clarissa felt like she was surrounded by the terrible gazes of betrayal by her supporters who came into the hearing to give her the moral support she needed, but she only disappointed them. She was at loss for words. Even her lawyers were sorry for her.They hated the fact that Clarissa was not honest even with them.Had she told them that Ash Harlock had a video of her, they could’ve done something to counter it. But even them were in shock. They thought too that she was the victim, so they helped her. But it seemed that they were only humiliated in today’s hearing.One by one, they left her side until Clarissa was the only frozen one in the room. Richard Colton runs towards her and tried to comfort her, but she only slapped his hand away not wanting an ounce of his pity.“We’ll get them again next time.” He whispered to her. “Don’t be discouraged.”“How the fuck are we going to get them next time, Ri