Ash was trying her best to calm down as Damien stood beside her. They were both making their way to the dining hall they will announcing their news to everyone in the household. Everyone was confused as to why a huge feast was being prepared. The household workers thought that perhaps this was a celebration of the Vigilantes’ successful mission for they always celebrated whenever they achieved it.When Ash saw how many people were gathered in the seats, she looked Damien dead in the eye."I'm gonna tell them about it later.""Shit. I'm getting nervous.""Oh don't be.""They’re gonna beat me up-""They're not going to." Damien whispered to her ear. “Shall we head in?” Damien offered her his hand which Ash hesitantly takes.“You’re still shy holding hands with me?” Damien teased her. “Haven’t we done this a couple of times?”“L-Let’s just go in!”Damien chuckled and headed inside. The Vigilantes were very happy to see them, inviting the couple to sit with them and asking how they were
“Mr. Blackwell, is it true that your current live-in-partner, Ash Harlock is pregnant with your child?”The media started swarming Damien as he walked to his company. He was accompanied by Noel, Lilian, Eloise, and his secretary, as well as four bodyguards that protected the male from the paparazzi. It was a daily struggle to enter the company because of the civilians lined up outside, added by the nosy journalists. Damien took a deep breath as the doors in his company came to a close. “Thank god, I’m still alive.” Lilian wiped her sweat off with a handkerchief after being pushed again and again by the crowd. “This is dangerous; how did the news come out that she’s pregnant?” Noel asked everyone. “I don’t know, either.” Lilian crossed her arms. “Is it one of your maids, Damien? Or anyone in the Blackwell manor at all?”“I will have to check when I go back home.” Damien slips his hands into his pockets and sighs. “For now, let’s focus on expanding Blackwell Technologies to Europe, a
“Apologies.” Richard was forced to say sorry to them. “I was too hasty. I assumed that only a woman of high caliber can marry the illustrious Damien Blackwell.”“You’re saying she is not of high caliber?” Damien raised an eyebrow, intimidating him. “N-No, of course not. She is as pretty as… well, any other noble.”“Choose your words properly, Mr. Colton.” Damien crossed his arms and slowly stood up from his seat. “How’s Clarissa doing in prison?”“Is she enjoying it?” other shareholders whispered to Richard, mocking him. “The Norwoods are rich, aren’t they? How can they not bail their daughter out?”Damien remained silent. It was also one of the mysteries he had been asking himself. ‘Clarissa had powerful back-ups and she seemed to be so brave when she challenged me to court. Where are those backers now?’ Richard’s eyes widened in embarrassment. His ears were very red as he paced his eyes across the laughing people in the conference room. “S-She’s there, still. I have yet to visit he
Damien returned home with a huge bruise on his face. When Ash sees this, she is immediately drenched with worry. “Damien what the heck?” Ash rushed towards him and observed the wound on his face. “Who did this?!”“Don’t worry.” He replied to her gently. “It wasn’t the Sumerkis who did this to me.”“Then who did?” “Richard.” He loosened his tie and ushered the woman to sit with him on the couch. “I had a fight with him earlier. He couldn’t help it.”“Your cheek is swelling.” Ash sighed at him. “Was he the one who punched you first?”“Yes.” Damien couldn’t tell her that he was defending her from Richard’s slander. “This wound is nothing. His fists were weak. I felt nothing at all.”“Stop being cocky.” Ash chuckled at him and then took a first aid kit from a nearby drawer. “So if I pressed it, it wouldn’t hurt at all?”“I’d rather you don’t.” Damien shrugged. “How are you feeling?”“I’m good.” Ash smiled at him. “No morning sickness at all?”“None.” She smiled back. “Feels just like a
“The wedding preparations start next week.” Eloise oriented everyone in the room. “We must make sure that this event is exclusive only to the people in Blackwell manor and a few close friends.”“We should invite the Dorwailles.” Lilian said. “They already feel very connected with Damien because of the help he has given them. It is relevant to include them in the guest list.”“Do you agree, Damien?”“Yes.” He nodded and then turned to Ash. “You?”“I’m fine with whatever, really.” Ash smiled at him.“Ash!” Lilian sat beside her. “This is your wedding! Be a little enthusiastic, hm?”“I’m sorry. I just do not know how these things work.” Ash lowered her head. “I’ve never been to a wedding before, and I never thought of marrying.”“Ash…” Lilian frowned. “I see. Well, I am taking you to your designer later so we can choose a perfect design for your wedding dress!”“Lilian, please.” Eloise shook her head at her daughter. “You’re not the one who’s going to get married.”“I know! I’m just excit
Ash’s eyes grew as soon as the other person in the line said that. Her grip on the phone tightened and her chest starts beating irrationally. “Don’t you fucking dare hurt my brother!”“Then come get him and bring your husband with you. We can have a little chat. That’s all we’ve ever wanted.”Ash clenched her fists and took a deep breath. “Let me talk to him first.”“No. That’s not the deal. Come here and we will give you your brother, hm?”“You’re dumb, aren’t you? Calling me to bribe me into fetching my brother saying you want to talk? You want to rain bullets over Damien.”There was laughing in the other line. Ash seethed her teeth. She could tell they were in a big room, and there were many members of Parliament behind the call. And they’re treating her like a laughingstock. “We’ll see you here, right?”“That depends if you’ll let me hear my brother. You have nothing to lose if you give the phone to him, right?”She could hear him consulting with the other members of the Parliam
Damien was in his office finalizing his work for the day when suddenly his phone rang. “Hello?”“Master Damien, it’s me, Noel.”“What’s wrong? Wait… is that crying I hear in the background?”“Yes.” Noel’s voice was in a panic. “Someone just called Ash earlier. It was from the Parliament.”“What the hell do you mean?”“They called her because, apparently, they have her brother, the Czar.” Damien’s eyes flashed wide, causing everyone in his office to stare at him. “Where are you right now?”“We’re going home.” Noel said. “I’ll ask the others to reconvene with you. Make sure Ash is safe.”“Yes, master, we are all on alert and ready to shoot. Apparently, a Kravskan spy is planted here in the city. He or she is currently watching Ash’s every move.”“How did you know that?”“The one who called her knew where she was, and he also knows she’s pregnant.”“Let me talk to her.”“She’s inconsolable.” Noel sighed. “Do you think you can come early?”“Sure.” Damien nodded and stands from his seat
“Are they coming?”The Parliament Palace of Kravska was preparing for Damien Blackwell to arrive in their premises. Yuri was still in the basement, getting beaten up severely. He was pretending to be unconscious but he could hear everything that the Parliament goons were saying.“Boss what if they’re not coming?” Their parliament boss mockingly laughed. “What if they’re not coming?! Bwahahaha! Then we’ll give Czar a taste of his own medicine! We’ll sell him to the highest bidder.”Human trafficking. This was what the mafia and the shady people of the government were good at. Yuri clenched his jaw at the idea of him being sold to the population of the unusual and odd people. He couldn’t digest the things they would do to him. Probably even worse than just beating— he reckoned.“Damien Blackwell not arrived yet?”“No sign, boss.”“Hah. I don’t blame him. It’d be stupid if he bites on our request. He’s not that dumb. Nevertheless, who cares if he comes or not? We have Yuri anyway.”“Ther