When they arrived back in the manor, Aleksei was shocked of all the tall buildings around him. What he used to see in magazines and books are now displayed right in front of him, and now he’s about to live in it! “M-Maybe I should go get an apartment or something. This makes me sick.” “You hate it?” Damien worriedly asked him. “N-No! Of course, I don’t hate it! it’s just that… it’s so big! And it makes my eyes hurt.” “You’re crying.” Ash slapped his brother’s back and grinned. “Wipe your tears, boy. This is where you’ll live from now. And you’ll be very safe here. No more white walls. Well, I mean there are white walls—” “You can paint your bedroom as much as you like,” Damien told him. “Wait… I get to have a bedroom?” “Of course, you get to have a bedroom, where do you think will you be sleeping, on the floor? don’t be preposterous!” “I-I never had a bedroom before. Thank you.” “And if you ever feel sick, we have the best doctor around coming during weekends.” “You have docto
Damien skips into the living room and danced like an idiot.The Claudes, Eloise, and Lilian gave him a 'what-is-going-on-with-you' look. He hummed a tune and shook his body to the beat of the music like it is the end of the world.Lilian sighed at him and threw a pillow at his face, which of course, makes him stop dancing. Damien catches the pillow and throws it back at her- but now, with 10x force. Lilian flung to the cushion and gasped for air as the pillow thrown by Damien, punched her in the face."Goodness, Damien." she cursed and coughed the chips that she was munching. "Can you please, for the love of humanity, stop dancing in front of the television, Damien?!"Eloise chuckled."Go buy your own TV then and watch somewhere, because I ain't leaving.""Well, you heard him." Noel made himself comfortable on the couch. "We can't pull him out. He's acting like a madman.""Mad man, my ass! I can't see a thing but his damn body wriggling like a stupid worm.""Oh come on," Eloise told he
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