Michael left Darius's company and headed straight to the Connor Empire. He walked right into the building, not uttering a single word to anyone on his way. He saw Emily's car parked outside, and he knew that she was in the company. “I always knew that it would get to this. She should have just kept her mouth shut and acted like she was not aware of what was going on, but she chose to be a mom instead, talking shit about me and my family.” Michael thought as he went straight to the elevator, pressing the floor that he wanted it to take him to.Not long after, he was standing in front of the door to Bryan's office. He could not believe that he had stricken this deal, and it had worked out exactly the way that he had planned it. Taking a deep breath, he slowly brought his hands closer to the door to knock on the door. After a while, he heard the familiar voice of Bryan that asked him to come in, and he tilted the doorknob gently, opening the door slowly. He walked in gently with a smile
“Good morning sir!” The receptionist greeted Damien as he walked into the office for the first time that morning. “Good morning. How are you?” He asked her but did not stop to get his reply as he walked hastily out of sight to his office. It was very obvious that he was worried about something, and his employees at the office could only observe him. He got to his office with a troubled heart, he did not seem to be prepared to carry out the day's activity in the office as he could not think straight at all. Sitting on his swirling chair and heaving a sigh, his phone suddenly began to buzz, and he looked to see who was calling. He picked up the call and placed the phone over his, inhaling deeply before he talked. “Hello, sir!” The person said, and Damien leaned backward to rest his back on the chair, taking a deep breath before he responded. “Yeah. Hello, what is going on? Any update on the assignment that I gave you?” Damien asked rapidly, as he could not wait to hear the response t
“I need to find a way to talk to her. She might know a thing about Eric.” Damien thought as he watched Master Chadwick eat his food. “May I excuse myself, master?” He said in a low tone, and Master Chadwick gave a nod as he concentrated on his food, not uttering a single word in response. He stood up from his chair and walked over to where Emily was seated. “Good day, ma'am.” Damien greeted in a low tone as he approached Emily at her table, and she immediately tilted her head to look at who was greeting her. “Good day.” She replied in a cracking tone as she made a scrunching face as if she were trying to recall if she had met him before, but his face did not seem to ring a bell in her head. “Sorry, may I sit,” Damien asked, pointing to the empty seat in front of her, she tilted her head to look at the chair before she nodded her head, clearing her throat slightly before she talked. “I am sorry, but do I know you from somewhere?” She asked and Damien exhaled heavily as he sat on t
It’s been over a week since Eric had been kidnapped. He could not help but wonder what was going on outside the house where he was being kept.“Who is there?” He asked in a loud tone as he demanded a reply from whoever was outside the locked door. The only difference from the first day after today was that he had been untied and moved to another room where there was a bed.He paced up and down inside the room, as he did not know what else to do at this moment. “The most surprising and annoying is that Lydia had the effrontery to switch sides against me. How dare she?” He asked himself as he took a deep breath and walked back to his bed to sit, heaving a sigh as he sat down.“How do I get from this mess? I need to find a way out of this place as fast as I can. What could Samantha be going through?” He asked himself as he slowly tilted his head around the whole room before he took a deep breath to calm his racing heart. He leaned backward to rest his back on the pillow but felt uncomfor
Micheal rolled to the other side of the bed as he slowly opened his eyes but squinted in response to the light that came in through the window. “It's been over a week now, and I keep forgetting that I am back in my house.” He said to himself as he rolled back to the other side before opening his eyes completely. He sat up on the bed, heaving a sigh while he did so, looking at the whole place for a moment before taking a deep to stand up from the bed. “So, what is it for today?” He asked himself as he walked into the bathroom.Not long after, he came out of the bathroom and headed straight to the bedroom. His mind suddenly wandered off to a thought as he heaved a sigh and leaned against the wall. “The house is feeling too empty. Should I call mother to come back home?” He thought for a while but could not come up with a decision. He was jolted from his reverie by the buzzing sound of his ringing phone. He walked over to the side of the bed where his phone was, and he picked it up to se
Damien suddenly got a call, and he tilted his head to look at his phone to see who was calling. An unknown number appeared on his screen, and he contemplated whether to pick up the call or not. He shook his head before picking up the phone to take the call.“Hello!” He said, almost inaudible, as he placed the phone over his ears. “Good day, Mr. Damien.” The lady said over the phone, and he made a puzzled face instantly as he brought the phone from his ears to see the number again before placing it back over his ears.“Good day. Who am I unto please?” Damien asked in a low tone as he cleared his throat slightly.“My name is Lydia.” She said, but the name did not ring a bell in his head as he tilted his head to look at the ceiling, trying to remember if he had heard that name once before.“Who are you and how did you get my contact?” Damien asked with a hint of curiosity in his tone as he leaned backward to relax his back, waiting to hear her talk.“Eric gave me your number. I don't wa
Samantha woke up with a slight headache. She heaved a sigh as she sat up on the bed, tilting her head around the whole room. She placed a palm on her forehead and winced as the pain intensified, causing her to take a deep breath as if it could help subdue the pain, but it changed nothing.“Who is there?” She managed to say as she grunted, standing up from the bed and walking to the door to knock from inside. She got no response immediately, and she scoffed, walking back to the bed. “Why am I feeling such an intense headache?” She asked herself as she sat down on the edge of the bed, while her mind wandered off to Eric. She wondered how Eric was fairing wherever he was kept. After a while, she was jolted from her reverie by the sudden spike in the pain in her head.Just then, she heard the clinging sound of the door, and she tilted her head almost immediately to look at who walked in. Her gaze fell on Bryan as he walked slowly towards her with his hands held behind his back as he only
“I am sick and tired of all this! What are you doing to get back my grandson?” Master Chadwick asked in a harsh tone as he placed around the space of Damien's office. Damien could not utter a single word, as he did not know what to say. “I have the best technology in the vicinity, yet you cannot use it to find out the place where he is being kept? What kind of manager are you? You had only one job when you found out he was the one we had been looking for. And that was to keep him in check until I arrived.” He said, and Damien heaved a sigh as he tried to arrange the thoughts in his head before he talked.“Master Chadwick, it was not entirely my fault. I could not hold him down. He asked me not to interfere in his private life. I tried hard to get him to stay, but he said he wanted to put some things in place before he finally moved into the mansion. I told him that you will be coming to check on him. He asked me to tell you not to announce that he was your grandson. I was meant to se
Their gaze fell on Samantha as she walked rapidly with a smile on her face as she walked towards Eric, who looked away from her as he wanted to act like he was angry at her. She chuckled lightly, and she sat on the couch beside him, heaving a sigh before she talked.“I am so sorry for getting you worried. When I just received the call from him, and he asked me to come over, I didn't know what to do. I had wanted to tell you, but he had instructed me not to tell you.” She explained and at this point, Lydia was already smiling.“You got us all worried. But I am glad that you are alright.” Lydia talked even before Eric could talk, and they both tilted their heads to look at her. Samantha smiled slightly before she inhaled deeply, clearing her throat to talk.“I honestly did not mean to put you all through such position. I apologize for that.” Samantha pleaded, and then there was a moment of silence before Eric cleared his throat slightly, tilting his head to see the expression on Samanth
“It's Emily.” Her voice echoed and Eric quickly drew his face into a puzzle as he looked at her before she picked up the call and placed it over her ear to talk to Emily. Eric looked away from her as different thoughts ran through his mind. Just then, he tilted his head back to look at Lydia, who was still talking to Emily over the phone.“Where are you now?” Lydia asked and then tilted her head to look at Eric, who was looking directly into her eyes for a moment before she brought the phone off her ear to place the call on the loudspeaker.“On my way out of my house, I met someone in front of my doorstep. He is not letting me leave the house. Have you arrived at Master Eric's house?” She talked rapidly, and Eric slowly took his gaze away as different thoughts ran through his mind. “What was she talking about?” He asked himself.“Yes. I got here not long ago. I thought that I was going to meet you here, but the reverse was the case. Who is that person that is holding you from reaching
“That's very true. But at least, I should have gotten a hint that she was going out. Even if she did not tell me that she was coming to your place. Do you know how worried I was?” Eric asked in a sharp tone as he heaved a heavy sigh of relief.“Well, sorry you had to go through all those worries. I am done actually with her, and she will be back to your pace very soon.” He said, and Eric inhaled deeply as he looked to expel his anger and talk in a calm tone. He stood up from the bed and just as he was about to talk, a knock came in on the door, and he turned around to walk to the door.“Okay. I will be waiting for her.” He heaved a sigh as he walked to the door to get the door. As he tilted the doorknob, his gaze fell on the maid who brought his food to him, and he opened the door widely for her to bring the food inside the room. “Thank you. Is this for me and my wife?” He could not help but ask as he looked at her in the eyes, and she looked away before she nodded her head slowly be
Eric woke up to the buzzing sound of his phone, and he opened his eyes slowly to check who was calling him. As he looked around for his phone, he noticed that Samantha was not in bed with him, and it made him draw a puzzled face as he wondered where she could be at that point in time. Not minding that his phone was ringing, he sat up slowly on the bed and rubbed his palm over his face as he thought deeply, about where she might be. A thought popped up in his mind and he tilted his head immediately to look at the bathroom, but there was no sign at all that she was there.“Samantha!” He yelled out and waited to see if he would get any response, but he did not get any. He gradually came off the bed, heaving a sigh as he tossed his phone on the bed before walking towards the bathroom to check.“Samantha!” He called lowly as he walked inside the bathroom and looked everywhere but could not find her. “Where is she?” He asked himself as he quickly walked out of the room and headed out to lo
“How did you know that?” Samantha asked with a frown on her face, but Eric kept tapping her gently to maintain calmness so that Rachael could go on with what she was saying.“Someone told me about it. I would not say the name of the person for some reason.” She raised her head to look at her daughter and then at Eric for a moment before she inhaled deeply to talk.“I know, you probably don't ever want to have anything to do with me, but I just want you to let me clear my mind and make things right.” “There is nothing to make a right, mom. You already made your mark and you stood by it.” Samantha chipped in immediately, tilting her head to look at her husband for a moment before she exhaled deeply.“Sam, I told you to calm down. Just let her finish what she has to say.” Eric tilted his head back to look at Rachael before he talked to her.“You can go on.” Eric's voice echoed, and Rachael made a sign to thank him. She inhaled deeply before she continued to talk.“As I was saying, I kno
Samantha brought the phone off her ear quickly to end the call. Her heart began to beat erratically as she did not know what was going on with her mother. She took in several deep breaths to calm her racing heart, but it only got was. She constantly checked her phone to see if her mother had sent the address to her, but she had not sent it. Eric noticed how perturbed she was, and then he moved closer to her to talk to her.“You should be calm. She is going to be alright.” He said in a low tone, and she immediately tilted her head to look at Eric who had a pale look on his face.“She still had not sent her address. I don't think there is anyone with her right now.” She could not but talk back at him, looking away immediately after she finished talking.“I know. But I want you to be calm. You should not harm yourself before she sends her address….” Just as he was trying to talk to her, her phone suddenly chimed, and she quickly brought it to look at what came in. She noticed that Rachae
The dinner ended faster than they all thought, and they walked back to the sitting room. Lydia and Harvey sat by themselves, and so did Emily and Damien. Eric and Samantha also took their seat on the same side of the chair.“Now to the next part of the night's activities,” Eric said in a low tone, and they all tilted their heads to look at him as he looked at Samantha for a moment and thought of what next to say. He then tilted his head back to look at them before he talked.“We wanted to play some couple's game. So since there are three couples now, it's the best.” Eric said slowly as his eyes darted between Lydia and Emily. They looked at themselves, and then Emily cleared her throat to talk.“What games are we playing?” She asked, and they all looked at her for a moment before Samantha talked.“The one that couples play. Good thing you have a partner.” “But, I thought we all agreed that it was just to eat dinner. When did we say we were going to play some games?” Emily spoke in su
It was finally dinner time, Eric and Samantha were in the room, talking about how their day went and what they were going to do at the dinner.“Perhaps after, eating we will play a couple of games and then have fun. What do you think?” Eric looked away as he thought about what Samantha had just said. He thought for a while before he inhaled deeply, bringing his gaze back to look at her.“That's a nice idea. Since we are going to be out of town for the next couple of months. It's only right if we do some of those games and have fun.” Eric explained slowly as if he were counting his words as he spoke them. Not long after, they heard the sound of a car, driving into the mansion.“They are here!” Eric said rapidly, and she nodded her head slightly as she walked behind him towards the door. They arrived in the dining room and just then, the food was getting ready. The door suddenly opened, and Lydia was the first person to enter the room alongside a strange man. Eric's eyebrow furrowed as
The meeting finally came to a close after much rancor and disagreements. Eric inhaled deeply as he watched his last auntie leave the room. “Why were they pissed that I was announced as the head of the family?” He thought for a moment before he exhaled rapidly, tilting his head to look at his grandfather, who also seemed to be lost in thought.“Why are they all angry?” He asked in a low tone, jolting Sir Chadwick from his reverie as he tilted his head to look at Eric before he inhaled deeply to talk.“Pay no attention to them. You are now the head of the family. You can choose to do whatever you want to do with them.” Sir Chadwick grunted lightly as he stood up from the chair and walked slowly away from the sitting room but halted his steps, turning around to look at Eric as if he remembered to say something.“You can find your back to the mansion. I will be leaving for France tomorrow. My vacation has started and I don't want any disturbance. Take good care of yourself and of course,