“What do you want?” Sandra asked, her voice shaking. “When are you going to send the remaining money?” Lily yelled into the speaker. “I will send it before the week runs out. Please be patient with my family, please.” She cried, grasping the edge of the table. After the half an hour call with Lily in which she had begged all through, Naya couldn't help but feel pity towards her and at the same time wonder what the issue was. “Here,” She pushed her hanky towards her and when she didn't take it from her, she walked around the table. Helping her up, she led her towards the couch, “Please talk to me, what is the issue?” She asked, her voice shaking. “Lily is terrorizing me and my family. She had exploited my brother's disability to her advantage and…” She burped again. “She is trying to rip us off of all our hard work.” She cried. “That wouldn't happen.” Naya said, trying to comfort her as she rubbed soothing circles on her back. “It’s already happening and if she decides to hit u
With his back turned on the door, Alaric had a glass of coffee to his lips as he looked at the landscape of the bustling city from his window. Ever since he became a part of the company, he had always made it a point of duty to be present at the company every single day. It wasn't as if he had something to handle, all he wanted was to keep Liam on his toes, find something to pin him with and then eventually kick him out of the office. Smacking his lips, he tilted his head to the side and let out a low groan as frustration washed through him. He had been sorting ways on how to dismiss Liam but he was flawless and if he presented the issue to the board of directors, they weren't going to accept without concrete evidence. Now biting his lower lips, his gaze still at the window, he began to comb through his hair. “What am I going to do now? Time is running and I can't allow him to remain here while I plot ways to overthrow the chairwoman. Unlike others, he is smart and not even the
Armed with the report Alaric had requested from his office, Liam walked in. He didn't get to see Lily who was staring at him until she cleared her throat to get his attention, even though he didn't spare her any more seconds immediately he discovered she was the one. “Are you ignoring me?” She walked up to him with her hands folded across her chest. “I'm not. We don't have anything to talk about, excuse me.” He replied with his back turned on her. Grasping the handle, he pulled the door open and before she could try playing her victim card on him, he banged the door shut. “I can't believe Liam is working in this huge company.” She muttered, darting her eyes around with her hands folded in front of her. “I had underestimated him so much and… ugh! I should have been more careful. Had it been we were still couples, I wouldn't be…” The rest of her words died in her throat when the door flung open and Alaric walked in, followed by Giovanni. Immediately his eyes fell on her, a coy
Giovanni, wondering what the issue was this time around, kept staring at him with his hands folded in front of him. When Alaric wouldn't move after a long time he walked up to him, “Sir, is anything the matter?” He asked and at once Alaric grabbed the cuff of his shirt. “The police are here.” He muttered, anger mixed with frustration surging through him. Suddenly, he rose and then dashed towards the exit, Giovanni running after him. He tried opening the elevator but it wouldn't give way and with anger rippling through him, he stormed towards the stairs. “Sir, the elevator is open.” Giovanni said. In anger, he had pressed the wrong button. After leaving Alaric's office earlier, Liam had returned to his, only to head to the cafeteria as soon as he arrived. With Naya’s help, he was able to get through to Sandra who immediately contacts the police, sending them to the company to arrest her. An unsuspecting Lily who was all giddy, stepped out of the elevator on the ground floor. Sh
After a long day at work, Liam grabbed his briefcase off the table and then went to the garage to join Dave who was waiting for him as usual. When he got to the middle of the garage, a car suddenly began to honk, making him look around.Seeing that he had yet to detect the car, Giovanni, who was behind the wheel at that time turned on the headlights, attracting Liam. Now seated next to him, Liam had his gaze on the dashboard, wondering what he wanted to say to him. “Nice acting back there.” Giovanni started. “Thank you.” Liam replied. He knew he was referring to when he was speaking with Alaric after Lily had been arrested. They had locked eyes several times and Giovanni had shown him with his gaze that he knew exactly what he had done. “So, what do you want to talk about?” An impatient Liam asked. Instead of answering the question, Giovanni fell back on his seat with his hands folded across his chest. “You should thank your stars for your quick thinking otherwise, your whole
The following morning, Nathan was busy having his breakfast with the other inmates when the warden came to inform him of his visitor. “My sister?” He asked, chewing his food gently. Almost everyone knew Naya as his sister since she was always visiting the prison. “No sir.”“Sam?” “No sir.” “Then who could that be?” He muttered, popping a grape into his mouth. After what seemed like forever, he rose, trailing after the warden who led him to his special cell which was more like a room and was richly furnished. To make him comfortable while serving his term, Granny Elena had ensured he got whatever he requested and this was one of the few things he had asked for. Immediately his eyes fell on Alaric who was staring out of the window with his hands behind him, he scoffed. “What are you doing here?” He asked to announce his presence. “I came to see my friend.” Alaric smiled and with his hands tucked in his pockets, he walked up to him. “I'm sorry for not meeting with you much earli
Sitting behind the mahogany table in his office, Alaric had his head resting on his chin. The only thing he could think of at the moment was Nathan's departing words which had been ringing in his head non stop. “I knew it. Liam is just acting cool with me but deep down, he is nursing unimaginable things against me.” He muttered, drumming his fingers against the table. Squinting, he pushed his hand into his hair and after tugging on it for a while, pushed his chair backwards as he rose. “I need to find out exactly what he is up to. Otherwise, I will end up behind bars like Nathan.” He muttered, pacing around his office with his hands resting on his waist. He was still in this state of dilemma when the door flung open and Giovanni walked in. “Sir, I have looked through the video carefully.” He said, placing a file on the table, he said, “I converted it to file format… you can go through it now without hitches.” He said, stepping backwards. At once, Alaric reached out for the file
Relieved by the news, Alaric flopped on the couch after pouring himself a glass of liquor and with his legs crossed, he took an occasional sip from it. “That punk thinks he is smart.” He laughed, taking another long sip from his glass. About five minutes later, Giovanni walked up to him, holding a flashdrive, “Sir, it was retrieved from Liam when he was trying to bury it.” “So petty of him.” He chuckled, pushing the device into his laptop. After confirming it's content, he placed it on the floor and then smashed it into pieces with the sole of his shoes. When he was done, he arranged his rumpled clothes and then picked up his phone. “Set up a meeting with Tristan by noon.” He said and Giovanni nodded at once. Tristian Floyd, was the head of the state prosecution services. Even though he had gotten what he needed, Alaric had decided to deal with Liam and so he wanted to employ the service of the prosecution. Now seated behind the table in the restaurant Giovanni had chosen, Ala