Lady Jane grabbed the TV remote from the table and pressed the power button, switching it off as all what transpired at the conference hall was all over the news.Platinum Media sure didn't come to play. She twitched her lips, wondering who on earth invited them… the part where Liam and the rest knelt down wasn't excluded. Even the stunt that mother fucker, Byron pulled with the son of her potential in-laws was trending.Just then, Liala dropped the newspaper on the table for everyone to see. “Last night's event. It's on the front page.”*THE ARMSTRONGS KNEELING AT A CONFERENCE HALL* was boldly written on the front page. This was a huge mess to the company's reputation especially since they had a few hours to pay up their debts with Mega Corporation. Lady Jane glared at the newspaper with anger and so did the rest. On the other hand, Maggi paced back and forth not too far from them, her eyes fixed at the entrance door. She couldn't help but worry, Liam wasn't back yet and there i
Then it dawned on him that Derek must have sent assassins to him. He took cover at the old car which was parked in front of the gate. In less than 2 minutes, nine different cars stopped at the front of his gate. The door to the cars started opening one after the other. Different men dressed in an all black outfit walked out with different guns. They filled Byron's gate as if shielding Byron from any attack. They raised their fires and shot back at the direction the bullets were coming from. The gunshots from the other end stopped then an elderly man with white hair, dressed in a suit walked out of the first car. Just then, another set of cars arrived at the front of the men dressed in all black.A Lucas walked out and furiously walked towards the elderly man with a gun in his hands. “How dare you shield my prey?!” Both men stood opposite each other with their different men standing right behind them.“No, how dare you, Lucas Stones.” The elderly man thundered, staring daggers at
After exiting the estate, Byron looked up at Blake. “Thanks for earlier but… how did you find me.. you said you heard I was in danger? By who?” Blake was the owner of the place and Byron was just a customer who occupied one of the rooms, so how was he informed that Lucas was going to come?Blake waved his hands, “The good thing is that you're alive and unharmed. But listen, you need to be careful. A man as powerful as you shouldn't be walking without bodyguards…”‘Powerful as I am?’ Byron thought.He paused, staring at Blake as he spoke. The old man seems to know who he was.The man sighed and continued, “Am sure you know wealth and power comes with a lot of enemies even in your circle?” What? Byron feels the man knows something that he doesn't... but how? He's yet to reveal whose son he was but yet, Blake was speaking in the parable he understood.Byron nodded as the man kept explaining things to him until he arrived at his father's gate. Blake had advised him to be inaccessible. St
Byron ordered a ride and as soon as the driver arrived, he got in and they left. Today he was going to get himself a car and some designer suits for his inauguration ceremony which is happening later tonight. Still on the ride, Zack, the driver noticed Byron was nodding his head as if enjoying the music. He looked at the rearview mirror and said, “Seems you're enjoying the music, sir.” “You can say that again.” Byron replied, almost singing along.Zack smiled slightly, “Then you must be an Eminem fan?” He asked, increasing the volume of music. This got Byron smiling real good.He had wanted to tell the man to increase the volume but he just wanted him to do it on his own free will. “A true fan all day everyday!” Byron laughed, raising his hands defensively, making the man laugh pretty hard.The driver really enjoyed his customer and so did Byron. At least he wasn't talking down on him. Byron had rarely had an encounter with a stranger that isn't scared to talk to him because of his
As people were running inside and coughing, Byron was busy trying to squeez himself out. Someone or something might be in danger.At the moment he got out, he covered his nose. He could barely see through the black smoke.Then he saw the firefighters arriving. What in hell could have happened? They wasted no time in stopping the fire.“That man right there is the owner of the car.” A security who held a fire extinguisher said, pointing at a man who sat on the floor staring at the firefighters as they did their jobs. “I was so terrified, I thought we were going to be blown to bits!”Byron narrowed his eyes at the man on the floor. Without hesitating, he walked over to where the man was.When he got there, he saw the man being interrogated by a few police officers.“I don't know those men, they just left this with me and ran off after executing their plan.” Zack explained, his red eyes like he had been crying.Byron's heart sank upon hearing Zack's voice. This was the Uber driver that
Derek was the first to set his eyes on him. Lucas on the other hand just walked out of his toilet. Derek gulped as his eyes fell on the two lifeless bodies Byron stepped on as he walked in. After recovering from the hospital the previous day, taking revenge was the only thing on his mind. Luckily for him his father had his back. But what he doesn't understand is how the fuck his father's bodyguards were covered in blood on the floor and why was this terrifying beast in his father's office? “W-what… did you.. do to my father's bodyguards?” Derek asked as he realized their bodies weren't moving. Slowly, he raised his head at Byron then to his father, feeling more horrified. Did Byron kill their bodyguards? No. He shook his head and tried to remain composed. He could take Byron down with a snap of his finger, a fool like him couldn't scare him. “You should have come to me directly, but no, you chose to risk a poor man's life and source of livelihood?!” Byron said, walking up to
Derek's body started trembling… The more Byron made the countdown, the more his heart kept racing. “Four, three…” Byron continued as Derek felt reluctant like he was unable to do it. “Derek…” Before Lucas could talk, Derek shut his eyes tight and slid the knife into his stomach. As much as he loved his father, he just couldn't risk his own life to save him. He stood up and dropped the knife on the floor, staring at his hands then to Lucas as blood gushed out of his body. “This is all you, Byron! You killed him, not me!” Derek walked far from lucas’ body as the blood rolled to his feet. It didn't kill Lucas, he can't kill him, it isn't him, it's all Byron's doing! Byron placed his hands in his pocket, turning to leave. “Stay out of my way if you don't wanna end up like him.” “You possibly think you can walk freely after killing him?” Derek asked, his eyes bloodshot red. Byron stopped on his tracks, not turning to look at Derek's face, “Can a man born of a woman stop me fro
The death of Lucas spread like wildfire. People just couldn't keep the topic off their lips. Even as they walked into the hall, they just couldn't stop talking about it. Meanwhile, at the lounge of the hall.Byron's lips curled into a meaningful smile while he watched through his monitor as his guest walk into the hall.He had a clear view of Samantha and the rest of The Armstrong family walking in. He was yet to get a feedback from Carol to know if they already signed the shares to his company.On his table was a black eye patch. His hair had always been combed backwards but this time, he gave it a tough touch, letting many strands fall to his face in a fringe style.He placed the eye patch on his left eyes as he stared at his reflection on the mirror.Just as he took his suit from the chair, he heard a soft knock on the door. Carol walked in and bowed her head slightly at him, “It's time for the president to make his speech, sir.” She said, curtly.A smile escaped her lips as she s