“Fuck this!” Sonia screamed in frustration as the long tail attached to the transparent spandex gown she had on, dragged through the suspicious liquid on the floor of the toilet. She looked at herself in the mirror and almost smashed her hand hard against it before she checked herself at the last minute.Common sense was not the reason for the restraint. It was more about the exorbitant rate that the club owner would make her pay if she broke anything again. She swallowed her intended yell of frustration when the door opened and a couple of guys entered. They gave her see-through gown a leery look and one of them came close to smack her butt as he suggestively whined his waist.“What’s up, Dame Pipi! You want some action?” he said with a drunken slur, and his friends laughed as well.“Go fuck yourself.” Sonia sneered as she threw the brush in her hand aside and stomped past him. Their roar of laughter followed her and she gritted her teeth when she remembered that she didn’t tell thos
Jason couldn’t believe it! He read and re-read the mail again. Then he started perusing the pictures and attached documents. His eyes were not deceiving him. It was right there in front of him. Stark and solid but he still couldn’t believe it. He quickly dialled her number again. “Hi, you’ve reached…” “Damn it, girl!” Jason yelled in frustration as he disconnected the call. “How I wish you are here right now so I can squeeze that secretive, petty and stubborn neck of yours! How… how the fuck could you keep this to yourself? Away from me?!” he shouted. Then he stopped abruptly, closed his eyes and took in huge gulps of breath to calm himself. “Boss?” Aria called as she entered the room. She removed her hand from the gun belt at her waist when she saw Jason standing unharmed at the centre of the control room. She quickly looked around and saw that no one was there as well. “Is everything fine, boss?” she asked when she saw that his system was open. Jason was rubbing his hand agains
Excited about their new find, Jason momentarily stemmed any thoughts regarding the images that were attached to the email that Millicent sent to him. He couldn’t track her location through it because the mail had been programmed about two weeks earlier from his home. So, all he got was his address when he tried that route. “Silly, sneaky girl” he muttered to himself as he wondered what she was up to. Simon was back from Girdwood and all he got from that journey was that she had been there and she had left again. The grieving, old woman he had met had no idea where she went. Neither did the French-speaking young lady too. So, they were practically at square one. Except for this intel. Jason had decided to come out on this one since being holed up in the armoury was making him slowly go batty and he had injured a recruit the day before during training. He did not need to see the way people had started giving him a wide berth and how all the sections go silent whenever he approached th
A shot rang out of the chateau just as Jason was minutes away from it.He ran headline towards the door with his gun pulled out. Though his actions were reckless but at the moment he couldn't help but see the faces of the women he still believed he had failed to protect. Charlotte. Florence. And for a split moment, he wondered what if Millicent was the screaming woman.He knew that his men must have been surprised by his rash behaviour because they quickly came out of their hiding to cover him as he blasted the door with his gun. Two shots and the door went flying.Though he wasn't thinking straight at the moment, he still momentarily ducked aside as the door caved in and that sole action saved his life because two men appeared in the doorway with guns blazing.Jason's men ducked behind the parked cars that dotted the yard as they intermittently returned fire.It was just two of them but they were with machine guns fitted with silencers. They kept shooting sporadically with their back
Guilt ate at Jason as he drove to Paragon Heights. He thought of the fact that he had not seen his kids for days and had only spoken to them on the phone, yet here he was rushing back to Montreau just because of her. His anger doubled by the time he handed his key to the valet. He strode into the lobby with more guilt as the image of Jasmine crossed his mind. His daughter had been telling him how much she missed him when they had their video call just the night before yet he… Jason stopped in his tracks when he saw her, Millicent-mule head Dimitrios in the embrace of Phils Angrov, the company’s publicist. They sprang apart when Jason deliberately made his footsteps more pronounced. Phils was more flustered than she was as he hurriedly said “Ah, Good morning, sir.” he jerked his hand towards Millicent and back to Jason “Sir, it is not…”“I don’t want to hear it, Phils. Get back to work. And you! My office!” he said sternly to Millicent as he passed them.“Yes, boss,” she said.That ap
“Hello, Grand Patriarch”Jason’s sleep-glazed eyes opened more widely as he looked at the screen of his phone. It was a private number. That wasn’t so bad as the distorted voice that had called him in the title that he had not heard in a long while. He wanted to spring out of bed to track the call but then he realised that his left hand was dead and his chest felt heavy like something was weighing it. Jason panicked momentarily before he saw what was weighing him down.Alex was laying fully on him with his head on Jason’s chest and Jasmine was cocooned against his side, her legs flung over one of his and her head on his hand. Damn it.“Is that panic I smell, dear Grand Patriarch?” the sinister voice said with a mocking inflexion on the title. “Don’t worry. This is just a friendly call from a beloved friend to tell you that “I am watching you”. Regards to the kids” With that, the call disconnected.“Motherfucker!” Jason said in anger as he placed the phone on the bed gingerly and turne
The next few weeks were a succession of frustrated efforts for Jason and his men. All their efforts to get the man that injected Florence were nothing but in vain. Someone was actively sabotaging their efforts and the Deadly Duo were getting pissed about the fact that this case was taking them longer to crack. It had been easier to deal with Millicent's abduction than it was to get this one man. It was as if he had disappeared from the surface of the earth. It brought up the unsolved case of Millicent's dad's killer as well. The team had their hands full with different plans to ensure that they bring the killers to book. What they have been unable to link was if the two killers were linked or the same people. They had to ask Millicent some uncomfortable questions about the day her dad was killed. Jason had to hold himself back from stopping Andrea when she was doing the questioning because he had never seen Millicent that discomfited before.They had come to an arrangement and she h
“Please tell her she is being stupid and selfish!” Silas said as he changed the call to a video call. “Please tell him to stop calling me names or I would kill him!” Mia, said as she came to the phone. Her platinum hair swung in tandem with her long earring. “Nobody is killing anyone here but I think you need to reconsider your decision, Mia. this is Matteo we are talking about here. A Fitzgerald! Has it been so long that you have forgotten what they did to us?!”Celia asked in agitation. She shook her head and looked towards the screen. “Hi, Jason. Please talk some sense into her” With that, she left the room. “Why don’t you all understand? Why can’t you see…” she looked back towards the screen “What? Are you about to tell me that I am selfish too? That I should be a sworn enemy with him?” she asked with apparent intent to give Jason a sharp retort if he confirmed her thoughts. “Wow, I am just surprised. I thought you used to hate him so much. This is Matteo we are talking about r
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The latest of the scandals related to the Monroes was the handover event that turned out to be more than everybody expected. But instead of the event turning out to be the most humiliating for Jason as his enemies expected, it turned out to be the greatest positive publicity that he had ever gotten. Nationally and internationally, people were talking about the man who smartly outwon his evil relatives and helped the FBI and two national police to solve cases that had been open for ages. Sales in Paragon Heights and all their subsidiaries skyrocketed and their shares grew so fast that Paragon Heights' worth went from five trillion dollars to forty-eight trillion dollars in no time, with more potential. Paragon Heights became the Holy Grail of business in California and all over the world. They became the first conglomerate on permanent contract slots for the UN and many international organisations. Jason’s fame as a capable, family-minded, CEO grew with his sophisticated wife, Millice
Sonia opened her eyes and looked at him “A silly whim that I regret a lot now. I was to select a new face. Then I suddenly showed the doctor Millicent face on the phone that I wanted that. At that moment, it was to get back at her for having what I would never have - Jason, I mean. But eventually, I realise that in a silly way of mine, I was probably hoping that some of her goodness will rub off on me. Stupid, isn’t it?” she asked him with a smile, then look away again when his expression didn’t change. “Sorry,” she muttered. “You said she is happy?” he asked suddenly. She looked back at him with a questioning look on her face “With Jason. You are sure that her happiness was not just a show? She wasn’t just acting?” Sonia scoffed “Acting? She would be an idiot not to jump excitedly anytime she remembers that he belongs to her” She saw the look on his face and quickly said “Oh, I am sorry. I mean. She is very happy. She loves him. Any idiot could see that. Even when I was trying to c
Just as Millicent was settling down in her newly decorated office befitting a chairwoman; a woman who looked just like Millicent, until closely scrutinised, laughed out loud in a penthouse in Montreau. Bastion Alverro, current Capomandamento of the Alverro family gave her an askance look before asking “What is so funny in what I just said?” The woman continued laughing while trying so hard to curb her mirth “I…I am so sorry. I just couldn’t help it. Who would have thought that a powerful man like you would be a child at heart? I mean, who else would chase after someone this hard and for this long because of a silly dream?” she laughed again. Bastion looked at her again and said slowly “Something is different. Your face, that laugh. It is different” he said thoughtfully. “Oh, thank God. Finally, somebody with half a brain. I mean, I am sorry I am not trying to tell you that you have only half a brain. I am just…I was trying to tell those morons, who grabbed me that I am not that st
The drama of the morning only seemed to increase as Jasmine burst into their room, just as Millicent finished dressing. She had been distracted by Jason and dressing up had eventually taken more than an hour. Sending up a prayer to the heavens that she was fully clad, she turned towards the girl and smiled “Hey, beautiful. What’s up? What is with the rush?” “Grandpa is here,” Jasmine said excitedly. “He brought a woman with him” “Brought a…Heinrich is here?” Millicent asked in surprise. “Yes, he is. He wants to see Daddy and Isabel was acting weird” Jasmine said thoughtfully. “Oh yes, weird is the least of it,” Millicent thought anxiously. Then to Jasmine, she said “Go and tell Heinrich that we will be there soon” Jasmine skipped out of the room, her school tie swinging like a pendulum on her neck. Millicent turned to face Jason as he came out of the bathroom. He looked toward the door and asked “Was that Jas?” “Oh, it certainly was. And…well, you have a visitor” Millicent sai
“You were tossing and turning all night” Jason said to Millicent as she opened her eyes the following morning. He had been watching her for a while. “Uh? Oh, is that so?” Millicent said as she raised her head to accept Jason’s kiss “Hmm, this is surely the best way to wake up” she said as she held him tightly to herself and deepened the kiss. They were both breathing hard when they separated. Jason flopped back on his back, with his hand gently playing with Millicent’s hardened nipples. “Now, that is the best way to wake up,” he said with a chuckle. “No complaints from here,” Millicent said with a smile, then she stood up. Jason turned towards her direction and asked “Now, will you tell me what is wrong? You only toss and turn like that when you have something weighing on your mind. Is this about what I told you? About Silas?” Millicent’s eyes widened as she said “What? No, no. That is not... I mean, yes, what happened to your brother is… well, totally surprising. But I know you
“What?! Since when?” Mia’s shock-laced question resounded throughout her office floor. She looked aside to see some of the employees passing and they paused to look at her. She quickly waved at them with a smile that all was fine and hurriedly went to her door to close it. She turned back, put her phone on speaker and dropped it on her table before she said “Silas Benjamin Rouarke, what the hell are you talking about?” “Wow, that judgy tone of yours is really helpful right now, sister” Silas’s voice resounded in her spacious, elegantly furnished office. Mia raked her hand through her hair, then turned back to say “Oh, helpful? You want help? You had better hope that the host of heavens come down to help you when mom hears about this…this madness of yours!” she snapped at him. “You know what? I really do not have time for this. I must have been mistaken when I thought that I will get a little support at least from you before I talk to Jason and Mom. Guess not. Thanks for nothing” “
“That was not how I expected that brunch to go” Jason said as they got back home that day. “Yeah, you and I both” Millicent said as she went straight to the fridge to take bottled water. “You want some?” she asked Jason but he merely shook his head before he flopped onto the bed. “Poor Simon. He was beside himself with worry and guilt that he should have noticed that she was not herself” Millicent shook her head as she went to sit by him. “I am not sure he could have known when a strong-willed woman like Andrea was determined to hide something like that from him. You should have seen the look on her face before she left that restroom though. She was terrified yet showed a brave face” Jason laid his hand on Millicent’s belly as he said “I am sure they will figure out the best way to go about this and we will be there to help them with whatever they need as well” Then he sighed before saying “Does it make me a terrible person that I am glad that we do not have to worry about such a
The Monroes had a celebratory brunch with Heinrich, the deadly duo, and Anastasia the following day. Heinrich invited them to his home to celebrate his clean bill of health and the promotions. The doctor informed him the day before that the toxins in his system had been finally gotten rid of. Also, the neurotoxicity potency had been curbed to a minimal level. Though he still had to take medication for the rest of his life, new research funded by Jason was already underway on how to completely cure neurotoxicity. So they were all optimistic that he would be totally fine and free of medications soon. They all arrived for the brunch in high spirits. Everyone was still happy about the turn of events in the company. The deadly duo and Anastasia marvelled at the magnificence of Heinrich’s home. Then they all settled down to the magnificence spread provided by Heinrich’s cook and his assistants. Mouthwatering biscuits and gravy complimented the no yeast, French toast bagels so well, yet the