Nathan walked into his apartment and slumped on the sofa. Thank goodness, the bruise he got from the fall was a mild one. Kelvin had to be a pain in the ass.He shut his eyes and the image of Ben's face fluttered in his mind. It immediately dawned on him that he had made a commitment to himself. He had vowed to get Justice for Ben by helping him to reclaim his property.Nathan quickly went for his phone and placed a call to Mike."Young Master!" Mike responded. They exchanged a few pleasantries. Nathan didn't tell Mike about the incident with Kelvin at school. He concluded that Mike was probably going to over react when he learns about it. "I want to buy a property. A building." Nathan told Mike. There was silence from Mike's end and Nathan couldn't help but imagine the stunned expression on the man's face. Why would he need a new property when there were dozens in his name. "Why do you need a building?" Mike demanded. Nathan sighed and decided to come clean with Mike. "Do you re
“We will get back to you.” Fredrick assured Daniel and his colleague with a warm smile.They left. He walked up to William with a clenched jaw. “What are you up to?”Will turned to his brother after heaving a sigh. “I saw a place, wanted it and decided to have it because I felt that it was going to be an ideal boxing house.”“Well, maybe, you should have thought about the repercussions since you were so dumb not to get the original property papers.”Will ran his hands through his blonde hair. “Now that the mistake has already been done, maybe you can help me keep the place.”“There’s a resolution. The only way you can keep this place is by participating in the bidding they proposed. I can help you with that. It’s not a big place anyway so less than a million will suffice.” Fredrick replied.William was all smiles. “Thank you so much brother,”“Think before you leap, Will.” Fredrick said and left the boxing house.****“Hello!” Ben’s voice came on after he responded to the call.Nath
“They are here sir.” One of the guards announced.William heaved a deep sigh and turned to his brother. “We’ve got this. He then turned to the guard who brought the news. “Bring the in.”It was the day of the bid.The bid was scheduled for that morning, the next day after Daniel showed up at the boxing house. That night, Will got a text that some investors were ready so they’ll be dropping by at the boxing house the next day by 10 am where the bid was scheduled to take place. William immediately called his brother to inform him about the development.At 9: 45 am, The Tysons were already seated.The door to the boxing house was opened by the guards. Two men, dressed in Italian suits walked in, they stopped at the reception where the Tysons were.They were the investors. They exchanged a few pleasantries with Fredrick and occupied the twin couch at the reception. Will didn’t utter a word to them. They were the men who wanted to take the gym away from him after allFredrick was about to
CHAPTER 119Immediately after they stepped out, Ben and the investors shook hands, bearing congratulatory smiles.“We need to get out of here.” Ben said and motioned to them to hop into the vehicle. They got into the car they came with. Ben joined them in the vehicle and the driver sped off.Meanwhile, Nathan and Mike had been waiting for the group’s arrival. They had agreed to meet at a private lounge. About ten minutes after Ben and the investors left the bidding venue, they arrived the meeting point. The men alighted from the vehicle and hurried into the private lounge.Nathan was seated right next to Mike. He was wearing one of his luxurious suits and had covered his nose down to his jaw with a mask. At this moment, he was Alex Alcantara.Mike had informed the investor’s that the entire bid was sponsored by Alcantaras. He never mentioned that they’ll be meeting the Alcantara heir. Seeing Alex, seated right beside Mike was already giving them goose bumps.Ben pretended to be ignora
CHAPTER 120 Nathan watched Avery with delight as she moved from one feature in his room to the other. She complemented his marble table and was swooned by his well-constructed closet. By the time she turned around to face him, Nathan was presenting a bottle of water to her.She smiled and moved to the twin couch. She sat next to him. She then stared at the water bottle and fell back on the chair. “Get me something strong. Perhaps a glass of whisky or beer.”Nathan chuckled and then turned to Avery. She was game and was staring at him without blinking. “Should I request for scotch, perhaps?”Dozens of questions began to waver in Nathans mind. As far as he was concerned, Avery does not seem like the type of girl that drinks heavily or maybe he wasn’t sure.”“Got you!” Avery broke into a dry laugh and gave Nathan a friendly smack on the back.Nathan exhaled. “You really got me there. I was beginning to have misconceptions you know?”She snatched the bottle and took off the cap. “You sho
CHAPTER 121Nathan and his friends got to their favorite cafeteria and sat. There were a few students in the cafeteria as most of them were focused on packing their stuff since the semester has ended. The boys occupied the first booth and kept staring at Nathan intensely.“How did it happen?” Henry was asking about the kiss.“Was it when she gave you a ride home the other day?” Charles whisper yelled.Nathan positioned his hands on the table. “We had a mutual agreement. We are not talking about this and that’s it.”Henry couldn’t stop chuckling while Henry agreed with a sigh.“Why don’t we talk about other things?” Nathan suggested. “Like maybe our plans for the summer break.”“I’ll go first.” Henry said and cleared his throat loudly. “My parents wanted a family vacation so they feel this summer break is the ideal time. I’ll be on vocation throughout the break I guess..”“Sounds cool” Nathan replied with a nod.“You guy picked a location yet?” Charles asked Henry.“My mom wants Hawaii
“What the fuck?” Nathan gasped as more smoke took charge of his nostrils. He ended up puffing it out through his mouth as he kept trying to make sense of the situation before him. It then dawned on Nathan that the odd group he had just stumbled upon was dressed in corporate outfits. Some of them were wearing the same uniform as the receptionist he had just met.With the file in his left hand, Nathan slowly released the doorknob and went on clearing more fog with his right hand and soon, his vision was as clear as ever.The receptionist!It was at that point that he realized she had tricked him. “Who the hell are you?” Someone barked at Nathan. He began taking steps inside the room and soon, the wares began to manifest before his eyes. There was a carton of beer underneath the table harboring a dozen beer bottles. While some groups were drinking, others were smoking and some people were at a corner playing board games. There were about fifteen people in the room.The man who spoke
Chapter 123With Sammy on the floor knocked out, the employees began to exchange glances. Sammy had never lost a fight. No one in that company would even want to engage in combat with him. Nathan stared at Sammy who was lying on the floor and turned to them. “Leave this room this minute.” Without asking any questions, they began to exit the room mumbling incoherent words. Nathan turned toward the door just when a lady was hurrying to leave. “Excuse me!” He called out to her. She turned toward him with trembling lips. If he could knock out the fearless and powerful Sammy with little effort, she concluded that he could knock her out too. “Where’s the chief Secretary’s office?” Nathan demanded. She stretched out a shaky hand toward the door. “It’s on the fourth floor. There’s an inscription on the wall.” She replied with a rippling voice and quickly hurried out.Nathan shook his head. Dory’s office wasn’t on the fifth floor. The receptionist on the first floor had tricked him. He
Steve pulled the car to a halt in front of the airport building. Nathan turned to Avery with a smile. “You still want to do this?” He asked with his hand stretched out toward her. She took his hand into hers. “More than anything in the world. I’ve been running around for years and I never told you this but the main reason why I came back to Rockville was to make peace with your soul and then build my brand from scratch now that you’re here, I just want to spend as much time with you as possible, away from the whole chaos and drama. Just the two of us.” Nathan planted a kiss on her forehead. “Thank you so much, Avery.”She smiled. “I’m excited. It’s going to be my first time in Russia and I just can’t wait to explore the city with the love of my life.”Steve cleared his throat loudly. “Looks like I also need to find the love of my life and take her to Russia.”They laughed.Suddenly, Nathan’s phone began to ring. He heaved a deep sigh and turned to Avery. “It’s Charles.”“It’s over.”
Morgan turned to his bodyguards who had been inside the lounge with him all this while. “Call for reinforcements. We’ve been tricked.”Derrick darted Morgan’s attention toward the chip on the table. “It’s a camouflage. It’s all programming shit.” He said and began to take off his jacket. Morgan was already sweating profusely. “I must find the real Alex. I need to kill that bastard today.”“Are you even serious?” Derrick cried out. “We are in a mess. That chip proved that this whole session was recorded.” He took his head into his hands. “I should have listened to Kelvin. This was a bad idea and now, we’re doomed. I’m not even sure if we’re the only ones in this building right now.”“I reserved the whole damn building and apart from the staff, there’s no damn customer here.” Morgan retorted and threw his gun on the floor. “My backup team will be here any moment from now and we’ll get the hell out of here. As for that recording chip, I don’t care about what’s in it or who had access t
“Now that your girlfriend is safe and out of the picture, let’s talk business,” Morgan said to Nathan’s camouflage who was sitting before him and Derrick. Both men had no idea that the man sitting in front of them was a product of science programmed to function like Alexander Alcantara with a chip buried in his head. The camouflage was programmed to follow Cole’s instructions and ever since he walked into the longue, his words and actions were being directed by Coke from outside. “Why did you kill my parents?” The camouflage asked Morgan. Morgan broke into a laugh. “Seriously? Do you think I have time for this? Do you want me to respond to your stupid questions? You’re doing this to buy time right?”“Isn’t it obvious that you have me under your mercy? If you are going to take me out then at least I deserve the chance to know why you killed everyone in my family.” Nathan replied. “For my brother’s sake.” Morgan quickly replied. “You killed Corrigan, the only person in the world wh
Nathan stretched his hand toward Avery and held her hand tightly. “You’ll be fine.” He mumbled to her lovingly. She nodded repeatedly.Derrick clenched his jaw and looked away while his bowels continued to heat up with rage. “You’re lying,” Morgan replied. “I gave you ten minutes to come here and according to my guards, you came alone so how did you get to rally troops and station them here?”Nathan chuckled. “I didn’t bring any troops from home. If you and your partner were smart enough, you’d know that this is the Grandiose Hotel and the Grandiose Hotel belongs to the Alcantaras.”Derrick and Morgan exchanged glances. “Shit!” Derrick cussed and rubbed his hair repeatedly. “It didn’t cross my mind.”Morgan frowned. “All I had to was give the manager a phone call before coming in. I told him that if four minutes pass by and Avery does not come walking through the door, he should tell the restaurant security squad to start firing.” Nathan said. Suddenly, Derrick snatched Morgan’s g
The waitresses returned carrying food trays. They graciously placed it on the table. Morgan reached for the plate of steak and began to devour it like a hungry lion. Avery kept staring at her plate of pasta and meatballs. “Are you okay?” Derrick demanded. “Yeah.” She replied and looked up. “Don’t eat that.” Nathan’s voice came through the chip. She heaved a deep sigh because that was exactly what was on her mind. What if the food was poisoned? She kept thinking. Nathan continued speaking to her. “Leave your bag there and get up. Act normal and tell them you need to use the restroom then you head out.”“I think I need to pee,” Avery announced. Morgan stopped eating and dropped his plate immediately. “But you just got here?”“Yeah.” Derrick agreed with a nod. Avery faked a smile and quickly stood up. “I think I had a lot of water earlier and now, I need to pee. I’ll be back soon.” She said. She was about to turn around when Morgan spoke. “Excuse me?” Avery turned around lookin
“You look as gorgeous as ever,” Nathan commented while Avery was tracing her way down the staircase. It was time to meet Derrick. He had already dropped the location and had called a while ago to say that he was on his way. Avery was wearing a short black floral dress with black sandals to match. Nathan had insisted that she apply makeup so that Derrick doesn’t sense her insecurity. “Are you sure about this?” Avery asked when she reached Nathan. Nathan took her face into his hands. “You’ll be fine. I promise you with my life.”She smiled. “If you say so.”“Remember, act normal and do as he says. Okay?”“Got it,” Avery replied and walked away. By the time she arrived at the restaurant, Derrick was already inside because he had texted her about three minutes ago that he had arrived. On her part, Avery had convinced him that their meeting was a secret because Nathan was not going to approve. She had taken a cab to get there. When Avery walked into the building, she was stunned by i
“Welcome, bro. What can I offer you?” Nathan demanded the moment Kelvin walked into his living room. Kelvin marched in and didn’t even look at the couch Nathan was presenting to him. “I don’t think I can sit.”“You look restless. What’s the matter?”Kelvin sighed and faced Nathan. “It’s Derrick. He had been in my place for the past three days and he’s been looking like shit.”“Did you ask you to come here and convince Avery to go back to me?” Nathan asked. He then raised an index finger. “Listen, tell Derrick that if I see him close to my woman, I’ll kill him so he should leave her alone.”“That’s not why I’m here.” Kelvin sharply replied. “Last night, he went on a rampage and drank several bottles of my wine and when I walked into him in my living room, he was half conscious and he said some things.”Nathan abruptly stood up. “What did he say?”“You and I both know that it’ll be difficult for a man like Derrick to change.” Said Kelvin. “It’s not like I’m condemning him.” He quickly
“He’s coming out shortly,” Daniel reported and sat with the rest of the team. That morning, Morgan’s allies stormed his mansion to talk about the tragic events that were unfolding. It was no news that his biggest warehouse was burnt to ashes. That evening, another one was looted and by midnight, Morgan got information that his security guards were attacked on their way back from the club and 6 perished while two were in a coma. Morgan made his way down the staircase, carrying the weight of his problems. However, he was sober and didn’t display any angry reaction. Perhaps, he was too beaten by the incidents that he had lost his will to react. His Allies looked upon him as he made his way toward them. The group consisted of his friends and partners who had helped him execute shady deals in the past. After he sat, Daniel stood up and cleared his throat loudly. “There is no denying that we all know who is behind the constant attacks. Without mincing words, I’d like to inform you all t
It was Saturday morning and during the weekends, Morgan plays tennis with Daniel, his assistant. Daniel is no fan of table tennis and barely knows how to hold the bat but every Saturday and Sunday morning, he shows up dressed in shorts with his gears just to impress Morgan. Also, Morgan knew that his assistant was bad in the sport so it gave him an edge to defeat him completely all the time. This morning, Daniel was already seated by the court in Morgan’s house and was waiting for his boss to show up. Morgan had just stepped out of his room and was on his way toward the living room before heading out to your court when his phone began to ring. He frowned and didn’t pick up the call. Even though he was a workaholic, he had made it clear to his workers that none of them would disturb him with work matters except if it was an emergency. The call persisted and the warning bells in Morgan’s head began to ring. What if this particular call was a case of emergency?The call was coming fr