“Are you guys ready?” Larry demanded after Nathan and Avery got into the G-wagon. He adjusted the front mirror and fixed his hands on the speedometer.Nathan waited for Avery to slip into her seatbelt before he gave Larry an approving nod. Larry started the vehicle and soon, they were hitting the road.Nathan turned to look at Avery. She was seated right beside him and was going through her phone. He began to wonder. Should he start a conversation? What if she paid more attention to his features and ended up figuring out his identity? He sighed and turned to look at the window on his side.Before heading out, Nathan had told Mike to cover up for him at the event and call him when it was necessary. It was pertinent that he meets up with the hoodlums face to face. Meanwhile, Jackson had already taken one of the range rovers to meet Don and the culprits.Larry wheeled the car to Wells Avenue.“Drive down to the last estate on the block,” Nathan instructed Larry.Avery turned to him with
Nathan stared intensely at his reflection in the large dressing mirror right in front of him. He was wearing black plain trousers with a white long sleeve cotton shirt and a black silk tie. He had straightened his hair, making it fall backward. It was time to be Nathan Smith after spending the weekend as Alex Alcantara. Nathan sighed and went for his briefcase. Larry was already at the garage waiting for him. It was a few minutes to 8 am and he knew Dory was going to be on his neck if he shows up late. “Dory!” Nathan muttered under his breath and dashed out with a mischievous smile. He remembered the priceless expression she displayed when he kicked her out of his G-wagon as Alex on the day of the anniversary. Nathan made his way out and was assisted with the case by Larry. He stepped into the vehicle and threw his back against the car seat. Larry turned to him with a chuckle. “Ready to face your cunning boss?”Nathan was seating beside Larry in front. “She might rain curses at m
Avery rolled her eyes around the menu card. She had been holding onto the card for about five minutes and was yet to come up with a comprehensive lunch. She sighed and slapped the card on the table. She had left home about thirty minutes ago, hoping to get some air but right now, she was still as bored as ever. Avery folded her arms across her chest and began to wonder when solitude began to bother her. She had been that way all her life and had never cared about a thing but now, she was starting to grow bored. She went for the menu card and continued why Nathan never called her. Even if he didn’t make it to the fest, he would have at least texted her and that way, she wouldn’t have to keep her hopes high. Avery lowered the card to her chest, pondering why Nathan seemed to be absent in all social events where she needed his company the most. First, it was the millionaire’s party, and now, Rockville Fest. She sighed and finally decided to have some chicken soup. She exhaled, dete
“Fine!” Avery agreed with a sigh. She turned around and aimed for Nathan’s apartment. Nathan grabbed his briefcase and went after her with a smile. He opened the door, turned on the lights, and ushered her inside. Avery stepped into the living room marveling. “You changed everything?” she was willing her eyes around the room. Nathan slowly slammed the door behind him and gave his forehead a delicate scrape. If he tells Avery that Kelvin ruined his place and he was forced to change everything then it will spring another issue. He placed his briefcase on the table. “Yea. I’ve always wanted to alter the setting.” He said with a nervous smile. Avery moved to the paintings glued on the wall by her right. “This doesn’t look like mere altering Nathan. You transformed the entire place and it looks way cooler.”Nathan smiled. “The gold paint is cool but I’m glad you maintained the earth-like rug.”“While you are checking out the new setting, I’ll go get changed,” Nathan said and strode
Dory got to the door and expertly shut it. She moved to her desk and sat. “Sorry, you had to wait out there for a while. I was attending to someone.” She apologized and cleared her throat loudly. The man took off his dark spectacles and began to fondle the gold ring on his left finger. I had a meeting but managed to come here because you said we couldn’t talk about it over the phone.”Dory positioned her hands on the table and looked him in the eyes. “We are planning some sort of coup. You want me to blab about it over the phone?”The man gave a dry smile. “How are things going around here anyway?”Dory tightened her fists. “It’s fucking pissing me off.” She gave the table a tight slap. “Careful, tigress. You need to calm down.” Her guest advised. She tightened her fists again. “You don’t know how this shit stresses the hell out of me. A while ago, I had to stroke the ego of a boy who’s barely twenty years old because he’s got the backing of Alex Alcantara.” “Well, for now, I’ll
Avery slowly opened her eyes and wiped them with the edge of her palms. She was lying on her back. She then turned to her left and giggled. Nathan was lying next to her. He was in a deep snooze. She reached for his hair and carefully ran her fingers through it, ensuring not to take him up. She slowly reached out to her phone on the table and glanced at the screen. It was a few minutes past 6 am. Avery sighed and got out of bed even though she wanted to stay a bit longer. She went for her clothes on the rug and quickly got dressed. She then grabbed her purse. She towered above Nathan, staring lovingly at him for about a minute and when he tried to turn around, she quickly hid behind the closet. It was at that point that Avery realized that she was not ready to confront the truth. She realized that she was not ready to face the man who gave her several orgasms last night because she had no idea where she stood in his life. There was no denying that she had feelings for Nathan and
“You said you’ve got good news for me.” Hose Luis said and took off his hat. He placed it on the table and threw his back against the chair. Fredrick slammed his door and passed a glass of vodka to his guest. “You’ll love the news Mr. Hose and I’m sure you’ll love to sign the deal before you leave for one of your trips in Italy.”Hose Luis took the glass. “As far as money is involved, I don’t give a damn Fredrick.” He raised the glass to his face. “This had better be a good business idea because I can’t waste any time being here.”Fredrick sat on the sofa opposite him with a smile. “I trust you, Mr. Hose. Time means money to you and the opportunity to make more money is what I’m offering you.” Immediately after he met with Dory that morning, Fredrick invited Hose Luis to join him in his office right away. Hose dropped the glass on the table after gulping down its entire content. “Tell me about the offer.”Fredrick cleared his throat loudly and began. “There’s this company we want t
Dory swallowed the lump in her throat and slowly withdrew her hands from the table. “I met with the Tysons because they needed the company’s services. She started calmly. Even though she wasn’t expecting Alex to fling the question at her, Dory was bent on keeping her cool and maintaining a stable reaction else her plan might go down the drain. Mike on the other hand was still stunned. He turned to Dory with shock spread across his face. “What’s Alex talking about?Did you meet with Fredrick Tyson? Why did you meet with him?”Dory didn’t know which of the questions to lie her way out of. She put on a fake smile and decided to carry on with the flow “I met with Fredrick in my office yesterday.” She supplied, wondering how Alex knew about the closed-door meeting. “And why would you meet with Fredrick?” Mike fired. “I meet with several clients daily. Why should my meeting with Fredrick spark such a reaction?” she maintained, feigning ignorance. Mike gave his forehead a delicate scr
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