“How about we hang out tonight? We haven’t done that in a while right?” Mike pointed out.Nathan chuckled and adjusted the grip his left hand had on the phone. “Oh come on Uncle Mike. You don’t have to take me out so you could cheer me up. Trust me, I’m good.”“I still insist that we hang out.” Mike pressed.“Fine. So where are we going tonight?”“Well, we can hit the Alcantara five-star restaurant. You’ve barely gone there so I can use the opportunity to show you around the place and you don’t have to worry about any crowd pulling up because you’ll be going there as Nathan.” Mike explained.“Sounds like a great idea.”“Freshen up and give me a call when you are ready,” Mike said.“How about we just meet there? I’ll like to save you the trouble of coming here.” Nathan implied.“Okay then. I’ll have them reserve the best table for us.” Mike said and hung up.****When Avery came gracing the stairs from her room, her mother had to move away from the dining where she was guiding the serv
Nathan walked into the second longue with his brows furrowing in anger.Meanwhile, the lounge was cleared and Mike was the only customer there. Nathan walked up to the table and crashed opposite Mike.“Are you okay?” Mike demanded while studying Nathan’s expression.Nathan was staring at nothing in particular. He seemed lost.“I’m good.”“I’ve known you since you were a boy Nathan. If you are mad, sad, or confused, you avoid eye contact.” Mike pointed out.Nathan turned to him with a weak smile.Mike cleared his throat loudly and sat up. “It’s not a good time, we can hang out some other time.”Nathan raised an eyebrow. “Really?” He had wanted to barge out of the restaurant and get away from the building as fast as he could but he had considered Mike who was waiting for him in the second lounge.“We can hang out some other time,” Mike concluded and swept his keys from the glass table. He sensed that Nathan wasn’t really in a good mood.Mike stood up. “Let’s go.”Nathan sighed and rose
Immediately after Avery dropped the call, Nathan placed the phone right next to him on the bed. He took his jaw into his hands with a sigh.He didn’t want to lie to her about his whereabouts. Nathan knew that he could have easily asked her to wait for him at his rented apartment but didn’t want to see her. He was both mad and confused so he decided that it was best he lets Avery be tonight.Nathan fell back on the bed. He shut his eyes but couldn’t fall asleep so he felt that a quick shower might help.After taking a shower, Nathan was still feeling uneasy.He decided to wrap himself up with schoolwork. He grabbed his textbooks and dashed to the study.***It was a few minutes to 7 am.Nathan lay on his back, his eyes fixated on the wall clock.He had been awake for the past thirty minutes even though he didn’t get a good sleep the previous night.Immediately the hour button hit 7 am, Nathan quickly got out of bed. It was Saturday and he spent his Saturday mornings at Ben’s gym.He qu
“Did you guys check the school blog?” Charles asked the moment Professor William stepped out. Henry and Nathan exchanged blank glances. “Is there a new update?”“Yes. There’s a sponsored post by an anonymous handler. The post is an invitation to all level 4 students to the school auditorium at 5 pm for a birthday party.” Charles supplied. “A birthday party?” Henry and Nathan asked in unionism. Henry glanced at his wristwatch. “It’s almost time. Why don’t we go and check it out?”Nathan sighed. “Is that necessary? Let’s just head home. We hang out at my mansion.”Charles gave Nathan a soft pat on the left shoulder. “Oh come on, don’t be a bore. Let’s go see what the anonymous celebrant has in store for us.”They left the hall. Soon, more students kept trouping out of the lecture hall and they were all talking about the anonymous birthday party. “Fine.” Nathan agreed. The students couldn’t stop talking about the scheduled event. “Who’s birthday party is it?”“We might get gif
Avery had to roll her eyes around the hall for a minute to grasp the situation she was in. She just realized that she was standing at the school auditorium cum event hall, parked with her level mates. It then dawned on her that there was a large cake before her. The room was filled with excited students. She noticed the camera lights and all the decorations. It was a birthday party. “You may all sit,” Derrick said after taking charge of one of the microphones. Avery was already getting furious. How could Derrick do such a thing to her? Didn’t he say they were going out for dinner? Why are there so many people and now, everyone was staring at her?Shit! She thought and quickly turned away, wishing she could turn back the hands of time and turn down Derrick’s offer. Derrick, who was aware of the fact that Avery wasn’t used to many people around her had decided to try something unusual. On the other hand, Nathan was going through a roller coaster of emotions Not only was he surpr
About an hour after Nathan spoke to Mike on the phone, Mike arrived at Nathan’s mansion in one of his luxury vehicles. Nathan had already freshened up and was waiting for him in the living room. Mike entered the room, walked up to Nathan, and sat beside him.Nathan grabbed the letter on the table and passed it to Mike. Mike took the letter and quickly went through the content. He turned to Nathan.“Seems like Hose Luis wants recruits.”Nathan sighed. “I’m glad he considered me an option but I won’t take the offer.”“That’s a great decision”“I’ll join the Alcantara mafia world.”“What?” Mike let out a scream and dumped the letter on the table.Nathan opened his arms wide open before Mike. “You don’t expect me to join another mafia world when the Alcantaras have their sect.”“I don’t expect you to join any of them.” Mike retorted.Nathan abruptly stood up and faced Mike. “What are you talking about Uncle Mike? Do you think I haven’t been training enough? You think I’m scared?”Mike sig
“Is that okay with you?” Charles asked, facing Nathan. “Yes. The more the merrier.” Nathan replied. “Well, it’s also fine with me. She can come over.” Henry sharply added. “I’ll give her a reply then,” Nathan said and dropped a message for Charlotte. The waitress walked up to them with a journal and after Charles placed his order, the waitress shifted to Henry who ordered a bottle of red wine. “You want the whole damn bottle,” asked a surprised Charles. “Yeah. It’s non-alcoholic anyway.” Henry said with a smile. He fell back on the sofa. “I can take down the whole bottle.”The waitress walked up to Nathan and before she could speak, he waved his hand down. “I’m good.”“Get him a bottle of soda.” Charles insisted. Henry leaned toward the waitress. “I heard that you guys serve steak here.”“That’s right.” The petite affirmed with several nods. “Get three plates of steak for us then,” Henry said. Nathan’s lips parted and just when he was aboutobject, Charles hushed him with two
“This place is always crowded. There’s no doubt that it’s the best restaurant in Rockville.” the driver remarked. Fredrick frowned. He turned to his driver with a clenched jaw. “You want to lose your job?”The driver swallowed and quickly turned away with his hands pressed on the speedometer. After a hectic day at the office, Fredrick had asked his driver to take a short route, and to get home using that short route, they had to pass by the Alcantara five-star restaurant. Fredrick was seated in front of his Benz, right next to his driver. He then arched a brow while the car was driving past the restaurant. “Can you slow down?”The driver slowed the door while Fredrick was trying to get a clear glimpse of the round man who had just walked out of the gate. “Salvador?”Fredrick’s driver turned to him. “You know him, sir?”“Yes. He’s an old buddy.”Salvador had just stepped out of the restaurant. He made his way to the street and was about to cross to the other junction when Fredric