“The pilot is on standby,” Charles informed Nathan after he walked into the room.“I’m almost done,” Nathan responded and slipped a file into his briefcase.It was exactly 6 am. The goal was to meet the underground boss during breakfast. Last night, Nathan had placed a call to Charles to join him on the trip and Charles was happy to oblige. They agreed to meet at the Alcantara estate where the private jet will take off.Nathan swept the bag from the bed and moved toward the door where Charles was standing.“You look sharp.” He complimented Charles before stepping out.Charles looked at his shoes and adjusted the Rolex around his left wrist. “I thought you never noticed.”Both of them were dressed in black three-piece suits. They had each packed extra clothes in their bags in case their trip got extended.When they stepped out of the room, they headed straight to the Alcantara private hangar where the jet was already in place.Mike had selected six Alcantara soldiers with Jackson to ac
Nathan pulled out his laptop and crouched in a corner. He quickly went online to the stock market website and began to monitor the trade routes.After staring at the screen for a few minutes, he arched a brow. He hummed and went through the stocks all over again.A certain hotel company was topping the chart and it was evident that the company had been on top for the past three days. Nathan also realized that the investors were the same brands that invested in the second and third companies on the chart. It seemed as if a deal was reached to ensure certain investors patronized the current top three.Nathan noticed that Phoenix Media House was fourth on the chart which was quite unexpected. They hadn’t gone down the first position chart in a year. He was certain that if Mike infused more funds into the business, it would boost their profit and attract more investors. As a businessman, he had learned that maintaining a healthy reputation was one of the gateways to success, and as far as
“We are here!” Charles announced after pulling the car to a halt in front of a building.It was a few minutes past 7 p.m.Charles had driven them to a VIP bar after obtaining the address. The building was shrouded with disco lights. All the vehicles parked at the garage were exotic ones. Charles and Nathan stepped out. They made their way inside.“First booth is always our fave spot.” Nathan pointed out with a bright smile. He kept roving his eyes around the bar and Charles was glad that the ambiance made him happy.They sat.Charles was about to reach out to one of the bar attendants when the glass door was pushed open. All the customers remained transfixed to their spot except Nathan and Charles.A young man about Nathan’s age stepped in with three bodyguards behind him. Nathan studied the man. He was wearing designer outfits. His red hair was tousled atop and when he barged to the first booth on the right, he took off his dark spectacles, exposing his forest-green eyes. He was abou
The man looked down at Nathan. “Do you realize that this is your only chance to save yourself from this mess? It’s either you kill one of them or face my wrath.”Nathan held up the man’s stare. “If this is your judgment then I shall not abide by it.” He turned to Charles. “This is my best friend. I would never hurt him.”“And the girl?” the man fired back. “I would never hurt a stranger. A helpless girl to be precise.” Nathan replied. “I see.” The man gave repeated nods. “Take me instead.” Nathan continued. “I was the one who hit your son. My friend has nothing to do with this and the girl too so take me and free them.”The man took a step backward and began to stare at Nathan in astonishment. Meanwhile, his son was looking like a volcano that was about to erupt. He turned to his father. “If he wants to be a hero then so be it. I wouldn’t mind blowing his brains out.”The man walked up to his son and sent a strike on his left cheek. Everyone in the cell was astounded, especially t
Nathan slowly placed his hands on his waist and looked up at the man before him.“My picture? How did you get that?”The man folded his arms across his broad chest and broke into a dry laugh. “Your father gave it to me.”Nathan was rendered speechless.The man continued. “It will interest you to know that your father and I don’t just know each other, we are well acquainted.” He then began to nod repeatedly. “I must commend Smith for doing a good job. He raised you well.”Nathan gave a half smile.The man pointed at his son who was at a corner, stroking his left cheek. “I had to teach Martin a lesson. I slapped him so he could realize that not everything comes with power and I hope he sees things from my point of view.”Martin frowned and cast his gaze to the floor.“I’m sorry for the way I treated you earlier once again. Like I said, it was all a test.”Nathan swallowed and stretched his hand toward the man who seemed to be in a hurry to leave. “Wait up, I have been looking forward to
“Wake up!” Charles continued to shake Nathan by the arm vigorously. Nathan yawned and quickly sprung from the couch. He began to wipe his drowsy eyes with the edge of his palms. “What time is it?” he mumbled. “Time to meet the underground boss,” Charles replied. Nathan’s eyes widened. When he looked up at the wall clock, he discovered that it was a quarter to 7 am. He turned to Charles and realized that Charles was already dressed. Charles moved to the window on the left and parted the railings. When Nathan looked through the window, he saw a black limousine parked inside the villa by the gate. “Gregor was here a while ago while you were still dozing off. The underground boss wants us in his place for breakfast.” Charles revealed. Nathan began to unbutton his shirt. “When is he expecting us?”“In the next 30 minutes,” Charles replied. Nathan rushed to the bathroom. **** “This way!”Philip led the group into the exotic dining room. Nathan walked into the room dressed in one o
“Come in.” The underground boss said when they got to the door. After breakfast, he asked Nathan and Martin to follow him upstairs. Nathan had simply obeyed. They ended up on the third floor. Nathan watched the man input some digits on the digital panel attached to the door. The door was flung open and together with Martin, Nathan stepped inside the room. When they got inside, the first feature Nathan noticed was seven royal chairs arranged around a large table. The room was decked with the features of a conventional board room. The underground boss stood before Nathan with his hands wide open. “Welcome to the continental room.” Nathan flashed a quick smile. Martin remained by the door while his father began to move around the table with his hands stationed behind him. “This is the room where all members of the underground mafia world hold their meetings. Your father will give you more details about the group.” He continued. “The group consists of seven people known as the
An excited Nathan hurried down the staircase and found his way to the guest living room where Charles and Gregor were conversing. They had just concluded their tour of the mansion.Both men stood up when they saw Nathan hurrying toward them.“I was starting to get worried. You were gone for almost three hours.” Charles said and walked up to Nathan. He stopped when he noticed that Nathan’s face was beaming with excitement.Nathan flashed his newly acquired ring at Charles with a broad smile. “I did it.”Charles arched a brow. “Wait, the underground boss gave this ring to you? What does it signify? Does it mean that he’s endorsing you as President of the billionaire’s club?”Gregor walked up to them and faced Charles with a smile. “It means that he’s now an Elder.” He then turned to Nathan and extended his hand toward you. “Congratulations on becoming a continental.”Nathan shook him maintaining the broad smile. “Thank you.”Charles folded his arms across his chest. “I don’t get it.” “
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