Immediately after Nathan stepped out of the airport, a bulletproof Lexus pulled up right in front of him. He smiled and adjusted the backpack around his left shoulder.Right after the partnership party ended, he had booked a morning flight to Rockville City. Nathan didn’t even wait for the party to end before leaving the venue. He had walked out right after addressing Lisa. “Welcome back, boss.” Jackson welcomed him with open arms after stepping out of the car. Nathan smiled and they shared a quick embrace. “And Charles?”“He had an emergency meeting with the investors so I had to come alone,” Jackson replied and then proceeded to open the door to the front seat for Nathan after taking charge of the backpack.After Nathan sat and put on his seat belt, Jackson started the car and drove out of the airport premises. “Great partnership party huh?”“Yeah,” Nathan replied and pulled out his phone. “Everything went according to plan.”“And the Carsons?” Jackson turned to Nathan for a while
At that point, there was nothing Nathan could do. He just remained transfixed to his spot and allowed his eyes to meet with Avery’s. Derrick’s gasp was so loud that it caused passersby to stare. Kelvin had fire in his eyes and he kept roving them. “That’s him right? That’s the Alcantara heir right there.” Kelvin cried out to Derrick. Derrick slowly let go of Avery’s hand and began to take steps toward Nathan. All this while, Nathan was staring at Avery unblinkingly. He couldn’t help but imagine what was going through her head. She was staring at him with a blank expression, color evaded from her eyes. “So you lied to us all?” Derrick asked. Nathan took his gaze off Avery for a moment and saw the way Derrick was gawking at him. “Where have you been all this while?” Kelvin cried out. Without giving a response, Nathan walked past them and charged toward Avery. “Where are you going?” Derrick ran after him. He quickly stood in front of Avery as if he was preventing Nathan from harmi
While he wondered when he was going to see her soon or not, Nathan couldn’t help but feel excited at the sight of Avery. After speaking to her about his experience in the last few years, he fell as if a large log was lifted off his chest. As she sauntered toward Derrick’s car, he wished she could turn around and give him a stare, perhaps just once. He had seen the look in her eyes as he shared his story. It was evident that she still had a soft spot for him and it didn’t matter to him now whether Derrick was in the picture or not. Nathan was determined to get his girl back. Suddenly, someone cleared his throat loudly and Nathan immediately turned to the direction of the sound. Kelvin was standing on the other side of the car with his head cocked toward the opened window. Nathan motioned to him that the car was opened and Kelvin immediately pulled off the door handle. When Kelvin entered and sat on the seat Avery had earlier occupied, he turned to Nathan with stars in his eyes. “Al
Avery instantly fell into a state of panic. She began to sweat and was soon pacing from one end of the table to the other while Derrick remained on his feet with a heart full of prayers and eyes filled with hope.“We can’t do this,” she finally cried out.“What do you mean by that?” Derrick fired back. “I care about you. I love you and you know that I’ll do anything for you. I’ll go anywhere with you.” He professed.“That’s the problem.” Avery fired back. “Have you ever considered how I feel?”Derrick withdrew his hand in shock and began to stutter.Avery saw the pain in his eyes and instantly felt sorry for him. She walked up to him and placed her hand on the ring.Derrick smiled and his hope reignited.“I know what this means to you and I know that we’re cool and have learned to get along for a while now but that’s not love. That’s friendship.”“Do you care about me?” Derrick asked with glassy eyes.“Of course I do.” Avery sharply replied.“Then marry me.” He mounted his other hand
“And where did he instruct you to take me to if I may ask?” Avery demanded.Steve smiled and she caught herself smiling too. There was no denying that the bodyguard bore an intimidating posture and was strong but beneath the qualities that made him a strong man,Avery could tell that he had a warm personality.“Why don’t you come with me?” Steve demanded and charged toward the Bentley he had parked at the side of the road. “Except you want to go back there and ask Derrick for a ride but I nearly crippled him so he can’t take you to your hotel room.”Avery began to charge toward Steve. “On second thoughts, why don’t you take me to the place your boss told you to? Derrick just gave me a scare and since he knows where I’m staying, I have a conviction that he’ll follow me there.”“You’re smart. My boss asked me to protect you with my life.” Steve said. They had now reached the spot where the car was parked. He opened the door to the front seat and turned to Avery. “Hop in, miss.”She sat
“This way,” Daniel said and led the elderly men into the room.That morning, Morgan had requested that all his personal and business allies join him for an emergency meeting in his mansion. Daniel, his assistant was already ushering the men into the living room while Morgan was taking a bath upstairs.Even though the meeting was slated for 8 am, some of the Allies showed up around 7 am and the rest had just walked in. Nobody would want to keep Morgan Morales waiting for breaching time arrangements with him comes with consequences.Morgan will be meeting with a total of five men that morning.A few moments later, Morgan appeared in the living room dressed in a casual outfit. From the expression on his face, his allies could tell that he was troubled. The thing about Morgan was that his expressions conveyed his mood.With a tightened jaw, he sat on the largest couch in the living room which was left vacant for him. Daniel quickly showed up with a cup of coffee but Morgan waved it down.
“Here!” Jackson passed the glass of drink to Nathan.Nathan took the glass and downed it with a gulp. They had just returned from the meeting at the APS company and Nathan had requested for a glass of vodka the moment they walked in.Nathan dropped the glass on the table and loosened the grip his tie had on me.“Was it a close one?” Nathan asked, referring to the attack earlier.Jackson drank directly from the bottle and then shook his head. He sat beside Nathan. “Not really. They didn’t stand a chance. All our vehicles were bulletproof and our guys were armed so the moment they figured out that the checkpoint was a fake one, they started firing.”Nathan nodded repeatedly. “And the men you captured?”“They didn’t even last two hours in the torture unit. Like we all guessed, it’s all Morgan.” Jackson replied.Nathan saw Steve walking toward the living room and he signaled to him to come closer.Steve walked up to Nathan with a smile.“Is she still up there?” He was referring to Avery.
While the crowd watched, Nathan and his entourage gracefully made their way to the table reserved for the executive members of the club in front.Upon reaching the table, Nathan realized that there was no seat reserved in his name. He looked up at the president. “Mr. Robert. You invited me to the meeting but then you made no reservations for me. If you weren’t sure that I was going to show up then you shouldn’t have invited me in the first place.”Robert began to stammer. “Mr. Alcantara, you’re here. I didn’t…”Nathan lifted his hand. “About the motion you raised. I deserve the chance to make a statement regarding my opposition.”“Of course.” Robert swallowed and darted his gaze toward Morgan.Together with the other club executives, Morgan was seated in front. When Nathan walked in, he had started to gnash his teeth. Right now, Morgan looked like a volcano that was about to erupt.After his failed assassination attempt on Nathan that morning, Morgan told Robert, his puppet to send a