DAMIEN'S POV“Me? Work? Damien scoffed“I just had a very stressful night and it is telling on me and I also realize that this weakness is not just because of the night stress, because it feels like the whole year’s weight is on me” Damien tries to explain to Richard why he was still in his room sleeping, even after it was morning.“Okay boss, just drink this so that you will be strong, you know we are already late for the program.” Stretching his hands towards Damien, as he gives him his drink“Ya talking about the party, I'm almost ready, I just have to dress up and once I am done, I will call Stella to come over” Damien said, as he gulped the whole content of the cup into his mouth like it's a contest.Damien stood up and went to his wardrobe to get something to wear, as he got there he realized that he hadn't prepared any cloth for the occasion, he stood there gazing at his wardrobe like he was expecting a chosen cloth to automatically dress him up. After much wardrobe conundrum D
RICHARD MEETS DAMIENFew days after Damien had the conversation with Richard at the airport, he gave Richard a call. He instructed Richard to meet him at his company.When Richard got to the company, he was so astonished by such a mighty and magnificent building.Seeing such a building, Richard's mentality changed immediately, he knew at that point that getting wealthy was very possible and it's all about the mindset and hard work inclusive.When Richard got to Damien's office, Damien welcomed him officially as one with a great personality and not a beggar or anything less than a human.Richard felt so loved and for the first time in a long while, he felt like a human being that had value.Damien first gave him an intro, telling him what the company is all about, what it stands for, its vision and mission. During the long detailed intro on the company, Damien noticed that Richard paid keen interest in the introduction and he kept asking reasonable and sensible questions about the comp
STELLA'S POVStella’s gaze has been fixed on the TV for almost two hours already. Every scene of the show got more interesting and with more suspense and drama that Stella had to fix her gaze on the TV, that she forgot she was even dressed for an occasion.When the show ended, Stella decided to fix something to eat, after eating she dozed off on the couch.Few minutes after she dozed off, her phone rang.It was Damien.“Hello Stella, Mr. Rosario said he is sorry for keeping you waiting and you should get ready, we will be there in a jiffy to pick you up” Richard, Mr Rosario driver said, over the phone.“Okay thank you, it is better that way” Stella thanked him as she hung up.“That is definitely not Damien, I am certain Richard made that decision out of Damien's wish”.Stella knows what Damien Can do and what he can't. She knew that he did feel lazy to pick her from her house most times, irrespective of where they had to go. So she was so sure that Damien didn't make that decision, s
DAMIEN'S POV“Where are you going?” Richard asked, confused by his sudden action.“To pick Stella of course. Isn't that what you want?” Damien questioned, already outside the room as he gestured on Richard to leave the room so that he can lock the door“Oh okay. But did you just have the zeal to go, because you just remembered your mission? I mean the Blackwood's?” Richard asked, almost laughing, while he walked out of the room.Damien rolled his eyes at Richard, because he knew Richard was only making a joke out of his seriousness and Richard enjoyed doing that whenever Damien tries to be serious suddenly, or unnecessarily.“Can you stop teasing me?” Damien said as he walked behind Richard down the stairs.“Okay I will try my best” Richard chuckled, but tries to control himself so that he doesn't laugh out loud, knowing that if he does, it will really piss off Damien.Before leaving the house, Damien instructed his cook to take a break and not cook anything for him because he would e
THE PREVIOUS NIGHTTHE BLACKWOODS POVAs the Blackwoods woke up this morning, they remembered everything that happened the previous night.The Blackwoods almost did not sleep, the previous night, they were so eager to attend the party. This will be the first time the Blackwoods will be attending this international party, they have never gotten any invite before this time, because the party is meant for only billionaires, Trillionaires and higher dollar worth CEOs.Anna had tested her dress for a thousand times already, she kept admiring herself in front of her mirror and she kept imagining her with a suitor, her prince charming to be, she even created an image on her head, of what she wanted her suitor to look like. It was almost like she should create this invincible man. One thing Anna did not forget to miss while creating her imaginary man, is that he must be wealthy and his net worth shouldn't be anything that has a lesser value than a trillion.“I will find my prince charming tom
RECALLING THE PREVIOUS NIGHTKEN’S POVEthan had advised Ken to go with a female partner to the party because most business minded people prefer married or someone who is engaged to be their business partner, because they believe that it is easy for someone in a relationship to be able to handle a business and to partner with other companies being that they are mentally and emotionally experience.Ethan told Ken that he(Ken) would pay him for this advice, because according to him, it is business advice.Ken knew he had to take this seriously, and he was sure Ethan would somehow monitor him. He doesn't know how, but whenever he goes out of his house, Ethan does call him and tell him where he is and what it is he is doing.Ken thought about what Ethan said, and the only person he knew that could go as his date is Anna but they've not been communicating for days. Knowing how Anna behaves, he knew he had to call and apologize, even if he didnt mean it.The thought of apologizing to Anna
RECALLING THE PREVIOUS NIGHTKEN’S POVEthan had advised Ken to go with a female partner to the party because most business minded people prefer married or someone who is engaged to be their business partner, because they believe that it is easy for someone in a relationship to be able to handle a business and to partner with other companies being that they are mentally and emotionally experience.Ethan told Ken that he(Ken) would pay him for this advice, because according to him, it is business advice.Ken knew he had to take this seriously, and he was sure Ethan would somehow monitor him. He doesn't know how, but whenever he goes out of his house, Ethan does call him and tell him where he is and what it is he is doing.Ken thought about what Ethan said, and the only person he knew that could go as his date is Anna but they've not been communicating for days. Knowing how Anna behaves, he knew he had to call and apologize, even if he didnt mean it.The thought of apologizing to Anna
KEN’S POVHe knew his thoughts won't bring any solution so he decided to go in and take his bath, so that he could prepare for the event.Immediately he got inside his room, his phone beeped. It was a message from Ethan.Stop searching. Just know that my eyes are on you.Ken stared at his phone and read the message countless times. His grip on the phone weakened, his hands became sweaty,he shivered in fear that he almost peed on his pants.As he tried to move, he staggered, he could hardly raise his foot to take a step, his legs were visibly shaking, at that moment the only option he had was to sit on the floor.His AC was still turned on, and it was at fifteen degree Celsius, yet as he sat there, he was sweating profusely, the sound of his heart beat could be clearly heard. This has never happened to Ken before. He had to sit there for a while until he regained himself.Ken wondered why and how a human like him would monitor him so badly. The thought of it made him realize that he ha