"How do you plan on handling the superiors?" Max asked, watching the detective walk away."Blackmailing" he replied, slipping his hand back into his pocket. "There is one thing, that I need to be very sure about, Max" "Now you are scaring me with that serious tone that you are using" Max replied. "You will be by my side, no matter what, right?" he asked, turning to face him with a blank expression on his face. "Have I ever given you any reason to question my loyalty?" Max asked, wondering what had prompted him to ask that question. "No, but I am still asking this question because I might do crazy things to get those motherfuckers, that is the only way I can think of" "You don't have to worry, you will have me by your side always" Max replied, his voice filled with conviction. "Ok, that is great to hear then," Jake said, tapping him on his arm with a wide smile on his face. "It is almost time for a new day, it would be best if we go home now," Jake said, walking forward. "The n
"There are traumatic experiences, I just can't say them. I just can't find myself opening up, just like that" she said, burying her face into his palm, silent sobs escaping her lips. He pulled her into a hug, his hands wrapping around her neck, his left hand moved to her hair, patting it down slowly and softly. "I am sorry for breaking down like this" she muttered amidst her tears. "Shhh, it is fine" he whispered to her, after seeing that she had calmed down, he pulled out his arms from her and walked over to the ditch where he was seated. He pulled out his coat and slipped it on, picked up the glass of whiskey, drowning all the liquid content down his throat, "I will let you know when I have something I need you to do for me" he said to her. She stood up, about to leave, he placed his hand on her shoulder, stopping her, "You can make yourself at home, here" he said to her. She bit her lower lips, biting back the tears that were about to drop, and nodded her head. He moved clos
“Charlotte, to what do I owe the pleasure of you visiting me now?” the chief of police asked with a nervous chuckle escaping his lips, he relaxed back on the chair he was seated on, pulling on the strands of beards. "I only hope it is not what I am thinking though.“Oh, it’s nothing much, just a slight favor that I have to ask you,” she said, walking towards him inside the VIP room inside the club where she had agreed to meet him. She had chosen that location only because there was no way anyone would think that the reason for her entering that place was to see the chief of police, after all, it is a place meant for the rich people in the city.“A… a slight favor, it is very rare for you to ask of it, is it perhaps your father that had sent you to me today?” he asked nervously.“No,” she watched him breathe a sigh of relief and relax properly on the chair he was seated on, he looked more relaxed than he did, a couple of seconds before she gave him her answer. “Ok, then what brought
There is always a party being hosted by a particular family, the Vladimirs, annually and sometimes twice in a year, where they invite the wealthy ones of the town. The media never fail to attend such parties, they always get gossips to talk about for a while or whatever it is that would grab their attention and Jake, the new chairman of the McPherson consortium coming to the party with a billionaire famous daughter, Charlotte Hargreaves is one of them. She wrapped her hands around his arms with a smile on her face, while they both walked on the red carpet leading to the building where the party is being hosted. The flashing light of the camera almost blinded them, all the journalist, rushed over their side immediately they caught sight of them. “Mr. McPherson how do you feel after the previous senior McPherson named you the new chairman just hours after finding his lost grandson?”“Do you feel pressured by this role?” “What is your relationship with Miss. Charlotte Hargreaves?” “
They all turned back to look at him and exchanged pleasantries with him, “I am sorry, but I have quite a few things to show Chairman Jake, once I am done, I am pretty sure that he will find his way back to you or you would somehow meet up with him again when he is alone” Max said with a wide smile on his face. “Sure,” Alice’s mother nodded her head, dragging Alice along with her. Jake turned to face Max, “you were a lifesaver, right there,” he said to him, stretching a flute of champagne to him. “Well, I figured that you needed some saving or they would both drain the energy out of you before you even get the chance to meet up with other people” he replied, taking a sip from the flute of champagne he was holding. “So, any news from the detective?” Jake asked the expression he was putting on a few minutes ago morphed into a blank one. “Yes, the chief of police has permitted her to continue with the case, all evidence has been submitted and she reported that he would soon be carrie
“Go on, what is it?” Jake asked, turning to face him, “But before you go on with your request, I hope you know that I don’t have any relationship with your daughter” he added.Mr. George clenched his jaw, gripping the flute of champagne he was holding for a while, before clearing his throat and proceeding to tell him his request, but he hesitated, seeing the look in his face, he swallowed back the request, he wasn’t sure he was going to get the positive answer that he is hoping for. He noticed in that instant that Jake is not someone that would do anything just to please another person, there is always something he wants to achieve in the long-run, bringing his request to him would mean he might lose it all in the end. Jake’s expression softened, seeing the hesitation in the old man’s eyes, “Say whatever it is that you want to say, the look on my face is all a façade by the way” he said, his lips stretching into a wide, bright smile. “Do you think you can fool me with that fake smil
A few days after the party had ended, just like Jake had suspected, Fred and his grandmother or whoever was behind him made their move, they ended quite a lot of the detective family members. Jake attended the burial, everything he was putting on from his head to toe was black, just like everyone attending the burial ceremony, he watched her cry hard without a simple look of remorse in his eyes.“That is bad of you to do, at least feign it or something, you don’t know whether any journalist is here to capture that moment, and who knows what story they would put out there?” Max said beside him. “Oh, you are looking at me,” Jake said, snapping out of his thoughts, tilting his head to look at him. He made a sad expression on his face, “Was it a must to attend this funeral?” Jake asked. “We just have to,” Max replied. After they were done, they were about to walk away but Sarah caught sight of them and ran up to catch up to them. “Thank you for coming,” she said, making them halt and
“I guess this will be the first board meeting that I will be involved in since my taking over as the chairman of this Consortium” Jake said with a voice that exuded authority, he wanted to leave a first impression on all the board members that he is not one to be messed with easily and they shouldn’t try what the rest of the chairmen of other companies are trying to do, which he use him as a stepping stone in achieving their goals. “Yes,” they all answered in unison. “So, we will skip all the intro, since I already have an idea about who you all are and would learn more about each of you as we proceed. First of all, let’s treat the most important issue of this meeting” he said, turning to Sam, the youngest among the board of directors members, with a nod of his head, he gave him the signal to continue with what he had in mind to present to everyone. “There is a project that I was assigned to take on before the previous senior McPherson stepped down from the post he was occupying as