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Elena’s mother, Elaine on the other hand was as restless as a child. Despite all her mother’s pleading to be calm and wait for the police, she still went to meet with Lucas, her ex-husband.Lucas had specifically asked the maid to direct her to his room. Elaine got into the bathroom. She decided to take a quick shower, so as to evade any awkward moment with Lucas. As she got in, she eyed the bathtub. Her legs were so tired and she badly wanted a massage.“I’ll make it snappy” she said to herself as she took off her towel and got into the tub. And just as she wanted, the hot tub was soothing to her skin. She sunk in deeper and let out a long sigh. Elaine stayed in the tub and didn’t know when she slept off. She was awoken by a loud bang. She jerked up, splashing water all over the bathroom. She ran for the door. It was Lucas. Her heart began to beat so loud, she hoped he didn’t hear. He jerked his head and their eyes met. In that split second, she wanted to disappear. “There you ar
The Aggressive Billionaire Chapter 158
Finally the Auction was around the corner. Days earlier, With the help of the transmitter, Katrina was able to tell Hercules and Henry, that the Auction was shifted. While in there, Katrina was able to make friends with Lake. She helped lake in many ways. Even Alexander. He was able to help the girls in avoiding dangerous men in Dimitri’s team. A day before the Auction, Elena had her nerves flying around. She was not yet relaxed with the fact that Katarina was alright, even though she was staying at the den of the lions. Even she had spoken to her over the transmitter.“So what should we expect?” Elena asked, turning tom Hercules that night. “oh nothing much Elena. If we all stick to the plan, it’s going to go well” he replied. It was then that Henry walked into the room. He overheard Elena’s statement.“so what if something wrong happens? What should we do? What should I do?” she turned to find Henry behind her in the balcony. Hercules opened hos mouth to do but Henry stopped hi
The Aggressive Billionaire Chapter 159
The moon shone brightly that might as they prepared to leave for the club.Everyone had strapped on and they headed for the underground club. This time Henry didn’t need an invitation. Hercules was the invitation. After few traffic stops, they were in the underground club. The prominent mafia men in the club raised an eyebrow as soon as they saw Hercules in the club.“What is he doing here?” They asked amongst themselves.“Maybe he wants to buy just like us? Maybe he is now a convert” one of them said.Henry saw a man stare intently at them as they took their Seat. The man walked to someone and whispered to him. Henry turned to Hercules. Hercules nodded.Immediately the lights went off and some of the place was elevated and turned to a podium.The voice this time was that of a man.“Good evening everyone. You are welcome to this month’s Auction. We will beginning by showing the exhibits” the voice said.The podium gave way for a glass like tube to come up. The light was on inside
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“Henry! Henry stay with me!” tears fell from Elena’s eyes as she held him. Her clothes were bloodied up.They were on their way to the hospital. Unknown to them, after Hercules and Henry had chased after Dimitri, they turned back when they didn’t see me but Dimitri had seen them. He followed them and when they all wanted to leave, he aimed at Lake but Henry got in the way.Hercules shot at Dimitri on the leg, just before he ran away. He couldn’t run after Dimitri because Henry was shot and the others needed to get to safety. He got into the car and drive home, while Elena and Henry and Yuri drove to the hospital.As Hercules drove, he dropped leads for the police on where to find those girls. He called Alexander to know about Dimitri’s men. He said, he and his men had tied them up and dumped them in a van, in front of the police station When they got to the hospital, the nurses and doctors took over from Elena.“Henry! Stay with me!” she cried as they tried to wrench her hands off h
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Hercules’s POV Meanwhile, the party was in full blast, I sipped m drink and surveyed the area. I haven’t seen Ruby since the party began. Though I saw her when the president was thanking us.The clattering of glasses and gasps from people got my attention. I rolled my eyes.“Oh these clumsy stewards”“I’m sorry” I heard a small voice say. I spun around and peered.“She is one of them” someone whispered. I turned around to find out it was Ruby.“Take this” I handed my glass to one of the stewards. I walked briskly to the scene. Everyone had eyes on her and funny enough, no body stopped to help her clean or stand. I walked to her.“Are you alright?” I looked into her eyes and they were beginning to cloud with unshed tears.“Take her inside and clean her up” I ordered. The party continued like nothing happened.2hrs in, I felt somewhat stuffy, I walked to the garden. The breeze did justice to my skin. Just as I was deciding on going in, my nose caught a whiff of alcohol. I scowled. I
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Henry looked around. The people were slowly leaving the party. The president had stayed a bit longer but before he left, he walked towards Henry again for the umpteenth time. He grabbed him and hugged him“Thank you.” He paused as if to take in a deep breath. His voice changed a bit. “ I really appreciate Mr. Barlow”Henry smiled. “ It’s an honor your Excellency” The president looked up and wiped a stray tear off his eyes.“I have sent in some cash to relay my gratitude” the president smiled fondly at him.“Your Excellency you don’t have—”“Sssh don’t say no” he interrupted Henry.The president proceeded to leave the party but that was not without giving Henry another hug. People smiled at him as he moved around and for the first time in his life, he had truly felt seen. Acknowledged. Appreciated.He sat and looked around. It was time to leave but he couldn’t find his people. Where was Marcus and Jackson and Hercules.As for Hercules, he had an idea where he could be.He turned to on
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Henry walked faster as he heard Elena call after him. She was no match for his pace. He would just increase his strides and Elena would never catch up with him. “Henry! Henry! Wait” Elena yelled as she tried to catch up with him. She knew she was wrong to have said that but she didn’t know what else to do. The last thing she wanted was for the both of them to fight over her. She had seen it play out before. Henry went home wounded. He was hurt. But this time it was going to be different. Danny could end up in a box and a priest over his head. Now she knew what Henry was capable of.Just out of impulse, henry turned and stopped. He began to walk towards Elena. Elena gasped. Her adrenaline level went high. Was henry going to attack her? She had this strong inclination to run or at least move back but she didn’t. She was scared but she still found the courage to stand there. The moment, Henry reached her, her heart skipped beat. She shut her eyes waiting for him to strike but then few
The Aggressive Billionaire Chapter 164
It all happened after Danny and Elena began to date. Elaine, Elena’s mother got into a problem. She was dating a man who was into blackmailing women for money. She didn’t leave him when he saw what he was into until he also began to blackmail her. He had her nudes and he threatened to post it not just online but at the office website. She walked with children. The parents of these children paid her huge amount of money to teach their children. Elaine had never been paid that amount of money before. She was able to afford her mother’s drugs and pay the rent all at once, without having to borrow to buy groceries. She gave in to his demands and kept giving him money. Until she ran out. Elena noticed her mother was zoning out and doing so much thinking lately. So she began to ask questions. Her mother could not afford certain things, she had to take money from Danny to foot their bills. So when she kept asking and her mother wouldn’t say anything, she watched her. Eavesdropped on her ph
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The cold wind slapped Elena across the face as she set out for the event. She was on a mission. And if she wasn’t successful, she could kiss Henry goodbye. She wouldn’t let him die. She still loved him. The business awards event. This was an event held by the many successful business men in the country. It served as a way to promote their business and also give awards to prestigious businesses. Of course Henry had been invited. In fact Henry looked forward to this event because he had launched a new product in the market. This was his first time, dabbling into the world of fashion. It was a line of suits. Elegant and fashionable. It had a bullet proof vest. Now which other way would he promote it, if not at events for businessmen. The only problem was that Henry was not wearing one.“But how do you sell to them, when you are not putting it in” Jackson asked as he stared at the stained suit. The new maid had spilled coffee on Henry and ruined the suit.Henry smiled. “Don’t worry, he
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Elena saw everything play out. Danny had come home that day, with his things in the car trunk. His father had kicked him out of the company and with a stern warning, never to appear in front of him, if he loved his life.Ever since that day, Elena had been at the mercy of Danny’s moods. One minute he snaps at her. The next he is asking for forgiveness. The other he goes ahead to trash the whole house. It was like he was some mercurial man. Like he was bipolar. Elena feared for her life. Any minute now, he would put the blame and anger on her, but regardless, she was happy Henry showed him, who the boss was. Happy that he was able to get his revenge, sad that it was because of her, all this happened.Well, she saw those bad times as a reward for her bad behavior.One night, after she had finished going on a crying spree, she got a call from her grandmother.“Hello grams” she said sniffing.“Baby aren’t you tired of all these?” she asked.“What granny?” she asked.“Crying? Are you an on
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The next day Jackson walked into Henry’s office with a cup of coffee. He saw that henry was on the phone and the TV was tuned on. The TV volume boomed a little too high but Henry didn’t seem disturbed. Jackson squinted. He looked around the office and found the remote, as he dropped the cup beside henry’s arm. Henry nodded in gratitude as he continued speaking.Jackson tried to put off the TV but Henry raised a hand. It didn’t take long, Henry got off the phone.“I was watching the news” he said.Jackson smiled. “You see anything interesting?” Henry shrugged, “the same old jargon. All they do is talk but they never act.” He sighed. “Now you can put it off. Just as Jackson moved to do so, he stopped.“Boss is that not Danny?”Henry looked up from his work. The headline was a picture of Danny’s father and the news. It read; GLANCH GROUP OF COMPANIES HAS BEEN DECLARED BANKRUPT. Henry smirked. “Boss what did you do?” Jackson smiled.“Nothing really” he grinned. Just then there was a l
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Danny raised an eyebrow. What the hell was Henry talking about.“Yeah whatever” Danny scoffed. “ I am out of here” He began to walk out the door when Henry stopped him.“Don’t you want to know what treacherous thing I have done? “ Henry smirked.“ I do not want to know and I don’t care” Danny snorted.” As if you can do anything. You can take your treachery and shove it up your ass”And with that he exited the room. Jackson turned immediately to find Henry smiling.“Boss what did you do?” He asked.Henry turned to him, his smile widening. “ I guess we have to wait for him to come back to know what”Jackson was still confused. That was not an answer though but he decided not to ask more questions.*************Danny walked with his shoulders high to his car. In His head, he had succeeded in Making a fool out of Henry. As always. He always believed he was way better than him, No mater the status Henry had attained. He didn’t care about the bid for the contract. He was going to help his
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Henry blinked like a faulty bulb. He couldn’t believe it. What was Danny doing at his company.Henry’s countenance changed immediately. He gritted his teeth and clenched his teeth.Suddenly a thought came to mind. He had heard from somewhere, if someone could control your emotions, the person could control him. He hated Danny and worse off, the mere thought that Danny could control him , irked him the more.Against the chaos that was going in his head, he plastered a bright smile on his face and gestured for Danny. To come sit.“Well well well, if it isn’t Henry the pauper. What the hell are you doing here?” He questioned with a smug smile on his face.Henry smirked. “ I see you have not grown out of that baby attitude of yours. “Yeah call it anything you want but I still want to know what you are doing here? Are you the bodyguard of the boss? “ Suddenly the door was Yanked open.“Boss I am told the meeting room not hold here any longer” a short man in white hair said to Danny.Dan
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How many burials is it going to be? Henry Thought. He had attended a lot of funerals since he got into the mafia.Just like Marissa, Marcus was buried in the same way. Quick and fast. Marcus’ family was contacted. Henry gave them some money alongside his condolences. Jackson filled him on what had been going on behind the scene with Marcus.On his way to work that morning, Henry could not stop himself from thing about what Marcus had done. And to think that all those happened right under his nose, made him grimace. He glanced at Jackson sitting by his side and smiled. He was indeed blessed to have him. “Marcus sure had a lot of Skeleton to hide” henry commented. The money he was rushing to go give his girlfriend was also given to his family. Though the money would have been given to Nora, since she was the one requesting for it.“Have you spoken to the lawyers?” henry asked.“Yes, they have submitted a bail application for Sabrina” Jackson said. Henry nodded. That way. Laura would
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Elena’s POV“Elena!!! Where the hell are you?!” a friend screamed into the phone. My phone had been buzzing endlessly and the moment I heard her voice, I knew I was in deep shit. “Hi baby good morning please try stalling her on, I’m almost there!” I begged as I jumped out of bed. Shit! I had slept in again and I would get late for work. Good thing henry was no longer on my case but then I couldn’t help but feel a tinge of sadness.“Elena there is absolutely nothing good about the morning. I know you spent the night watching that annoying doctor series and ending it by reading novels?” Yeah that was what I did to forget my problems.“Ehhh something like that but it’s–“she cut me off. I had told Becca about my life. She was a good replacement of my once best friend, Claire. “Save whatever you have to say for yourself later. Now will you get your ass down here or you will get me in trouble!” And on that note she ended the call. I huge grin stretched across my face as I thanked the hea
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“Aargh!!!!” Laura crashed the table at the center of her cell. Dominica had given her news, Stephen and Lucas were already dead.“Morons! I asked them not to attack like that!” she huffed, as she slammed her hands on the table. Her nostrils flared as she paced the tiny cell. She was getting more frustrated by the minute. First was Marissa falling in love? She decided to teach her a lesson. Now all her plans have gone to waste, with the death of these two men.“If only they listened” she muttered. Laura knew her father. While she was there, when he was alive, she had seen how proactive Luther was. He always thought ahead. That was why he was victorious in most of the impromptu attacks in his house. She was able to shoot him because she knew how things worked. Now she was away, she was sure Henry must have taken a leaf out of her father’s book. Always preparing on time.“How did they die?” Laura asked out of nowhere.Dominica went silent for a while. “Most of them were gunned down by a
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“Show me” Henry said. He was handed a set of papers. Henry raised an eyebrow.“This is all of it boss” the man said. And so Henry began to read. His eyes got wider as she kept reading. The things that had been going on behind him.Marissa was contacted by Laura to come to his house watch him. All was going well until Marisa began to develop feelings for Henry. Then she was told by Laura to kill Henry but it was too late. Marissa was head over heels for him.Laura was frustrated. She didn’t know what was happening inside the house. So then she made her move. Marissa had gone out to buy some make up and jewelries. Of course she was in the company of Henry’s men. She knew what Laura could do. But she didn’t know the extent Laura could go to get what she wanted.Laura gave one of her men, a very handsome man approach Marissa. He asked her to pick anything she wanted and he would pay. Marissa fell for his charms and that was how he gifted her a beautiful bracelet. That bracelet had a lit
