“I need to see all the company documents.” The man spoke from behind the desk."Yes, sir." The assistant answered, bowing and leaving the office.The man in the suit gets up, turns and looks at the people below. Out of all those people, there is only one person who matters to him, and now that he was back, he would rescue her.Knock-Knock“Mr Ashford?” A female voice sounded from the other end."Come in."The redhead walked into the room, smiling at Brandon.“I brought the papers you asked for.”“Why, please, Ellie. there is no need for so much formality.” He said and sat back down.“We are in the company. We do need formality.”The year and a half that Brandon was away made all the difference in his life. He recovered from the attempt on his life, and studied abroad, graduated, mastered martial arts, and now he could defend himself very well. Not just him, but her."How is she?" Brandon asked. He knew of Lucy's state of madness."She is better. She went back to college. Apparently, h
Lucy went to the gym where Brandon used to work and train. She looked around and didn't see him, but she wouldn't give up so easily.“Oh, excuse me.” she said to the receptionist. “I look for Friedrich Ashford…”“Who’s looking for him?” the receptionist asked in a very polite voice. “Lucinda Fairfax.” She replied, with a friendly but nervous smile.The attendant asked her to wait while he checked to see if the man she was looking for was there. After a few minutes of waiting, the attendant asked her to follow the other employee.She did and came to a farther room, much larger, with mirrors. And Friedrich was there."I knew you'd like to talk to me." He said and Lucy almost fainted. The voice was the same. More serious, perhaps."Oh yes. I… well… are you related to Brandon Ashford?” She asked and the man, who was shirtless, smirked. He slowly approached Lucy.“And who wants to know?” he asked and she knew he was playing. They asked for her name, minutes before.“Lucinda Fairfax.” She
Inside, Brandon was fuming, but on the outside, he even smiled, politely. Damon was paralysed by the door, looking at Brandon, no, at Friedrich. “B-brandon?” He asked, stuttering. “No, Mr. Montgomery. My name is Friedrich Ashford.” Brandon said and got up, walking to Damon and offering his hand for a shake. Damon didn’t change much, Brandon thought. He was muscled, and that was it. “Friedrich? I’m sorry, you really look like someone else.” “Oh, I bet I do. I had a twin.” Friedrich said and smiled. “A t-twin?” “Yes, a twin. He was a rebel, you see. Left the family, and in the end, we were the ones having to clean up his mess.” Damon frowned. He didn’t like Brandon, but what mess did the family clean? “Wasn’t him… murdered?” “He was. But we don’t have to talk about those private family affairs. What is it that you’d like to discuss?” Brandon asked in a very polite manner. “Please, take a seat.”“Thank you, Mr. Ashford.” Damon said. “Well, my company is looking for investors a
“What do you mean by that, girl?” Augustina asked, then she looked at Brandon and gave him a weak smile. “Don’t mind her. She is a bit silly. But professional and competent.” “So, is that a yes or a no?” Brandon asked, looking from one to another. “It is a yes!” Augustina said, supplanting Lucy’s ‘no’. “Great! Do you mind coming with me? I have some things I would like to show you already.” He said and Augustina nodded, pushing Lucy out of the door. “Mom! I am not dressed for that!” Lucy said, uncomfortably. “Nonsense. “ Brandon said. “I don’t mind it today. Why do you prefer to shower and come back in… twenty minutes?” He asked, looking at his wrist watch. “Great! That’s all she needs!” Lucy was pushed again, now, inside the house. While Lucy was gone, Augustina smiled at Brandon. “Mr. Ashford, your wife must be very proud of you!” She said and Brandon knew she wanted to know if he was single. “Yes, I bet she is.” He said, referring to Lucy, but her mother didn’t know that.
“Ah, you’re awake.” He said and smiled at her. “Want to eat something?” She nodded and Brandon asked someone to bring them food. Lucy waited and when it arrived, two big trails full of food. “Br, mean, Friedrich, why all that food? “ She asked him, astonished. “I didn’t know what you were eating today. I, for sure, am going for those muffins.”Looking at Lucy, he regretted not getting back to his family sooner. If he had done that a day earlier, he wouldn’t have to ‘die’ and leave Lucy. She almost went nuts because of his loss. And that was when he regretted it the most. And also, when he knew she loved him for real. “I’ll take care of you from now on, Lucy. I promise you.” She smiled at him. She wanted to hear that. Not from him, but…“When you’re not making advances, you’re quite nice.” She said and he laughed. She wanted to cry, because that was Brandon’s laugh. “I think I made quite the impression on your mother.” He boasted. “Of course you did.” Lucy rolled her eyes. “You
The dinner night arrived and Brandon was looking at himself in the mirror. He was now very different on the outside and on the inside. Before, Brandon was full of life, full of hopes and wanted to trust people. Then, he started to be suspicious and that broke him. “Erika called.” Ellie said. She was in his room. She helped him with his tie, something he never got to learn to perfection. They were best friends and, despite what everybody though on: boys never being friends with girls without sexual interests, they never, ever had anything. They were, in fact, best friends. “What does she want?” Brandon had Erik living in another city, with her child, someone helping to take care of the baby while she was studying. She changed a lot and as much as Kayle tried to find her, he couldn’t. “She just wanted to let you know she was approved for all her exams. She has been working hard on it.”Brandon smiled. “Yeah. At least one person that changed for the best.” Ellie nodded, but her eye
When Monday arrived, Damon was anxious. Lucy was being very evasive and so was her mother. Of course, he decided to do something about it and went to the University to wait for her. He saw her coming out of the building, and waited, but she didn’t walk to him, instead, she went to another man. He narrowed his eyes and he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Lucy was walking to Friedrich Ashford!Damon clenched his fists, full of hate in his heart. Of course, Lucy was infatuated by that loser, Brandon. Now that his rich twin appeared, it could only mean her mother was approving their relationship. “But by all means, she is still my bride!” Damon murmured to himself before he walked to them. “Lucy!” He called for her, who turned around and looked at him, eyes empty of expressions. “Damon, hi!” She said, politely. “What are you doing? I came here to get you home.” He said and pointed at his car, a Bentley Continental GT V8 Convertible. “Oh, there is no need for that, Mr. Montgomery.
As promised, Brandon took Lucy out to dinner. They went to Janko’s Little Zagreb, a restaurant that Brandon knew was good from what his father said, but he had never been there himself. In reality, Brandon didn't go out much after he returned to Bloomington. Not that he did that before, anyway. "Brandon, I mean Friedrich, I don't think I'm dressed for this…" Lucy said sheepishly as they were still in the car, standing in front of the restaurant.“My love, you're going to get out of a Lamborghini. Do you really think anyone will care what you're wearing?” he asked and she pondered what he said. In fact, if she could be inside a car like that, then no one would say her clothes weren't good enough."Okay..." She said and smiled at him. Brandon leaned into her and gave her a kiss on the lips."I want to have you for dinner." He joked and she smiled."You're silly..." She said, happy, but then her eyes got sadder.“Hey, what happened?” Brandon asked and lifted her chin.“It's just that it
After Peter was dropped off at a house with Ashford security, Gideon went to the hospital to visit Wanda. Her father was there and when Matteo saw his future son-in-law, he decided to talk to him."Ah, Friedrich, can we have a word before you go into Wanda's room?"“Yes, of course, Mr Grayson.” He answered and the two sat on some benches farther away, where there were no people around.“I'll be direct, okay? Wanda and you… Are you really going to get married? I mean, are you a real couple?”Matteo Grayson's question made Gideon frown. He didn't understand why that man decided to ask him something like that.“Yes, we’re going to get married. And yes, we are a real couple. Wanda is the woman of my life, Mr Grayson.”“It's just… She came up with these questions about me forcing her to marry another man if she didn't marry you. I know you've been through the odds and ends, but did anything else happen? Something I don't know about?""No. Wanda is the love of my life, the woman I want to s
Peter was very competent at what he did and Gideon was thoughtful as he watched the boy working on what he had been asked to do.'If he had had more opportunities, maybe today he would be much better off in life', he thought and looked at Brandon, who didn't take his eyes off Peter.Brandon was worried. He knew that if he didn't hear from the Clan, he would be forced to travel, but without being sure about Krasner’s death, he couldn't afford that luxury. He would be risky and falling again from the mad doctor's hands would be certain death.It wasn't that Brandon feared dying. No, he was not afraid of death. Not when it came to himself. But if he was captured and killed, Gideon and Lucy would be after him for sure and they would most likely suffer the same fate. And that Brandon could never risk."I got it!" Peter announced and started rummaging around. “Their initial system is rudimentary, but despite that, it's all well done and protected. Afterwards, the bastards managed to put up
“So, boy. Here's the thing: we need you to hack a system for us. We are without our agent at the moment and I heard that you are a formidable hacker.” Gideon said as he popped a piece of gum into his mouth. He didn't smoke, never had, but when he got too nervous, he liked to chew gum.The boy adjusted his glasses again and looked at Gideon, still amazed.“Yeah… Is this some kind of test?” he asked and Gideon rolled his eyes."I'm not a cop trying to catch you with your hand in the cruse." Gideon sighed. “I need you to get into that system. I need to know if a person is still alive.”“Look, then I think you should go to the police. I am not…"“Enough with the small talk, boy!” Gideon said and approached the boy, who took a few steps back until he bumped into a trash can in the street and almost fell with it. But Gideon caught him by the collar of his shirt. "I need it now. I will pay you well for this.”Peter remembered the wad of cash his father was given and didn't doubt that the man
Gideon was in the hospital room with Wanda, reading one of her favorite books for her, Jane Eyre, when his cell phone rang.“Just a moment, my love.” Gideon asked, raising one finger and Wanda, who was more than pale in the face and smiled slightly, in agreement.Outside Wanda's ward, Gideon answered the phone.“Hi, Bro. What is going on?""Rindley still hasn't been found, but we have a plan." Brandon said on the other end of the line and Gideon listened intently.Upon entering back the room, Wanda was more than awake, looking at Gideon.“I'm going to have to leave for a few moments, honey.” He told her softly.“Gideon… You don't have to go through with this.” She said and sighed. “Our marriage is a sham. You don't have to keep coming here.”He frowned at her and walked over to the bed, sitting in the chair and taking her hand in his.“Do you think I would risk dying for you if I didn't like you?” he asked with an offended tone. “Fuck, I dare say I love you, Wanda!”He notices when he
“It means we have no way of contacting the Clan?” Brandon asked Lucy. He was sitting in a hospital bed, his torso getting wrapped in gauze, while he talked to Lucy on the phone. “I’ll try to find another way. I’ll call Rindley again.” “Ok, love.” Brandon answered and smiled. “I love you, Lucy. And I’m sorry for dragging you into all those problems.”“It is not your fault, baby. Actually, if not for me, you’d have never gone into that trouble.” Lucy said, since Brandon decided to start training because of her, then, he got ‘murdered’ because of her as well. “We were made in heaven.” Brandon laughed, feeling a sting on his flank. The adrenaline was not high anymore running through his veins. The doctor wanted to give him morphine, since he had a great wound on his side, but he denied it, with fear it might make him vulnerable.“Keep still, Brandon! I can hear you’re in pain!” Lucy nagged. “I’ll call my brother.” She finished the call with Brandon, but her heart was clenching, as if
"My children!" Gareth smiled and spread his arms wide, as if genuinely happy to see the twins and their mates."Father!" Gideon said and broke into a huge smile. “We have something new and we wanted to come and tell you in person.”Gareth looked from one to the other, and then, the four raised their hands and the rings gleamed in the ambient light. Gareth widened his eyes and raised his eyebrows.“Did you get married?” he asked, surprised."Yes! We couldn't take it anymore. After everything that happened, we decided it was necessary. I had no reason to keep putting it off.” Brandon spoke and sounded very calm.“Then… Then we need to celebrate!”For Brandon, it was very strange to have to look at that man who was in his biological father's body, but in reality, he was nothing more than a crazy doctor, capable of anything to put the crazy creations of his mind into action.A party was arranged and the four had to pretend that everything was fine, that they were a happy family.“So, any
The trip to Las Vegas was quiet and for just a few moments, they wanted to forget all the shit they were living in and focus on their happiness.Since Brandon agreed to work in that martial arts academy, his life has never been the same. In fact, since he had agreed to move back to Bloomington. He knew he would eventually have to go back to the family, living in the city that his family practically ruled.So he met Lucy. Lucy was the key point of everything. If it weren't for her, he would not have decided to learn to fight. If it weren't for her, he wouldn't have arranged an absurd fight with Damon Montgomery A, in this, was almost murdered by the young man's jealousy.Then he was saved and stayed for years in a place learning martial arts and how to use weapons. He came back powerful and assuming his twin brother's identity, which he only learned that he had the moment he had to be a new person. But then, he was not prepared for another surprise. His brother was alive and was named
Peter was more than shocked by everything he had just read. So he ran to the driver and asked him to take him to the Ashford mansion.Gideon was waking up next to Wanda and smiled to see his wife who would soon be his wife, sleeping quietly.'She's finally mine!' He thought proud. 'My wife. Just mine!'.When he was waking up Wanda with kisses, ready to have morning sex, someone knocked on his bedroom door and Gideon growled in frustration as Wanda laughed softly.“Good morning, Harold. What there was?" He asked angrily."Mr. Peter is down there and he said it is a matter of greatest importance." The butler spoke. "He is even having difficulty breathing."Gideon agreed with his head and inspired deeply.“Okay, tell him that I'm already going down, okay? Let me just take a shower. ”"Yes sir."Gideon closed the bedroom door and saw Wanda sitting on the bed, her breasts from the outside. He approached her more than he quickly and ran his tongue on one of the nipples."Love!"He laid her,
The car drove through the gates and soon parked. The men put Brandon and Gideon on the stretchers and when it was time to put Peter on, they made fun of him because he was shaking. “This one, poor guy… He was the most affected.” One of the guards spoke in a mocking tone. “Look at him, poor guy. So frail. He got in trouble just hanging out with the Ashfords.” “Ow… I'm straight, but these guys are hot.” “I wanted to be like this… I saw them awake. What a beautiful eyes! That must be why they get such beautiful girls!” “Are we going to have to inject them with more of the hallucinogen?” “The boss didn't say anything about that. They are sleeping. Let's put them in the rooms and wait for further orders.” The men continued to talk about subjects that neither Brandon nor Gideon were interested in. Once in the rooms, Brandon opened his eyes slightly and looked around as best he could. He figured he was being filmed, so he didn't wake up right away. He started to move, like he did in