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
Ellie walked through the office door with a huge smile and deposited a tablet in front of Brandon. He raised his eyebrows and looked at what was being shown on the screen of the device and smiled as soon as he read the information. “So Montgomery stock is plummeting.” He said and smiled, satisfied. "Definitely. The company is suffering retaliation for the behavior of the Head of the Family, even though he is no longer in charge of the business.” Brandon nodded in agreement. "I have nothing against Devon Montgomery, however he should have raised his son better." he said and looked again at the tablet. “Keep them like that, Ellie. I want people to remember that the Montgomery Family is not what they show off. They are dirty.” Ellie sat on the couch, her arms open. She leaned back and crossed her legs. If Brandon and her were not so good friends, her movements could seem quite sassy. But none ever felt an ounce of desire for each other. "Do you think Lucy would approve of that, Bra
Brandon stopped the car at the door of the establishment and Chung-hee was already waiting for him, with a frown. Brandon didn't like the news at all, and would have gone sooner if he could.“Was the damage too great?” he asked, after bowing to Chung-hee."Not a lot. But he left a clear warning, here.” Chung-hee said, worried.Upon entering the gym, it was possible to see that the place had suffered damage. Apparently someone had broken in and broken into the place, however Chung-hee knew that this was not the work of a simple thief or troublemaker."Is this ‘their’ work?" Brandon asked and Chung-hee nodded, pointing to the office. When Brandon walks in, the first thing he sees is the black rose."They're already in the country, Brandon, and they know where we are."The case was serious, because if they knew about the academy, there was no guarantee they didn't already know about Brandon's location. Especially since he's been exposing himself a lot, picking up Lucy from college, givin
One of Kayle’s friend, Diego, told him about seeing Brandon around. Kayle knew it would be impossible, since Brandon was dead, so he went to the university to try to find something about it. He got to know that the man was called Friedrich Ashford and was the most important man in town, now. Doing some research, Kayle thought it was interesting, because there was not much about this man, but then, the Ashford family have always been very discreet. Their private life was almost a mystery to people. There was no mention about Brandon, so, why would it have about Friedrich, until he got to be the CEO of the Ashford Company? No, there was nothing that could justify him believing Friedrich was not real. ‘He must be Brandon’s brother’, he thought. If they looked like, it was normal, after all, they were blood related, right? Kayle decided to wait around and see. Diego told him that this Ashford guy was talking a lot with Lucy and that even Damon Montgomery picked a fight with him the oth
He was taken inside Brandon's residence, and looked around curiously. Remembering how Brandon lived in poverty, always with that hungry face, worn-out clothes, working low-paying jobs, he wondered why. Was it all pride? Was Brandon Ashford so proud that he wouldn't accept help from his own family? Or did they do something to get him to reject them?Not even Kayle's house, before his family lost everything, came close to Friedrich Ashford's. It was smaller, of course, than Ashford Manor, but still, it was an imposing house and the best Kayle had ever seen. He imagined Damon’s face if he could see that. The house in itself was enough to prove that Friedrich was way richer than the MontgomerysHe was led into a huge room, where Friedrich was sitting at the piano, with a glass of whiskey on top of the instrument. The song he played was Moonlight Sonata. Kayle wasn't a man who appreciated classical music, but this was his mother's favorite and therefore he knew it very well.Brandon listen
The next day, Brandon decided he was going to talk to Lucy about something important. He wanted their relationship to be more serious, because even though she saw him as Friedrich, he was still Brandon and he couldn't bear to know that officially, she was still tied to the damn bastard Damon Montgomery.If Damon was just an ex-boyfriend, or the fiancé she didn't love, okay, it would still be bad, but not so bad. The problem was that the man was a bad person. He had ordered someone killed, simply out of jealousy. Not even Brandon, after all he'd been through, would order to finish someone off like that for such a futile reason.Of course, he occasionally felt like punching Damon, just because the man had the gall to lust after Lucy. And so, he thought that if he went that route, he'd have to beat pretty much halfway around the world, since Lucy, in Brandon's eyes, was a woman desirable to any and every man.As he waited for her outside the college, his heart almost stopped. She was bea
*FLASHBACK*Kayle looked at Brandon, who was prostrate on the ground amid the puddle of rain, which was turning redder and redder as the blood drained from the boy's body.Despite the fact that he had beaten up not only Brandon but other people several times, Kayle had never killed anyone. Seeing a person with glassy eyes, staring at nothing, knowing he was responsible for that, was a more than traumatic moment for him. However, he didn't have time to think hard, as a person's scream echoed."Hey! What is going on over there?”Kayle nearly tripped over his own feet, but managed to get out of there without looking back.The man who saw a strange movement and decided to approach, almost choked when he saw a young man lying on the ground, bleeding and, apparently, dead. He called 911 and waited.The ambulance didn't take long to show up, taking Brandon to the hospital. He had no documents other than his gym card. They called there, since it was there informing them that he was an employe
“Ok, can you talk to her?” Rindley asked Lucy while she was heading to the door, in order to go to university. “No, Rindley! She doesn’t want to talk about it.” “She saw me, Lu. Please… just try.” He was pleading and Lucy knew that Rindley was not one to ask favors like that, begging. “Fine, I’ll see what I can do.”“Thank you!” He said with a big smile. Brandon was already waiting for Lucy. He asked to get her to college and she said yes, of course. She wanted to be around him all the time. Sometimes, Lucy got confused, because Friedrich was very different from Brandon. As much as they looked like, Friedrich was much more confident, had a self control that Brandon was still learning. Riedrich was also much stronger, physically. Lucy had not seen him without his shirt, but she saw it opened and she spent the night dreaming about that. Then, sometimes, Friedrich would say and do things as Brandon used to do. Even their kiss was the same. Maybe Friedrich was a bit more… demanding,