“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
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