In all his supremacy, Ric was lacking in a lot of areas, his family and friends were unable to benefit from his influence. Ric made a personal decision to change it."What else Sir?" the vice president asked the very distracted Ric as he sat behind his large desk lost in thought."Mr Maximillano!" She called again jolting Ric to consciousness."Say," Ric was stunned but he maintained his composure and responded very calmly."I was asking if there is anything else you would have me do." She asked again."No," Ric's response was short and abrupt and the vice president knew that she was no longer welcome in his office so she excused herself and left him to himself.The day dragged and Ric returned home exhausted."Are you going to just lie lazy? Tell me how today was." Damon took it upon himself to bug Ric as usual.Infact, the reason Damien had gone to the room to trouble Ric was because he was really concerned about Ric and the fact that he still had no job to the best of Damien's know
Ric reiterated because the woman that spoke was not company he was willing to accommodate at the time, he could deal with her in the presence of her family members but she was a pain to him in person.The person that spoke was Roxanne, Aaliyah's cousin and the man that accompanied her was her husband.Roxanne was being adamant to Ric's response. For a moment, the staff contemplated what to do ; Roxanne and her husband had been long time customers of the restaurant as they often patronized the former and already had Value cards."Sir, are you with Miss Roxanne?" The disturbed waitress asked Damon who had initially placed the other for the table, completely ignoring Ric.Damon heaved a sigh and looked at Ric for a response. Damon had no intention of coming between Ric and his new family to be by law so he was at a crossroad on the side to take."The table of five is fine." Roxanne said overriding the veto power the waitress had given to Damon to decide the tune of the music. "I bet he
The Salvatore family heir can handle this bill, right? Roxanne reflected as she watched Aaliya kiss Ric on his cheek as a greeting and relax with her friends.Aaliyah and Ric had agreed to act like they were in love to avoid unnecessary attention and questions from friends, family and the media. They already had their perfect story of how they met and fell in love.Love had to be the only logical explanation to which the young mistress of the Gullathova family was marrying a young man with an unpopular surname.“You look pale. Are you okay?” Aaliya asked with concern, unaware of the game going on in the background. “Glad of you to join our little charity!” Roxanne exclaimed, spiteful and almost shouting. "I suppose, darling. The heir to the Salvatore's estate wouldn't mind feeding an extra mouth.” Aaliya frowned and raised her brow as she turned to face Lisa. Lisa shrugged, implying that she knew nothing about what was going on. Roxanne's husband, Reynold, gave her a forced smile
Camille was shocked when he heard Ric's order and he did not blame Reynold for declining and walking away. If he was in Reynold's shoes, he would have done exactly the same thing.He would not indulge in such a petty game of millions of dollars even if he had the money yet Ric played about with several hundreds of millions of dollars like he was ordering drinks in the thousands of dollars.Camille was both stunned and impressed, he wondered who Ric really was.Damon on the other hand swallowed hard mirroring Aaliyah’s concern. Damon had joined in the game earlier but he had not expected Ric to take it this far.Sometimes Damon wondered if he really still knew who Ric was."You did not have to order extra three bottles that is a lot of money." Aaliyah complained to Ric but Lisa and the other ladies beamed with smiles. They liked a man who was willing to spend in the hundreds of millions and never
Damon took the details sensing that Frank didn't want to make the transfer the money himself and sent it to Camille.When Camille received the money in his account, he was shocked.Had Frank not said that the three would split the bill?Instead Damon had already transferred half a million dollars to his account. Enough to foot the bills and leave a lot if extra. "You sent half a million dollars?" Camille could barely contain his excitement, not only was Ric a rich man, he also had rich friends that could throw money about."He did?" Frank frowned slightly and feigned ignorance.When Lisa and the other girls heard the figure, they wished they had joined in the contribution so maybe one of their accounts would have been used but it was too late to opt in. The bill was already cleared by one man."It's actually—" Damon started but Frank interrupted him."Nothing right? I know it's no big deal for you but still." Frank communicated with his eyes and Damon put the pieces together, Frank
Back at the table, Ric's phone beeped with a notification after the man dropped the call.Ric read through the message in his mail through his smart watch and didn't touch his phone, he didn't take action immediately rather, he sat in his place and sent a text to Frank.Ric knew that someone was watching him so he rather sat in his place and looked around not giving them the satisfaction of seeing him react to a phone so they could not single him out."Thank you for the treat, I will leave first, I have to drop Lisa off before heading home." Camille said rising to his six feet three length.Lisa and Camille did not live in the same house despite their relationship. Camille did not live in his family's mansion, he had his own rented apartment were he enjoyed his freedom."We should really Thank Reynold and Roxanne for their kind gesture," Ric mocked and everyone l
Aaliyah decided to silently trail Ric because she still had her doubts and suspicions about his identity. Often questions that came to her mind were about his identity and where he had emerged from to earn her grandfather's trust so much."Where is he headed this late in the evening and why does he not want to go home with his friends?" Aaliyah sat alone in her car tracking the vehicle on her app and following the route the driver had taken.She was determined to find out who Ric was that evening and what he was up to. Just as she was still following the car, she noticed the ride had ended at a certain superstore.It took Aaliyah a little while to get there but when she did, she didn't find Ric there,"Damn it!" Aaliyah hit the steering wheel upset that she had lost track of him. Upset she pulled her car in reverse and the scream of someone made her step on the break instantly.She had been so dismayed that she had not looked in her rear view mirror to scan the area before attempting
Ric arrived at the location and it was still live. It was a lonely alley and he pulled up the fancy car he rode in several streets away not to draw too much attention while he played the role of knight in shiny amour in the dark night. Aaliyah was there.Ric did not go to her rescue because he felt a connection with her rather he had gone there because he knew the implications if anything happened to her on his account.Afterall she had stayed out late from home on his account and if something was to go wrong he would shoulder the blame because he was very bad at aportioning blame, he was used to taking responsibility for others, that was how he had ended up behind bars for six month."And who do we have here?" A female voice echoed through the empty hall where Aaliyah’s location had stopped.He looked around and saw no sign of anyone not even the speaker. It was normal for Ric to remain calm and c