"For the last time, you have got to stop saying that, I have told you countless times that it is very stupid.""Then is your idea better? Are we to just sit by and watch that bastard take away everything?!""Of course not. We just have to take a more mature approach.""Okay, so pray tell, what is your proposal?""Thank you. Since it is very obvious that he would do anything for his family, I say we give him an offer he won't be able to refuse.""Money? I already tried, The greedy bastard refused.""Oh did he now?""Yes, he threw my cheque right at me.""And what was your offer?""Five million dollars for the buffoon to leave Ivy and not look back!""It's no surprise he refused. Anyway, I'm not talking about money my simple minded friend. I have no money to give to the likes of that boy, I'm talking about a more serious offer, one that he won't have a choice than to dance to our tune.""Oh, I see.""Yes.""What do you need me to do?""For now, nothing. When the time is right for you to
"Mrs Mochi, how are you?" A slender, pale skinned woman approached Blanche with an animated smile on her face but the other woman just looked uninterested. "It's been so long." She said as she extended her hand which Blanche reluctantly took."Yes." She replied dryly."How have you been? I haven't seen you since Blake's wedding. How's the family?""Fine." She eyed the woman who was dressed in a simple dark dress…like she was always putting on. This one was dark brown with reddish tint all over it. Blanche wondered if that was all she had in her closet."What are you doing here?" She asked."Isn't it obvious?" Blanche replied with a cold look on her face."Right. I invited you to my party the other day but you didn't make it.""Yes, I was busy." She wasn't actually busy that day, she just didn't want to attend the party. "What were you celebrating again?""Oh it was the celebration for the grand opening of my mall." She announced proudly."Your…your mall?" She couldn't believe it. "You
Lucas could not believe that Blanche and called them for such a trivial reason…but then again, she was Blanche Mochi, the woman was a drama Queen."Mother, is that the reason you called for this meeting?" Ivy asked, anger written all over her face."What is that supposed to mean? Are you supposed to take it so lightly? I tell you something that is bothering my heart and you just make it sound like it's nothing? Have you no human feelings at all?""What? What is that even supposed to mean? You called us like it was the end of the world and now that we're here, you're telling me this?""Don't you know Mabel? She had nothing! I was the one giving her things. She always begged from us, and now she owns a mall…a very huge one. I have visited that shopping mall countless times and I never knew she was the owner. Do you have any idea what that means for me?""So what? You want your own mall?" Ivy asked sarcastically but her expression chnaged in an instant, almost like she knew what her moth
"Grover, what are you doing outside? Were you so eager to see me that you couldn't wait inside?""Not quite. Master Lucas was here when I got your text.""For real? Fuck, I had no idea.""Relax, he doesn't suspect a thing.""Good, then I hope you keep it that way.""Of course, I just hope our agreement still stands.""Definitely.""Good." Grover handed the other man a small envelope. "You get the other half when the job is complete.""That wasn't our deal, you promised full payment.""Well now I am giving you half, take it or leave it.""Fine. But you better pay up immediately I'm done.""Gladly."★★★Lucas still wasn't sure of what he had witnessed, although he didn't have the time to think about it because he had trouble waiting for him at home. As he got to the front door, he expected to hear the loud voice of his mother in-law but he didn't… in fact, he didn't hear anything at all, and that was odd.Walking into the living room, he noticed her entire family were seated. "You're
"You want me to forgive you right?""Of course.""And you want us to go back to the way we used to be, correct?""Yes. I an truly sorry for all that happened Marco, really. There was nothing I could do to stop them, I tried… honestly I really did.""It's okay Blanche, I'm willing to let bygones be bygones… but only if you're willing to do something for me in return."She didn't know what he wanted to ask for and honestly, she didn't care… all that mattered was that she ended the rift between them. "I'll do anything.""Good. Find a way to seperate Ivy from that boy. Do this, and all will be forgiven."★★★Ivy laid on their bright cream colored couch, staring at the ceiling. Lucas had stepped out to see Grover earlier and she was feeling bored to the nth degree. Ever since she sold the company, boredom had been her companion. She couldn't visit her mother because she knew it would end in a fight, and she didn't really have friends.She remembered Marco and her heart suddenly doubled i
"Hi, you came to to work today." Mike said as he sat across Lucas. He didn't even knock before coming in but he decided not to say anything about it."Yeah. I've been dealing with some things lately that's why." He replied simply."Well, it's always good to have you around.""Yeah. So, how are things here?""Good.""I'm asking for an update Mike, how are things in the company?" He noticed that whenever he asked how things were, Mike never went pass 'good', and before he didn't say anything but lately he felt the need to double check on things."There's not much to say other than they're good. Everything is going smoothly, and that's that. I would never do anything to harm the company, don't you trust me?""This is my company Mike, is it not?" He asked, folding both hands on his desk."Definitely, but I am your COO and I feel that I–""And is it a crime for me to ask about the affairs of my own company?""No.""Okay, then when I ask for an update, I am expecting a full, detailed accoun
"Mr Lucas Williams?""Yeah?" Lucas satred at the tall, dark policeman who eyed him with displeasure."You're under arrest." He announced as he reached for his handcuffs."What for?""The murder of Miss kelly Jacobs." As he heard that, Lucas felt cold all of a sudden. "Kelly's dead?" The officer ignored his question and proceeded in cuffing him."Anything you say can, and will be used against you in the court of law. Come with me sir." He led him to the patrol car parked in front of their apartment.Throughout the drive to the station, Lucas sat quietly at the back, still trying to process what he heard. Kelly was dead. Dead, just like that. That morning, he had told himself he would pay her a visit to see if she was ready to talk, and now she was dead… and somehow he was the suspect.When they arrived at the station, he was taken to the interrogation room where a detective was waiting for him.He sat down and stared at the man in front of him. He wondered how he was a suspect when he
"Lucas, what the hell is going on? Why are you being suspected for Kelly's death?" Ivy questioned on the drive back home. She had been going on about how she was upset that he would keep such a thing from her, and that she was suspicious of his behaviors lately."I have no idea!" He still hadn't been able to accept the fact that Kelly was dead just like that. He never actually liked her but he never wished her death at the same time."What is going on with you Lucas? I don't seem to understand you anymore. Ever since my mother suggested we go on a trip to Georgia, you turned yourself into a stranger at home. You barely talk to me and you never eat at home anymore. Does it bother you that much that I finally agreed with my mother on one thing?!"He kept mute. With the way Ivy was getting steamed up, pouring out his mind would only make things worse and he wasn't in the mood for a fight."What the hell is my offense huh?" She continued. "Tell me, cause I really want to know. Why are you