"If you know what is good for you, I would advise you to take your hands off me," Levi looked at him with a death glare. "I'm sorry but I can't let you leave without a good feedback," Dustin had a threatening tone to his voice. "Look, I am desperate for help right now and you must help me. I must get what I came here for." Slowly it dawned on Levi that the man truly did not change and he never would. If he could comfortably command him when he was supposed to be begging, then he was still the pompous and proud man he knew. "Dustin, I owe you nothing but with the way things are looking, you will soon owe me an apology and if care is not taken, you will owe me some time in jail. Now, respect yourself and take your hands away from me." "And what happens if I don't, huh?" He threatened. "Look, you are so petty. All I am asking for right now is a bit of help from you. I won't even be doing much, seriously I won't. I just want you to give me a job. Is that such a bad thing to ask for. L
"What?" Mark tried to feign ignorance and hide the look on his face but his eyes had already been seen by Levi and he just couldn't hide it anymore. "Okay, what is going on? And don't you try to lie to me?" "I am not lying to you. Listen, I have an itch in my eyes. I am sure that is what you saw and you begun to assume that it's something else." Levi took threatening steps toward him. Finally, he stopped and said. "Now, listen here. I would not have you insult me this way by lying to me. So if you know what is good for you, I suggest you start telling me the truth and I don't want to hear anything else other than the truth."It would be embarrassing to say it, yes. He may even lose some manly points he had in front of LeviBut to Mark, Levi's trust was more important than anything else and he any small thing could make him lose it. He was not ready to lose any. "Okay, fine. I was a bit jealous that it was them to got to protect you from such impending harm and not me. I mean, it'
"Sir, I have been looking everywhere for you!" Levi heard a voice from behind him as he tried to concentrate on what he would be doing for the day. "Okay, what is going on?" He lifted his face to see his manager, Steven pacing and gasping for breath. He looked like he had been running just to get to him. "And why are you breathing so hard?" He asked concerned. "Well, I did not know that the event was to start a bit later. I thought it was to start now and that's why I was rushing.""Cause you thought you were late?" "Exactly. I wouldn't want to miss an event like this." "Maybe because you know that I will not take it lightly with you. Anyways, you should have just looked at the schedule I sent to you. It had the time there." "Yeah, but I thought that was the time for the event to start. I didn't see that it was the time for arrival." "Well, it is." "But why are you in here instead of socializing?" "I was socializing," Levi lied. The part of being famous was having to socializ
Turning around, Steven was met face to face with the one they addressed as the Viper. He could clearly see that the man belonged to a club that could be considered as illegal. He had a fierce look, a deadly glare and his body was lined with tattoos, the unsettling ones that would remind anyone not to mess with him. And he was walking directly towards Levi. Could he have known who Levi was and what they were trying to do? Did he get a hint that maybe they were trying to ruin him? Steven scattered his eyes looking for Mark. Still, he could not see him anywhere and he wondered how they would get out of it if the man ordered his men to start a fight.Steven turned his eyes to stare at Levi and he found nothing but anger and disgust in his eyes. The young man was always fierce and determined. He never allowed any man to deter or scare him. It was one of the things he loved so much about her." "Does he know about what you are planning to do?" Steven whispered. "No, but I know he is goi
"Sir," Steven whispered, holding back his hand. He could sense that trouble was about to start and Levi was not going to back down. Even when he knew very well that he should. Levi could feel him holding his hand, trying to hold him back from saying the words he wanted to say but the words he wanted to say would leave a dent in the heart of that man and that was exactly what he wanted. He couldn't allow the man to come to him and threaten him at his own event. That was something he wasn't going to allow to happen and worse, he wanted to do it in front of Susan. That would just fuel the woman up some more. "What happened, Mr. Strauss? Cat caught your tongue?" Angus taunted as he begun to think that maybe Levi was backing down because he did not want a fight with him. "Oh no. I am just trying to see the perfect way to tell you that your little woman here is nothing but a slut and a cheat. I won't be surprised if you later learn that she is cheating on you with someone else." Immedi
"How many times have u told you to never touch my chest in public?" He said while squeezing her hand. "Argh," Susan winched in pain. "Please, you are hurting my hand." She said while trying to move out of his grip but Angus wasn't letting go. Levi could see that the grip was strong from the look of pain on her face. "What have I always told you about touching me in public?" He asked "You said I shouldn't be doing it." She answered speedily hoping that he would let go of her hand after she was done answering. But that wasn't the situation. Somehow, she was still made to go through the pains as before. "Please, I am sorry. I won't ever touch you again. Please, Angus my hand," she cried out. "And now you have the audacity to call me by my name?" He said and twisted the hand some more. No one dared to stop him or object to it and Levi did not try to as well. He was happy to see her in pains. After everything that she had put him through, she deserved to have her own dose of hurt. "
Levi did not like how comfortable Angus was getting with him. He felt like the man had something up his sleeves. Something mischievous, if he was very correct and nothing about it sounded even remotely nice to him. "Now, if you don't mind dear friend. I am going to find my way back to my seat. You have a swell time now," he said with a smile and left the room. Immediately, he left, Levi sighed. "Can you believe this guy?" He said to Steven. "Yeah, he must be crazy if he thinks he is going to get you to be friends with him," Steven added. "It's not just that. He actually believes that we can be friends and I know that he means something else by that." "How do you mean?" He asked "Well, let's not be deceived here. Of course he wants something else. That man is trying to threaten me and I won't allow him to do that without any damages." "Or could it be that he just wants to be friends with you?" Levi turned abruptly to face him. "Have you not been listening to me say that this m
"It's weird if you keep looking at her like that," Steven said, drawing Levi's attention to the deep gaze he had on her. "I know," Levi snapped out of it. "I just can't get this feeling that she is up to something off my back. It really feels like she is up to no good, can't you feel it?" "No," Steven chuckled. "But I can feel the different pair of eyes that are on you right now," he stifled a laugh while trying to look straight. Immediately, Levi looked around and he saw the faces that were staring intently at him. He could understand why he was suddenly the center of attention. He invited half of the people in the room and he was becoming oddly famous in town, no wonder everyone wanted to get to know his gist. Slowly he kept his face straight and tried to push to the back of his mind, whatever it was that Brittany was doing. Placing his focus on the moderator, he heard the young man say "...sold to the fine gentleman in the third row to on the back. Trust me, you are going to m
"So are you ready for it?" Gilead said as he approached Levi. "Yes uncle. I believe I am." "You must know how proud I am of you. You do know that right?" "Yes I do." Levi did not care of he was just father or his uncle. Since he came back into his life he has always treated him like his own son. He cared for him, gave him a bodyguard when people threatened his life. He did everything for him and never wanted to stop. He was more than happy that the man was just in his life and he did not care if he lied about being his uncle. "We should start going if we don't want to be late.""Yes. You are absolutely correct." Levi said. "Thank you for everything you have done for me, thank you." He said and walked away, heading straight to Brittany's room. "Did you ask him?" She asked when he got there but Levi could not answer. He was too mesmerized by the beauty standing in front of him. Everyday he saw new beautiful features in her and always asked himself how he ever got so lucky. "You lo
"Do you think that will work?" Levi asked. "It has to work because if that bastard does anything to my mother, I promise you it will be the last thing because I will use my own hands to kill him." "Okay, you just need to calm down now. I'm sure he will be able to..." Levi did not finish his statement when Brittany got another call. "Who is that?" Levi asked. "I don't know. Let me answer?" She said and picked the call. "Hello," Davina's voice was heard from the other side. "Davina." "I'm glad you already know who I am. Meaning that I don't need to do any sort of introduction, right?"."I'm guessing Henry gave you my number, isn't that right?" "Now now miss, it's not good to address your own father by his first name. That is disrespectful." "When that same father kidnaps my mother and wants to use her for randsom, I will do whatever the hell I want to." "Oh that is hardly kidnapping. What we are about to do will benefit you as well, you know." "How will lying to Levi to steal
"What? Today?" She asked. "Why?" "Well the company is having a party today and my uncle wants to use that opportunity and transfer the company and everything it holds to me. So you see, if we don't do this before that time, unfortunately, we may not be able to get what we want from this plan." "Wow, babe that's wonderful news. Congratulations!" Brittany said and ran to hug him. "Thank you but you did hear the other things I said right. We need to get this correct if not, it will not be funny." "Yes I hear you. I understand everything that you are saying. But I still think the time is too short. Don't you think she will notice and if she does and eventually finds out what we are trying to do, you know that every plan we have will be ruined like that. I honestly don't think we should do this." "We have no other option. It's either we do this now or we forget about it totally. Look, babe I believe in you. I know you can convince her. You just need to try and give it your all." "I h
Levi got home late because they had to stop by and get dinner. By the time he arrived, his uncle was already fast asleep. The young man walked into his home and slept peacefully with his woman till the next morning. As the sun rose, so did Levi but when he turned, he realized that Brittany was no where to be found. He turned around on his bed and saw a note beside him."Hi, baby. If you wake up before I am done, just know that I am in the kitchen cooking." He smiled when he finished reading the message and he proceeded to move to his kitchen. He was not able to make it because his uncle was waiting for him in the palour.."Is everything alright uncle?" He asked from the way the man stared at him. "You walked out on me yesterday. And you are yet to apologize." "I am so sorry sir. It's just that Brittany was in danger and I had to go save her." "I know. Jake told me everything. Listen to me. It does not matter how upset you are. You should never hold a woman the way you did yesterd
"What?!" Officer Joseph shouted. "Sir you can't fire me." He said"But I just did. Young man, you made an illegal arrest and you did not even go there with your partner because you know that he would have called you out on your bullshit. No, you decided to go with a rookie who would not agrue with anything you did. Not only did you not just defame the law, you made a fool of it and I will not tolerate any sort of nonsense in my force." "But sir. I was just...""If you say you were doing your job one more time, I promise you I will have you locked up." "Sir, if I may," Levi said as he pulled himself upward from his chair. "What could that be sir?" "Sir, I would love it if officer Joseph here could tell us exactly what it is that he did to ensure that he had strong evidence to back up his claims." "What?" Officer Joseph said in shock. "Well, you keep saying that you were only doing your job so now I want to know, what exactly did you use as evidence to arrest my woman with? Becau
"Okay, I don't really care about all these nonsense. I just want Brittany to be released. Can you guys please just do that before you think of what to do to this riff raff?" Levi said angrily. "Oh certainly sir." Jayden said but before he could move, he stopped when his name was called. "Officer Jayden, the commissioner is around and he is requesting to see you." "Okay, thank you." "Oh I see that the commissioner is around. Release Brittany and we will all go see him together." Levi said. "The commissioner?" Officer Joseph said, shaking. He was slowly realizing what he had gotten himself into. "Yes, the commissioner. Oh are you shaking right now. Please don't shake. After all, I can't do anything to hurt you neither can I even fire you. So don't worry, you are definitely in safe hands." Levi said mockingly and walked away to meet Brittany as she walked out of the cell that Jayden was opening. Jayden opened the cell immediately and Brittany ran out. She hugged him tightly, scare
Levi got to the station before the commissioner did and immediately he got there he walked hastily into the station. He did not say a word to anyone because he knew the station well enough. It was the same place Davina had stayed when he got her arrested.The man walked straight, ignoring all calls from other police men till he was eventually stopped by one. "Sir, you can't go back there. That is where we keep the criminal," the young man said while holding him. "Sir, first of all, you will need to tell me who you want to see and then I will be the one to either allow you to meet this person or not." Levi stood without talking, waiting for him to be done with whatever he was saying. "So sir, what I am saying is that you will have to come with me and give me information as to why you are here," the man explained again, thinking that Levi did not understand him the first time. "Oh don't worry Dave, I know exactly who he is here to see," beside him, Levi heard the voice that he was
"Levi Strauss!" The voice of his uncle brought him back to reality as he looked and saw that the man was boiling with anger. "Uncle," he said. "Have you gone out of your mind?" The man screamed. "When did you start holidng women by their necks and trying to kill them?" He said angrily. Levi looked at him. He did not know if Davina was lying when she said that he was his father. And he did not care to know..all he knew was that he was angry, boiling with anger and having him around was not going to solve his problem or make Brittany to be released from jail. Angrily he left the scene and ran upstairs. "Levi! Come back here!" He ordered but the young man was far gone. His uncle stood there in shock. He did not understand what was happening but he knew that he had never seen Levi is a disrespectful child and for him to walk out on him when he was talking was something he never thought the man would do. "What the hell has gotten into that boy? Is it me that he just ran away from?" H
"Please take her away!" The leader said. "Take your hands off her I say!" Levi said angrily and almost bounced on the man. The cocking of a gun by the leader brought him to an halt. He turned around to see the man holding a gun in her hand. "Step away from my partner or I promise you that I will shoot." "You actually have the audacity to point a gun at me?" Levi asked, his eyes turning red. "Levi!" Brittany shouted. "Levi, look at me!" She said, her hands behind her back, drawing Levi's attention to her. "Take care of my mom while I am gone and get me out of this as soon as you can." She said while being dragged out. "I won't let you spend up to an hour in there." He shouted as he watched her being lowered into the back of the police van and driven away. As the car zoomed off, Levi turned to Ivy. "You have the audacity to bring police officers into my home to arrest my woman." He said silently, taking slow steps towards her. "I had to do what I did for us!" Ivy said, not sca