"Young man, you don't come in here and tell me what to do. I owned this mall," Elijah said with a tint of arrogance that got Levi upset. "What did you just say to me?" He asked. Daring him to repeat what he had just said. He had the same eyes he always had when he was threatening someone. They were narrowed and from where Brittany always stood, something about them appeared more grey. Brittany wished she had a popcorn with her to enjoy it with all the drama going on. It was a fun sight to behold. She loved to watch how badly Levi wanted to punish them and she was eager to see how he would do it. "You heard exactly what I just said," he stood his ground. "Did you just say that this is your mall? Oh no! I have had enough of this." Angrily, Levi pulled out his phone and placed a call. He could take their humiliation. He could take them insulting him and calling him all sorts of names but the one thing he would not take is a brat with no idea how his uncle suffered to build the empir
"We are so sorry, sir!" James said, having no other choice but to apologize for his reckless actions. "Mr. James, I believe I didn't ask you for an apology. Now help me understand exactly what is going on here before I lose it. Did you not train these people at all?" "We did. We gave them all the training there is to acquire," James said, trying to defend himself and all he stands for at all cost. He had heard about Levi. He knew how ruthless the young man was. Even if he wasn't that ruthless, he knew that the man would follow after the footsteps of his uncle Gilead. If not why else would the man hire him to be his successor. What he didn't hear was how strategic he was when he felt pushed to he wall. And Levi was pushed by so many factors. He had been embarrassed in front of Brittany before but something about him being embarrassed in a store that was clearly his after he had brought her there just to convince her of his true identity left him very upset. He wanted to get his rev
"Bri," Levi moved sluggishly towards her. He crawled, ignoring the pain that coursed through his body as he took a step. "Bri, wake up!" His heart was beating faster than he could count. He could hear the thumping rhythm. He needed desperately for her to be okay. They had just begun a new friendship, he couldn't lose her after telling her everything about himself. He couldn't lose her... He just couldn't lose her. "Brittany, wake up!" He shouted when he finally got close to her. But before he could touch her, he was dragged back by a pair of strong hands. "Let me go!" He kicked and thrashed, not knowing who was coming to get him. "Sir, calm down. It's me, Mark," from the voice, he could tell who it was. Immediately, he sprang his head to look at his bodyguard. He could not understand how the man always showed up whenever he was in trouble but he could tell that he was very excited. "Mark, you need to save her. She isn't breathing," Levi said once he was fully out of the car
Levi waved at Mark once he was able to site him. He sat across a table for two and Levi couldn't help but wonder why he wasn't waiting at the bar. "Hey, why are we sitting here?" He asked. "Well, I just figured you'd be more comfortable here than at the bar."Levi pulled out a seat and sat. He was tempted to ask why he would say that, but he shrugged it off immediately the feeling came. "So what are we drinking?" He asked, raising the bottle that stayed on the table. "Umm, beer. Do you like that?" "Yeah, it's good." "How is your friend?" Mark asked as he took a sip of the drink. He didn't bother to pour it into mug. The feel of the bottle on his lips gave him a strange feeling. "Oh she is good. The doctor said she is going to be fine. She just needs to be under close monitoring but she just has some skin injuries.""Oh I'm glad to know that she will be fine," Mark said and meant it. He could see that Levi cared deeply for the young woman and it would be a sad thing to see her
Levi and Mark turn to see what the noise is about. "I think it's coming from outside," Mark said after a while of searching to see what happened. Immediately, he stood up and yanked his belt to the front. "Sir, get behind me. I need to get you out of here right now!" He said and pulled out his gun, holding it ever so slightly to avoid it being noticed. The noise caused a state of disarray in the bar yet no one knew exactly where it was coming from or what caused it. Mark took slow steps towards the door, scanning the room as he went. He walked slowly with Levi behind him till he got outside. "Where did you park?" Mark asked Levi once they got outside. "Have you forgotten that my car was bashed? Plus, I think I have found the source of the noise," Levi said pointing at a car that laid waste on the road. Mark placed his gun back into his trousers and walked with Levi to the scene of the crime. It was a black toyato. It looked exactly like the car Levi drove and the car was hit
Shivers ran down Levi's spine as he stared at the message. He wasn't worried for himself, he was worried for Brittany. The culprit knew where he was and they had access to his phone, it was only a matter of time before they get to find out about Brittany.If they hadn't already."Driver, go faster!" He yelled at the Uber driver. "Sir, I know this can be disturbing but I don't want you to worry about this. I am here to protect you." Levi could hear words coming out of Mark's lips but he didn't bother to know what they were. All he cared about was getting to Brittany and ensuring that she is safe. "Can you please stop talking?" He said when he kept mumbling words. "I need you to calm down, sir. This is all under control!" "No it's not. Don't you get it?! I am not worried about myself here. I am worried about a poor innocent girl that will be caught in the middle of all these simply because of me. She doesn't deserve this and I need to ensure that she doesn't get hurt." "I highly
Levi hurled into the hospital, bypassed the front desk receptionist without answering her questions as to whom he was looking for and he ran straight to Brittany's room. Mark followed right behind him while ensuring that they were no deadly looks from anyone in the room. Levi arrived at Brittany's hospital room only to find an empty room. "No, no, no!" He muttered and ran inside. Mark followed right behind him, confused as to why the room was empty. Could Levi's enemies really have taken her? How did they find out where she was? Was the truck driver a bait for them to get to know more about Levi's movements? He couldn't wrap his head around what was happening. "Brittany! Brittany! Brittany!" He screamed while running around the room and opening any doors he found. He checked the bathroom and he still could not find Brittany. "No. They have taken her!" He said to Mark, losing breathe."I don't think so. Remember, we saw the car outside so they must still be around somewhere. We
Levi stared at the woman again. His brain took time to understand what she was saying. She knew where Brittany was. Was she part of the gang that took her? Is everyone in the hospital a spy? He could not pinpoint and say who they truly were but for their own safety, he hoped they were not responsible for what Brittany's disappearance. "Where is she?" He finally managed to ask after keeping mute for a while. "Well, she was not kidnapped. She was only moved to another room. You know if you had asked me before running into the hospital, you would have known that they are already." Levi went mute. He could feel his heart beating less and less. Brittany was okay.Though he couldn't confrim the information and so he said,"Which room is she? Take me to her?" "Yeah, I can't do that. It's not my job," The receptionist could somehow tell that the man standing in front of her had enough money to buy the hospital she worked in. She knew that rich people were usually very arrogant and auth
"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