"Stop barking!"
Levi growled, held Dustin's collar and pushed him against the wall.
His eyes were bloodshot.
"What? You pathetic trash! Wanna hit me? Well, you have an old mother living in the slum,right? Touch me one finger,you'll see what I can do!"
Levi's hands clenched into fists. His fingernails sank into his palms until his hands were bleeding.
"Don't you dare!"
"You'll see!"
Dustin sneered at Levi.
Levi glared at him,breathing heavily,loosened his hand slowly.
He couldn't take the risk of putting his mother in danger...
"One day,I'll make you regret it!"
Gritting his teeth, Levi walked out of the apartment.
He didn't want to be with the two disgusting creatures for one more second.
The sudden sound of his phone ringing brought him out of his line of thought.
"Hello," Levi said.
"Levi, I need you to come home right now." It was his mom.
“What is it?”
"You'll know later. Be quick!"
Levi took a deep breath, took the next bus back to his mother's house.
"Hey mom," Levi walked to her.
"Why did you call me to come back home?"
"Because I wanted you to meet someone."
"And who is that?"
"Why not come into the house and see for yourself? Stop standing outside like a stranger."
The pleasant smell that filled the room announced the presence of a rich man. He smelt like money and the man had a lot of it.
"Mom, who is he?" Levi asked.
"He is your uncle," his mom replied with a smile on her face.
"My uncle?"
Since when he suddenly got an uncle? His mother never spoke of any of her family.
"Yes. He has been looking for us for a while now."
"Levi, perhaps your mother hasn’t told you about this”,the man spoke,with tears in his eyes.
“Your mother, my sister, eloped with your father when she fell in love with him and got pregnant for him.We couldn’t find her since then,even when your grandparents died”,he paused,and sighed deeply,”You’re the only family I’ve got now.”
Levi looked at his mother who seemed sad, didn’t say anything ,waiting for him to continue.
“You see,I’m getting old. And as such, I will need to hand over my company to someone. Since I have no son of mine, I have decided to make you the president of my company so that you can start learning the ropes of the company."
“Oh,by the way, my name is Damon Gilead, but you can call me Gilead. I’m the owner of Corsair Real Estate."
"What?!" Levi's mouth fell open.
Corsair Real Estate.
That's the biggest real estate company in the province.
"You mean it?!" Levi asked, perplexed,"But I can't…"
“You can,”his uncle smiled,”You’ll have assistance.”
"Here," he took out a card from his pocket and handed it over to Levi.
"What's this?!"
"That card contains 100 million US dollars for you to spend as you please."
"Oh my God!" Levi squealed.
"Is this real?!" He turned to his mother and the woman just nodded her head with a smile on her face.
Levi held the card in his hand firmly,saying with a trembling voice,”thank you,uncle.”
He didn’t know what else to say. He couldn’t even believe it’s true.
And as far as he knew, Corsair Real Estate was the same company that Dustin and Ella worked for.
What would their faces look like when they found this big surprise?
Levi couldn't hold back the uprise of the corner of his mouth.
"So what do you say?" His uncle asked.
"I'll accept it!" Levi nodded firmly,trying to keep his calm.
"Good! We need to introduce you to the entire team then. Tomorrow by 8. Be ready. My driver will pick you up."
Levi nodded.The time has come for his revenge to begin. He knew he would make it.But didn't expect it to be so soon...The next day.In front of the branch company of Corsair Real Estate. "Why in the world are we standing out here? I have work to do," a young lady complained. "We all have work to do, and you don't see the rest of us complaining, do you?" A coworker replied to her."Well, maybe it's because your work is not as important as mine is." "Can someone just tell me what we are doing here?" The coworker kept quiet. She too wanted to know why she was brought out of her office so early in the morning. But she was more interested to know why the general manager, vice general manager, and five departmental managers were standing outside with them. "We are here to welcome the newly elected president," Ella said with pride laced in her voice. "And now do you know that?" The lady asked. "Because the media manager told me," she said confidently. "Who, Mr. Dustin?" Ella tur
Levi could see the confused looks on everyone's faces, and he didn't blame them. He, too was confused when his uncle first broke the news to him. "What did you just call him?" The general manager asked with a sneer on his perfectly manicured face which didn't surprise Levi. "I called him master." The secretary said again. "And why in the world would you call him that?!" He retorted. "Where is Mr. Gilead? Tell him that we need his attention right now!" "Unfortunately, Mr. Smith, my boss, will not be around for a long time. He has handed over the company to Mr. Levi over here." "What?!" The man bellowed. "This no good piece of shit gets the company. After all my hard work and dedication, he finally gives it to this no-good idiot!" All Levi could do was to raise an eyebrow."What does he even know about the company?!" "I would watch the way I speak to him if I were you!" The secretary spoke up. "He is the one in charge now!" Mr. Smith looked like a bucket of ice-cold water was p
"What? You can't do that to me!" "Josh, please call security to throw these rascals out of my company." Levi walked away after his statement, but he didn't go far before the vice general manager stopped him."Good morning, sir." The humility of his voice made Levi stop and turn. He remembered the man as the one his uncle told him had good values. "Don't be scared, sir. From today on, you will be the new general manager. My uncle wanted me to thank you for being loyal and true to the company. He said that your good deeds had not gone unnoticed," Levi said with a smile on his face"Oh my! Thank you so much sir!" The man said and almost hugged Levi out of excitement. "This promotion means so much to me and my family. Thank you very much sir!" He added joyfully.Levi smiled, patted his back and walked away with happiness in his heart. ***The afternoon's heat was one of the things that made Levi despise leaving his company, but he had to go back to school. Upon arrival, he headed st
The president looked at Levi,smiling.Levi smiled with contentment."Thank you sir. I knew I could trust you to do the right thing." "Of course and please next time, don't hesitate to come to me if you have any problems." "Oh trust me, sir. I won't." Levi smiled, took a bow and left the president's office with happiness in his heart. He walked slowly back into the classroom and took his seat in the middle of the classroom. "Hey Levi, I can't believe you are here. Didn't Mr. Robin give you a punishment?" Jake asked as he brushed his dirty blonde hair out of his chiseled face so that he could see clearly with his blue eyes. He was Levi's best friend in school, always the concerned one. "Yes, I saw him talking to you after the end of the last class and you left very angry. What punishment did he give to you?" Claire asked. Levi looked at her and he still couldn't understand why she would decide to have red hair, especially since her dark brown eyes and her skin tone didn't go with i
"You throw me out?! Really, Levi I..."Before he could complete his sentence, the president's personal assistant came into the classroom. "Mr. Robin," he called out. "What is it?!" Mr. Robin screamed. "The president asked me to come tell you to evacuate the premises." "What?!" He asked and turned to look at him. "What the hell do you mean by that?" "The president fired you this afternoon and he asked me to come and throw you out of the school." "What?!" Mr. Robin asked, shocked. "I will go nowhere! I have worked in this school for years, you cannot kick me out like that." He kept screaming."Security, please come in and take this rascal out of here," the personal assistant said and Mr. Robin was dragged out of the premises. Levi looked at the scene with so much satisfaction. He turned to the class and the look of shock on their faces gave words to what they struggled to say. "Did Levi Strauss really get Mr. Robin fired from his job?" "What just happened?!" Levi's course mat
By this time, Levi was livid and he had gotten fed up with everything that Ethan was doing. "You know what Ethan, you have some nerves to talk to my friend in that manner?! Have you no respect at all?""You know Levi, if I were you, I would shut the hell up." Ethan sneered at him. Levi dug into his pocket, removed $5,000 and threw it at Ethan's face. Ethan looked at the money that fell to the ground and back to Levi's face. "What happened now?! Cat caught your town you little brat?!" Levi shouted. "I'm just wondering when you became a thief. I am also perplexed about who would be dumb enough to allow you to steal from them?" "That's enough!" A tiny voice screamed. It belongs to Brittany, the most beautiful girl in the class. "Ethan, we have all stood here and watched you humiliate everyone here and that's enough. I think you need to apologize to them." "Really?" Ethan's eyes widened in disbelief. "And who is going to make me?! You this Barbie doll?!"Brittany gasped. "Oh were
"Don't you think this place is too expensive? I mean, just look at the surroundings. It's...""It's exactly the kind of place we should be dining in. Can you please stop worrying?" Levi added and watched as Jake gave out a sigh. "Waiter," Levi beckoned on one of the staff. "Good evening sir." "Good evening, fine man. We are ready to order." "Okay, here is the menu," he said and handed the menu over to Levi. Levi took a glance at it and said, "I will get the Tomato Bruschetta on your starter pack. And my friend will get Caesar Salad. After the starter pack, I will have Grilled Salmon with Dill Sauce and please, can that come with a piece of lime?" He paused to ask the waiter. "Yes sir. I can tell the chef to include that.""Alright, that will be perfect. So I will get the Grilled Salmon for the main course of the meal and my friend will have Roast Beef with Vegetables. And for desserts, just bring us your Lemon Meringue Pie. Please bring a nice bottle of white wine. You look like
"I asked a question. Who are you and what do you want from us?" Still no one responded. "Who are you people working for?!" He asked again and still, no one responded. "I said...?" Before he could finish talking, one of the men, blessed with dirty blonde hair, slapped him across the face with the back of his gun. "Shut the fuck up!" He screamed and watched with no remorse as Levi coughed out blood. "Look," Levi spoke as his face was on the ground. "Whatever you are being paid, I will double it. Just tell me who your employer is."Again, he got no reply but the blonde haired man went back to his seat and Levi managed to get back to a sitting position. "Okay, I'll triple it," he said and saw as a man with dark black hair looked at him with interest in his eyes. He immediately knew that he had to ride on that. "Quadruple." "Are you serious about that?" The man asked. "Of course I am. Just tell me who your employer is and I will do the transfer.""We are being paid in dollars, yo
"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