Silverton CountyBrilliance Corporations, one of the companies owned by the Maron family. In the large conference room with dozens of chairs lined on both sides of the table were men and women clad in official business suits. They seemed to be aggrieved as they pointed at something on their tablets to the one seated on the chair meant for the president of the company. Aster, who had on a sharp red suit, her hair down and a file on the table with her head lowered on it, turned the pages, paying a deaf ear to their words. Her action angered the elderly men who claimed she was being insolent! "Your father has been the president of this company for years and something like this has never happened! Why is it that the company is about to be ruined in your hands?" "Nothing good can come from a girl child running a company! They should stick to being subordinates and helping hands to the males!" "Hey! Watch your language or you'll have it out with me? What nonsense do you mean by that?
Crest Ville Zane stopped his car before a bubbling bar. It was ten minutes past midnight and as expected, the place was bubbling with those who made a living from it and others who were just jobless, in search of the temporary enjoyment the place had to offer even though they'd be milked dry of their hard earned money. "Even a vile person like me finds it repulsing to be here." Zane huffed in exhaustion, alighting from the car. He slipped his keys into his pocket and walked into the club. It was his fifth day stalking the scoundrel called Kelvin. Zane thought he was just as annoying as his name sounded. "Bourbon please." Zane called out to the bartender whilst getting comfortable on one of the chairs stationed round the bar. The bartender got to work immediately and delivered the requested drink seconds later. Zane took it to his lips and drank from it, his eyes roaming the entire room in search of Kelvin."Looking for me?" He heard and swiftly turned around. Standing behind h
"Which department are you from?" Mercy asked Iris with a frown. Iris raised her eyes and shot the latter a warning look. Something in her eyes made Mercy go quiet as she watched Iris lower her head before Adair again. Adair on the other hand didn't acknowledge her as he kept on stomping on the captain leisurely. After a long time, he finally stopped and took two steps backward. Slipping both hands into his pocket, he glanced up at Iris with a dark smile and ordered. "Fire them all." Only then did something in everyone's head snap. Fire them all? They thought he was bluffing when they all felt their phones vibrate in their pocket. They took it out and much to their surprise, they realized the company had fired them without remorse. With bulging eyes, they all fell on their knees in front of Iris. "We- had no idea Collette Huxley was related to you, ma'am. In fact, we had no idea you were acquainted with her husband!" One of them cried out. Adair had long walked out with a stiff
In a penthouse "Mother!" Kelvin yelled happily as he walked into the house. Martha stood in front of the wine cabinet, pouring herself a glass of wine. "I can hear you even if you whisper, Kelvin." The woman sighed with a smile, taking the glass to her lips. The man grinned as he stopped in front of her, "I can't stop doing that." "You look excited. What is it?" Martha asked, dropping down her glass. "I'm just over the roof thinking of the look on Adair's face when I kill his men." Kelvin chuckled, reaching out to pour himself a drink as well. Martha merely smiled and took another sip from her glass. "How did you deal with Zane? Jordan has been following me around for a while now." "Adair must've put them up to it. I'm sure of it." Kelvin cackled, finding the action adorable. "As for Zane, I made my presence known to him. I bet he's feeling defeated because he didn't carry out his task well." Martha was about to say something when the phone beside her rang. She dropped the gla
"Where on earth did that good-for-nothing go!" Layla hissed for the nth time. It was a week already and she hadn't seen Adair ever since she blacked out in Kings Hotel. She didn't remember what happened that day other than the fact the family had dinner happily and returned home. After she woke up in the hospital, Adair had someone compel her to forget most of the things that happened that evening. Leaving only the good memories. With Adair's absence, a lot of things had been left undone. Things like the cooking, cleaning, overseeing things in the house and a lot more. Collette had to go to work everyday or cooped herself in her room when she returned. Benjamin on the other hand would stay with Layla and refuse to answer any of her questions regarding what was going on between Collette and Adair. At that moment, the man sat beside her, going through a magazine when a pillow got thrown at him. He picked it up and placed it beside him, then looked up at an annoyed Layla, "What do
In Martha's penthouse A shaken Aster watched as two people dragged away the three dead bodies in front of her. "What did you do to me?" She whimpered shakily to Martha. "I gave you a gift." Martha smiled from where she stood. "A gift which costs the live of others isn't a gift, but a curse." Aster replied, her hands lips trembling. The images of her sinking her teeth into the necks of those people, how she had drained their blood within minutes greatly haunted her. She wanted to stop. She really wanted to. But the fragrant smell of their blood kept on calling onto her and before she knew it, they became lifeless. "I don't want your gift. I want to be me. Return me back to normal!" Aster tried to scream, but her voice barely came out audible. Martha raised her eyes and stared at her for a long time before scoffing. As usual, she had her lips on a glass filled with whiskey. "If you see anyone who takes alcohol like water, that person is likely to be a vampire." She said out of n
Collette walked into the psychiatrist's office for a session just like she had been doing for the last one week.The psychiatrist, who was a woman, smiled at Collette the moment she walked in. "Welcome back, Collette." The name on the table read 'Dr. Susan'.Susan, who was penning down something on a jotter, put away the jotter and followed Collette with her eyes as she sat down. "How have you been feeling?" "Better. I think I'm coming to terms with my husband's hidden identity." Collette smiled forcefully, rubbing her palms on her laps. "That's good." Susan nodded and got up from her desk. She pulled a chair closer to Collette and sat opposite her. "Do you still have recurring nightmares about what happened that night?""Yes." Collette grimaced, meeting Susan's eyes, "But they aren't as vivid as before." "Well, that's an improvement." Susan uttered reassuringly. "And do you think you're strong enough to be in the same room with your husband once again?"Collette's grip on her go
Zane saw a familiar figure leaving Collette's psychiatrist's office and frowned. He waited until Martha was gone before walking into the office as well. The shape the office was in immediately told him there was something wrong. His nose was quick to pick out the smell of fresh blood. He trailed it to a dead body whose heart had been impaled with mahogany wood from the office's table. The man squatted beside Susan's body and felt her pulse. Her body was still a little warm which told him she had been dead for only a few minutes. Zane straightened up again and took out his phone, placing a call to Adair. "Susan is dead, Lord Adair." Zane reported as soon as the call connected."Don't waste any more time there." Adair merely ordered and hung up. From how he sounded, one would think he didn't care about the incident. However, he violently slammed his hand against the wall upon hanging up.Martha was acting fast. First she attacked Collette then went directly to the psychiatrist's o