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WITH his domineering aura, Damian went inside the Ferremento mansion. He was greeted by the guards and maids as all of them were in line at both sides. Veron was standing in the middle, his hands placed in his pocket.“Son,” called Veron, his voice laced with relief and longingness. “Finally.”“Father.” It was Damian who narrowed the distance between them. He walked in big steps toward Veron and gave him an embrace. “I already expected that we would be apart for a long time, but I still missed you, Father.”“You don’t have any idea of how much I missed you more, son. If not only for your request, I would have pulled you out of that prison and thrown you in a different country,” Veron replied, his tone serious. Veron let go of the hug afterward and stared at Damian’s face. “Your face doesn’t look so good. What exactly happened in the prison?”“Ah, this?” Damian asked, pointing at some of his scars and bruises. “I got this when I had fights with some of my inmates, but don’t worry, it
VERON stared at Damian for a moment upon hearing those words. He could sense the disgust in Damian’s voice, especially after their topic shifted to trust. Veron didn’t have any idea about what happened to Damian before, but one thing is for sure. It was traumatizing, causing his son to lose trust in everyone, including him. Sighing, he patted Damian on the shoulder. “Just be careful whatever your plans are. I can’t lose you again.” Damian grinned. “You won’t lose me, Father, especially after I do my next step.” “What is it?” Damian leaned toward Veron, narrowing their distance, and whispered his next plan. Or more like, Damian was asking permission for something. “Can I… do that?” Damian asked, his tone low after he was done muttering his plan to Veron. Veron wasn’t able to answer immediately. He was stunned, but unlike the first request Damian made before—which was to let him be imprisoned—Damian was requesting something he would benefit the most. “Son, you don’t have any idea
A FEW minutes ago, at the Medivien mansion, Ava wasn’t even aware of Veron calling for a press conference. She was in her bedroom, tucking Catela to bed.“You will be the one to bring me luck and wealth, Catela. And as long as they don't know who you really are, there will be no problem,” said Ava with a grin, caressing Catela’s fluffy cheeks. “I hope you will grow up as intelligent and kind as me.”After thinking about that, she remembered Carson, and his grumpy face before he immediately changed his clothes and went out of the mansion.“He didn’t even tell me where he was going, and acted like we weren't here at all,” Ava scoffed, looking at Catela. “Could there be a problem in the Ferremento Company? I hope he can sort it out. It could be a plus point to gain Veron’s trust, after all.”Ava smiled upon seeing Catela, who was now sleeping. She covered Catela’s body with a blanket, and went downstairs so she could find something to eat… Only to find her family in front of the televisi
Suddenly, the door opened, revealing Carson. He had a sad and annoyed look on his face, especially after seeing Ava and the things she was searching for on her phone.“Don’t start shit with me. I’m not in the mood right now,” Carson warned and placed the suitcase on the side of the bed. He went in front of the wardrobe afterward and started to remove his necktie.Ava stood up, ignoring Carson’s words, as she went beside her husband.“You know everything,” Ava muttered, the anger evident in her tone. “This is the reason why you wanted to eliminate Damian. It wasn’t because of his competence in work, but because he is Veron’s son.”Carson didn’t answer. Instead, he placed the removed necktie on the tab
ON THE other hand, Anya was shocked while looking at Damian. Her right hand was covering her mouth, and her eyes widened upon staring at the diamond ring Damian was holding.Anya also noticed that reporters were filming them from afar, but all she could see was Damian in front of her.She missed him so much that it hurt.“Don’t worry. It is fine if you reject me in front of them,” Damian said, pertaining to the reporters. “It will not make you a bad person if you decline for something you don’t want to do. I’m also aware that I’m being so fast, too, so I understand.”“Yeah… You are taking things too fast right now,” Anya agreed, her tone low. “You were just released from prison after
CARSON WAS taken aback after hearing Veron’s statement. He felt like there was a lump in his throat, so he couldn’t speak. However, despite how dazed he was, Veron’s gaze remained intimidating.But as Carson thought that it would be the most painful thing he would experience that day, Veron did something beyond Carson’s imagination.Veron slapped him, hard.“I treated you like my own son, and I tolerated your attitude for some time. However, you are clearly out of the line,” Veron said and gave Carson another slap on the opposite cheek. It was more impactful than the first one. “This is the payment for your disrespect.”“Dad!”“I never promised that you would be the heir if I wasn’t able to find Damian. Hence, I never promised you anything,” Veron added, his words piercing toward Carson’s heart. “If Carter will not take the role of being the heir, then I will give it to Leo… But not you.”“But you never addressed the rumors about me being the hidden heir! How could you explain that?!”
VERON ENDED the call afterward, making Damian’s brows furrow while looking at his phone screen. “I wonder what happened,” he couldn’t help but mutter.“Is there something wrong?” Anya, whom Damian didn’t notice was already beside him, asked. “You look tense after answering that call.” She glanced at the phone for a moment before her gaze moved to Damian again. “If it’s urgent, you can go.”“No. It’s not.” Damian shook his head. “It can wait.”Damian was about to place his phone in his pocket but stopped midway when Anya held his wrist. “It is urgent, isn’t it?” she asked again, her tone sweet yet authoritative.“It’s not, but I think something is wrong.” Damian sighed. “The call came from my father, and it is so rare for him to call like that.”“If you are that worried, then you should go to him. I can do it alone from here,” Anya told him with a smile.But she saw that Damian didn’t want to do it. She couldn’t help but smile, knowing that Damian didn’t want to leave her. However, she
AFTER SHOWING the hideout to Damian, Veron moved to the next agenda: Telling Damian about the mafia’s business operations. Although they were kinder and doing less horrible things than the other mafia organizations, it doesn’t mean they are kinder than everyone.Veron still needed to hold the dirt for the company’s sake.“You saw this earlier.” Veron pointed at the armory. “We have these weapons just in case someone attacks this place, but we also sell weapons in and out of the country. This is our main income source, thanks to your mother’s family.”“The Cornerstone family?” Damian asked, and Veron nodded. “Where are they right now?”“Far away,” Veron answered, playing it safe. “After losing their daughter, they didn’t want to be associated with the business industry anymore, so they handed me most of their weapons. They might be in hiding, but I’m sure that they are living a peaceful life.”“I’m sure that mother is happy to see them wherever she is, too.” Damian smiled.Veron also s
Hello, everyone! Damian and Anya's story ends here. Writing this story was a rollercoaster ride of emotions for me, especially after witness how Damian retaliated and had the happy he deserved. I'm also grateful to each of you for being with me from the start to end. I hope you enjoyed reading this one as much as I enjoyed writing it, too.As we close this chapter, I want you to know that I'm planning to write another story, soon. I'm outlining a new one, and it was somehow different from my first two stories. The protagonist would be Oliver Hunt: Damian's old acquaintance, who was in the last chapter. I will let you once it's available to read. <3Anyway, please do give a review if you loved this story~ I hope you will still be here in my next one!You may try my other stories as well~ - Rise of Power: Return of The Pathetic Commoner (Completed) - Zero: God of Mercenary (Soon)Sincerely, Star
THE hostage-taking Carter did in the warehouse spread in various news channels like wildfire. Everyone was shocked because of his sudden escape from prison, making the residents afraid for their safety, knowing that the management wasn’t doing their job properly to monitor the prisoners.With that, the warden and his apprentices, who were also under Carter’s authority, were fired from their jobs. They were replaced by a management who cared about their citizens, removing the patronage system in the prison, and bringing back justice at the same time.Due to Carter’s crimes being in high intensity, he was transferred to a high-security prison. Carter could only laugh as his mind was still in the past, thinking how rich and powerful he was, even though that wasn’t the case now.Carter had already gone insane, but it was only the beginning of his suffering.“At last, you finally arrived,” Catelyn, who was waiting in Carter’s cell, greeted. “Did you miss me?”“What are you doing here?” Cart
THE lights were flickering, adding tension in the air, as Damian entered the warehouse alone. He doesn’t have any guns or other weapons with him, nor he didn’t call anyone like Carter instructed.Damian was on high alert as he continued walking when suddenly, two men wearing full black clothes started to approach him with their guns.‘Fuck,’ cursed Damian at the back of his mind, seeing how helpless he was right now.Especially after seeing Ava tied to the chair, his mouth gagged, while Catela is sleeping in the crib beside her.Despite the situation, he couldn’t give up. Damian needed to save himself along with Ava and Catela and end this fight with Carter so it wouldn’t repeat.The two men tied Damian’s hands and feet to the chair, but unlike Ava, they didn’t gag him.“It is so unusual to see how obedient you are. I never thought you could do it,” Carter, who appeared from the shadows, smirked upon seeing Damian being helpless. “That’s right. They will always be safe as long as you
“That was not enough for all the bullshit you did to me before. But for now, let’s call it even," Damian said.Carson only shook his head as he wiped the blood on his lips before leaving the house. And the only thing that was running through his mind was how strong Damian’s punch was… before until now.THE NEXT morning, Carson didn’t just confess what he did to the board members, but he conducted a press conference to publicly apologize to Damian. He knew that Damian deserved to clear his name and regain his reputation, and although his public apology wasn’t enough, he still did it to show his sincerity.“Starting today, Carson Ferremento is now terminated as the CEO, and will face two years of suspension because of him ruining the Ferremento Corporation’s reputation,” Piper announced, her tone colder than usual. “The position will go back to Damian Giovanni Ferremento.”Carson smiled sadly, but he knew he needed to accept the consequences of his actions.However, since Damian had a
“That bastard. He told you that even though you have a husband?” Carson asked, his teeth gritting.“Well, this is just an arranged marriage, and he knows it.” Ava shrugged. “To be honest, I would marry a man like him although he isn’t the richest, than stay with a puppet like you, who only knows how to follow someone else—”“Here,” Carson interjected, giving Ava the signed papers. “I will let you take Catela because I need to deal with something, but I will take her away from you once I'm done.”“Hah. As if I will let you do that.” Ava scoffed and rolled her eyes. “Thank you for this, Carson. Catela will benefit so much from this.”And as if Ava was waiting for this to happen, when she went again to their bedroom to take Catela, she already had her luggage with her and was talking to someone.“Yes, he already signed the divorce paper, and I’m all set…” Ava said, smiling from ear to ear. “Oh, your bodyguard is outside the house already? Alright. I will let him in.”Ignoring Carson, Ava
After Carter went out of the house unnoticed, that was the only time Carson could breathe properly. He didn’t even realize he was suppressing his breath because of fear.‘Is that really the brother I used to be with ever since I was a child?’ Carson thought, his heart racing, as he leaned into a tree. ‘We are family. Why would he threaten me like that? Is the company and the organization more important to him than me?’And upon asking himself that question, Carson got his answer. Carter wouldn’t mind killing everyone who would be a hindrance to his plans, and he is not an exemption.His gaze went to the house—Something he had because of Carter. Everything he had was him, not giving Carson any chance to carve out his own identity. He was only known for his surname, and for all his careless actions when he was in teenager days.The only thing he had that wasn’t connected with Carter was Dollie, whom he took for granted, and now his family; Ava, his wife, and Catela, their child.“Ava,”
Realizing that Damian needs him right now, Veron took his phone and called a number. It was someone he thought he would never talk with again.“Veron,” Charlie Wiles, the CEO of the Legion Mercenaries, called. “It has been a long time, huh? What do you need this time?”“I have to ask you for a favor,” Veron replied.“A favor?” Charlie raised an eyebrow. “If it is about our operations, I’m sorry, but I need to decline. You know that we can’t take clients in other countries other than Colossia, right?”“I know that. You are not taking me as a dumb person, aren’t you?” Veron shot back, his voice laced with irritation now. “I need someone I trust to do this task for me, and I’m willing to pay any amount you want for it.”“Any amount, huh? Talking to rich people is different.” Charlie chuckled on the other line, yet he became serious afterward. “But alright, deal. What is it that you want me to do?”“I want you to find Correl Ferremento’s location and kill him,” Veron commanded, his tone s
“Carson,” Damian called as his eyes darkened in anger. “It is you, isn’t it?”“If you are asking about the new CEO of this company, yes. It’s me,” Carson answered, smirking, as he placed the documents he brought to the table. “Why? Are you surprised that a person who was once a happy-go-lucky like me would be chosen to replace you?”“Why would I be surprised if you planned everything for this to happen?” Damian shot back, the annoyance evident in his tone. “Seeing you in front of me now just strengthens my hunch. It was you who messed up with the data. How could you?”Carson’s smirk widened. He didn’t answer. Instead, he stood proudly in the middle with his arms folded.“I’m not here because of the shitty things you accuse me of, but because I have given the board of directors a proposal strategy that you can’t provide.” Carson slid the document in front of Damian. “Here. Look at this.”Damian didn’t move at first, but a few seconds later, he took the folder and looked at its contents
“Young master,” James, whom Damian called, answered on the other line. “Young master Carson is still doing his old routine; working in his office the whole day and going home afterward.”“How certain are you?” Damian asked.James’ brows furrowed, but he still answered in a polite tone, “I’m always monitoring him, young master. I didn’t even let him out of my sight.”“I know, but something might have happened that slipped your notice,” Damian said, his tone low and serious. “The Ferremento Corporation is in chaos right now, and I’m sure Carson is involved with it. I need you to think carefully.”James obliged. The tip of his brows pressed harder on each other upon recalling the surveillance, and his lips widened as he remembered something.“There was one incident. A few days ago, Miss Ava Medivien bumped into me and caused a commotion. For a moment, I lost sight of young master Carson’s office,” confessed James. “But it was only for a few seconds.”“And that is the only amount of time t