AS SABRINA was driving, Damian, who was in the back seat, had his brows furrowed while looking at the back window.
“Mom, where are we going? And why isn't Father coming with us?” Damian asked, his tone low and sad. “And why Uncle Correl wanted to kill me? I can give him Carter the inheritance if that will prevent anyone from being hurt—”
“No, Damian. Just because I’m taking you away, it means that you aren’t the Ferremento family’s heir anymore. I will just prioritize your safety for now, since you are still young, but when the time comes, we will go back,” Sabrina explained. “As long as I’m here, no one can hurt you, my son. No one—”
But before she could finish her sentence, the extreme lights coming from a white truck illuminated i
“Right. What happened to her? Did she go to jail?” Damian asked, remembering his plan to imprison Catelyn in jail with high security so Carter couldn’t even go near her.But he wasn’t able to do that as he became unconscious for a week. He never expected Carter to plant a bomb on their mansion, though.“Well, at first, she was almost sentenced as not guilty, but after knowing how she almost killed you, I pulled my strings to make her have the maximum sentence,” replied Anya in a serious tone. “No one can hurt my husband, especially not on my watch.”Upon hearing those words, Damian couldn’t help but smile. He didn’t know what kindness he had made in his past life for the universe to bless him with a kind and loving wife like Anya.
“I DON’T need your acceptance, Carter. What I need for you to do is follow the rules,” said Damian in a cold and authoritative tone, making the board of directors gasp in shock.“Don’t you think you are being too harsh, Mr. Damian?” Elena asked, her eyes widening and her lips slightly parted. “When you were still unconscious, it was Carter who took care of everything. What is this attitude…”Elena’s voice trailed off, seeing how Damian was giving him a cold and intimidating stare. It suddenly sent shivers down her spine, piercing the walls inside her heart. She could only clear her throat and look away in fear.“Meeting adjourned,” Damian commanded, looking every member of the board in the eye, and they immediately knew what Damian wanted them to do.Without wasting time, all of them fixed their things and walked out of the room, leaving Damian and Carter alone. Damian locked the door and turned his direction to Carter, who was leaning against the wall with his arms folded.“You waste
“IT MUST be the papers Carson always brings for work purposes,” Dollie muttered, sliding the envelope in her direction to fix the papers inside. “In this aspect of his life, he never changed—”Dollie froze, not being able to finish her sentence when suddenly, she had a glimpse of the document’s contents inside the envelope. It wasn’t related to any work or such.Rather, it was about infiltration, gaining alliances, and conquering other businesses… and plans to take down the Ferremento Corporation and the people operating it.“Red Snake… Organization?” Dollie muttered, her tone so low that she couldn’t hear her own voice either, as she pulled one of the documents to read it. “C-Carter?”And there it is. Dollie’s skin went pale upon seeing that the person who was having such a horrifying plan was Carter. She almost had a hard time breathing because of shock, yet she shook her head, trying to regain composure.“Damian must immediately know about this,” said Dollie as she took her phone a
“Really? Even if I kill Damian right now?”“What?” Dollie’s brows furrowed in confusion. “Why would you kill your own cousin—”Dollie stopped speaking as she realized what she was about to say. However, it was too late. Carter had already heard everything. Loud and clear.“So you know something more than I expected, huh.” Carter clicked his tongue and smirked. “But don’t worry, Dollie. I will spare your life as long as you don’t tell what you discovered to anyone else. You are Carson’s ex-girlfriend, after all.”“I-I-understand…” Dollie answered, her breathing ragged.“You better be. Because if you don’t, you will regret it.” Those were Carter’s last words before ending the call.Dollie, on the other hand, let go of her phone upon feeling her body trembling. Tears streamed down her eyes, remembering Carter’s threat. However, she was determined not to let that fear stop her from doing the right thing.She transferred all the pictures of the documents from her phone to a memory card and
The man was wearing a full black suit and a face mask which only showed his eyes. They made eye contact, and Dollie’s knees almost wobbled upon seeing how the man looked at him intently.And deadly.“I-I need to get out of here!” Dollie exclaimed, and without wasting any time, she ran for her life toward the gate like a runaway bride.Her hands were in the hem of her dress, lifting it so she wouldn’t trip while running. Despite the sunny day, there weren't any cars passing on the street, given that the safe house’s location was in the countryside.Seconds later, she saw The Cozy Corner, where Ava loved drinking with her friends. She was about to go inside but stopped when she noticed the same man who was watching her when she was having a friendly date with Anya.That person didn’t see her yet, and before it could even happen, Dollie turned to the other side instead—to the abandoned construction site near The Cozy Corner.“This is nuts,” muttered Dollie and cursed repeatedly while roam
THAT WAS the end of Carter telling the whole story to Damian. The side of his lips rose upon looking at Damian, who was shocked and agitated because of the revelations Carter told him.It made Carter satisfied. That was his main goal; to see whether Damian would still be affected by Dollie’s death, and if he could use it to his advantage like before, and Damian’s reaction confirmed it all.“This is the first time I moved on my own. See how much of a problem it gave me?” Carter said, massaging his neck a little and snapping it afterward. “If I didn’t kill her, she would ruin all of my plans, so you understand where I’m coming from, right?”Damian didn’t answer. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, looking Carter in the eye.“To think about it, it was your fault, Damian. Why didn’t you teach her to stay still?” Carter asked as the side of his lips rose. “If only she didn’t know anything, Dollie would still be alive by now, don’t you think?”“You… You are a psychopath…” Damian mu
Then, the fight began. Correl was skilled in physical combat, given that he was also trained like Veron. However, Correl was at a great disadvantage. There were too many opponents, and he was ambushed.“All of you are bastards! You are nothing compared to me!” exclaimed Correl, snapping his opponent’s neck, before running away from the other enemies that were determined to attack him.Correl ran wherever his feet would bring him, and turning to the other side led him to Carter and Carson’s location, where an enemy was attacking.‘Sabrina, you bitch! You are involving my children in this mess, too?!’ said Correl at the back of his mind with his teeth clenched.And without any hesitation, Correl took the enemy’s knife in one swift, and slashed the man’s throat, making the latter fall to the ground—lifeless.“Aaahh!” Carson shouted in fear upon seeing blood in his father’s hands.Carter, on the other hand, remained silent. He covered Carson’s eyes and assured him that everything was alrig
“Why are you laughing? Do you think I’m fooling around?” asked Veron, his tone irritated because it seemed like Correl wasn’t taking him seriously. “I know you are ambitious, but why? Why would you betray me like this?”“Hmm. Is it just me who is betraying you?” Correl retorted. He clicked his tongue and shook his head in amusement. “Sabrina also betrayed you, and if you only knew how snaky she was, you would divorce her this instant—”Correl wasn’t able to finish his sentence when suddenly, Veron slammed him into the side of the staircase and held him by the collar.“Stop spouting nonsense. Ask for my forgiveness, and promise me that you will stop rebuilding the Red Snake Organization,” Veron demanded as his hands gripped tighter to Correl. “Do it, and I might spare your life.”“Might spare my life, huh?” Correl raised an eyebrow, looking at Veron in disbelief, not even showing any signs of fear. “And why would I ask for forgiveness? I just wanted to increase our wealth and influence