Bryan’s mouth widened as he couldn’t believe what he just heard. Damian trusts him? He couldn’t even trust himself, which is why he immediately hid away from the spotlight after the company faced troubles upon their parents’ death.And that is not the only evidence of his cowardness.“I was the one who told Sabrina about Correl’s plan before, but instead of solving it, I begged for her to come back, even if it meant forgetting about all of you.” Bryan forced a laugh. “I don’t want her to be involved with the Ferremento family’s issues. But you know what? If only I had helped her back then, maybe she is still alive…”Damian smiled sadly, shaking his head. “There are also many what-ifs in my mind, too, but thinking about the past can’t do anything right now. We could only focus on the present and stop those two from doing their evil deeds.”As he said those words, Bryan remembered something from his statement earlier. “Wait, did you just mention Carter? Correl’s eldest son?”“Yes. He is
Cielo left the room afterward, and Helena, who had a disappointed look on her face, did the same thing.Ethan, who was usually silent in times like this, also showed emotions for the first time.His eyes were cold, showing hostility toward Carson, thinking a useless man like him ruined Ava’s life.“Aren’t you going to leave as well? I heard that you are taking care of some work by now,” Ethan asked, referring to the pending proposal in the Medivien Corporation’s subsidiaries. “Come with me. I will accompany you.”“No thank you, Ethan. I need to talk to Carson,” Ava answered, her gaze moving toward her husband. “Can we talk for a minute in private?” she asked, yet she had a commanding tone.But instead of answering, Carson stood up and slammed his hands on the table, causing the fork to fall on the floor, before leaving the dining room without saying a word.“That son of a bitch. Is he just adopted? Because I couldn’t see even a small similarity to the other members of the Ferremento f
TAKING THE phone from his pocket, Carter called one of his people. “I want you to transfer the house I recently bought to Carson’s name. Do it immediately, and inform me when you are done.”“Yes, Sir,” the person on the other line affirmed.“And one more thing. All the investments I gave to one of Ava Medivien’s subsidiaries… Pull it immediately,” Carter commanded, causing Carson to look at him in shock. “I want you to take care of everything as cleanly as possible. Do you understand?”“I understand, Sir.”Carter ended the call afterward. A few seconds later, he got a message that the house transfer had been processed, and his investments had been pulled out.“I already transferred one of my houses to your name. It was located in the suburbs, so you and Ava would have privacy, and at the same time, it was near the City. Hence, the less travel time,” Carter said, mainly explaining why he bought that house in the first place. “You can ask Ava to evacuate this instant.”“Wait… That fast?
“Young master, Carter has deceived us! Someone entered the secret room without anyone noticing, and took the files inside the vault!” Leo reported, his tone panicking. “The whole warehouse was in chaos right now. Hera also couldn’t have a grip on herself!”“Shit. I can’t go there just yet. I have an urgent meeting in five minutes,” Damian replied, his gaze fixated on the wall clock. It was with a potential business partner so he couldn’t cancel it. “Can you manage it for an hour? I will immediately go there after the meeting.”“It will be hard, but I will do my best and update you from time to time, young master.” Leo tried to sound confident despite his heart beating rapidly.“Thank you, Leo,” said Damian in a low tone before he ended the call.He could only sigh repeatedly while resting his elbows on the table, and burying his face on his palm. But he couldn’t afford to think about everything right now. He was at work, and he should be professional.Fortunately, the meeting’s locatio
MEANWHILE, Damian went to the warehouse to sort some things out. Despite Leo managing to stop the chaos of the employees, the tension was still all over the place.The employees thought that one of them was a possible traitor, which is the reason why the secret room was infiltrated.“If there is something we need to do in a critical situation like this, it is to trust each other,” Damian said, trying to meet everyone’s gaze. “Whoever the traitor was, I’m sure that he or she will be caught soon. It has nothing to do with all of you.”“How can you still say that despite knowing that one of us here could stab you in the back, young master?” asked one of the employees, and the confusion was evident in her tone.“My wife told me that one who cannot trust someone, can’t be trusted.” Damian smiled, remembering how those words were ingrained in his heart. “So, continue doing all your tasks like nothing happened. I and the management will solve this. Meeting adjourned.”Damian left the podium
Anya gasped, her eyes widening in shock. “Is that… a memory card? Inside the pendant?”“Yes.” Damian nodded, moving his fingers to scan the memory card he was holding. “When did she give it to you again?”“A few days before graduation.”“Then, Dollie and Carson already met before you two had a girls’ date…” It wasn’t a question, but a statement.“Yes, they did. But why would Dollie give me a pendant with a memory card inside? She didn’t even mention that when placing it on my neck,” Anya mumbled, her brows furrowing. “What could that possibly contain?”“That is what we need to know.”Damian stood up and took his robe. He also gave Anya one before he went to his working table. Upon opening his laptop, Damian placed the memory card and clicked the only folder in the file manager.Both of them gasped in shock upon seeing the memory card’s contents, the pictures Dollie had taken in Carter’s documents when they met each other at the restaurant.“Oh my God…. The evidence for Carter’s evil p
“What is that?” Damian asked, his brows furrowing as he stared at the small box in Anya’s hands.“This?” Anya raised the box and showed it to Damian. “I don’t know, either. But this box was in front of our gate, and it was addressed to you, so I took it,” she explained. “Wait, didn’t you notice this when you entered the house?”“It wasn’t in the gate earlier. I’m sure of that,” Damian said, his tone low. “Give me that. I will look at it.”“Sure.”Anya gave him the box. Before opening it, Damian tried shaking the thing that was inside the package, making sure it wasn’t a bomb or something that could threaten their lives.As he ensured that fact, Damian took the cutter from his drawer and opened the package. He raised an eyebrow upon seeing what it was.“A memory card… again?” Anya, who was behind Damian, asked with confusion. “There is a letter on the side. Let’s read it.”Damian obliged. He took the letter and opened it, and even though there was no mention of who the letter was from,
“Damian got his attitude from Veron. No wonder that both of them were in the losing game right now,” commented Correl, who was sitting across Carter, as the side of his lips rose. “But I can’t deny how clever they were. Who thought that there would be a decryption for the files itself?”“They were able to do that because they have Hera.” Carter sighed, remembering how the decrypting process would take a long time.If only he could do it himself, but there were so many things he needed to do.“Hera is quite the key employee we can use to our advantage, isn’t it? Like, it takes a lot of intelligence to create a difficult encryption and to make you amazed, which she did.” Correl leaned forward, placing both arms in his legs, and looked Carter in the eye. “Should we just kidnap her and make her work for us?”“I planned that before when one of my spies infiltrated the secret room. Unfortunately, she wasn’t there.” Carter bit his lower lip, remembering that it was Hera who handled wiping Da
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