“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
“Who’s there?” Catelyn asked, her voice low and attentive. “Get out from where you are hiding, or I will scream.”Upon hearing her words, a man wearing a black sando and pants went out in hiding. His hands were hidden beside him, and he had a cold expression.Raising an eyebrow, Catelyn scanned the man’s body while her arms were folded. Upon seeing a red snake tattoo on his shoulder, a smirk showed on her face, and she knew what that meant.“I knew it. Carter will save me,” said Catelyn as her lips curved into a smile. “How are you planning to escape us from here?”“Escape?” the man laughed sarcastically as if he just heard a ridiculous statement. “Dream on… Because the command I received from young master Carter was to kill you, and not to save you.”Before Catelyn even knew it, the man placed his hand in front, which was holding a knife, and stabbed the side of her neck with it.“Aah!” Catelyn exclaimed, her eyes widening in shock because of the sudden pain infiltrating her body.Ho
After Damian told Catelyn about what happened after she fainted, his lips curled up, yet his gaze was intimidating.“Carter thought that you are dead by now, making you safe from his grasp for the meantime,” Damian announced, his tone dangerously low. “But you know that just one word from me that you are alive will put your life in danger again, right?”Catelyn clenched her fists and gritted her teeth in response. Her move was limited because of the handcuffs. “What do you want?”“Something that I can use against Carter,” answered Damian without hesitation. “I know that you are hiding something that I can use to summon Carter in court. So, would you like to do this in the easy way or the hard way?”“What… are you talking about?”“Simple. Give me what I want this instant, or face the consequences if you fight back.” Upon saying those words, Damian’s touch became aggressive as he held Catelyn on the chin. “I prefer the first one since it was time efficient, but of course, the outcome wo
“What I want are the things you did for Carter in the past, and the evidence for it,” Damian added, his tone low and intimidating, as he played with the remote control in his hand. “Or would you like us to go back from the start?”“What a fucking psychopath,” Catelyn sneered.Damian raised an eyebrow and his right hand held the remote control simultaneously. “Is that your final answer?”“This is the only answer you will get from me because I don’t know what you are talking about!” Catelyn shouted this time as she was losing patience.Damian didn’t answer. Instead, he went to the side table, took the picture, and showed it to Catelyn. “This is you and Noel Suffhucker, and I even think this was taken in your high school days.”Catelyn’s eyes widened upon seeing the picture. “H-How did you get that?”“It doesn’t matter.” Damian threw the picture in the air. “You two were friends and worked under Carter’s supervision for a long time. But when Noel decided to compromise the plan, Carter as
MEANWHILE, Carter leaned back in his luxurious leather chair in one of his safe houses. Swirling the glass of whiskey in his hand, he couldn’t help but smile.‘Everything is falling into place. I already have the resources, and strangely enough, my people said they were almost done decrypting it,’ said Carter at the back of his mind. ‘Once I have all those resources in my hand, I will oust Damian from the company and take control.’Carter clicked his tongue and even tapped his shoulder, feeling proud. Just as he was about to take a sip, his phone buzzed on the desk, interrupting his thoughts.“Lieutenant Luke Ramirez?” Carter spoke, his brows furrowing, upon seeing who is the one who called him. Still, he answered. “Hello, Luke?”“Mr. Carter,” Luke replied, his tone stern. “We need you to come to the station immediately to discuss some charges against you.”“‘Charges like what?”“Like corruption, tax evasion, and illegal selling of information and weapons in the enemy countries. But m
[How to be a good man?][How to repent for your sins?][How to turn back from evil and reach for people’s forgiveness?]“What the fuck is this?” Carter asked, his blood pressure spiking up in anger, as he looked at the IT team. “Do you think I asked all of you to decrypt this for days just to see this shit?”“But this is the folder we decrypted, young master…” Yohan tried to defend his team, his tone polite and scared at the same time. “We first thought there was still something we needed to decode, but we double-checked it, and this is really the end…”Yohan’s eyes flickered on Carter and the monitor. His lips opened and closed like he wanted to say something.But he didn’t need to; Carter knew how to read the lines, and he didn’t like what he saw.“Are you telling me that I got deceived by Damian Giovanni, huh?” Carter asked, his tone low, and his rage already at the surface. “Is that what you are trying to tell me? That I’m useless and stupid compared to him?”“N-No, young master.
“I need to talk to you, brother,” said Carson in a low tone as he gazed at Carter, who was sitting on the corner while waiting for the trial to start.“Sit here.” Carter tapped the vacant chair behind him, yet Carson shook his head.“The other courtroom is empty. I will appreciate it if you will follow me there,” Carson replied as he looked at the lawyers, as well as the other visitors in the room. “I won’t hold you for too long. Don’t worry.”Carson’s tone was polite, yet Carter could hear the subtle anger in it. Unlike him, Carson can’t hide his emotions, although he is impressed at how his brother is trying his best right now.“I will be right back,” announced Carter to his lawyers as he stood up and followed Carson to the other courtroom.As soon as Carson locked the door, he immediately held Carter’s collar and slammed him to the nearest wall. His calmness was now gone as it was changed into anger, pain, and betrayal at the same time.“You know who she is to me,” Carson muttered,
A few days after the court sentenced Carter to lifetime imprisonment, the news quickly circulated in various broadcasting channels. It was also a trending topic on social media sites, making everyone shocked.Penelope, upon knowing Carter’s evil deeds, decides to cancel the engagement and break up with Carter via an announcement on the news by one of the Hellion family’s representatives. On the other hand, the people showed pity for Dollie with their heartfelt comments.Taking advantage of the situation, Cielo decided for the Medivien family to visit Dollie’s grave and encourage everyone to be with them, which could also increase their popularity.‘Ugh. Why do I even need to be here? I could just have created an alibi not to attend this shit,’ Ava thought as she rolled her eyes.“Behave, Ava,” Ethan reprimanded upon seeing what his sister did. “Everyone is watching, and there are cameras everywhere. Don’t do something that can make Dad angry at you again.”“Tch. Fine,” Ava sneered, bu