“YOU’RE A trash. Why are you even here to represent Mid-Century Elegance Events? Are they kidding us? Do they think that Miss Anya is a joke now just because they made it big in the Event Planning industry?”“And in all cases, why would they send a boastful and inexperienced intern with us? He doesn’t even know how to respect his seniors. Such a disrespectful jerk!”“Go away! You don’t deserve to be with us and meet Ma’am Anya!”“You shouldn’t even be here in the first place!”Suddenly, all the managers spoke harsh words while pointing at Damian. Their voices were also full of disdain like they were disgusted despite not knowing him personally. Damian suddenly felt confused, seeing how those people reacted to such a simple thing. It was like everything was planned…Like all of them were trying to anger him and lose his patience so he could do something that those people would use against him.The harsh comments toward him continued, but Damian didn’t retaliate. Instead, he remained si
DAMIAN RAISED his head, and he was shocked to see Anya Montgomery in front of him. She was wearing an expensive white dress partnered with a Louis Vuitton black bag, making Damian suspect that she came from a meeting or a party.“I should ask you the same question,” he flickered the invisible dust as his gaze fixated on Anya. “What are you doing here? This is an alleyway; it’s dirty here, not to mention that this place is dangerous for someone like you, too.”“Well, I don’t care. You are here, and I know that you will protect me,” Anya answered casually before she shrugged. “I heard about the commotion earlier. I was not supposed to care since it was something that my employees could fix, but as soon as I knew that you were involved, I immediately went out of the building to find you.”“Why? You miss me, former classmate?” Damian teased, raising a brow.“As if.” Anya rolled her eyes, making Damian chuckle a bit.Everyone knows that Anya took her degree at Medivien University, but no o
UPON HEARING those words, Anya chuckled. “That offer is long overdue now, don’t you think?” She playfully raised a brow, smirking. “Since it’s been a long time, let me ask what you want in exchange first before I agree.” “Alright.” Damian nodded, agreeing with Anya’s demand. “I’m here as a Mid-Century Elegance Event’s company representative, and I know that you’re aware of it, too.” “Of course. I was also shocked by their strategy. Why would they send an intern to strike a negotiation with me?” said Anya in a casual tone, but as she realized that Damian could take her words the other way, she raised both hands like she was surrendering. “I mean, no offense. Usually, it’s the managers who always go here to ask for my presence.” “I don’t know, either.” Damian shrugged, ignoring the fact that no one even sent him to Montgomery Designs but himself. “As an exchange, I would like you to give me a chance.” “For what?” “To present the business proposal I have inside this suitcase.” Damian
KATE STARTED to sweat profusely because of the way Anya looked at her. It was intimidating and full of disdain, and Anya’s gaze sent shivers down Kate’s spine.‘D-Did she already know about it?’ Kate thought, biting her lower lip. ‘No. It can’t be. My friendship with Oliver has been a secret since we graduated.’“O-Of course, Ma’am. I know it! It’s the number one value you want all of your employees to embrace first,” Kate replied and forced a laugh. She tried to make it as natural as possible, but Damian and Anya heard the nervousness in it.“I’m honest, and I’m telling the truth, Ma’am Anya. As you can see, they are even agreeing with me.” Kate looked at Felix and the other managers, and they created a buzz about how rude Damian was. “I just don’t want you to be deceived by that kind of guy, Ma’am. I worked for Montgomery Designs for years, and I don’t want anything but this company to prosper.”Kate made her voice pitiful so Anya would side with her, but Anya remained silent while
“WHAT?” Damian froze. He suddenly felt a wave of heat running toward his body, but he did his best not to think about it that much. “What are you talking about?”“Hmm? Are you sure about your question?” Anya smirked and raised a brow. “Do you want me to be blunt, then?”“No.” Damian moved his face gently to the other side so Anya would let go of his cheek, and he succeeded.Anya laughed. She tried reaching Damian’s cheek again, but the latter was too fast to react. He immediately leaned to the chair so Anya couldn’t touch him.“Come on, Damian. Don’t you like my hands gently brushing your skin?” Anya teased, chuckling a bit.“Why are you suddenly being like this?” asked Damian in a serious tone. “Are you planning something again?” he added, knowing how unpredictable Anya’s mind could be.“I’m planning to make you mine…” answered Anya in a seductive tone, looking Damian in the eye.Damian immediately looked away and maintained his gaze on the window. He tried not to fall with Anya’s an
HEARING THOSE words, Ava wasn’t able to speak. She was astounded that the woman with Damian wasn’t only beautiful and looked like a queen. She is Anya Montgomery, the heiress of the Montgomery Corporation—The one who always disposes of her rarely used bags to online garages for donation and charity.And she hated how Anya looked at her with pity.“H-How…” Ava’s words trailed off as she had a hard time internalizing her thoughts.“How am I able to recognize your bag? Of course, before I disposed of it, it was mine.” Anya held the bag and lifted it so both of them could see the bottom. “See this? It even has initials on it.”Anya smiled, seeing the letters “A.Y.M” engraved on the bag’s skin. On the other hand, Ava was completely speechless. She held onto the hem of her dress like her entire sanity was dependent on it.“How dare you humiliate me like this?” Ava uttered, piercing a deadly gaze toward Anya.“Humiliate me? No. You brought that upon yourself,” answered Anya in a sarcastic t
“What? Are you denying that you lost now?” Oliver asked in disbelief and laughed sarcastically. “You can’t deny it, kid. You even have the business proposal with you, which means Anya Montgomery didn’t even take it…Or did she even look at it?”Oliver laughed harder, remembering what Kate told him earlier. Damian was thrown out of the Montgomery Designs, looking confused as hell about how things didn’t turn out in his favor. Well, Damian may have guts, and he admired that, but Oliver had connections and deceit.“She didn’t look at it,” Damian answered, raising the document in his hand. “She even scanned it and gave modifications.”“Modifications? HAHAHA!” Oliver couldn’t take it anymore. He burst again into laughter and even had his stomach crunched. Some tears were falling from his eyes, too. “How dare you lie to me? You weren’t able to meet her. You were kicked outside the building before you even got the chance to present yourself…”Oliver took a step forward and held Damian’s colla
IN JUST an instant, Oliver was kicked out of the company. With the help of Kevin, Damian immediately processed Oliver’s resignation. The higher-ups became also aware of how Oliver created favoritism in the Business Development Department and bullied some of the employees.There is a high employee turnover in that specific department because of Oliver, too. The higher-ups didn’t notice it at first because Oliver was always giving exceptional work and progress, which stood out more than his bad character.“This is shit,” Oliver complained while placing all his things on the big box on his table. “All the things I’ve worked hard for years are now gone because of Damian. All of this is his fault.”Every employee in the business development department was looking at him, and he couldn’t help but wish that the floor would split in half and eat him alive. This is the first time he felt deeply humiliated. Either way, he was the one humiliating and degrading other people.He can’t accept it. H
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