At the luxurious Sky Hotel was Mr. Derek, a man in his late fifties, seated in the VIP section of the hotel. The Sky Hotel is considered one of the most expensive hotels in town, with only one of the one percent able to afford it.He had both his legs crossed as he held a glass of champagne at the tip of his fingers, his eyes comfortably glancing around when Adrian hurried inside. “Finally! Mr. Adrian, I was just about to finish my glass of wine and leave, considering that this meeting isn't that important to you,” Mr. Derek expressed while Adrian went ahead to take the seat opposite.“I apologize Mr. Derek, but you do know that this meeting is important to me because I am the one who had ordered it, but there was traffic on my way here and there is nothing that I could”“Very well then, I don't have much time, so how about we get straight to the point so that I can leave” the older man insisted as he placed the wine glass on the table, he had just consumed its entire content and fro
Mr. Derek sat there trying to contemplate if it would go against the plan if he went ahead and disclosed how many there were."Six!” he suddenly blurted out but Adrian lowered his eyelid at him.“You know that is not true….”“Alright, you got me, it was seven of the board members that he had convinced, he said that was all that he needed, and considering how big Grandpa Hallow’s share was, it should be able to cover for all the votes that he might need to add up the seven”Mr. Derek finally blurted out and while he did, he seemed more relaxed than he previously was when he first got here as Adrian continued to sip his glass of cocktail.“So you are saying that Kelvin is convinced that he would be able to get Grandpa Hallow to give him his vote?”“We all know how much Grandpa Hallow loves him and I know that you were not here in the past, but Grandpa Hallow dotted on his more than his own biological children”“I see….” Adrian muttered, barely audible to himself, and why he did, he seem
Adrian strode over to the car where Klein was waiting for him and as soon as he hopped inside, Klein asked;“How did it go?”“Just the way that I wanted it to go.” he expressed, and that seemed to be a relief for Klein, who finally steered off the engine and drove off.“While I was waiting for you, I made some calls to some court and magistrate and I have a court ready to wed you and Avery by tomorrow”“Did you inform them that I need the certificate to be fake?” Adrian asked but Klein was silent for a while before he went ahead to ask.“Why do you want it to be a fake marriage?” He asked, staring at Adrian from the front mirror with curiosity in his eyes.“I believe that you are not dumb Klein, you should know that she is been forced to get married to someone that she doesn't have any feelings for, and worst of it, I feel like this has something to do with the underworld”“Yes, that is true. But she is your woman and you love her, so why wouldn't you just get a real marriage certific
Adrian arrived at the court very early the next day, trying to make sure that everything went as planned. And when he arrived there, the magistrate was already there and ready to get things set.He made sure that Fred, Ted, and Klein were all present there to serve the purpose of witness, but it did not take long before he started to worry, seeing that Avery was running late.“Boss, I think that you should give her a call and find out what is holding up!” Fred suggested after waiting for a long while but Adrian forced a nervous smile on his face.“You don't have to worry about anything, Fred; she assured me that she was going to be here, And I trust her enough to know that she would keep to her word,” He assured him, trying not to be as nervous as he was.“But she is running late, for all we know, she might be in danger!” Fred suggested but Adrian shot him a glare.“Careful with your words Fred! We agreed on 8:00 am and it is just 8:30 am. A little more patience and if she is not here
As soon as Adrian realizes that the magistrate and his men had hurried away through the back door, he rose to his feet, his eyes darted towards Klein.“Klein! Go after them and get the marriage certificate!” He yelled; although the place had become noisy, Klein could hear what he said as he dashed out of there, going after the magistrate.Seth was standing next to Adrian, who was struggling to get to his feet; his eyes were filled with rage as he pointed the gun at Adrian.Adrian shut his eyes, and when he opened it again, there were burning flames in there that Seth was forced to drift backward.“What the hell! You are a monster!”“Trust me, you do not want to find out the kind of monster that I am!” Adrian's roar, his voice had gone so deep that Avery was afraid of what he was going to do.“That is enough, Adrian, Let's get out of here; he is not worth all of this!”Avery expressed as she held his hand, stopping him from taking any step closer to Seth. Adrian, seeing that Avery had
Adrian could not tell what had happened, but it seemed like there was a switch inside of Seth that had been ignited as he suddenly burst out laughing.“And what is so funny?” Adrian, who suddenly came to a halt, asked.“I just remembered what is going to happen to me once I leave here empty-handed. I am sure that you know why I have been hell-bent on getting married to Avery?”“Yes, I put the pieces together. Because the underworld asked you to which is why I quickly got married to her”Adrian gloated, standing right before Seth.“I knew it. You got married to her for the same reason, and you are going to be using her holy light the same way the underworld wanted to do, isn't that so?”“I don't get to answer to you, but I am more curious about what they intend to do with her, what is the purpose?”“Stop acting like you do not know Adrian, she has the holy light, that is all people like you see her as. She is just a vessel and nothing more!”“A vessel for what?”“For more powers!” Seth
Wesley stood before Avery, and at that moment, it seemed like he had understood where all of this was coming from, but now, he knew that it was going to be a very difficult task to explain to her.“You need to calm down Avery!”“I am calm and you can see that. I was just asking if you were in a hurry to do whatever it is which was your main purpose. And all this while, you kept on pretending, acting like you care about me”“I know it is hard, but I do care about you,” he expressed with sincerity in his voice, but Avery did not seem to be buying that.“You care about the holy light and not me. It has always been able it. Even the first time we met, you didn't even look at my face, all that you could see was the light which you intended to exploit”Avery clutched onto her chest, which felt like it was going to explode any second. She was in pain, and yet she was trying not to show it, but the tears already began to roll down her cheek.“That is not what I meant. You misunderstood what y
Avery remained right in her car even though she knew that she was supposed to do something at this point yet she couldn't because she was too scared to do anything at that point.But just when she is contemplating on the next measures to take, a figure comes out of the car; Avery realizes that it is a female figure and also finds herself exhaling loudly the moment she realizes that it is Freya.“Freya!” She called out, and this time, she finally got out of her car.“Do you know that I was enjoying my sleep before my brother called me to go check up on you!” She complained, walking towards Avery.“Are you also in on it with Him?”“I have no idea what you are talking about and I wouldn't want to get wrapped up in any of this, but whatever this is, I will advise that the both of you do not drag me into it”Freya complained, and right now, she was standing before Avery, who sighed in frustration.“I am sorry Freya, I guess a lot is just going through my head right now and I was taking it