“You lot must be crazy!” He cussed them.“Yes, we are Boss.” The leader accepted as he exclaimed loudly for him to hear. “Please Boss, just forgive us this time, and I'll forever be in your service” He shifted his gaze from his kneeling position to the other guy who was on the floor, close to Tyler, who was religiously massaging his neck.“Cole, give him one thousand dollars.” He signaled and he did as commanded.“Sir, you are still giving us the money even after we unknowingly belittle you?” The leader raised his head and asked, surprise evident in his face.“I don't give a shit about that, but” He wagged his hand. “Whether he stole from you or not, this life is beneath you Sir, and you're getting old or don't you think so?” He asked.“Yes, Boss but it's just that money was meant for my little girl's college tuition and him stealing it angered me…”.“I didn't ask you to give me a lesson on your life history. I'm giving you the money so that you leave him alone and I can have my burge
“You're scaring me, Eileen, stop this rubbish, please” She cried out as she tugged on the arms of Eileen.“We're safe here alright, just let me call Sadie so she can inform Aidan, alright? It doesn't matter who your father sent after you, they'll protect us” Her heartbeat increased in worry as she spoke.Whatever Eileen was afraid of, seemed to die down a little but as Erica mentioned the Ack hotel was heavily guarded, and the fact that the suite had a security code to get up, and also one can't easily get up there. She moved to the phone and picked it up to make the call. Eileen saw it and dashed to her, yanking the phone cord from her hand and forcefully removing it from the wall. “Eileen! Stop this please!” She screamed in fear, she didn't even know where she got the braveness to speak from because deep down, her anxiety had so churned her stomach that her intestines tied into knots. “I'm going out there, I don't care anymore. You won't tell me who this stranger calling you is a
“Sir, you're back and here” Sadie exclaimed. “When did you get back?” It was Robert Ackerman at the elevator, casually dressed in a different outfit, separate from the one he had seen his son with. He made his way to the hotel as he got to the estate. His son was nowhere to be found and to top it all, he wasn't answering his calls. So, he decided to check out the suite at the hotel thinking he would be there with Erica as he had already told him about her back when he was still in Aelbank City.“Is Aidan here?” He asked as he stepped into the living room space sidelining the question that the managing director asked.“No Sir, he isn't here, he left a couple of hours ago for an urgent meeting.” “Yeah, a meeting he totally abandoned…” He murmured as he walked past her and entered the sitting room. He had an eyeful of the entire space until he got his satisfaction before he veered around looking awkwardly at the time ladies.Erica could feel her heart give up and leave her to face her
Eileen’s POV She safely made it out of the Ack Hotel and as a decoy method, she thought of, decided to go straight to a nearby cafe to trick her security guard into thinking that was where she was all this while and that the location device or whatever he placed on her was just glitching. She entered the cafe that was still open. The bell rang and she went straight to the barista whose eye bags looked like they carried the weight of the whole world.“Sorry Ma’am, but we're about to close and the last customer just left,” She said, arranging the coffee mug on the shelves at the back of the counter. “Besides we're all out of coffee, so… Please go,” She was exhausted, the words from her lips dragged and fought to even come out.“No, I don't want coffee, if you can just persist for like a minute or two…Eileen huffed seeing the girl look at her nonchalantly. “Look, money” She dug out a few dollar bills from the back of her trouser pocket. “I will pay for the last minute, please…” She cup
“Ms. Eileen, are you okay?” She asked as she squatted to her level on the floor and gently moved the paper that fell on her face.“I thought you were in your room?” Eileen hyperventilated as fear of being discovered took over her. She locked eyes with the maid and looked away almost instantly.“Oh sorry Ava, I'm such a clutz, don't worry about me, just go about your business” She pulled herself and knelt, and she started picking up all the papers, trembling greatly. She was just imploring in her heart that she wouldn't report this scene to Frederick or even worse her brother or father wouldn't meet her there picking up papers she wasn't supposed to see in the first place.Her heartbeat was faster than a race car, her chest was going up and down without warning, and even though it was a cold night, sweat gathered on her forehead and dripped down without warning.“Ms. Eileen?” Ava called as he picked up her phone that had slid to a flower pot on the side and gave it to her. “It's oka
Aidan’s POV Aidan had walked in on his father interrogating Erica and he wasn't having it. He was called and informed by Sadie that his father was at the penthouse and he immediately knew what the next thing was and what he would be doing to her. And getting there, his father didn't disappoint him.He was still at the suite, just having a normal discussion after excusing Erica to the room when he received a call from a strange number. At first, he ignored the call but upon further calls from this number, he decided to pick it up.“It's me, Eileen,” She said weakly over the phone.Aidan was taken aback by who it was. He instantly felt an uneasiness that churned and tired his stomach into knots as she just left the hotel a couple of hours away. Dread washed over him at first as he thought something terrible must have happened to her.“What happened? Where are you?” He asked in genuine concern as he paced about the floor of the suite.His father furrowed his brows in confusion and anxie
His heart sank and he drew her hand away from Eileen’s own. A drop of tear he fought so hard to take back dropped from his eyes.“He killed my Mom…” He drawled as he puffed an invisible air. He sank back into the car seat, placing his head on the headrest and running his hand through his hair, tousling it up. In a split second, his gray eyes turned cold and dark. A devious grimace appeared on his thinned lips. Even Eileen who sat close to him felt a shift in the aura of the car. She felt chill as a restlessness ran through her body and down her spine. She sort of regretted telling him that she tried to speak again to maybe pacify him.“The accident wasn't planned for her, he didn't mean to harm his sister no matter how cruel he was but it was just unfortunate…” Her words trailed off as Aidan had already opened the door and stepped down from the car. She opened and scampered after him, in an attempt to hold his hand but he shrugged it off indignantly. The car wasn't even parked at t
The news of Frederick Clayton’s arrest spread through the City like wildfire, coupled with his video of making plans to kill Aidan. Before anyone knew what was happening, his office building was filled up with reporters and the media house, trying and fighting hard to get a first glimpse at the Monarch of the City in handcuffs once he'd been led out of the office.A cunning smirk laced his thinned lips as he glared at Eileen and Aidan, feeling fulfilled that he still had a jump on him even in handcuffs.“Your mother was the bane of my existence, right from the very day she was born, she took my mother from me. I should have smothered her in her sleep but instead, I let her grow into a woman and that's the mistake I made” He giggled bitterly.“I could have thrown you out but your father invested in my company hugely then, so the agreement was I took you in and raised you as mine so I don't lose my investment but I shouldn't have agreed” He spat at Eileen and sneered at her. “I should h