Aidan stepped into the car where his father waited and banged the car door in a rage.
"My son…" Robert noticed his face and patted him on his back. Aidan turned to face his father and he had a look of pity on him. It was as if he had witnessed everything firsthand himself."I'm ready to be the son you want.""How much power do you really possess?" He asked."More than the Claytons have. Why do you ask?""Because I need it to make some people pay and wish they had never taken my Rachel away from me." He breathed heavily.The Roll Royce parked at the most luxurious hotel in the City. "We're here son" His father touched him as if to alert him.The ride had been a silent one since they left the Hartford estate. "Oh…" Aidan jerked as if brought back to reality by the touch. His father noticed the encounter with the Hartfords was taking a toll on him and showing. "I will get to the bottom of this" He muttered to himself.The door was opened by a man in a suit. As soon as he emerged from the car, several men dressed in the finest suits came and bowed to him.He turned to his father to see him smiling. "What is this? Why are they bowing to me like I'm a king?""Because you're the new owner of the Ack Hotel, one of Ackerman's investments, and as the staff, they are duty-bound to serve you like a king," Robert replied to him wholeheartedly.Aidan's eyes glistened at what his father said. Ack Hotel was one of the leading and most prestigious hotels in Emergande City and not just that, it appeared overnight overpowering even the Claytons in terms of wealth.Aidan snickered. The Hartfords were no match to him now."Welcome Sir Aidan, we have been preparing for your arrival." Said a young lady who walked up to Aidan dressed in an elegant corporate white gown hugging every figure of her body. "We're glad to finally meet you, Sir" She bowed as she spoke the final words."This is Sadie Colt, she's the managing director of Ack Hotel. "Robert gleamed as he spoke about her. "She's got a smart head on this one." He said to his son. Aidan smiled nervously looking at her."Have you handled all my orders?" Robert asked in a commanding tone."Yes Sir, as you ordered. Please this way…" She stretched her hand and we walked behind her with men in suits finally raising their heads as we walked past them before they trailed behind."Is that necessary?" Aidan whispered to his father surprised as to how the men in suits were acting like zombies."They're just following orders and are here to serve you. Are they making you uncomfortable?""No shit Sherlock!" Aidan yelled. "They look like their life is on the line if they don't do as they are told" Aidan hissed and turned to the men."You're all dismissed except Sadie Colt." The men exchanged looks amongst themselves."Did we offend you, Sir?" One of them asked.Aidan scoffed. "No, but I hate how you're wavering around me. Just go about your business.""Yes Sir" They answered in unison and left."I'm sorry Sir if they disappointed you but we have to hold them with a firm hand otherwise our reputation would be on the line," Sadie spoke to alleviate Aidan who seemed pissed."Like bloody hell… Just take us to the room." She nodded and did so and left right after. The elevator opened right up to the penthouse. Adian let out a gasp; the Hartford estate which he had known for two years was nothing compared to this."This is heaven" He mumbled as he fell on the enormous bed that felt like a cloud. His father smiled with a fulfilled heart knowing his lost son was alive."Now about your daughter and your connection with the Hartfords…" His father hesitated, noticing his son's expression had turned sour. "I'm sorry I brought it up. If you don't want that…"Aidan cuts in. "It's alright. I should tell you anyway." Aidan sat up properly and gave his father the ordeal of how he ended up as the live-in son-in-law of the Hartfords, how he was framed and thrown in jail for a crime he knew nothing of, and how his Rachel was taken from him.His father was perplexed as Aidan spoke. The next minute, he stood up, took his phone, and made a call."Rest son, I'll handle everything." With that said, his father walked out. Aidan fell back on the soft king-sized bed and before long he slept off into the next day.*****"The fuck!..." Aidan shouted as he jerked back into the bathroom seeing a strange lady standing in his bedroom as he was coming out of the bathroom naked."I'm sorry Sir if I startled you, but Mr. Robert said I could come in." She said politely bowing her head away from looking at him."And you couldn't fucking wait in the sitting room, you had to invade my privacy!? Don't you have manners?" Aidan shouted angrily at her."I'm sorry Sir. It was a mistake" She quickly bowed her head and retreated to the sitting room.Aidan threw a robe on and stormed into the sitting room to meet his father coming in with a man trailing behind him."Who the hell is she?" Aidan yelled pointing at the stranger who was just in his room."She's Dr. Casey. I sent her to collect a sample from you for the DNA test. What's going on?" His father asked, clearly confused and surprised at Aidan."A doctor who doesn't know the meaning of privacy?..." Aidan snorted. "I don't want her fucking hands on me""She invaded my privacy and saw my…." He trailed his words. "It doesn't fucking matter, I don't want her near me!"Robert understood what he met immediately he saw him in the robe with his hair wet. "I'm sorry about that son. It was unprofessional of her but she's the best and that's why I had her come here." Robert tried to pacify Aidan. "Apologize this instant" He commanded Casey.His tone reverberated throughout the room jerking her to bow to Aidan apologizing profusely."I'm sorry Master Aidan. I wasn't thinking clearly. I only went in because I couldn't find you in the sitting room." She spoke politely while still bowing her head. Aidan's heavy breathing reduced a bit. He looked at her closely and for the first time, saw how beautiful and young she was for such a prestigious position as a high-level doctor. "You're forgiven." He replied calmly. "Now that you're calm, go put on some clothes so she can do her job. My attorney; Mr. Raymond, is here…" He said patting the short, sturdy man's shoulder. He looked like he meant business from his suit-up. Aidan nodded to Robert's words. Minutes later, the doctor was done collecting her samples from both Aidan and Robert. She packed up and apologized again before leaving. "I researched as Mr. Robert here instructed me yesterday" The attorney spoke up as soon as the doctor left. "From my sources, your daughter wasn't dropped into any orphanage. My guess is Madam Doris has her hidden in an unknown location.
"Elusive huh" She laughed hysterically. She stared right into Aidan's eyes. "You might think you're elusive now but you're nothing but dust beneath my feet just like your miserable daughter who you'll never see again." Aidan snorted. "Dust?" He growled. "Yet you're threatened by my very presence, particularly since you have no idea how I got out of jail." Madam Doris, pained by those words, raised her hand to slap Aidan but her hand was held in mid-air. She looked and saw an emotionless Aidan with bloodshot eyes holding her hand. "The Aidan you knew is different from me. I would break you in an instant without remorse whatsoever." Aidan spoke harshly with red-hot eyes. Fear flashed in Madam Doris's eyes. Suddenly, Madam Doris broke into tears noticing people's eyes were now on them. "Oh my God! Is this how you treat your customers? He hit me, a poor old, helpless woman like me." She wriggled her hand from Aidan's grip. "They all ganged up on me" She formed crocodile tears instant
"I'm so sorry Sir for keeping you waiting, I had to confirm your identity. Welcome, Sir Ackerman" Tinna said and bowed her head politely as soon as she got back from her office after making a confirmation call. "I had no idea it was you. I'm sorry for any inconvenience we must have caused, here's your card" She said, stretching out her hand to return Aidan's card. "Why the hell are you bowing to this shit rag?" Ethan asked, infuriated and shocked by the demonstration. "What about the stupid bet? He clearly lost, otherwise, you would have told us if it declined or not." "It didn't decline because he's the owner of this mall and in that way, he possesses everything in it including the watch." Everyone was awestruck, especially the receptionist who had spoken rudely to him. Mallory's face turned from disgust, to fear and back to shock. "How is it possible?! Impossible!" She bit her lower lip. She knew this man, he was a loser and a nobody so how come he was now the owner of the mos
After the debacle at the mall, Aidan made it to the headquarters building of Ackerman Inc. "Wow!" Aidan gasped as he saw the building. It was in the prosperous and luxurious part of Emergande City. It was located right at the center of it. The building stood towering over the others–proud and headstrong. His father had already made preparations for his takeover. Aidan was speechless. No wonder the man had so much power" He thought to himself as soon as he saw the entourage waiting for him. Immediately his car pulled into the private parking lot of the company, and the General Director was waiting diligently for him alongside the employees. The man dressed in a smart expensive suit ran towards his car, bowing himself. "I'm Mr Milton Sam. I'm sorry about the traffic that delayed you." Aidan got down and saw the man looked familiar. He was an old but sturdy man. "Mr. Milton?" He resounded surprised. Aidan remembered him from when he worked for the Hartfords. They had accused him o
Madam Doris walked in with a victory face as she kept rewatching the video that she asked her assistant to release a while ago. She kept smiling to herself as she knew this was a very huge slap on Aidan's face which would take him a while to resolve.She watched as a long list of bloggers reposted and tagged Aidan over and over again.She was still in her happy mood when Mallory walked in with two shopping bags in her hands.“Mother, tell me it's not true, how dare that good-for-nothing boy raise his hand and touch you, has he forgotten who you are?" She said with an angry face and Madam Doris could not help but laugh. She patted her side and beckoned to Mallory to sit down. Mallory was quick to hand over the bags to a maid and went to sit beside Madam Doris.“It's just a make-believe video, you should know that boy has no mind to even look me in the eye but he seems to be more to what the eyes see now and he is trying to get back at me"But he has long forgotten that I am a champion
Erica looked at her mother with disdain as she picked her bag from her seat and faced the door.“If you are so eager to have grandchildren to play with, accept Racheal. I will not give birth to another child just to satisfy your wants and needs. The earlier the better” she said and Madam Doris was pissed off again."What! Are you insane? How dare you speak like a fool! You are not ready to give birth to a child for your husband because of a mistake!” She yelled and immediately Erica looked back in fury.“Take that back mum, my child is never a mistake, and I will choose the time I want to give birth to another child, it is none of your business, you want a child faster, you either love Racheal like a grandmother should or tell that one who has refused to reproduce either by choice or by fate to find something doing."I am not interested in anything you have to say," Erica said scornfully. Madam Doris angrily banged the chair again in a fit over what her daughter just said. If only she
"Tell me everything you have about Ethan,” Aidan said calmly. Mr. Milton smiled and responded after taking a sip of his wine. “There is a lot, he is an easy person to catch as his atrocities are out there for all to see. He thinks he's hiding them well but you'll be surprised as to how easy it was to get my hands on this information." He spoke as he munched on and continued his meal.Aidan snickered. “I have always known he is a dumbass with his shit, always bragging” He dropped his spoon as he wiped his mouth and turned his gaze to Mr. Milton.Mr. Milton continued. “He is a questionable character, and to worsen the matter, he is spending his company funds…" He dropped the spoon and gulped water to push down the spoonful he swallowed. "Including other members of the board's investment funds in gambling and he is far gone as he can’t be revived at this point”Aidan was taken aback, surprise plastered across his face. “He gambles?” He asked. Mr. Milton looked up as he was surprised th
The car pulled over in front of a luxury building, it was a three-story building with a nice Italian restaurant on its first floor, and a bar on the second floor. The Casino was situated on the third floor, only elite members of the Emergande City had access to the Casino. Mr. Milton had to forewarn the head of the casino regarding Aiden's coming.Aiden and Mr. Milton walked into the building, leading towards the elevator, three men stood in front of the elevator waiting for it to open."I wonder what a loser like you could probably be doing here" One of the men said upon seeing him."But he's dressed up so clean, what store let you rent this?" The second one added sarcastically as he stretched out his hand to touch Aiden's clothes.In an instant, Aiden held his hand halfway mid-air twisting it backwards, completely taking the man off guard."Arghh!...""Release me this instant you God forsaken…" His words trailed off from the unbearable pain he felt. But Aiden didn't let him loose,
He turned around and saw Casey standing, holding a shopping bag. Adorning an all-black bodycon gown, her blonde hair flowed freely down her back. She wore a pink leather jacket to complement the floor-length bodycon gown.“What are you doing here? In these luxurious shopping parts of the City?” She asked as she strides closer to him.“She looks sexy,” Eileen said, smacking her lips and looking into her brother’s eyes with a smug grin on her face. “Wipe that smugness off!” He commanded in a hushed whisper. Eileen giggled and stood beside him.“Casey! It's been a while, I should have been the one asking you since this part isn't normally your jurisdiction.” He extended his arms and accepted the hug she brought.She looked different, not like the stern, straightforward doctor he meant almost a year ago. Her dark hair was blonde now and she was dressed in her usual business-looking outfits, but rather a casual one. It was a new look for Aidan.“I remember you.” She pointed to Eileen, wa
“Oh my God!” She jumped back and quickly deterred her eyes by covering them with her hands.“I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't know” She turned quickly and closed the door behind her.Aidan fell on her neck as he was still on top of her, buried deep inside of her. His hot breath continued down her neck as he heaved up and down, trying to find a calm pace for his panging chest. She chuckled. “Busted, no more hiding from her then.” She said and wrapped her legs around him, bringing him in the more. He turned to look at her and his expression was different as his dick became flaccid inside of her. It fell out itself even with her moving her waist herself to continue what Eileen had interrupted.“What is it?” She asked as he removed her wrapped legs and sat at the edge of the bed, using the sheets to cover his semi-hard dick. He rubbed his hands through his hair and sighed a weary sigh.“We shouldn't have done this, Eileen coming in here was a wake-up call” Erica was flabbergasted, and he
Aidan’s POVAidan walks right past them and into the house, pretending he didn't hear, with an aching in his heart. “I uh… wished your mother lived a happy life, but she didn't and me being here, I'm not happy, I have to leave, and I don't know what better time to say it.” Erica sniffled and drew in a short as Aidan slowed his steps down to catch a breeze. He saw Erica turn to get an eyeful of him. They both locked eyes and after what felt like forever, she left the two of them. Aidan shook his head after, he knew why she was leaving but that was low of her to bring it up at this point when Eileen just learned about the life her mother lived and how evil and heartless her birth father was. Erica always finds a way to squeeze herself in. “You know she's right” “What?” He squinted his lids and narrowed his eyes after what Eileen said broke his thoughts. But he didn't quite catch it, hence he asked again. “She has to leave.” “You know what, Eileen, enough!” He wagged his hand in an
Aidan's POVAt The Ackerman EstateA couple of weeks had passed since Jeremy’s final verdict, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, a worse punishment than the one labeled on his father. The City was in awe of the vile things that were published about how the family ran their businesses. People Jeremy had wronged, got their little bit of peace back and some money for compensation. Frederick Clayton was made to pay back the people who he wrongfully took money from the sum of 400 million dollars in total. It was a lot, even for Frederick. The authorities spared no time in bundling up their houses and taking them up as their own, leaving no stone unturned.The little left behind was given to Eileen and also surprisingly there was a trust fund with her mother's name which with the help of Aidan’s attorney, she was able to open and access for her art career.“Daddy…” Rachel exclaimed happily as she leaped out of Eileen’s side onto the bed where they both lay, while Erica sat in the vanit
Mallory’s POV “Ew. Ew! Ew!” She exclaimed as she jittered her heels across a puddle to enter the bus taking her to the prison where her mother was serving her sentence. Her mother had been leaving calls for her to come to see her, but she'd been ignoring them hoping they would go away because she didn't want to be associated with or even tied to her mother again. She finally went reluctantly when the mother told her there was something important that she needed to learn about a stack of money she kept in case of unforeseen circumstances. And being that she was flat broke, she picked up her bag and scurried to get to her mother just so she could claim the money.“Princess? Is this place too filthy for you?” One of the passengers asked as she cracked up at her.She jerked her jaw and scoffed as she found a free seat to sit down.“This is taken…” Another scooted to the free seat from the window side he sat at, frowning at her.“I don't understand…” She huffed a sigh. “How can this be t
Aidan’s POV A whole month had passed since he got Frederick and his cohorts arrested. Madam Doris was sent to jail to spend the next ten years of her pathetic life behind bars without the possibility of parole or even a retrial. Jeremy was still on trial, and this was the last day of his trial where he would be convicted of his numerous crimes. They were the most grotesque crimes ever. He was practically the enforcer of his father, no wonder the man always kept him on his side and without a leash because he carried out the most heinous crimes or got whoever would agree when he could not do it himself for him.Aidan had been going to court since their trial, not because it was necessary but to see the downfall on their faces when they were finally convicted. And boy! Did Frederick feel like he had lost a huge battle he thought he’d already won? He looked dejected like he had lost a fight with a grizzly bear he underestimated. His snares and glare did little to nothing to him as he was
Aidan’s POV The roads leading to the judge’s house were dry and flaky and carried all the dust that could last a lifetime. Although the roads were beautified with tall luxurious trees, they did little to nothing to hide the ugly of the road. No wonder she came out here to hide because no one would dare or even think about coming to the hell hole. As the cars were skidding down the dusty ass road, he received a text.“We're done Sir, taking her home now”It was from Cole, he had been receiving texts from him at every interval to know what she was doing and if the meeting she insisted on was over even though it was against his wish. He flipped his phone that he placed on the empty back seat and checked the notification. He smirked as he saw and left the phone back.The car hit a bump and he made a wince sound. The driver heard.“I'm sorry Sir, I didn't see that curve on time, this road is rough” “Just shut up and drive” He rolled his eyes and went back to perusing the stack of papers
Erica’s POVThe news of Frederick Clayton’s arrest broke through the City like wildfire. It was the talk of the whole City for anyone who cared enough to listen and everyone cared to listen, from the media, the news stations, the cafes, the streets, roads, and every corner that had people in it, talked about Clayton's downfall. It was horrendous and they ate it up like the sweetest meal ever. The videos circulating and making media rounds made everything worse. So bad that anyone who was affiliated with them had to either detach themselves or hide their head. Some even had to go as far as running away from the City just so their name was savaged from the whole saga.“We are here Ms. Erica,” Cole said to her as they got to the police station. It's been almost two weeks since the arrest of the mighty family of Emergande, her mother had already been convicted and sentenced to jail without bail for ten years and also a fine of 200 million dollars had to be paid back by her. But since she
It was Ethan upon further look. He had suddenly parked his car right in front of Aidan’s as they were pulling out of the hospital premises. Aidan was furious at this act of his. To make matters worse, the paparazzi were right behind his car, looking for the easiest scoop of news they could grasp their hands on. “Let him in” He reluctantly said to Malcolm. This whole shit show was irritating the living daylight out of him. Malcolm did as was instructed and Ethan hopped into the backseat with no hesitation and the car pulled away, maneuvering the paparazzi.“Are you out of your damn mind?! What the fuck do you think you would achieve by doing that?! Is that Doris’s last attempt to escape the law?!” Aidan was furious. His vein throbbed as he brawled on him.Ethan cowered to the very end of the seat he sat on. He gulped down, knowing well he was wrong for even making such a useless and daring attempt. But he had to, that was the only way he could get to see his boss and ask him for a fa