Chapter 129“Come on, Maria. Take a chill pill. Stop trying to be so tough. You know you still got that soft spot for me”, Wyatt said in a groggy, deep voice. Maria said nothing, not wanting to admit to the fact that new feelings had been welling up in her since he reappeared in her life.“So how do you plan on killing the old man and succeeding?”“Leave that to me. I'll have it done and then we can go on with the rest of the plan”“Okay. At least you got the contract through so I think I can believe you when you say, you'll get it done”“I've always been a woman of my words”“Of course. Especially when you attempt to kill them so you don't have to go back on your words”“Exactly. I'll do anything to keep my word”“Well, good luck on that, Maria”“Goodbye”She hung up, consciously taking in air before turning away from the window. Surprisingly, she turned to meet Andrea in the room.“Andrea. Mio figlio. I didn't hear when you entered”, she said, trying not to stutter and reveal her s
Chapter 130“Why should I listen to you now? Huh? Tell me Mother. Why should I trust you now? I know you Mother and I don't think I can believe a word you say”“Please Andrea, I would never lie to you”“But you did! You didn't tell me the truth”“I would have. Eventually. I just wanted to wait for the perfect time. Please Andrea, listen to your mother.”“No! You are supposed to be my mother! You're supposed to inspire me ”“I am your mother! How selfish of you! I've always been your mother. I have gone through hell in this life. Fell in love with an abuser and then I got married to one who's clearly not gotten over his late wife! The moment his son rises from the dead, he throws you into the sidewalk. Is that fair?! Here I am, trying to ensure you get what's rightfully yours and now you are acting all up? I did this for us Andrea! For both of us! Not your father or Vincenzo but me! You think he loves you? He only wants you for the inheritance that Vincenzo doesn't even picture you in
Chapter 131Sofia woke up suddenly, her heart pounding loudly and beads of sweat all over her forehead. Despite the fact that her room was fully air-conditioned, she felt hot and suffocated. She got out of bed and opened the glass door window in her pajamas, going out into her verandah.She tried to calm herself down, stressing desperately to get the thoughts out of her head. She'd had one of those nightmares again. The images of herself pleading for mercy, trying to get away from her molesters and trying to fight back played over and over in her head like a slideshow. An overwhelming shudder came on her and she shook vehemently for a short time. She really needed to see her therapist.She stayed in the verandah for sometime before going back into her room. She slid her fingers over the keypad of her MacBook.3.38 a.mShe still had at least an hour to go before she could even think of preparing for the office. To wile away her time, she decided to run another review of the data analys
Chapter 132Maria held her blue maxi dress up a little so she could walk properly in the unrugged room on the ground floor. She was on the phone, talking in very low whispers. “Yes. I need a box of them.”“Today”“When will I receive the package?”“Oh ok.”“Done”She got off the phone and almost immediately, Andrea walked in. “Mio figlio”, she called to him as he walked towards her. They hugged and she caressed his cheeks as usual.“How are you? Hai dormito bene?( Did you sleep well?)”“Yes mother, I did. How about you?”, Andrea said. His eyes looked a little sore and Maria knew he must have slept very late.“I slept okay mio figlio”, she said, with a short-lived smile.“Quickly, you should go downstairs for breakfast.”“Breakfast?”, He said , glancing at his watch. “Why so early?”“Well you… have a flight.”“A flight? How? I don't remember booking any flight”“Well, I had a flight booked for you. A private one though”“Off to where and why?”“To America.”, Maria said casually, like
Chapter 133*Something as what? Look Wyatt..”“Come on Maria. I know you've missed me. You just keep denying it”He ran two fingers down her long sleeve which had a slit in it, exposing her skin. “Don’t you?”“Wyatt.. I'm… I'm married?”““ Fuck your marriage girl. You know I want you. And you want me too”“Wyatt…”He leaned in and their noses crossed, leading into a passionate kiss. His hands fell down to her waist and his hungry tongue intertwined with hers, the kiss deepening by the second. His hands went to her generous behind and he grabbed one of it, making her jerk a little. Before Maria could call herself to order, she had unbuttoned his shirt and her hands were already on his zipper. He pulled her dress up halfway and carried her to the bedroom, her legs wrapped around his waist and tongues still quite digging into each other's.Wyatt undid the rest of her dress and they ended up on the bed. Maria moaned softly, every part of her body was electrified. She'd missed this part o
Chapter 134In the end, Jerry ended up in Finn's house.Finn woke up to the sound of someone banging the door.“What the.. “It was getting louder and for a moment, it seemed to be coming from his house. It in fact was.“Who the hell is banging at my door that way? In the middle of the freaking night”, Finn said in a groggy voice, still very much sleepy. He dragged himself to get out of bed and walked sluggishly to his front door.“Who the hell is there?!”, He asked, standing just in front.“Bro open up”“Who’s bro?”“It's Jerry man. Open the door man.”“Jerry?” Finn asked in a confused tone. He looked through the manhole and then opened the door. Jerry fell into the house and onto the floor immediately.“Arghh”, Jerry groaned. His head and now his stomach were in pain.“Bro what happened to you? Why do you look like you got beat up on your way?”Finn helped him up and onto the couch. “Uhhh shit”, Jerry groaned, holding his head. “Get me a bandage or something please”“Man… what the
Chapter 135Wyatt's Cadillac Celestiq pulled up in front of the building while the SUV containing three of his bodyguards pulled over behind him. The doorman of SkyRock Incorp got the door for Wyatt and he came out, his sharp Ray Ban sunglasses shielding his eyes from the hot sun. Wyatt adjusted his collar, staring at the immensely large and tall building. He pushed his hands into his pocket and waited for his bodyguards to arrange themselves. Tagging behind him, they walked up the stairs leading into the entrance of the building. Wyatt stopped for a second to look around, nodding his head at the impressive architecture of the place.“Not bad”, he said to himself. Taking his eyes off the ceiling, he put his glass back on. “Let's get to business, shall we?”His bodyguards nodded and they went over to the receptionist who'd been staring in awe at them. Meanwhile, Wyatt took his seat on one of the empty single armchairs.“Good day sirs. What can I…”“My boss has an appointment with you
Chapter 136“Rodriguez? That explains”Asher smiled. “Well, I guess”“Let me guess. You are Mr. Vincenzo's nephew?”“Oh no. I'm his son.”“Son?”, Wyatt asked just to be clear he heard well. His surprise got the best of him and it showed all over his face.“Yes Mr. Wyatt. You sound surprised”“I wasn't… I wasn't informed that Mr. Vincenzo had another son”“Well, there's a bit of a story to it.”, Asher said, pausing momentarily before remembering that he was on his way somewhere.“Anyways, I have another meeting now Mr. Wyatt. It was nice meeting you. Have a nice day”Wyatt nodded, a rather confused expression still on his face. As the elevators slid open into the reception, Wyatt still wondered in his head about Emilio. If he thought he hadn't heard right or had been hallucinating a bit, the card confirmed his doubts.“Emilio Rodriguez.. CEO Skyrock Incorp, America”Maybe Emilio was just adopted or perhaps he was even a bastard son.. But then Maria would have told him. So why had she k
Chapter 179: The happy ending “What? “How dare you?!” Maria panicked at first when Asher said what he said, but she quickly covered it up. “ Vincenzo, did you just hear what he said?”“Gaius Come in” Asher said and Maria's knees suddenly went weak. She stumbled behind as she thought she was seeing a ghost. What was Gauis doing here? I thought he was dead.“Gaius here revealed everything to me after Maria and Andrea tried killing him off for finding out their secret ''. “Here sir,” Gauis said, handing a brown envelope to Vincenzo. “Father, in there is the DNA result of Andrea and Mr Wyatt Oril”“What? The late Mr Wyatt?” Vincenzo asked, scanning through the contents of the DNA results. “Yes, that Mr Wyatt, Maria and her son killed him off, as he was a threat to their plans of killing me. And since they couldn’t succeed, Maria here began the slow process of killing you off slowly by lacing your tea every day with a substance. That’s why you have been so weak lately. Here is the s
Chapter 178“Hey let go of me!”. Finn yelled loudly at the prison guards as he was dragged into the toture room. “Do you want to die? Do you know who you are laying your hands on? let me go. Let me the fuck go”Finn was dragged and strapped on the same metallic chair that was used to torture Asher. Mr Vincenzo gave those specific instructions.“Hey!Hey! Are you guys deaf?!Call my dad. You people are dead meat once I leave this place” his spat out at the guards, only to get a hard punch to the stomach as a response. Smack! Smack!“You want to speak to your father right?” The prison warden said as he entered the room “Fine, we will call him for you.”A call was placed across to Mr. Wilson, and with one single ring, his voice echoed at the other end of the line. “Hello Mr. Wilson, someone is dying to speak with you.” The warden passed the phone to Finn, who didn’t hesitate to grab it”“Dad!, dad!What the hell is going on? I have been here for weeks now. What am I still here?”“Shut u
Chapter 177Finn staggered back and Sofia scurried away from behind him. She picked up the gun which had fallen near her boss. Asher, on the floor by then, was fast losing a lot of blood.He brought his hand to his face. It was blood. He stood unsteady, his vision blurry and double and his mind was hazy. He staggered forward a little and Sofia quickly picked up the gun and aimed it at him.“Stay away!”Finn tilted from side to side, trying to widen his eyes. That made it worse as he couldn't even see Sofia or decipher the position of the gun anymore“You…”, he said, swinging his hand aimlessly. In fear, Sofia pulled the trigger and shot his leg.“Arghh”, Finn groaned, holding his leg. His back hit the wall and he fell to the floor, his mind's vision slowly going into a blackout.Sofia turned her focus to her boss, squatting down to his level.“Boss”, she said, shaking his leg. He was still conscious.“Sofie”, he whispered, the most quiet whisper Sofie had ever heard.“Boss! Stay with
Chapter 176The heavy screwdriver fell off her hands and landed on Sofia's right leg.“Ow!”, She cried in pain. She held herself from cursing out, hopping away a little, from the control board.She had tried to pull off the metal cover of the control board for the door. But there were no screws on it. Then, she tried to break the cover. And that landed her in the situation she was presently in. Sofia banged on the door.“Help!!”But she knew her efforts were effortless. There was none other in the building than her and Asher - and the intruder she recognised so much but couldn't place a finger on where she'd seen him.Sofia wanted to feel exhausted but the anxiety that controlled her was great. She'd spent at least fifteen minutes trying to get out of the room and that was more than enough time for her boss to have been reached and attacked by the intruder - probably even dead.“No”, she gasped. She had to think fast. She had to get out now.“Think Sofia. Think”, she said to herself,
Chapter 175Sofia relaxed a little when she heard footsteps on the staircase. She knew she was usually tense when they were in the same space but her anxiety seemed to heighten by the minute. It was unusual and she couldn't put a finger to it. She had tried to concentrate on work but she had only progressed in eating all the biscuits and cookies on the plate. She had poured the remaining contents of the bottled water into her mouth. Tossing the empty bottle into the bin underneath her desk, she had placed her fingers on her forehead and did a quick massage. Still, she felt stressed and just looking at the screen made her feel even more stressed.She took off her glasses and lay back on the chair. The footsteps felt closer now. She opened her eyes. No footstep heard. Maybe she really needed that sleep.She closed her system. Then she heard the footsteps again. Curious, she got up from where she was sitting and moved towards the door.For some reason, she was stealth about it. She look
Chapter 174The security cameras picked Finn's car as it sped past Asher's residential building. Finn's car was captured by the vigilant security cameras as it zipped past Asher's residential building, leaving a trail of speed in its wake. The driver and bodyguard in the car that had brought Elena noticed the car and watched it zoom off, bearing witness to the fleeting scene.The bodyguard put a phone call through to Mr. Salvatore.“Boss”“Speak to me Spider”“Intruder alert”“Intruder alert?”“Yes Boss. Some car just sped past us. There is no other residential building in this place and I can still see the car parked, though it's far away from the gate.”“Well, who's in it?”“We don't know yet Boss.”“Find out Spider and don't let them ruin this plan. È tutto chiaro? (Is that clear)”“Sì Capo (Yes Boss)”The call ended. Paolo moved towards where Raphael was. “They say there's an intruder, Raphael”“Oh really”, Raphael replied, his eyes fixed on the screen.“Put the security camera'
Chapter 173Sofia let out some air, obviously exhausted. Her boss, Asher, paced the room as he gave instructions over the phone. “I want ceramic used in those spaces, Travis, not wood. Did you…”Asher paused, listening to what the voice over the phone had to say.“Travis, Travis….”Another pause.“Listen.. listen to me. I don't want to know if it is or if it is not possible to get the ceramic tiles today. Whatever it is you need to do to get them today - this night - do it. Do it now. When I come by tomorrow, and just note I'll be coming in very early, I want the exact type and quality that I asked for. Can you get that done, Travis?”Asher paused for longer this time. “Okay. Let me rephrase that. Get it done Travis. Thank you”He ended the call. “What's up? Are you done?”“Yes sir”, Sofia said, letting out a sigh of relief at the end of her sentence. Asher did too.“Finally”, Asher said to Sofie, a slight smile on his face.Meanwhile, after minutes of wasted efforts going in the w
Chapter 172It was dark out. Asher glanced at his watch as he went up the stairs. It was past seven already. He walked into the office room where Sofie was still working.“Are you done?”“Almost sir. Let me just tidy up this document”“Alright”He left the room and came back with two small glass bowls of fruit salad.“Here”, he said, handing it over to Sofia.“Oh.. thank you Boss”“You deserve it”, he said, taking his over to the mediun sized sofa. Pink flushed on her cheeks and she had to bend her face so he wouldn't noticed. Asher smiled, noticing before she could even hide it. In all his life, he didn't know a person more shy than Sofia.He settled on the sofa, balancing the fruit salad bowl in his hand.“I've been willing to ask something, Sofia”Sofia raised her head immediately, unnecessarily in alarm.“How has your mum been?”“My mum? She's fine. She's.. perfectly okay”“Is she still at the hospital?”“Oh no sir. She got discharged about ..two months ago? Yes. It should be two
Chapter 171“It’s done Boss”, the delivery guy said, adjusting the air pod in his ear as he rode. The bike bent as he maintained being on the bend, the wind flapping in his ear. When he got onto the straight road, he had to reduce his speed for the traffic ahead.“Good”, the voice responded. “Well done Ryder”“Yes sir”The call terminated and Paolo set his phone down on the table. In front of him were three monitors and a slim guy sat in front of them, moving from one screen to another.“What’s the update, Raphael?”, Andrew asked“I'm in. I have successfully gained access into the facility now”, he replied, zooming in on one of the screens. On it was a live recording of Asher's gate, which was still open even when Asher had closed it. So he thought.Raphael switched to another monitor. On the monitor display, the different controls that were sectioned to the different parts of the house were shown. Raphael zoomed into each room, and the door controls, studying the signals. From there,