Chapter 84“Dear Sasha Bills, we express our regret….”“What the…! They rejected me?!”Sasha exclaimed as she glanced through the rejection email. “That ….”She grabbed her phone angrily and dialed Laura's number.“Urghhh… this…fucking b***”, Laura said as she turned over her phone to see who was calling. She took a deep breath wondering what it was now.“What's up bae?”“What's up? What happened to the assignment?!”“Lower your voice, I'm on a date!”, Laura said, eyeing the phone. She smiled at her date who didn't seem to even be interested in what she was saying. She excused herself to the restroom.“What is it this time?”, she asked, removing Sasha from hold.“Oh, I'll tell you what it is!. You…”"Let me guess - they rejected you?" Laura said flatly as she answered.“First of all, don't you ever interrupt me.”Laura's eyes widened. “Is she talking to me?”"Secondly, what the hell just happened. I thought you were the best hacker at the company. I thought you updated the profile li
Chapter 85Sasha played with his chest hair.“You know that I got fired from Skyrock Corp and I was out looking for a new job…”“Okay. How did the interview at Maston Corp go?”“It was going well… until… that wretch of yours spoiled it all for me”Jerry squeezed his face trying to think who she was talking about.“Wretch of mine? Who?”“Who else but that low class wretch called Sofia"“Sofia?”, Jerry said, not wanting to show his immediate uneasiness. “What happened between you two?”“She sabotaged my interview and gave my interviewer a lot of bad reports about me”“Are you serious?”“Yes and that's why I got rejected! If she hadn't done that I was obviously more than qualified for that job. She ruined my chances.”“I didn't know that bitch was capable of doing such”, Jerry said, eyebrows up in surprise. “Who does she think she is?”“The little rat. She's not even up to half my qualifications and they made her acting CEO. With people like that, Emilio is going to surely ruin his com
Chapter 86Her gasp filled the room with immediate cursing following.Maria cursed loudly. “Good for nothing scallywag!”She scoffed, looking disgustedly at the ugly picture of Scar on the news blog she was reading. The red bold “Wanted!” was diagonally labeled across his photo and a lengthy summary of the police' report lay underneath.“What's the matter, mother?”, Andrea asked from across the room, picking up his expensive gold and silver ring from the dresser table.“This idiot named Leonardo who was supposed to get the job done for me, ended up casting himself on the news! Now he is wanted by the Italian police and even seems like some other countries wants the same ” Maria said in anger.“I'd like to see them ask for their remnant pay. The bastards!”“Leonardo?”“Well,Leo is not here yet but Scar is. And it's only a matter of time too! Look at this!” She said, showing him the blog write-up on her phone.“I thought you didn't want to work with this guy”“I told Leonardo countless
Chapter 87“Yes, Father”, Asher answered Vincenzo, walking out of his room. Consecutively, Andrea walked out of his own room in a black sueded customized Brioni suit. He adjusted the end of the hand of the suit as he walked down the passage to where they were, Patek Phillippe watch in hand.“Your love for kaftans and thobes these days, Father”, Asher said amusingly.Vincenzo laughed. “Am I not a little too old to be wearing suits, Emilio?” Asher smiled broadly. “Of course not, Father” “What about you, Andrea? What do you think?”Andrea raised his head from where his eyes had been.“I think the gold thobe looks fantastic on you Father”, Andrea complemented as he fastened the watch.He admired it for a while before raising his head.“It suits your age”“Aha.. You see?”Asher laughed immediately and shook his head. “Of course not,Father. I totally disagree. And I never said it didn't look good on you, I only said I noticed you loved wearing them”“I do, actually. They are all gifts fr
Chapter 88Garfy leaped slightly towards the large window in front of his room. A metallic gray Mercedes Maybach was in front with the chauffeur standing by the side. With that, Garfy knew the car was already readied but he wasn't sure if that was the car Lego and Gauis were supposed to leave with.“You guys are gone already?”“Yeah. We took the Jesko just as Boss instructed.”, Lego said, over the phone.“Okay. You boys stay alert, alright?”“Yes sir”Garfy terminated the call and leaped slightly towards the door. He had stayed indoors for a quite a while, scrolling through social media and replying to overdue messages on his phone - a thing he'd found to be too boring for his personality.He walked slowly in the passage way, his leg not quite as healed yet. It was the reason he still leaped, coupled with the fact that he had dumped the crutches two days after they'd come from the hospital. He looked over at his smart watch. It was almost time to take his medications. Hell no!The sur
Chapter 89Lego parked a few kilometers from the magnificent Rella Bella hall. The jecko's door lifted, and Gaius emerged, donning sleek black Ray-Ban glasses. The doors descended slowly as both men, an air of purpose surrounding them, strolled toward the event hall. The distant hum of anticipation mingled with the echoes of their footsteps. As they approached the glittering lights, Gaius adjusted his cufflinks, a subtle signal of readiness. Lego, with a confident nod, acknowledged the unspoken pact.Gaius, suddenly remembering, dug his hands into his pockets. “My phone's been buzzing”, Gaius said. “Must have been Boss.”Gaius searched through the pockets of his suit jacket.“You can't find it?”“Not yet…You think it's in the car”Lego checked his own pockets. ‘'I think I found it”He pulled out the phone and smartwatch from his pocket.“Here. You gave me to talk to Garfy”“Oh yeah. Thanks.”, he collected it from Lego. “Damn. The battery's low. I can't even see anything”“What abou
Chapter 90“Now, Padredo”Paredo walked briskly to the nearest waiter, taking the covered dish off the service cart. He slipped two grenades inside and stopped at the Rodriguez' table. Lego's eyes widened as he had caught the suppertitious act. He raced as fast as he could, shouting at the top of his lungs.“Stop him, Gaius. Stop him!’Gaius was lost and hadn't even noticed as Paredo passed him.He placed it delicately on the table, taking the hemispheric cover off as soon as he did.“Watch out Boss!”, Lego said, pushing the table over immediately.“Get back!”Vincenzo got up hurriedly and Emilio took him far away from the table. Andrea in turn led his mother hurriedly out of the hall.“You fool, you were supposed to signal me!”, Andrea said over the earphone to Marco.“What was that?”“You need to go home, Mother. Things are about to get really unsafe here”He put his Bentley on auto drive and opened the door for her to get it in. The car started off as soon as the door closed. Cred
Chapter 91“Lego! Lego!”The sound of Lego's coughing attracted Gaius.“Lego!”He ran towards the sound of the cough and soon he found Lego, a pile of wood on his body.“Lego! Oh my God, man. Are you good?”Gaius said, helping Lego up. Lego continued to cough and with much difficulty, Gaius raised Lego from the floor. He put Lego's arm over his shoulder so he could help him walk.“Hmm…”, Lego groaned, holding one side of his abdomen as they walked slowly towards the door.“Ye… .”“Freeze! Non muoverti! (Don't move)”The policeman exclaimed at Lego and Gaius. “Officer…”“Don't speak. Hands in the air.”“Officer…”“ Metti le mani dove posso vederle !(Put your hands where I can see them)”“Hey Gastus! Put your weapons down!”, The head of the team said, coming in just in time.“They are Rodriguez's men”He directed with his hands and the two policemen behind him helped Lego to their wagon outside. Gaius followed, his hands bleeding from a bullet wound.“All clear?”“All clear sir. We've
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,