The hall was bustling as everyone who was invited to the wedding was busy chattering, even though the wedding was unplanned for most, they made time to come because of the Reeves family, some saw it as an avenue for business interests. Darren looked at himself in the mirror, he made sure his mask was well-fitted on his face and sighed, if anyone had told him he would suddenly get rich overnight and marry the daughter of one of the wealthiest families, he would have laughed at their face. It amazes him how life could change so easily. He walked out of the room and went to the hall, he met Grandma Lisa, exchanging some pleasantries with business tycoons. He suddenly heard footsteps halted next to him and he tilted his head. He saw Greg glaring at him and next to him was his brother Richard. Darren clasped his hands behind him, waiting for him to talk. “You still came after my warning, don’t say I didn’t warn you Darren, you are playing with fire!” Greg spat and Darren smirked. “You
"Where do you want to go for your honeymoon?" Grandma Lisa suddenly asked, Nora gasped and furrowed her brows while Damon was indifferent. "We will discuss that and get back to you grandma." Darren replied and Grandma Lisa noddedDarren and Nora returned to the room they were given. "I will sleep on the couch." Darren said and took one of the pillows walking away. He laid down on the coach and when he was sure Nora had fallen asleep, he took his phone and went to the restroom, dialing Hector's contact. "I thought you would be sleeping by now, due to the wedding stress." Hector said after picking the call. "I will go to bed, but I have a lot of things to sort out first." he replied and look at the time "I am coming to the mansion right now, you should get ready for me." he ended the call and placed his phone back in his pocket. He took a cab to the mansion and saw Hector waiting for him. "Good morning!" Hector greeted. "Good morning. I need to start operating the company immediat
Greg was unstable, he was hardly able to keep calm, and he wasn’t able to function throughout the night as he kept thinking about who could have done that. Without his shares he won’t be able to do much in the company, he won’t be able to claim the company as his, and now he had to lose to someone random. He refused to let that happen, he can’t work so hard and lose everything at once, it’s not possible at all. He squeezed his hands beside him, and he tried letting out a breath to calm his nerves, but it didn’t work so he decided to go to the company. If Grandma Lisa is not going to give him answers, he is going to find answers by himself. He is going to tackle everything and make sure he owns them. He left his house and went inside his car, hardly able to wait for his chauffeur to take him to the company. He came down from the car and burst into the company, his eyes were everywhere, and they suddenly fell on Hector who was on a call, Greg took quick steps toward him and wrapped h
"What?! How can you say this to me, grandmother? Are you forgetting I am the one who's your son and not him? I am the one you are supposed to side with."Richard roared angrily, he couldn't believe his grandmother could be this cruel to him. "Side you? What do you think I am doing? I am siding with no one, and I am only stating the fact, that you need to learn manners with your brother and this wasn't the way I had struggled to raise the both of you, if you have nothing else to say, then get busy with something else."Grandma Lisa spat and Richard gritted his teeth, Nora didn't like the way things are going, everything had become a problem in the family ever since Darren stepped into their lives. "But grandma…" Grandma Lisa cut her short."But what exactly? You have decided to cause me a terrible headache and I can't take it anymore, so leave!"Grandma Lisa grumbled, and they had no choice but to walk away. Nora watched as Richard walked away, and she wasn't happy about it, she didn’t
Greg's blood boiled with a seething rage as he prowled through his dim room, he had lightened his cigar and I had taken a great part of it, but he was still restless, the cigarette hadn’t helped calm his nerves, his mind consumed by thoughts of power and control. Ever since news of the new CEO had reached his ears, he had been consumed by a burning desire to seize control of the family company for himself.“A new CEO?” he murmured to himself and burst out into laughter. “What a joke! After everything I had to go through?!” he questioned himself, feeling like his efforts had been thwarted at every turn, his grandmother withholding vital information about the identity of the new CEO. The lack of transparency fueled Greg's anger, a simmering fury that threatened to consume him whole.“There is no way Grandma doesn’t know who the new CEO is, is she suddenly because of the death of Paul’s death? I knew he had always been her favorite grandson, that’s why she had turned her back on us and w
Darren's footsteps echoed through the grand halls of the mansion as he made his way through the imposing structure in search of Hector. The familiar surroundings felt strangely empty, devoid of the usual warmth and bustle that filled the air.As he reached Hector's room, Darren's heart sank at the sight of the empty room, he wondered where he was and Panic began to bubble within him as he realized that Hector was nowhere to be found.The maid rushed forward immediately after they saw him, they bowed before him and he cleared his throat, “Where is Hector? He hadn’t been picking up my calls and I guessed he should be back from the company by now.” Darren said, and the maids looked at each other, unsure of how to answer his question. “We are sorry sir, Hector hasn’t come back to the building, he left early in the morning and since then, we haven’t seen him.”one of the maids replied and Darren’s worries only grew knowing Hector was never the type to go missing. He was always available a
Darren quickly grabbed the nearest shirt and changed into it, Nora stepped inside the room and watched him, she knew something was up and as she opened her mouth to question him, she remembered what he had said and closed her mouth right back.“I will be back.” Darren grumbled and stepped out of the house. He was so worried about Hector and had forgotten to greet Grandma Lisa good morning like he had always done. He was able to find a cab that took him to the mansion, he was impatiently tapping his finger on his knee as he drove to the mansion, he came down from the cab, hastily paid the cab man, and made his way inside the building. He saw Leo and rushed over to meet him. “How is Hector?” he asked“Come with me, the doctor is already attending to him, he was severely injured, Greg almost killed him.” Leo replied, and they stepped inside the room Hector was in. Darren was shocked to see the state Hector was in and was shocked, he couldn’t believe it, “how are you feeling Hector? Ho
“I seriously don’t understand you anymore, Eric! Why are you so bothered about that man, you don’t fucking know him and you are getting worked up because of a stranger?!” Avery asked and snorted. She hates the way Eric had been getting angry for no reason, just because of a random person they met at the Reeves family party. “You might be blind, but I am not, I know that man is Darren, his voice sounds familiar, and he is just as cocky as him!” Eric growled and Avery shook her head. She didn’t know how to explain this anymore, and she was already feeling tired of explaining herself over and over again. “Whatever makes you sleep at night.” she murmured and grabbed her drink to sip, but Eric slapped the glass cup out of her hand, and it fell on the floor breaking into pieces “What is wrong with you?! How could you do that!” Avery shrieked and Eric wrapped his hand around her neck, her eyes widened in shock as she struggled to breathe. “I am not your petty ex that you can raise your
Darren and Hector were purposely making him worried because they slowed down when they noticed he was about to go crazy, thinking Darren and Hector were planning to get themselves killed.“ Relax, Leo were just tricking your ass.” Hector stuck his head out of the window of his car and grinned at him.Darren stopped speaking as he stayed focused on the road. They were close to the press and he was more than prepared to take this step.In the new few minutes they drove into the parking space of the press office. The building had a structure of that of the penthouse with modern design.Darren was the first to alight from his car, Hector followed after him then Leo who happened to be driving into the space beside Hector’s car.They used the lift to get to the main floor and alighted once it clicked at the destination. Some of the workers knew Hector, they stared at him with widened eyes as he walked in front of Darren, Leo was behind them.Hector pushed the glass door open and gav
“This motherfucker is right because the cop is calling at the moment.” He pulled out his phone from his pocket and saw the ID.He gave Hector a deadly glance and answered the call. “We have thoroughly investigated Eric and his family, but there is no proof that he is involved in Mr. Reeves's death.” Hector focused on Darren’s expression as he narrowed his eyes at him.“And who the heck did it? Who killed Mr. Reeves, if not Eric? Who is the fucking main suspect?” Darren sounded like he was losing it, but Hector had to walk away from Laiza and head towards Darren.He dropped a hand on his shoulder, like he had been doing lately, because he had never seen Darren go wild these past few days.“However, Greg is a main suspect because we found the same gun that has the exact bullet that was used on Mr. Reeves.” This time, Darren clutched his phone harder against his eyes; he gritted his teeth as though he were about to rip out flesh with them.“So do you believe that the fucking monster actu
“I know you so well, Hector. Are you feeling something for my sister?” He narrowed his eyes at him as he released these teeth from the tight grit.“Maybe, but I never said you should read me out.” Hector twisted his lips.“Don’t you dare, Hector.” Darren threatened plainly before he turned back to stare at Laiza. She was gradually blinking her eyes open. It meant that their noise had disturbed her sleep.“Look what you too just did.” Leo accused, as he nudged his head towards her, that they had woken her up.“Shit, you caused this motherfucker.” Darren cursed at Hector, but a small laugh bubbled from his lips. He wanted to go close to her, but he needed to give Darren the space to speak with his sister.Hector wasn’t sure if she was going to recognize him as his brother because, according to Leo, she had been separated from him since she was six years old, and it might be a little difficult to remember him.He watched as Darren sat on the bed beside Laiza. She had completely opened he
Darren strided to the parking lot. He was about to get into his car when his phone buzzed.He was surprised that Hector was the one calling; he hadn’t asked him to get any work done but to check on Laiza. Or was something wrong with Laiza?Darren usually has a short breath whenever he thinks of Laiza.“Hey, is everything okay with Laiza?” He breathed loudly.“Laiza is fine. However, I’m not calling because of her; I want you to watch the live news that’s going on right now.” Hector said it in suspense, but the way he sounded, it could only be one person who would go on the internet to cause an issue.Eric was the only and first person that came to mind.“On it, Hector.”He stayed on the call. Darren got into the driver seat and settled down to scroll through the internet.“The Reeves family is a mess since Mr. Reeves, the billionaire, died. It’s so disappointing.” Darren read out the first comment on social media, and his heart clenched.He scrolled down and saw hundreds of comments, a
“Shit, you motherfucker, how did you let them catch you?” Eric cursed as he clutched on the bars of the gate that were separating him physically from Greg.He came as a visitor, and Greg was in jail in the meantime, waiting for his fucking fate.The way Greg looked was dreadful. Eric had never seen him this scared and hopeless. Eric was feeling thankful in his head because he didn’t accompany Greg when he abducted the girl.If not, he would have been behind bars as well, but his betrayal smile kept flaunting on his cheek as though he could do something to help him.“It’s been two days, and Grandma Lisa hasn’t even come to see me.” He murmured, his head down, facing the ground.“What if she thinks you really did it, or maybe she was still in shock that you could do something like that to ruin your family name?” Eric's words were beginning to piss him off.“If you fucking don’t have anything good to say, then get the fuck out of here. I don’t even need your sympathy.” He growled at him.
Immediately, Darren hopped into his car. He had another call from Nora, and she was still panicking.She asked him if he was on his way already and where he had gone without informing her. This time, Darren laughed hard because it was already sounding funny.He still didn’t want to sound harsh to her; he calmly told her that he was on his way already and she was going to see him in a few minutes.Darren was furious; it didn’t show on his face, but his nails were digging into the heel of his palm as though he wanted to rip out the flesh from the area of his palm.Hector had already started the engine of his car; he was waiting for Darren to get in and do the same, but he noticed he just stood in front of it, squeezing his brow and his head facing down.Hector noticed that something was wrong; he took off his seatbelt and ran towards him.“What’s wrong?” He put a hand on his shoulder, but Darren wasn’t looking at him because his eyes were shut and he still had his head face down.“Nora
Richard was in the company when his phone suddenly beeped in his pocket. He had decided not to take anyone’s call because he had lots of work to do.But the moment he noticed that it wasn’t just a normal number but the normal Cops code, he answered immediately, his heart beating frantically, hoping he hadn’t done anything wrong.With shaking hands, he glued the phone to his ears, and it happened to be Greg who was speaking on the phone.His voice was nearly inaudible, more like he was wincing in pain. “I don’t have much time to speak on the phone, Richard; I only have two minutes to speak to you. I want you to come to the station; I have been arrested.” He sounded like he was pleading for mercy, and before Richard could say a word, the call had already ended.“What the fuck just happened?” It felt like he was in a trance because he would never have imagined Greg being in police custody.Greg also contacted Nora, and they were all on their way to the police station. Grandma Lisa was fu
Hector POVHector was heading to the company before he received a call about Greg, then he reversed back immediately.He could recall the last place he spotted Greg’s car, and now he was heading there. He remembered his plate number, so it might be easier to trap him this time.He reached the same spot where he last saw him at twenty-five minutes and came down from his car. He spotted Greg’s car, wondering what he was doing there.As he was about to walk through the parking lot, the same place he had gone to pick up Grandma Lisa’s car, he saw Greg and heard a female scream.Now, Darren was right about getting a female to get his drugs transported. Hector watched as he yanked the girl by her blonde hair, and she screamed even though she had something in her mouth that shouldn’t make her speak audibly.Hector immediately put a call to Darren: “You are right, he’s with a girl now, and I think he abducted her.” Hector spoke angrily. His anger was built up because of Greg.He wanted to imm
DARREN POVDarren headed to Grandma Lisa’s room to check on her and happened to overhear Nora telling her she was divorcing him.He heard her cry as well, which was serious, and he had truly hurt her. He barely could hear what Grandma Lisa was saying to her, and it wouldn’t be proper if he went into the room when Nora was having a conversation with her.Then he waited beside the door until she was done speaking to Grandma.A few minutes later, Nora angrily stormed out of her room, and she hadn’t noticed Darren; probably she was too overwhelmed.Darren popped his cheek, deflated it at the same time, and took out his hand from his pocket before he proceeded inside her room.He met her sitting on the bed, and she looked better than he left her. The nap had truly helped, and that was enough to make him sigh in relief.“Did you two plan on coming to see me one after the other?” Grandma Lisa cracked a smile, tapping the space beside her on the bed.Darren got the signal and entered the room