They openly giggled after taking a look at her. She searched around for her phone but it was nowhere to be found. Feeling embarrassed, Malia rushed out and flagged down a taxi. As soon as she left, Zain arrived with his friends, Harry led him to the room where they had placed Malia but she was nowhere to be found.“Where is she?” His face darkened with anger while his heart was palpitating out of fear.“Young master, we left her here yesterday. She might have stepped out for a moment.” Harry explained nervously, one of his hand behind his head. “You have gotten me to a lot of trouble. The order was to watch her and not let her get out of sight,” Zain started to punch each of them, despite all the energy he put in his fists, his punches were not hard to inflict a lot of pain. “We are completely doomed. How do I report this to the boss?” Zain shivered, thinking of Rhys frigid face. He was chilled to the bones, while he contemplated on his next line of actions, his lackeys laid on the
Rhys was laughing as he read the comments of the internet trolls. He had even created a fake account and one in a while, he would comment to fan the flames. Currently, Malia was the talk of the city but soon the news of Nedal Tech Firm being bankrupt and incorporated by an unknown party took over. While he was laughing, Zain stood behind him with a very mournful expression on his face. He was busy thanking his luck that he had been wiser and not crossed Rhys or he would have been the talk of the city..Zain imagined how people whom he had looked down on would behave around him if his social status suddenly plummets. “Young Master, uh, do you have any more tasks for me.” A cold, chilling feeling appeared in his heart and he wanted to be as far away from Rhys as possible.“I’m curious to know how Malia’s video went viral, I don’t think I included that in my instructions.” He three a glance in Zain’s direction.The smile on Zain’s face became ugly as he tried to come up with a logical
Zain shook his head, trying to clear the weird thoughts sprouting in his mind. ‘Could Young Master and this man be a couple?’ His mind kept bringing up various thoughts, unknown to him, Rhys was able to read his thoughts just by the expression that appeared on his face, and his face darkened in anger because of it.“Let go of me right now!” He struggled for a bit and was finally able to free himself from the man. Then he took a proper look at his assaulter. “Listen here mister, I don’t know you and I don’t appreciate strangers touching me, so I’ll appreciate it if you just leave right away.” Rhys tried to be civil but he was fuming on the inside. “How can you say such mean things to me? You have completely forgotten about me.” The man held his chest like a distressed wife who was being abandon by her husband. “Could it be that you have already replaced me either him?” The man openly glared at Zain. Rhys was completely flabbergasted. In his shocked state, he forgot to refute the man
Rhys facepalmed, he felt the urge to slap the smile off Jonathan’s face. “Why don’t you tell me who you are, then maybe, I can tell you how I got him.”Rio just sneered at Johnathan. “Stupid human.” He climbed on one of the sofas and soon fell asleep. “You still don’t know who I am? I thought auntie or uncle must have told you.”“Auntie? Uncle? What do you mean?” “Well I’m your best friend, your childhood best friend!” Johnathan announced with glee..“So this uncle and auntie you speak of, they are my parents?”“Yeah! Auntie told me that they found you and I got so curious about how you’ve grown. When you disappeared m, I think I cried for a long time.”Rhys went silent, trying to process his thoughts from what Johnathan had said. “THEN WHAY DIDN’T YOU SAY THIS ALL ALONG!” Rhys suddenly yelled, startling Rio awake and scaring Johnathan.Johnathan let’s out an uneasy laugh. “What are you talking about?”The elevator door opened and Zain returned, he was holding the box of chicken and
“What do you mean?” Rhys seemed interested about what his so called best friend had to say.“I’m so sure he hates you.”“ How can he hate me when we’ve never met?” “Don’t you know , since you were taken, it seemed that Atlas would be announced as the future young master of the Fernandez family, to the Fernandez conglomerate,” Johnathan slowly explained whilst taking bites of his pizza. “ I bet he had started to think of himself as the young master of your family. But since you’ve returned, who do you think would be most upset by this sudden change?”“ It would be him.” A profound expression appeared on his face. “I don’t care who he is but as long as he mess with him, I’ll make sure he regrets it.”Johnathan shrugged. “He won’t be able to hurt you, at least not in the open but that doesn’t mean that he won’t devise various means to hurt you. You have to be very careful.” Johnathan said with sincerity.“I will.”“So tell me,” He glanced at Rio who was already snoring away with chicken
The next evening, Rhys showed up early at the hotel where the banquet would be held. He was led to a dressing room where he changed into a custom made tuxedo, Rio and his self acclaimed best friend waited for him outside the door. His hair was styled to give him a very distinct look and an air of authority enshrouded him.“You look amazing! You are going to steal all the ladies tonight, just make sure to leave some for me.” Johnathan had called himself the prince of the underworld but he was in fact a playboy.“Rhys rolled his eyes at his words, he looked forward to dominating the party…. Besides it was his party, he had to be the center of attention. As he entered through the a private door reserved for him, everyone’s over heyes fell on him, they stared at him as if there was a chocolate cake standing in front of them but they couldn’t have it because it was hidden behind an unbreakable glass case. Rhys countenance was calm and relaxed, his looks were like that of a god with hi
With Rhys arrival, the banquet was officially going to begin. Lydia handed Rio over to Harrison, she agot a glass of champagne and clicked on it, drawing everyone’s attention. “Would everyone please have a seat, the banquet is about to get started.” She giggled at the end of her sentence, her laughter was always melodious, coupled with her changes appearance, she was very radiant. The crowd became organized and everyone dispersed to their various seats according to the sitting arrangements. The Fernandez family were sitted in the middle of the hall, and lights were lit on the platform.Harrison went to take the stage and Rio was passed back to Lydia, he flashed a cheeky grin at Rhys as he made demands on the food and snacks in the table, Lydia was happy to indulge him.The speech went on for a long time, Johnathan had snuck back to their table and started to pester Rhys. “Psst, guess what?”“Be quiet, what do you want this time?” Rhys fixed a smile on his face as he responded.“I saw
Rhys stood before Elema and her grandfather like some sort of god, the crisp white shirt he wore contrasted with the all-black perfectly, his black hair was styled with utmost care as a compliment to his eyes, and his eyes fascinated her because it was cold on the outside but full of warmth. He towered over her five foot six height. ‘So tall’ She openly gaped at him. His piercing eyes looked sweetly down at her, and with a smile, he revealed dimples that almost made her swoon. “Hello, I’m Rhys.” He introduced himself, the previous fervent look in his eyes was gone in a flash.Elena felt as if she was drenched in the rain, she noticed how he was able to quickly change his mood. “I know, I’m glad you don’t look like that brat.” The old man continued as if he had not noticed the moment that Rhys and Elena had shared.Rhys then took notice of the old man, his eyes were drawn to the dark spot over the man’s brows which indicated that he was poisoned. The frown he had tried to hide all ni