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Ansel is at the table with over three men and among them is Mister Jimmy Futterman. They are all ex-members of the great five that dispersed with the death of their leader, his father. " Are these the men?" Ansel asks Mister Jimmy. " Yes, Grand Lord. " He bows. " These are men that have been loyal to your father, they have been anticipating the day the brotherhood would rise again like the morning sun."" Hmm. " Ansel is somewhat absent-minded." They are loyal to your father and they have promised to be so with you too." Mister Jimmy assures him. " And what do they have to offer?" Ansel asks. " Pardon?" Mister Jimmy is confused. " Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy. " Ansel turns around in his chair and looks at him with a smile on his face. " You don't think that I am just going to allow just anyone into the brotherhood? I want influential men. "" Grand Lord, I am an accountant. " One of them clears his throat. " What can that do for me?" Ansel asks. " I can grant you access to the fina
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The first thing Ansel does is a smirk, even though he wasn't – not even in his wildest dream– expecting Duke, he still has the humor to laugh. " It's you!" He cleans his hair dry. " I was kind of expecting you. "" Of course you were. "" Not to magically appear in my room like a ghost, but I knew you would come for me. " Ansel says. " Not after what I did to your personal assistant. "" I thought you were dumb, but at least you can read signs. " Duke concludes. " Good for you. "Duke takes out a gun from his pocket and places it on the table. Ansel recognizes the gun, it's his. " Now what kind of idiot keeps his gun under his pillow?" Duke can't help but wonder. " The kind of idiot who expects people to come for him through his tightly shut windows. " Ansel gestures and walks to sit on the bed. Duke stands up and casually strolls to him, his hands by his side. He stands in front of Ansel, his hands folded. " What do you want?" Ansel looks up at him. " Seriously?" Duke scoffs.
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Even Bloom turns around, it's a bomb she has dropped right now. Duke drops the bags in his hands to the ground. His eyes are boring through her. " Excuse me?" He squints. " I can't go back with you. " She runs her hand through her hair. " This is where I am supposed to be, I have to look after my mother's estate." " What the hell are you talking about?" Duke yells. " Get into the fucking plane, I don't have the time for this. "" No, you listen, Duke. " She raises her voice, but she sighs and looks down. " I'm sorry, with everything you have done for me, I know that I seem to be ungrateful, but I just want to do what's best for me."" We talk about all of this back home, at Sunville. " He points to the direction of the plane. " That's our agreement. "" I didn't agree with that. " She sounds pained. " You said that to me, the same way you have been barking orders at me. "Duke stops, he knows that yelling back and forth won't solve this. She is right, maybe he hasn't been treati
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She doesn't like the eyes of the men peeling off her clothes in their heads as she waits to see a cab. They look tired and aged from their office jobs, but her body brightens their eyes for a few minutes. She sees a yellow cab in the distance and she waves for it to stop and thankfully it does. " Yellowstone castle. " She gets into the car. " Lady, no one goes to that side of town." He grunts. " What do you want to go there for?"" Can you just drive, sir?" She asks. He silently steps on the gas and the car starts to move again. She leans back and watches the scenery they drive past. " You don't seem to be around here. " He glances at her through the mirror. " I haven't been here for a while. " She answers. " So what's your connection with Yellowstone?" He asks. " The house there belongs to this Mafia godmother, but she died. "Eden looks out of the window, she pretends like she didn't hear his question and she is hoping that he drops it immediately. " She was very controver
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Duke wasn't expecting Melody. He hasn't seen Melody in months and even though he kind of misses her, it was a good thing because he has the time to focus on other issues. Of course, they are cool. He knows that her modeling has been going on well too and that's enough for him. Why has she come to see him after all of these months? Did Ansel find her and cause trouble for her?" Sir. " Gwen pulls him out of his thoughts. " She has been waiting for you for hours. "Duke nods and starts to walk to the door. He stops and turns to her. " Give us a few minutes alone, okay?" He tells her. She nods, she looks like she would have said something to him, but she bites her lips instead. Duke innocently walks into the house and he sees Melody sitting in the living room. She turns around and he sees her face. The angle at which he sees her from the door makes it impossible for him to see her fully, but he can't tell from her face alone that she has changed. " Duke?" She smiles. Even her sm
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It's hard to tell if Melody heard the whole of their conversation, her face is still straight. " Melody..." Duke is trying to act straight and just drop the bottle, but it falls to the ground and spills on the ground. " Bloom, can you give us a minute?" She requests, her eyes not leaving Duke. "Yes, ma'am. " Bloom keeps his eyes on the ground as he leaves, he has prayers for Duke in his heart. Melody shuts the door of the kitchen and turns to face Duke, he rubs his thumb over his nose. " What were you talking about?" She asks. " What?" He bit his lower lip, he is a very bad liar when he is drunk. " Who did you get pregnant?" She asks. This is a trick question because he would lose either way. " Melody, let's just talk about this tomorrow. Okay?" He says. " You need rest. "" Who, did you get pregnant, Duke?" She hits his shoulder. He looks down at the ground. It's so hard for him to openly cry, but if crying would solve this, he won't hesitate even once. " Melody, I'm sorry
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Ansel is the last person that she was expecting to see, and not at her house of all places. He turns around, he has a cigarette in his hands. " Hello, Eden. " He puffs smoke into the air. " Ansel, what are you doing here?" She asks. Her hands are folded and there is a small frown on her face. " Why haven't you called me?" He tilts his head. He walks finger, standing in front of her face and he exhales the smoke in her face. " My card wasn't for decoration, I was waiting for your call. " He leans to meet up with her height. " You know it isn't nice to make gentlemen like myself wait for a call. "" I have been busy. " She doesn't bat an eyelid. " Sweetheart, don't tell me that your mother is Eve. " He laughs. " Holy shit. "" How is it then that you are related to Duke Dawson Xavier?" He asks. " Eve adopted me. " Eden folds her hands. " It doesn't matter, how did you get into my house?"" That doesn't matter too, sweetheart. " He continues to smoke. " What matters the most is t
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Duke gets to the house, but his heart is still heavy with the thought of meeting Melody again. He tears off the tie from his neck and shuts the door of the car. He walks towards the house and Bloom meets him outside. Bloom's sleeves are raised to his elbows and he looks super exhausted, Duke doesn't need to ask, he knows that Melody has been a hand fool. " She didn't kill anyone, did she?" Duke sighs. "Well, only herself. " Bloom shrugged. " But she took a nap and she didn't feel like it anymore. "" Thank God. " Duke continues to walk to the house. He is super exhausted, but he is going to keep up with her since he is the reason why she is so mad in the first place. He gets to the house to meet Gwen cleaning the living room. " Welcome, sir. " She greets. " How did the meeting go?"" It went fine, Gwen. " He nods. " Where is she?""She just came down from the room to get a glass of water a few minutes ago, she returned back. " "Thank God. " Duke wipes his face. He walks to th