Eyes unblinking, Adam looked at the man with intense eyes, tilting his head to the corner he raised his eyebrows before finally opening his mouth to speak, “Are there any other men waiting to ambush me when I finally get there?” He asked as he grinned at the man, his eyes not leaving him, the man whose face was ashen, with blood still dripping from his face promptly shook his head, and with his lips and chin trembling as he replied, “No Master, there's no one there and I'm the only one with the code.” Adam nodded his head, raising his eyebrows once more, he questioned the man, “Any other thing I need to know before I proceed, say like a timed bomb or any trick” The leader firmly shook his head “None at all Master. We didn't think we would need such as we were sure you wouldn't be able to get there” once again Adam nodded his head and turned his gaze away from the still trembling leader and, turning to walk towards the exit, As though he forgot something, Adam turned back a
“Hey Adam, how's your daughter? Any difference now?” Over the phone, his friend and ally who had joined in the raid was asking Adam, sitting by the end of her bed with his hand on his face, Adam let out a deep breath before shaking his head slowly, “Not yet, not for now” “I'm sorry to hear that man, we all here hoping she gets better, do let me know if there's anything I can do.” Tearing up, Adam removed his hands from his face and placed them on his chest, before solemnly nodding, “Thank you, Miles, I appreciate” “Anytime brother” was Miles’s reply, before the line went dead. Sighing, Adam adjusted himself at the foot of her bed as he looked upon his child, lying on the bed in the room he had specially curated for her with the help of one of the best interior decorators in town. He couldn't take his eyes off her as he stared at her, His daughter had not opened her eyes since they had rescued her, her skin was still completely pale and her body unmoving, the only indication tha
Mr Nasty as Adrien had referred to him, was a man named Curtis Hills, the president of Hills Group, and an arrogant and mean man. It was said that his family were tied to the mafia world, and so Curtis saw himself as untouchable, and one who could get away with anything. He was currently seated in one of the high restaurants in their province, berating one of their staff, “How inept can you be you fool? Do you not know how to properly serve someone?! Take this miserable thing off my sight this minute” while the waiter trembled beside him, he swept off everything from the table and splashed the glass of wine in his hand onto the waiter, causing the waiter to cower further, tears mixing with the wine that dripped down his face. Bending down, the trembling waiter tried gathering all he could before scurrying away, while he ran, Curtis yelled at the top of his lungs “I want you fired! I'm going to ensure that you no longer work here and your job is stripped off you, you inept fool”
“Sir, I think you should ignore these two men and continue eating your meal, I'm certain the security will handle them” Leaning forward to Curtis, while smiling widely at him, Cecilia gave her unsolicited input. Curtis only gave her a ghost of a smile before continuing to glare at Adam and his companion. Both Adam and Adrien shared a glance between themselves as Cecilia began speaking after entering the midst, subtly raising their eyebrows at each other before taking their eyes away and scoffing lightly, with a smirk remaining on Adam’s lips. Keeping his hands out of his pockets, while also ignoring Cecilia and her unwanted presence, Adam faced the man he had come in search of and spoke in a relaxed and calm way, “Mr Curtis, I've been informed that you're the only one in possession of that herb. I'd like to know how much you'd want to charge to let me have it, you would be saving a life that is of utmost importance to me” While he had been speaking, Cecilia sniggered at the bac
Everybody's eyes went wide as soon as they saw Curtis bowing, including Cecilia whose eyes were as round as saucers as she watched the extreme change in the attitude of Curtis. Was this fellow blinded, into not seeing the filth that stood in front of him, ‘One minute he was supposed to have Adam thrown out like the filthy thrash that he was, and the very next he's bowing to him?!’ Cecilia wondered to herself, as she struggled to make sense of the scenario before her, At that moment, she felt she needed to say something to help Curtis from his misplaced respect, with her brows creased together, she exclaimed in a loud voice, “Sir, are you sure you're not mistaken by bowing that to this man and calling him Master? I ask you to please take a good look at him, you are too noble to reduce yourself into bowing to him” Curtis, whose ears were already filled with Cecilia and her unrequested inputs, began to seethe inwards, but kept his mouth shut, only clenching his fist tightly. Ada
Although Louisa and her mother had been kicked out of the restaurant, both women hadn't left the premises. Despite the embarrassment and humiliation Cecilia had faced, she had been adamant towards Louisa, wanting to find out the outcome of Curtis' outburst and his ignorant display of respect towards the unworthy Adam, hence both women hid themselves in the car to Louisa's chagrin. Back in the restaurant, after Louisa and Cecilia had been sent out, Curtis's head and mind began reeling, he could hardly believe he was before someone like Adam, who wore the ring that he knew to be of great power, no ordinary person could be in possession of the ring, but looking at Adam he looked as ordinary as the next door guy, looking over at Adam and his demeanour, he was beginning to have his doubt. He found it quite absurd that Adam was the bearer of the ring, such an ordinary man couldn't be wearing the Maracuda Ornate so casually, Whoever wore the ring knew the power it possessed and would not l
An advanced man of average height, dressed in an all-brown outfit who carried an air of authority around him, suddenly barged into the restaurant, despite the limp in his walk, he strode in with dignity and confidence. His eyes roaming the interior of the place as he stepped foot into it, his eyes finally landed on Curtis, who smiled in relief to see him, His saviour in the person of Sir Oscar Wilbury had come, and he couldn't help but smirk to himself, Oscar was very familiar with the story of the Maracuda ring, and its former possessor, aside from that Oscar was an artefact collector and knew quite a lot about jewellery, ornates and artefacts, so Oscar was the best person to detect the authenticity of the ring. “Over here Sir Oscar, the impostor and his friend are over here Sir" He quickly announced, trying to claim the attention of Oscar who had already seen him and was making his way towards them, Oscar barely nodded his head in response. “Where's the person you said wears the
Curtis' face and neck flushed all over and he took in a deep breath, as he heard Adam's statement. He couldn't believe that his actions would come back and bite him in the butt, and he internally berated himself for uttering those words to Adam, he had arrogantly thought he was right and had spoken so carelessly. Now those very words were back to haunt and hunt him down, From where he stood, Adrien could see the various emotions that passed across Curtis' face and he smiled to himself, the bastard deserved the comeuppance that was coming to him. Wanting to add salt to the injury, he exclaimed loudly, “We don't have all day Curtis, people have their meals to get back to, and your delay is delaying them as well" and he winked right after his speech, Adrien ached to stick his tongue out for good effect but decided to take the mature route. Curtis' face and neck couldn't get any redder than they already were, it was already as red as cherry, anything further than that, Adrien felt the f