Valerie swallowed and sighed."She was just busy. That's all.""If you're here to try and seduce me again like you did in my office it won't work. Plus, we were in public. I don't see that going very well for you."Valerie looked around to make sure that no one heard what Lucius had said. Once she w
"I don't want to take this deal. I want the 100 million dollars as before." Lucius frowned."And like I said before, I can't give you that amount of money. You have to choose whether to take the deal or walk away. I'm not giving you any more chances."Valerie's lip twitched at the ultimatum but she
"Get off me Valerie."In that moment Lucius' phone rang for a bit causing Valerie to turn and look at it. Layla's name had popped up on the caller ID whereas Lucius had just saved it with the name Secretary. Valerie turned back to Lucius and scowled with his ringtone playing in the background."Is t
The sun gradually peeked through the heavy curtains, casting a warm and golden glow into the room. Lucius stirred, cracking open his eyes, and reluctantly sat up in his king size bed. He rubbed his eyes, feeling the last remnants of sleep leaving his body. He turned over to his alarm clock. 5:10am.
"You're late." Lucius said, giving her a glare.Valerie's smile faltered a bit but she quickly composed herself."I had something to do for my family especially now that my father is still in police custody with no chance of bail."Lucius frowned, ignoring her latter comment and opened one of the fi
At the end of the day Lucius drove back to the mansion with the memory of Valerie's arrogant face and uncouth accusation weighing heavy on his mind. He parked his car before alighting it. It was evening now and he was still angered by it. In fact the cloud of anger had hung around him from the time
"The last time was this morning. I finally texted him back and told him that i was okay and just needed a break from my family and him. He texted that he understood and told me that he was going to be travelling out of the country to take care of some business and that when he got back we would spen
It was the next morning and Lucius was still trying to get dressed when he heard a knock on his door. He buttoned his suit breast over the crisp white shirt that completed his three piece suit as he spoke out."Come in."The door opened and Zara walked into the room, shutting the door behind her. Sh
••••• After Zara spoke up about what she went through in Estelle and Jack’s hands, it didn’t take much to sway the court on who was the real villain in this story. A ghost had come back and given them their verdict from beyond the grave and that was enough for the jury and the awed people in and o
The day everyone was waiting for had arrived. The court case between the Cabots and the Steele’s. The courtroom was packed with reporters, spectators, and lawyers. Everyone who was interested in this case either showed up at the court room, camped outside or even watched it closely on their televisi
“Like you said. Former members. Those men heard of my job opening and showed up. They wanted to redeem themselves. Turn a new leaf for the good of society and there you came in guns blazing and killing them.” Callum gave her a mocking face of understanding. “Oh, so when we rushed into the buildi
The car ride back to the precinct was one of quiet and self-fulfillment for some but for those who were stuck with Estelle Cabot in the back of their vehicle, the ride was akin to being thrown into the pit of darkness with a banshee as she would not stop screaming and whining all the way to where sh
“I did everything for you, and this is how you repay me? By recording me and doing God knows what with it.” Lucius opened his mouth, but nothing came out. “Did you go to the police? Did you show anyone these recordings?” Lucius froze. Speaking of the police, where the hell were they when he ne
Lucius couldn’t utter a word as his hands were raised to the sky and he was being pushed along with a gun to the back of his head. He frowned as Estelle’s shocked and confused fac came into view and the man with the haggard voice he caught on his phone glared at him. “Look what I found.” The man b
“It wouldn't concern me either if not for the fact that men with tattoos that I've clearly seen on the news as Black Serpent defectives are walking in with her at this moment.”Lucius shot up from the bed. The Black Serpents again. He thought he had gotten rid of them once and for all when he had Al
It had been a few days before Lucius had gotten consecutive calls on his phone that Callim brought back to him, from both Estelle and Gregory but each on different topics.Gregory's call had a lopsided effect on Lucius as he had sounded different over the phone, no doubt because of what he had found
"That's wonderful, Gregory. I'm happy for you," Lucius lied. "You two make a perfect couple." Gregory smiled and thanked him. He ordered a glass of wine and asked Lucius what he wanted. "I'll have water, thank you. I'm not here to drink, Gregory. I'm here to talk." Lucius spoke, his demeanor bec