"What! How is that possible?" The secretary yelled but the line was already off.Zayn looked at her. "Is something wrong?"The secretary looked at him and sighed. "We lost the order.""What! Do you mean we lost the order to Derek?""Yes boss, we just did. I don't know why Mr. Miller made this decision but I'm so sure Miss Sophia betrayed us as well," she explained.Zayn turned away in anger. He couldn't believe he lost the order because of Derek."What are we going to do, Boss?"Zayn clenched his fist in anger. "Derek has to leave. It's the only way," he muttered.He knew exactly what to do. He would have to force Derek to reject the order and it would be his. That was the only way. He had gone far already and he couldn't afford to stay back. He wouldn't lose to someone like Derek..Derek stepped inside the office with Thomas.Max was already waiting with Mr. Mavi. On seeing Derek, Max moved closer to him."Boss, welcome back. Do we have good news?"Derek ignored his questions and m
Derek gathered his brows in shock. He couldn't believe his ears. "What? My sister is alive?" He couldn't help the happiness that coursed through him. "Where is she? Why don't I know about her?"Fred released a sigh and looked at Sophia. "You have seen her before if you could remember. The boss brought her over to my place that day."Sophia squeezed her brows as she tried to think about it. "I remember now!" She said suddenly and moved to sit beside Derek. "I do remember her. "Ana, right?"Derek's chest tightened and he nodded once. "I saw her birth certificate. She's Ana. But where is she?" He directed the question at Fred."The last time I saw her, Derek, she was alive but I can't say now. Perhaps she's dead."Derek raised a confused brow at him. "Why did my father presume she was dead when she wasn't at that time?"Fred released an exasperated sigh. "Morris wanted a business deal. He told your father to back away but he didn't. So, his punishment was taking Anabelle," he hesitate
"But I don't really think we should go this way," Fred stuttered. "I mean Morris is a mafia lord as well, a fearful one at that. One of you will die," he muttered the last statement,as if scared of the way it sounded. Derek regarded him for a moment. "I'm not going to back down so easily and I'm going to do all I can to fight Morris. I will make sure I don't lose," he muttered with determination. Fred cupped his face in his hand. He felt dejected and exhausted. "And," Derek continued. "It's your choice to decide if to join me or not. You can either join me or be my enemy." "You need to calm down." Fred stood up again and shook his head briefly. "You need to take this slowly. Any single mistake and you will die. We don't even know what Morris looks like. How do we fight him if we don't even know that little thing?" He complained. "Well," Sophia responded quickly, just as Derek opened his mouth to talk. "If Derek could unreveal Clara's identity, then he would be able to do that to M
"I'm optimistic about it but I still have to keep my identity a secret until it's all over. I just hope it gets over very soon," Detek muttered."I know you can actually. I didn't even imagine you could unravel Clara like that. I really want to join your course this time."Derek smiled softly. "Though, I'm kind of bothered. Could my sister still be alive, there won't be a way to recognize her. It has been years already."Sophia didn't respond and instead, continued to stare at the pendant on Derek's neck."What's that?""What?" Derek demanded and traced her eyes towards the pendant. "This?" He smiled softly. "I think it's a family heirloom. Though, I saw two in the box with different numbers. Since mine is 'V' I presume it's 'Love' in full," he explained."I've seen that, though with the letter 'O' on Annabelle. I remember correctly because she wouldn't let me touch it."Derek frowned as he regarded the pendant for a moment. "There was no 'O' in the box. Could it be_," his eyes widene
Amelia couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Mom, are you kidding me?"It was late in the night when her mother came to her room to inform her that Mr. Miller would like to have dinner with her at any restaurant of her choice. Even though she was the first beauty of the Williams family, she didn't expect to have caught the fancy of a popular and wealthy man like Miller.Ann sighed, perturbed. "I sincerely don't know what else you are looking for. Mr. Miller wants to have dinner with you. Is that so hard for you to do?"Amelia regarded her mother for a moment, as different thoughts went through her mind. She found it difficult to believe that Mr. Miller actually wanted to have dinner with her without her mom interfering."No!" Amelia shook her head briefly. Though she was very glad that she had gotten rid of her useless husband, she didn't want a replacement, not so fast actually."What did you do, Mom? I'm sure you did something. Why would Mr. Miller want to have dinner with me?"An
Before the man could blink, Derek stood up quickly. He hit his hand so fast and so hard that the man winced.The gun dropped from his hand and the man screamed in pain.Derek didn't let it cool down and hit the man in the chest, sending him reeling backward.The others looked at Derek with shock in their eyes."Get him!" One of the men yelled in annoyance and they lodged an attack at Derek at the same time.He dodged one of the punches and gave the sender an uppercut. He delivered a spinning kick to his side and sent him staggering backward.Derek faced the next opponent but he was too slow as he received a kick to his stomach. Derek staggered back briefly but soon regained his composure. He jumped up and kicked him. The man went unconscious immediately.The last man regarded Derek for a moment with fear in his eyes. He looked at the men groaning on the floor and suddenly took to his heels.Derek released a sigh and wiped the perspiration off his forehead. He walked to the boss who wa
"What! Again?" Catherine had this shocked look, coupled with disappointment on her face.Nick moved closer. "Boss wants her to kill again? I thought we are over it," he complained."Yes! He agreed not to send you on such a mission anymore. You are his daughter and not a hired killer. He shouldn't be using you like this," Catherine argued.Maribel released a sigh. "I don't want to do this but I have to. I have no choice.""No, you do have a choice, Maribel," Nick declared in a thick voice. As much as Maribel is concerned, Nick was the only man working for her that could call her by her name.Maribel looked at Nick and released an exasperated sigh. "Calm down, Nick.""I won't condone such attitude. Your father can't be sending you on a dangerous mission and you expect me to calm down?" He muttered thickly. He was angry and this was vivid on his face."Yes, you need to send him a reply and let him know that you won't go for it. You won't be the one to kill Derek. Let him send someone els
Daniel knocked on the door and waited for a response.He was happy when he got informed that the VP wanted to see him. Actually, he got pimped that his file was requested by Mr. Miller. And it could mean that he would be promoted.He was due for promotion anyways."Yes, you can come in," a soft, yet familiar voice said Daniel entered the office and bowed slightly. "Good morning boss," he greeted, with a wide smile on his face.Sophia looked up at him for a moment, with a straight face.Daniel wasn't really bothered about it because Sophia was used to wearing a straight face as if she was angry at everyone."Good morning," she muttered and reached for the envelope closely beside her on the table and stretched it out to Daniel. "Here, have it. It's a letter from Mr. Miller himself," she revealed.Daniel felt a surge of happiness. He had this wide smile on his face as he turned and walked away. He hesitated behind the door and broke the seal. He released a sigh and quickly wondered wha