'Was the gift enough to make their anniversary a memorable one?' he thought to himself. He needed that day to be perfect for Ciara, and so that meant that he had to make it better. When he and his wife got married, they never had the chance to have a real wedding. It had always been Ciara's late grandfather's wish to see his great grandchild, and he wished Ciara would be able to give him that. When he asked Ciara to marry Dominic, she tried to get him to tell her the reason behind his unbending decision, but the only response she could ever get out of him was that he was a good person, and he wanted Ciara to end up with a good person. After having their marriage registered, the old man chose a date for the actual wedding, but just a week before then, he fell really sick. The family did their best to restore his health, from taking him to different hospitals, to flying him out of the country for special treatments. But unfortunately, despite all the amount they spent, the old man
"Guards, teach him a lesson!"As soon as she gave that order, the guards leaped at Dominic, ready to beat the life out of him. One of them punched him in the stomach while the other held him in place to keep him from fighting back, or escaping. Another hard blow landed in his stomach, and Dominic felt like he was about to throw up his intestines. He kicked him in the chest as hard as he could, almost knocking the wind out of him. With his assaulter temporarily stopped, Dominic bent forward with all his might, judo flipping the guard holding him back. Giving him no room for recovery, Dominic pushed the other guard and swung his fist, catching him in the face. Dominic didn't stop after one hit and instead kept swinging his fists blindly, trying to smash his face in, kicking at his legs, elbowing him, and basically beating with his whole body. The guard was twice his size, but Dominic was relentless. The other guard grabbed him and threw him backwards, sending him flying and he cras
"Push me any further and I just might actually call the police on you." Ariella threatened. By then, the defeated guards had retreated inside the building, probably to tend to their wounds. So Ariella was left alone with Dominic. "I thought you already called them. Was that a lie? Do you really think you can threaten me with the authorities? Don't be an idiot."Ariella was stunned with the way Dominic spoke to her. He was supposed to cower in fear, and he shouldn't even be able look her in the eyes, after all, she was much higher than he was in society. But instead, he was talking calmly and boldly. Even the mention of the police was not enough to make him quiver. "Me, an idiot? Hah! At least I'm not a leech feeding off of my wife's family!""Wife? I did not know you were a lesbian now.""What, no! That was not what I meant. Whatever, just get lost loser. As long as I still work here, you are never setting foot in the hotel.""Are you sure about that Ariella? This world is full of
Back at the Fallon Cartel, Florence was hoping she could get on her son's good side so he could help her become favorable to her mother. Other than the fact that she was the one who birthed her, Rosa had not shown any form of connection between a mother and a child. And while Florence was not looking for a mother and daughter bond or anything like that. The old woman had connections in high places, and that was what she wanted. And of all the children and grandchildren of Rosa Fallon, she was fond of only one… and that was George Fallon, Florence's first son. So, she decided that what better way was there to get closer to her mother than through the grandchild she cherished the most."Thank you for coming to see me George." She had one of her usual fake smiles plastered on her face. "Not a problem mother. Besides, you said you had something important to tell me?" "Right. You see, I wanted to l apologize for the way things turned out at the meeting this morning. I never liked that
So much had happened to Dominic in just a day, and it was not even six PM yet. First it was the chaos at the jewelry store, and now Ariella was being a nuisance. After everything, it was hard to believe that Ciara had only gotten the contract that morning, it felt like it was already long ago. He and Aliya were still at the entrance of Zion, she was trying to get the phone number of the person in charge of the hotel, then he would finally be rid of Ariella and her annoying face. "Now that the cops have gone, why don't you beat it loser?" Ariella growled at Dominic. "I don't think I can leave just like that, not after you insulted me and my wife. No, I to make you pay for that. Plus, there's still the issue of having those guys attack me, I need to find a way to make you pay for the money i spent at the hospital. Or don't you think?" Dominic response lacked any form of emotion, and it was due to the fact that he had grown tired of her. "Would you stop sprouting nonsense and just ge
After Dominic and Aliya were settled in Thomas's office, he started. "This place looks very nice, I can tell that you do your job very nicely.""Oh, thank you very much sir. The Shay family is the one doing all the work. I just do what I'm told.""Well then you must do what you're told nicely.""Thank you sir.""I don't want to waste much of your time so I'll just go straight to the point. My name is Dominic Shay, the heir to the Shay family." He said with pride. "Oh my goodness, I had no idea I was in the presence of such an important personnel." Dominic couldn't hide his shock when Thomas suddenly drop to his knees, head bowed in respect. "If you needed anything, you could have just sent for me young master. You didn't have to come all the way.""Please Thomas, don't do that. You're embarrassing me, let's just talk like friends.""Oh I am unworthy to even dream of speaking casually to you sire.""Please Thomas, get on your feet. We're practically within the same age bracket, there
"Okay, now that that issue has been resolved, we can discuss the main reason I came here in the first place.""Of course young master. Anything.""My wedding anniversary is coming up in a week's time, and I want to make use of the Zion hall. Will that be possible?" Dominic knew he didn't have to ask but he decided to, just so he could hear the response Thomas would give. "Normally, even members of the platinum level have to book the hall in time but, for you sire, they rule has been tossed out of the window. Even if you need it tomorrow, it's very possible.""Good to know. How about food and drink?""You can leave that to me as well, I will have the best chefs and caterers prepare the best dish they have ever made.""Alright then. I am also going to leave this here." He dropped the jewelries he bought for Ciara. "It's a surprise, and I want to give it to her on that day.""What I need from you is a way to surprise her with it. Like I want to surprise her with it in a nice way, and I'
They went to a fancy restaurant for dinner, not that Dominic was surprised though. He knew his in –laws were rich and they were never shy when it came to spending money. "So, how was our day?" Ciara said, trying to start up a conversation. "Dominic, you were going to tell me what happened to you?""I will love, just wait till we get home."When he called her love, Ciara smiled sweetly but it earned a scowl from his mother -in -law. "My day was absolutely awful. You want to know why? My own sister decided to ridicule me in front of the whole family and didn't even think it was necessary to apologize.""I'm sorry George but you know Dominic would have done the same thing if he had lost the bet. And besides, that wouldn't have happened if you hadn't doubted me from the start. All I wanted was for you, my own brother, to acknowledge my intelligence.""That's why you decided that the best revenge would be to steal the position that you know I want?""That was just the reward that cane wi