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CHAPTER 138While Bethany was able to escape Dante’s clutches and flee back to America, Gustavo on the other hand wasn’t so lucky as he was captured and being severely tortured.“Do not be such a stubborn old man. Tell me what I want to know and I may spare your life,” Dante growled, driving a balled fist deep into Gustavo’s gut.Gustavo chuckled wryly, spitting out the blood that had pooled in his mouth. “Don’t flatter yourself boy. We both know you’re just a fucking lap dog.”Dante frowned. Even though he was just another cog in Rodriguez’s machinery, he did not like to be reminded of the fact. “Lap dog or not, I’m not the dog who’s going to be begging for his life.”He drew out a small dagger and began to carve the Rafael family insignia on Gustavo’s face, making Gustavo cry out in pain from the chair where he was bound naked. It was the highest form of insult that could be given to any member of the mafia. To have another family’s insignia carved on any part of your skin, talk less
CHAPTER 139“Eagle, I’ll be heading to the island now and I won’t return until after the launch next week. You’ll be there right?” Alicia said with a polite smile to Eagle.Over the last couple of weeks, the two had formed a close friendship of some sorts. “You know I’ll be there Ali. Wherever the boss goes, I go,” Eagle replied, returning her smile.“Can I come with you? I could use the journey, besides it’s high time I saw the progress y’all have made with the project,” Bethany’s voice suddenly came from behind them.Eagle and Alicia turned to look at her and then at themselves. Neither could give heer permission to do so and yet they couldn’t object. After all she was their boss’ mother and so far, she had been of good conduct, keeping mostly to herself and speaking only to Jack who was slowly but surely warming up to her.“I don’t think Jack would agree to that. He still wants you under close surveillance, does he not?” Alicia said, rolling her eyes at Bethany. While Bethany was
CHAPTER 140Alicia put a sad pout on her face. “It’s about Jack.”“What about him?” Bethany replied, raising her brow. She was a very observant woman and in her time living in the mansion with them, she saw how Alicia took every little opportunity to be affectionate towards and get intimate with Jack.It didn’t come as a surprise to her though, afterall her previous plans with Alicia’s AI came to nought only because of the intimacy that Jack and Alicia shared and while it was clear to her that Alicia still harboured those feelings towards Jack, she wasn’t sure if Jack felt the same way.“If you want me to really give you the chance you’re asking for, get him to give me a chance. I know this is the last thing you want to hear but I love him and I want him,” Alicia stated as matter of fact.Her mind was made up. It was Jack or no one else. It didn’t matter how their relationship started or how she had deceived him in the past, what she felt was genuine and all she wanted was a chance to
CHAPTER 141“Kill me if you will, you’re getting nothing out of me,” Bethany said defiantly. She was more than ready to die to protect Jack’s identity. These people took Jack away from her before. She was not going to let that happen again.Rodriguez flicked his fingers towards Bethany and immediately two of his men started walking towards her.“I have no intention of killing you or your son even except you give me a good reason to. I already killed your entire family in front of you…so you will do as I say if you do not want to lose your last living relative,” Rodriguez said coldly.“Who knows? The damn boy may even be mine or one of my men’s. We did take multiple turns with you like the whore you are,” He spat out condescendingly.Bethany grunted hard as Rodriguez’s men got to her and forced her hands behind her back, slamming a cuff on it. Rodriguez’s words caused a storm of anger to brew inside her as flashes of the horror she endured at his hands and that of his men at Maria’s beh
CHAPTER 142Jack had just come out of a meeting with some shareholders. The launch of Bolton tech was where his focus was in full effect and he was explaining the vision of this project to his shareholders, making sure they all understood its importance, so all hands could be on deck to make the project a huge success.His phone suddenly rang and he took the call, frowning immediately he heard Alicia's voice on the phone, relaying information of earlier events to him.“Where are you now?” Jack asked, feeling anger bubble in his gut. He didn't want to have to deal with any of this, not with his big project a few days away from launch.“Trying to find my way back home. Everyone is dead. The cops are here and Eagle is on his way. Jack, she said you have to go home and do what she said or things will get worse,” Alicia's trembling voice came from the other end of the phone.“Get yourself home. I'll be there shortly,” Jack replied, ending the call.He stared at his phone with a mean express
CHAPTER 143Jack arrived in Columbia and drove straight to the designated location the man in the video, Rodriguez had sent to Alicia after they responded that Jack was on his way. Jack did not know what to expect, so he came prepared, using Alicia to get some of Bethany's mercenary customers who she sold weapons to, to join him.But despite his anger and desire to make Rodriguez pay for what he did to Bethany, saving her life was his first priority and since Rodriguez had asked him to come alone to the location, Jack did exactly as he said.Pulling up in his black range Rover, Jack stepped out of the car as he got to what looked like an abandoned school compound.The decapitated classroom buildings and moss growing on them gave that much away.As soon as he stepped out of the car, six tall, bulky and heavily armed men stepped towards him.“Hands up,” One of them said coldly, stepping up to Jack and he did as requested with a vain smirk on his lips. “Which one of you is the boss?” Ja
CHAPTER 144While all of this was going on, a sinister plot was taking shape against Jack and his new company, Bolton Tech and the orchestrator of this plot was none other than Michelle Carter.After her brother's run in with Bethany, Michelle agreed to let the treasure and the island go, as long as Micheal Carter agreed to give her autonomous control over all of their family's businesses.Micheal had no choice but to agree. If it wasn't for his illegal dealings, they would never have lost treasure and island in the first place and their family legacy would not be hanging in the balance.Even though Bethany had destroyed the video evidence as promised and sent proof to Micheal, he still did not trust it completely.He handed over everything to Michelle and went into hiding temporarily, so just in case anything went wrong afterwards, Michelle alone would bear the brunt since she was now in complete control.Michelle may have given up her chase on the treasure but one thing she kept on p
CHAPTER 145The two spent the next couple of hours talking about different things that had happened with them over the years. Michelle was careful not to give out her true intentions or ask anything to raise suspicion in Aaron.She skirted around topics regarding his family and his business but asked questions that would ultimately lead Aaron to talk about it.She made Aaron very comfortable with her and like any proud father, he soon started to boast of how proud his children were making him, especially his son, Jack.“Jack? You mean ‘the Jack Bolton' is your son? As in he is your Bolton, same Bolton? No way….” Michelle said in a surprised and excited tone.This was what she had been waiting for, it was her way in. She knew Aaron would have every information about the new project and all she needed was one vital piece of information that she could use to bring it down.“Wait. You know him?” Aaron asked. While he wasn't surprised because Jack had gained a lot of fame with the differen