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Saint had fallen asleep without even eating last night. He has been very much engrossed in finding as much as possible about James Jackson, that he fell asleep with his laptop by his side. He wakes up with a banging headache and the sound of the doorbell trying consistently going off. He kicks the blanket off himself, thank God that he is still clothed, so he goes to answer the door. His anger only intensifies when he sees Adriana Sanchez standing at his front door with a huge grin, two cups of coffee, and some croissants. “You've got to be kidding me,” he mutters as he rubs his eyes. “Mister Saint, hi.” She keeps the smile on. “Adriana Sanchez, what are you doing here? Don't tell me that my brother gave you my address!” “He didn't, I found it out myself,” she looks down at her feet. “Are you going to allow me to come in? Looks like you just woke up, but no worries, I brought you some coffee!” “What makes you think that I want your damn coffee?” He squints with displeasure.
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James Jackson. He is just twenty five years of age, but he appears to be older. He is his father's right hand man, because his father doesn't trust anyone that isn't his blood. His father is worth a hundred billion dollars and he is seriously preparing James to inherit everything. It's not easy, but James has started to become more and more like his father. Soon, it's going to be time for James to settle down and even though James has so many sexual assault allegations rumoured around him, James Jackson has managed to secure a very public relationship with the beauty Ella Ventura. He didn't like Ella the first time they met and officially started to “see each other.” She was an uptight bitch that was all about work. Everything she did, it was for her own good and that of her father and the company she plans to inherit. He voiced his frustration to his father, but his father told him that he didn't have to like Ella to marry her. She would make a beautiful wife and their children
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Adriana is very excited for the date that she is going to have with James Jackson. She puts on a very seductive blue dress. It has a high slit and also barely gives her cleavage any covering. This is the perfect dress because she knows that it's going to distract James, while she carries out her mission. Afterwards, Saint Carter will have no other choice but to give her the information of the anonymous partner. On the bed, Jasper sits down as he glares at her. She is sitting by the mirror applying makeup to her face. He had tried to get her not to go, but she stood her ground and there is nothing he can do about it. He has been ignoring her and working on his laptop, but now she has put on one of her most seducing gowns and he can't believe that she is wearing it to see another man. “Adriana, why are you doing this?” He asks. *I told you that you can leave your grandfather's company. My father is going to make sure that you get a good job.” “And I've told you before, Jasper, I
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Adriana's stomach forms knots of anxiety, james' cold eyes are piercing her soul. She immediately starts to laugh and shakes her head in denial. “Come on, James, I wasn't feeling for your phone. I was just trying to make out with you.” “Bullshit,” he snorts. “I've been asking you out for years now and you agree to it now? Even when you know that I am engaged? Is that how morally low you are right now?” Adriana pushes her hair away from her face and laughs. Her heart is racing in her chest, she knows that she has been caught. This should be her chance to run away from James Jackson, but she won't give up now. She leans forward again and gives him another kiss. James doesn't even try to stop her. He runs his hand through her hair, encouraging the kiss. “Come follow me to my hotel room.” He says to her. “I don't fancy the idea of making out in front of all these people.” She nods in agreement, not because she wants to have sex with him, but because she thinks it's going to work o
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The sound of James’ gun going off leaves them shaking like leaves. Adriana turn around to make sure that they are not hit, but she sees Tina holding her abdomen and her fingers are tainted with blood. “Don't stop, go!” She yells at them. So they keep running until they get into their car. Thankfully, Jasper came in a cab, not a personal car. He takes the key from Adriana and jumps into the driver's seat. Tina shuts the door after Adriana, she is getting weak from the gunshot. “Fucking James Jackson! I am going to make sure that he regrets this! I am going to call the police!” Jasper mutters. “Hey, you got out well and alive. You don't know how dangerous that guy is, so I will advise you to just walk away.” Tina warns. “This never happened, you will be lucky if he doesn't come for you.” Jasper and Adriana looks at each other they have no recovered from the trauma that the encounter of James has left them. Jasper head has cool down now. He wasn't thinking straight before, but no
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Surprisingly, she allows him to drive her to her hotel. He said that he is going to take his car and he will see to it that her car is delivered to her hotel, first thing in the morning. When they get into his G wagon, she leans against the headrest and shuts her eyes. He divides his attention between driving the car and keeping an eye on her. He hates to see her hurt like this. He hates to see that she is constantly putting herself in harm's way. She opens her eyes suddenly, locking eyes with him. “Why do you keep doing this?” He asks her. “Keep doing what?” “Why do you keep putting yourself in harm's way? Almost every time I see you, you are dodging bullets or firing a gun.” His voice is heavy with worry. “Too bad I couldn't dodge this one,” she jokes as she looks out of the window. “That's not even funny. Why the hell are you so nonchalant about your life?” His jaw tightens. “Do you realize that you could have died today?” “But I didn't,” she smiles. “Isn't that a good th
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Jasper doesn't know what to think of this. Andrew is the last person that he would expect to see at his dad's house. He looks around, waiting to see if the grand guest is here, but no, it's just Andrew. “What the fuck is going on?” Jasper snorts as he looks around. “Do you have a new gig as a driver? Did you drive my parents’ visitors here?” Andrew cocks his head with amusement on his face. This makes Jasper appear even more irritated. “Ahh, Mister Carter!” His father appears at the door and shakes Andrew's hand with so much respect. Andrew just stands by the side, wondering what's happening. “We have been waiting for hours! You came alone?! That's very unusual for a big man like you!” His father and Andrew are laughing as if they have known each other for a long time. Jasper is about to correct his father and tells him that he is wrong. Andrew is not a ‘big man'. His father leads Andrew into the house and he turns around to caution Jasper with anger. “How did you stand ther
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Jasper’s eyebrows shoot up in surprise. He throws his head back and laughs so hard and he hits his hand on the table. This is the craziest thing that he has heard in a long time. His parents have got to be joking if they believed that. The Great Overlord is the most talked about soldier in the entire world. He has single handedly started and ended wars. He is the only one that can make heartless tyrants piss in their pants. How can Andrew Carter be that man?! Never! Not even in a thousand years! He has never seen someone as useless and poor as Andrew! He remembers that Andrew tried to pull some stunts when he first met the man, but he never bought it. Those soldiers that he hired to try to scare them when he came back! They didn't buy it at all! He wasn't deceived then, he won't be deceived now. “Mum, Dad, telling me that Andrew Carter is the overlord is going to be harder than trying to convince me that big foot exists!” He huffs. “I have known Andrew for months now and I can
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There is a secret that Henry Jackson has been holding in his heart for the past four years now. He met a woman. She wasn't anyone special, she was just someone he used to satisfy his sexual needs. He was never in love with her, he found it very hard to love anyone after his wife, the mother of James died. After the one night stand he had with the mystery lady, he paid her a hefty sum, he didn't want her to contact him, but she found his assistant's number and begged to speak to him. Turned out that she was pregnant. He wasn't interested in her child, he asked her to have an abortion, but she told him she was having twins. He thought it was crazy, but he accepted the pregnancy and took care of her bills, without anyone knowing. She gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and God, he cried when he saw the kids. He was very happy, but couldn't bring himself to tell James, or anyone. He kept it a secret and was looking for the right time to tell James. Unfortunately the time never ca
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When James was sixteen, he disturbed his father for months because he wanted his first tattoo and his father said no. He didn't give up, he did better in school, he cleaned up, he did everything so that his father gave him the chance to get a tattoo. Henry Jackson wasn't a fan of tattoos, in fact he hated them. They were tacky and he preferred a smart appearance for his son. He was going to take over his father's businesses someday, Henry didn't want him looking like a canvas with graffiti on it. But when James wasn't backing down, he decided to get one, but under the condition that he was going to pick the location. He picked the side, across the ribs and he did that because it was typically one of the most painful parts of the body to be tattooed. He did that because he wanted to discourage his son from getting any future tattoos. James took the pain like a champ and when he became older, he got several more. It's that same tattoo that he is staring at and he knows, without a d
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Everyone is shocked as their eyes follow Andrew to the front. The Sanchez family seems to be having a heart attack. They think that Andrew is walking to the front to disrupt the wedding. Mister Thomas rushes to the front, charging at Andrew, but before he gets to them, two soldiers restrain and tackle him to the ground.“You dare you?!” The angry soldier asks. “Oh, sir, was trying to clear the fool from disrupting the wedding. The anonymous partner is going to be here soon and I don't want him to encounter this nuisance.” Thomas says, shaking with fear. The scowl on the soldier's face grows even more. “THAT'S the anonymous partner, you fool! How dare you lay your hands on him?!” Thomas' jaw slacks even more. It's like a complicated math equation, because he can't understand the words that just came out of the soldier's mouth. Andrew is the anonymous partner?! And the overlord? The greatest commander of the army?! Is this a prank?! Is this a joke? Well, if this is a joke, it's
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It's been five days and Henry has not heard from his son, James. It's normal for James to just give himself a sudden vacation and organize on orgy on one of those exotic islands, but the usual thing is that he never called his father. His father has tried to get people to track his son down to the last location and his phone, but it doesn't sum up to anything useful. It's like his son has disappeared into the thin air. He is on the phone again, looking out of the window of his office. “Are you trying to tell me that you can't help me find my son?” “Sir, it would have been easy to track him with his phone, but we have not been able to see any sign of him.” “So, what are you saying?” “I hate to say this, sir, but I think that maybe your son doesn't want to be found.” “That's absurd. James wants nothing more than to be my heir. He would never run away like this. Something is wrong.” Henry insists with a sad tone. “But sir–” “I won't be taking no for an answer. Do your research a
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On the day that Jasper is buried, the sky is gray and there is a heavy pour down. That doesn't stop the family, friends, and loved ones to come and pay their last respect to Jasper Banks. His coffin is white with golden rims. There are so many flowers and even their bright colors are not enough to lift the depression that is everyone's heart. There are over two hundred people there and that's because there are security guards around to keep the occasion strictly based on invitation. Everyone else is across the street, watching with sorrow. The minister is soaked to his bones. His Bible is drenched with praise, but that doesn't stop him from raising his voice high and declaring that Jasper is now in heaven. Everyone is quiet. Jasper's parents are standing right in front of the coffin and their calmness and dried eyes tells that they have not recovered from the shock of the death of their son. Occasionally, a voice breaks into loud sobs and stops, only to repeat. It's Adriana. She
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They are all standing in shock – Adriana, James, and Ella too. They all know about the overlord, he is the greatest force in the army. Even the president of the country respects and holds this anonymous man in the highest esteem. He is feared everywhere around the world. He is a great man and they are all in awe of him. But surely, this has got to be a big joke! Andrew Carter, the useless son-in-law, cannot be this big and important man! And being the anonymous partner?! The person who has turned the Sanchez empire upside down! How can he be the same person that is standing in front of them?!Adriana is the first to laugh with her shoulders and her eyes squint with humor. “This has got to be a joke, right? I'm supposed to believe that Andrew Carter is suddenly a very important person?” She scoffs. She soon learns the hard way because a soldier angrily uses the butt of his gun to hit her behind her knees and forces her to fall to the ground. She grunts with pain as she falls on
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Because Adriana has forced them to, they spend the next hours in the living room. In absolute silence. Jasper’s body is on the ground. Scarily stilled by death and Phil thinks he is just imagining it, but Jasper's hands have turned a dull gray. Maybe his spirit is moving around the house, staring into their faces and shaking his head. Uma has kept her eyes away from the body. She is traumatized by what she has seen and would probably have to go to therapy for it.Adriana has lit a cigar again. She has smoked up to four in just a few hours and she doesn't look like she is slowing down any moment soon. She just killed her fiance and she threatened to kill her cousin and niece. She needs all the nicotine in those blunts to calm her down. She is waiting for James again. She hopes that he comes very soon. She hears a car drive up front and she immediately jumps up to her feet. “Look alive, people. James is finally here.” She turns around and sees that Uma has tears stains on her fa
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Adriana is shocked. They were very discreet with their movement, how is it that Jasper has found her?!He breezes past and she is too shocked to stop him. As soon as he enters the house, she shuts the door before any more attention can be drawn to them. She looks far from pleased to see him. The city is a long way from here. How did he even find her? He is looking around, straining his neck this way and that. It's as if he is expecting the kids that he is accusing her of kidnapping to pop out of nowhere. “What the hell are you doing here?!” She asks him. “You have gone so low, Adriana. You are now kidnapping children?” She scoffs and folds her hands with the likeness of a scolded child. “You have no idea what you are talking about, Jasper.” “Oh, don't lie to me! I've known you for too long, I can hear you lying right in my face!” He scowl at her. “What the hell do you take me for?” “You know, I've been trying to tell myself that you haven't changed that much, but I will be ly
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Phil forgets that he is a very sick person and has picked up smoking over the days. He has never been a smoker before, he just picked it up because he was depressed and needed something to calm him down every now and then. He heard Ruby mentioning that she was busy with work and might find it hard to squeeze out time to pick Uma up from school. Thomas and Doreen have been very busy lately. Since the anonymous partner made his intention towards their child known, they have suddenly become important in the Sanchez family again. They used to be sidelined and ignored, they used to be rubbished and insulted, but in just a few minutes,they have turned into those that they once hated. They barely spoke to Phil, it was like he became one with the walls. He is not relevant to them anymore. At least Ruby asks how his day is going every now and then, but Thomas and Doreen are just as bad as William Sanchez and Adriana. They have gotten high positions in the company. It's going to become
