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Ultimate Revenge Of The Belittled Tycoon 92 — AMANDA’S SOLICITATION
“Ever since my father was fired about a month ago, life has become increasingly difficult for my family and I. The mafia stopped paying him and no one would hire him because they feared Mrs. Maria’s wrath. We lived on the little money he had saved for weeks until we eventually ran out. Last Monday, I came to pack the rest of our stuff from the staff quarters and saw a plate of leftover toast from somebody’s breakfast on the dining table. My brother and I had not eaten since that morning and since it seemed that no one wanted the food anymore, I walked over and picked up the toast so my brother could at least have something to eat for the day.”His face fell.“Unfortunately, I was caught.”“By who?” Alex was curious.“Miguel Santorini.” Eden deadpanned. “He caught me just as I was about to put the toast in my bag. I remember explaining our situation to him and expecting him to let me go since he was a my father’s colleague.”Alex already knew what was coming.“But that was not the c
Ultimate Revenge Of The Belittled Tycoon 93 — MIGUEL’S VISIT
Three hours into his captivity, Alex was silently staring into the darkness when he heard the gate open. Eden, who'd already dozed off, shot upright and sent him a wide-eyed stare.“Who is it?” He whispered. Alex shrugged and slowly got to his feet.“I have no idea.”Footsteps echoed towards their cell. The closer it got, the harder Alex’s heart pounded in his chest.Finally, the dark shadow came to a stop under one of the torch lights. Alex called it a dark shadow in his mind because that was exactly what it looked like. The man was tall, almost as tall as Tariq. He was dressed all in black — black shirt, black pants, black combat boots and a black trench coat. “Who are you?” Alex asked, trying to quell his thumping heart. The man slowly took off his hat until only his thick, black hair shimmered under the torch’s glow.It suddenly hit Alex that he’d seen this msn somewhere before. Where had he seen him?Just then, the man abruptly turned around in the direction he’d come from a
Ultimate Revenge Of The Belittled Tycoon 94 — ANGELICA’S PLAN
MIGUELTHE NIGHT BEFORE:It was two AM but Miguel had not slept a wink. He paced from one end of his room to the other, thinking of a solution to his current problem.In eight hours or less, Mrs. Maria would assemble all the staff and ask them for the results of their search. He had to find a renowned baker who was willing to bake an elaborate cake before the day of the banquet and so far, he hadn’t found someone who was willing to take up such a Herculean task.After calling about thirty bakeries within and outside Spain, Miguel was starting to feel completely hopeless.He picked up his phone and called his wife. Angelica had already gone back home. Unlike the cleaners, she was not obligated to stay overnight at the mansion.She answered on the second ring, sounding groggy from sleep.“Hello?” She said, her voice muffled by a long yawn.“Angelica.” Miguel growled. “How can you be enjoying your sleep when I’m almost going out of my mind here?”All the sleep in her eyes disappeared in
Ultimate Revenge Of The Belittled Tycoon 95 — ANTONIO’S BAKERY
“Hello. My name is Miguel Santorini and I’m Philip’s assistant.”Antonio paused.“Philip has an assistant? I thought he was a cleaner.”Miguel and his wife exchanged glances.“Actually, he does have an assistant. What’s your current location, please? Philip asked that I deliver the details of the cake to you in person.”Antonio was surprised.“Really? But he said he’ll just send through a text message. Can I speak with him?”“I’m sorry, sir, but Mr. Philip is extremely busy with preparations for the banquet right now. He asked me to meet you personally with the details because it’s top secret. Where’s your bakery located, please?”Antonio hesitated for a moment. Philip was his childhood friend and he’d never once told him about an assistant. What was going on?Finally, he broke the tense silence.“I’m sorry, Mr. Miguel, but this is not how I run my business. For all I know, you could be a total stranger who somehow got ahold of Philip’s phone. I apologise but I will only take action
Ultimate Revenge Of The Belittled Tycoon 96 — LUCAS, THE WICKED.
Miguel stared at Antonio in shock.“Wait… you really made these?”Antonio shrugged.“What? I don’t look like someone who attended the most prestigious catering school in Paris and graduated top of his class? I don’t look like someone who has handled catering jobs for Presidents and Prime ministers? I don’t look like someone who once owned Dedos Magicos?”Miguel’s eyes widened even further with every single sentence that Antonio spoke. “You once owned this place?”He lowered his gaze. “Yes. Dedos Magicos was originally mine. Let’s just say my father made some really bad decisions before he decided to take his own life, and his greedy brother saw the avenue to pounce… and pounce he did.”Miguel was confused.“Hold on, start from the beginning, please. What really happened here?”Antonio gave him a hard stare. “Do you want the short version or the long version?”“The short version, please. I don’t have a lot of time.”“Well, Antonio’s father and mine were always at loggerheads. Antoni
Ultimate Revenge Of The Belittled Tycoon 97 — MIGUEL, THE MASTER PLANNER.
It was clear to Miguel from Lucas’s cocky expression that he’d missed the entire gist.“I think it’s clear that you do not know where I came from or how this entire cake-making saga will cause Antonio to overthrow you in the long run.”Lucas paused mid stride.“I just explained everything to you. What else is there to understand?”Miguel got to his feet, holding his hands firmly behind his back, and paced in Lucas’s direction.“I guess we did not introduce ourselves properly when we first met.”He paused in front of him and lifted his chin. Even Lucas was surprised at the swift change in his character. “My name is Miguel Santorini and I’m the head housekeeper of the Guerrero household.”Lucas' eyeballs nearly popped and fell from its sockets.“What?”Miguel shrugged, enjoying his reaction.“You heard me.”He shut his eyes and held out a hand.“Wait for a goddamn second. When you say the Guerrero household, I know there’s only one Guerrero household in Spain. Do you mean…”“Exactly.”
Ultimate Revenge Of The Belittled Tycoon 98 — THE ARENA
Alex was nervous but not scared as the guards pushed him towards the arena.When they arrived, the place was already packed. The arena was built like a stadium, just not as big. It had a field in the centre and bleachers where all the servants and workers of the Guerrero mansion sat and waited to watch the spectacle. When Alex appeared from underneath the arena gates, whispers and shouts rippled through the crowd. The atmosphere was rife and choked with tension.Alex looked up, quietly surveying the arena. On his right, his gaze clashed with some of the members of his cleaning team and they promptly looked away, their expressions riddled with guilt. Amanda sat amongst them, he mind buzzing with ways to save Alex from being whipped. If that whip touched him today, she’ll have to live with the guilt for the rest of her life. She had to do something. Alex was led to the middle of the field where a wooden contraption sat waiting. The guards released him from the handcuffs and immediat
Ultimate Revenge Of The Belittled Tycoon 99 — THE TRUTH
The arena was rigid with tension as the strongest guard uncurled one of the long whips. Alex could already feel the hairs on his back rise with the expectation of pain. “Rufus,” Mrs. Maria called. “You will give him forty strokes and no less. If he dies before the fortieth stroke, we’ll bury him at the mansion’s dumping ground.”Gasps of horror swept through the crowd. They all knew their boss never made empty threats. This was as real as it got. Amanda turned to her colleagues.“Did you hear that?” She said tearfully. “David is about to be beaten to death. We all know he’s not at fault. We need to do something!” She whisper-yelled.They all heard her but pretended like they hadn’t. This was bad. Very bad. Mrs. Maria stepped out of the arena for a water break and deciding to take matters into her own hands, Amanda got to her feet and confronted her co-workers, her shoulders squared with determination.“This is the last time I’m going to say this. I will not let David suffer horrend
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153 — THE END
SIX MONTHS LATER:“Do you, Alexander Stephan, take Camilla to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health until death do you part?”Alex’s heart was filled with happiness as he replied confidently;“Yes, I do.”The priest turned to Camila and asked her the same question. She nodded eagerly as she responded;“Yes. Yes, I do.”“I now declare you man and wife. You may kiss your bride.”Camilla was glowing with happiness as Alex wrapped his arms around her waist and drew her in for a soft, slow kiss while the audience cheered them on.When he finally drew backwards, he placed his forehead against hers and whispered;“I’m so happy that I finally get to marry the love of my life.”She nodded, her eyes brimming with happy tears. “Let’s be together forever.”“Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Stephan!!” The priest announced.The screams and cheers got louder as the priest raised both their hands to the crowd. The past few months
152 — FINALLY BUSTED
The moment Blakely left the conference centre, Camilla watched in confusion as Alex started making a series of calls.“Yes, she just left. Get the security detail ready. I hope our bodyguards at the mansion are already on stand-by. Get someone to follow her. We’ll give her thirty minutes max before the operation begins…”When he finally ended all his calls and turned to her, Camilla was way beyond confused. “What’s going on, Alex? You sound like you’re preparing for war.”“More like preparing to catch a snake.” He replied as he lifted her hand and placed a kiss on her knuckles.Camilla frowned. “Snake? What snake?”Alex smiled. “Listen carefully. It’s about Blakely…”***Exactly thirty minutes later, Alex received a call from Peter, his chief-of-security.“Sir, they’re about to resume their operations. Should we strike?”“No. Wait for me. I’ll be there in five minutes.”“Akex, let me come with you.” Camilla begged for the umpteenth time. Alex leaned forward and pressed a kiss aga
151 — WONDERFUL REUNION
ONE YEAR LATER…So far, Alex had completely frustrated every single one of Blakely’s plan to get him to sign any documents. He read every single document that was brought to him thoroughly before he signed them. He’d also tripled and quadrupled his security, equipping them with modern weapons to enable them to face any kind of threats.There was simply zero space for Blakely and her boyfriend to carry out their devious plans and today, he was finally ready to expose her for who she really was. Alex had left unfinished business in New York when he travelled to Spain and today was the day he finally wrapped it all up. Today the competition between Hunters Technology and Alexander Group was finally coming to an end. Exactly eight months ago, Romanov, one of the members of the Las Vegas Conglomerate had brought a competition to his doorstep. Several companies in New York City were to compete against the Xanders Group of Companies, now known as the Alexander Group of companies. The
150 — THE ULTIMATE PLAN
After making sure that the Guerreros’ vacated all the properties that belonged to him, it was finally time for Alex to depart for Spain.Camila still refused to see him and despite his insistence, she claimed that she never wanted to see him again. Despite the fact that he’d achieved his goals, his shoulders hung with disappointment and his eyes were downcast as he boarded the private jet that would take him to New York… away from Camila.Ten minutes later, while he was waiting for take off, his phone rang. A quick glance at the caller ID revealed that it was Tony. His detective. “Hello, Tony.”“Hello, sir. I hear you’ll be returning today.”Alex frowned. Only few people knew that information because he wanted to keep his return as under the radar as possible. Few people being him and Tariq.“How did you know that?”“I’m a private Investigstor, sir. How else would I know?”“Have you been watching me?”“For your own safety, yes.”Alex sat up immediately. His interest was piqued.“Wha
149 — PAINFUL SEPARATION
Tariq’s words settled around the room like dust on a dark, gloomy night.No one said anything for the next few seconds. The room was as quiet as a graveyard… until Mendez broke the silence.“What’s your evidence that you’re really Alexander’s son? You could just be a scam trying to get money from us.”Tariq tried to argue but Alex hurriedly cut in;“There’s no need to enagage them in a fruitless argument when we can just show them prove.”He lifted a finger and one of his guards, Peter, came forward with a briefcase. He retrieved a few papers from the briefcase and handed them to Alex who in turn gave the papers to Mendez.“In case you’re wondering, that’s the DNA test result. It was conducted by Alexander himself before he passed as evidence that I’m really his biological grandson. If you check the date, that test was conducted almost twenty four years ago. Do you believe me now?”Mendez ran his eyes through the papers, his heartbeat tripling with shock. “It can’t be. It can’t fuck
148 — RETURN OF THE CHEATED HEIR
Suddenly, the television which hung in the conference room came on, displaying footage from the CCTV cameras outside. Everyone turned in its direction and watched in surprise as several tinted, bullet proof cars drove into the premises.“Mr. Alvaro, those cars do not belong to you, do they?”Hugo shook his head. “They don’t. All the cars we came with are already safely parked in the garage. I don’t know who these people are.”Mendez swung into action immediately. He picked up his phone and called the security personnel downstairs.“Seal the building. Nobody comes in and no one goes out. It appears that we have a new set of visitors and I have no idea who they are.”When he was done with the phone call, Mendez put down his phone and forced a smile.“I’m sure everything is perfectly fine. Maybe they missed their way.” He turned to Camila.“Weren’t you about to sign the documents? What are you waiting for?”Camila picked up the pen but once again, they were interrupted by the sounds of
147 — THE OWNERSHIP DOCUMENTS
After waiting for another fifteen and staring at the door longingly, Camila finally accepted the fact that Alex just wasn’t going to show up. He’d abandoned her. Her heart was breaking into pieces deep within her chest but she’d already vowed not to shed another tear for a man.She glanced at her Rolex, her eyes widening in shock when she saw how much time had gone.“Shit! It’s already two minutes to ten o’clock?”All her sorrows forgotten, she hurriedly slipped on the shoes she’d abandoned and made her way towards the conference room.Thankfully, when she finally made it, the Alvaro’s hadn’t arrived yet. Mrs. Maria’s lips curled in a frown when she saw her.“Oh, thank God you’re here. Where were you and what were you doing?”Camila lowered her head.“I’m sorry, aunt.”Mrs. Maria gave her narrow-eyed, suspicious look.“What the heck happened to your make-up? Were you crying?”Alarmed, Camila’s head snapped upwards.“Crying? No, of course not.”“Then why is your makeup looking all sm
146 – THE D-DAY
Alex was standing at the balcony of his new apartment when his phone suddenly rang. He fished it out if his pocket and glanced at the caller ID. Tariq.He pressed the phone against his ear. “Tariq.”“Alex.” He sounded upset. “What is this I hear about speeding up the plan?”“Oh. I guess Alejo called you.”“Start explaining yourself, boy.”“Everything he told you is true. I asked him to invite the Guerreros to sign the documents tomorrow. What’s the use of waiting till next week when we could just get everything done this week?”Tariq sighed.“Don’t you think you’re going too fast? What if Maria or Mendez gets suspicious and decide to investigate?”“There will be no such investigations, Tariq. Calm down. In fact, Maria had been requesting that Alejo fix this meeting since two weeks ago. Calling them right now will not be suspicious at all.”Tariq calmed down a notch. “Okay, then.I hope so. What’s the plan?”Alex was alone in his house, but he lowered his voice cautiously like someone
145 — CAMILA’S CONFESSION
Alex was speechless. He stared at Camila, momentarily conflicted.“Isn’t this what you wanted?” He asked calmly. “You asked me to stay out of your personal life. You asked me not to pry… and that’s exactly what I’m doing. What’s the problem?”Camila heaved a sigh, leaned back against her seat and shut her eyes for the next few seconds. When she opened them, she looked spent… exhausted.“I miss you.” She whispered. “I miss you so much, David. I really wish I didn’t have to marry Hugo but I have no choice. What should I do? Help me.”More tears slithered down her smooth cheeks and Alex’s self control nearly snapped. He dropped his cleaning supplies and came closer, pausing just beside her table.“If you need my help, you’re gonna have to tell me what’s going on. Everything.”She blinked at him. “Won’t you hug me first? Won’t you comfort me?”Alex nearly leapt forward and wrapped her in his arms but he physically forced himself to stay put.“The fact that I’ve decided to help you doesn’t
