George slowly input the code and whined it open. Luca froze in his steps and his breath hitched as a deep sense of dread settled in.The briefcase has a lot of things in it but the only one that caught Luca's attention was the Glock gun!He turned to George. "Who owns all of this?""Lord Ercole's!" He replied coldly.A cold chill ran down Luca's spine as the realization settled in, his name was all over the briefcase but he was too curious to see it at first when it was being opened. His Adam's apple bobbed up and down as he swallowed his words.For some minutes there was a sudden silence that hung over the place. Nobody wanted to talk. Giovanni fixed his gaze on the gun in the briefcase and it was a Glock 19... one of the newest models of gun in recent times. He could not stop staring at the exterior of the Glock 19: it has a polymer frame with a rugged texture and a steel slide with a matte finish. The overall length was about seven inches and height five inches,width one inch, and i
"What do you mean you've never seen them before and you're about to let them track my whereabouts?" Luca's brows furrowed in confusion. "I'm sorry, but I can't allow this so-called Shadow Ops to track my every move. Are they spirits?"George glanced at Giovanni before heaving a deep sigh. The truth was, he had never actually seen any members of the Shadow Ops - the only people who had were his late boss and wife. But the rumor was that the Shadow Ops weren't just normal people; most of them had become generals and warlords from different plains,and aside from Luca, who was the Ercole now, no one else could see them.Giovanni stepped closer to Luca. "Look, Luk, none of us have seen the Shadow Ops, but I can swear on my life that they're real. It's not some kind of fallacy!" He tried to convince Luca, but Luca scoffed."What if it's just assumptions or even delusions? How have you never seen one of them, and yet you believe they exist to protect me?" He narrowed his gaze at Giovanni. "I
Avery sighed. "Yes, it's a contract offer from Lord Ercole himself, and he chose my rose over Sara's. What do you want to do about it? Do you want to try and revoke it?" A proud smirk curled her lips before she rolled her eyes. "Not like you can revoke it anyway!"Meanwhile, Luca's gaze drifted to Sara, and her face had gone pale. She bent her head, trying to avoid eye contact with her mother and sister. She was picking at her meal bit by bit, unlike her usual vibrant demeanor at the dining table.At this point, Luca knew that Blue had given the contract offer to the wrong person - he had clearly asked her to give it to the eldest daughter, and she had ended up giving it to Avery instead. Trying to compose himself, he drew out the chair next to Sara and settled into it. He whispered a greeting to her, but she didn't reply.In truth, Sara's heart was boiling with anger that she had lost the contract, and it was given to Rose instead, pushing her a step ahead in the race to be the heir t
On the other end of the call, Blue's face was plastered with a deep frown as she announced, "I'm very sorry, Miss Rose Edward, but your exclusive contract with Lord Ercole has been revoked with immediate effect!"Gasps ripped through everyone's lips, except Luca's. The room fell into a heavy silence, as if everyone was holding their breath in collective surprise. It felt like the world had stopped for Rose - the words hit her like a lightning bolt."Wh-wh-what do you mean?" she stammered, her voice laced with disbelief. "That can't be! That can't happen! Why would he want to revoke it barely twenty-four hours after I signed the contract?""I'm sorry, ma'am, but I just got orders that your contract should be revoked with immediate effect!"Rose glanced around, blinking rapidly, as if trying to bring the world back to focus after the unexpected revelation. "What do you mean by that? Why would my contract be revoked? What did I do wrong?""I'm sorry, Miss Rose, but I'm not privy to that
He went straight to Sara's room. Thankfully, she didn't lock him out tonight, so he slipped in. He found her on the bed, her face pale and grim, as she lay there engrossed in her phone.Immediately, as she saw Luca, she rose from her bed. "You are just so useless!" she sneered."I thought you would even be useful to me for once in your life, but I guess I was wrong! How could you not chop in words for 'rose' and 'big' for me?"The atmosphere suddenly changed and charged with anger. Luca looked at her. "Look, Sara, it's not my fault that..." His tone was very calm as he tried to reason with her, but she rudely interrupted him."Shut up! What else would you have said? Huh? It's not your fault that I didn't get the contract, but you claim to be the HR of the company. Why can't you do the most basic thing and help me get the damn offer!"Luca said calmly, "Sara, calm down. You can always try again some other time, besides, Lord Ercole just revoked your sister's contract!" He announced.He
At Apple's club.About three hours later, Sara was standing in her office at Apple's Club. Her staff were all standing in front of her, their faces buried to the floor, and no one dared to speak while she yelled at them."What do we call this?" she shouted, her voice laced with venom. "Just a night that I didn't come to the club, and you all turned my club into something else! I am utterly disappointed in all of you!" She snarled, her eyes wandering around each and every one of them, from the half-naked male dancers to the female strippers who were only clad in bikini outfits that showed more of their bodies.She looked at her PA and let out a deep, disappointed sigh. "How could you let this happen?""Madam!" her PA tried to give an explanation, but Sara rudely interrupted her. "Shut it up!" she yelled."What do you want to say, bitch? What is it that you want to say that would justify what happened here? How will you allow two of them to fight to the extent that the cops had to come
"Yes, you can let her in!" Luca said with a warm smile.He quickly arranged his office in anticipation of Sara. Why was she coming to his office?Soon the door slid open and it was Blue who helped Sara into the office. She carefully pushed her wheelchair into the office where Luca was. As he watched her, he felt his heart flutter in his chest. What was really happening to him?After she helped Sara in, Blue quickly bowed out and left the two of them alone in the office.Sara raised her gaze to him, but she avoided eye contact. She was feeling a bit shy, and she wanted to tell him that she had gotten the contract, but little did she know that he already knew about the contract even before she was called to come and sign it.She wheeled herself to the middle of the office. She couldn't help but marvel at the grandeur of the place. The office looked so expensive, unlike what she had envisioned for someone like Luca to be in, but she just waved it aside. She didn't come here to admire his
Luca quickly picked up his phone. He was boiling with anger. The one genuine time he would have had a good conversation with Sara, Larosa ripped him off his chance, and now she even thinks he is cheating. He wanted to dial Larosa's number when she rushed into his office.Once he saw her, he slowly dropped his phone and addressed her."How many fucking times do I need to tell you that you should always call me before you come to see me?!" He shouted angrily.Her brows furrowed in confusion as she stood in momentary silence, watching him yell at her. "What do you mean, Luca? I was just passing by, and I decided to just stop by since you were here," she tried to reason with him, but Luca wasn't having any of it. He has craved intimacy with Sara for a long time, and the most genuine time he got to have a healthy conversation with her, away from home, Larosa has succeeded in ruining it.However, Larosa stood there. She felt her heart break, seeing Luca shouting at her in such a manner for