Fred dropped the phone and sighed. He put the phone back in his trouser pocket and opened the door, heading downstairs. He met his father in the sitting room looking so unhappy and he guessed he has already heard.
"What's this news I'm hearing?"
"And what is that?" Fred said as he feigned a puzzled look.
"You mean you don't know the company has lost over $100, 000, 000?!" His Dad said furiously and Fred bowed his head.
"The investors are all threatening to back off from the project if it is not been handled urgently!" He continued to rant out in anger.
"Dad, I would try to fix this in all possible ways that I can." Fred assured in a sigh.
"Oh! So, you knew about it yet, you acted like you knew nothing?" His Dad said glaring hard at him as he reduced his tone but it was only for a while.
"Huh? Answer me!" He fired at him.
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A motorcycle has been secretly following Lillian's car. He saw what the guard did and became slightly confused when the car was still moving.Shouldn't she stop the car? Or does she know her way around?He heard a short scream from the car and concluded there was trouble. Immediately, he brought out a chip and threw it to the body of the car. He brought out his phone and typed on the few bottons, stopping the car shortly.He stopped his motorcycle as he alighted and walked to the car. There, he met an unconscious Lillian. He removed the chip and got into the driver's seat. He ignited the engine, revising carefully before turning back and then he drove out of the place, leaving his motorcycle behind.*****************"When will you be going to inspect the incoming goods?" Don asked as he poured in vodka to his cup."Is it the one in Italy?" Bella asked unsure, checking out her fingers."Yeah. You have to check and carefully prepare it before it comes down to Los Angeles." Don said imb
Lillian opened her eyes slowly and it met with a familiar ceiling. She took her hand to her face and managed to sit up, groaning in the process. She looked around and confirmed she was back in her room. "How did I get back here?" She muttered slightly rubbing her head.She remembered she had almost fallen off the cliff with the car. She looked around her body to check for any form of injury or bandage wrapped around her but there was none."How did it happen?" She thought within herself. Bella entered with a tray in her hands and came towards the bed."You're awake." She announced walking towards the bed."How did I get back here? Did anything happen to me?" Lillian asked the questions in her mind with a puzzled look."As you can see, nothing happened to you." Bella shrugged as she dropped the tray on the bed in front of Lillian and sat down."But, I had almost fallen off the cliff with the car, so how come I didn't get any injury at all?" Lillian asked still perplexed at the whole t
"Move the gear selector into its first gear." Bella ordered and Lillian did as instructed."Now, start driving with your foot still fully on the clutch pedal." Bella instructed again and she obeyed. She drove the car a little and stopped out of nervousness."You can do it, Lillian. Just do it again." Bella encouraged and she drove it again before stopping."Now, move it a little longer." Bella said and Lillian looked at her with anxiousness. Bella gave her a reassuring smile as she gave her a go ahead nod. She drove it from where they were to the gate which was a few meters away before she stopped the car.m again."You're doing it girl, few more times and you're good to go." Bella said loudly in smiles and Lillian giggled.Rex came out of the house and walked towards them in the car."Your brother wants to see you right now." He said in a slight bow and the ladies turned their attention to him."Okay." Bella replied in a little nod."Ummm Lillian, let's take a break here. We would co
"Lillian, this is Drake, the one who saved your life." Bella introduced pointing at Drake who just stood at the balcony with them while they sat down. "Really?" Lillian's face lit up and she dropped her glass cup of juice on the small table. "Yeah." Bella replied in a nod. "Hi Drake! I heard what you did for me and I'm so grateful to you." Lillian stated as she demonstrated her hands. "It was nothing, after all it's my duty." Drake replied with a slight bow. "It actually meant something to me." Lillian said in a smile ignoring the last part of his statement even though she wanted to ask about it. "Alright. Now you know him, I would also love to tell you that he would be your new coach for the driving lessons." Bella said to Lillian who was now staring at her and Lillian turned back to Drake. "Is he?" She asked to be sure. "Yeah. Trust me, he is very good at these things, and he would continue from where I stopped." Bella explained sipping her juice. "Okay." Lillian replied in
"Repeat the same thing." Drake ordered and Lillian did as instructed. She moved the gear to its first gear and drove the car backwards making a U- turn before she finally stopped the engine."Yay!" Lillian screamed happily throwing her hands in the air and Drake covered his two ears with his hands."I finally know how to drive!" She screamed again as she happily hugged Drake."Oops sorry." She said again withdrawing almost immediately."It's alright." He said in a small smile."So, where should we go from here?""We'll go back to the mansion." Drake shrugged."Alright, I will drive us back." Lillian said in a smile and ignited the engine. Though, the drive back home was just five minutes which was not that far, she was still smiling like she achieved something great of which it was to her.She horned and the gate opened. She drove in and parked just few meters away from the entrance of the house."That's all for today, we'll continue tomorrow." Drake said in a small smile."Okay." Lil
TWO WEEKS LATER*"How many years does it take you to inspect those things Bella?" Don said glancing at the phone placed at the phone stand as he successfully made a U- turn."Years? I've just spent weeks here and it isn't up to a month yet." Bella defended from the other side of the phone."So, you plan to stay for a month?" Don asked in a scoff."I didn't say that." Bella sang out and he scoffed again."When are you coming back?" He asked as he glanced at the phone."And don't you dare hang up." Don said again trying to avoid what happened the last time he called her and Bella's laughter was heard from the other side."I don't know but, I'll see what I can do about that." She replied and Don scoffed."You don't plan to come back anytime soon, do you?" He said glaring at the phone like it was Bella."Maybe, ain't sure yet." Bella replied."You're just so unpredictable." Don said now focusing back on the road."Thank God you know that." Bella sang out again and Don scoffed."Will you j
Lillian took slow strides as she walked towards Don's room. She paused in her steps when she was almost at the door, contemplating if it was alright to go and check up on him at the moment. She didn't know if the doctor was done with him yet but there was only one way to find out. She sighed as she resumed her steps againShe had gone with them in taking him to his room earlier and stayed with him but when the doctor arrived, he asked all of them out, even when she insisted on staying back as his wife. She decided to go back to her room while waiting patiently to hear reports but then it's been twenty minutes and she hasn't heard any yet.She got to where the guards were standing at the entrance and took in a deep breath."Please, can I see him now?" She asked staring from one of them to the other.The guards looked at each other then back at her. "Wait here." Rex said and went into the room. He came out shortly and gave way for her to pass. She went in and met the doctor already pa
Don's face expressed shock but it was only for a split of second. What she said was kind of true, he needed to eat, so he could take his drugs and get out of this bed. He badly wanted to find out who did this to him and he just couldn't wait to lay his hands on whoever it was. He sighed and managed to put his legs down from the bed."You shouldn't stress yourself, I'll put the....." Lillian tried to say but he stopped her by raising his free hand up."Don't bother." He cut in as he finally put his legs down, and Lillian helped to properly place the table in front of him.She uncovered the meal and he started eating while she stared at him."Will you continue to stare at me that way or go back to your room?" He said noticing her stares but didn't look at her."I would stay here as per what the doctor said." She replied in a slight nod and he scoffed but didn't say a word."You know, you look more handsome when you take that cold look off your face." Lillian said again after a while an
The two siblings paced to and fro in the waiting room. Their expression held nothing but anxiety as they prayed silently in their hearts for everything to go well.Lillian's mother wasn't excluded. She was called to the hospital immediately Bella and her brother, Don, suspected that Lillian was in labor. Luckily, Mrs. Blake was around the area at that time, so she followed them to the hospital.It had been over an hour since Lillian was taken into the delivery room, and there's been no news from the doctors in charge.This continued for a few minutes until they all sighted the doctor heading their way, and they rushed to him immediately.“Congratulations. She has given birth to a bouncing baby boy.” The doctor voiced out immediately with a light smile.Their once worried look brightened instantly with smiles lingering on their lips.Finally, Bella spoke out with so much enthusiasm, “Can we see them now?”“Of course, you can see them. Come with me.”They all followed the doctor to Lill
“Ughh, how tasteless can this be?” Lillian chimed in a loud voice that caught everyone's attention.All eyes were shot at her, with only Bella's having the courage to remain on her, unlike the maids who immediately continued what they were doing.Bella's gaze instantly raised a question when she glanced up from her phone.“These are no fun to take! It's really tasteless.” Lillian continued to whine and this time, she tossed the berry in her hand back to the rest in the tray.“Do you want us to get you another fruits?” One of the maids stood in an upright position and asked.They were all new maids. After what happened to Aurora, the maid who committed suicide and Mara, Don replaced the maids and, this time, with a much stricter rule. Lillian shook her head, thereby urging the maid to go back to her previous duty.This was mostly all what Lillian does to the food and even fruits she eats since she became pregnant. It was either disgusting or tasteless like earlier. Things even got wo
Bella got a hint of the situation immediately her mood changed, and no words came from her. She heaved a sigh but didn't say a word either.Just then, the door opened, revealing Don. He walked a few steps into the room and paused to stare at Lillian.The family shot him a glance, then back at Lillian. They also got a hint of the situation and guessed they obviously needed some privacy together.“Now that your husband is here, we'll leave you two to talk.” Mrs. Blake said and glanced at the others, and they all nodded.They left the ward as agreed, but that didn't change the aura in the ward. Don and Lillian still maintained their silence as different thoughts ran through their heads.But there was something strange about Don's demeanor. His expression wasn't unreadable as it used to be. This time, she could bet she was able to read some emotions out from his facial expression.One of them was anger, but who was he angry at? Lillian shivered at the thought of him getting angry at the f
A devilish smile didn't fail to crawl to his face as he attempted to pull the trigger, but all of a sudden, all the armed men in the place pointed their guns towards him, shocking everyone except Don and his personal guards.“You should also get one thing straight, no one escapes my wrath when they look for it.” Don finally voiced out with a dangerous smirk.Rex and Draco were also freed, and they joined the multitude of boys to pointing guns at Pablo. Pablo, whose face was now filled with confusion and shock, gently dropped his hand by his side.“Do you really think that you were the only one with the plans here?” Don's mind flashed back to how he replaced the men that were meant to support Pablo with his.It wasn't an easy thing to do but it was still worth it, especially since it had to with getting Pablo away from Lillian's life forever."What is happening now?" Pablo glanced around him, his mind trying not to accept that he was already outsmarted.This wasn't what he had planned.
Don tucked his gun into his pants as he glared at the men on the ground, some were unconscious while a few were groaning in extreme pain. He didn't waste any more seconds before he left the area.Pablo was actually more prepared, considering the number of guards he had secretly placed in the building. Fortunately, Don and his personal guards were well-trained enough to take them all down. Although, they wouldn't stop trooping into the building, more like they already knew of the intruders.As Don ran up the stairs, he was more vigilant than ever. The occurrence from earlier should never happen again, especially since he had only a limited time.Yes! He was already informed by Sir. Jeffrey about the short time they had to rescue Lillian. He would rather not waste a second out of it even though, three minutes had passed already.He halted when he got to a hallway leading to different rooms. Opening one of the rooms, he concluded he wouldn't be able to make it if he searched through them
Bella stood, glaring at the man in front of her, that if not for just a good reason, she would have strangled him to death right there.After so many days of searching and trying to find him, he was finally found. But then, it was so unfortunate that nothing could be done to him at the moment.“I think you can stop glaring now, else your eyes might pop out any moment.” Mark finally said, not able to endure the harsh gazes he was receiving from Bella.He was roughly tied in a piece on the cold floor, that it was so difficult to even move a body part. Though, he was already in that state before Bella and her brother arrived.“I don't mind, as long as you go down first. And don't think you're doing us a favor here because you're one of the reasons all this is happening.” The hostile glare didn't leave Bella's face as she spat out her anger.“That stupid brother of yours had better f**king bring Lillian back.” Mark retorted with so much loathe behind his voice.Even though Bella's anger k
“Boss, as we speak, they're after me and......” Mara glanced at the men running after her and she mumbled, “F*ck!”They were so close to her that in a few seconds they could catch up with her. F*ck herself for making the injuries on her look so real. Now, she couldn't even run properly with all the injuries she inflicted on herself.The men, who happened to be Don's guards, split into two groups as one group out took Mara and blocked her from running further.Figuring there was no other way out as the guards already circled her with their guns pointing directly at her, Mara halted and without a second warning, threw her phone into the nearby river.All the guards were shocked, realizing what she just did, but none of them bulged to retrieve the phone. As long as they caught Mara first, they're sure to get all the information they wanted, including the reason she shot Eva.“Hello? Mara!” The line had already disconnected, but Pablo didn't realize it until there was no more sound from th
“I want to get rid of that so-called wife of his, I don't think I can stand her even though we're just knowing each other. That b**ch is beginning to step on my toes.” “She has a name.”“Do I look like I f**king care? Whatever name she goes by, whether Lillian Blake or Killian Black, I just want one thing, and that is to get rid of her while she is still new.”“So?”“So, I want you to do something, and it's slightly simple, though dangerous.”“Danger is literally my other name, but first, what do I get in return?”“Whatever you ask for. Hold on…. What are you staring at? You want my body?”“You got it, babe.”“Just do what I want, and you'll have all you ask for.” The recording paused and that was Eva lifted her head, her mouth, and eyes wide open in shock. She glanced at the person whom she would rather die than have to listen to the recording at the moment and felt her life was over.Listening to the conversation she had with Klaus some months back made her whole world crumble. Ju
“We searched the CCTV footage for the supposed area and, as expected, it's been altered. It only showed the part where the Lady and maid stepped out to check the unconscious guards in another car, the rest of what took place wasn't found.” “It was also known that the security guards there were all unconscious at the said time, which means….”“Which means that this person really knows what he is doing. But who could he be? Or could it be......” Bella cut Draco short as her mind drifted to Mark, but strangely, she doubted if he had such authority or resources.“I doubt if he was. Even if he was behind it, I believe he had back up, someone with a similar goal compared to his.” Don also thought of Mark, but being in this game for long, he understood that not just anyone had the power to pull such strings.Nobody said anything for a while, and this gave Draco the opportunity to speak again.“We've sent messages across to all of our connections in the country, but there hasn't been news ye