Chapter 2

Chapter 2

The two were stunned by what they have heard earlier. The lips of Jostein parted when she smiles sweetly at him.

He gulps, and it is his first time feeling this kind of strange moment. He even dates many women in town and even in another country.

The charisma of Keesha Monteverde is so intense that he is not thinking straight. 

“I-I’m sorry,” he said, and Caleb chuckled at what he did.

“I will go out, bro.” he pats the back of his cousin and leaves the both of them inside his office.

“Come on, have a seat.” he offered a seat on the soft couch of his and gave her some complimentary water and fresh fruits from his minibar.

“Thank you so much, Mr. Jostein,” she said in a coaxing manner, then Jostein sat beside her.

“How may I help you, young lady?” he smiles, his light blue eyes are shining, and Keesha just smiles at him sweetly.

“I am ordered by my father to personally say this to you.” 

He breath heavily before she moistened her lips like seducing the young gentleman.

“My father accepted your invitation, and we will go next month. Thank you so much.” 

Jostein nodded, then looks at her lips. She is so beautiful, more beautiful than on the phone screen.

“I am so happy to hear that from you, young lady.” He gets a business card and gives it to her. 

She stood for it for a moment and spoke up, “I like your last name; it is so German.” 

“Thank you for your compliment. Well, see you next month at the party then if you will attend.” 

“My father will be true to his words and same as I, Mr. De Vere.” She smiles, and Jostein extends his hand to her.

She looks at its big hand, and she immediately shakes her hands at him.

“Nice to meet you, Ms. Keesha.” he chuckled, and when she is getting her hand, he is gripping it more tightly.

She is smiling raw when the look of him is going sticky! 

“I-I have to go. Nice meeting you too, Mr. Jostein—“

“Are you still single, Miss Keesha?” he cuts her words, and she gulped before answering his question to her.

“I-I have a boyfriend.” The eyes of Jostein became lifeless, and he gets his hand off from her.

He hummed, and Keesha touches her hand that is still electrifying from his touch. She smiles before leaving the room.

“Have a safe trip.” He said, and she just waves her hand before closing the door.

Keesha rushes out of the building when Caleb saw her getting into her car. He blinks twice, and it is just some minutes of talk, but her expression is somewhat nervous.

Caleb goes to his office without knocking on the door, and he sees his cousin flickering his finger and thinking deep like usual.

He is biting his lips before he snaps out of it when Caleb whisks him with some water.

“WHAT THE?!” he shouted, and his cousin chuckled.

The reaction of him is priceless, but he is not happy about it, and his face is deemed.

“Hey? Why so serious—“

“Don’t you see I am thinking!” he does not continue his words, and Caleb shuts in silence from the order of the angry De Vere.

SOME hours later and the two get some nice clothes to wear at the grand party. The excitement from the face of the two is so dangerous. After they get the tuxedo that they both want, Jostein gives his credit card to pay it cashless.

Caleb gets the items that they both. Jostein drives the car to the mansion of Caleb. While on the road and some distant traffic occurs, he just gets his phone.

He stalks the Instagram of Keesha Monteverde, and she has taken some pictures of his own building-- because why not? It is spectacular!

He twitches a smile to the edge of his lips before driving the car again.

“You are obsessed with her.” Caleb breaks the silence of his cousin, and he is not responding.

Caleb just frowned up to his home. The two get off the car, and the maids are still busy preparing for the grand party. 

Jostein meticulously looks at the details of each thing, making sure it is on his standard. He is happy seeing that everything is on his plan.

He walks to his room, and Caleb goes with him. The two are going crazy for the big event since they are the host of this annual celebration.

Jostein sits on the table and gets his gun onto it.

He is wiping it, ensuring it is shining. Caleb shrinks, and his face turned to deem.

He notices it, and then he just paused for some seconds and questioned him.

“What is the problem? What are you looking at me?” he asked in a relaxed manner, but the one sitting on the bed is not that comfortable.

“You are doing some dirty games again! Don’t get me to involve in that!” he shouted, and Jostein just chuckled, listening to him.

“I am so sorry, but my business is your business too, remember?” he asked with an evil grin, but his cousin is not interested at all.

He sighed, then gets a cigarette from his pocket. “I will get her no matter what.” 

This is the first time that is seeing him like that, so desperate and evil. 

“You will do it again; you will kidnap some woman that you like, then if you will take what you want, you will just leave them,” Caleb said.

Jostein blows some smoke into thin air and puts the cigarette again to his mouth.

The eyes of the Rothschild narrowed when they both look at each other.

“No!” he swears, and Jostein’s patience is on its limit.

He holds his gun then pointed it at his cousin. Caleb gulped then raised both his hands.

“Take it, easy, bro! Hey, come on!” his shaky breath is sending shivers to his spine.

He knows how Jostein becomes angry for no reason. This time he is different from, he is acting before.

“Say one more word against me, and the bullet will pierce to your head,” he said, and he keeps on looking at him sharply.

“OKAY, OKAY! I GET IT!” he snaps out and likes his tail is going down. Jostein puts the gun slowly on the table, and they both go to the dining area to have dinner.

While they are still privately talking about the plan of Jostein. Caleb is like a sheep listening to his shepherd.

They both drink some wine for this night until Jostein plans to do something dirty to her.

“She said that she had a boyfriend. How awful that it is not me, right?” he asked, then laughs a bit.

Caleb just listens to him and agrees with him all the time. “The silver void mafia of mine is so powerful.”

“Yeah, I know.” 

“Then you need to join us when we abduct her.” He just frowned when he heard it.

He seriously looked at his cousin before uttering some words, “You know her surname is? It is Monteverde, and she is the daughter of Alfredo Monteverde!” 

Even Caleb is shouting, he is still calm and listens to him. He is not shocked because he already knows that she is the only daughter of the rival mafia organization.

Alfredo Monteverde is one of the business partners of the Cousins, and they are very dependent on them.

“Without us, the partnership and the company of the Monteverde will collapse.” He said in a threatening voice, and then his thumbs disapprove going down.

It is true because all of the supplies are coming from them; they are the monopoly oligarchs that are ruling this country.

“They still have billions of debt from us; it is some years now still they don’t even pay for the principal of it.” He talks seriously, and Caleb just stays silent for a minute.

“B-But abducting her daughter will cause us so much trouble! I understand that you are manipulating many businesses to have affairs with you! Because they are not that big like the Monteverde!” 

Caleb has some points to it, but still, his cousin with light blue eyes is not being startled by his words.

Instead, he is the one that is being startled by what Jostein says, “Are you gay? Why are you not that brave like before? Should I train you again like the hell you will drop every day because of tiredness?” 

The eyes widened when he heard that drop thing. He is being trained to the silver void to protect the image of their company, but he is much way soft than Jostein.

“I-It’s not like that but—“

“Then show me if you are not like that, join my team on that day!” 

His heart skips a beat when hearing it out. The beautiful young lady will be in trouble when he is much more serious than now.

“Please don’t do it—“

“Are you dictating me, huh?!” he grabs the collar of Caleb and pulls him into his face.

“DO YOU WANT TO DISOBEY ME?!” he shouted out of his lungs, and it caught the attention of their butlers.

“Sir Jostein!” the butler called his name, but the sign does not go closer, and the butler gets it. They are going away immediately.

“Please stop this!” Caleb is trembling in nervousness, and the hand of him gets of his expensive cloth.

He sighed heavily, then looks at the eyes of his cousin.

“I will make her my secret love”