TWO

Chapter - 2 | waffles worth more than gold

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Beryl

A violent man with a volatile mind, I must give it to Jeramy to find such a man.

With jet black hair and metallic grey eyes, he has to be the most handsome man I've ever seen.

Also the ugliest.

A shudder run through me when my bare feet met the cold marble of the floor.

The son of a bitch left me here, tied.

I fought through the ropes only for them to dig harder into my flesh.

I need to breathe.

"Shhh," I whisper to myself in a pitiful attempt to hush the voices in my head.

Why is my life like this? Earlier today I got the call from my secretary informing me that my so-called half-brother is coming back.

He is coming back. The mere thought of seeing his face again makes my blood boil.

Nobody even bothered to told me about it.

Nobody.

Our father sent him to Moillum Laurier almost 4 years ago. Laurie is a juvenile prison, or that is what dad told me it is.

Fuck, I can't even trust the old man.

He loves him. He loves him blindly.

He will accept Ian with open arms. Even after everything he did, after all, he is his son. And me, well I'm nothing but a burden to him.

Ian has always been a bully to me. Saying disgusting things to me, calling me names was his favourite game. He used to call me help. Because to him I always looked like a maid and never like a Montgomery. When I was seven and Ian was nine, he used to tell me the only reason I'm alive is that I have our father's blood running through my veins.

Other than that nobody wants me, likes me, or loves me. Not even my own mother.

A tear slip down my face before I can stop it. Something about today makes me want to break down crying. Hide inside the Red cabinet of my old room.

I underestimated Jeramy, and I'm paying for that. There is no whey he could just break into my house or anywhere near me.

Wait,

Now that I think about it, it makes sense-- the strange notes I've been getting, the sudden change in staff, he did it. And he had help.

I can bet my money it was that man.

Another shudder run through my body as I think about him. Ah, I'm disgusted by myself,

he's a lowlife criminal Beryl.

I hated the way my body reacted when he closed the distance between us, my body fucking betrayed me. But whatever I'll make sure this mistake won't happen again.

I don't ever want to see these people again, I don't want to see him again.

No, I'm not signing the papers, I will just make sure nobody ever fucking dares to break into my house again.

Everybody just thinks it's so easy to fuck with me.

I'll show them who I'm.

I'm Beryl Fucking Montgomery.

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The next morning I stand in front of the mirror, carefully curling my hair. One thing I hate the most in this worst is a bad haircut, my hair should always be on point.

Because their is Nothing sadder than a rich girl with bad hair.

I carefully applied balm on my wrists. They feel like they have been through hell, because of all the tugging I did with the rope.

If ever I get a chance with that asshole. I will make him feel this exact same pain.

I entered my office a little late than usual. And guess my reaction when I found the one person waiting for me the one person I don't want to see ever.

"Dad?" I mutter surprised to find him standing in my office this early in the morning. I mean it's 9 so it's early.

My father has never stepped a foot into my house ever. He has never once set foot in my workplace also because obviously he doesn't care.

For him I'm just a mistake. A mistake he very much regrets.

"I'm hoping you have heard the news about your brother coming back."

No hellos, No heys, straight to business.

Typical him.

He's not my brother, I wanted to say but I hold my tongue.

"I have."

"I don't want you anywhere near him this time. My son is finally coming back to take over what is rightfully meant to be his. I want everything to be perfect which is why I want you," he points a strict finger at me, "to stay away from him."

My chest suddenly felt tight, I don't know why. Maybe it's the cruelty in his words or the fact he doesn't even realize he is cruel.

I dropped my head disappointed again by this man I called my dad.

Four years ago he only sent him away because there was no other way.

He sent him away to protect him not me.

"Whatever you want, dad." He nodded not before he pulled out a letter from his breast pocket throwing it between us.

Please be DNA papers, tell me I'm not his. I'd kill to be related to anyone but this man.

Fuck this money, money helps only because he is a shitty father.

"What is this," I ask.

"Another pathetic attempt of your mother to reach out to you." He walks out the door but stops at the door. "Do something. Make her stop."

There is no place for her in our world.

"There is no place for her in our world," he says lastly before going.

I chuckled, see I guessed right.

This isn't the first time my drug addict mother tried to contact me. In case you haven't guessed she only wants money from me, and i'm not naive like when I was seven.

She's not getting any money.

I chuckled again crouching down to examine the envelope, the color of this paper seems a bit odd if you ask me.

I picked up the paper and dropped it in the dustbin. "My dad wants me gone and my mother wants me for my money, how poetic."

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"Yes, I want you to arrange a meeting with Colonel Gerald." I said to my secretary and she although confused nodded.

I'm going to make that Kauris motherfucker pay, I just don't know how but I will.

"Ma'am you have brunch with Ms.Ryan at Green Bay."

Thank God. My best friend is seriously the only one who makes me not want to kill myself.

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"hey, Ror," I say taking a seat at the table.

"you won't believe what happened."

"what?" I ask reading the menu to order something. I'm supposed to be on a no-carb diet but the gnocchi here looks good. I'm tempted to order some.

Her eyes beamed up, "daddy agreed to invest in my cafe." Oh, so this is why she is so happy. Rori loves cooking, enough to make it a profession anyway. I even told her that I will invest in her business but she refuses to take anything from me says she will only take money from her daddy. "A cafe? I told you to think big you should go for a restaurant. With me, by your side, we can turn this into million dollar food chain."

She giggled only to mock me, this has to be the 100th time I'm giving her this offer, okay maybe im exaggerating but nonetheless. Never in my life has someone rejected my business proposal except for her, not yet anyway.

"it's 2024 waffles worth more than gold."

She says she doesn't want this money, says her internal happiness or whatever crap matters to her more. Complete BS I say.

She claps her hands together. " I'm going to open a cafe outside the city. work there and live with my cats. I can already imagine my perfect life, on a Saturday sitting in my living room, a glass of wine in one hand and the other caressing my cat."

"wow, says the girl who can't spell Mongolian after one drink."

We laughed as she tries to cut me a fake glare. This is what I like, she never forces me to share my problems with her -- she respects my boundaries.

"let me tell you how it went down with him -"

I listened to every bit of her story, distracting myself from mine.

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I came to a halt as soon as I enter my office.

he gives me his rich-boy flirtatious smile. "nice to see you again, enemy." I controlled myself before I do anything bad, like screaming this whole place down. "what are you doing here," I gritted pointing an accusing finger at him.

"This is no way to greet the person who can have you killed in seconds," he says like it's the coolest thing ever. I've grown up in money, I've seen and heard about a lot of dirty secrets a lot of dead skeletons in people's closets but nothing compares to this.

You don't just go threaten people in business. who the fuck does he think he is. "says the guy who will be behind bars in less than 24 hours, that's my promise to you." I'm having a meeting with the colonel, he is going down.

He smirks folding his hands over his huge chest, he may be built big but nothing scares me anymore. Least of all a man.

"Yeah, and how will you prove it?"

what? he grins at my confusion. "the security that works for you got an email from your server telling them to retrieve their men for the night. All the cameras in or around your house were compromised and of course, nobody saw us. Thanks to you, since you live in the middle of fucking nowhere."

fuck

Nobody will arrest a powerful man like him just on behalf of my statement.

fuck

"You are delusional if you think I'm going to fall for your baseless threats. You won't touch a hair on my body I'm that important to you." I stalked closer to him getting into his face. "do you worst," I hissed. "weak men like you don't win against bad bitches like me."

His nostrils flared as he stared at me. "remember you did this to yourself, I warned you," he says before storming out of my office.

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Killian

I pinched the dusty pink nipple in my hand, leaning in to take it in my mouth. But the sound of my phone ringing disturbed me again. fuck.

"what?" I barked into the phone.

My brother's voice full of anger and laced with pure hatred sounded from the other side. "Enough of this bitch, it's time we teach her a lesson."

Girl from last night. the sudden thought of her got my already dick so hard I nearly groaned. "what do you want me to do?"

"meet you at your place in 10," he says before hanging up. I picked up the pants from the floor.

"Where are you going?" The girl slurs spreading her legs wider.

The sacrifices I'm making for my brother. "Get dressed and then get out."

Moments later we are both in my study looking at her file. He runs his hand through his hair frustrated. "I want to hurt her, she and all next six of her generations will know my name."

"We can just kidnap her and force her to sign the papers."

He groans looking at me like I'm the stupid one here. "It's a legal deal, papers should be signed in presence of both our lawyers not only that we need a witness too."

"In my time, all you have to do is get the damn signature."

Seeing him this desperate I genuinely now wants to help him get rid of this girl. "So, we can't harm here directly but we can cause still cause damage indirectly."

"Fuck but she literally has nobody, kidnapping her old man has to be the worst idea."

"Nobody is saying we kidnap her family, she is 21 there has to be someone or something she cares about, a lot."

He thinks for a moment before a sinister smirk crept on his face. "She cares about her best friend. We can kidnap her best friend."

"If that is what you want."

His gaze scanned the document again reading the barely there name.

"Rori Zoe Ryan."

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