Jonathan got into his car with his assistant Sergeant Brown, who asked him, "What do you plan on doing to help your lover? You know the T-Group are very dangerous, and we have been looking for evidence since, and none. They are very smart and vigilant. Why would your girlfriend's father get himself entangled in a business dealing with Damian Tucker? I am sad, but I see no help coming their way."
"Don't say that nonsense, Brown. Damian is getting on our nerves, and as officers of the law, we must apprehend him and hand him over to the government," Jonathan replied, his gaze darkened.
"I know... but how do you intend to do that? Your father has tried to get Damian's father behind bars, but failed, and now you want to risk your life to fight with the devil. He has the higher-ups backing him. So I'm suggesting you wash your hands off this case and help your girlfriend raise the money. That's if Damian doesn't come for her, as I can see that she is beautiful, and his kind of woman that he messes with."
"Don't you dare say that crap to me!" Jonathan growled as he grasped on Brown's shirt.
"I will kill Damian before he gets his hands on my woman. Start the car, we are heading back to the station to report the case," Johnathan insisted, and Brown sighed.
"Alright." Brown started the car and drove off to the police station branch in North Wind Town.
*****
In a luxury estate, several black cars arrived and parked on the estate's ground.
"Bring him out and take him to the cell," Damian ordered his men as he left them and went to his mansion.
On his way home, Damian got a phone call earlier from his father stating that it was urgent matters, and he was needed at home.
Damian walked ahead to his mansion, the men in black working for him and guarding around the mansion bowed and welcomed him.
They had already escorted Mr. Max to the cell they built to lock up their own prisoner.
It was an empty dark room, and was built like a boy's quarter apartment at the back of the exquisite mansions.
It was built away from the mansion, so the men in black bundled Mr. Max away like he was a criminal, and threw him into the room. They locked up the door and left him.
"Shout all you want. There's no one to come rescue you," the men in black warned and left.
*****
Damian entered the living room, and went upstairs to his bedroom. He ignored responding to his father's call, thinking that his father was calling him related to business or why he went ahead and got Mr. Max apprehended.
Damian recalled the sight of Alicia Dawson. He had seen her before, during his visit at the town's hospital.
He wanted her and knew of the relationship that she was into. He decided to use her father as a tool to get her.
"There's no way that the Dawson family would be able to raise such a huge amount of money," Damian said, smiling as he went through his bath.
Entering his bathroom, he stripped off his black hand gloves, taking off his shirt and trousers, and he prepared for his bath.
After he was done, Damian came out of the bathroom and dressed up in a sleeping wear. His phone rang, and he took it from the shelf to see who was calling him.
"Boss, should I arrange for some ladies for you tonight?" Jeff Brody asked.
Damian was in no mood for any woman.
"No. Contact the Dawson family and let them know about my offer," he said.
"What? What offer is that, boss? We just left their mansion not too long ago," Jeff replied confusedly.
"I know. Let them know that I offer to have Alicia Dawson as my bride, in exchange for her father's release. Failure to show up tomorrow will get her father punished.
"Oh!" Jeff gasped. "Is that all, boss?" He asked, and Damian replied, "Yes. Send the proposal to Mrs. Dawson tonight. I expect to see Alicia first thing tomorrow morning."
"Alright, boss. I am on it," Jeff ended the call and proceeded to contact Mrs. Dawson's number.
Meanwhile, Damian smirked, he awaited to see Alicia's reaction the following day. He went back to his office to get himself busy with some other deals that needed his attention.
*****
In Alicia's home, her mother came out of the room after her failed attempt to reach her elder brother on the call.
"Mom, what are we going to do to get Dad out of the T-Group's clutch? We cannot wait for Dad's brother to help us, and I don't know if Jonathan will be able to help us?" Alicia spoke to her mother, standing in the living room.
Mrs. Jennifer Dawson sighed and took a seat on the couch. "I don't know, Alicia. But you shouldn't tell your boyfriend any much about your father. We cannot trust those police men even if he is your boyfriend. They shouldn't publicize us on the news, and tell him you don't know anything about your father's job."
"But Mom, Johnathan is only trying to help us. Why not tell him what you know about father," Alicia said, but her mother's eyes narrowed at her.
"No! You shouldn't dare to trade love over your family. Your father's life is in danger, and you're thinking of getting the police boyfriend of yours every detail of your father's business will help us. What will happen after your father's get his release and they find something off? The government will come after him for fraud or anything else they want to use to hold him in arrest. So no!" Mrs. Jennifer looked serious, and Alicia swallowed hard.
"So what do you plan to do now, Mom?" Alicia asked, while Samantha sighed and said, "Mom, I don't know who to turn to for such a huge amount of money. I can only be able to pay up 1 million dollars. The remaining 9 million dollars is off my limit. Why not ask Damian Tucker if he can accept another offer?"
"Another offer like what?" Mrs. Jennifer and Caden asked Samantha. She shrugged, blushed, and told her mother, "To become Damian's woman."
"What?" Mrs. Jennifer's eyes widened in shock.
"You're crazy, Samantha! How dare you think of offering your body to that lunatic!" Caden charged forwards at his younger sister to smack her, but his mother interrupted him.
"Don't you dare hit your sister, Caden. What can you do to help your father? You are a lawyer, yet you couldn't do anything to challenge Damian! Only one kick of his boot sent you flying away, and now, you dare to raise your filthy hands on Samantha. Forgetting that your father's life is in danger."
"But Mom..." Caden tried to speak, but his mother cut him off. "I don't want to hear it. Samantha is right, and we should think of how to contact Damian and offer the proposal to him. Samantha is very beautiful and a top model here in the country, so Damian will consider her proposal."
"And what if he rejects her? You know of his records with multiple women. What if he is a carrier of any disease? Haven't you thought about the dangers in having Samantha become his woman, a man who engages in multiple women and a Mafia kingpin," Caden showed his disgust, his expression stern.
Lady Jennifer shook her head and replied, "I cannot sit back and watch your father get killed. The government wouldn't be able to do anything against him. Damian is a feared mafia lord in this part of the state, and the best we can do is make our proposal and try our luck so that he doesn't kill your father over his debt. Besides, you benefited from it. You went to the highest law school because of your father."
"But I never asked Dad to engage with Damian," Caden replied, and his mother frowned, "You are only an ingrate, and I wish I had another son who is smarter than you."
"Mom...." Caden frowned, unable to rebel against his mother. Just then, her phone rang, and she took it up to see who the caller was.
"Who's calling you, Mom?" They asked her in unison.
"I don't know. Let me find out," Lady Jennifer replied and finally answered the call. "Hello, who am I speaking with?"
"Hello, Madam. This is Jeff Brody calling you. Damian's Tucker's assistant," Jeff said, sitting on a couch in the exquisite living room of Damian's mansion."Yes... how may I help you?" Lady Jennifer asked him nervously, her heartbeat skyrocketed."Calm down, Madam. My boss is trying to see how to make his payment easier and if you will accept his other proposals," Jeff said, paying attention to the call."Other proposals like what?" Lady Jennifer asked, and he responded, "A contract marriage with one of your daughters. In exchange for the debt that your husband owes us.""What?! Which of my daughters is that? Or should I present any of them to you?" Lady Jennifer asked. Meanwhile, Alicia and Samantha looked at their mother in shock. Wondering what her conversation with Damian's boys was all about."Calm down, Madam. My boss wants your younger daughter, Alicia Dawson. Kindly inform her to be available for pick up tomorrow. I will come around to take her," Jeff concluded, and Lady Jenn
Lady Jennifer turned to leave her daughter's room door and met Samantha by the corridor."Mom, what did Alicia say? Is she going to see Damian Tucker by tomorrow? What time did he request to meet with her?" Samantha asked, her curious gaze fixated on her mother's worried countenance."Samantha, I don't know. I will call the number by tomorrow morning to find out. Right now, I am so tired and need to rest. Good night," Lady Jennifer walked away from her first daughter and went back to her own room to rest. The room was the one she shared with her husband before he was taken away.Samantha stood by the corridor and looked at Alicia's room door. "Why would Damian choose Alicia over me? Am I not the older sibling and good enough for him? Why must he choose this local girl?" Samantha gritted her teeth and moved back to her own room, awaiting the following morning to arrive.Meanwhile, in Alicia's room, she finds it difficult to sleep. She kept on thinking about how she would escape Damian'
"Good Morning, Alicia," Lady Jennifer cleared her throat and looked at Alicia who stood in front of them."This is Jeff Brody. He came here last night with Damian Tucker. So you have to go with them to negotiate with their boss," Lady Jennifer said. She couldn't look up to meet her daughter's gaze. She felt like a bad mother to be offering her daughter to Damian Tucker. After all she has heard about him being a ruthless boss."Mom, if this is a joke, stop it. I did not agree to any silly agreement between Damian and Dad. I already told you that John will get the money and we will pay them up. Why are they here?" Alicia glared at the men in black and Jeff Brody spoke up, "It's to make the payment easier. Have you thought of the consequences if you and your family are unable to pay up my boss by the month end."Alicia glared at Jeff as she met his gaze. She swallowed hard and told him, "I will never agree to such a stupid agreement. Get out of my father's house now before I call the cops
Jeff Brody sat in the driver's seat of Damian's car and asked him, "Where to, Boss?"Damian pulled out a cigarette as he sat in the rear. He watched the hospital car park, after getting into his car and told Jeff, "To my father's house. Let me find out why he was calling me last night."A deep frown etched on Damian's face, as he pulled a drag from his cigarette. His anger boiling as he knew that Alicia didn't want to see him."Okay, boss," Jeff ignited the car engine. The car roared to life as he drove off to Mr. Mark's manor.The beautiful residential estate was owned by Damian's father, and Jeff drove the black Maybach into the estate grounds and parked.There were other men in black, guarding the residence while Damian got out of his car. He extinguished his cigarette, tossed it on the ground and stepped on it as he made his way to his father's house.Mr. Mark was enraged as he had phoned Damian to pay him a visit the previous day, which was Sunday. But Damian didn't take his invit
"Dad, what are we going to do? Damian doesn't want me?" Maria asked her father as they got into his car and were heading back to her father's mansion."Don't worry. We have until this Saturday to find out if Damian wants you or not. You shouldn't worry about him," Mr. Mark assured his daughter. Although he wasn't certain if Damian will change his mind or not."Damian isn't in any relationship, Dad. I know him, and I see him visit the town's hospital. He is not in any relationship except for the women he hosts at his club house," Maria complained as she frowned, seated at the back seat of the car with her father. She was his only daughter and her father assured her, "Don't worry. Just be patient and Damian will be yours."Maria smiled with relief as she wanted Damian. She had rejected several other men in the business world, in their developed town for Damian. She wanted Damian and no one else.Maria smiled as she remembered the first day she saw Damian arrive at the town's teaching hos
"Why, babe? Why don't you want us to have sex?" John asked, and Alicia moved away from him. "No, John. I told you that we should wait until we are married. I don't want to do it now. I am not ready for sex," Alicia looked away nervously from Jonathan, but he moved to her side to meet her. "But you know that I love you very much and I want to marry you. Let's do it even if it's just once. I will still marry you and I wouldn't see you as anything less," Jonathan said in a coaxing voice as he moved near to meet Alicia. He kissed her neck, but Alicia moved away from him and shook her head."No, John. I am sorry. But I have to go home. I already told you that I made a promise to my Grandma that I wouldn't have sex or become a wayward girl until I'm married, that I would only lose my virginity to my husband. Please..." Alicia held John's hands as she looked at his handsome, fair-complexioned face.John was badly aroused. The truth was that he has been cheating on Alicia by hosting other pr
"Hello, Boss, I have seen Alicia driving out of the mansion with Jonathan Leonardo," Jax Cody relayed to Damian over the phone call.Damian's fist clenched. His hold on the phone tightened."Follow them and ensure to keep your distance," he ordered Jax, anger coursing through his veins."Copy that, boss," Jax replied, and the phone call ended.Jax got onto his bike and drove off. He wore a black ensemble and boots and he drove his bike past Alicia and Jonathan in the car, who parked in front of a restaurant.As Alicia got out of her car, she looked at Jax, who sneered at her. But Alicia quickly looked away, sensing maybe the strange man was working for Damian.Alicia quickly locked up her car door and walked ahead to meet Jonathan, who wrapped his arm around her shoulders and walked with her into the Restaurant.As they entered the Restaurant together, Alicia met her best friend, Daisy Lawrence, a beautiful 23-year-old nurse with fair skin."Hey, Alicia. What brings you here?" Daisy as
Alicia got into her car and drove back home. Upon her arrival, she drove into the premises and parked her car.As she got out of her car, Alicia was still nervously wondering how her family would react upon seeing the diamond ring on her finger.She had refused to pick up her mother's call. Her heart pounding in her chest as she moved closer to the house and rang the doorbell. She unlocked the door and entered the living room, meeting her mother seated there on the black couch and dressed in black.Lady Jennifer shifted her gaze away from her phone and watched as Alicia strode into the living room."Good evening, Mom," Alicia greeted her mother, seeing that the time was past 4pm in the evening.Lady Jennifer sat alone on the chair in the living room and asked, "Where did you go to, Alicia? Did you pretend like you didn't see my call?"Nervously, Alicia moved away from the door and responded, "I'm sorry, Mom. I saw your call, but I was driving."Alicia wasn't good at lying and her mothe
"I am going to give her a call tomorrow," Alicia said. Once she was done saying that, she safely kept the card back into her handbag. She dried her body and selected a pajama set and put it on.Alicia finally exited her room and walked into the corridor. She saw her mother climbing upstairs, and she paused and asked her, "Mom, is there still any food left in the kitchen? I am exhausted and hungry."Lady Jennifer looked at her daughter with pity and replied, "Yes. Do you want to go downstairs and get it, or should I send for Clara to bring it for you?""I think Clara should better bring it. I don't want to come across Damian. Why are you not challenging him? Is that how he would force his way into our lives just because Dad owes him money? What happened to giving us time to pay him back until this month ends?" Alicia queried her mother angrily, and Lady Jennifer sighed."Alicia, I understand all you are saying. But right now, we cannot challenge Damian until your father's debt is clear
Lady Jennifer escorted Damian back to the dining room and offered him a chair."You can have a seat here. Let me check what is available in the kitchen," Lady Jennifer said as she nervously stood beside Damian."Alright." Damian settled on the first dining chair and watched Lady Jennifer walk away to the kitchen door. He picked up his phone and contacted Jax."Send for one of the men to go and get me some of my clothes and also, my laptop," Damian ordered, giving Jax the list of the things he should get for him from his mansion."Alright, Boss," Jax replied, and the call ended.Damian sat at the dining table, waiting as he stole a look around the mansion.Meanwhile, Lady Jennifer walked into the kitchen, and Samantha, who had just finished eating, asked her, "Mom, what's going on? Has Damian left our home?"Lady Jennifer shook her head and replied, "Lower your voice, Samantha. Damian's in the dining room.""What? Isn't he going back to his house?" Samantha asked, as she had heard that
Samantha, who was in the kitchen with Clara and eavesdropping on the conversation, sighed and went to serve her meal when she saw that Damian was not yet leaving her father's house."Is it safe to go out there?" Clara asked Samantha as she served her meal, afraid of what was going on.The moment Samantha had run into the kitchen had startled Clara."Yes. Well, I don't know, but you can choose to remain here for your own safety," Samantha advised Clara, who nodded.Clara was scared and wondering if she should continue working for the household, but then, the payment was high, and she didn't want to quit her job yet. Knowing that getting a more suitable job that earns more than that was difficult. She went to sit on a chair, waiting and hoping the drama wouldn't escalate.In the living room, Alicia's phone rang, and she picked it up immediately."Hello, John. Where are you?" Alicia asked him, and he told her, "I have arrived at your father's house, babe. But there are some men in black
In the Dawson family's living room, Alicia struggles to break her hands free from Damian's clutch."Don't touch me!" she yelled at him. But he remained unfazed, looking at her face."Let me go! I cannot go with you?" Alicia yelled at Damian once more."What makes you think you can come here and order me to go with you? You are not my boyfriend, and I don't want to have anything to do with you!" She yelled at him, but Damian smiled and let go of her hand as he became uncomfortable by her closeness."I am only trying to help protect you because I understand what is at stake. But you don't. So I won't sit back and allow anyone to take you away when I can do something to protect you," Damian told Alicia angrily, and she became silent and looked away from him."Well, I don't need your care. I will be fine on my own, and you don't have to tell anyone that you want me because I cannot be with you. Kindly leave my father's house, Mr. Tucker. Besides, you have my father with you. What more do
Alicia looked from her mother to her sister, and to the door to know who was there."Mom, is Caden back?" Alicia asked, and her mother replied, "No. I haven't even called him yet to know where he is. Why is the gateman calling me?"Lady Jennifer became afraid of who was by the door, and Samantha spoke, "Let me find out, Mom. Maybe Caden is back and who locked the door?"Samantha walked up to the door, but Alicia exclaimed, "Wait, Sama. Let Mom answer her call first."Lady Jennifer picked up the call, and the gateman said, "Madam, that man from the other day is here, and he ordered me to let him in before I can call you.""Who is that?" Lady Jennifer asked, and Samantha went to the door, ignoring her sister's order.As Samantha peered at the door and looked out at the surrounding. She saw that everywhere was dark, and no one was there. However, she looked again, and saw a man standing there, and dread ran down her spine."Mom, I think those men who are after Alicia have come here to ca
Damian was in his home office when Jax contacted him on the phone."Boss, Grant sent his men to go after Alicia and to capture her," Jax relayed, and Damian immediately rose up from his chair and paced about."He did what? Did he get her?" Damian asked, his voice shaking, and Jax immediately picked up the hint of how obsessed his boss was with a woman who didn't want him.Because of Alicia, Damian interfered with her father's business and also, held her father hostage to get her. Why couldn't he be straightforward with his strategy to get her?"No, boss. They didn't get her...she was with Jonathan and he was fast to navigate the way and escape their target. But I think they will go for her and to her family house. If you don't do something about it," Jax said, and Damian replied, "Alright. I will get to it now."Damian immediately ended the call and exited his office. He went back to his room, grabbed his firearms and picked up his coat and bulletproof jacket.He exited his room, and
Alicia got into Jonathan's car and asked him, "Is everything alright, babe?"She sat in the front seat with him and he was unusually quiet."Yes," Jonathan replied, his voice lower as he exhaled heavily."I'm fine. Fasten your seat belt. Let's go," he informed her, his voice calm as he buckled up his own seat belt and started the car.Alicia sighed and knew that Jonathan's mood changed when he heard her mention that Damian Tucker wanted her. She exhaled heavily as she watched him drive his car out of his new house.He took a turn and drove back to her father's house.Alicia kept her gaze on the road, oblivious of the car trailing behind them. However, Jonathan noticed it, and hit the accelerator as he sped up."What's wrong, babe?" Alicia asked him, and he informed her, "We are being followed.""What?" Alicia asked and became afraid.Jonathan drove the car at full speed and took a corner as he contacted backup."How?" Alicia asked him, her voice shivering, and the next moment, she hea
Damian stood at the top floor of his sitting room balcony, looking downward at Grant, who got out of his car to assist his sister in getting into his car."Damian!" Grant yelled as he gazed up at Damian, his voice loud and firm. "This isn't the end of the road. Don't think that you can mess with the Milian's group and go scot-free! I will get my revenge on you!!" Grant shouted, glaring at Damian, who stood there and smirked."I haven't done anything wrong. But I would like to see what you are capable of doing," Damian replied, his voice icy as he peered downward at Grant and Maria.Grant gritted his teeth and gazed away from Damian. He knew that he couldn't launch an attack on Damian in his territory, or rather, inside Damian's mansion."Come on, sister. Let's go," Grant said, speaking to Maria softly as he helped her put her box into his car trunk and unlocked the car door for her.Maria finally got into her brother's car. Her eyes red as she took out her handkerchief and sniffed."I
"Mom, why are you calling me?" Maria asked her mother, and the phone call went silent for a while."Maria, I asked you to come home, and you are giving me an excuse," Lady Emily told her daughter, but Maria stomped her foot on the ground and replied, "Mom, I can't come home today. It's already getting late, and I have made my choice, and I can't go back on it."Lady Emily sighed and replied, "It is alright. If anything should go wrong with you, I will have your father to blame and have him arrested. Take care of yourself.""Alright, Mom," Maria replied, and the phone call ended.Maria kept her phone in her bag and walked into the house.The living room was quiet as Maria stepped inside, where she met Butler James."Welcome, Madam," he greeted her with a bow, aware of the marriage alliance."Has your boss arrived?" Maria asked, stopping in the living room as she looked at James, wondering if Damian had returned home."Yes, Madam. My boss is in his chambers upstairs," James replied, mee