When Mark came upstairs Duke was sipping his black coffee. His expression was cold.
"What did Lelia say to you?" Duke asked him without looking at him. "Boss, I have taken care of that matter. They have left for work" Mark said. Duke put the coffee cup on the plate and sat on the chair with his legs crossed. His face looked cold and stern. He was angry. Mark looked up at his Boss. He had taken care of that matter as his order, so why was he still upset? Mark felt strange and couldn’t understand why his Boss was asking him for the details. He didn't want to tell him the details. He had a bad feeling about it. "Mrs. Winters said that lady colleague blackmailed her," Mark said "On what? Go on" Duke glanced at him sharply. "She said if Mrs. Winters was unable to pay the bill, she had to sleep with a waiter. That lady colleague was Mrs. Winters's school friend, I guess," Mark said and looked at Duke. His face turned murderous. Mark gulped down being nervous. "It is bad" Mark whispered. "How did you deal with the matter?" Duke asked. "I made that lady colleague pay the bill on Ma'am place" Mark said. "Hmm. So that mere employee dared to insult my wife and what did you do? You let her go? Do you think Mrs. Winters just only deserves this?" Duke chuckled. Duke fisted his hand in anger. He knew Mark tried his best to deal with the matter but he was not satisfied. How dare that lady insult her? Sleeping with someone? Duke closed his eyes to control his anger. "Boss, Ma'am would have suspected if I had taken the matter seriously. The employees were also there. They might think you have something to do with ma'am that's why you sent me there" Mark immediately explained that even though he knew Duke was aware of it. "Cancel my today's schedule. I need to go home. Buy some CCTV camera and come to my apartment" Duke said and left from there. "Is everything done?" Duke asked looking at Mark. Duke was feeling uncomfortable after today's events. He was worried for Lelia's safety. Today, he was there to help her but what if Lelia was in danger again. I need to look after her. Even at home, I have to ensure her safety so that I can see her from outside. "Yes, boss. I have installed hidden CCTV in every corner of this apartment. Do you want me to install one in Mrs. Winters's room, too?" Mark asked and Duke glared at him. Mark shut his mouth immediately. He was really surprised when Duke sent him to help Lelia. "Boss, will you take Ma'am to Sullivan Mansion for dinner?" Mark asked him "Yes. We are going tonight" Duke answered while connecting the camare to his phone. "Jonathan was trying to reach me. What should I tell him, Boss?" Mark asked Duke. "Call him tonight and tell....Do you understand?" Duke asked "Yes, Boss" Mark said when someone knocked on the door. Hearing the knock on the door Duke looked at Mark and told him to hide in his room thinking it was Lelia, Duke opened the door and saw a delivery boy. "What?" Duke asked. "Parcel for you, sir," The delivery boy said "Parcel! But I didn't order anything?" Duke said. "I did Boss. Here" Mark paid the bill and closed the door. "What is it?" Duke asked him "Boss, I have ordered lunch for you from the Star restaurant. You didn't eat anything back then, so I thought to order,” Mark spoke up. Mark knew his Boss was a picky eater. Duke was a picky eater. Even after ordering food from a particular restaurant as per his orders, he ate only two to three spoons. He saw Duke hospitalized many times for this habit. The doctor advised him not to skip food strictly but he never listened. For him, work was more important than his body. For this, his maternal grandfather gave Mark the responsibility of Duke's food. From then Mark was responsible for Duke's food. “I don't need it. I have homemade food. I will warm it up later” Duke wasn't interested in that food. “You can eat it if you want. Then, wash the dishes in the sink after you finish eating. She doesn't like dirty dishes” Duke says without looking at Mark. Mark's mouth popped open. He didn’t know what to say. "He will eat what? Homemade food! Seriously!? I wasn't hearing things, was I?" Mark was shocked. "Boss, are you sure you want to eat the homemade food? I ordered from your favorite restaurant. The meal was made by the head chef according to your taste?" Mark asked him. "When did his diet change? It changed for the better but when did it happen?" Mark couldn't believe that the man in front of him was really his boss. Can marriage change someone so quickly he couldn't believe it?'' Mark wondered. "What are you looking at? Eat soon then leave. She will be here soon" Duke said and entered the kitchen to warm up the food his wife made for him. At Office Everyone was looking at Lelia in shock. "Lelia, Do you know Mr. Winters from before?” A colleague asked her. They really couldn't believe that Mark had come to help her. "No, I didn't" Lelia immediately denied it. She was surprised as well. "I think it was a coincidence. We should go back to work" Rose spoke up. Everyone nodded and left from there. When Lelia returned to her office she wanted to take a sip of water as she was feeling thirsty. She picked up a glass of water and gulped it down. "Thank God for saving me. I would have been embarrassed in front of everyone if Mark had not come. I would like to thank him for his help. I will treat him a meal" Lelia thought when her office door was opened harshly before an angered figure entered the cabin. Dear God, when is this going to stop? Will it ever stop? Lelia narrowed her eyes and looked at the woman with a dark face in front of her before she placed her glass on the table, “What do you want now, Bella? I have no desire to argue with you now. Leave now, I have work to do" "You bitch. Did you know Mark before? What dirty tricks have you played to get on his good side? You slept with him, didn't you? I knew it. A dirty girl like you can do anything. Tell me, you had sex with him, didn't you? Bella screamed madly. Lelia's body trembled with rage. She walked toward Bella and slapped her. "You bitch" Bella screamed and raised her hand to slap Lelia but Lelia held her hand. "Don't even think about it. I am not the old Lelia whom you can bully whenever you wish. Leave before I ruin your face" Lelia left her land. Bella gritted her teeth in anger. "You will regret this" Bella sat in her chair. She was angry and upset. She wanted to destroy Lelia. Suddenly, she smiled, thinking of Lilly, her best friend, who was the only person who could help her teach Lelia a lesson. So, she called Lilly. Bella told her everything. Lilly was shocked to hear this. "Don't worry, I have a perfect plan. Lelia will regret it until her death" Lelia was working on a file when she got a call from Hospital. Lelia's felt uneasy all of a sudden. "Is Mom okay?" When she picked up the phone her face turned pale. The phone fell from her hand. Lelia stood up and hurried out. Rose called after her but Lelia didn't stop. A smile appeared on Bella's lips at Lelia's devastated state. "You brought this on yourself, bitch. Get over it now" Bella messaged Lilly. It was raining heavily when the taxi stopped outside the hospital. Lelia hurried out and entered the gate. She collided with a man and fell to the ground. Her slippers were torn. Lelia stood up and threw off her slippers and started running bare feet. Everyone looked at her sympathetically. She looked broken with her swollen, tear-filled eyes and wet, messy hair. Her bare feet were red from frostbite. "Maybe someone she loved is dead. Poor child" When Lelia opened the door to the cabin, her world turned upside down. She felt that someone had removed the ground from under her feet. A hot tear rolled down her face.When Lelia opened the door to the cabin, her world turned upside down. She felt that someone had removed the ground from under her feet. A hot tear rolled down her face."Mom," A faint whisper came out of Lelia's mouth. Lelia's voice trembled as she spoke. David looked at his daughter and lowered his head. He didn't have the courage to look at his daughter. Lilly and Liam were inside the cabin. Her mother's face was pale like she was in pain."Mom, what happened? Are you okay?" Lelia ran toward her mother. She held her mother's hand. Angelina jerked off her hand in anger. "Mom" Lelia called her"Was it true? Did you cheat on Liam?" Angelina asked her. Lelia froze. She looked at Lilly and Liam. "How could they do this? Didn't they have any shame?" Lilly was smirking at Lelia while Liam was feeling guilty. He didn't expect Lilly to call him here to trap Lelia. He was in a meeting when Lilly called him. She informed her that Angelina's condition was very serious and she might die
Lelia was walking aimlessly in the rain. Her tears were continuously falling and mixing with the rain. Drenched in the rain, Lelia's head was spinning. She was thinking about her mother. Angelina's hateful eyes flashed before Lelia's eyes again and again. She could never forget her mother's hateful eyes.Lelia sat down on an empty bench on the side of the road. Her leg was bleeding from a cut due to prolonged bare feet walking. Lelia hugged herself by curling her toes and burying her head between her knees. It was a painful sight to watch but no one was around to see it.There was no one there as it was raining heavily. The road was empty and no taxis or cabs were plying that way.As Lelia wept over her cruel fate, two drunken men passed that wayThey stopped immediately when they saw Lelia. Her white shirt was sticking to her body due to the rain. All parts of Lelia's body were almost visible from the outside.Their eyes were filled with lust. They lick their lips and move towards Le
After dealing with those bastards, Duke entered the room and sat down in front of Lelia.It was late night.It was time for bed, but Duke couldn't sleep at all. He was so disappointed. Even after killing those bastards, he did not get peace.His heart was still trembling with pain."How did you get into my heart so easily?" Duke looked at Lelia. He would not say that he had never seen a girl more beautiful than Lelia. He saw them. But he was not interested in them at all.Stanley tried to set him up with gorgeous girls many times but he never showed interest in looking back at them.Even when one of them stood naked in front of him to woo him, he was still disinterested and threw her out.But now, Lelia unknowingly stirred his heart. Lelia suddenly stirred in her sleep as her shirt slid off her stomach to reveal her soft milky skin. Just looking at it made the Duke's body burn. He immediately covered her with a sheet and stood up. Frustrated, Duke went to the balcony and took out a
"Dad, I have something to tell you," Jonathan said to his Father.Jackson looked at his son. His son looked worried. "Follow me," Jackson told him as he headed to his study room. Jonathan and Nancy quietly followed him."What happened?" Jackson asked his son.After Jonathan told him everything, Jackson began to growl in anger."Jonathan who told you to insult him?" Jackson felt like slapping his stupid son. Why is his son so stupid?"Honey, why are you blaming our son? He called a disabled person disabled. What's wrong with that?" Nancy immediately took her son's side. He was always overprotective of her son. She never let anyone yell at her son let alone hit him."This project is very important for us, Nancy. It is like a life saver contract for us. If we don't get it, we will lose everything. Everything, our company, and even this luxury house, and because I have taken a loan on this house to invest in this project, Father doesn't know about it. He just knew we invested all the mon
"When they came out of the hospital, Lelia noticed a car in front of them. Duke went to the car and opened the door for her. "Go in," Duke, said and looked at her. Lelia quickly came to him, took his hand and led him to one side. "Duke, what are you doing?" Lelia whispered to him. She didn't want the driver to hear them. "What am I doing? Shall we not go home? Let's go" Duke said casually. Lelia was irritated after hearing this. "Duke, we can't afford the car fare. We have to go to the bus stop" Lelia said to him "Bus?" The Duke was shocked to hear this. "Yes. Duke, our house is a long drive from here. It's too expensive to take the car home. We can't afford it right now. Please ask the driver to go" Lelia told him more like requested him. "I have money for it. Never mind the cost," Duke said to her. "Just because you have money doesn't mean you spend it recklessly. Save it for the future" Lelia didn't want him to spend his money like that. He had already given her so mu
When Jonathan came out of the house he was seething with anger to the point that he almost exploded. "Wasn't that bastard used to be a punching bag? When did he change so much? Where did he get that attitude? You have made a grave mistake Duke. I know you have been mean to me to show your wife. I am going to make you cry like before" Jonathan cursed Duke. He was so angry that his teeth were chattering. He got into his car and was about to start driving when his phone rang. Jonathan cursed the caller under his breath for calling him at such a bad time. But his face turned pale when he looked at the caller ID. It was Hunter. His grandfather "Can't this old hag stop calling me? Do me a favor and die already. You have lived enough years" Jonathan cursed Hunter and picked up the phone. "Yes, Grandpa" Jonathan's tone was sweet. "Have you seen the Duke? Your father told me you went to see the Duke. Has he agreed to come?" Hunter asked him "Yes grandpa. He will be there tonight" said
Everyone stood in front of the door."What's going on?" Lelia shouted. She could not understand why everyone was doing this to her.Rose opened Lelia's computer and showed her the picture. After that she told everything to Lelia. Lelia was roaring in anger after hearing everything."Bella, that bitch" She cursed Bella and wanted to get out but Rose stopped her."No. Everyone is angry right now. They might get angry and do something bad to you. Don't go out," Rose told her. Lelia knew she was right as she watched as everyone already fell into Bella's trap and turned against her. Everyone was upset and angry with her. They were standing in front of her cabin and cursing her badly. They call her a bitch. And she is a dirty girl who sold her body for this job. They called her a slut. The man she slapped spits on her office door in anger. He was trying to break down the door. They all seemed to have gone mad.They shouted at Lelia to submit her resignation letter to them. They swore to t
When Lelia entered her cabin she found a bouquet of flowers on her desk. She looked at the flowers in confusion. "Who sent it here?" Lelia walked over to her desk thoughtfully. She picked up the bouquet but found no cards attached to it. Lelia placed the bouquet on her table when someone knocked on the door."Come in" Lelia said and her colleagues entered. They were still shyly avoiding her eyes."Did you send me flowers?" Lelia asked looking at them.They nodded still looking down. "We are sorry for our behavior. We don't know what happened to us then. We didn't know she was lying to us. Please forgive us. We insulted you. We are ashamed of our actions." The male employee that Lelia had slapped spoke up.Lelia looked at their pitiful faces and decided to forgive them."Honestly, I was really sad when you all believed Bella and started judging me without listening to me. We can not judge a person based on one word because everyone has their own story to tell. I wouldn't have forgiv
They seem to be trying their best to trap each other with some purpose. According to the bodyguard, Jonathan has already succeeded in controlling Lilly. He is giving Lilly expensive gifts to subdue her," Xavier said. "I know this news too," Duke said."Do you want to wait until they get married? Of course, once they get married, they will be punished appropriately," Xavier said."That is what I want to do. Let them soar in the sky for a while. When they think they have everything and they are above everyone, then I will drag them down. I will bring them down in such a way that they will not find a place to put their feet," Duke said. Just then, Stanley entered the room. "Xavier, Amelia has been discharged. She went home with Lelia," Stanley said and Xavier nodded.Hearing Stanley's words, Duke stood up from his seat and said, "I have an urgent meeting in my office. I will come back after the meeting.""You don't need to come here. Amelia insisted that she stay with me. She will be h
Hearing her words, Xavier smiled softly. Amelia looked at Xavier and said, "One minute why are you asking me about Lelia? Do not try to make a move on her. She is a very good girl. I won't tolerate anything bad against her. Lelia told me that you flirted with her in the shopping mall. I am warning you don't mess with her. She is not the type of girl you are thinking. She is loyal to her husband and loves her husband very much.""I flirted with your friend to see if she is loyal to her husband. I didn't have any bad intentions," Xavier said and bit his tongue. "Why would you flirt with Lelia to see if she is loyal to her husband or not? By any chance do you know her husband? What is your relationship with her husband?" Amelia asked Xavier, confusingly."How can I know her husband? I heard she was married. So I was flirting with her simply to see if she was loyal to her husband or not? I don't know her husband. Forget all this; tell me, did the doctor say when he would discharge you?"
"Dad, I do not know what dirty tricks that bastard Duke played on Mr Winters for that Mr Winters believes whatever nonsense he spits before him, but I will find out this soon. I will make Mr. Winters hate that bastard just like we hated him. I will make sure of it. Just watch and see" Jonathan gritted his teeth in anger and utter. He really hated the fact someone liked Duke over him. "Do you think it is easy to do what you are trying to do? Do you think your Grandfather and I haven't tried that method? We have tried our best to convince Mr. Winters that Duke is a horrible, evil man and a murderer. We have tried our best to show him how bad is Duke. We tried so hard to convince him that Duke brutally murdered his own Mother, but Mr. Winters wouldn't listen to us. He thinks we lied and that Duke was innocent. He thinks we wronged Duke and that Duke served ten years in prison for no reason. Mr. Winters it is not someone whom you can easy convince to believe something. The thing you are
Duke didn't say anything and just stared at the card. Seeing that Duke didn't answer to the question, Stanley put his hand on Duke's shoulder and said again, "Duke, what happened? Is this Lelia's number?""Yes, this is Lelia's phone number", Duke whispered and looked at the nurse. "Did the girl say she would come to the hospital?""Yes, the girl said she would be at the hospital in half an hour," The nurse said. Hearing the nurse's words, Duke looked at Stanley and said, "If Lelia comes to the hospital and sees me, she will be suspicious. I have to leave here before she comes to the hospital""I can't let you go home in this condition. Let's go to my penthouse" Stanley said. Duke nodded his head without saying anything. Stanley checked Xavier's condition once more and appointed three security guards outside of the room then left from there. After a while, Lelia arrived there. Lelia entered the room and was shocked to see Amelia's condition. "Sister, what happened to her? How did she
"Amelia, listen to me carefully; this is not the time to act like a crazy person. I am talking very seriously. If you stay with me, your life will be at risk. At any time, wild animals can come and attack when they smell blood. You will die if you stay with me. So don't be crazy, and stay here, I will go the other way. I promise you Duke and Stanley will come to save you. Just hide well," Xavier said, and Amelia grabbed his shirt collar as he tried to get up to leave."I have told you before and I am again telling you for the last time, no matter what, we will be together. If it is written in our destiny to go back alive from here, then we will go back alive together and if it is written in our destiny to die here, then we will die together. I will not let the man who took the bullet for me go away from me because of the fear of death. Yes, I am afraid of death, but I am not selfish. Whenever you will go, I will follow you," Amelia said in a strong voice.Xavier understood that Amelia
"Why did you have to go through so much trouble to get army training? You are not an army officer, so why did you go through so much trouble to get army special training?" Amelia asked him confusingly."To survive," Xavier replied making her shocked. "What did you just say? What do you mean by that? Why do you have to go through army training to survive? What is the relationship between army training and survival?" Amelia asked him in surprise."Do fight against the situation we are in right now" Xavier replied casually. "Did you mean someone tried to harm you before?" Amelia asked him."Do you think this is the first time someone has tried to kill me?" Xavier replied with a soft smile and picked him up with his stick and threw it into the water."What? What did you say? Does that mean they had attacked before to kill you? Why did you not report them to the police?" Amelia asked in a panicked voice."Do you think I just keep a group of security guards and a pistol with me for no rea
"What are you saying? What do you mean by I can quit my job? Have you forgotten that I came to work in your office for six months? If I quit my job six months ago, our Family will suspect us. I can not do it," Amelia said. She didn't know why, but she felt offended when Xavier told her she could quit her job."Your life will be at risk if you stay with me. The farther you are from me, the safer you will be. I never want anyone else to be in danger because of me. You don't have to think about our Family. I will handle everything," Xavier said and looked at the bullets he had taken out of his body. A sly smile appeared on Xavier's face as he looked at the bullets.Seeing Xavier laughing, Amelia was surprised and said, "How can you laugh in this situation? Why are you laughing? We are trapped in a big danger. What is there to laugh about here?"Xavier spoke up fisting the bullets in his hand, "They are using the bullets I made to kill me. It is amazing that the bullets I made for the pro
"Boss, everyone is here," Mark spoke up.Duke went to the divers and said, "Don't come in front of me until we find Xavier and Amelia.""Don't worry, sir. We won't stop until we find them. We will come out of the water after we find them," The divers said and started preparing to go down to the ocean."Send search team everywhere" Duke ordered Mark. Mark nodded and started working."Duke, I will go with you. Take me with you. I will look for my son with you," Xavier's Father requested. "Uncle, you don't have to worry. We will find Xavier and come back quickly. Xavier is definitely alive and waiting for us. You need to stay here. Stanley and I will go find him," Duke said.Even after listening, Xavier's Father couldn't calm down. He kept insisting on taking him with them. "Uncle, trust us. Xavier is okay. He is not going to give up that easily. We will come back soon. Xavier will be very worried if he sees you in a devastated condition. You wait here for us," Stanley said and looked a
After finishing their meal, everyone left the house. Amelia talked to Lelia for some time then she also left.When Amelia came out of the building she saw Xavier was leaning against his car doing something on his phone. Amelia passed by him silently and she was about to get into the car when Xavier grabbed her hand."What happened? Why are you stopping me? Do you want to say something?" she asked Xavier."Get in my car. I will drop you home. It is quite late. It is not safe for you to go alone" Xavier told her. Amelia frowned at him and pulled her hand away from Xavier's grips and spoke up, "Thank you for your concern, but there is no need for that. I can go home from here alone the way I came here alone. I don't need your help. I have my car with me and I know how to drive very well. You don't need to worry about me.""It is good that you know how to drive, but I have to worry about you because your Father left you here in my care. I can't leave you alone at night. My security guard