"We always long for the forbidden things and desire what is denied us."
-Francois Rabelais-
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The room was dark and gloomy, Vincent had been waiting impatiently in his room for any news, anything at all. It had been days since Dimitri left the state and he was starting to feel uneasy. Usually Dimitri would immediately report everything back to him. However, this time he had not reported once since he left. Vincent had had a long day at work, dealing with clients, managing his employees and all. Despite being a horrible man and human being, he was amazing at handling the company, yes, it was the reason why the wealth of the family remained safe and growing in his hand.
Ever since he was young, he had always developed this coldness which had helped him to strive, not into a better human being, but into a more valuable human being. He had aba
"When a woman truly loves a man, she becomes his weakness. When a woman truly loves a man, he becomes her strength. This is called exchange of powers."-Unknown-***"Well, you're trying" Lana, who was playing Naya poked Damian's shoulder when she saw him getting all dressed up for their date. Ever since Damian confessed his feelings for her, they had agreed to meet again on a date. For the first time in his life Damian was actually looking forward to meeting a woman, it was incredibly strange, he never thought there would come a day where he was getting all dressed up for an actual date, with an actual woman, not to mention the woman was Naya, the greatest female hacker alive whom he knew in person. Everything was happening so fast, he almost could not comprehend it, but when she smiled with her arms crossed around his shoulder, other thoughts disappeared from his mind, instead all he could
"A woman is dangerous when she is armed with beauty and a sense of humor, as she becomes irresistibly addictive."-Alfredo Cano-***Dimitri was sitting in Russet private jet with pure agitation, he had never felt so agitated in his life. It was such a strange and unfamiliar emotion to him. For a man who had experienced plenty of things in his life, Dimitri was nearly immune to all sorts of dangerous or life threatening circumstances, there was one time in his life where he nearly died from jumping down a plane because his parachute was broken, he was 18. Another time he was fighting fourteen men at a bar with only two people watching his back. Clearly, despite being completely outnumbered, he came out victorious.He was like a Russian version of John Wick. It did not matter how many people came at him, he always survived, somehow. Another t
"The facts don't always reveal the truth, but the truths always reveal the facts."-Pete Townshend-***Damian was driving silently with Naya beside him. After their little make out session, Naya had promised to tell him everything, but she wanted it to be done in her residence, and she would not open her mouth before that. He agreed, because waiting to bring her back would not take that long and he was curious to know the truth. Also, he wanted to know if his suspicion was true the whole time. It did not take long for them to arrive back. He parked his car and was invited in.Like usual, he walked over to the living room and she placed her bag in the living room. He clasped his hand together while staring at her, waiting for her explanation. She smiled and told him to wait, because she needed to fetch something in her room. So she walked ov
"A person's true nature will reveal itself despite disguise."-Aesop-***The hooded man walked into the office once more after removing all of his disguise. Those disguise was just horrible, not in a practical sense because practically his disguise was beyond perfect, no one could ever recognize him. He simply hated not appearing like himself. His original appearance might not be perfect, and truthfully he also hated looking at himself in the mirror. When he was much younger, he had a much softer face and expression. If they were to tell him twenty years ago that he would end up looking like that or doing what he did, he might not believe them. Yet life is unpredictable, like a wave in the ocean, it eithers deliver or takes away each time it returns.On the bright side, he saw a much faster progress beyond his initial plan. He had not expec
"Happiness is meeting someone after long time, sadness is knowing you cannot plan next meet."-Mirali Haria-***There was a point in his life where Dimitri thought he would never see Lana again, but he was wrong. He had finally found the neighborhood which she currently resided in New York, and he was waiting in a nearby building watching as people passed by, hoping to stumble across her, whether she was going to reveal herself to him as Lana or Naya, it did not really matter, because Dimitri knew he was going to recognize her right away anyway. He knew her better than anyone, there was no way he would miss her presence.He thought it might take a few hours for him to spot her, but to his luck, he only had to wait an hour before he saw a familiar figure in the distance.Lana was walking do
"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself."-Henry Ford-***Damian was exceptionally happy that day at work, his re-encounter with Lana had truly created a change in his life, especially after their heartfelt exchange of thoughts and emotions that night, he had never felt closer to a woman before and the newly found sensation he experienced thrilled him to the core. He never knew that side of him existed, but he had become lovesick for her, he had no time to study about love before, but it was exciting to experience something new, like a new relationship. To his luck, Lana and him was highly compatible, they shared similar views and values, he was sure being in a relationship with her would be much more comfortable than with o
"I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress."-Ian McEwan-***Lana woke up from hearing the sounds of people talking, she tried to open her eyes, but even when she was already conscious enough to know she was fully awake, she saw nothing but darkness. It was then when she realized her eyes were completely covered. Laying still, she tried to recall her last memory. Good things whatever substance they used to rid her consciousness did not fully got rid of her memory or created hallucination.The first thing she remembered was her encounter with Dimitri. She had a brief conversation with him and gave him her contact. Then what else? Yes, she was going to walk into the grocery store when suddenly a car pulled over and two men caught her out of nowhere. In other circumstance she could easily get rid of those men b
"God uses rescued people to rescue people."-Christine Caine-***Damian had managed to track down Lana's location, and as much as Dimitri did not want to do it, they ended up going in Vincent's car which had been provided for them. Dimitri had previously planned for a backup, but he had yet to tell anyone else beside them about the location they were heading to. With Dimitri driving and Damian on the passenger's seat beside him handling the GPS linked straight to the device on Lana's body."There, it is just around that corner." He stated, Dimitri stole a quick glance at Damian, thinking he might be crazy since they were already at a dead's end but he decided to follow through anyway and he was surprised to see there was indeed another turn at the edge of the street. He was pretty sure that place did not even exist in New York's map. He had