The room went silent as a grave after the gunshot. Their eyes almost bugging out except for Zeus, he smirked and walked close to Zack whose leg was whooshing out with blood. Zeus removed Hazel from his grasp and that was when everyone knew what was going on. Zack fell on his knees as he tried to quickly tighten his shirt around his wounded leg. “Mark, take Hazel and Chloe to the car,” Zeus said with an extremely cold voice without sparing them a glance. Mark did as he was told and led both ladies outside with the armed men. “Will Zeus be fine? Hazel asked Mark with a low voice, she was too weak to even walk by herself. Mark shook his head unbelievably, what kind of love does Hazel have for Zeus? “He will be fine, Hazel” Mark responded and supported her to walk out of the town. Chloe on the other hand, could not fathom how happy she was when she realised Zack was not after her. She genuinely prefers to suffer with Hazel and have her man save them than for her to go back to that mons
Zeus carried Hazel into her room and found out that she was having a high temperature. He placed her on the bed and removed her shoes and clothes, revealing her body and underwear. He couldn't blame her for being that exhausted after getting kidnapped, her parents were rich and she had never been in any slight discomfort. Zeus wouldn't have been that tough if he stayed under his parents for so long, he experienced all the tough lifestyles when he got to Italy. “Hazel” Zeus called out gently while tapping her cheeks to leave her awake. “Hmmm” Hazel groaned weakly, she was enjoying the attention from him though. She wished in her stomach not to get better for a while. Zeus supported her body and led her into the bathroom to have her bath, he made her sit on a small stand at the corner of the bathroom and prepared her bath. He knew how warm Hazel loved her water and the bath gel she used so he prepared the bath properly. When Zeus was done, he went ahead and carried Hazel into the bath
Anya’s house Anya sat on her bed inside her room with her eyes red as she had been faking her tears for hours before she abruptly called Zeus. After she left Zeus in the office earlier that day, she received Zack’s call and she was glad her plan went well. She just wanted to teach Hazel some lessons and make her leave Zeus alone. Maybe she would leave after getting kidnapped or poisoned because of her husband’s enemies. Hazel was not obstructing her but she wanted that space. She thought everything was going well not until Zack called her a few hours back and informed her about everything. Zack had never been that angry at her. Her eyes almost bugged out of shock when Zack told her he was no longer interested in working with her because her selfish reasons were slowing him down. But after Anya reminded him of their deal from the onset, Zack calmed down and let the matter go. But then why did she call Zeus in the middle of the night? Anya had been feeling anxious since Zack told her
“Alright, talk now. The suspense is killing” Mark lamented again earning a stern look from her. Hazel cleared her throat and wiped her eyes “Zack left me alone for Anya in the middle of something” Chloe and Mark looked at her in confusion, what was she talking about? “Can you be more clear, Hazel? Chloe spoke up with her gentle voice that can make hearts melt. Hazel hung her head low in embarrassment, she didn't know how to tell them in detail“Uhmmm, we were having our time and Anya called him. Crying suddenly and told Zeus to rush over” Mark opened his mouth slightly. He remembered seeing Zeus rushing out of the house and he couldn't even ask where he was going. So it happened to be Anya’s place. Chloe spoke up while patting Hazel’s hair “Maybe she got in trouble” “I'm not sure about that, she is cunning and might just be lying to get him over to her place” Mark responded nonchalantly, he was trying his best to spill too much and involve himself. “That was exactly what I thou
It's been about an hour since Zeus and Mark boarded their flight and there has been whole silence as the both of them were focused on one thing or the other. Zeus had been focused on his laptop, reviewing the new designs when he remembered Anya would be having her photoshoot that day. He hoped she could do it properly and if not, he would look for another person. Zeus took his business over anything. Mark, on the other hand, was on his phone. Engaging in his activities and getting new information through chats. He furrowed his eyebrows and spoke up suddenly “Zeus, I don't know I'm getting bad feelings about this trip”Zeus raised his head and slightly opened his mouth in confusion. “What are you talking about? Don't tell me you are anxious” Mark shook his head but let it go, he didn't want to jinx their trip. “Have been wanting to ask you, why did you suddenly change our plan.Zeus dropped his laptop and focused on his friend. “I thought you would never ask” Mark responded “Are you
Zeus and Mark got off the flight and took the car that was waiting for them to pick them up and take them to Ashford's house. Inside the car, the driver was focused on the road while Mark was sitting in the back seat with Zeus beside him. Mark could not help but feel anxious for a reason he didn't know. He was trying to clear his head from having a bad feeling about the trip. Mark cleared his throat and spoke up “So tell me tiny details about your family, Zeus” Zeus looked at him and smirked hard “I sincerely do not know what all this fuss is about” “Just be cool and you are good with them,” he added with a gentle tone. He had never told his family about how deep his friendship with Mark was, he just mentioned it to them once that he had a friend in Italy. “It's a pity that you don't have a sister, I would have made her mine” Mark lamented earning a complicated and shocking look from Zeus. “I would not even allow you to go closer if I had” Zeus responded while giggling a bit low.
“Zeus, I can’t afford to lose this contract,” Mr Ashford said to his son sitting in front of him. He couldn’t afford to lose face to his opponent and more importantly, he needed the contract to patch some problems in his company. Zeus sighed deeply, he made a call to Elder Brown and he was skeptical about giving his father the contract that’s why he had to come in person “Father, don’t worry too much. I would visit him and convince him” Zeus reassured his father. Mr Ashford scratched his head and his moves and facial expression were suspicious to Zeus, is there something wrong? “Father, are you okay? “Uhmm, Son. I have been hearing that the other person dragging the contract with me wants to give his son to Elder Brown to get married to his daughter and that would only mean something, he would have the upper hand” Zeus’s father spoke up hesitantly. Zeus looked at his father and wondered where he was driving to, “But it has not happened Father, I would go over to Elder Brown’s house
Zeus stood in front of Elder Brown’s house and gazed around before entering. Elder Brown was one of the most prestigious people in the country, a lot of people respected him despite his pride and being unfriendly. Elder Brown has the biggest growing business surpassing Zeus’s father and that's the reason other business persons kill themselves to win any contract from him. Zeus met Elder Brown one night at a big restaurant and having been informed of how big he was by his father, Zeus managed to get on his good side, and since then, even if Elder Brown was not friendly toward him. He always got invited to his parties thus the request from his father. “Please come in” A worker dressed in a white shirt and black pants welcomed Zeus and led him into a lounge. Zeus made an application that morning before even taking his flight. He could not afford to mess up things. It was taking too long and Elder Brown still hadn't shown up, Zeus was about to call the attention of the worker when Ruth s