“Hurry up! Make sure all the boxes are cleared, and the enemy is coming!” Dylan ordered his men.Leonard and Conrad looked at each other smiling. Illicit drugs inside the boxes were easily removed. After all, they are the only ones who follow the loading of the items to ensure that they are delivered properly to the company.Alexander and Dylan didn’t leave. They want to witness how the traitors and criminals of the company will be captured. Less than an hour later, the police arrived, and they immediately hid somewhere. Others pretend to be civilians. It seems that everyone’s behavior is normal, and they have noticed the arrival of the enemy.“Sir, your son is still not there, and he’s not answering the call,” one of the men reported to Raffy’s father.“That bastard!” Leon’s jaw clenched angrily, and Raffy really let him do his job. “Be ready and immediately unload the box with only goods,” he ordered to his staff.All of Leon’s staff immediately obeyed and entered the ship that was
“Young Master, your father has arrived.”Alexander wrinkled his straight and narrow nose at the news. He hated him and everyone around his father. He wanted to get up from the bed so he wouldn’t have to meet him, but he couldn’t due to his injuries.“Young Master, please don’t try to move; your wound will only bleed more.” Tibor begged the young man. Even though he was seriously wounded by his enemy, he still had the strength to get up.“Tch, you’re worthless!” Alexander almost threw something at Tibor to vent his anger.“I’m sorry, Young Master!” Tibor bowed his head and was ready to kneel in front of Alexander to forgive him.Tibor knew that the last thing his master would want was for his father to see him in such a state. He was forever stuck with the prideful father-and-son who both didn’t want to lose to each other. It was as if they want to kill each other whenever they were in the same room. However, despite of that, one couldn’t ignore the other in rare situations such as the
ALEXANDER WOKE up from a bad dream last night. He felt mad again because he couldn’t get up to get something to drink. Another thing that made him angry was that Tibor had not returned since yesterday. His father was the one watching over him the morning he woke up. He didn’t want to talk to him, so he had no way of knowing where Tibor was.Alexander clenched his right fist as he remembered his dream. He quickly pressed the red button on his side to call his guard. Two of them eagerly went in and both their faces were expressing concern.“Is Tibor not back yet?”The two guards looked at each other and couldn’t open their mouths so Alexander got even more bad-tempered.“Are you going to talk or do you want me to blow your heads off?!” He yelled at them.The two broke in cold sweats as they glanced at the gun that was next to Alexander. They knew the young man, his anger was always worse than his father’s.“Please don’t, Young Master! I’m deeply sorry, but your father strictly ordered n
LAURENZO SMILED almost imperceptibly as he watched Dylan. He made the right decision. Only that man could match his son.“Young Master, please forgive Dylan’s rudeness.”“Who did this to you?” Alexander asked instead.“I’m sorry, Young Master, I acted without your consent. Maybe I’m too old for this job and I can’t protect you anymore.” Tibor said, his face remorseful.“Don’t say that, only a buffalo gets old! And even though you are already weak, no one else can take your place. I can handle myself and I don’t need your strength to—”“Do you not see yourself to be saying that you don’t need a strong person to watch over you anymore?” Laurenzo said sarcastically.“It’s none of your business!” He snarled at his father.“I’m still your father. Besides, if your mother was still alive, she wouldn’t want someone like Tibor looking after you now. You know your safety is important to her.”“Mommy’s not like that! She entrusted me to Tibor, she wouldn’t like anyone else to look after me!”“Th
“ARE YOU okay now?” Alexander asked Tibor when he opened his eyes.Tibor smiled at the young man; he was already saddened that he couldn’t accompany him all the time from now on.“You should be resting; all your wounds haven’t healed yet.” He was not happy with Tibor’s current state. He was still in the hospital because his wound had developed an infection.“How are you? I heard you had a fever last night.”He nodded, then closed his eyes. He didn’t know who took care of him. He could only recall that someone bothered to wipe his body. He was certain it wasn’t a doctor or a nurse. His fever was so high that he couldn’t even manage to open his eyes last night.“Young Master, please take care of yourself. From this day on, I won’t be able to take care of you, so please don’t be stubborn.”Alexander opened his eyes, glaring daggers at Tibor. “You don’t have to protect me because I can take care of myself. But you can’t leave; no one else can take your place!”“I’m sorry, Young Master, bu
“HAVE YOU heard the news?”Rose raised her eyebrow at her gay friend. “If it’s something bad, then don’t tell me.” “Are you sure you don’t want to hear it? It’s about the son of the man you want to marry.” Jacob gracefully sat across his ambitious friend.Rose straightened her posture; she was suddenly interested. She and Laurenzo were frequently together, but he seldom talked about his son. She only knew that Alexander was hospitalized, she had no other information about his condition. Her boyfriend never allowed her to visit his son either because the young man didn’t like her. The gay fellow stretched out his palm to Rose, his left eyebrow arching.Rose reluctantly grabbed her purse and scooped up thousand dollars in exchange for his gossip. Jacob smiled widely as he counted five thousand dollars. “Well,” he began as he put the money in his own bag. “I just found out that Tibor had resigned from his job, so there will certainly be more villains seeking to harm your stepson.”“R
“If you can convince my Dad to remove this man from his position, you can take care of me.”Rose looked at the man that Alexander was pointing at. He was watching them with a poker face. It seemed like he was used to Alex’s bad attitude, and that he wasn’t scared or even recognized him as his master. “I will talk to your Dad if you don’t like this man. Honestly, I also don’t like him.”Dylan just shook his head when Alexander smiled. He could be childish sometimes. He glanced at the clock before stepping toward the woman. “Your visiting minutes are up, please leave.”Alexander’s grin widened as Rose’s eyes became round. “What? I’ve been here for mere ten minutes!”“Would you prefer to leave by yourself or be dragged outside?” Dylan didn’t sound like he was joking.Rose turned to Alex to ask for support, but he just smiled and shrugged. She understood why she was given a chance to talk to him; it even seemed as if they were on good terms. But she didn’t expect that Tibor’s replacement
A FEW days passed and Alexander was about to be discharged from the hospital. He didn’t want to stay in their house and that angered his father.“From today on, you have to work for the company and earn your own money. I’m also taking back your condominium. Now, if you don’t want to go home, then find somewhere else to sleep!” Laurenzo said harshly to his son.“Damn you!” Alexander yelled at his father through his gritted teeth.Dylan shook his head to express his disapproval of Alexander’s disrespect for his father.“Thank you!” Laurenzo smiled mockingly. “Now, it’s up to you where you go home. I’m not such a bad father, so I left fifty thousand on your credit card. And the car is only for Dylan to drive. When I find out you left without Dylan, you can expect what I’ll do next.”Alexander cursed frustratedly a few more times. He would seriously do anything to pressure him to comply with his wishes. His father had left, but he hadn’t decided where to live yet.“Shall I find you a plac
“Hurry up! Make sure all the boxes are cleared, and the enemy is coming!” Dylan ordered his men.Leonard and Conrad looked at each other smiling. Illicit drugs inside the boxes were easily removed. After all, they are the only ones who follow the loading of the items to ensure that they are delivered properly to the company.Alexander and Dylan didn’t leave. They want to witness how the traitors and criminals of the company will be captured. Less than an hour later, the police arrived, and they immediately hid somewhere. Others pretend to be civilians. It seems that everyone’s behavior is normal, and they have noticed the arrival of the enemy.“Sir, your son is still not there, and he’s not answering the call,” one of the men reported to Raffy’s father.“That bastard!” Leon’s jaw clenched angrily, and Raffy really let him do his job. “Be ready and immediately unload the box with only goods,” he ordered to his staff.All of Leon’s staff immediately obeyed and entered the ship that was
“Take them to the car, and we have to leave,” Dylan ordered his men.“Babe, how about her? Are you serious about what you said earlier?” Alexander asked; he couldn’t hide his worry for Lily.Dylan glared at Lily, who couldn’t look at them.“Lock her in the basement, and we don’t know what else she can do. We’ll talk about her when it’s all over.”Alexander nodded understandingly. At least, he was relieved that his husband would not kill Lily. He hates the girl, but she is still his nanny’s daughter. “Don’t do something I won’t like, and I might take your life myself if you commit a sin again.”“I’m sorry!” It was the only words Lily uttered as she bowed her head. She regretted why she was still making noise earlier; it should be okay that she was just mistaken.Raffy did nothing when Dylan took the cellphone from him. He used that to chat with his father to make him complacent. He didn’t think that the new leader of the organization was not only strong but also smart and—he shook his
“But you ruined my plan, and instead of cooperating with me, you did this!” Lily wanted to kick the man, but she couldn’t because her feet were tied.Raffy shook his head hard and didn’t want to accept the truth. “No, it can’t be! You’re just lying to get away. Alexander wouldn’t risk his life now if you weren’t important to him!”“Because I felt guilty, I wanted to save his life.”Raffy turned around in shock when someone spoke from the doorway. His staff immediately became alert and pointed the gun at the newcomer.Lily’s eyes widened in fear when she saw Alexander. Instead of being happy about his arrival, she was scared. It’s possible that he heard everything she said earlier.Alexander grinned as he also pointed the gun in his hand at Raffy.“Why are you here and still holding a gun?” Raffy stuttered as he stepped closer to Lily.“You think I’m as stupid as you?” Alexander answered with a smile.Raffy was nervous and had a bad feeling. He quickly pointed the gun at Lily’s head wh
“Oh, why are you angry with me? Aren’t you glad that I sent the one you love here?” Raffy asked the girl teasingly.“Idiot, when you find out the truth, we will see if you can smile like that.” She wanted to tell Raffy, but only grunts could be heard from her because her mouth was still gagged.Raffy laughed because of the girl’s visible condition. “You shouldn’t be angry with me, but with Alexander. It’s his fault, and he loved you, so now you share his misfortune.”“Sir, aren’t we going to remove the gag from her mouth yet?” asked one of Raffy’s staff.Raffy stared at the girl for a moment. He still has time because Alexander also has twenty minutes to walk before reaching his place. He nodded to the staff to remove the gag from Lily’s mouth.Lily blew air out of her mouth when the gag was finally removed from her mouth. She felt like she was drowning in water. When she recovered, crisp words came out of her mouth. “Idiot! Stupid, you stupid idiot!” She cursed at Raffy multiple time
Raffy just laughed at Alexander before hanging up. “Did you hear that?” He was talking to Lily with a smile. “He became a fool because he loves you so much, and he is ready to go to war for you.”Lily was happy to hear Alexander’s voice earlier. She didn’t think she was important in his life either. But she doesn’t want to deceive herself. Probably, because he chose her to be the mother of his child. She wanted to make fun of Raffy. If only he knew he was even more ridiculous than Alexander. When he found out the truth, his remorse would surely reach to hell for not allowing her to speak. Damn him!Raffy hangs out outside while waiting for Alexander. His men were scattered around, and someone was waiting on the road before reaching where he was. Even though he has Alexander by the neck, he is sure that he will definitely find a way to get revenge on him.“We still have thirty minutes before the time he gave,” said Dylan while secretly watching the enemy from their hiding place. What R
“What happened? Why haven’t you let Alexander sign the papers yet?” Raffy angrily asked his assistant.“Sir, Mr. CEO is not around,” the man replied.“That’s bullshit!” Raffy angrily kicked the leg of the table. He clenched his hands, and he became restless. The arrival of the goods will be tomorrow, and Alexander’s signature is required. But it looks like he’s doing it on purpose, and if he’s not busy, he doesn’t want to pay attention to his assistant, and he leaves.“Sir, what are we going to do now? When you sign it—”“No way! It’s impossible! It’s like I just fried myself in my own oil! I know that girl is the reason why Alexander is acting like this, then I’m going to end all of this.”“What are you planning, sir?” asked the assistant again.“We’ll also take him as a captive and feed him tomorrow to the possible enemy. We will make it appear that he fought, and the criminal should not be given a chance to live.” Raffy grinned at what he thought was good.They quickly left the com
Dylan sighed. “At first, I was angry and jealous. Because you don’t see Lily taking advantage of your weakness in me.”“I’m really sorry; I have already decided that we will not hire her to be the mother of our child.”Dylan smiled and kissed his wife on the forehead. “Are you sure?”Alexander nodded with a smile. “But Lily is missing.”“Since when?” Dylan asked in shock.“It was before noon, boss. She was gone before I read Troy’s message,” Dante answered.“Looks like they did move, and they got Lily thinking she was Sir Alexander’s wife,” said Troy.“What do you mean?” Alexander asked.“We are now holding Raffy’s cousin. Their plan is to kill the new leader of the organization, and what they know is that the person they found is your husband,” Troy explained.Alexander grabbed his neck; he didn’t think that the impending danger to his husband was bigger. “Babe, even if you don’t like Lily, we still have to save her. It’s my fault why the syndicate is holding her now.”Dylan took a d
The anger that Alexander felt towards his husband immediately disappeared when he opened his eyes and smiled at him. “What are you doing to yourself? Look at you now; we haven’t slept next to each other for only two nights, and you look like a zombie!”Dylan smiled even more and spread his hands to hug his wife. “Come on, give me a hug.”Alexander glared at his husband and wanted to show that he was angry. But he doesn’t put down his hands that were outstretched even a few minutes has passed.“Baby, I’m tired,” Dylan said with tenderness.Alexander sighed and seemed forced to give in to his husband. “I don’t want to see you tired and lacking sleep because of work.”“But by making you happy, it’s okay to make me tired?” Dylan asked his wife teasingly.Alexander responded with a soft blow to his husband’s chest and forced himself not to hug him back. But he really couldn’t stand him for long, especially when he kissed his neck. “I thought you were tired and had no sleep.”“Let me charge
“One of their sources got information that the traitor in the organization entered the company,” Dante explained.“What? How did that thing happen?” Alexander quickly called his husband, but no one answered. When he called Troy, he also seemed to be in a hurry.“Sir, your husband advised that you must not leave the office for now and pick you up later. I have to hang up, and I’ll go after Boss Dylan.”Alexander was nervous and worried for his husband. But he followed Dante, and he wanted to find out where Lily was. “I can’t contact her,” he told Dante.Dante thought for a moment and remembered where Lily could have gone. He also called the woman’s mother, and her answer was that Lily was not at home. “If she ate out, who was she with, and why hasn’t she come back yet?” Dante exclaimed.“Check the surveillance cameras,” Alexander ordered Dante.Dante immediately obeyed and called the security in the storage room.At the office, Raffy grinned when he heard that the CCTV footage was bein