For a moment, Jane froze. It was no news to them that Andrea was the daughter of a don. A dangerous one at that. Blowing out the brains of a fellow student wasn't something Gabriel Accardo didn't dare cover for his daughter and even if he didn't, there was always Ryker Darius to do it. "Jane, I've already told you not to push this matter any further. You don't want to know what'll happen if Andrea decides to report you to her father." Once again, Valerie started with the pretense. It irritated Andrea so much that she grabbed her bag and stormed out of the classroom. Jane snorted coldly behind her. She turned to Valerie and reprimanded, "If you keep giving in to her every whim and demand, it'll only be a matter of time before she kills you! Wake up, Valerie, and stop being so soft hearted to a person that clearly dislikes you." "Andrea is a child. I'm sure she'll outgrow this." Valerie said, gripping tightly to the hem of her shirt as she lowered her eyes. The joy in them couldn't
Nevertheless, Anna reached into her bag and took out her phone. She opened her banking app and gave the phone to Andrea. Andrea's eyes widened with shock when she went through the monthly transferred money and then her eyes settled on the balance. "one, two, three.. eleven zeros! Gabriel Accardo is so biased! How could he give a four-year-old four times my monthly allowance!" Andrea scoffed as she counted the total numbers of zeros. She recalled she only had two zeros in hers and sighed. She never took making money too seriously since her father often gave her monthly allowances. She had depended solely on her father in her past life but in this life, she intended to make a name and reputation for herself and also make a lot of money. Only in that way will she be able to administer her revenge in a slow but painful manner. She'll take from them everything they ever prided themselves in, reveal their true colours and make them wish they were dead, but won't grant that wish. As An
Andrea and Anna arrived at the shopping mall and walked in. The shopping attendants didn't rush to them at first until they saw Davis' handsome face. He looked like a wealthy man at a glance. And since Andrea and Anna weren't really known by ordinary folks as coming from wealthy families, the shopping attendants quickly connected the dots and thought the three of them were a family of three. One of the attendants rushed to them with a flattering smile. "There's a jewelry set which I know your wife and daughter will love very much, sir." The attendant said. Davis froze and so did the air around them. He was about to dispel the situation when another shop attendant brought forward an expensive set of jewelries. It included a necklace, bracelet, and pair of earrings, all made of gleaming white gold and set with glittering diamonds. There were two necklaces in this set, one which featured a delicate chain adorned with a central pendant; a diamond solitaire and the other, a cluster of
A van drove into an estate and stopped in front of a majestic house. The van stopped and Davis got out of it. He walked to the back of and dragged out something heavy which he dumped in front of the gate. Then he got back into the van and drove. The security men who had been inside, poked out their heads to see what was going on. Despite the battered face, they were able to recognize the man was no other than their young master. Instantly, they opened the gate and ran to help him. They helped him into the main house, bloodied and bruised. Inside the living room was a middle-aged woman, dressed in luxurious clothing that exuded both comfort and style. Her outfit was a tasteful combination of casual and chic, reflecting her refined taste.She wore a loose-fitting cashmere sweater in a soft, neutral tone, the fabric draping elegantly over her frame. The sweater had a wide neckline that revealed a hint of her collarbone, adding a touch of allure to her relaxed look.Her pants were a pai
Ryker walked out of the mall with Andrea and Anna afterwards. They got into his Bentley while Hayden drove the Lamborghini. Anna sat in front of them and stared between the two couples who refused to look at each other. She relaxed and pinned her eyes on Ryker with a mischievous smile. "Are you sure you were nearby? Because you look like you had rushed out of a very important meeting." She commented, and Ryker froze. His eyes settled on Anna and the corners of his lips quirked up into an unnoticeable smile. However, before he could say a word in response, Andrea beat her to it. "Anna!" Andrea called out, giving her a reprimanding look. Anna glanced at her and pursed her lips in sadness; she was just curious. As little as she was, she found his words difficult to believe. However, since she had been asked to stay silent, she had no choice but to turn her eyes outside the window. "I'm sorry that I caused you trouble today." Andrea apologized as she turned to Ryker. He gave no res
A flustered Ryker paced back and forth in his dimly lit office, his mind racing as he tried to figure out the best way to find Andrea. He had gone back to Law College to find her just a few minutes ago. Despite scouting the whole school over and over with his men, there was no shadow of her. He even checked the school's security footage and realized she first walked into the parking lot before moving into the darker part of the school where the camera could no longer make her out. "Listen up!" he shouted at his soldiers who were in front of him, his voice trembling with anger. "I want Andrea found! Kill anyone that stands in your way of achieving that."Davis, who was leading the group, nodded. He walked out with them and in front of Ryker's door, dished out more orders. "Go out there and scour the city," he started, his eyes darting around their faces, "Talk to anyone and everyone who might know where she is. Use whatever means necessary to get the information we need."The men n
Andrea waited for a couple of seconds. When she saw the man frown, she immediately rushed into her room and locked the door loudly. The man's lips curved into a smile. Nevertheless, he turned to Hayden who had been lurking around the corridor since Andrea walked in. "I just got a call from a police station. A group of boys was dumped in front of their station, bruised and unconscious. They asked if we did it." Hayden relayed. "You're insinuating she did this?" Ryker asked in surprise, tilting his head back a little, looking at Hayden from the side of his eyes. "Yes, boss. I also looked up the identities of those boys and figured out she had been the cause of their misfortune a couple of months back." Hayden replied. "I see." Ryker placed a finger under his chin, his iris dilated. He recalled what Anna had told him minutes ago about Andrea's quest to own an empire and looked towards the direction of Andrea's door. Turns out this Queen of his didn't only have plans of being suicida
Andrea opened her eyes the next morning thanks to her phone which vibrated incessantly on her drawer. Reluctantly, she reached towards it and pressed it to her ears without looking at the screen. "You little brat! You finally decided to return after going away for five years!" Those were the loud and harsh words that succeeded in totally eradicating the sleep in her eyes. She sat up and intended to end the call when the voice came up again, "You dare to hang up on me like you've always done and I will directly report you to your father!" 'Ah, what a nuisance!' Andrea thought as she got out of bed. Nevertheless, she didn't let it affect her tone of voice as she asked, "I didn't expect to see your call all of a sudden, master." "I also didn't expect you'll return so soon, Andrea." The man replied, his harsh tone replaced with a soft one. Andrea took the phone away from her ear and stared at the screen. Just like she thought, the man used a new number since she had blocked his number
Three months later Carrie and Andrea sat on the roof of Ryker's house overlooking that buzzing city. Life had gone back to normal for them. Or at least for the moment. Gabriel had taken back his entire after Andrea refused to take over it just like before. Elaine also bailed out of being the head of the Forbes and the mafia boss. And so did Andrea. Hence, it fell on Carrie's shoulder. Carrie held up the jug of coffee in her hand and chuckled sheepishly, "I've always hated coffee, but for the last three months, it's been my very good friend." "It must be hard finally being at the top of the pyramid, isn't it?" Andrea grinned. "Hard isn't the word you should use. I think difficult and impossible should fit just right. At the rate at which my life is going, being the boss will soon become an impossible task for me. How did you deal with it when you were there?" Carrie breathed out in exasperation. "As a woman, it was hard. Marco dared me, a lot of men in the mafia also dared. All I
"What do you intend to get with all of these, Aindrea? I mean, with me, father and mother gone, you'll have no one on your side. That's going to be such a sad and pathetic life, don't you think?" Andrea tutted. "I've been living that pathetic life since the day I was born because my parents thought my younger sister was the cuter twin. So they did a lot of things for her." "You always talk about being the firstborn and everything. The responsibility of being the first born is to be self-sacrificing. You certainly do not have such quality." Andrea chuckled, her eyes almost losing. Aindrea smiled and squatted beside her, "Do you think I care?" "I know you don't, which is why I'm offering you the best thing that could ever happen to you; take as much money as possible and go far away from us. Start up a new life with your son and live the luxurious life you've always wanted. You can start up your own empire and in the future, we will act like we have no idea who we are to each other.
The Accardo's Manor Gabriel glanced towards Andrea's room where Aindrea now occupied as he heard the sound of so many things smashing and breaking. "Does anyone have any idea what's going on?" He asked no one in particular, but his workers who were in front of him shook their heads. Even those in the mafia who had come into the house on Gabriel's order had no idea. They couldn't go up to check up on Aindrea as she was now their boss. "She's obviously upset and breaking things." Damon said walking into the house. Gabriel tilted his head to look at him before taking his eyes away. He no longer had any control over who came into the house and who didn't. And since Damon was with Aindrea, there was nothing he could do about his appearance. "You don't look surprised to see me? You probably knew I wouldn't spend the rest of my life in jail, didn't you?" Damon hissed, inching closer to Gabriel. "If you're working for Aindrea, you're making the wrong choice. A very wrong choice which
Presley rushed to the station less than ten minutes later, but to her dismay, she found Carrie seated beside Luca as they drank sodas. Luca squirmed closer to Carrie when he saw Presley. He recognized her to be the woman who led him to the warehouse. Carrie takes another can of soda beside her and extends it towards Presley. "I think he recognizes you." "And I think you should return him to me." Presley responded, sitting beside her. Luca held onto Carrie even tighter when he heard Presley. "You're scaring Ryker's son and you're actually admitting to have kidnapped him. Are you, perhaps, tired of loving?" Carrie hissed. "I didn't kidnap him, I only took him in and kept him in a safe place for his parents." Presley corrected. "You took him in without the consent of his parents and have kept silent all these while despite being aware that's one of Andrea's realism for coming to New York, a city she vowed never to visit." Presley snorted, opening her can of soda. "I don't care a
The following morning, Carrie walked out of the ward's bathroom fully dressed to meet the doctor in charge of Cheryl inside the ward. Cheryl was still fast asleep."She seems a whole lot better now." Carrie was the first to comment. The doctor agreed with her as he nodded. Then he pushed the file in his hand towards her, "Her vitals are stable and we've monitored and checked her numerous times to see if she'd have any relapse in the future, but our system states she won't. However, we'll require her to come once a week for regular check-ups until we deem her fit to return back to her normal activities." "Okay, sure." Carrie mumbled, taking the file. He handed her a file and she took and signed on it. Afterwards, they were ready to leave the hospital. Carrie sat on a chair waiting for Cheryl to wake up. Cheryl woke up an hour later, prepared and they were ready to go. The ride back to Carrie's place was slow and silent as none of them wanted to talk about the events of the past few
One hour after Ryker left, two lawyers had been summoned; one for Gabriel and the other for Georgina.Georgina stood defiantly on the other side of the room, her eyes locked with Aindrea's. "I want what's rightfully mine," she insisted, her voice laced with anger. "I deserve half of everything Gabriel owns.""Georgina, you have to understand that Gabriel doesn't have anything anymore. He gave it all to me. There's nothing left to divide. Frankly speaking, since you're the richer spouse, you should be the one giving to my father." Aindrea tutted. Georgina's face twisted with disbelief. "How can that be? He was wealthy. I won't walk away empty-handed. I won't allow it!"Aindrea didn't expect Georgina to understand, so she could only nudge at the family's lawyer to draft out a divorce agreement which would favor both of them.The lawyer quietly began drafting the divorce agreement, carefully outlining the terms and conditions. The pen moved swiftly across the paper as he kept a blank fa
The Accardo's Manor Early that morning, Valerie heads out of the building to jog within the vicinity. Two hours later, she turns and jogs back. However, she is forced to stop when she sights a familiar figure standing in her way. Taking off her earpiece, she tuts silently and asks, "I didn't know you were out of jail. Did Gabriel release you?" "No, he didn't. Aindrea did. She even brought me to live here until I get an apartment." Damon responded, taking slow strides towards her. For each step he took, she took two steps backwards. Seeing this, he scoffed and stopped walking. "Why are you moving away from me? You don't think I'm going to hurt you, do you?""I heard people pick up bad behaviours in jail. I don't think we should continue our relationship. I think it's best if we both go our separate ways." She stated in a righteous voice. "Go our separate ways? Are you trying to abandon me now that I'm worth nothing?" He hissed and continued walking towards her. "Don't take it pe
The Forbes' Manor The next day Elaine walked down the stairs the next morning and straight to the dining room to see Andrea seated already and enjoying her breakfast. "I didn't know you were still around." "I'm not leaving until I find what I came for." Andrea stated, forking a pancake into her mouth. "Why do I have a feeling you're about to do something crazy? Maybe like, umm, snatch my empire from me?" Elaine chuckled, taking her seat opposite Andrea. "I have no business with your empire." Andrea thought she should clarify. "And you're not also upset that the more you hesitate to do what we talked about the other day, the more things you hold dear will keep getting snatched from you?" Elaine inquired, and raised her phone provocatively. She tapped a few things on it before sliding it over to Andrea. "Seen it?"Andrea dropped her fork and took up the phone. When she saw the heading of the news, she paused the video and slid it back to Elaine. "I watched the live broadcast.""
The Forbes' Manor Andrea slipped her phone out of her pocket when she felt it vibrate. It was a text message from Ryker. She read the words on it with a blank face before slipping back into her pocket. "You should respond to his messages." She heard Presley say behind her, but didn't turn to acknowledge her presence. "I'll talk with him when I've organized my thoughts." Andrea breathed out. Presley chuckled and walked towards her. She stood beside her and sighed. "You think you know Ryker Darius, don't you? What if I tell you there are a lot of things you don't know about him." "I'll believe you." Andrea replied almost immediately, catching Presley off guard. "Then you should know better than to believe any word that comes out of his mouth." Presley admonished, getting a grip on her emotions. "Thank you very much, aunt. I'll do well to keep that in mind." Andrea turned to her and smiled. "You're welcome." Presley nodded, returning the smile, "I also know you've been snooping