Nicolas was surprised when Detective Arron suddenly appeared at the door of his penthouse as the man opened the door. "Detective Arron? What are you doing here?"The man dressed in casual clothes flashed a bland smile at the man who was the client whose case he had abandoned. "Good afternoon Mr. Nicolas." He gave the wrong gesture by taking off his pet hat, still in an awkward manner.Astonished as he was, Nicolas had a hunch that Detective Arron must have something to say about his terror and ramming case. He immediately asked the detective to come in and sit down in the luxurious living room."So, what brings you here, Detective Arron? I'm guessing there must be something about our unfinished business," Nicolas half-insinuated with his last sentence.Detective Arron smiled wryly, First he had to apologize and explain the reason for his disappearance for the past two months."I apologize for disappearing for the past two months without giving you any news at all, Mr. Nicolas. I must
"First of all, you must develop a suspicious attitude towards everyone, sir. Even the people closest to you. Even the people you think are impossible. Keep suspecting them. That's the mindset you must instill first specifically for this case," Detective Arron advised in a serious mode."Okay. So?" Nicolas shrugged, it wasn't hard for him because he was the type to pay attention to every detail without missing a single one."Next, try to organize a press conference, Mr. Nicolas," Detective Arron suggested to Nicolas' astonishment."Why is it a press conference all of a sudden? What does it have to do with this case?" Nicolas was quite interested in Detective Arron's suggestion, he was looking forward to something perhaps this could be a trap for the mastermind who wanted to kill him."So here it is, sir." Detective Arron adjusted his seat to make it more comfortable to speak. "Two months ago was the last time the two of us met and at that time I learned that you were still amnesic, sir
Keenan walked out of the airport while dragging his suitcase. The man had just landed from France, this was after two months of finally returning to New York.The man immediately adjusted his schedule in France when Nicolas suddenly messaged him and ordered him to return to the United States this week as well because the company was unstable on several fronts."I knew it, there's no way Nicolas could stand to work alone there while still having amnesia. He ended up calling me again." Keenan sighed as he glanced at the clock on his wrist.His plane was landing in the evening, and so he would be heading straight home to his apartment in the Yellow Street area, not too far from Nicolas' penthouse."Nine o'clock at night. Well, I don't know if I'll be able to sleep tonight." Keenan said to himself. He felt like he had slept for a long time on the plane and now he was hungry.Keenan nodded when a taxi driver offered his services, to be honest for some reason the man felt a little lonely be
"Oh my! Your attitude is getting outrageous. Just you know, when it's just the two of us, you're not Nicolas's fiancée anymore, but my subordinate! Marked it!" scolded Keenan.Dianne shook her head, She understood what Keenan meant and the man was just as arrogant as Nicolas. "No wonder, you two are close friends.""Who? Me and Nicolas?" guessed Keenan pointing at himself.Dianne remained silent as she turned the car to the right when she reached the intersection. "If you're just going to tell me to wait in the car, then get ready to leave. I'll just drop off your stuff at your apartment," Dianne snapped."How dare you." Keenan was at a loss for words, he couldn't even scold the girl anymore as it seemed Dianne was already immune to any form of scolding.Of course, Dianne had even almost died from being strangled by Andreas, and this desperado was just killed by Nicolas to make amends to that man. Why else would she be afraid of Keenan who was nothing to her?They finally arrived at T
Nicolas closed his laptop as the man finished his work. It was already eleven o'clock at night and it was time to go to bed and rest.Tomorrow, the man would inform everyone in his company that he would be holding a surprise press conference. At that time, Nicolas would be watching and observing the faces of some of the people he had marked as suspects of being the mastermind of his collision.Nicolas lay down on his king-size bed and checked his mobile phone briefly before going to bed, he had just read a reply message from Dianne that she had just finished picking up Keenan at the airport and dropping him off at his apartment at ten o'clock last night.A small smile crossed Nicolas' lips without him realizing it. "Good, hopefully, the girl is at her house by now." The man opened the gallery of his mobile phone and looked at his self of him with Dianne until the man fell into a deep sleep.The next morning, as usual Nicolas came to the office with his personal driver, Lucas. He hadn'
[Nicolas Gauthier]: Dianne, I'm at the front.Dianne quickly got up from her dressing table as soon as her eyes finished reading the incoming message from the man who was still keeping his distance from her.She quickly grabbed her bag and ran to the living room. She looked again in the mirror which was taller than her body to make sure her dress was neat and the light powder on her face looked natural.Today one of the employees at Buenos Solar Company was getting married. She is the general manager of the public relations department and has invited all her colleagues at the company to her wedding. The bride is one a rich person and a businessman, so the wedding reception is on the grounds of the groom's family villa, which is of course rich.Of course, Nicolas had to attend the wedding, after all, it was a form of appreciation and respect for his employees. Inevitably he had to come with Dianne because people only knew that the two had announced their engagement.Dianne was forced t
"Do you have any evidence or basis for your statement just now, Mr Nicolas?" exclaimed one journalist and was followed by similar questions from other journalists.Nicolas nodded. "Of course I have proof. And I will show it to all of you." The man glanced at Detective Arron so that he could tell the operator controlling the screen to play their presentation.Next, there was a recording of the conversation that Detective Arron had given Nicolas two days ago.The crowd listened intently with bated breath and shock. They also saw several photos and videos with their faces blurred as proof that the recording was authentic.The situation became increasingly frenzied and uncontrollable, the evidence of the footage caused mixed reactions, but people now knew that there was a mastermind who ordered the hitman to harm Nicolas the CEO."With this... I want to tell someone who has been hiding behind all this." Nicolas wanted to end the press conference as it was already at the end of the program
"He is my fiancé, sir," Dianne babbled, running her fingers through her hair."Did you say your parents are dead and the man you called earlier is your uncle?" the police officer wondered. Confused because Dianne was talking out of her arse."Ah, I was still feeling a bit tipsy," Dianne joked."So here it is, sir. Our team was patrolling and found Miss Dianne's car parked in front of the road near the red light. When we checked her, we found that she was driving while intoxicated and after checking, we detected an alcohol level on her breath of 15 ml/L."Nicolas, who was standing still, could only logicalise everything at this point. He occasionally glanced at Dianne while digesting the notice. He couldn't understand why Dianne was driving while drunk, and the car she was using was the office car too, the car that she had used yesterday to pick up Keenan from the airport.Fortunately, Dianne did not cause an accident and harm other road users. But still, what this girl did was a safet
"Where is Dianne? Why my lovely girl hasn’t shown up yet?"Nicolas glanced at the watch on his wrist as it was already 10 AM. They were supposed to be at the conference center where Nicolas was giving his speech about the new project he had signed with the partner company.However, the girl, his secretary and lover, had not yet appeared. He had to hug Dianne first in order to achieve composure during the ceremonial speech and ribbon-cutting later."Come on, Dianne. He said he was just fixing a stuck zipper on his skirt," Nicolas grumbles, smoothing the tie around his neck. In the near future, Nicolas would not be appointing his new deputy or assistant as Keenan's replacement. He would leave the position vacant for the time being.The CEO received several surprised looks from employees in front of the lift on the same floor, as everyone knew that Nicolas was supposed to be in the conference center.In reply to the astonished look and respectful greeting, Nicolas just nodded formally. A
"All this time I had forgotten that moment, without realizing, I had made a mistake and just forgot about it. Even though my mistake was about Keenan's sister's life," Nicolas continued. "To be honest, until Keenan mentioned his sister's name, I didn't really remember, but I finally remembered that during my college internship, I had reported an individual who leaked the data of the company where we were both interning.""Did that happen before you started your current company?" asked Dianne, showing that she was paying full attention to Nicolas' confession.Nicolas nodded. "Long before that, when I was far from mature. I reported that person, who was one of Keenan's sisters, even though that woman had begged me not to report her and to repent.""Hmm, I see." Dianne nodded.Nicolas pulled his head away from Dianne's shoulder out of pity for the girl to support his heavy back for so long. Instead, Nicolas hugged Dianne's body to seek warmth from his girl. "I didn't even care about that
Now, Dianne knows what really happened to this father and son, Andreas and Nicolas. Fate was too cruel to them. Too many things have made Nicolas as cold-hearted as he is now, but in the midst of his cold heart, Dianne will be the only warmth for him.By Nicolas, he no longer cares if Andreas is his biological father, the man is just like a parasite to him. It was enough for him to endure the man in silence and that's why no one in the public knew Nicolas' family secrets in the past including his extended family.Nicolas manages to make himself known as a single man, which is just a cover for his image, a cover for the various wounds he has been hiding. Finally, Dianne will know all that through the past that Nicolas will tell her later."Now, let my girl go!" shouted Nicolas with a strong growl. He knew that talking to Andreas wouldn't solve the problem at all. But what could he do, he didn't know what else to do."My brother is being held captive, Nicolas!" exclaimed Dianne in betwe
Seeing that things were getting out of control, Nicolas finally confessed. This situation shows that he can no longer hide this secret."What Laura and Tania said is true, Ma... Pa," Nicolas said softly. It was useless to deny everything, the evidence was so strong, and he also didn't want to continue this lie anymore."Nicolas... what do you mean, child?" Mrs. Bianca pressed her chest in pain. It hurt to hear this confession from her son."In the past, Georgia and Andreas were in a relationship. They were dating and Georgia got pregnant," Nicolas explains. "I was so sorry and couldn't bear to see Georgia's downfall. I finally agreed to marry Georgia to protect her dignity. At first, I just felt sorry for her and wanted to help her, but then my feelings for her grew and now I really love her very much."Georgia who was sitting next to Nicolas could only look down to hide her tears. She couldn't bear all this, her heart was so broken because finally the old wound was reopened, even now
BREAK!!"SHUT UP!" Andreas kicked the table because he didn't want to hear any more of that nonsense from Keenan. "Now give me the tape!" he scolded in a threatening tone.Keenan, who was not at all intimidated, smiled and shrugged his shoulders. Of course, the purpose of coming here was to give the recording to Andreas."I can guess what will happen," Keenan grinned to himself as he waited for the audio recording of the conversation between him and Georgia to be sent to Andreas' mobile phone. "Surely after this Andreas will be furious with Georgia. And... their household will be even more fractured, shattered into pieces," he mused.Andreas now had the tape. His face was still as red as the tie he was wearing. He struggled to control his emotions in order to protect his dignity in front of Keenan."Has the recording been sent completely?" Keenan wanted to make sure.Andreas was silent, his breathing was ragged and he didn't know what action he would take with this footage."You'd bet
After praising her for being such a genius, Keenan immediately grabbed his car keys and intended to come visit Georgia at her office.In his usual black car, Keenan drove to the location where Georgia was now.As soon as he arrived at the restaurant that was only a hundred kilometers away from the parking lot of Georgia's office, Keenan immediately entered and cast his eyes over the rows of tables in the restaurant.Her eyes immediately caught Georgia's figure sitting by the window. Alone and looking pensive. In natural style, Keenan pretended to be surprised when he met Georgia and sat in front of her."Well, what a coincidence that you're here, Georgia," he grinned, placing his car keys on the table. "Are you alone?"Georgia nodded. "Are you alone? What are you doing here?" Georgia wondered. She thought Keenan's office was far enough away that there was no way he would have traveled that far for lunch to this restaurant."Ah, I had a lunch appointment with a friend, but it turns out
Since then, Andreas' attitude has slowly changed and he has become cold towards Georgia. For the past few days, the two of them have been communicating less and less. On the one hand, Andreas is busy with his work and so is Georgia whose career is getting smoother and better.However, Georgia certainly felt the change in her man. The few times she tried to engage Andreas in conversation, he would pull away and say that he was tired and worn out.There was a nagging feeling in Georgia's mind that Andreas was still angry with her."I already apologized," Georgia thought in a sad tone as she sat pensively in the room. "I even begged by prostrating myself in front of him, was that not enough?" Slowly, Georgia's tears welled up in her eyes.He turned his head towards the bathroom whose door was closed. The man had taken a shower immediately after waking up in the morning. Normally Andreas would ask Georgia to prepare his clothes for going out but it had been over a week since he had asked
Mrs. Bianca and Dianne chatted until it was getting late. The sun had moved from the top of the head to the western horizon. Mrs. Bianca went into the house first as her knees began to ache when evening came.Dianne, who was just about to enter the house, saw Nicolas' car entering their yard. Suddenly, a smile appeared on her lips because her man was home.Dianne took Nicolas straight up to the room and let him clean up first. Meanwhile, Dianne brought the remaining pieces of fruit into the room for her man to eat."How was work?" asked the woman who wanted to know what Nicolas had been doing at the office all day."As usual." Nicolas dried his hair, the man had just finished showering and his body now felt very fresh. "Ah, yes. But there's something I want to tell you." He remembered as he rubbed the white towel on his head.The man glanced at Dianne who was sitting on the bed while Nicolas was inside the sink room which could be seen from the direction of the bed."What's the story
"Stop messing with my life, Father!" shouted Nicolas in frustration. He had no idea that he, Dianne, and Andreas could be in such a heartbreaking moment.What man wouldn't have a dilemma when the girl he loved was being held captive by his father? Truly, this was Nicolas' worst nightmare in his entire life.Andreas grinned while showing his row of yellow teeth, to be honest, the man had never considered Nicolas as his son, but rather his financial source all along. That way, he could continue to capitalize on this ill-fated relationship."If you want to blame me, then wouldn't you rather blame the universe for having you born as my flesh and blood!" grinned Andreas, tightening his hold on Dianne.Nicolas shook his head. "This time I've had enough! You think I can't put you in jail just because a bastard like you is my father?" he snarled."You know nothing about my past, you should respect me!" added Andreas, not to be outdone."You think I don't know what your past is like to have me