“What is the condition?” Caddaric asked in a deep low tone. The only thing he wouldn’t do was sleep with her and she already knew that so he didn’t think of anything he couldn’t handle. Ariana lifted her head proudly and said,“We’ll sleep on the same bed.” Concluding that Caddaric hated body contact, she was convinced that he’d refuse but rather, he amazed her.“Alright but no tricks.” Ariana took the opportunity because the man was hurt but she couldn’t say that she didn’t want him close to her. “Do you have a shirt I can borrow? I want to shower.” Caddaric gazed at the closet and she went to open it. There were quite a lot of clothes, all of them black. Caddaric loved his father’s style of all black and dressed the same way but their reasons were equally different.“No casual wear?” Ariana asked while she kept checking through the neatly hung clothes. “Just take any shirt,” Caddaric said in annoyance. For him, he was casual for as long as he wasn’t in a suit.Ariana obeyed and be
Caddaric put a call through to his grandma and grandpa, his grandpa first. “Denzel, congratulations on your graduation,” his grandpa, Marshall said in a relaxed tone. Caddaric frowned a little.“Grandpa, it's Caddaric now.” Caddaric’s mother had left her father before she found out that she was pregnant. When she gave birth to him, she named him Denzel but after being reunited with his father, his name was changed to Caddaric.However, his grandpa, who is his father's father, had cut ties with the Blades and hated names with the letter C. For that reason, he didn't accept Caddaric’s new name.“I know but I still prefer Denzel.”Caddaric gave up. He couldn’t win an argument with the old man. “Alright grandpa, how is Auntie Kira?” Kira was Marshall's wife. The reason why he cut ties with the Blades. It was all for love. Caddaric had known before then that Marshall was his father and called Kira Auntie. Even after knowing the truth after meeting his father, he had grown used to calling h
When Ariana got home, someone was waiting for her. Dressed in a casual outfit of black jean trousers and a shirt, accessorized with a black sunshade, she faintly guessed that trouble knocked on her door. Still, she was far from being afraid, lifting her head high as the man approached her.“Ariana Mends, someone wants to talk to you.” The man gave Ariana his phone while he spoke. She refused to take it and asked,“How did you get into my house?” “Since you owe my boss, I have every right to be here,” the man said with raised brows. He looked intimidating but Ariana had met his kind and wasn't afraid. She spat impassively,“I owe no one.”“The person is on the phone.” The man held out the phone to her again and she took it this time, reluctantly lifting it to her ears.”“Ariana, I heard that you paid Dario for what your father owed,” a deep low voice, void of warmth, sounded in her ears.“Jason.” Ariana frowned instantly. Jason was one of her father’s close friends but when her father
Caddaric was too occupied to have any time to pry into the private lives of these Dons, for which reason Carter and Colten were stricken dumb. He should be asking for help regarding Invisible but was rather asking about Dario. The two cousins instantly guessed that something was off and were determined to get it out of him. Or maybe, Dario must have offended him."Dario? Who is looking for him? Caddaric or the mask?" Carter asked teasingly but Caddaric seemed offended by how lightly he took the responsibility."Be serious,“ Caddaric snarled. Though it was a conference call, the iciness in his tone was still enough to freeze every drop of amusement in the two men. Silence sealed the sound waves and the two men who were waiting for Cassandra in front of her office, kept exchanging weird glances. Caddaric wasn’t bad-tempered without the mask but today, he was portraying his true character, not trying to control it. Carter turned serious and said,“I can get you his location but It will ta
What was that darkness Ariana saw in his already dark eyes? Well, it didn't last for long. As soon as he blinked, it was gone. Could he possibly be feeling anything for her? Even if he did, it was impossible for anything to develop between them. He already made it clear from the beginning. However, Ariana wanted to put a stop to the sleepovers. It was good that the bag in which she carried her clothes after considering the possibility was locked in her locker. These passions crushing through her might just swell until they exploded.“Mr Blade, I am your friend and not your sister. Am also a woman and not a man. Don’t you think it’s wrong for me to keep spending the night with you? I know that you won’t take advantage of me but people will talk. Don’t you care?” She was tired of it. It was better to create a gap between them because the closeness was killing her. As she kept talking and asking him all those questions, all he saw was the movement of her small pink lips. A strange desir
The silence in the exquisite office was becoming too uncomfortable for Ariana. Marshall’s voice sounded familiar to her but she couldn’t match it to the fae. In every way, he frightened her but she was steady. Caddaric blundered to find the words to describe who she was to him but after thinking it through, he could only say two words.“My secretary.”“Secretary?” Even Anna gave him a suspicious glare. Due to who he was, he couldn’t just trust anyone for a sensitive position like that but Caddaric knew what he was doing. For as long as he felt comfortable with her around him, he was going to exploit her conscience and loyalty. She could never betray him. Not now, not in the future.“Yes. She knows a lot about the entertainment business so she’s the best option at the moment.”“So where is her office?” Marshall asked while looking at Ariana mistrustfully. He knew her father and the man was bad news. Ariana had done some bad things too.She walked over slowly to where Caddaric stood. An
“She is a traitor and the likes of her deserves to die,” Marshall firmly said, his countenance cold. Ariana trembled internally but her appearance looked calm. Knowing how ruthless his grandfather was, Caddaric quickly went over and stood above them, “I said, leave her alone,” he said politely but his tone was firm.Marshall was very good at digging out information so he knew a lot of things that Caddaric didn’t know. Experience as it seemed. Marshall lifted his head and looked him in the eyes, his expression unreadable. “This girl will be your end. You should let me take care of her. She is a spy.”“I’m not a spy,” Ariana quickly defended herself while she looked up at Caddaric pleadingly. She didn’t mind dying but she couldn’t stand it if Caddaric thought unworthy of her. She knew that he liked her and didn’t want that to change. Caddaric’s emotions couldn’t be seen on his face as he looked her in the eyes and said,“Don’t worry, I believe you, and no one would hurt you.”Ariana’s
“Grandpa, how did you get in?” Caddaric lifted his head and asked. Marshall was expressionless.“The door was already unlocked.”Caddaric realized that he had to rephrase the question. “I mean, I didn't hear you walking in.”“You already know the answer to that. So, isn't it true? She can't be trusted can she?”Indeed they were trained to feather walk but Caddaric didn’t expect to be on the receiving end. It was strange to see the man when he hadn't heard him walking in. “Yes grandpa, she can be trusted.”“So why are you spying on her?” The elderly man asked him. How could Caddaric tell him that he was checking to see if Ariana was going to do something silly for the 100k? “Can you keep a secret grandpa?”“I might if you call me Marshall,” he said and sat down in front of him. Caddaric would go outlandish if he didn’t talk to someone.“Okay, Marshall. A guy named Jason is asking her to pay back money her late father owes him. I already took care of it but she doesn’t know that so I w