At Reed’s MansionMarcus was walking back and forth on the balcony when suddenly, the door of his room opened. He turned his head to see who it was. But his shoulders shrugged in disappointment when it was Althea, Ethan’s girlfriend, who came in.“May I come in?” she asked.“You are already inside my room, why ask?” he said in a sarcastic tone.Althea chuckled as if she heard something funny from Marcus, which made him raise a brow and looked at her in disbelief like, ‘what’s so funny with what I said? Are you crazy?’“You know what? You’re funny,” she said seductively.“...” Marcus got dumbfounded. ‘What is she up to? Is she trying to flirt with me?’“What brings you here?” he asked with a stern look on his face.His brows frowned as he put his hands inside his pockets. Marcus noticed Althea biting her lower lip while walking toward him.“Well, your father is not here, and I got bored inside our room-”“Correction! That was my father and my mother’s room, not yours. Let me remind you
Althea raised a brow as she saw the journal that Marcus was holding, which she had left in Marcus’ room. She smirked evilly, as she felt satisfied and victorious for what she did. Althea returned to Ethan’s room to keep the other files she took from Ethan’s vault.When she got inside the room, she laughed like a witch victoriously as she remembered how she took the journal and other documents earlier. Before Ethan left, he opened his safe and took some documents from the underground society. After what happened to Marcus, he decided to rebuild his gang again, to protect his only son. Those documents are the lists of his allies in the underground world and his loyal army.“What are you doing?” Althea whispered in his ears, seductively.Her arms traveled to his body, hugging him from the back as she tried to distract him from what he was doing. Ethan could feel his manhood bulge as Althea continued caressing him. His eyes closed and moaned when Althea traveled her hands down to his man
Ethan went inside the room and saw Althea still lying on the bed covered with a blanket.“Hey, are you alright?” Ethan asked.Under the blanket, Althea took a sliced of onion in her pocket and smell it, so she could cry in an instant. ‘Damn! I look crazy here… After laughing earlier, now I need to cry. I should start auditioning in the entertainment industry. I am good at acting. Luckily, I came prepared. I never thought I will be needing a lot of tears.’ She thought.After a few minutes, tears finally got out of her eyes. Althea made a sad look as tears fell from her. She sniffed and show her face to Ethan.Ethan frowned, seeing her crying, he got worried. “Why are you crying?”Althea shook her head and continued sobbing. “I heard you two fight again. And I even saw Marcus left with his bag,” she confessed. “I don’t want you to argue with your son. I know it’s been hard for him to acknowledge me as your woman, but please, don’t fight with him. Understand him.” She pleaded.“Oh, that…
“I need you to help me find that woman!” Ethan commanded.“What’s the matter? What did she take from you?” Austin asked.“She took the lists of my enemies, and the copy of the video taken on the day Marcus got into an accident. “What video?” Austina asked quizzically. He was oblivious to what really happened during that day, as Ethan did not mention anything to him.“It was taken from a CCTV the day Marcus had an accident. The truth is that I hid from you what really happened. Marcus ran into a pregnant woman, causing her to become comatose and eventually die.”“What?! Ethan, why did you hide the truth from us? And why are you telling me this now?” Austin asked. He was surprised that Ethan kept this matter from them.Marcus is also his nephew. Did Ethan think he couldn’t protect his nephew?“Did you help the woman he hit?” Austin asked but he got dumbfounded when Ethan shook his head.“Damn, Ethan. What happened to you?” Austin got disappointed in Ethan. He couldn’t believe Ethan wou
“And you, try stopping Mariko from knowing the truth. Please, Itsuki… I have already lost the love of my life. I don’t want Marcus to suffer from the wrath of Mariko.” Ethan pleaded.“But, Master… Mariko sent me her resignation letter. She loathed me to the core, and I couldn’t look after her. Mariko is an unpredictable woman. We’ll never know what her plans are.” Itsuki said.“Just do what I asked you to do. I don’t care how will you prevent this thing, but please make sure to keep my son, Marcus out of the danger. Especially from Mariko.” Ethan sternly said.***Mariko just arrived in her penthouse. She lay down on her bed after she put all her things beside the cabinet, when she heard a little girl from outside her door, crying out loud. At first, he tried to ignore the noise. But, in his temper because of what he learned about his brother's accident, he was even more irritated by the noise brought by the child's crying outside his penthouse. He jumped up from his bed and opened th
After watching the video, Marcus hurriedly went inside the house. And took a shower. He kept on thinking, why did no one tell him what happened about the incident he got involved in two years ago? And why did he not remember anything that day? After the shower, he fetched his phone from the bed and dialed John’s number.“John, can you pick me up?” he asked, which made John growl.“Don’t you have a car?” John asked. He was a bit irritated that Marcus always asks him when he was younger than John.John is older than Marcus but why does Marcus keep on ordering him? He’s not his butler, his assistant, or his driver to begin with. Why do they have to be like their fathers? Before Ethan kept ordering Austin and now, Marcus was ordering John. Though they were cousins and he was also Marcus’ best friend, that doesn’t mean John is always around whenever Marcus needed him.“I don’t have a chopper, right? And it happens that you knew how to use dad’s private plane. You’re a licensed pilot, remem
“It doesn’t matter if she will get mad at me, I just don’t want to keep secrets. Especially to her.” Marcus left Itsuki, dumbfounded.Marcus drove to the place John had told them to meet. It was already night and the city lights started to light up the whole streets. The line at the entrance of the club started to pile up. There were groups of men and women, wearing their best clothes that suits the theme of the club. The bouncers were checking each of them carefully to avoid the trouble that may happen inside. When one of the bouncers saw and recognizes him, he let Marcus enter the club and led him to the second floor where the elites of the country used to stay whenever they were hanging out.From their table, John saw Marcus approaching. He waved his hand, so Marcus could see them right away. John was with Christian and Lucas.“Marcus! It’s good to see you again!” Lucas greeted him and made a bro hug.“We thought you had forgotten about us.” Christian shook hands with him and greet
Mariko sat beside Megan, so she could see Marcus. Even if she already quit being his protector, Mariko couldn’t help but be responsible toward her clients. She noticed Marcus didn’t even drink a single glass of alcohol which made her frown.‘What is he doing here, when he’s not here to drink?’ She thought.“Earth to Mariko… Hello!” Megan leaned on her ears and said it out loud, which made Mariko wince as she felt her eardrums will break soon. “Oops, sorry!” Megan chuckled.Megan was already drunk and they couldn’t control her naughtiness.“I’m sorry.” Orianna mouthed.“No. It’s fine.” Mariko smiled reassuring her that she was fine.“Mariko, why don’t you make a bet? Actually, we are making a bet… If Alexis could seduce that Casanova guy or not. That Casanova,” Megan pointed at Lucas who was busy traveling his hands to the three ladies who wanted to take him and have sex with him, “He’s been staring at our dear Alexis while kissing each of the girls surrounding him. He looks like he is
FINALE!!!Mariko woke up with a dizzy feeling. She looked at the ceiling, with a frown.‘Where am I?’ she wondered.Mariko looked around and noticed that she was in the room. White ceiling and walls with a touch of the color gold. There was a round table and two chairs in front of the king-sized bed.She checked herself if she was still wearing her clothes, and Mariko sighed in relief when she was still wearing the same clothes.‘Am I at the enemies’ den? But why does this place look extravagant? Is the person who ambushed them rich? That would be possible. There are plenty of Mafia groups in this country who are billionaires as well.’ She thought.Mariko also noticed the cuffs that were made of steel locked on her feet. And they tied it in the post, but her hands were free. She also noticed that she didn't have her weapons with her anymore, which made her hiss.Suddenly, she remembered Marcus. ‘What about Marcus? Where did they hide him? Did they also lock him in a room like this?’ s
One Month LaterMariko was busy checking out the proposals that has been sent to her. It’s almost eight in the evening. And she was left alone in her office. She stood up to get another set of coffee as she was thinking of staying in the office until she finished her paperwork. She rubbed her eyes as she felt like she was feeling sleepy.Suddenly, Mariko received a phone call from Itsuki. Mariko frowned.‘Why Itsuki is calling me at this hour?’ She looked at the clock…The time difference between the two countries was four hours. And Country P was four hours ahead of country Y.‘It’s already twelve in the evening there. What does he need at this hour?’ she wondered.After a few rings, Mariko decided to answer the call.“What’s up?” she asked. But Mariko became alert when she heard Itsuki from the other line, breathing heavily.“M-Mariko,” Itsuki muttered.“Hello, Itsuki… What happened to you?” She asked but all she heard were groans from the other line.Suddenly, Mariko felt nervous.
Mariko’s tears suddenly fell from her eyes. As she felt how sincere Marcus was in his words. ‘After what I did…’ Somehow, Mariko felt guilty about everything. She felt sorry for him, as she left Marcus when he needs her the most.“But I don’t deserve your love. I’m sorry, Marcus.” Mariko pushed him slowly before she walked away.Everyone’s eyes turned to them as Mariko ran away, leaving Marcus in the middle of the stage, stunned. Bobbie called his attention.‘Maybe she didn’t love me at all.’ His shoulders fell. As he felt dismayed. ‘Maybe it’s time to let her go.’ He thought, as his face felt defeated.“Hey! Are you gonna stand there?! Aren’t you coming here for her? Are you just gonna let her leave you again? Fight, man!” Marcus turned his eyes at Bobbie.“Go chase her!” One of the lady guests cheered him.“Don’t let her leave you!” The other one said.Everyone has been cheering him and telling him not to let go of Mariko. Marcus’ tears started to fall down his face. Somehow, he f
“I need to talk to her,” Marcus informed Bobbie.Bobbie stopped him from chasing Mariko. “But, she already knew that you were in a relationship with me,” Bobbie reminded him.Marcus heaved a sigh. “I know… But I can’t take this anymore. I don’t want to lose this opportunity. I love Mariko and I missed her so much. I hope you understand. Don’t worry, I will still pay you no matter what happens tonight,” he said.“Alright. If that’s what you want. I won’t stop you. And I wish you good luck.” She smiled as she wished him good luck.“I’ll just have to wait for you in the car. Because you promised mom to bring me back home.” Bobbie wiggled her brows. She doesn’t want to go home, wearing a gown while using public transportation.“Yeah. I did not forget about that. I’ll see later,” he said before he went inside the ball and look for Mariko.Marcus was having a hard time looking for Mariko as the venue was huge and there were a total of six hundred guests who were invited to the event.‘Fuck
“Mariko!” Mariko turned to find out who owned the familiar voice that called her real name. When he turned around, he saw a handsome man in a tuxedo. The man she hadn't seen in two years. The man who melts her icy heart. Marcus Reed. Mariko was surprised to see Marcus on the Gala night.‘What is he doing here?’ she wondered.Their eyes locked with each other as Marcus approached her, but both of them got stunned when George pulled Mariko toward him and kissed her on the lips. Mariko’s eyes widened in surprise, and it felt like her body froze. Marcus stopped walking toward them. He clenched and frowned. ‘Asshole,’ he thought as he was glaring at George.Suddenly, a soft hand crawled down to his hand and it clasped to his. Marcus looked at the person next to him, who was staring at the two people kissing. While Mariko pushed George and wiped her lips. She glared at him, but George seemed not affected by her blazing stare. Mariko looked at Marcus who had now a woman beside him. She fr
“I will pretend to be your girlfriend. Why? Because you’re pitiful, and I wanted to earn money. And my mother doesn’t know about all of this. You can use me to get your woman jealous. In exchange, you will pay me the right price.” “Are you serious?” Marcus was stunned at what she just had said. “Well, I just need money… And you need someone to use to make your girlfriend jealous… So, it’s a win-win situation. Don’t you like it?” she asked. Marcus scrutinized her. If she was dead serious about what she just said. The woman in front of him will not see any remorse. And it was evident that what she said was deep. Marcus heaved a sigh. ‘I don’t want to use her if Mrs. Suarez did not know all this.’ “Go to my office tomorrow, and let’s talk about this matter with your mom. I also want to inform her about this plan before I will agree with you. But get yourself ready. Because if she agrees, then you will be my date on the upcoming gala night.” He informed her. *** Morning came, and Ma
“Was it related to Mariko, your ex-girlfriend?” Catherine asked.“Yes,” Marcus simply answered.“But I think you don’t have to do it.” Marcus frowned at what Catherine had said.“Why?” he asked.“Simply because she doesn’t deserve your love.” Catherine bluntly said.Marcus looked at Catherine. Her face was so severe, and she looked pissed. “Are you mad?” He asked.“Obviously, yes. Because of that bitch, Uncle Ethan died for nothing. He left you when you needed her. She has no conscience. She’s heartless! And I hate her.” ‘Hmp!’ Catherine scoffed. She put her arms crossed under her chest and pouted her lips. While her eyes were glaring sideways.“Are you that affected?” He asked.“Who wouldn’t be? After all the things our family has done for her. You took care of her when she was in the hospital, unconscious. But when she woke up from a coma, the first thing that came to her mind was to leave you. “ Catherine rolled her eyes.“She’s a bitch.” Catherine exclaimed. “You don’t deserve to
Country Y "Welcome, Mr. Reed. I am Mitch Suarez. I will be your executive secretary here at M2M Corporation. I’m looking forward to working with you, Sir.” Mitch said. “Thank you, Mrs. Suarez.” Mitch Suarez led their way to his new office. Marcus was the CEO ( Chief Executive Officer) of the M2M Corp, John was the COO (Chief Operations Officer), and Austin was the chairman. They arrived at the office, and Mitch opened the door for him. The office of the executive secretary was at the side of the entrance of the CEO’s room. When they entered the room, Marcus was in awe, seeing how beautiful his office could be. It was spacious enough to occupy 10 people with their tables but it was only he who will use the office. At the side of the door, before entering the room, there’s a table where the receptionist welcomed them. When you got inside, the floor-to-ceiling window caught Marcus’ attention. It has an automatic curtain operated with a remote, whether you want to close the curtain or
‘He sees me. What would be his reaction? Did he hate me? After I left, I decided not to step into this country again. But things happened and I needed to come here for my company. I did not expect that we will meet again. And this bastard did not tell me and made his actions on his own. Dammit!’ Mariko’s mind was full of thoughts that she did not even listen to what George had said. It was like George confessed his love to her, but she was not interested in what he had just said. She was just interested in the news about Marcus, who followed them. Somehow, her feelings towards Marcus never change.‘If only I could turn back the time. That time before I got kidnapped. I should have been more prepared.’“Mariko, hear me out.” Mariko came back from her deep thoughts when George spoke.Frustrated, Mariko raised both of her hands as if she was surrendering. “George… Stop it, will you? Stop this nonsense. If you don’t, you will leave me no choice but fire you.” Mariko sternly said in a war