EMILY POVMy eyes wore a surprised look and my jaw dropped. I wondered if Let was out to make his father pay already."What?! What did you just say to me?" Mr. Robbins yelled."I mean I can handle it myself. You don't need to get involved, Father. We are adults not teenagers. Kay knows the gravity of what he's done. I'll be expecting you in NYC soon," Leo replied and cut the call. I could deduce that he was controlling his temper as he spoke. I moved closer to him and patted his shoulder. "What do you think about taking the day off and spending time with me? I could show you my favorite artistic pieces at the museum," I suggested "I'd love that. I'll reach out to Jude to inform him. Meanwhile, can you keep my parents secret between us. I don't even want Jude to know about it," he said. My heart was filled with joy because he could trust me with such vital information. "Of course. Nobody needs to know," I replied.We ate breakfast in silence while I kept stealing glances at him. Aft
LEO POV"Thanks for the compliment ma'am but we are not expecting. My wife's just putting on weight," I said and smiled at her face. I could not explain Emily's reaction because her face held no smile or frown. Meanwhile, there was no way we could be expecting. Emily had ensured that I never touched her. I had always clamored to have sex with her but I recently re-evaluated my desire. I wanted more from her. However, a real marriage was out of the question. Besides, my family was getting too complicated so I needed to sort things out. "My bad! I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions. She really looks the part," the woman said and laughed. Emily replied her with a smile and we left the stall. We drove home in silence with a gentle song blaring out of the stereo.A FEW DAYS LATER"Your father instructed that he would be expecting you by 7pm. What should I do?" Jude asked. My focus was on my computer screen as I waited for Emily to show up. I wanted to have lunch with her. Since we spent
LEO POV"One, you press charges against me with all the rubbish evidence you have and I expose the truth about father or you let sleeping dogs lie and I zip up," Kay threatened."I don't care about what you do," I replied and continued walking but he stopped me."Foolish boy! If the truth about Father gets into the media today, do you think you'll be safe? Everything you've worked on for over ten years would be washed down the drain. Everyone would turn against R&B Group. And the stigma. Do you still not care?" Kay asked and laughed hysterically. His devilish laughter made my blood boil. I ignored him and went down the stairs where I found Emily."Let's go," I said in anger."Are you done already?" she asked."That's not your concern. Head to the car," I replied and unlocked the car. "Oh crap! I dropped my ear phone," I said then walked back into the house. I was almost at the entrance of the living room when I heard Father and Kay discussing."If you know what's good for you, tell Le
LEO POV"When would you learn to control your temper? You don't even care to listen. You just act. I could not sleep because I was worried about you and all you could say was that it was none of my concern. How did you expect me to feel? Even if we have an employer and employee relationship, I can still have a little bit of compassion right?" she said."And I'm terribly sorry for that. I could not believe my ears yesterday. I had never felt so betrayed in my entire life. I kept wondering why Father gave me those shares and told me to keep you…," I said but stopped midway. I must not disclose that Father wanted me to keep her by my side so as to carry on his so called mysterious empire. She nodded as if she knew what I was referring to. "Kay knows more than he revealed to you. You have to be careful about them. This has gone beyond a simple brothers fight. Your Father can't curb Kay's excesses anymore. He also has this secret as a weapon to coerce you to do whatever he wants," she sai
LEO POV"In a hurry to leave when I can give all your want for free in just a few minutes," she seductively said and moaned. I shut my eyes and pushed her aside but she would not move. She held her leg high to my waist, circled her arms around me and kissed my chest. I could feel my muscles grow tense so I forcefully pushed her off. "If you're too dumb then allow me to ring the bells in your ears. I'll pass. I don't want to have anything to do with you so get lost," I yelled. My voice caught the attention of the other men but Zane calmed them then moved to my side."She's serving her purpose. Why hurt her? I deliberately brought her since you always loved her services at the club," Zane said."Not anymore. Are you even listening to yourself? Emily's right outside there. Imagine what she'll think of me if she finds out about this?" I said with a worried look on my face."What would she think? This isn't your first time, man. Have fun! Or did someone kidnap the real Leo?" he teased."T
LEO POVI placed my lips on hers and without hesitation, her lips pressed mine. Her lips were warm and soft. I could feel her body pressed against mine and my grip tightened on her waist as I moved my hands to her hips. I lifted her off the bed while we were still kissing and held her against the wall. Her lips explored mine then I moved from her lips to her neck down to her chest. She moaned excitedly and grabbed my hair. I moved from the wall and dropped her gently on the bed. I unzipped her dress then kissed her gently and carefully while expecting her reaction. She might lose it like she always did whenever I tried to have sex with her but she was already absorbed by pleasure. I smiled as I felt her hands in my hair. She lightly touched my back with her hands exploring my muscles down to my pants. She unzipped it and pulled her dress down. I felt her hot breath on my skin and she moaned loudly as my lips pressed on the top of her breasts."Are you not done, Leo? He wants to call
EMILY POV"You never cease to amuse me. You're my wife for goodness sake," Leo said."Manners, please. Someone might be listening," I whispered."Why are we whispering again?" he said and laughed. I was short of words because there was no where to hide. Leo was obviously in love with me which was great news. However, it felt like a path with a dead end. He had not said a word about keeping me with him forever. He avoided the topic of our contract. He was not even ready to clarify our relationship but I needed to know. I wanted to define the kind of relationship we had. After he almost had his way with me the previous day, I needed to thread carefully. My inner mind echoed that he could not be trusted. He could be one of those men that would go extra miles to get the cookie but was I even worth the stress? I had pondered over it and the best solution was to avoid him. I decided to stay away till he was elected the chairman. I still could not figure out what to do with our child but
EMILY POV“What’s sixty dollars for?” I asked, gripping the arm of my chair as if the world depended on it.“Just broke it down to make it simple for you to understand. For goodness sake, your husband’s a billionaire. You have just an hour to find me the money or… You already know,” Julius said with an annoying smile.“Wipe that wicked smile off your face. Who hired you? I won’t pay you a dime if you do not tell me,” I threatened.“Oops!! That’s your loss because I can just send it on all platforms right now. I have the drive here,” he said and smacked his lips. “On the contrary, I should let you in on it so that you can be more careful. I have to look out for my latest client,” he added and cackled with laughter. I was growing weak inside as I anticipated the revelation.“Well, Kay Robbins hired me to cause a scandal but the damn guy is a devil. He’s after me because I didn’t give him the video,” he said.“Why didn’t you?” I asked, hiding my surprise. Kay had been the villain from th
LEO POV"Calm down, young men. You don't need to shut each other up. The more cooperative you are, the better your chances of getting a lesser sentence," the head of the investigation bureau said.Unexpectedly, Emily showed up at the bureau. One of my men came running to me where I stood with Jude in the interrogations room."Mrs. Emily is here and wants to meet you," he said. "Did she know about it?" I asked Jude."I gave them instructions to only apprehend the guys so she wouldn't be too shocked. They didn't wait for the guys to make a move before arresting them," Jude explained."So how did she get the drift?" I asked then left the interrogation room. Jude and the other man followed me as I stepped out of the building. Emily stood by the car and when she saw me, she walked briskly to meet me. Then she stops in front of me and folded her arms over her chest."Why are you here? I felt you would be at the gallery," I said."I was supposed to until I learned that I was the target for a
LEO POV"Fill me in," I said "She has her eyes on Mrs. Emily. My men, I've gotten the necessary information to bring her in. She will execute her plans in a few days. That's when we would strike," he explained."Good! Don't toy with my wife. If your plan might fail, get her arrested immediately," I ordered."Yes boss," he replied and I cut the call. "Something happened?" Jude asked."Annabel's planning something. I knew that she wouldn't back down with all the messages she kept sending me," I said."After what happened between you two, she's bound to keep coming back," Jude said "Nothing happened between us. I made it clear that I did not want her after she attacked Emily," I said."But she came back, didn't she?" Jude said "Why did I ever tell you about it?" I said, my mind wandering off to my previous encounter with Annabel. I had prayed fervently that Emily would never learn of it and unless Jude informed her, she would never know.FLASHBACKOne of my business partners had invi
LEO POV"I can't change my mind," I said with my focus on the vast estate. Its silence was deafening. There was not a single soul in it. "You'll be leaving a lot of memories," she said."I know but I've got bad memories here than the good ones. I'm done with this kind of life. I only want to make good memories now," I said and turned to her. "I want to make good memories with you," I added.She beamed then looked around the house."You won't visit anymore?" She asked."Yes, I'm closing it down," I replied."This is goodbye then," she said."Yeah, it is," I responded, looking around the house once more for one last time. "Let's go," I said and we walked down the driveway to the entrance of the estate. Then I directed my men to lock up the gate. While I'd ensure that the house had strict surveillance from time to time, I had decided never to visit the house again.A MONTH LATEREmily had been moving around nonstop since we woke up that morning. She could not sleep but I pet her to sle
LEO POVI stood before Mr. Fred while he wept bitterly. No one could console him except his daughter who was also waiting for her brother. Just as I had guessed, he had been a victim of the MIR project and had recently died. "I am a bad father. How could I have worked for those who killed my son," he said, beating his chest repeatedly. "I am sorry," I said with my head facing the ground. I was ashamed to look him in the eyes. "Bring my child back! Bring him back!" he yelled dragging me by the collar. My men moved to separate him from me but I gestured to them to stop. I deserved that much for being a Robbins. After pacifying him, I left his house with Emily and my men. Emily had gotten emotional and she kept wiping her face as we drove to another part of the city to tender our apology. IN THE EVENINGWe arrived at the health center where those who were addicted were kept. I met Dane who rushed to my side the minute he saw me."Thank you, Mr. Leo. Thanks so much for bringing my s
LEO POVEmily wrapped her arms around me then patted my back. I rested my head on her shoulders as I wept. I was opwning up completely to her."I'm scared. I know I'm not supposed to be. I'm Leo Robbins, Forbes billionaire with several accolades to my name. I shouldn't be shaken by this but it's too much to take in," I said."You're Leo Robbins, the tough guy but you're also human as well. It's been a lot these past few weeks but you overcame. You set the wrongs right. Even if you're shaken, I'm here to support you," she said. I raised my face to look at her then lifted my head from her shoulder."If you had seen Kay's face. He had no remorse. He felt proud of everything he had done. He smiled and laughed as if he was doing the world a favor. When did he get so callous and inhumane. I might be q rogue or thug but we were not supposed to kill innocent people. Now, the protesters are out there and I also have to answer to those investigations. I knew all this would happen but it hurts t
LEO POVThe lady looked away as she could not catch my face through the tinted glass."There's an entrance at the warehose behind the company building. The route is longer but you'll be fine," I said, describing the direction to the driver. He rolled out of the crowd area and drove off the place I had mentioned. After a few minutes, we arrived at the other entrance and parked at the garage. The office was disorganized when we stepped in. The employees hurried around the lobby when I appeared. I bet they all had rumors to tell about me but I cared less. I was snot going to let the company sink even if I had to go to extremes. The board executives were seated when I arrived. Not one person was missing from the table. I sat down and Emily sat beside me while Jude stood behind me. I felt I didn't need moral support but I was not as strong as I thought. The present situation had weakened me and I needed as much support as I could get."We're all startled by the revelations that showed up
LEO POV"Something of this magnitude is happening and you could not wake ulme up to inform me? How do I defend us if I lay sleeping at home?!" I yelled."I wanted you to rest. You're hurt all over, Leo. You can't even walk properly," she said."That does not give you the right to shut me in. I need to know what's going on. I can't sit still," I said and tried to move down the stairs. She rushed to my side then stood before me to stop me from moving any further."What are you doing?" I asked."Jude stated that I should keep you away from the news and let you rest for the day. I completely agree with him and would do as he says," she said."And I said that I'm not interested in resting. Is that so hard to understand?" I asked."Why are you like this, Leo? I only care about you. I could not sleep all night because you were in pain. I woke up early to prepare your favorite soup so you can get enough strength. I'm doing all I can to get you back into shape so please, don't disrupt it," she
LEO POVI rushed to the railings to catch his hand but it was too late. He fell off the bridge and hit his head hard on the ground. The other team members arrived as back up. "Kay's down there. You've got to check him. He must not die," I said. He's yet to pay for his crimes and see how much evil he has done. I wanted him to witness excruciating pain like he made others go through. The elite team members rushed to him and I followed as well even though I was limping. By the time we arrived at the place, he had lost consciousness and was bleeding profusely. I could not understand the emotions I was feeling as I watched him lay on the ground.★★★★★★As we drove through the streets, the doctors began to treat me in the bus. We were already making headlines. Leo Robbins exposes Father's illicit drug den.Kay Robbins embezzles R&B Group funds for personal reasons.Leo Robbins exonerated from embezzlement scandal.FBI to apprehend Kay Robbins for abduction, human trafficking and gross co
LEO POV"You should stay here and keep an eye on them," I said."The others can. Let me follow you. That was why you hired us. To protect you. I'm with you on this mission," Silas said. 'Let's go!" I yelled and he followed. The guy who had kept an eye on Kay began to give us directions till we arrived at the other entrance of the cave at the other end of the estate. While we made our way there, I saw the storage room where the drugs were kept. Then I saw some corpses, dead bodies of men who could not stand the drugs as they were too powerful. It could never be approved by the government. I was astonished to see that there was another passage outside the estate that led to the underground tunnel. Once we stepped out, I noticed some fresh foot prints on the ground. Kay had least expected the attack so he had nothing prepared. I raced after him with Silas until we came face to face."Hey!!! Do you think you would ever escape?" I yelled."Stay away from me, Leo. You have everything. Tak