The rowdy living room suddenly became quiet when the guests saw Caspian and Celina walking down the stairs, hand in hand. After the initial shock washed off, chaos broke out. Even the other members of the Clinton’s family were stunned. “Mom? Did you know about this? Wasn’t Celina dead?” Asked Talia with shock on her face. “I’m as shocked as you are,” Mrs. Clintons replied with her eyes on the two gracefully coming down the stairs. Sebastian’s dreamy eyes didn’t sway from the beautiful Celina who wore a white long dress with lace sleeves that reached her wrist. Her straight black hair cascaded down her shoulders, framing her oval face. She looked very beautiful and young that tears pulled at the corners of his eyes.Atlas was shocked at first but after processing what was happening, he narrowed his eyes at his brother and Celina before he shifted his gaze around the room and spotted Saffron in the midst of the crowd. She looked unhappy. Atlas’ lips slowly raised, “Interesting,” he
When the people heard that, they nodded in agreement. That was plausible. Mr. Marcus is one of the biggest shareholder in a lot of companies and he also has a lot of shareholder friends. When there’s a conflict in the company where his money was, he takes it upon himself to resolve the conflict instead of pulling out his shares, except that the company was heading for bankruptcy. The man wield so much power in those companies that his words and votes are enough to fire any worker in those companies, including CEOs. The most interesting things about Mr. Marcus is that he doesn’t own a company but any company he decides to invest in would prosper without a doubt and also, any company he withdrew from would fall. Some people started to whisper among themselves, no wonder he didn’t vote nor vetoed when the decision to make Atlas the CEO, so it was because he was waiting for his daughter to wake up so he could support his future son-in-law. Brilliant! Saffron heard it all and couldn’t thi
Saffron didn’t wait for too long before she replied, “First Master Caspian asked me to pretend to be his girlfriend and in return, he’d send my brother abroad for treatment. He gave me a room in his house and changed my wardrobe to make it look real. We never shared the same bed.” She glanced at him, hoping to see something in his eyes to give her forced hope, but nothing could be seen. “If you were only just pretending to be his girlfriend, then why are you here? He knew he’d be revealing his fiance today, so why would he allow a mere servant to be in the midst of wealthy people?” Talia asked while glaring at her. “I don’t know what the First Master is thinking. I only follow instructions,” Saffron replied. Saffron’s words held weight and so did Atlas claims as both of them narrated their stories without flaws. Document can be forged and with the relationship between the brothers, Atlas is capable of forging the documents, but what cannot be forged is signatures, so someone from t
“Who is there? Throw this filth out of this house and she must never be allowed to step foot into this mansion ever!” madam Clinton commanded and two guards carried Saffron and forced her inside a car. Once they got to the streets, they threw her out and zoomed off. Saffron didn’t linger. She would have taken a cab home but had nothing on her– her phone and purse were left behind at the Clintons’. As she absentmindedly walked forward, a distance away she saw a park and headed there. It was autumn and the leaves on the trees were lovely. Saffron sat on one of the benches and rested her back on it. With eyes closed, the event of the day came back to her. Reliving the painful memory that caused her stabbing pains in the heart, Saffron couldn’t hold back and cried. She cried so badly that the people walking around couldn’t help but notice her, however no one went to her.Saffron stayed there until nightfall before she decided to return home. But unfortunately, her legs turned jelly and t
At the Clinton’s mansion…Gerald knocked once on Caspian’s door before he turned the knob and pushed the door open. Entering the room, it was dark and gloomy with the overwhelming smell of tobacco and alcohol. Gerald turned the lights on to see his master drinking and smoking on the sofa. Without uttering a word, he walked forward and stretched out the document. “She signed the divorce papers,” he said. Caspian didn’t say anything in acknowledgement and continued to puff out clouds of smoke. After waiting a little longer for his reply that never came, Gerald added, “She asked that you send her the information relating to her brother. She also said you should send him back to the country today. She would be waiting for him at the airport.”“Ungrateful bitch!” he said under his breath, then instructed without interest, “Send the papers to Will.”“Won’t you look through the papers?” “What’s the use? She made her decision. She couldn’t wait to run into Atlas’ arms!” “I’m not sure. She
Ten years ago when Saffron left the town and was heading to the City, while walking along the ridiculously massive field that belonged to the Grahams, that was when she saw Caspian for the first time. He was the most beautiful thing she’d ever seen in her sixteen years of life. The young man was about to ride a motorbike. He was wearing a black outfit that fitted him very perfectly. His black helmet was hung under his armpit and his hair was styled backwards. He looked cool. Saffron was smitten and like Atlas rightly said, she indeed thought that Caspian was an Angel. He climbed his motorbike and started speeding away, however, he hadn’t left her full sight before Saffron realized that something was wrong with the motorbike. She looked around, no one was with him– she was the only passer-by on the huge field. The motorbike looked as if it had lost control and was heading for the cliff. When she saw this, Saffron threw her small backpack to the ground and started chasing the bike. C
“Saffron, I gave you the opportunity to live, but you chose this path. Don't blame me for doing this to you, blame that heartless Caspian. If he wasn’t two-timing and cheating on me with you, I wouldn't have turned this way… kill her and burn this place to the ground.” With that instruction given, she picked up her bag and was about to leave when Saffron suddenly grabbed her leg. “Please, please, Miss Celina! Please, don't kill me. If you let me live, I promise to disappear and never come back, please, I beg you! My brother will be alone if I die. He won't be able to live! Please…!” fear, hatred, pain, heartbreak, panic, and hopelessness consumed Saffron. She begged Celina, crawled on her knees, kowtowed numerous times, but Celina was hard-hearted. “Don't worry about your brother. I'll send him to you in a few hours. You can reunite in the afterlife." With that said, she forcefully pulled her leg away from Saffron's tight grip. In the process, Saffron's nails made a mark on her ankl
The old man smiled and changed the topic. “You should sleep more, you have a lot of things to do today. You have the award ceremony to attend a few hours from now and also, you’ll be leaving the shadows today.” “Grandpa, can I not come out into the world? I want to remain hidden and continue to attack my enemies from the dark. I just need some more time to dig into the Clinton’s family business. Once I’ve gotten enough dirt on them, I can gladly show myself to the world.” The old man shook his head, “For how long do you want to remain hidden? It’s been five years now. You shouldn’t let your trauma define you. You are no longer the powerless Saffron you were. Your face, body, mentality, personality, and everything else changed after the surgery. No one recognises you anymore.” Saffron sighed, it wasn’t the case. She didn’t stay in the shadows because she was scared of the Clintons but rather because of Alex and her health. Her grandfather has no idea that she found out about the con
Warning: R18 chapter. As the water touched his tanned skin, his tensed muscles slowly relaxed and he slowly closed his eyes to bask in the pleasure, in spite of the discomfort from his rod and the lust his mind was nursing. All of a sudden, he felt her butt pressed against his rod as she bent over to wash her legs. She bolted up and apologized, “Sorry, it was unintentional.”Hell, it couldn’t be any more intentional! Caspian swallowed, “I– it’s fine,” he said it was fine but his rod was throbbing and his heart was beating erratically. Seeing she was looking at his erection, Caspian made an attempt to cover it but it was for nought. Lily shifted her gaze away but blushing cheeks and tried to speak but decided against it and flattened her lips. “You can stay in front,” she moved away to create space. “And you?... What about I just leave?”“You’re wet already... I might also use your help to scrub my back.” Caspian opened his mouth to speak, but changed his mind and nodded instead
“They were in love?” “So it seemed.” “And your parents?” Lily queried. “I made my father resign and sent him and my mother to our ancestral home. They won’t return until I’ve dealt with Sebastian.” “What do you intend to do to him?”“He doesn’t deserve a jail sentence.”“Why? He’s still your brother after all.”“He aided Celina to kill you. He attempted to take my life several times… I could have forgiven him and just handed evidence of his wrong doings to the court, but he went as far as to produce a virus which turns humans into hybrids.” Lily froze and her mind jolted back to Madam Evelyn’s son’s condition… Was that it? As if he read her mind, Caspian further said, “The man you were almost forced to marry was a victim of Sebastian’s virus.” “What happened to him?”“I took him to my facility. The antidote is almost complete.”Soon enough, they arrived at a small town. They breathed a sigh of relief and went in search of a means of communication. Not long, they found a phone
“No.”“Why? You have no sympathy for traitors.” “Because you’d be sad if I killed her.”Lily turned her head, meeting his gaze. “But I was dead.”“I never believed you died.”“Why? I could have burned to ashes in that flame.”“No body was found.”“But the news said otherwise.”“I made everyone believe so. I needed to fetch out everyone who was involved… and I did.”“But you didn’t hurt Celina.”He stretched his hand and brushed off the strand of hair from her face while saying, “You wouldn’t know.”“If you tell me, I would know.” Caspian gazed at her face for a long time before he pulled away and got up. “We should hurry along. I can spot light coming from up there.” He pointed to his right. Lily looked in the direction and indeed, there was a glow. She got up and the two resumed their walk. “After I found out, I didn’t kill her not because I couldn’t, but because she once saved my life. However, I couldn’t let her go scot-free, so I took power from her father.” “But she’s still
Meanwhile, almost an hour later, at the bank of the river, far from where the accident happened, Caspian was performing resuscitation on Lily who didn’t look like she’d be waking up any time soon. “Saffron!” he yelled in panic and went back to applying pressure on her chest. “Please, don’t leave me again, I beg you. Wake up! I can’t continue living without you!” He pressed and pressed, still nothing but he didn’t give up. His eyes had turned red from crying. Caspian was almost going crazy as he pleaded with her to wake up. After countless struggles, she suddenly coughed out water.“Saffron?” He watched her slowly open her eyes before he hugged her with so much force that he almost squashed her. Not until she powerlessly patted his back did he let go. He wiped his tears, “Thank you for coming back to me. I’m glad you didn’t leave me again.” Without warning, he sealed her lips and kissed her desperately for a long time before he pulled away. Lily was conflicted. Did he truly love h
At the parking lot... Lily strode to her black car. Before entering, she turned to the guards following her and ordered, “I want to be left alone. Watch over my grandfather. Tell him I won’t come home tonight.” The guards didn’t want to obey but after thinking it through, they nodded and stepped aside. Lily got into the car and fastened her seat belt. Just as she was about to start the car, she saw Caspian standing in front of her car. She looked through the window, Caspian’s guards and hers were in a standoff. At this point, she knew he won’t let her drive off if he didn’t get the audience he wanted, so she unlocked the door. When he entered the front passenger seat, Lily queried, “What are you doing?” Clearly she was displeased. “We need to talk.”“Schedule a meeting with the company. I don’t entertain– ““No, Saffron, this is not about business. Five years ago– ““It seem you won’t give up harassing me. Get down from my car, otherwise I’ll press charges for harassment.”“I’ve
Time was slowly ticking away and soon enough, some free spirits were already on the dance floor. Lily finally put on her beautiful mask, thinking to find herself a serene place to sit, away from the rowdy crowd. All of a sudden, someone crept up on her and his calm voice made her freeze.“Ms. Rothschild, can I have this dance?” Caspian…What the hell is he doing here? She didn’t invite him... Unless... Her mind snapped. It was her grandfather. So this was what he was talking about? She looked around the place for her grandfather and saw him drinking an laughing with his friends. Maybe he felt her gaze on him, he looked her way and beamed at her with his wine glass raised. “Cunning old man,” she mumbled under her breath. Caspian was already here. It would be unwise to ignore him. She slowly focused her mind. His hand was outstretched. She trailed her gaze up to his black mask and back to his hand. She knew that a day where she would have to speak to this man would come. She had p
“Do you remember what your father told you and your brothers on the day Saffron died?... He told you that Old Man Anderson wanted the Clinton family to use their resources to look for his granddaughter.“However, the next day, he rejected a meeting with the Clintons and ever since then, he had been suppressing the Clintons and putting pressure on the business… I want to boldly assume that Saffron and Lily have a connection, otherwise, Alex wouldn’t go up to her, nor would a heartless businesswoman like Lily care about Alex to the extent of giving him her Trophy.”As though a light bulb went off in his mind, he snapped, “Where is the invitation card to the Rothschild evening party?”“I left it in the car when you asked me to throw it away.” Before now, Caspian had only heard of Lily but never saw her as she also don’t show herself on TV. When he suddenly received an invitation from old man Anderson to attend the party, he thought the man was up to no good. How could someone who neve
At the Rothschild’s mansion. Lily got home and went straight to her room. Her grandfather was sitting in the sitting room but she didn't even notice. The old man watched her climb the twirling stairs until she disappeared before he returned his gaze back to the event on the TV. He saw everything that happened at the event. Didn't she say that her heart was dead? Just today and she couldn't even hide it from that child. The old man smiled and shook his head. “How far can you go, child?” He heard how deep their connection was. They were like mother and child. He suddenly sighed as his gaze down casted. It was his fault. If he had taken that boy five years ago, his granddaughter wouldn't be sad right now. On second thought, if he had taken the child, Caspian who had been turning the country upside down in search of Saffron would have caught on. “Margaret!” the old man called. “Yes, Master,” an old woman hurried over from the kitchen and bowed slightly to the old man. “Lily just a
“Don’t you talk to my sis… friend like that! She’s not like you and your cohort!” Alex was quick to fire back. “Shut up, you little viper!” Celina had completely lost her mind and couldn’t care less about what the repercussion would be. “Miss Celina, on behalf of Miss Rothschild, we shall sue you for defamation of character.” Lily’s PA threatened. “Your threats cannot do me shit. Let her prove that she didn’t sleep her way through!” “Call your girlfriend to order. She’s overstepping.” Alex frowned while telling Caspian. “We broke up five years ago… she’s nothing to me.” Caspian replied casually while his gaze was fixed on Lily who was still standing there and looking at Celina. “Caspian...” Celina froze when she heard his casual statement. Everyone in the hall shifted their gazes between the two. Murmurs and whispers broke out among the guests and even the Netizens were amazed and couldn’t stop fighting over their keyboards. Lily ignored the commotion and resumed her walk to t