Chapter Six

Silver's POV

“Triscade? You own Trivia?” Jericho was just as stunned as I was. Triscade came from money but not that kind of wealth to build an empire over night.

“How? When did this all start?”

“During my travels, I was able to convince some people to invest in my ideas and they took a liking to it,”

His broad shoulders almost made the chair he was sitting on non existent. I didn't remember that he was that tall.

“I'm surprised you didn't recognize the name, Silver. You came up with it,”

“It was familiar,” I muttered softly, unable to control my expression as he smiled flirtatiously at me. Heat rushed to my cheeks, and I blushed uncontrollably.

“You still used it, I'm wowed,”

“You inspired this, all of these came from you and that's why the name is also from you,” he said as he poured a drink into three glasses.

“Now, we are here because we want to be part of this inspiration,” Jericho began as he received the glasses from him.

“Imagine a revolutionary partnership that would shake not just Echo but all the packs in the district,”

“Tempting…” he grunted, stroking his chin lightly. He threw a look that was almost fierce, studying my countenance.

“But why is the actual CEO of the company silent? Is there something I should know about this partnership,”

“I believe my cousin can speak for me,” I answered with a brief smile. I knew what he was trying to do, rattle me for a loophole.

“Trivia with just our company's contact will be surely profitable,”

“What do you get from this miraculous offer?” He asked, smirking as he waited for a response.

“I know you are not giving me this on a silver platter. Tell me what you want,”

“Normal business conduct, a percentage from the shares,” Jericho answered. The room was quiet for a while, the air thick with suspense as we all locked eye contact.

“I always see from a Salvatore's point. Your family has a trait for spotting the unspottable in business,” He remarked.

“So we will have a deal? Sit down and discuss terms for this alliance?” Jericho questioned curiously.

“Can I have a minute with your cousin first?” Triscade said to Jericho. He grabbed his drink and left the office. We sat across one another, staring and smiling softly.

“What is really going on Silver? Not the bullshit Jericho is trying to force down my throat. I know about your ex husband's drama and I know something is wrong as well,”

“We are crashing, my family's businesses are going under and there's no hope for it,” I spoke calmly, shifting my gaze from his intense focus.

“My father made a mistake and now I'm paying for it,”

“I'm sorry,” he sighed.

“Are you seeing someone yet?”

“What?” His question caught me off guard.

“Seeing someone?”

“Are you dating, Silver? Or you want to take a break?”

“No on both,”

“Let's grab dinner tomorrow tonight. Then we will talk better,” he offered with a warm gesture.

“Right now, I can smell Jericho's anxiousness and it's not good for business,”

“Yeah,” I chuckled softly.

“He is tense about it all and he has been handling it all by himself before I stepped in,”

“Thats okay. I will text you the address,”

“Okay,” I exhaled. I left the office feeling like a teenage girl again.

“What did he say?” Jericho asked as he walked behind me to the car.

“He said you stink of anxiety and it's not good for business,” I answered swiftly with a smile that left him stunned for a while.

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“I have no idea what I'm doing,” I said to him, hoping he could hear me. I wished for something as little as a flinch or a spasm but I got nothing. He appeared almost dead, his skin was slowly losing its warmth.

“Why, Father? Why embark on such a business? We don't take risks”

“I talk to him as well,” Lena finally spoke, after being mute by the door.

“Hoping that one day he will respond but nothing. We can only keep hoping,”

“Hope won't bring us out of this,” I said to her. I grabbed his wrist fiercely, with tears in my eyes. Watching him sleep through the problem he created enraged me.

“He should be fixing this, not hiding like a fucking coward,”

“Restraint, Silver,” Jericho stepped in.

“I know you are pissed but relax yourself. I have news,”

“I will let you guys be,” Lena excused us.

“What did you find?” I grabbed the file and looked through it carefully.

“I remembered the gas having a piercing sound before the bang. It's used by the military to discombobulate their target before the main deal,” he explained.

“So it's military graded, platoon certified for Pack's security.” I muttered as I followed up with his explanations.

“Narrowing the search to ?”

“Just two. And guess who is the biggest shareholder in one of those companies?”

“Argyle,” the word came out of my mouth before I could think.

“And who owns the company?”

“And that's where it gets a little bit twisted,” His look changed as he pulled out a file from an envelope and handed it to me. I received nervously, terrified of who it was going to be.

I took a long hard look at the name, Triscade Houston. I inhaled deeply, with my mind creating different theories to what was right in front of me.

“Something is not right,” Jericho remarked.

I grabbed my vibrating phone and it was a text of an address and time for my date with him that night.

“This is good,” I muttered softly.

“He said he met people on his travels. Maybe Raid was one of them and they are working together in this,”

“No, Jericho. This is actually very good. The both of them as allies makes my work so much easier,” I commented with a stern voice. The only thing that was blinding me was my emotions and with that out of the way, I could see a clear lining. They planned to manipulate me but they might have just presented me with a way out of my father's mess.

“What are you going to do?”

I raised my head with a grin, “ I have a date to prepare for,”