ELENA
I Looked at Jason like he had just run mad.
Actually he had, because I certainly didn’t just hear him propose such nonsense to me. It was enough that the will was as real as anything. But going ahead with Paul’s games? Hell no!“I don’t know what you are doing asking me to marry you. But I’m just going to have to decline, because I can not do it.” I told him with all honesty.At the moment, I couldn’t even remember that I had a long term crush on him, and that he was standing right in front of me now.All I could think of, was how to get the hell out of this place. My head was pounding and I could feel the migraine coming up.“Elena! There is no way I’m letting you leave without saying yes to me! It’s my fucking life we are talking about here. Heck, I don’t even know you! But we have to do this or my family will lose everything. Every fucking thing!” Jason literally bellowed, gesturing wildly for emphasis.I paused, just staring at him with disbelief. “I don’t even think you also realize that it’s also my life we are talking about here too! I can’t throw away five years just like that. Oh hell no!” I threw back, suddenly beginning to feel hot, even if the office was air conditioned.It was absurd that he was asking that I agree to marry him. Jason looked at me like he wanted to slap some sense into me. “I can’t believe that my father would give such a big responsibility to a person like you. You have no consideration! Can’t you see the bigger picture? One mistake, and it’s not just I and my family losing everything, but you and all the other thousands of employees.” As he spoke, he brought out his business card and slammed it on the desk. “I can pay you any amount you want, just think about it and give me a call. It’s either you are in, or you just want to be wicked.” And with that, he turned, and unlocked the door, without giving me a second glance.I must have just stayed there, completely stunned for a few moments, before I collected myself and slowly walked to my seat, and collapsed there.What the hell was this?~
My phone rang, tearing me out of my thoughts. I picked it up, unplugging it from the charger, to see who it was and winced.
I let it ring to see if he would stop, but once he called again, I just rolled my eyes and picked it up.“Hello, Mr Flintstone.” I said, once I held it to my ear.“Listen, I know I’m not supposed to call you on your private cell about this, and I also know this is not a good time for business, but I cannot keep my own project waiting while you continue to mourn your boss. I have business to do.” He was saying in the calmest voice possible.I sighed and leaned back on my chair, feeling dejected. He was right about one thing. This wasn’t a great time to call, at all!But Flintstone was a sweetheart, and one of our top investors. If he pulled out, then we were going to make a big loss. Something I couldn’t let happen.It was for solely that reason I was talking to him in the first place:“I understand Mr Flintstone. I promise I will get back to you by the end of tomorrow. Things are actually improving over here.” I told him. Not offering more explanation than that.If only he knew that chaos had just ensued. Who would understand that from now on, it would be my signature on every damn paper in the company?
Who?I heard a sigh, deeper than mine, before he spoke again. “How are you holding up?” He finally asked, and from his tone, I could tell he had calmed down and was going to wait till the next day.The only problem was, I wasn’t even sure I would have an answer for him by then and only hoped for a miracle.JASONI looked at my wristwatch for the hundredth time.
Elena hadn’t called. In fact, she had left her office a couple of hours after I had left, and never came back.I could see the questioning stares of people and their murmurings as I walked past them. I saw it all, but at the point I was, I didn’t care.Tyler had called severally. Our mother had called.Heck, even the lawyer had called.But I had ignored every single one of their calls.What was taking her so long?It bothered me to think that while we were all suffering and waiting for answers, she was out there taking her sweet sweet time, knowing she had the upper hand.It was only a matter of signing a few paperwork, and everything was hers. Something that could happen at anytime.Where had she gone to?What kind of employee was she, for her to have left the office in the middle of the day and never come back?Was she that independent at her job?What really disturbed me the most was the fact that since I didn’t work in this branch, I couldn’t really tell how things worked. I didn’t even know what was going on.I had packed some documents on my back to the hotel suite I had rented, so I could go through them.But now, as I stood at the wide glass wall, staring out the window, I knew there was no way I was getting any work done tonight.Not when I wondered if she was ever going to call back.Was she?Or was she going to be selfish and keep it all to herself?If I saw even my fathers ghost by any chance, I was going to strangle him for putting us through all of this stress.ELENAI smiled as I looked at my self in the mirror.It had been exactly two weeks since the incident with Colton, and we had resolved a lot of issues.Jason had come to confess to me about what he had hired Colton to do, and the truth was, even if I had been hurt hearing it from him, I had actually known about it. The night before that day, I had been having a very serious headache and had been on my way to the bedroom when I had heard him and Tyler argue about it.But I had also heard him say that he hadn’t gone through with it and had only kept Colton there.I had forgiven him then, because I couldn’t blame him. It wasn’t easy losing your father and then hearing that he had given everything he had to his assistant.Jason had even confessed that he hat thought that I was his father’s mistress and had cast it out of his kind the night we had made love for the first time.It had been a long discussion, but had actually settled a lot of things.And there was something Colton had said t
JASONI didn’t want to believe what Lucinda was saying, but with everything that had been happening for the past few days, I couldn’t not believe her. I would be a fool to give Colton the benefit of a doubt.I had taken care of that man right from the time I had seen him looking all tattered and unkempt. And all that had been a ploy to extract money from me?Well now that he had taken the millions I gave him and the one that he had stolen from Elena. Why couldn’t he just let my family be?“And did he tell you why he was doing all of this to me and my family? Did he tell you why he tried to kill us?” I asked in a raised voice that sent Lucinda cowering away, and hiding her face behind the curtain of her straight blond hair.I had always known there was something off about her. The way she behaved. The way she spoke. The way she kept mostly to herself as if the whole world was against her or something. You had always known.I just hadn’t expected this.“No. I swear he didn’t. Most of th
ELENAI didn’t have to stare at the picture for very long before I realized who it was. Even if I had seen his face only once, I could recognize him from anywhere.The eyes were a dead giveaway.Such dead eyes. Menacing eyes that looked like they had no soul.I could remember the first and only time I had seen his picture and had literally been scared of it the moment I set my eyes on him.It had to be him.“What do you mean by knowing who this man is?” It was Tyler who was asking and I turned to look at him.“Tyler, where is Lucinda?” I asked, lifting myself off Jason’s lap.The both of them looked at me in confusion as I went in search for Lucinda.“She just left. What does that have to do with anything?” Jason, who had gone completely silent, finally spoke, in a cool voice.I looked from Jason to Tyler and sighed, leaning on the kitchen counter as I recalled what had happened the day I had seen that face.“I am telling you, that that man in that picture, is Lucinda’s boyfriend. So
COLTONMy stomach hurt.I couldn’t breathe.I had been running for hours and hours as the police chased after me, showing up at every spot I tried to hide.How had this happened?I had planned everything. It had taken me weeks to do so, but I had put everything in place for the big day. Including all those distractions at Elena’s parents home, and the prank with the him.I had done everything to make sure things went according to plan. But Craig had spooked everything when he had gone inside and probably alerted the police and Jason about what was going on.This was not the first time I had gone to that bank to make a huge transaction. And it was a the fifth time either. But that idiot had chosen to make a big deal out of it. And I wasn’t going to forgive him for what he had done.By the time I was done with Jason and Elena, then i would go to Craig.Deep down though, I knew it was all because of that idiot. He had already made Craig’s transfer that huge sum to his Swiss account. And
JASON“Are you trying to tell me that Colton is involved in this sham too? Because I find that very hard to believe.” Tyler, who was usually reasonable in situation like these, looked like he was about to lose it. And I didn’t blame him. I found it hard to believe too.It was crazy as fuck just thinking about it. In fact, I just wanted to go home and rest already.We had closed all activities today as the police went in search of Colton.He had escaped as soon as Craig had gone into that room to make that call.Probably had panicked when Craig spent a little over a few minutes in his bid to reach me.“I’m as confused as you are, Tyler.” I said, as the guilt that always ate me up began to resurface again.We were currently on our way home as we had closed really early and had decided to head home and wait for any news on the police chase that was going on right as we spoke.“Do you know if he had any kind of animosity towards you are something?” Jane asked from the seat opposite us. S
ELENAI couldn’t even believe what was going on as I looked from one brother to the next. What were the odds?I knew it definitely wasn’t a coincidence that the same to y Richardson was the one who had rendered my family broke beyond repair, and had run off with my fathers vast wealth, to go do whatever he liked with it. That was as far as I knew at the moment. My father had claimed that he had known nothing about his were abouts, until his death in that plane crash. “Something doesn’t just feel right about all of this.” Tyler said, looking from me, to Jason, who had gone really quiet ever since he had told me that Tony was his uncle.I cleared my throat and looked at them. “I mean, I’m not trying to say anything to worsen the situation or make anyone suspicious of anyone. But do you think the three of them knew each other?” I asked, staring pointedly at Jason. His frown had been increasing by the minute.“I don’t know, because the only person alive out of the three men, is Thomas.