Chapter Six

Amelia POV

“Hello, brother."

Goosebumps lick my skin; I can see colour drain slowly from Daniel's skin, how his mouth is left open, and even Ashley, who seemed so agitated just now, is so quiet.

Kayden takes a seat beside me; he takes my hands and places a kiss on them and then on my forehead.

“Hey babe," he whispers.

I smile, "Hey." The smile doesn't reach my face; nothing does.

Because I am just as shocked as Daniel and Ashley.

It's been three years since he rescued me, three years since I woke up in a strange apartment.

With a whole new identity waiting for me, charges cleared, the world mourning or laughing at my death.

Everything.

Three years after I first saw Kayden, he came as a protector and then a friend, and I slowly fell for him and then got married to him.

And in these three years, I never knew that Daniel was his brother.

He never told me.In fact, to the best of my knowledge, he is an orphan.

So what the hell is going on here?

"Kay…Kayden," Daniel whispered, his voice shaking. He removes his tie almost immediately and puts it on the table.

"Daniel", Kayden replies with that smirk that makes him look more handsome day by day.

He leans into the chair, his legs spread slightly apart, arranges his suit, and then turns to look at Daniel in the eyes.

His warm eyes are gone, replaced with a dark, passionate anger.

“I… I thought you were dead? I… I mean, we held a burial for you. How…” Daniel paused, his hands shaking.

He takes in a shaky breath and looks at him.

After some minutes, his eyes widened, as if he had a realisation. "You survived," he says, more of a question than a statement.

Kayden nods. "Yes, I did.

"How? Who saved you?”

Kayden shrugs. "Well, that is for me to know and for you to find out when the time comes.

"He sits up and clears his throat and turns to me. “Babe, lets proceed."I nod, sucking in a deep breath.

My own hands are visibly shaking. What the hell is going on?

How on earth did Kayden end up being Daniel's brother?

I clear my throat and look at them. “Well, I have bought fifty per cent of the company shares. So I would be your new partner…"

“ CEO," Kayden chips in.

“Excuse me? What the hell has got into you? That you woke up from the dead seven years later and got married to your brother's pathetic ex-wife does not make you God or some supreme being we would obey.

We said we would sell 50 per cent of the shares.Selling that makes her a partner with us. Not the CEO. Okay? She is not the owner!” Ashley snaps, hitting her hands on the table.

Kayden smiles and laughs a little bit. “You know you have not changed, Ashley. Even after seven years. And it's good. It's good to know that you have not changed.

But I would love to let you know that in our father's will. 70 per cent of the company and his whole wealth were given to me.

And thirty to my stepmother and her stupid son, who unfortunately is your husband. I am back;

I am keeping my seventy per cent shares. Danks has sold his shares and even mine. I am giving mine to the love of my life, Daniel.

I have bought the other company's share for her.Therefore, she is now the owner of the company and can do whatever she wants with it. Do you have any objections?” He asked.

Ashley remained quiet, squeezing her fist.

“So you came back for revenge. Are you biting the whole company for Amelia? Really?” He asked.

Kayden nods "Yes"

.“So based on that. I now make the rules of this game, and you should follow them. Starting from now, Ashley ceases to be a member of this company; she would not have direct access to the company's money, only her money, and she would not be a model for this company's brand, and every, I mean every, project financed by it would end with immediate effect."

Daniel remained quiet; throughout the whole conversation, his eyes were on me.

Maybe he is trying to find out if I am the same person or if a different person is impersonating me.

My eyes meet his eyes for a split second, just one second.

My stupid heart still flutters just a little bit, not as much as it would.I clear my throat, trying to bring him back to the present, but he seems so fixated on me, just staring like he is not at the brink of losing his business.

“Never! How can you do such a thing?" Ashley screams; she rushes to jump on me, but Kayden holds her down.

Restraining her.“Don't you dare, Ashley. Don't you dare. Or this would be the end of you."Ashley pushes him away and turns to Daniel.

"Babe, say something. Tell them who the boss is!” She screams at his face.

He heaved a sigh and reluctantly pulled his eyes from mine.

“She is the boss. There is nothing I can do. You see it yourself." Ashley pauses, her shoulders fall, and tears stand in her eyes.

“I know why you are doing this, Daniel. I know why you are letting her take all you have worked for for years." She bends and points her index finger at him and says,

“Don't forget that I could be as dangerous as you are!”She takes her bag and walks away, slamming the door behind her.

Immediately she is gone, Daniel's eyes turn to me.

“So what is my punishment?” He asks, his voice calm.

“You would be assisting my secretary from now on paying half of what you earned because your extravagant spending led to the ruin of the company.

According to the reports you used seven hundred thousand dollars for the wedding. You would be paying little by little."He nods and turns to me, a small smile on his face.

“Thank you. Thank you for punishing me. You don't know how much this means to me. And also," he paused and looked at Kayden and then at me.

"For what it is, I am glad that you are alive, really glad."He stands up and gives me a slight bow before walking away.

I stared at the door even after he had walked away, wondering what the hell was going on in his mind.

Why did he seem so happy for me? Was he not meant to be sad or plotting something or even angry?

The Daniel I know would throw a lot of tantrums for that.

He would burn the office and then allow me to take it.

But he seemed so changed; that dark anger in his eyes is gone, and they are replaced with something soft, something human.

Or maybe it is just a pretence.

Kayden took my hands and kissed them again. “Don't worry; he can't hurt you. I would get to him before he does so."

I turn sharply to him, glaring at the smirk on his face.

“Babe I..."

He was Daniel’s brother.The sibling of that monster!

Before he could say another word I slapped him hard on his face.

“Now tell me, Kayden? How the hell are you, Daniel’s brother?"