“The CEO of Elon Trust? Is he coming here?” William asked, looking pleased. They had wanted to get to know the CEO of Elon Trust for a merger deal that would bring the Carlton family into the social, economic masses.“Yes. Miss. Susan Writtle, here is his assistant waiting on the meal.” Blake said, looking at William to answer his question.“Miss. Writtle, it’s a pleasure to meet you. Benjamin Carlson.” Benjamin reintroduced himself again.“Yes, I know. You introduced yourself earlier. Do you normally repeat yourself?” Susan asked with disdain in her voice.“No, no, I do not.”“Uhum,” Susan said, then looked at Blake. “Sir, did he not just do it again?”“Why, Miss. Writtle, I do recollect that he did, and it’s a nasty habit when doing business. Furthermore, standing at someone’s table is very rude.” Blake said with a smile towards Susan.Seeing that they were being played, Benjamin became upset and was fuming as Claire and Tabitha tried to stop their giggling over the events.“For you
“Uhm, excuse me, but the CEO will arrive shortly.” Susan interrupted the two brothers.This person is the CEO of Elon Trust, so low-key that no one knows his true identity. Everyone was excited about meeting him for the first time, and even Julie was a little anxious about meeting him.There was a commotion when a man in a white suit entered the building holding some documents. Mr. Sam Wheaton arrived and waited at the door to welcome the CEO of Elon Trust. A handsome man walked in with his hair flowing as a breeze passed, but there was no wind in the building; his aura was that of a warrior and showed dominance over everyone. The onlookers were shocked by the scene before them. This was the same man that was shot and dragged away. He made his way to the shocked and confused Lucas’s party.“Sorry, I’m late. I had the damndest thing happen. Someone tried to shoot my mother-in-law. But rest assured, the culprit didn’t get too far. Now where the hell is our waiter?” Blake looked around w
“Well, a new order of business has to take place,” Blake said as he headed towards the scared maître d’.“You, get all staff out here right now. We are having a meeting.” Blake told the man.“By what authority?” The man asked.“By the authority, I now own this establishment,” Blake said, showing him the papers.Wide-eyed, the man read the papers stating that Elon Trust owned the Shangri-la Restaurant. The two brothers looked at one another and placed their heads lower.“Yes, sir. Right away, sir.” The man almost tripped on his own feet, trying to get everyone out to have a staff meeting.Blake looked around, and there were still a few diners enjoying their meal, and Blake was dissatisfied.“All of you, leave the facility now. Don’t worry about your bill; it’s on the house.” Blake said, telling the rest of the dinners to leave.The diners left one after the other until one stopped in front of Blake with an apologetic look.“Sir, please excuse our lack of help; we are defenseless to the
Blake looked at Julie, surprised at her demeanor changing rapidly, first hostile and then loving, making Blake shake his head in amazement.“Okay, you two.”“Please, we meant no harm. Please be magnanimous and be the bigger person.” Benjamin said, looking at Blake with a pleading look.“Be magnanimous. Be the bigger person? Meant no harm? Who authorized the assassination of Julie Weston?” Blake asked, taking a sip of his wine.Both the brothers looked at one another. They had planned it with Lucas. If the daughters were too stubborn, they would show their strength by getting rid of their mother, giving the girls a sense of helplessness and conquering them in the process. But who in their right mind would confess to such an act when it had failed?“Sir, It was all Lucas’s idea, and William and I had no part in it,” Benjamin stated, hoping not to be found out.Blake frowned at the two men as if he could see through them.“From your own mouth, you were trying to bestow the wisdom to your
“It’s a standard issue when you’re in my position,” Blake said, still sitting with Susan, Helen, and Mr. Wheaton.“Blake, why don’t we place our tables together?” Claire said, noticing that Blake didn’t come to their table after everyone had left.“Sure, let’s do that,” Blake said and had the waiters move the tables around for them. After everyone was settled, Blake was sitting between Susan and Claire.Everyone greeted everyone, and small talk commenced, but every so often, glances toward Blake by the women around him would be noticed by Claire.“Blake, why did you let the Carlson family off with a warning? With the power of the family, it would be easy for you to have destroyed them as well.” Mr. Wheaton asked over his meal.“It’s better to have allies that enemies. I could indeed have destroyed their family, and then there would have been a void that needed to be filled. The family is now in a precarious position with what the men did tonight, and I can use that to my advantage.” B
The two men were in their car when they saw Blake carrying Sara out of the burning building and were stunned by the scene before them. Was he not human? The fire alone would incinerate any living person. Blake then placed Sara into one of the vans not destroyed by the explosions and slowly walked to the men in their car.“Quick, get us out of here!” The scholar man yelled at the middle-aged man who was behind the wheel.Blake waved his hand casually, and the hood and engine were cut in half, allowing the fuel and water to spray everywhere. The car was not going anywhere.Shock, disbelief, and horror went through the two men seeing their vehicle cut in half. Blake went up to the window of the driver’s side and lightly tapped on it, making Blake look like a demon to the two men.“If you two gentlemen kindly get out of the car, we can continue our conversation,” Blake said through the window showing no emotions.The men were frozen in their seats, not moving. Blake sighed, and with a lig
In Villa forty-five, Eric Shuler was waiting for the men he had hired to bring Sylvia to him. He had loved her since they were kids, but she would always be after Blake, which was why he hated Blake passionately. He had wanted Blake taken out for a long time, and it wasn’t till his father’s death that secrets came to the surface.Eric was pondering over the last few years when he tried to eradicate Blake, which coincided with his father’s eradication of Blake’s parents. ‘The first time was when he left the Elon family. I had hired assassins to take his life before he joined the military, but he had hidden bodyguards around him that foiled my plans. During his tenure in the military, it was even more difficult. My uncle saw personally to watch over him and guided Blake to the special forces and commendations. Who would have known he would become the most lethal soldier in the military? It took great planning for his platoon’s ambush and trying to kill Blake, which failed. What luck is
Within seconds, the glass shattering was heard, and Eric gave a sly smile. He had texted the assassins of the Alliance of Mid-Eastern to take out his rivals when he was facing the window earlier; all he had to do was stall for time. But to Eric’s surprise, Blake was over Sara, and the bullet meant for him went into the couch, and another hole in Blake’s suit appeared on his back. Soon there were more holes on Blake’s back as more red dots were seen focused on him, then a red dot on his head with a metal sound was heard. There was a pause from the berating of bullets when Blake turned around and glared for a second at Eric before disappearing before him.The snipers were confused that their target moved fast and protected the other target. Figuring that the male target was wearing body armor, one of the snipers targeted his head which was without protection. Through his scope, he noticed a miracle. The bullet bounced off the target’s head, and he was unharmed, then the male target disa