Chapter 4

Jonathan got into his black police car that he came with his assistant, Sergeant Brown.

Brown glanced at Jonathan's face and asked, "What do you plan on doing to help your lover? You know the T-Group are very dangerous, and we have been looking for evidence since, and none. They are very smart and vigilant. Why would your girlfriend's father get himself entangled in a business dealing with Damian Tucker? I am sad, but I see no help coming their way."

"Do not say that nonsense, Brown. Damian is getting on our nerves, and as officers of the law, we must apprehend him and hand him over to the government."

"I know... but how do you intend to do that? Your father has tried to get Damian's father arrested and behind bars, but failed, and now you want to risk your life to fight with the devil. He has the higher-ups backing him. So, I'm suggesting you wash your hands off this case and help your girlfriend raise the money. That's if Damian doesn't come for her, as I can see that she is beautiful, and his kind of woman that he messes with."

"Do not you dare say that crap to me!" Jonathan growled as he grasped Brown's shirt.

"I will kill Damian before he gets his hand on my woman. Start the car, we are heading back to the station to report the case," Jonathan insisted, and Brown sighed.

"Alright." Brown started the car and drove off to the police station branch in North Wind Town.

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In a luxury estate, several black cars arrived and parked on the estate grounds.

"Bring Mr. Dawson out and take him to the cell," Damian ordered his men as he left them and went to his mansion.

On his way home, Damian got a phone call earlier from his father, stating that it was an urgent matter, and he was needed at his home.

Damian walked ahead to his mansion, and the men in black, working for him and guarding around the mansion, bowed and welcomed him.

They had escorted Mr. Max to the cell they had built to lock up their own prisoners. It was an empty, dark room, built like a boy's quarter apartment at the back of the exquisite mansion.

It was built away from the main mansion, so the men in black bundled Mr. Max away like he was a criminal and took him into the room. They locked up the door and left him.

"Shout all you want. There's no one to come rescue you," the men in black warned and left.

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Damian entered the living room and went upstairs to his bedroom on the top floor. He ignored responding to his father's call, thinking that his father was calling him related to business or why he went ahead and got Mr. Max apprehended.

Damian recalled the sight of Alicia Dawson. He had seen her before, during his visit to the town's hospital. He wanted her and knew of the relationship that she was in. He decided to use her father as a means to get her.

"There's no way that the Dawson family would be able to raise such a huge amount of money within a short time," Damian said, smiling as he went through his bath.

Entering his bathroom, Damian stripped off his black hand gloves, taking off his shirt and trousers, and he prepared for his bath. After he was done bathing, he came out of the bathroom and dressed up in a sleeping wear. His phone rang, and he took it from the shelf to see who was calling him.

"Boss, should I arrange for any woman for you tonight?" Jeff Brody asked.

Damian was in no mood for any woman.

"No. Contact the Dawson family and let them know about my offer," Damian said.

"What? What offer is that, boss? We just left their mansion not too long ago," Jeff replied confusedly.

"I know. Let them know that I offer to have Alicia Dawson as my bride in exchange for her father's release. Failure to show up tomorrow will get her father punished," said. Damian.

"Oh!" Jeff gasped. "Is that all, boss?" He asked.

"Yes. Send the marriage proposal to Mrs. Dawson tonight. I expect to see Alicia first thing tomorrow morning," Damian said.

"Alright, boss. I am on it," Jeff ended the call and proceeded to contact Mrs. Dawson's number.

Damian smirked as he awaited to see Alicia's reaction the following day. He went back to his home office to get himself busy with some other deals that needed his attention.

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In Alicia's home, her mother came out of the room after her failed attempt to reach her brother on the call.

"Mom, what are we going to do to get Dad out of the T-Group's clutch? We cannot wait for Dad's brother to help us, and I do not know if Jonathan will be able to help us?" Alicia spoke to her mother, standing in the living room.

Mrs. Jennifer sighed and took a seat on the couch. "I do not know, Alicia. But you should not tell your boyfriend any more about your father. We cannot trust those police officers, even if he is your boyfriend. They should not publicize us on the news, and tell him you do not know anything about your father's job."

"But, Mom, Jonathan is only trying to help us. Why not tell him what you know about my Father?" Alicia said, but her mother's eyes narrowed at her.

"No! You should not dare to trade love over your family. Your father's life is in danger, and you're thinking of getting the police boyfriend of yours every detail of your father's business will help us. What will happen after your father's release, and they find something off? The police will come after him for fraud or anything else they want to use to hold him in arrest. So, no!" Mrs. Jennifer looked serious, and Alicia swallowed hard.

"So, Mom, what do you plan to do now?" Alicia asked, while Samantha sighed and said, "Mom, I do not know who to turn to for such a huge amount of money. I can only be able to pay up $1 million. The remaining $9 million is off my limit. Why not ask Damian Tucker if he can accept another offer?"

"Another offer like what?" Mrs. Jennifer and Caden asked Samantha. 

However, Samantha shrugged, blushed, and told her mother, "To become Damian's woman."

"What?" Mrs. Jennifer's eyes widened in shock. Likewise Caden and Alicia's eyes.

"You're crazy, Samantha! How dare you think of offering your body to that lunatic!" Caden charged towards his younger sister to smack her, but his mother interrupted him.

"Caden, do not dare to hit your sister. What can you do to help your father? You are a lawyer, yet you could not do anything to challenge Damian! Only one kick of his boot sent you flying away, and now, you dare to raise your hands on Samantha. Forgetting that your father's life is in danger," Lady Jennifer said.

"But, Mom..." Caden tried to speak, but his mother cut him off. "I do not want to hear it. Samantha is right, and we should think of how to contact Damian and offer the proposal to him. Samantha is very beautiful, and a top model here in the country, so Damian will consider her proposal."

"And what if Damian rejects Samantha? You know his record with multiple women. What if he is a carrier of any disease? Haven't you thought about the dangers in having Samantha become his woman, a man who engages in multiple women and a Mafia kingpin?" Caden showed his disgust, his expression stern.

Lady Jennifer shook her head and replied, "I cannot sit back and watch your father get killed. The police would not be able to do anything to help him. Damian is a mafia lord in this part of the state, and the best we can do is make our proposal and try our luck so that he does not kill your father over his debt. Besides, you benefited from it. You went to the highest law school because of your father."

"But I never asked Dad to engage with Damian," Caden replied, and his mother frowned and spat, "You are only an ingrate, and I wish I had another son who is smarter than you."

Caden frowned, unable to rebel against his mother. Just then, her phone rang, and she took it up to see who the caller was.

"Who's calling you, Mom?" They asked.

"I do not know. Let me find out," Lady Jennifer replied and finally answered the call. "Hello, who am I speaking with?"