After a while, Ella finally let go of Austin. She didn’t want to imagine what would have happened if his men had not come and the thugs had managed to kidnap them.“Are you okay?” Austin asked in a whisper. “Yes I am,” Ella answered. “You idiot, there was no need to put yourself in danger just because of me,” she chided.Hearing Ella scold him assured Austin that she was really fine. He couldn’t describe the anger he felt at that moment when Ella was being humiliated. It made him forget everything including the fact that the thugs had their guns pointed at him.“I couldn’t control myself when I heard him say those things,” He explained.Ella touched the cheek he had been punched on lightly. “And what would I have done if something had happened to you?” she asked.Marcelo, who was standing beside them, wished to be anywhere else but there. Didn’t the two realize that they were in a public place surrounded by people? Why were they acting so lovey dovey with each other?His phone sudde
Justin stepped out of his car and as soon as he did, the driver who had driven Jasmine to the restaurant, stepped out of his own car and approached him.“Good afternoon young master,” the driver greeted and bowed his head in respect. “Good afternoon,” Justin answered. “Hasn’t Jasmine come out yet?” he asked.“No sir,” the driver answered. Justin’s brows furrowed upon hearing the driver’s answer. Jasmine had texted him a while back informing him that the contractors had already signed the contract so why was she not out yet?Justin could immediately feel something was wrong. He quickly entered the restaurant and scanned it but there was no sign of Jasmine anywhere. He could feel himself starting to get anxious.There was still that unknown mafia gang that put a price on her head which meant that her life was going to be in constant danger. “Good afternoon sir, how may I help you?” A waiter asked.“Did you see a red haired lady in your restaurant?” Justin inquired. Jasmine was very e
Justin turned to look at Jasmine with a questioning look on his face. “Jasmine?” he called.“I want to hear what they have to say,” Jasmine said. Although Jasmine had said that she wanted to see her parents, Cole could not grant her wish if Justin did not give him permission to do so. And so, He turned to Justin and waited for him to speak.“You can send them in,” Justin said. Cole bowed and left.After Cole left, Justin turned to Jasmine. “I don’t think it’s a good idea to see your family,” he said. “Nothing good ever comes from my family,” Jasmine affirmed and chuckled. “My sister is the one responsible for my condition and so, I want to hear what she have to say.”There was a knock on the door after Jasmine spoke. “Come in,” she said and the door opened. Just like Cole had informed them, her father and siblings were there. The only person who was not there was her step mother, Regina, much to Jasmine’s relief.Justin did not bother to hide the hatred from them as he looked at th
“If Justin Gerano thinks he has won then he has no idea of what I’m capable of. It’s time he realizes that the Geranos are not as powerful as they think they are,” Regina sneered.The Geranos thought that they were the most powerful family but that was not the case. Even if the Geranos, Brooks and Fraser all came together, it was not going to be a match for the empire her family had been building for over thirty years and they were the three most powerful families. Regina thought to herself as she remembered the past.They had remained anonymous since they had been created as they were not interested in gang wars. All they wanted was to do their business in peace but that didn’t mean that they didn’t become ruthless if necessary. And one of the times to become ruthless had finally come. The Geranos wouldn’t know what hit them. Regina turned and focused her attention on the man in front of her. “You know what you have to do right?” she asked.“Yes I do,” the man answered.“Now go
“Ma’am, what are we going to do?” They kept on asking Ella. “I don’t know. How are we going to find a model to fill in for the other one in a space of less than twenty minutes?” She muttered to herself. Someone suddenly gasped and they all turned to look at who it was. It was one of the other models who had done so. She quickly walked from the back to Ella. “Ma’am, you are a perfect replacement for the other model,” she said and everyone immediately nodded in agreement.“Why didn’t I think of this,” the makeup artist said and scolded himself for not coming up with the idea sooner. They were racking their brains looking for who could be the model’s replacement when the answer had been right in front of them all along; Ella.She was about five ten in height and she had a really slim body just like a model’s.“No no no,” Ella refused. “There is no way I can be the model replacement. I haven’t been through any training like you guys,” she pointed out.“Nonsense, that’s not necessary,”
“Justin, call Jonathan and Marcelo and inform them of what happened tonight. I want that mole found by tomorrow!” Sebastian ordered. Justin nodded and left to do as his father had asked him to. “It’s late, you all should head home,” Austin urged.“But I want to stay and help,” Charlotte said.“He’s right my love, we should head home,” Sebastian said. “But…” Charlotte started to argue but Sebastian held her hand and stopped her. “I know you want to help but there’s nothing we can do tonight. You'll help tomorrow,” he said and Charlotte had no choice but to agree.That was a lie on Sebastian's part as he had no intention of involving Charlotte in the matter. He could tell that something big was about to go down and so, there was no way he would put her in danger. As he passed by Austin, he gave him a look and Austin who had known his uncle for all his life immediately understood the look. “Involve her and you suffer for it,” was what Austin understood by the look. He immediately
Ella opened her eyes sharply as she had been woken up from sleep abruptly. She turned her head to the left and she saw the source of what had led to her waking up. It was her phone which was ringing. And even though it was on vibration, that didn’t stop her from waking up. This was due to the environment she had grown up in with taught her that she had to be at alert at all timesHer phone stopped vibrating and she returned her head back to what she was lying on and closed her eyes.It was as if something snapped in her head and she opened her eyes again to look at the pillow she was resting her head on. Her eyes widened in shock when she saw that the pillow was Austin’s chest. She looked down and saw that she had slept in Austin’s arms. Ella quickly stood up and jumped down from the bed. After speaking to Jasmine, she and Austin decided to watch a movie. They must have fallen asleep while watching the movie. Her phone started vibrating once more and she picked up the phone. Her
"We are here," the cab driver said to Jasmine.Jasmine was brought out of her deep thoughts. She looked outside and saw that they had indeed arrived at her family's restaurant."Thank you," she said and gave the cab driver his money. Jasmine got down from the car and looked at the restaurant once again.There seem to be no customers at the restaurant. That was shocking as she expected to see the place already full considering what had been released about her.Well that was to her advantage as she would be able to say what she wanted to without any interruptions. Taking a deep breath she entered the restaurant.She was met by a cleaner who was cleaning up the place. It was evident from the look of shock on her face that she wasn't expecting her."Is Mr Lucious Baxter in," she asked."Do you have an appointment with him," the cleaner asked. Having worked with Justin as his personal assistant, she knew how these things worked. Her father was definitely upstairs in his office and tha