On his drive back home that fateful evening, he had a ton of things on his mind.And of course, the one at the highest top is the side mission that has just being handed down to him by the man he wants as an investor. He practically just hinted that he is fully capable to sponsor the whole thing, but just as long as Reid helps him convince his woman, not necessarily to come back to him but to at least find out why he had called off the wedding.For a man who’s currently in a relationship, he knows so damn well that if she walked out on him on the day of the wedding, it won’t be a pretty scene, so while he can, if he can, he’d love to offer his help…And that was exactly what Reid did.On getting home that night though, he met his girlfriend at the time, pulling a suitcase behind her, right at the stairs of the house.“Gabriella? Where are you going?” He asks her puzzledly, looking at her pull the same suitcase she had pulled in with her just three months before.The Mexican-American w
“Reid? Did you receive the call from boss earlier?”He barely glances up, nodding. “I did, and he is your boss, not mine.”Before he knows it, he is yanked up his chair and plastered with his back against the wall, “You do not talk to us like that, and I am a middleman, not a servant between you two, so you do not have the right to speak so low to us.”Reid Flanagan scoffs, “Who came in here calling me by my first name? I am not Reid to you, and I make sure to give mutual respects to whoever deserves it.”The tall, bulky man hoists him up a meter further but Reid does not break his eye contact, both of them staring daggers at one another, before he sets him down, not so gently.Reid looks him right in the eye, and proceeds to slap him across the face. “If you respect your boss so much, you will not do such to someone he plans to work with.” Without glancing back, Reid walks back to same chair he had been sitting in earlier, “How can I help you?”The other man’s cheeks are inflamed wit
*REID*Adralle.You know how in a person’s life, there are a quadrillion turning points? How there are times and moments you have done what you should not have done?Adralle is one of those times… the name smells of danger, and now it’s turned up in something pretty close, not directly, but close nevertheless, to me.It is absolutely no coincidence…As Raees stares at me puzzledly, my fists clench in my pocket because now it dawns on me.He’s always had a thing for women belonging to other people, that was his kink? And he was so good at it that he would always manage to take even the most loyal woman from her man, use her and then dump her like all they ‘had’ did not happen.He was evil, but at the time, I knew no less, and helped him in one of his acquisitions…When I learnt about it, and tried to change it, the deed was already done, and the aftermath had not been good, and for five rigorous years, I have heard nothing about him, not like I actually care anyway, but where it has man
*DANIEL*“Are you done over there?” I ask her, peeping out of my own vantage point.Preparing the documents for an handover is already being worked on, and it’s a pretty easy work, what is taking so long now is my plan.They can only take a company that remains from me, there is no company without one existing anymore, and that works for me.It’s either nothing for them and everything for me, or nothing for either of us, and even going as far as doing this, will certainly harm my reputation but what remains to be done is not just important but also necessary.Cecelia comes out of the small side of the wall, nodding. “Done, no one will suspect any wrong involvements.”I nod, helping her out of the wedge. “Let’s go then.” I coax softly, my voice lighter than it ought to be. “We sent everyone home earlier right?”Cecelia nods, wiping her hands off on her black denim trouser. “The contract and all of that is in the car, we’re the only ones here.”“Let’s go then. Let’s see how they handle m
“Do you really think he’s going to do it?” I ask in the car as we head back home, glancing over at Reid who’s driving.“You think we asked for a lot?”“Not at all, if it were possible, he’ll be my servant for life, but unfortunately, that is against the law. I’ll settle for his company. It had been because of the same company he had committed so many atrocities, so no, taking it from him isn’t too much. But will he willingly just hand it over?”“As long as I hold something over his head, he will. The man’s a chicken, although, he won’t do so without a fight. That, I have prepared for.” He laughs slyly, barely sparing me a glance.“You are pretty evil, and calculative, you know that right?” I blurt amidst a guffaw“I know, I just tend to tone it down because I like you, and I don’t want my scary part to throw you away.”My laughter dies. We both know that wasn’t a joke and neither is it a funny response to my obvious joke.“I’m not going anywhere. Not when you dropped out of a deal jus
“He’s been released sir.”I barely raise my head, nodding absentmindedly. “Reid Caddel released him, but on what grounds?”“We have yet to figure it out but he’s been on the move since he was returned to the intersection of his home. He went home, met with that woman and they left together. A man is currently tailing them and gives updates every five minutes.”I nod again, the nail cutter snapping as I sear away another toenail. They aren’t grown yet but whatever will be a nuisance will show its signs from early stages, such as these danged nails.“Keep me updated then.”“Yes sir.” He bows and proceeds to leave before I change my mind.“Come back, I have a special assignment for you.”He turns around to me, and this time, I put down my feet, this one is important.As soon as all of these small issues around them, especially with Daniel blows over, I have to make sure that the red-head discovers the kind of man she currently is with, and just he’s not much different from the cousin he