The cherry-red gown fell to the ground as Laura stood naked in one of the female toilets. She wrapped her hair in her normal ponytail style and wore her original clothes. Laura pushed open the door and came out."I knew that prick would not give up his whereabouts so easily.""There is one problem, though. The information you emailed was tampered with. Monad and Macerio have been distant for almost twelve years. I think he spoke the truth when he said he did not know about his current hideouts."So you suggest that the barrier was hacked and the details were tampered with? If that is so, I have to inform the others." The call came to an abrupt end, leaving Laura in great suspense and confusion. She glanced at her black watch and scrunched her brows."Diego? Come in, I did not hear..." Laura tapped her earpods, attempting to establish a stronger connection with the home server, but her actions were futile. She groaned and pulled the handle open, leaving the cherry dress hanging from th
Ace yelled, not minding if it was Nathan that he talked to in that manner; besides, he had every right to be angry at him. First of all, he had set up a mass destruction explosion without their notice, and now he was not even showing any sign of remorse. Millions of both good and bad people must have been killed all because of his outrageous manner of dealing with things. And most of all, it was sure that Laura couldn’t have made it alive."I tried to reach her, but I could not. Our server was hacked an hour ago. Diego did everything he could to strengthen the barrier, but he could not. I came up with the idea; there were no other alternatives." His cold tone resulted in Ace clenching his fist tighter in annoyance.‘No other alternatives?’ He murmured skeptically at his words. ‘So that was the only good choice he had!’"You are not getting the point; Laura was still in there! She had a child in her stomach! And you just killed both of them!" Ace hollered, revealing to Nathan that Laur
‘Mm, what were you doing here? Do you know the motel? Don’t you have parents?""Nope, I am an orphan. My parents died in a car accident when I was in the twelfth grade. Since then, I have been borrowing to survive. Well, to cut a long story short, I am in great debt." Yvonne lowered her head while she caressed the worn-out necklace on her neck sadly. It does look like they both had their fair share of losses. "You? Why were you there? You look better off than me and richer too, so I do not expect you to be in the same situation as I am."Came to murder someone...." Laura mentioned this while lowering her head. She was still in a daze but managed to respond to the girl’s question. Her broad eyes scanned through the environment where they were, and she heaved a sigh. At least for now, Laura was sure of her safety, although she was wary about the girl.Her timing was impeccable, but what held so much curiosity was why she would be here at this hour of the day. To be factual with figures,
Camila stood, stunned for a moment after her brain had processed his sentence to its fullest peak, and stuttered. She hadn’t expected him to easily admit defeat without pulling out his gun or, more so, beheading her tonight. All of Camila’s expectations flew with the wind. Her gaze softened while she monitored the aura change in Nathan.Something she had never seen before just happened. Nathan was feeling remorseful, but why? She hadn’t even begun with his chapters, and he just gave up like that, which was unlike him to do so. Could it be that she had reminded him of his dirty past? Hell, No! This was Nathan, whom her brain was accessing right now, and no matter his obscene past, he never gave a fuck nor showed a remorseful remark. It was either a cold scowl or a plain stoic expression. This was new!&n
Ace quietly gazed into her silvery black pupils as he squeezed her palms into his. Knowing he had offended her, he let go of her palm and apologized. "I did not mean it. It is just that... I am so upset right now.""I know and I understand that too... We have a mole in our organization, Ace. The faster we get rid of whoever is responsible, the better for us," Laura mentioned, her gaze carrying an unsettled expression in it."What are you talking about?" He tried to make sense of the signals Laura made, and when he did, he sighed. What she just said made a whole lot of difference, which explained why their server was hacked all of a sudden.She was always right when it came to noticing that their information was stolen and publicly exposed to their enemies. Ace rested his head on the chair and drove to the hotel owned by Nathan. It was a two-hour straigh
Thud!Again, her heart rushed and pumped more blood into her body, which was getting weak from standing. Laura’s ears tingled solemnly to hear the words he had uttered, and more so, she fought to know whether they were sincere."What was he sorry for?" Her mind blanked out immediately, and unconsciously, she slumped into the arms of Nathan. His tight, firm hands carried her whole body to the couch, where he laid her down on the couch and caressed her face. Still stuck in a daze, she found herself on the couch and quickly snapped herself out of that unfading daze. Her arms wrapped against his firm chest, and she coughed slightly. Was this still Nathan? The cold man she knewLaura’s head spun excruciatingly as it filled its capacity with questions and questions and ques
Laura screamed as she grabbed Nathan’s tie and glared into his gray eyes. She could find nothing! No remorse for his statements—nothing! ‘This was how he truly felt towards her? Like a piece of trash.Her heart sang into the deep blue ocean, wondering where it all went wrong."He was our creation, for crying out loud.""To me, that child was only a façade in my life. I never wanted it; you did, so you must bear the consequences. The child is dead, and you caused it.""You fucking said that to me? Tell me what you said was only a lie."Her voice croaked hoarsely as she stumbled backward away from him. Laura hung her hands on her head and stared into blank space."Face the truth and sto
"What else can I do?" Macerio chuckled deeply as his voice sent shivers down both Olive and Asher. Both men stood there with sweat on their foreheads. Obviously, this man still had these authoritative glares and tones, and they could not help but cowardly bow their heads. As they were equally scared of this man.His years of gambling and crimes were no match for many young mafia rulers, especially Mr. Nathan from the Ezra Cassano lineage, yet he was able to surpass him! What a mystery!"Look at me; I am nothing but a broken man with a dead daughter and half a leg on a wheelchair. Should I go on? I was definitely not the old master in those days. That bastard asshole has ruined everything! He brought nothing but shame to Johnson’s name!"Macerio ranted with every one of his words, cursing Nathan’s generation if there ever was one. He crushed