LOGINSTEIN The moment I disconnected, I focused on my stepmother. “So? What's wrong with your husband?” She asked, giving me that look of disdain I hated the most. “None of your business.” I threw my phone on my desk before I sat down. “I'll work on getting Jonas out before 7. You don't need to worry about him,” I lied, while keeping a pleasant look on my face. I'd be damned if I'd help him. But she didn't have to know at all. She gave me a suspicious look before she let out a sigh. “Let me know if you need my help.”“Of course.” I gestured to my door. “I would have seen you out, but I'm currently busy trying to clean up your husband's mess.” She glared, but didn't give a retort. I watched with a smile as she stormed out of my office the same way she came. With her gone, I called Mary into my office. “Sir?” “Push out as much dirt as you can on Jonas to the prosecutors. I need him detained until tomorrow. Then after that… “ I grinned, linking my fingers together. “We send him to hell
KAILeon froze. “Dad?” I called again, looking from him to the boy, who was looking at me with a raised brow. Seeing the two up close, I realised why I had thought the boy looked familiar. “Ka… Kai?” Leon blinked. “What are you doing here?”I stepped out of the lift before it could close on me. “Is he your son?” I asked in a surprisingly calm voice. Leon looked at the boy, then back at me. “Kai —”“Who's he, Dad?” The boy asked, interrupting him. “Why is he calling you Dad? Is that like a misunderstanding?” Leon shook his head. “Go in, Max. I need to speak to him alone.” The boy, Max, looked between us. “But —” “Go in!”Max sniffed, then nodded and hurried down the hallway. Leon looked at him with a guilty expression. “So, he's your son, huh?” I asked, bringing his focus back to me. He turned to look at me, and his expression shifted to anger. “What are you doing here?”I was stunned by the question. “Is that really important right now?”“Of course it is,” he gritted out in an
STEIN “What the fuck is going on?!” Jonas roared, pacing the floor. Mary was really impatient and had to start the work I sent her immediately. I didn't expect the result so soon. I was thinking it would all start tomorrow. Guess I underestimated her.“What?” I asked in my most innocent voice. He had called an hour ago and asked me to come over to his office immediately. I knew why he called, and so I took my time in meeting him.“This!” He pointed at his laptop. “I told you about the deal I had with M&A Corp, right? That was our ticket out of the continent. I… I wanted to expand our company to the entire continents, you know, right?”I nodded, while acting to be engrossed in what I was reading. “So?”“He pulled out!” He screamed. “He fucking pulled out, and over a fucking email! He didn't even do me the courtesy of a call. That would have been understandable. Why would he toss me off as if I weren't worth more than a penny?”I frowned. “Did you do anything to breach the agreement?”
KAII was still stuck with the old driver. It seemed like he was sent from the pit of hell to torment me. I blamed my car for breaking down. If it didn't, I wouldn't have been stuck with this man, who always seemed to take each yell seriously. Each time I yelled at him, he either slowed down or sped up. By the time I got to the new flat buildings Stein registered, I was almost ready to call the cops on him. He smiled. “I'll be waiting out here for you, sir.” He lifted his phone. “Here, scan your payment if you don't have enough cash. You've spent quite a lot today. Makes me wonder what you're really after.”I glared at him before I brought out my wallet and paid him. He grinned.“Thank you so much, young man. You'll marry a pretty lady and give birth to many children.”“I hate children, and I have a husband already.”The smile on his face froze for just a second before it returned. “Ah, I get it now. Still, you'll have a beautiful marriage with you husband and pets.”“I'll divorce h
STEINAfter I disconnected, I focused once more on the man sitting on the chair opposite mine. The man Kai was looking for was in my office, looking like a cornered prey.“I did what you asked,” he said when I lifted a brow. He had stepped in while I was on a call with his son. “Can I have the recording and all the documents you have on me?”I relaxed in my chair, with a smug look. “You want the recording?” “Yes.” He sat up in the chair. “I'm no longer the chairman. That position is Kai's now, and I don't intend to take it from him. You can rest assured that I won't try anything funny. I'm just not comfortable with you holding that piece of evidence. What if it falls into the hands of the wrong person? We need to destroy it.”I laced my fingers and smirked. “I'll destroy it.”He frowned. “No, I want to do it myself. Give them to me.”“Unfortunately, it's not here. I took it home with me yesterday. You'll have to come home to pick it up if it's that important to you.”“What if Kai sees
I blinked. “Leon?”He nodded. “I got a notice from his secretary this morning. There will be a meeting for the proper handover and introduction. You're being promoted from the company's CEO to the Chairman.”I shook my head. “Impossible.”There was freaking no way Leon would give up his position. It had to be a damned misunderstanding.I took my phone out of my pocket and dialled his number, only to be sent straight to voicemail. “Hold this. I'm coming.” I gave the envelope back to him before I raced back to the lift. I continued dialling his number as I went down. Each time, I was redirected to voicemail.I raced out of the building, ready to dial another cab company when I saw a cab still parked out front.It was just my damned 'luck' that the old man was still out there.A part of me wanted to ignore him and call another cab as I had intended, but I knew it would take some time before he arrived. I had no choice but to take the one available. He smiled when I entered. “I knew yo
STEINThe prey keeps on falling for the bait. All I did was throw some crumbs his way, and he started talking to me after giving me the cold shoulder for weeks. I had planned to give him more, but had to reduce it when I heard his request. He only wanted a billion. Giving him four times that amount
“No, it's not like that. I —”“Okay.”He paused. “Huh?”I bit my inner cheeks. Fuck Stein! I keep giving in to every damned thing he wanted! “Okay, you can do whatever you want. As long as you don't try anything funny.”He smiled. The bastard wasn't even trying to hide his excitement from me. He t
STEINThe night masked me as I watched him, hidden in a corner, my camera ready to take more pictures. He was just as cute as always, dressed in a custom-made suit, his hair slicked back, and his strides long and precise. I'd watched him get ready. The way the water cascaded down his naked back as
KAIHis mouth found mine, stealing the questions on the tip of my tongue. Stein's hands were in my hair and on my jaw. He cupped my face like he was afraid I'd disappear if he let go. I didn't care. I kissed him back, and my fingers twisted in his collar to pull him closer. The taste of him flooded







