The light of dawn seeped into Vladimir's room as he rubbed his bleary eyes and walked to the window. There was a magnificent shine within the sky. The dawn chorus of melodic birdsong drifted in, adding flavor to his freshly brewed coffee.
"How are you, buddy?" Carter tapped Vladimir's shoulder before standing next to his friend, opposite the window.
"I'm good. Need coffee? he offered.
Carter shook his head. "Nuh, I'm good."
It's been days since he got out of the hospital—his wounds are all recuperated up, his thighs were no longer futile, and his face is not swelling any longer.
Everything got back to normal after days of waiting for his wounds to heal—Carter had recovered from all the traumatic things that had happened, Sebastian finally stopped blaming anyone for what happened to Alice, and just spent his time taking care of his sister, Celes
Vincent immediately ran out of his father's office and hurried his way to the elevator. He knew his father too well. He was doing whatever he said, and he don't bluff. So a few minutes from now he's sure that the hotel will explode just like what his father said.In his haste, he felt the extreme slowness of the elevator he was riding in. He relentlessly walks around inside the elevator while waiting for it to open.As soon as the elevator opened he immediately ran towards the parking lot. He was about to collide with the people he met but he still did not have time to apologize to them because the lives of his nearly thirty men depended on him and if move in a slow phase, they will surely survive the explosion that will happen.When he saw his car he pressed something for it to make a sound and after that, he immediately went inside of it.He took the cellphone he had placed in the
"I want you to watch Vincent's every move, everything that he's planning to do, and to whom he'll have a transaction with. I don't trust him. He doesn't think well and he's been impulsive with his decisions. I have to make sure that he's doing well, in our business," Venedict told Kingston who was now sitting on the couch. Venedict intertwined his hands and rested his elbow on the desk. Kingston on the other hand put a cigarette in between his lips and lit it. He blew smoke. "You're right, Boss. He's impulsive and he gets easily distracted. He's far from Vincent I knew before who was too focused on growing the business rather than getting busy with things that didn't benefit him at all." Venedict clenched his jaw. "I don't know what his problem is and the decisions he's making now are all pointless, and not beneficial. He's also trying to get out of the collar I tied around his neck ever since he was born. He's try
JUST IN: CELESTINE OAKMONT AND VINCENT MOGILEVICH CONFIRMED THEIR RELATIONSHIP.In a hotel, the said newly couple were having their peaceful breakfast with a couple of friends at the same table they're in. The relationship between the two was confirmed after Melody Delos Reyes, Celestine's avid fan asked for a selfie with them that immediately get the couple's approval. In the selfie with them, Melody can't contain herself from screaming when she saw how Vincent pulled Celestine for a kiss.Alice refused to read further about the article because it's just pissing her off."What's with your face? You look like someone who wants to kill somebody right now," her brother said as he was flipping the pages of newspaper on his hands, trying to find good news to read."Yeah, I want to kill Celestine. She's like a leech who always want to attach herself to Vincent."Sebastian chuckled. "You mean like you?""If you h
Tik. Tok. Tik. Tok.She was sitting on a varnished chair—her eyes shut, arms crossed to her chest, and her back leaning against the wooden wall. The ticking sound of the old clock echoed to the empty hallway. Every tick of the clock was giving Celestine goosebumps—it was making a strange sound that can only be heard in horror movies nevertheless, Celestine decided to stay where she could hear the sea. It was humming a sweet tune that sounded like a lullaby to Celestine's ears, trying to make her fall asleep."Here, eat this."She slowly opened her eyes and stared at Kingston. He put a sandwich on her lap."I'm not hungry," she said, removing the sandwich from her lap. She was still in her bathrobe with nothing underneath it and being around Kingston makes her uncomfortable."I'm not asking if you're hungry," he said, taking a huge bite from his sandwich.Celestine crossed her legs. "How's Vincent?""He's fine now. He asked
Even before Celestine could entirely open the cabinet, it make a high, groaning sound. The creaking sound of the cabinet swaying open becomes distinct as she finally opened it. Dusty clothes and the wooden carvings were almost obliterated by cobwebs. She covered her nose with her arm and let out a sneeze. She did not expect the dust to be too thick that it caused her nose to itch. Celestine waved her arm to disperse the dust from the air. She could vividly see from the sunlight that shone through the room the dust particles dancing in the air because of the opened window. Her eyes were slightly blurred so she gently rubbed them. As she finished, she opened her still itchy eyes again. It was something she can't ignore so she rubbed her eyes again. The comfort that enveloped her as she rubbed her eyes was unbearable but it didn't last long either because she wanted to change her clothes already that she might take too long doing if she keep on rubbing her eyes.
"Where's Vladimir?" Alice asked Nicholas as she combed her slightly wet hair.They waited outside of the hotel building for hours, waiting for other associates to find Vincent under the morning sun, feet starting to get hurt, bullet sweats on their foreheads, only to find out that Vincent is already with Kingston and was now in the resthouse."He left without telling anyone where he's going," Nicholas replied while busy playing mobile games on his cellphone.Nicholas has no place to stay because he doesn't have a family anymore so he just decided to go to Alice's hospital room so he could at least sleep peacefully before going to the resthouse early in the morning tomorrow. The other associates booked a motel room while some went to their homes to stay for the night."How about Basty? Where is he?"Nicholas shrugged his shoulder. "I don't know. Do I look like someone who knows the whereabouts of missing people?"Alice rolled her eyes. "You l
Kingston could hardly count how many cans of beer Celestine had drunk and was still drinking. When they started drinking the sun was still up and every touch of it to their skin leaves a pinching soreness but now, the sky had gradually started to get dark, the sun hides with the departure of the clouds surrounding it but until now Celestine was still hadn't finished drinking.Celestine's face was now like a ripe tomato in red, her eyes can't keep still, it wanders everywhere like the eyes of a child just starting to know things about her surrounding, her gait is limp and sometimes she even stumbles on the sand but instead of moaning in pain, the woman was even laughing.Kingston just stared at Celestine. The woman was lying on the sand with a smile playing on her lips, her hair was disheveled with sand that looked like stars twinkling and made the strand of her hair their habitat."Oh c'mon Celestine, get up," Kingston said as he gently kicked Celest
"Uhm, soft," Celestine mumbled with her eyes shut as soon as her back laid onto the soft mattress of the bed. She switches positions from one place to another, unable to find a perfect spot on the bed for her body to comfortably rest in. Vincent did not move, nor speak. He just watches her as frustration flashed through her reddish face.She moaned and once again, changes her position. It messed up the bedsheets, some pillows even fell to the floor but despite that, he remained still, looking at her face."I don't know what you're doing to me, woman," he whispered as he stepped closer to the bed, removed his slippers, sat on the bed fastidiously—trying his best not to disturb Celestine.For a moment he stopped breathing as he finally laid to her side. Vincent has no idea of why he's doing all this. He's waiting for something in him to protest but he can't find it. He doubts if it's even there at a