Chapter Five

Nate

She is staring at me, brown eyes that cannot hide the hate it holds.

“What is your game?” I ask her.

This marriage isn’t what she wants, I bet she would prefer Zion over me.

“Nothing.” She states.

I walk over to her, dragging on my cigarette. She was short, her head reaching my shoulders.

I bent over her and exhaled, smoke forming a wild circle before dissipating in her face.

She coughs, but doesn’t shy away. Her stubborn brown eyes meeting mine. This one was tough, maybe I was mistaken about her.

“You aim to please, huh?” I teased.

“If you wish”

Now that I look at her, she was pretty. Her brown eyes complement her brunette hair, that seemed to be all over the place. Her skin was fair and her cheekbones were high. She reeked of old money elegance, and pride. One that she is struggling to hold on to.

“I know what you are doing” I circle her. Her nightdress hung loosely on her body, revealing curves that would be tempting to any man.

“You want to win me over” I state. My lips brushing slightly at her skin as I bent over her.

“You think you can?” I ask her.

She takes a deep breath.

“I want my house back. It belongs to my family”

“Daddy gave it away” I smirked

“Then give it back. I will help you get revenge.”

“And what do you know about my revenge?” I ask her.

“You seem to think you are important in all of this. There is only one person who wants you, and that’s Zion. He needs you and that’s why I have you. I have no use for you apart from that” I walk back to the window, leaning on the frame.

“Then I’ll go to him” she states.

How bold and foolish.

“If you could, your wouldn’t be here” I was tired of this. I have a long day tomorrow, I need to rest.

“Leave” I command, any tone of playfulness gone from my voice.

“I will get back my family’s fortune. And I don’t care the power you think you hold, but I will fight you, and I will take back what is rightfully ours” she says and turns to leave.

“Maybe next time, teach your father to be less greedy”

“I don’t take betrayals very well. Before you do anything stupid, think of the consequences ” that stops her in her tracks.

She turns to look at me, her face contorted with hate. Without anything left to say, she leaves.

As predicted, Zion’s little show was all over the internet and he was having a press conference.

As I scan through files, I listen to the bullshit he has to say.

“My half brother and I are good. What happened yesterday was a little brother’s quarrel”. I’m pretty sure that lie tasted like ash in his mouth.

“We heard Simone Ashton was supposed to be your wife” one of the reporters asked

“She’s my brother’s wife now” he said with a tight smile.

There, the whole world is throwing it at his face on how he couldn’t keep what he thought was his.

The day went by fast. There was a knock on my office day, and my secretary came in.

“Mr Scot, your brother is here to see you”

“Let him in”

He wasn’t alone. White was with him.

“What do you want?” I ask. There was no niceness in my tone.

“This is a dangerous game you are playing” Zion says as he takes a seat on my desk.

I kept on glancing at the files on my desk, pretending like he didn’t just speak to me.

“And you? Father in law?” I throw at White

“I want my house back” he says.

“You will have to buy it back” I knew his family fortune was gone. I made sure of that. Anything he had left was to keep him afloat.

“I was going to do that once Simone marries Zion. That’s no longer possible”

“Yeah, she’s mine now” I say, eyes locked on Zion’s.

He smiles at me, a smile I’ve come to know. “The last time you took something of mine, you died”

“Ah ah” I stopped him, pointing my finger at him. “Almost. You see, your man did a terrible job” I locked eyes with him, “Let’s not pretend the odds aren’t in my favor. Nyx Holdings is slowly hitting the top market.”

I built Nyx Holding after my escape from death. It’s fast rise in the business world is second to none and it scares Zion, which is why he wants the Henderson deal badly.

“Then why do you want it back?” Zion taunted “You seem to have all you want”

“Because Scot holdings is mine. My life was mine and you took it. I will get it back and ruin you and every of your accomplice” I said, eyeing White “in the process”

He shifted uncomfortably in his seat. Oh I know, I know his dirty little secrets.

“Scots Empire needs that deal and even worse, Grandpa needs that name. Good luck trying to get any of it” I said.

“I will get all of it.” Zion boasted. “I am after all, Zion Scot. I’ve had you before, I will have you again” he said and stood up.

“Listen, little bro, maybe try to loosen up a little on this revenge plot of yours and focus on your company. Something will go wrong, and soon” he said and started to make his way out.

“See you at Gramps family dinner tonight” then he was out the door.