Chapter 4

In the CEO's office:

“Boss, what should we do about Mr. Wilson?” Zen asked Christian.

“The same thing we do to everyone who tricks us”, Christian replied.

Zen smirked, “Okay. Let’s do that. And, you never change, huh?”

“Why? Do you want me to?” Christian asked him.

Zen chuckled, “No. You are the best like this. One should not forgive those who wrong them.”

Christian chuckled too when he heard Zen.

Christian then remembered the time when Zen actually used to be very afraid of him. But as they spent more time together, he gradually opened up to him and later they became best of friends for each other.

Even though they act as employers and sub-ordinate in front of outsiders, they talk to each other informally when they are alone.

Christian did tell Zen that they did not need to talk formally in front of outsiders, but Zen never agreed to it because he wanted everyone to respect his only friend and his savior. Christian finally relented after knowing that he could not change Zen’s mind.

Now, they have developed their friendship to the extent where they don’t need to say a word to understand each other’s thoughts. This was also the reason why everyone feared Zen. They knew that their boss highly valued Zen and offending Zen was offending Christian himself.

Even in the underworld, Zen was very popular because of his relationship with one of the Mafia Gods, Christian. They have to think twice before attacking him or planning against him.

Zen also proved himself worthy of being Christian’s right hand. When Christian had brought Zen from the street, many people by Christian’s side had told him that the street boy would not be strong enough as them and that he is not worthy of being in their gang. But Christian silenced them all and started providing Zen with various classes.

And after just 2 years, his result made everyone speechless. The boy whom they deemed as the weakest turned himself into one of the strongest members. They even praised Christian for his decision of welcoming him into their gang.

As the years went on, Zen always tried his best and soon took the position as Christian’s right-hand man.

*****

Christian was reading a file when he felt his cell phone vibrate. When he checked it, he found that it was Catherine messaging him.

The message read, “My dearest brother, you remember that I am cooking tonight, right? So, make sure to return home earlier. Xoxo”

Christian’s eyes turned gentle at that message. After his parents left them, her sister was the only light in his life. Even now he cannot believe that they have grown up this much without their parents.

“Alright,” he typed back and focused on reading the file.

While Christian got back to his work, Catherine on the other side freshened up after getting the reply from her brother.

She then walked to the kitchen and opened the fridge to see if she had all the required ingredients. But she was surprised to find that there was almost nothing there except some water bottles, beverages, and eggs.

Her eyes revealed a bit of coldness when she realized that her brother has not been eating well. She wanted to call the maids and inquire them right that instant but she was already running out of time, so she decided to talk about it later. Moreover, since she has returned now, she vowed to take care of her brother by herself. Her brother has already protected herself enough, now it was her turn to protect and take care of him.

With these thoughts, she called Sarah to accompany her to the grocery store. Catherine did not know that Sarah was still there and got even more surprised when she saw her coming out from the room which was closest to her own.

“You did not return to the hotel?” Catherine asked petrified.

Sarah did not know how to answer her question and just replied, “Yes, I didn’t. Boss asked me to stay here from now on to protect you 24/7.”

Catherine was astonished when she heard that. Her brother had actually allowed someone to stay in that room? That room was exclusively designed for his future children if he ever had one. So, no one was allowed to stay there but today her brother himself had asked Sarah to reside there?

“Hmm, is something going on between these two without my knowledge?” She wondered.

Sarah panicked slightly when she saw Catherine looking at her with those deep probing eyes. “Let’s go, hmmm? Otherwise, we might be late.” She told Catherine and hurriedly walked to the door.

Catherine smiled seeing Sarah being flustered for the first time. Otherwise, she was always calm and even used to handle Catherine’s anger and tantrums easily without complaining.

They have also become like sisters now sharing almost everything, so she was also amazed when Sarah became so flustered.

Catherine probed, “There must be something going on between those two. Hmm, I have to find it.” And she also made some evil plans in her mind and giggled at her own ideas.

She hurriedly followed Sarah after thinking was done.