Chapter Three Hundred And SixLana sat primly on the sofa, in her very tastfully furnished hotel suite. It was the Penthouse of the Oriental hotel in Crestview. She held a cup of freshly brewed coffee in one hand and in another she had her IPad.Her earphones were plugged to the iPad, as she listened to the news broadcast all the way from Oakcrest.A small smile played across her face as she listened to the reporter drone on and on about a revolution in the industry, how Romero Empire is saved now and how bureaucratic hothead from another city should not be allowed to have control of some of the country's top industries.In the reporter's own words, "...For years, a scheming woman had placed one of the country's top conglomerate in danger. She is also involved in the disappearance of the legitimate chairman and pressure is being placed on her currently to reveal the location where he is being treated,"The man had uttered emphatically, and with the kind of pride that most people had
Chapter Three Hundred And Five "Do you know where Romero's at?"Maya blinked in confusion and her smile slipped at the sudden question and change of subject, "What?"Zaire leaned forward, still with his same lazy smile, "I said, do you know where Romero's at," he asked once more, "You've been talking about him nonstop for sometime so I figured you'd know where he's at, right?"Maya swallowed hard, her brows furrowed in a small frown as she wondered where Scar was going with this, "I told you, I don't know where Romero is.""Don't mess with me, Maya," Zaire continued, "You run off with the man, spend the night together...""We never spent the night together," she corrected but Zaire went on like she hadn't even spoken, like her input did not even matter."...return to me after a few days and then say you don't know where he is?" Zaire laughed slightly in derision but there was no mirth in it. He looked up at Maya then, his eyes glinting fiercely, "I said, where is he?"Maya was dist
Chapter Three Hundred And Four Zaire remained in his position for a long time, calmly puffing on his cigar and not breaking eye contact with her. Maya was disconcerted.Her eyes searched his face to see if he heard what she had said or not.Why wasn't he saying anything, dammit?"You want me to cuddle up to a bastard I hate." Zaire finally spoke in a slow drawl.It was a statement, not a question and Maya did not even know what to say next.He closed in his eyes while savoring the heady feeling the nicotine gave to him.It helped soothe the anger that was making his chest tight. Instead, he gave her a cold look, "You seriously think I would do something of that nature? Do you know why I wanted to kill Romero in the first place?"Maya swallowed hard, and shook her head no. She was silenced by the intense piercing look in eyes."He took everything away from me," Zaire said in a cold growl, "My empire, the woman I love...I can only be satisfied when I know we don't breathe the same fuc
Chapter Three Hundred And ThreeZair reclined comfortably in his seat as the men walked up to Maya and quickly loosened the tight ropes around her.May breathed a sigh of relief as the ropes slid down her body and she sat up straighter.She rubbed her sore wrists carefully as they untied it. Her entire arm up to the shoulder blades were aching and she felt like stretching over a million times to regain her body back.As the men untied, she managed to catch some awed looks on their faces. They had been inside the room all along and saw when Maya was able to change Zaire's mind and get him to loosen her.They felt it was very brave of her, but they did know how unpredictable Zaire could be.He was like the predator who sometimes played with their food before gobbling it up."Just pray your luck don't run out," One of them whispered before they finally left her, and walked back to their previous positions.They had told her because she was gonna need it.And if things go well with her,
Chapter Three Hundred And TwoMaya shrieked as Zaire pointed the gun at her, "W ..what?!" She jumped, her heart beating wildly in her throat, as she even tried to inch farther away from the monster in front of her.But the chair would not budge and the ropes stayed stuck around her."Why are you doing this?" She cried out in a desperate voice, breathing hard, "you don't like the information I gave you? But why? That's all I know, I swear!""Shut up," Zaire spat at her, gritting out the words ,"Did you think I was stupid?! Did you think I would not know the identity of the man I was going to kill, huh?!"He yelled once more, making Maya to jump farther with fright.Her eyes were wide with terror. He had known all along that Noah was the chairman of Romero Empie?!Damn it, this ran deeper than she had thought...Zaire was almost convulsing with anger.His fingers tightened around the gun and stayed long in the trigger, "I'm gonna kill you off, " he smirked, "You now know something tha
Chapter Three Hundred And OneZaire's face remained impassive as ever as he listened to Maya, but those words did seem to spike up his interest.Something interesting that he would love?His eyes searched her face and he cocked his eyebrows in amusement, despite his anger.What on earth had she discovered about Romero that she thought was the greatest achievement?Her eyes sparkled with determination, and he could see how eager she was."Is that so?" He drawled as he leaned forward with both hands clasped on the desk in front of him.Maya nodded, eagerly, "Yes. This is something I can swear my life upon." She spoke with a confident tone, "Once you hear what it is I have to say, I'm sure you'll be able to handle it more better than me. This was why I knew I had to tell you this first."Zaire was interested now, "What's your big information?" He asked, "Spit it out."A slight smile curved Maya's lips, "Well, Noah..." she started saying but Zaire's voice cut her off in the next instant.