Chapter Two
Rina. "Y..you?" Her hands shook with rage as she took a step closer to the bed "what's going on? What the hell are you doing in my husband's room?!" Her fists clenched as she glared at Rina and remembered how Laura had admonished her to keep Rina away from her grandson. And now, Damien had gone and brought her into their home. She had failed Laura. Rina stared at Lana mischievously, her rosy pink lips curving into a smirk. Lana's palm itched to wipe that smirk off her face. She looked around the room, taking in the sight, slowly. The room was dimly lit from the chandelier above, which cast a faint glow around the room. Rina's hair looked disheveled and her complexion was flushed. There were clothes strewn about the floor of the room and a faint musty smell hung in the air. As Lana tried to make her brain understand whatever it is that was going on, Damien walked out of the bathroom. His golden locks, was wet and stuck to his forehead. He stopped when he saw Lana and his face darkened with a huge frown "What the hell do you think you're doing in here?" He growled and immediately Rina heard his voice, she ran to him and gave him a tight embrace, her entire body shaking, seemingly from fear. "Dami, I'm scared!" Lana felt like vomiting as she watched Damien's arms go round Rina in a tight embrace. He looked down into her face as he mumbled softly, "It's okay, I'm here. Don't be scared" he kissed the top of her head and the smile disappeared from his face as he glanced up back at Lana. He failed to see the sinister smile which Rina was giving Lana as she rubbed her cheeks against his hard chest. "Damien" Lana closed her eyes, in an effort to remain calm but it was very hard "What's she doing here?." "That's none of your fricking business! Get out of my room!" Damien still held on to Rina as though she was a little child, scared of the noise. "I want her out of my house this instant!" Lana retaliated, her voice shaking with emotion as she took another step forward " I will not have your little mistress under my roof!." Something flashed before her eyes and before she could realize it, Damien's hard palm had landed on her face. Twang! Lana reeled from the force of the slap and she landed on the floor, stunned. She reached to touch her reddened cheeks with trembling hands, and her eyes stung with unshed tears as she looked up at Damien who was glaring at her on the floor. His chest was heaving as he tried to calm down. "Don't you dare call her that, you conniving bitch!" He pointed a finger at her and almost spat at her "I've had enough of you. Your face makes me sick. You disgust me, Lana, just fricking go to hell!." Lana could see Rina standing behind him, her hands over her mouth seemingly in shock but her eyes were filled with glee. She was definitely enjoying the show and the look on her face was enough for Lana. She shakily stood up, determined never to back down in front of them. "Hell?! I'll make you see hell if you don't get that bitch out of my house!" She fired back, standing her ground although she was trembling all over from the emotions which were choking her Damien smirked, and his beautiful eyes glittered with disdain. "What are you going to do?" He walked back to Rina and gently led her to the bed. She continued hugging him, even though they were sitting. "Run to my grandma? To deceive her all the more?! Too bad she's out of the country. At least she won't get to see your conniving and hateful face!" "What are you talking about?" Lana was shaking with anger and she could not fathom what Damien was saying. She also could not stand Lana caressing her husband's chest. 'I said, get this bitch out!" At this, Damien stood up and walked to his desk and pressed a button. Soon, a guard appeared. "Ma'am, please come with me" The guard's eyes were apologetic as he held on to Lana's arm trying to lead her out but she shrugged out of his grip. "I said, get out!" She walked towards Rina and grabbed her arm, ready to throw her out. Rina shrieked, calling out to Damien, and Damien immediately pushed Lana to the floor again, cradling Rina in his arms. Lana fell to the floor, her abdomen suddenly on fire. She clutched her stomach and gasped loudly. "Get her out of my house! I do not want to see her face!" Damien thundered at the guard who immediately sprang into action, and roughly dragged Lana outside. Lana was limp with the pain and when the guard unceremoniously dumped her in front of the house, she called for her driver immediately. "Diego...to the hospital, quick" Lana gasped as the driver immediately placed her in the car, before hurrying to start the engine. She could not let anything happen to her baby. Lana's whole body was engulfed with pain but it was not like the aching in her heart. Her eyes stung with tears which spilled over and rolled down her cheeks She wailed, unmindful of the driver who looked at her in distress. "Ma'am, please stop crying, everything would be o...oh shit!" Diego yelled suddenly as a huge dump truck came at the car from a side road. He swerved sharply to avoid an impact and the car was thrown off the road and it careened straight into a tree by the side of the road. And then, there was a deafening silence. Before the car crashed into the tree, Lana was already unconscious, her head on the headrest in front of her. Slowly, blood trickled down her legs, staining her white dress and the seat which she sat on.Chapter Three Hundred And SixteenThe three men looked at her and then at each other, then shook their head in awe.It seemed as though Lana had changed. She was not the calm, collected CEO they knew anymore.They wondered what on earth had made her change so much?Although they did not need to wonder so much. With everything that had happened to her recently ,and also to the Romero Empire, it was not surprising that she had become another version of herself.And if she jad indeed killed the bastard who left a nasty comment against Arielle, they deserved it because they should not have come after Arielle in the first place.Lana soon finished her coffe, and placed the empty cup back on the saucer. She stood up and walked into the inner room of the suite, leaving the men sitting quietly and waiting for her.Within an half an hour, she appeared once more, already refreshed and looking more radiant.She was dressed in a pretty sundress and her har was let down in flowing red locks.She
Chapter Three Hundred And FifteenThe helicopter flew straight into Crestview and in less than an hour, it was able to get to the Oriental Hotel.There was an helipad on the hotel roof and within minutes, Lana was in an elevator riding towards her suite.She took off her dirty and bloody gloves in the elevator, looking as calm and serene as water as she did so.When the elevator opened, she marched majestically towards her room and opened the door.The next moment, her heart dropped to the pit of her stomach.Paul, Liam and Regional Head Martin Rayes was sitting in the living room of the penthouse waiting for her.As soon as the door creaked open, they all looked up. Their eyes widened in surprise when they saw her, most especially what she was wearing and how she looked.Her hair was a mess and there were splatters of blood all over her face and on her attire.The men were alarmed.They bounded to their feet and rushed towards her."Miss Lana, what on earth happened?' They all asked
Chapter Three Hundred And FourteenWhen Diego returned back to his residence, he quickly found that he had a message waiting for him.Without even taking off his jacket, he quickly turned to the computer and switched it on.Ever since Lana had left got Crestview a few weeks ago to look for Chairman Damien Romero, he had been the one in charge of things back here.There were several men that he had placed in Director Evan's team, in his office and even in his home.And now, some of the men that he had placed in his team had just sent back a report for him.It was a video recording from the dash cam of Dorector Evan's car.He was about to get into the the car. but then he turned and bid a man farewell. A man who was standing by his side and looked eerily familiar.Diego squinted at the video recording, trying his best to know where he had seen this face before.Director Evans got into the car and the car drove off.Diego rewinded the video back to that exact moment, trying to guage wher
Chapter Three Hundred And ThirteenLana walked across the cemented floor of the warehouse towards the battered man tied to a chair in the middle of the warehouse.She was dressed in black leather, and wore knee high boots. Her red hair was pulled back into a tight pony tail and that gave her a vixen like look.The three henchmen bowed deeply when they saw her approach."Welcome Madam," they chorused in unison Lana paid them no heed. She walked up to the lead hencmam and took his baton."Is this the bastard,?" She asked coldy as she turned back to face Mr Olsen, "Is this the bug that had been pestering me all day?"Without waiting for an answer, she started hitting the man with full force. Mr Olsen howled in pain as the blows landed on the body, his pains renewed all the more.Lana did not stop.She continued pummeling him, "How dare you mention my daughter with that stinking mouth of yours?" She screamed as she hit him, each word enunciated with a blow from her.When it seemed like t
Chapter Three Hundred And TwelveDiego stood silently aside as the men pummeled the scrawny internet bully to a bloody mess.He looked at his writswatch and back at the bloody activity. Miss Lana would be here soon and he wondered if she would like the appetizer which he had given to the bastard.After a few more moments, and a few more blows delivered to the Mr Olsen, he held up his hand."Enough!" He ordered.Ther three henchmen stopped with their beathing. They were also breathing hard from exertion and their faces was slick with sweat as well."What's wrong, sur?" The leader asked, "Is this enough of an appetizer for you?!"Diego walked towards Mr Olsen, and nodded in satisfaction althiufh his face remained grim."We don't want to give him too much of an appetizer," he said stiffly, "I still want him to be awake when the madam comes here."Mr Olsen was so weak, he could not evern raise up his head any more, but that did not stop him from begging."Please, let me go," he cried weak
Chapter Three Hundred And Eleven Diego glanced at the rear view mirror. The corners of his lips rose up in disgust at the sight of the white, weasel like face of the man at the back seat.He jad been knocked unconscious by one of the big henchmen, and Diego wanted to give the man a big pat on the back for successfully getting rid of the noise. "Not so scary now, are you, Mr Olsen?" He muttered to himself, as he continued to stare with disgust at the man in the back seat, "Now that you're not behind your keyboard, you realize you're not so tough now. Hehe."The van drove on and on, until it turned off the main road and went down a dirt road leading to the outskirts of the city. The van slowed down because the road was all twisty and turns, with hard packed earth and huge rocks beneath the sands.It crawled at that pace before it finally got to a clearing by the side of the road. For miles ahead, there were several long ànd low buildings scattered abroad.These buildings were warehou