“I will advise you to state your purpose for visiting without any more smart ass words from you else you…” Prince Hakeem started but to his greatest surprise, he was not allowed to finish.“Else what? Else you destroy us? Else you take over my properties and that of my son? In case you have forgotten, you beast, you did all that and more already. What else can you do?” Luci asked carelessly, knowing full well he had done his worst.“I can take over your house and make you homeless. That is what else I can do, my dear Mrs Castos.” Maliciously, Hakeem stated calmly, watching for her expression. Lucianda did not disappoint, she stared at him aghast.“You will not dare.” Luci cried with angry justification.“Want to put it to a test? Right here and right now? I promise you, all it will take is a call, my dear. The work has been done already, long before your husband died.” From the wicked smile flirting across his lips to Luci, it’s obvious he had been waiting for an opportunity to gloat

With shaky legs and fingers, Lucianda entered the moderately clean bathroom and without allowing herself to be distracted by the simple but obvious touch of luxury in the room, she walked to the pristine basin to throw some waters on her wrist to calm her nerves. Not that she was expecting it to be of much help but unsure of herself just now, she had needed to escape from that loathing man’s presence. At least to reassess her options.Taking some deep breaths to calm herself, Luci sat on the toilet seat as she pondered on her next course of action.After a few minutes, her eyes grew hard and with straightened shoulders, she walked out of the room. But when her eyes met the intent eyes of the man looking at her so penetratingly, her legs fluttered noticeably and she almost lost her calm facade. Telling herself any show of weakness will only make this beast of a man more powerful, she forced her legs to move towards the chairs placed in front of his desk and moving to one of the chairs,

Totally forgetting that she had come to the place with her personal car and driver, Lucianda saw a cabbie that was just dropping its passenger and she immediately hailed him down. Collapsing back into her seat after giving the man her home address, Lucianda closed her eyes tightly in hope that she can shut out the memory of what just happened now. But when the picture of the man with his eyes that’s so green it’s unforgettable immediately came to her mind, Lucianda knew it will be a job of a lifetime and even then, one might not succeed completely. ‘That pretty man with a disgusting attitude will be easy to forget the day it becomes easy for humans not to breathe for air.’ She acknowledged silently in dismay as she searched in her mind for something, any topic to take her mind away from the man and it was at this point she remembered the family chauffeur she left behind. Gasping in dismay, she promptly searched her bag for her mobile phone and pressing the dial button, she waited

By the time the Castos were done with them, Laura and Sammie admitted that indeed it’s the best game of their lives and they all got rewarded for their efforts and participation with a sumptuous meal from the family chef who had been informed by Luci earlier to make something special for dinner. But even as Luci laughed and nodded to all the teasing around the table, a part of her mind was now occupied with that dreaded man and his plans for them. Unable to shake away her melancholy feeling, she sighed wearily but softly yet her everly attentive boy picked on it as he swung his gaze towards her. “What’s wrong Mummy? You look sad.” Julian Castos asked softly as he kept his penetrating eyes on his mother, watching for every nuance of expression as Luci raised her gaze in surprise to look at him. “Hmm, nothing. Nothing is wrong son.” Luci refuses to burden her son with their troubles. Though smart and intelligent, there is nothing he can do to help, not this time. Besides, how do you

Having made his wish known to his personal assistant and knowing how immediate his orders will be carried out, Hakeem now felt reasonably calmer as he stood under the spray of the shower.Few minutes later, he dropped the soft towel on the floor of his rich carpet as he stood nakedly in front of the mirror. For a weird reason, he felt an impulse to check himself out and see his physique from a woman’s point of view.No, bluntly put, from a particular woman’s point of view. The Castos widow! And this realisation brought a dark scowl to his usually perfect face as he tried not to think of the implication of that thought.Yet, he was unable to refuse as he moved closer to the wide mirror that took over almost half of the wall in his private chamber. Usually, he only spare the mirror a glance every morning and that’s usually after dressing for work. Never had he thought a day would come that he would do something as crazy as check out his own masculinity but well, maybe it’s true never to