Thelma waltzed into Darian's office with sluggish gaits, she donned a long red skirt that stopped after her knees, a shirt that fully covered her chest and there was a blazer hanging on her shoulders."Good morning, sir." She greeted, scoffing as she gaped at Darian who had his head buried in a file."Thelma, have your seat." He motioned to the chair before him. "Have you seen the proposal of Derrick's Firm?" He asked her."Yes, I have and I have gone through it too." She affirmed, trying as much as possible to avoid his gaze. He had been mean to her since the day he warned her about her revealing dresses. She had tried to seduce him into sleeping with her like he used to do, but her efforts had been futile and she wondered what kind of woman his wife was that he chose to remain faithful to her."What's your take on them?" He demanded, ruffling the papers in his hands. "Good or bad?" He stared at her."They've been existing for twelve years now and they'd transacted with big firms," s

Lena felt a hand on her as she rolled on the bed, she slightly opened her eyes. Rolling over again, she sat upright and looked at Darian who was sleeping peacefully on the bed, his breaths were soft, his face so calm. She smiled, moving her fingers to touch his hair, she rescinded her hands before she could run her fingers through his hair. She knew he carried her into the bedroom. She had slept off on the couch while seeing the movie with Darian."Why are you gawking at me?" Darian's eyes snapped open at once.Lena was startled, she wondered if he had been pretending to sleep all this while."Good morning," she greeted him."Hmm," he sat right, resting his back on the headboard. "You bragged that you could control your liquor intake last night but you didn't even take up to two bottles of beer before sleeping off like a log of wood." He picked up his phone and glanced through it."I will take that as your good morning too." She scoffed at him for deriding her.Darian said nothing eve

The last sentence Darian uttered caused all eyes present in the room to gaze at his side on the high chair he sat on."I strongly object to this," Judson shifted in his chair. "You can't just ask that we put activities in the casino on hold till after the family party." He said, his eyes bloodshot with anger. "You may be the boss but sometimes you don't act like it." He glared at Darian hoping that his words hurt him."Watch your mouth, Judson. I have the right to punish you if you disrespect me again." Darian snarled in his chair, clenching his jaw as his fist rolled into a ball."You two should stop this!" Gaius slammed the table in annoyance, the glasses rambled and some fell flat on the marbled floor, crashing into pieces. He turned to Darian, a finger jerked pointedly at him. "You are the Don but that doesn't stop you from respecting your elders." He muttered and veering to Judson, he frowned and yelled. "He's the Don and he has the right to make decisions, you should respect him

A week passed, and the investigations of the fraudulence at the casino of the Dawson family Mafia were over, but Darian and the team didn't lay a hand on the culprits who were involved. He pushed it aside and demanded that he handle it alone by himself.It was finally the week of the Dawson family's anniversary. Red and black were the colours chosen for members of the family and everyone who was invited. The men were to don black suits while the women wore red dresses to complement the men.Darian combed his hair as he stared into the mirror, his black tuxedo suit properly styling his tall manly figure. He adjusted his suit and bent a little to arrange his hair after slipping on his shoes.Lena was not in the room, she had told him that she'd like to wear her dress outside the room. She didn't want him to see all of her while she dressed up.He checked the mirror for the last time. Satisfied with his look, he grabbed the car keys and went to wait for his wife in the living room.He g

Lena tramped wearily across the living room, her hands hovering over her head and her heart in her throat. She cursorily glanced through the window whenever there was a sound; she prayed so hard that Darian wasn't injured, shot, or even killed."What if something has happened to him?" She looked at her bodyguards, they said nothing. She twirled to face Jay and then, she begged. "Please, take me back to the family house, I can't stay back here when he's out there in danger, I can't do it. Please, take me back." Lena sobbed into his shoulders.Jay signalled to her bodyguards to excuse them. After they left, he positioned her on the couch and cupped her face with his hands."The boss will get out safely, trust me on that." He said with uncertainty laced in his voice. He knew Darian was strong and fearless, but facing those rogues wasn't a good idea. He sighed and prayed he was right when he said Darian will come back safely."I can't do this," Lena cried softly. "Calm down, he will soon