All Chapters of Vengeance of the Fallen Heir: From Cell to CEO: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

CHAPTER 2O.~SARAH BENETT~I felt the floor shift.Perhaps it was just my imagination, palpable enough to deceive me. I actually wished that the floor would open up and swallow me, for now. My parents' stare was more infernal than underneath.I bit my lips nervously. My palms were sweaty and invisible insects stung me in several parts of my body.“Dad,” I called put shakily.“What did you just say?”I opened my mouth to respond only to clamping shut again. Which one was he asking for? My demotion, Vance situation or Ethan’s?“You were demoted? What do you mean…” My mom shook her head, turning around and then back to face me, shock on her face.“For how long?”“Huh?”“How long has this been going in? Did you ever become a partner? You've been deceiving us. Shameless!”“I did not deceive you dad!” I hissed, finally finding my voice through my annoyance. I was their daughter, they could at least show empathy at my predicament.“You told us you are now partners with Vance!”“Yes I did and

~ETHAN WILDER~By the time I arrived at Alina's house, the police were already there securing things and checking the surroundings, exchanging observations and instructions in hush tones. I slammed my car door shut, my eyes scanning the area looking for blonde hair and blue eyes.“Sir?”I recognized my driver's voice, Simeon, behind me and turned around sharply. He was with Alina who meekly followed up behind him. She looked very rattled, creases and lines of worry marked her forehead, her face was pale and the lights in those blue eyes unexistent. Instead, it was filled with fear.My jaw clenched. I wanted to pull her close into a deep hug and whisper reassuring words into her ears. My arms itched to but one look at Simeon and I had to ball my fist to restrain myself.“What's going on?”“The door was broken when we got here. Although, I drove out right after she stepped out of the car, I noticed her keys at the back where she sat. I drove back to give it to her but realized that s

~ETHAN WILDER~ “Shit!” I punched my steering wheel softly, then scratched the back of my neck, groaning as I pushed my fingers into my hair and ran it back and forth. I was stuck in traffic. “Why is she so stubborn?” I complained to myself as I stared at the back of a brown car in front of me, my thoughts tirelessly circling back to Alina. I had gone through all the horrible what-ifs in my head and all they did was make me want to turn the car around and make her change her mind. Didn't she get that she wasn't safe with her drinks as she would be safe with me? Even though I might be the reason her house was robbed, whoever it was wouldn't dare to come to my place. Besides, I had better security! What if the burglar came back? What if the burglar broke into her friend's place? What if it was more than a burglar? Maybe and assassin or a kidnapper. What if Alina was the target and the burglar or kidnapper was still lurking around, waiting for the perfect opportunity to abduct her?

~ALINA JOHNSON~Against all logical reasoning, I stayed longer than a night. My house was cleared by the police. All evidence has been collected and I could go in and resume living there but when Ethan suggested that I stay a little longer until some truth about the robbery was discovered, I didn't refuse. In his words, we needed to know if something was stolen or if the whole incident was more than met the eye.Although, I had thought of other possibilities beside robbery but I didn't give it as much conviction as Ethan words worried as he spoke. Perhaps he knew something I didn't or suspected someone. Either way, I could tell Ethan was more certain that I was that I was more than robbery.I was getting accustomed to the room. Burly, whose name I now know as Simeon, drove me back to my house to pick more of my personal belongings and outfits for work. Besides Burly, Ethan assigned me to me as bodyguards and although it shouldn't matter to anyone, it mattered to the employees of Phoe

~ETHAN WILDER~ The devil doesn’t bargain. I was exhausted but I knew this meeting could not be postponed. Yes, I wanted eyes on the new venture I was working on for expanding Phoenix Empire but Vankova’s pair of eyes wasn’t the kind I wanted on it. At least not yet. Not now an it was best to make the him retract his fang before he sinks it in, hooking and spreading his venom. Vankova wasn’t going to demand a reasonable share to invest in and if I wasn’t careful, I was going to lose this new venture of mine to his craftiness. So, when I got his invite to dinner simultaneously with Sherlock’s rescheduled meeting, once again I had to take raincheck on Sherlock. Seeing his impromptu direct invite to dinner at an underground restaurant had ruined my mood badly and left an ugly taste in my mouth throughout the ride. The area grew quieter as we neared the destination. Marko’s Grotto was co-owned by Vankova and only the richest and most influential person sin the world was aware of this pla