Empire Cookie And Lucious Novels & Stories

"No, child. I completely understand your situation. Please do call me Victoria." "Thank you, Victoria." Emily shrugged her shoulders as she let her fingers capture a cookie. She pulled it closer to her mouth and inhaled the aroma, almost making her stomach roar in hunger. Taking a bite, she closes her eyes to shrug her thoughts off and only to focus how precious the cookie is. "You're a good cook, Lulu." "Wait Lulu?!" Emily snapped, she glared at her mother who was smiling at Lucius with a bitten cookie on her hand. Her eyes then glared at Lucius who seemed to have given his smile back to her mother.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN In Lucas’ bedroom, Emily was sitting in a big armchair, finishing off her fourth jumbo cookie, eyes transfixed on the nautical map on the screen of her laptop. She chewed thoughtfully as a ship-shaped cursor—indicating The Spirit of the Ocean—blinked lazily on the coastline. Across the room, Elmo and Lucas were sitting on the bed eating pistachio nuts from a bag. The shells were in a bowl, a myriad of tiny, gaping mouths that evidenced just how many had been gorged in the time Beatrice had been on the boat.

Lorenzo’s hand instantly flew to the holster beneath his jacket but I raised a hand stopping him. I looked at Luke, completely unbothered. I had been hearing his pathetic insults since I was a child. He was a weak spoiled child. He had the legacy, but I had the brains and the brutality. That’s why our father had passed him over to let me run the empire until I completely took over kicking my own father out of the board seat. "Keep drinking, Luke," I said smoothly, not even slowing my pace as I walked past the staircase. "Maybe one day you'll finally drink enough to forget that I own the roof over your head."

The reaction was immediate. “Ten million? Are they insane?” “Newcomers, probably. Don’t they know how this ends?” “Or maybe they’re just trying to please the Don…” The murmurs spread, but the host remained unmoved. The cards were dealt. I picked them up. A Ten and a Jack. Twenty. My breath caught. One of the strongest hands we could ask for. We could stand and win this round. Across the room, Luca’s card showed a queen. His second card remained face down.

“You’re a coward, Lucious. You only hide in the shadows because you’re too weak to stand in the light. You think you have power over me? You don’t. I’m done being your puppet. I’m done believing your twisted lies.” For a moment, I expected him to snap. But Lucious didn’t look angry. Instead, his grin only grew wider, more unsettling, like he was enjoying every word I said. He let out a short, breathless laugh, like I had just told him something funny. “Oh, you think you’re brave now, don’t you?” he said, tilting his head. “That’s cute. Really, it is.” Slowly, Lucious reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a phone.

“My office is in the city. I come down when I need a quiet cup.” She noticed the ring on his finger. No flourish. A simple band. He drank slowly, as if tasting everything but saying none of it. “You’re not from here,” she said. “No,” he said. “I’m not.” They spoke small things. The weather. The ferry. He asked a question about a pastry. He smiled and left his card on the table. It had a name she did not know and a number she would not call. When he stepped out, he paused at the cottage and looked up. For a second he seemed to weigh the place. Then he walked on.

It was now two million. Vivian rolled her eyes in exasperation. Her husband must have thought that her friend was dissatisfied with the amount which was why he gestured for Albert to add the next bundle. Danny was now staring at her wide-eyed. Wordlessly asking her what kind of guy she had picked up and from where. “This is too much. I was thinking a meal was enough,” Danny hesitated but the look in his eyes clearly said he was tempted. That was two months' worth of all his employees’ salaries in that hotel.

Plus, there's the fact that her entire life has been nothing more than a lie. "We need to have a meeting with the others tomorrow," I whispered out loud to myself as I finally left my truck and made my way towards the house. "No shit, but how about we handle one thing at a time? Like the cookies that you have a death grip on, for example?" Lucius replied without shame. I looked at the large container tucked under my left arm, completely forgetting that Julia ended up baking a bunch of chocolate chip cookies while I picked at my casserole. My stomach growled, and I immediately regretted not eating more while I was there.

We both stared at each other before he turned to Betty, then the paper. "Give me a pen." I heaved a sigh and brought the pen out with a smile and he signed it before handing it over to me. Nova Empire was all over the nation and I had the moon goddess and Lucas to thank. In the process of grooming this company, I knew that the only way Nova Empire would be as big as I wanted it to be was if I doubled my efforts, and I did just that. Lucas was in Switzerland, and his arrival time is still unknown, but he left a partner with me who went by the name of Kade Pierce.

She handed over the cookie pieces to the gentlemen. Grandpa Ben laughed and took the half of a star. His eyes lit up with pleasure as he took a bite. The flavors of vanilla, butter, and sugar melted on his tongue as he bit into the crisp cookie. “They are delicious. Come, Ms. Milli; Dorine sent us to find you. Emily is in the nursery and we would like it if you and Mrs. Robinson sat with us.”