National Treasure Riley Novels & Stories

If Riley agreed, he would be forced to tell me everything, and I knew him, he would never turn back on his words. But he was still nowhere. It seemed like he didn't care that I was not around. Maybe he was losing interest in me, which was better. I was setting the table while Nana was preparing food for dinner. I never told Nana about Caspian. Not that I didn't want to. But Jenny's warning kept ringing in my head. The fewer people I talked to about Caspian, the less information Riley would be able to acquire. I trusted Nana and Jenny, but I didn't trust Riley, especially since he can use his Alpha command to fish out information.

Riley took a step back, her expression one of utter disgust and shock. "How could you?" she whispered, her voice barely audible. "How could you do something so monstrous?" Lily took a deep breath, feeling a surge of strength from Riley's reaction. "She wanted to fool me!" He screamed back at her. "You don't do that to even a gold digger!!" She screamed again "I didn’t know you would ever do this, Zared.” Rage surged through Riley. She knew wealthy businessmen like him were often involved in dirty matters but this was unacceptable to her.

Riley asked, her voice steady, though her heart pounded with excitement. "Four feature film scripts, two limited series, and Derrick Rale wants you as the lead for his next project shooting in the fall," Greg said with a wide grin. "You aren't just getting work, Riley. You're getting top-tier scripts with major paychecks." When the multi-million dollar endorsement checks finally cleared into her bank account, the feeling of financial independence was overwhelming. Riley didn't go on a wild spending spree. Instead, she bought a beautiful, sunlit four-bedroom home in a quiet neighborhood with a large backyard for Iris, paid off her apartment lease, and set up an untouchable trust fund for her

… Riley was the one who saved me. She had chosen to work alone in our past lives. She chose the plastic apartment in the desert as her safehouse and the skill that made her body as strong as steel. Her only goal had been to survive till the end of the game. However, since Riley had muted the group chat, she wasn't aware of Frank's schemes. Later, Frank threatened her into joining him so he could form the strongest team among the players. He used her like she was his personal tool, pushing her to her limits.

“They say he buys companies just to crush them. He owns half of Makati. He… he’s ruthless.” I had laughed then, a light, dismissive sound. “You’re watching too many telenovelas, Elena. My Gus? He’s just a simple man. A bit quiet, yes, but kind. He helps old Aling Nena carry her groceries.” Elena shook her head, her eyes wide with concern. “No, Daisy. This is real. Augustus Caesar. The trillionaire. He never loses. He always gets what he wants.” A cold wave washed over me. "He always gets what he wants." The words echoed, a chilling prophecy. What did he want from me? My simple life? My simple heart? Or was it something else? Something darker, colder?

But we both were over six feet tall and sported firm lean muscles from intense training and rigorous workouts. We are like night and day. Riley is the wild type and has been a detective, solving more criminal cases locally over the years than any other detective in his department. Since my earlier days, I have decided to enter the entertainment industry, and a few other business ventures I have going on that have become pretty successful ever since my father denounced me as his heir many years ago.

“Trying to make you accept her?” Riley scoffed. “Never. You’re my twin, I can decide if I want to talk to you privately or not.” “That doesn’t even make sense, Riley.” Her jaw clenched. “You’re not funny, Ryder.” “I wasn’t trying to be.” He folded his arms and leaned back against the wall casually. “Now say whatever you came to say.” Riley narrowed her eyes at me but said nothing. Then she exhaled and crossed her arms. “Someone’s been digging into Liliana’s case again.”

Chapter 14 Charlie This was it; it was now or never I told Riley; she knew who Naja was. She knew everything. I had laid out my entire history, and so had she. There were no secrets between us. Riley knew exactly why we were here, and there he stood. Tall, broad shoulder, muscular, his body made up of tribal tattoos. And as handsome as I remembered. Naja Greyson was still as much of an enigma to me as my own missing memories.

Summoning every ounce of strength left, I jumped on and tore off toward our hideout. I slammed the door shut behind me and crumpled to the floor, breathless. Blood oozed from my arm, but I had no time for that then. I opened my hand to reveal the prize: a pink diamond, glinting with an otherworldly glow. "It's here. Now talk," I said. Old Fox, ever the cool customer, took the diamond, inspected it briefly in the light, and then pulled out a sealed dossier from his desk. "Everything you need to know about your guy is right here."

As they were en route, Adrian softly said, "I supposed my surprise would tell you." Riley did not fully understand Adrian's words until they arrived at the villa. Adrian brought her to his study. Inside his office, a secret door behind the wooden shelf opened to an entire room that contained a massive vault. Clint was there the whole time to assist Adrian. "Should I be seeing this, Adrian? This looks like a very private thing," Riley said as Clint opened the vault. "This is me, Riley, slowly telling you the truth. You need to see this, but I'd like to warn you before that. I'm not a creep, okay? I simply -" Adrian sucked in a deep breath. "I simply wanted to support you over the years."