Carlos POV:I have been chilling next to my broken villa, cooking and raising a tent, but then my peace was robbed by the few words that Narika had said to me.I couldn’t sleep after that, even though I was no longer hindered by the presence of Fang.I woke up to cook myself a tomato soup in the middle of the night, but then Narika’s words came to my mind.Would she have made this ready-made soup better, too, if she were the one who made this?That thought brought a chuckle to my face.Only business used to cross my mind 24/7 in the past, but now, I spend my time for a completely different purpose, one that I’m not proud of, but it’s still something I have to achieve no matter what.To do that, I needed the help of Narika as well as the Bisconsley family.However, I received a call from Lucas Blake the very next morning. He told me that his son, Jim Blake, had drunk so much last night he was taken to the hospital, and if anything happened to him, Lucas would find Charles and kill him.

“If we don’t pay the bills, we’ll end up losing our home!” Sofia’s voice tightened in her throat. “Our mansion that has been passed down for generations will go into a stranger’s hands!”“So what?” Narika indifferently snorted. “Why should I care, huh? You’ve also spent a lot of money in Carlos’ name even after he ran out of the mansion, didn’t you? You tried to push him into the debts. Now, you’re just reaping what you’ve sown, Sis. Carlos didn’t do it till now because he must have been waiting for this day to properly make you pay, and what better way than to make the banks kick you out of the mansion where all his bad memories lie? I can’t help but praise him this time. He’s finally doing something that he should have done long ago.”“Narika!” Sofia went for a slap, but Narika caught her wrist like it was nothing. “A-Are you out of your mind? Why are you talking like this?”“I know why you four are here,” Narika looked into her sister’s eyes. “I sold my shares for a good price a we

Gregory met Charles in his villa’s grounds. Gregory expressed his condolences for his destroyed building, especially because Charles didn’t even have residential insurance for it.Gregory asked Charles to help him play some poker games and win him some prestige and money. Charles agreed to help. They went to the Origins casino together and played for an entire day. Charles didn’t directly play, but he just supported Gregory instead.And Charles made sure to confuse Gregory so that he would lose his money while making it look like all this happened because Gregory couldn’t follow Charles’ advice properly.In the end, Gregory lost 9 million dollars in a day, and his hands began to shake as he walked out of the casino with Charles.“If I tell Victoria that I lost almost ten million dollars in a day, she’s going to kill me,” Gregory’s heart was not in his control. He turned to Charles and requested, “Please give me twenty million. I’ll make sure to pay you with interest in a month or two.

Marlon was one of the biggest cowards that Carlos had seen in his life so far. Marlon would always listen to his parents and elder sister so much so it would make others wonder if he’ll lick their boots if only they were to ask him.Marlon and Carlos didn’t have any particular enmity between them in the beginning, but Marlon still mocked and attacked Carlos in front of his family members, probably just to make himself feel safer by taking the side of his family.All of that was forgivable, but then Marlon joined his dad and Andres to beat Carlos and played a part in breaking his knees.Carlos’ body still remembered the hits he received while lying on the floor. Even though he begged them to stop, the three of them didn’t show any mercy. Narika wasn’t present back then, but Sofia and Victoria were watching everything with eyes full of happiness as if Carlos deserved everything he got.Currently, Marlon waited outside the gate.“Where is this Charles?” he had already searched inside and

The bright moon toured the dark sky, making waves as this magnificent luminary always did.Laurel sat in the tent house. It was getting cold outside as the loving silvery light of the moon did its magic, so she closed up the tent and slept.Charles, on the other hand, sat behind the tent with a wine bottle in hand. Another curse of being a vampire was the natural resistance against intoxication toward alcohol. So, even though Charles drank the whole bottle of concentrated wine, it didn’t do any good.The moon’s reflection bore into his eyes; waves of emotions ebbed and flowed in his heart like how it would happen to the sea that the moon would look upon every night.Charles mobile started vibrating at some point. It was probably Marlon calling.He answered the call. “Hello, who is this?”“Your brother-in-law,” Marlon’s voice was rather soft.“My brother-in-law? I don’t have one though,” Charles said, speaking in his natural Carlos’ voice.“I’m Marlon talking.”“Oh… yeah, right. You ex