“Damn son of a…” Franklin muttered a string of profanities under his breath."Jason,” Mr. Ponce De Leon called out as he approached Jason.Jason sighed and shook his head. Right then and there, he knew that he had fallen right into the trap set for him. A mix of emotions was rising inside of him, but the most prominent one was rage.And his rage gave birth to frustration because he didn’t know who to be more angry at. The people who drugged him—Kent and Roland—and the stupid smirks on their faces or himself for falling into the trap. He felt like he had failed those who were rooting for him, especially Franklin and Amelia. But one person he wasn’t angry at was Mr. Ponce de Leon. He understood that, from his point of view, Jason was irresponsible and had too much to drink, and that discouraged him. “Jason, I hope you can understand why I did this." Mr. Ponce de Leon said.Jason nodded. "Completely, sir." There’s no need for you to explain it to me,” he glared at Kent as he spoke. “I

The next day came, and it was time for Jason and Kent to buy the stocks.Jason tried to study the market and decide which stock was best to buy, but he had a splitting headache due to the hangover from the alcohol and drugs combined.The stockbroker was on the phone, and Jason and Kent each had to choose which stock to buy. Each of them was. given fifteen million dollars to invest. As Jason was trying to read up on what he could find on the market online, he received an email from one of the investment sites that he had been browsing.It read.TOP TEN BEST STOCKS TO BUY THIS YEARIt was followed by a list of companies. This all seemed too good to be true to Jason, but it was coming from a trusted site.As he contemplated the legitimacy of the email, he felt a sudden, sharp pain in his head, causing him to wince in pain. “Do I trust this?” he asked himself.“Mr. Grey, are you there?” The stockbroker asked."Yes, I'm here,” Jason replied.“Sir, I'm still waiting for your response. Mr.

Victoria was finishing up work for the day when she heard a knock on her office door. She sighed as she organised documents on her desk, making sure everything was in order for the following day.“Come in,” she said. She heard the door open and then close, but she didn't look up to see who it was; her eyes were still fixed on the documents she was organising.“You look so serious, Victoria. What’re you doing?” Roland said as he inched closer to her.She paused her movements once she heard his voice. Suddenly, it felt like there wasn’t enough air in the room for the both of them. Slowly, she lifted her head up to face him, her heart racing.“Roland… I’m organising,” she answered, then continued to organise her documents, but her pace had now increased as she tried to maintain her composure.Roland placed a hand on hers, stopping her movements. “You’re trembling,” he said, amused. “What’s wrong? Are you scared of me?”"No,” she said, her shaky voice betraying her. “I’ve just had a lot o

As Franklin stormed out of Victoria’s office and walked into the hallway, he realised that the last thing he said to Victoria was more to himself than to her. His mind reeled as he wondered whether or not he had made the right decision with what he discussed with Mr. Harringron.Before he could finish his train of thought, he felt a body collide with his."Sorry,” he murmured as he crouched to pick up a few of his things that had fallen to the ground due to the collision.When he was done, he got up and looked apologetically at the person he had bumped into and offered a second apology. “Sorry again…” but once he locked eyes with Kent, his words caught in his throat.“What, you're not going to apologise anymore because it’s me? How rude.” Kent said with a smirk.Franklin simply glared at Kent, then kept walking, but Kent held him by the shoulder to stop his movements. "Hey, I’m still talking to you. Why are you in such a hurry?”“What the hell do you want?” Franklin seethed as he turn

The next day, Jason arrived early at the Elysian Syndicate to check the security footage.“Good morning, Mr. Grey,” the guard said.“Good morning, Richard. I need your help with something,” Jason said.“What is it, sir?”“I need to have a look at the CCTV camera footage from yesterday, around noon.” Richard nodded. "Okay, sir,” he said.He led Jason to the room where the footage was kept and showed him the footage from the day before.Jason waited for the blonde woman to walk in, and his head jerked up when he finally saw her.“Stop there,” he said.Richard paused the footage at the point where the blonde woman walked in. She was wearing a scarf and was about to put on sunglasses. The video was paused right at the point before she put on the sunglasses; she had already raised them to her face but hadn’t put them on yet. Jason took a picture of the frame with his phone and then told Richard to press play on the video.Now the woman was clad in her scarf and sunglasses. The camera did