Meanwhile, in the middle of all this, Ricardo Rodriguez was getting more and more anxious with every minute his father spent in that closed meeting with Adrian Blood. Adrian was supposed to be their pawn, their chess piece in the long game against the new CEO. But now it looked like he was gaining the trust of Father, meeting with him while Ricardo was stuck here outside with no clue of what they spoke about."Why are you so restless?" Lyana asked after watching him for a while. "If there is anything you need to know, I am sure that father would tell you when he is done."He responded to her only with a glare. Then he continued his sad pace up and down the place. "Father always favoured you, Lyana. And now that he wants to change, he switches to your boyfriend?""Adrian saved Father's life. Are you not too quick to forget?""Right... the saviour." Ricardo smirked. He had never been deceived by Adrian Blood for a day. He knew that Adrian had some dark secrets about him. How else was he

Dr Lewis was in his study when the news got to him. It was trending all over tiktok."You will not believe this! The chairman of Rodriguez Corporation just almost got murdered in his own house, at his own wedding! This is crazy, guys! Crazy!"Dr Lewis was working on the little assignment that Ricardo Rodriguez had assigned him when he heard this, a big surprise to him."How would anyone try to murder the chairman?" He muttered, paying close attention to the laptop screen. "The attempt was rendered useless all thanks to the infamous Adrian Blood, boyfriend of Lyana Rodriguez. He was the person who found out that the chairman's meal was poisoned, thereby saving his life. I mean, you have gotta give it to this guy. First he saved Lyana's life more than once and then now her father? Like it or not, he is the greatest gift to that family."Dr Lewis grunted as he heard that. Adrian Blood was that loser in rags who stumbled into the Infirmary on that faithful day and put Lewis and his team

"When your bitch mother was dying on that sick bed, Fede was right beneath me. He kept stroking as your mother kept calling. The sex was just too sweet, we did not need any interuption. And when he finally attempted to respond to the call, I reached for the phone first and threw it in the bin. Then I fucked your father like it was his last day on this earth!"Lyana listened quietly, in her heart was a burning flame. She was about to lose it. She was about to go crazy."Your father had already grown tired of your sickly mother. He never wanted to marry her. He only decided to settle for less because of the benefits of business. Every time he abandoned you and your mother, guess who he comes to for refuge. Me! He comes crawling back to me!""You..." There were tears in her eyes, but she would not allow them to peep. Her voice crackled, but she would not allow it to break. She would not allow Melissa to see this weak part of her. She would not allow that monster to know how much pained s

Ann, the new maid, was returning from the washroom. She had just escaped the close call with the old woman, Julia, who found her out as the one who had tried to poison the chairman. Ann had spent several months preparing for that murder. She had learnt about many ways to kill an aristocrat who had wealth and plenty. The only possible way she could settle with was poisoning.Yet no poison would kill a rich man with so much easy. They had enormous funds for urgent medical care, and they had all the facilities to revive themselves. Thus, she had to find that poison that kills in the fastest way possible. The water-blood poison was the best thing she could find. She spent several days leaning about this deadly thing. How to get it, a very rare thing to find. How to handle it, a very volatile thing to hold. How to use it, a very dangerous thing in the wrong hands. She had learnt all this, and she had prepared herself all because of one man, all because of Federico Rodriguez. The man who d

"You are wrong, father. I did not take Hans Zimmer just to gain your honour." Ricardo said, cutting the chairman off his inferences and conclusions. "I did not kidnap him to gain your recognition." The chairman stared back into his son's eyes. "Then why?" He asked with his low voice, hard and thick. Ricardo attempted to say something, but then he held his tongue and remained silent. He could not say the truth. "I can't." He muttered. Where was he going to start from. How he grew so jealous of his sister that he decided to murder her? How he realized that he was no match for Lyana's genius so he attempted to kill her not once, not twice and not even thrice? He just could not do it. Meanwhile, Federico's suspicions only grew deeper with his reluctance. Maybe Adrian Blood was right after all. Ricardo had devilish plans towards his own father. Why else would he keep it a secret? Why else would he be unable to tell him what was on his mind? Why else would the question be so difficul