Xavier's gaze remained unfocused on the screen, but his mind was focused and calculating his next move with a million dollars' worth of questions inside. "Ah! It's going to be ten o'clock soon, but not a single text from my spy! I hope Spy reached Ewan's secret place." He thought and tapped his hand inside the pocket, and he answered, "No, sir, we can modify after a few matches!" "Yup! It's better!" Arthur replied and calmly waited for the scene.At the moment, Xavier's phone vibrated inside his coat pocket. A small, cold smirk carved itself onto his lips. He immediately excused himself and stepped out of the CCTV room.He walked confidently towards the restroom without making a doubtful, nervous expression in a practised manner, while he voluntarily noticed the hallway soldiers and made small eye contact and an easy, wide, offering smile. With the same attitude, he pulled open the restroom door and stepped inside a stall.Then he silently checked the nearby room. After confirming no

Still, Bella gazed down, and tears followed down, and she remained nervous and waited for Christopher's answer."Congratulations, Mr Christopher, you're going to be a dad." Daisy mocked, her voice dripping with pure sarcasm.Christopher didn't lash out immediately hugged Bella. "It's okay. Don't cry!!! I got an intern job. We can do this..." He lifted her chin, wiped her cold tears, and pressed an assured smile. "Bella, don't be scared. We are going to have this baby. I can manage everything." He replied, his tone concerned.Bella leaned into his touch, her heart slowing for the first time in hours. She wanted to believe him. She needed to believe him.Daisy remains frozen and happy for their love, but inside, she's dying about their parents. She called, "Chris...Can we talk?""Yeah!" Christopher excused himself as he pressed a forehead kiss before going out.Daisy and him standing in the hallway, "Do you think our mom and dad are going to accept this...? She's just eighteen. She's my

"Nothing, Mum!" Luke answered quickly, gulping down his juice to hide his inner feelings."Slow down, honey!!!" Bella said, her eyes never leaving his face as she continued to chew her food. How is the preparation for the Arthur Huxley scholarship? I haven't seen you away from that laptop in days.""Much better, Mom...The exam is next year. I'm on track to ace it anyway." Luke said, his voice a still, trembling tone.Bella nodded her head in agreement. "It's a hundred million dollars, don't ever forget, and they offer a secure job. Keep that in mind!" she warned, and he remembered her every time as a slogan."I know, Mom, trust me, I am the one who gonna won that prize and make you proud," Luke whispered. He stood up, placed his knife and spoon perfectly parallel on his plate, and leaned over to kiss her cheek. Before she could ask another question, he retreated to his room in a hurried rush.Bella's brows narrowed, looking at his new behaviour, but didn't ask about anything. "What is

A year later: A day before Arthur's scholarship registration day.Inside a luxurious mansion, guarded by a small army of bodyguards, Tony stood in his father’s office. His face was twisted with a jealousy so deep it looked like physical pain."Dad...I don't want to warn him... I want Luke dead. He doesn't deserve that scholarship. He’s taking what belongs to us." Tony hissed.His father looked up from his desk, his expression unreadable. "What are you talking about, Tony?""He makes every day of my life a hell just by existing. A guy like him doesn't deserve this world. If you love me, you’ll let me kill him." Tony implored, his tone dipped with poison.A heavy silence filled the room. Tony’s father looked at his son—the heir he had raised to be a predator—and slowly nodded. At the same time, he signalled for his head bodyguard to enter. Tony's dad's gaze shifted to him. "Okay... You may go to school... I sort it out." He ordered."Yes, sir... You called me?" The bodyguard asked."

Dominion 100. Time 3 pm.A mossy, little snowed land, Astrid pressed her shoes on the dry leaves and gave a crumbly sound to break the silent trip. Both are breathing louder inside the cotton black masks to prevent skin drying.Ewan paused, standing at the edge of the rock and looking at the front view. The sun was already losing its brightness and battling against the mountain, casting long warmth.Ewan's eyes locked onto the weary Astrid as he pointed at the small waterfalls. "Look, we need to get down this mountain before sunset. The peak gets frigid at night with the wind picking up!” he asserted with an authoritative tone.Astrid stopped, looking at a huge waterfall in the distance. She placed her luggage down and sat, slumped a nearby rock. "It's exhausting!" she murmured as her breath came in ragged plumes of steam. "I can’t move another inch.""Come on, Astrid! You wish to freeze and die!" Ewan asked in a cold tone. "At night, this peak temperature will drop to a level that tu