Chapter 71Soon, social media became an understatement. International news carried it. This was the most serious firing that had happened in a big business organisation in a long time. Not just because of the number, but because of the calibre of staff that was fired. Big companies were usually understood to do clean up with low grade staff, and based people. Firing top executives was another issue. Roman's phone could not stop buzzling. Calls from other people to to know what happened, from families of the executors to beg, from standby personnel ready to take the positions that now lay vacant, journalists who wanted to be first in line to his next press interview. Roman had phones for different things, hence he could put the business phone on DND and slide it under his cabinet. His personal phone, the one that only stored numbers of critical people, finally rang after a while of quiet. When he took it out, it was the president calling. “Roman my boy!” The president greeted. “G

“The same way we do not trust her completely, even if there is, is the same way she might doubt our ability to keep her.” Roman argued. “Making her part of the team will definitely make her more confident.”“More than that, she knows her father, in and out. She knows how he thinks, how he moves, at least to a certain degree. She will be more effective with us, than as an external agent.” He explained. Now, Carlos got the gist and he was in for it. I don't want to be part of your crew or anything like that.” Zara told Roman when he pitched the offer to her. “All you men are the same. I'm not planning to leave my father, just to be stuck with another man.” She confessed. “I promise, it'll be just for the time period.” Roman persuaded. “All I want to do is keep you close, so you can be protected properly until it all ends. I'll send you off to anywhere you wish, with everything you need.” He reaffirmed his promise. Roman was nothing like Damian and he would never do to her what Damian

“No, it can't be him. It can not!” Roman told himself. The evidence was there, it all pointed at Carlos. Roman couldn't get himself to think of it being true. He trusted Carlos with so many official.and personal things, turning on him would mean a lot of loss. It wasn't until a few hours later that Roman began to properly investigate the information process that led to the interception. Fortunately, it wasn't Carlos on the tabs when it happened, but the veteran security, Briggs. The man he just promoted! Roman was so angry that he put so much faith in him , hence the promotion, but he turned to stab in the back. He was however relieved that it was Carlos. If it was, it would mean an end to the word trust in his vocabulary. Ring! Roman's thought was interrupted by a call from Carlos. “Hello.” Roman answered with so much excitement. Only he knew what caused it. “Did you send Briggs on a secret mission outside the country?” Carlos asked him. “No, why?” “We met him trying to leav

Everything they were looking for was there and that was exactly what Lena had hoped to achieve. With the many sparring data that she got, she was able to make something out of it, something that added with information they got from Briggs and others, they could finally take down Damian, once and for all. Her data was more valuable than any of them would imagine. Things began unfolding before Damian, the strings he held tight had begun to loosen and he barely understood what was happening to him. This led him to inviting his two most trusted lieutenants. They were his real eyes and ears in the world above. He trusted them with everything and they basically had all the information on him. With power like that, when he started having serious setbacks, they would easily be the first to come into his mind. “Which one of you is betraying me subtly?” He asked the men, who were seated before him. They looked at themselves, confused. They didn't know they were coming to be interrogated.

By now, it was clear that Damian would be caught sooner and later. After long talks, Carlos finally convinced Roman to take a break, go live other parts of his life, while the security unit focused on Damian. Although Roman finally accepted this, he was still very much looking over his shoulder. Damian was full of surprises and now that he lost everything, he might resort to taking extreme measures against Roman. For the first time in a long time, Roman could finally go after “other activities.” Of course, the first on the list was Mira, who had been locked in the cell ever since she invaded his home and assaulted Lena. “You have a visitor, Mira.” The warder told her. She thought it would be her parents, as usual, but it wasn't. She could see Roman on the other side of the desk as she walked in. Her heart began to race. The feeling, intense. “He clearly has reached his verdict to punish me.” She panicked within. Roman had told her that he wasn't done with her at all. Staying in