CHAPTER ELEVENElias remained calm, and to top it all, he refused to get rid of his smile. “Why are you still smiling?!” Elena fired, finding his beam annoying. “Don’t you realize the amount of damage that you have done to me and my family?! Now my father thinks that I have brought shame to him, and my sister is happy that she has finally made my father resent me!” Elias sighed. “Your father doesn’t resent you.” He said, taking a deep breath. “If your father is angry because of the deal that you have lost, then we are going to get you another deal. It’s as simple as that.” Elena’s countenance twisted into disdain, her eyes firing shots of anger at the Sovereign  Leader. “Are you trying to make fun of me?” She asked, her eyes wide and red. 

CHAPTER THIRTEENSilently, everyone listened to while they kept on staring at Elias.But Fiona didn’t like the quietness. “I am sure that this is just a joke.” She scoffed, turning to her father.“We should already be on our way, Father. This clown doesn’t look like he can do anything meaningful.” She rolled her eyes at Elias, but he didn’t even notice because he was waiting for the man he called to answer.Then he growled. “What took you so long?! I have been waiting for you to take my call!” His angry tone rippled through the mic, sending fear into Mario.“I am so sorry, Sovereign Leader!” The cracking voice resounded through the speakers, drawing the immediate attention of everyone.“I was in a meeting when you called, and the stupid secretary didn’t bother to inform me that you were calling. I should get her fired and beaten!”Elias sighed. “There will be no need for that. I have something important I want you to do for me.”“Anything at all, Sovereign leader! Just mention it an

CHAPTER FIFTEENThe men were able to get rid of their reluctance and nervousness, and one after the other, they lifted their hands to strike Elias.He grabbed them one after the other, and no matter how hard they pushed, their entire strength was no match for him.Elias punched them on their faces, causing them to fall on their backs.But he was not done with them. “How dare you try to lay your unworthy hands on my wife?!” He roared, grabbing them by their necks.William gasped at the unexpected turn of events, his eyes wide with shock.“How is this possible?!” He stared at Elias, unable to imagine that he could be that strong.He watched as Elias choked his men until they passed out, then he let them drop to the ground with heavy thuds.That action had single-handedly left everyone in shock, including Elena who had already experienced the rage of her husband.“How is he that strong!” Fiona muttered with a shaky voice, realizing that Elias had been tolerating all the scornful comments

CHAPTER SEVENTEENElias still insisted on the words he had said earlier.“My wife needs the biggest deal your company can give to her.”Mario nodded. “I already prepared the documents before coming, Supreme Ruler.” He turned to his men, and at his signal, one of them grabbed a file he had kept within him the whole time and handed it over to him.Mario in turn extended his hand toward Elias, but the Supreme Ruler turned to Charlotte.“Go ahead.” He urged with a smile. “It’s all yours.” Elias didn’t bother to look at the documents, he knew that Mario would never do anything he didn’t ask him to do.“Please have this.” Mario turned to Charlotte, almost kneeling while he waited for her to take the document from him.That action left everyone dumbfounded, and they could only stare in awe.“Is this truly Mario Clifford or someone who looks exactly like him?” Angelo thought, still wondering how Elias could bring such a powerful man to his beck and call on such short notice.Even the Mayor of

CHAPTER NINETEENElias tried to talk Elena into losing her insistence, but she refused to budge.She repeated her last words, standing on her resolve.“If you want me to go with you, then you will tell me everything that I need to know about you. I am your wife, and I think I deserve to know.”Elias took a deep breath, and then he put on a smile that spread all over his face.“I am surprised that you would do this, Charlotte. Are you scared that I am a monster even after everything that we have both seen together?”“I didn’t say that.” Elena snapped, rolling her eyes at him.Then she took a deep breath, filled with so many thoughts over the reason why Elias had been so quiet and seemed unperturbed about her concerns.“You call me your wife, yet you have decided to hide your true identity from me.” She pouted, glaring at him.Elias tried to get close to her, but she stepped backward before he could even take the second step forward.“I am not going to fall for that again! You are manip