Derek scoffed silently, as he leaned closer to her, his eyes narrowing slowly. “Mrs Bells! I came here so you could help me out, why are you saying these words to me?” Derek drew back and sprang up immediately, his face furrowed in anguish. “Look, Derek, I am a mother. You're like a son to me and I don't want you to end up fighting your family enemies the remaining days of your life!” She said softly, exhaling heavily. Those words must have come from the deepest part of her heart. She slowly took his hands to calm him down. Derek stared at her for a while, before sitting down quietly. He wringed his fingers together, tilting his head down in deep thoughts. He raised his head from time to time to glance at Mrs Bells. After some minutes of silence, Derek raised his head slowly and exhaled with a breaking nod. He faced her directly and said, “Look, Mrs Bells, I totally understand what you're saying. To be honest with you, since my dad died, I've been hiding.” Derek ran his hands t

“Who the fuck is disturbing my peace this night?” Derek mumbled through clenched teeth, as he watched his phone ring countless times, with an unknown number displaying on the screen. Derek and Mr Lincoln had been gathering enough information for the past few days. And on the night to the said day, Derek was resting his head, while his mind wallowed in thoughts. Just when his eyes were about to close for a brief sleep, his phone began to ring. At first, he ignored it, but after so many rings he looked at the screen, his eyes narrowed for a moment, as he sat up from the couch. “Why does this number seem familiar?” He mumbled and hissed, not picking up. The call stopped and then a message popped up. He opened the message, his eyebrows drew together in disbelief. “Steph?” He whispered slowly, his fist tightened on the phone as he read the message she sent to him. “Why would she take such a risk, what if her father finds out about this?” He murmured silently, as he continued reading

“Oh, please, there is nothing else to regret!” Derek interrupted them immediately, shoving his hands over Mr Alexander's face. “Everyone won't run from you forever. This time around, you either surrender peacefully or watch yourself get humbled by Force!” Derek declared to his face without fear, his eyes furrowed in anger. Mr Alexander lips parted widely, he never imagined being talked to like that by anyone, not to talk of someone he could flip off with his fingers. “Derek….!” Damien called out, as all eyes turned towards him, deviating their mind from the banter between Derek and Mr Alexander. “I'm actually innocent of all the things you heard. Alexander is the mastermind behind all this shit that has been happening!” Mr Damien finally spoke up, after being silent the whole time. “Excuse you!” Mr Alexander screamed at Damien with widened eyes. “Such a hypocrite!” Mr Lincoln mumbled with a frown. Derek glared at Damien for a while and hissed loudly without saying a word to him.

“You dare raise your fingers at me? You have no idea what I can do to you, do you?” Jaden growled at him slowly through smirk and scoff, pulling his fingers off his face. Jaden leaned closer towards Nicole, while he took a step backwards. “Anyways, we have more important things to fight for. Maybe after that, we can fight ourselves. Incase no one told you, Derek is Mr Lucas's Only son and heir!” He said to his face and stormed out of the place. Nicole's jaw dropped immediately, his eyes wide open. “How? Derek? What the fuck! Shit!” He exclaimed at the same time, slumping on his seat. “Wait a minute! If Derek is Mr Lucas's son, that means he is the direct heir to his mother's companies! Oh, my goodness!” He screamed and rushed out to stop Jaden from going. But Jaden was already long gone. “What the hell is the meaning of this,” he mumbled, dialing Jaden's number. After ringing for multiple times, Jaden finally picked up. “Hey, this is serious! We need to talk. Please where are y

“I don't care what you do about this, I just want my daughter back in peace,” Mr Alexander blurted out sorrowfully. Derek narrowed his eyes as he stared at Mr Alexander and then Maureen. That was when his confusion increased. “Something is not adding up, was Steph really kidnapped? Mr Alexander looked like he didn't know anything about this?” He thought to himself curiously, but then snapped out of his thoughts when he remembered that they can do anything to win their game. “This is all the evidence I have,” Nicole said to the detective, interrupting Derek's thoughts. He handed over his phone and a picture of Steph sitting opposite a man with Derek's back, but he was backing the photo. “Detective, let him go and bring my daughter. I don't understand anything going on here!” Mr Alexander screamed bitterly again, looking at the detective. Maureen snatched the picture from Nicole before it could get to the detective, “What?” Maureen mumbled for the first time. “You have been seeing