2024-11-25 19:00:09As Emilia watched, she grew green with jealousy. Was Ezekiele such a gem? If he was, then she couldn’t possibly let him go like that. She had to find a way to turn the tables around.
“Ezekiele, dear.” In front of everyone, Emilia rushed to Ezekiele, wrapping her hands around him in a tender embrace. “If I had known you were like this, I would never have let you go. Can’t you forgive my mother this once? Instead of this nobody, why don’t you make her the hospital director?”
Lucy felt her heart pierce as she watched the two of them, but Ezekiele remained unfazed. Prying Emilia away from his body, he moved so that he was standing next to Lucia, showing ownership.
“Did you forget that I’m married to Lucia?” Ezekiele asked in a voice so cold, it put shivers in the hearts of everyone who heard it.
Not one to back down easily, Emilia forced on a fake smile.
“Back at the wedding hall, I might have said a few things that I regret, but you did the same. You can have me back, all you need to do is push that thing,” Emilia sent a scorching look Lucia’s way, “away. I’m the one you love. Your feelings for me are still there…I know it!”
Hearing Emilia’s words, Lucia knew how things were going to go down. Afterall, Ezekiele was originally meant to marry Emilia. If he decided he wanted her back, she would be pushed to the curb. What would that leave her with then? The engagement with Giacomo was over. No man would want her ever again.
Inching away from Ezekiele, she prepared to be rejected by him, but his next words sent shock through her.
“You must be crazy, Emilia, if you think I’m going to take you back. Today, before a hundred people, I was legally in marriage with Lucia, and I plan for it to remain that way until I die.”
After saying this, Ezekiele regarded Lucia with soft eyes before closing the distance between them. “Don’t ever move away from me.”
Having to watch this scene unfold before her eyes, Emilia couldn’t restrain her anger. Inside her, everything felt hot, like she was going to combust at any moment. Ezekiele acting sweet with Lucia made her want to scream.
“Ezekiele, you bastard! You think you’re all that, huh? Don’t forget who was invited to the Great Marshal’s Comeback Ceremony. Me!” Emilia screamed. “Just wait until I rise up in ranks. I’ll ruin all of you! Starting with this wench who disguises herself as a saint!”
At that moment, Emilia lunged at Lucia, wanting to slap her, but this time, Ezekiele immediately jumped in front of his wife and caught Emilia’s swinging arm.
“Didn’t I warn you never to try that again?” Ezekiele shoved Emilia, making her fall to the floor.
With mascara stained tears trickling down her face, Emilia pointed a warning finger at Lucia. “Just you wait and see, Lucia! That business you love so dearly, I’ll make sure it’s ruined!”
Upon hearing this, Lucia’s parents, Anna and Daniele, exchanged a look of concern. The business was a source of income for their family, and Emilia’s threats put fear into their hearts.
Anna ran to her daughter and wanted to drag her away from Ezekiele, but Lucia didn’t move. She remembered Ezekiele’s words for her not to move away from him.
“Reject him now, Lucia,” Anna begged. Her husband, Daniele, also looked terrified. “Didn’t you hear her say she’s going to ruin your business?”
“She can’t do anything. I’ll make you a VIP at the Great Marshal’s Comeback Ceremony.” Ezekiele refuted her words.
Since none of them knew about Ezekiele’s true identity as the Great Marshal, they all listened in disbelief at his cocky words. How could this nobody possibly get Lucia a VIP invitation to the Comeback Ceremony? Impossible!
“Lucia, don’t listen to his crazy words any longer. Think for yourself, my daughter.”
“Mother, Father, I’ve decided to stay with Ezekiele. I’ll be taking him home with me.”
Ignoring her parents’ cry of protest, Lucia left the hospital with Ezekiele. When they got into the car, the two didn’t say anything.
“Where would you like to go?” Ezekiele asked.
“Can you drive me to the steel mill? I have to check on how the work is coming along.”
The scene they met there was surprising. Instead of the workers to be hard at work, Ezekiele and Lucia found them lounging around. Some of them had even started to leave. Taken aback, Lucia ran to the office to find the mill supervisor. She was shocked to find him packing up his things, about to leave.
“Lucia, you’re finally here. I sent you a million messages. Why didn’t you respond to any of them?”
Given that she had had an eventful day, what with having gotten married and her father being rushed to the hospital, there had been no time for Lucia to check her phone.
“Can you explain what’s going on? Nobody is working as they should be.” Lucia asked the mill supervisor. With a long, drawn-out sigh, the mill supervisor sat in his chair and explained everything.
“A representative from Hamilton Construction called to say that they were withdrawing all their business dealings. It looks like the news spread quickly because not long later, two other clients also did the same.” After the mill supervisor explained all of this, he didn’t wait around again.
Alone with Ezekiele, Lucia turned away from him, too ashamed to look him in the eye. In the blink of an eye, she’d lost her biggest client. This would have an obvious negative impact on her steel mill.
“Lucia, how much do you trust me?” Ezekiele didn’t seem to want an answer because he continued. “I know you feel like your business is ruined, but that’s not the case. I can help you secure the biggest order of your business by tomorrow.”
Lucia’s skepticism was clear through her expression. She didn’t believe Ezekiele had that kind of power, but she didn’t want it to seem like she was undermining him.
Sighing, she asked, “In that case, how would you like to be the mill supervisor?”
Later, as they drove away from the steel mill to Lucia’s home, Ezekiele received a message from a number that hadn’t contacted him in years. It read: “When do you plan on taking over the Schneider family’s assets?”
The message was from Enrico Schneider, the richest man in Oakheart City.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
“Have you heard back from the Hautings?”In a lavish home office, a man with a full head of grey hair sat at his desk, reading the news on his computer. Standing in front of him was a man, balding in the middle of his head, and with age marks around his eyes. He was in his late thirties, but looked much older than his years. These two people were Micah and Abel Keatings respectively. Ezekiele’s father and brother. After Ezekiele came out of prison, the first thing he did was change his last name so that none of his family members would be able to find him, but before he was known as Ezekiele Moretti, he used to be known as Ezekiele Keatings. “I’m meeting with the first son of the family and my bride-to-be this afternoon,” Abel Keatings responded. “Hmm.” Micah Keatings made a nasally sound with his throat, not looking up from his computer, then said, “I hope you know this has to happen. For the sake of the family business, you have to make sure this deal goes through. Do everything
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
“Ezekiele!”A good trinkle passed through Ezekiele when he heard the warmth and longing that filled Lucia’s voice as she called out his name. Dressed in a wine gown, his wife had been hard at work on her laptop when Ezekiele entered the office. With brisk steps, he rounded the table. When he reached where she was, he placed his hands gently on her shoulders before pulling her into a hug.“Did you miss me that much?”Ezekiele felt Lucia’s shoulders bristle, but she didn’t move out of his hold. After a few moments, Ezekiele drew away from her with a laugh. He had somewhere else to be, but he wanted Lucia to be the first person to be when he got back to Oakheart City. Now that he saw her and confirmed for himself that she was fine, he felt at peace. “I have to leave again.” At those words, Lucia’s eyes widened with surprise. “But you just got here. Are you going on another mission? I don’t want to trouble you, but I would appreciate it if you told me where you were going.”Ezekiele wa
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
“Dad says I get to keep you if you come over.”As soon as Ezekiele heard those words, he reached behind him, grabbed onto the gun in Raya’s hands, and pointed it on her. The whole thing took three seconds, tops. Now Ezekiele had the chance to take a closer look at her. A stunned expression adorned the girl’s face. He was right in thinking she was young. She bore a striking resemblance to Lance and looked about the same age too. Twins maybe. Before speaking, Ezekiele took the gun away from her. “Are you alone in the house?” His eyes darted around the room to make sure that he didn’t encounter any more surprises. “Where are the students?”Raya must not have been expecting Ezekiele to turn the tables on her because a deep pout appeared on her face. “I’m innocent.”“Innocent? We’ll see about that. Where are the captives?” When he saw that Raya wasn’t planning on being forthcoming, Ezekiele raised the gun in his hand and aimed it at her. “Tell me or I’ll really shoot.”Rather than move,
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
“Lucia Rovings…I assume that might be you.”Lucia stared at the newcomer with confused expression, then at Emilia, who looked confused, but also had admiration written all over her face. He was a handsome man who looked to be in his early-thirties. With hair that fell across his face in waves and the suit he had, he had a neat look. All these things were noted by Lucia as she did a quick sweep of the stranger. “Who… are you?” Also, how did he know who she was?The strange man’s eyes widened briefly before he reached into his shirt pocket. “Oh. I forgot to introduce myself.” Stretching his hand out again, he handed a business card to Lucia. She quickly read the name: Tanner Hautings. Other than a name, there was no other information on the card. Not even a phone number. As she was still looking at the card, it was snatched out of her hand by Emilia. “Tanner Hautings?” The pitch of Emilia’s voice was high as she read the name off the card. “The first son of the Hautings family?” In h
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
After the police came and took the student’s body away, the whole school fell into a somber mood. This was the first time a body of one of the disappeared students had turned up. Before, they could lie to themselves by saying the students who disappeared ran away from home, but now, they weren’t so sure. Before class began, Chris asked to meet Ezekiele at the back of the school. The teenager was panicking so he paced around. “He’s killing people now. What’s your plan?” Ezekiele didn’t answer and stared at Chris until he frustratingly came to a stop. “Do you not have a plan? Are you going to play teacher until Cassey dies?”“I won’t let that happen,” Ezekiele said before returning back to the class. The students were less mellow than they usually were. Lance Howard, on the other hand, was another story. The smiles on his face throughout the day were bright, seemingly not noticing the sadness of the others. This time too, Lance stuck around after class and came to find Ezekiele in the
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
“He’s dead. What are we going to do?”Giacomo studied the panicking Emilia in front of him. She’d just told him about her mother’s accident. Frankly, it was none of his business, but he still needed Emilia to help him with his plan to get rid of Ezekiele Moretti, so he could abandon her just yet. “I’ll get someone to take care of it.”“Really?” Emilia’s eyes lit up. “Will you?”“We’re partners, aren’t we? I’m not going to abandon you in time of need.” Giacomo nodded as a sinister smile creeped up his face. This was collateral. It counted as something he would be able to hold over her head in the future. “I’ll send someone over to your mother to take care of it.”“Of course! Thank you, Giacomo!”With Giacomo’s help, the news of Maddelena Loveheart’s accident never made it out to public news. The dead man didn’t have an identity on him, so they wrote him off and buried him. With that out of the way, Giacomo was ready to move on to his next plan to take out Ezekiele Moretti. He’d suffe
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