“Yes, Lana.”
Jones answered as they came out to the cars.“That's the only temporary choice I have for now.”“Understood, master.”They waited for him to enter hIs Lamborghini. When he was about to close his car door, Lambo got a message from the Penultimate Investment Company (PIC).“Sir, Penultimate Investment Company has agreed to sell their company to us but…”“But what Lambo!” He frowned.“My apologies, Sir. It's the selling price that concerns… $1 billion, Sir.”“Hum! Do you think I can't pay that or what?”“Never will I say such. I just don't think Penultimate Investment Company is worthy of that price - my suggestion, master.”“Pay them now and make arrangements for their papers before the end of the day. Whether it is worthy of it or not, you shall see when we take over.”“As you please, Sir.”Lambo waved at others to enter and closed the Jones' door. They left Mackin’s mansions.***The news of the wealthy man who saved the Mackin family from the brink of shame and ordered the whole of Sam being sacked has gone wilder like fire.He paid a huge amount of $100 billion. He even went far to get Sam, who everybody feared, sacked. The man must be mysterious. Jones and his actions were the talk of the town.Nobody could say exactly who the man was except his family.Drake can not take the pressure anymore. He contemplated for a while on what he would look like before both his father and mother, family members who supported his motive and the gangs he controlled if he succumbed to Jones.He would appear weak; he concluded.Drake decided to connive with Sam to deal with Jones. Since Sam was a member of an elite group, though sacked and ridiculed, has the power to give an invincible payback to Jones.He would join him. He took out his phone, tapping the glittering glass table before him vigorously with his left hand, he called Sam.“Hello.” Sam bellowed from the other side.“Hello, Sam.”“What have you to say, Drake? Has your family changed their minds? Or should I show them what I have in my strength to unleash?”“I want you to calm down, Sam. My family was not responsible for what happened but Jones did…”“Jones? …Ooh! The guy who bragged he had some pennies when I came to your mansions…that's good! You know what?”“What is that?”“If I found out that he was the real force behind that…he would blame his life for that.”“That's why I called you, Sam. The guy has also given me and my family a tough time also; I want to help you deal with him to the lowest level.”“Are you sure? I mean how?”“He wants to cheat me and usurp my position as the heir of the family after he came back from unknown places he ran to for over 10 years…”He paused to check if nobody was around.“The only condition that can stop him from getting that is his inability to get a wife within 3 days, starting from today. So, I have come up with a plan, and I believe you can get hold of him through the plan.”“What is that?”“We will kidnap either him or his aspiring wife - Sam, he will be greatly ashamed because he will fail to become the heir. With that, we will hook him and get him onto his knee.”“Are you sure that will work?”“Accurately, it will work as planned!”“Okay, I'm in for it then. Let's meet at Zengent Hotel today to work it out.”“That's good. Until then…let it be a secret between us.”“Na problems. Just make sure you don't fuck up…we will get him to our feet. He will know what revenge means by that time.”He put off the call.“Yes!” He fastened his fists in excitement “Watch your back, Jones. I'm coming for you!”***“What are you doing here, Jones!”Lana was shocked to see Jones before her house. She met him outside when he was coming down from a cab he took there. He didn't want people to keep eyes on him and discover he was the man that was trending, that is why he went out without his luxurious cars and bouncers.He held beside him the contract marriage document delicately.“I have forgiven you, Lana. I'm ready to take you back…I want to marry you.”Jones said to Lana who was startled to see him coming to her after she had been disgraced when she went to him.He came not only to him but also talked about marriage. She was confused.“Can you come again, Jones?”“I said I want to marry you back. I have forgiven you.”Jones had decided to marry Lana back after he had been given the condition of marrying within 3 days before he could become the heir of the family.He would give her a CONTRACT MARRIAGE. That is his decision. He believed that would win heart and make her forget about his reaction when she went to him to apologise. Then, he would be able to achieve his plan.Lana looked at Jones in his simple dress from head to toe with a squeezed face and spat on the floor as if she had perceived a horrible smell of a reeking carcass.“So, you can come to me, Jones, after you have disgraced me before the whole world?” She stood firmly and folded her arms around her chest.“You can now have feelings for me when you have become poor again? It was so painful for me to take that…Ohh!”She stamped her feet on the ground. Tears form below her eyesShe thought he was poor again. He would be living on her. Lana took his appearance for reality.“It can't work between us anymore.” She shouted at him but he remained unmoved.“I'm sorry, Lana. I want you to remember that you had done something grievous to me before and I forgive you. Let's go and start life afresh…I have something special for you, Lana.”“What will a half wretched man like you have for me? You're still taking papers around to look for a job again in your slave dress, and you believe you can do me any good other than bringing poverty to my door steps.”He smiled and sighed a bit.“You get it wrong, Lana. I have something more than good for you.” He cleared his throat and stretched the contract document to her.“I want to give you a contract marriage worthy of millions of dollars.”She couldn't believe her ears for what he said; “contract marriage” and “millions of dollars” rang in her.She thought to herself that this Jones that stood before her could not possess any valuable but only in the past.She gazed at him disdainfully.“You are a fool. Who do you intend to deceive and make poor like you? You are seriously shameless for this!”She snapped the paper from him. Without looking at the content on it, she tore it into pieces and threw the pieces on his face.Some passers-by were looking at them. They felt ashamed for Jones who stood there calmly with a smiley face.“This guy should leave…doesn't he feel ashamed of her disgracing actions at all!” Said one of them.“Ha ha ha!” Another person laughed wholeheartedly, “The poor guy doesn't know the kind of lady he deserves. Na, not this gorgeous lady.”Without paying attention to their remarks, he moved to touch her and speak.“You don't know what is in…”“Don't inflict your rotten life on me, gold digger. Go get a poor lady like you!”She waved him away and turned towards her house.Jones’ face changed to red. He looked at her and the piece of paper on the ground. He shook his head in disappointment.“You may regret this, Lana!”“One more chance for you…”Before he could conclude the statement, he heard a high hitching sound made by a car, which stopped abruptly, against the asphalt and looked up.A guy rolled down the glass of the car and pooped out his head.“Hey, Jones! Your life is no more safe anywhere. I'm coming for you. Watch your back!” the guy in the car shouted.“Who are you?” Jones roared.
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The city had an eerie calm, like the moment before a storm.Luis and Maria knew it well—it was the silence that came before the retaliation. Orlov hadn’t made a move yet, but they both felt it in the air. He was waiting, preparing, and biding his time to strike when they least expected it.Luis stood in front of the massive windows of the penthouse, the city sprawled beneath him like a glittering maze of power and corruption. His mind raced, going over the steps they’d taken to weaken Orlov, but something nagbed at him.They had hit him hard, taken out his warehouses, and disrupted his supply lines, but it didn’t feel like enough. Orlov was too smart, too calculated, to be brought down so easily.“We’ve got eyes on his remaining assets,” Maria said, stepping into the room, her tone clipped but focused. She held a tablet in her hand, showing a live feed from one of their surveillance teams.Luis glanced at her, his jaw tight. “Any movement?”Maria shook her head, frustration flashing i
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The city was alive with whispers and murmurs of a new force rising in the shadows.Luis and Maria had thought they’d crushed Avernus, but in the days following their attack, it had become clear that their victory was only temporary. A larger force was at play, one more organised and dangerous than anything they had faced before.Luis sat at his desk in the penthouse, fingers drumming against the polished wood. The city sprawled out beneath him, a glittering beast that never slept. The calm after the storm always felt like a trap, and he could feel the tension in the air.Bones entered the room, his face grim. “We’ve got a name.”Luis looked up sharply, the tension in his jaw visible. “Who is it?”Bones tossed a file onto the desk. “Nikolai Orlov. He’s the one pulling the strings.”Maria, seated across from Luis, raised an eyebrow. The name wasn’t familiar, but the weight of it hung heavy in the air. She flipped open the file, scanning the details. “He’s Russian. Former military ties t
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Luis leaned back in his chair, staring at the map laid out before him. The Westside was a web of power and influence, but Avernus was at the centre of it now.They had been patient, slowly building their empire in the shadows, but now they were emerging. And Luis knew they had to be stopped.“They’re moving fast,” Bones said, standing beside him. “Buying up properties, making connections. They’ve got political backing too. The kind that makes it hard to touch them.”Luis’s jaw tightened. Political connections meant trouble. It meant Avernus had protection, the kind that couldn’t be taken down with a bullet. Not easily.Maria entered the room, her eyes scanning the map. “We need leverage. Something that hits them where they can’t hide.”Luis nodded. “We need to make them vulnerable. Expose them for what they are.”Maria’s gaze was sharp, her mind already racing. “We hit their reputation. Politicians won’t back them if they’re too much of a liability.”Bones grunted in agreement. “And o
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The night was cool, but the tension was sucking.Luis and Maria moved with precision, their steps silent as they approached the glass doors of the sleek office building. This was Avernus Holdings’ heart—their new stronghold on the Westside—and tonight, the Borsens were going to cut it out.Luis paused at the entrance, his hand resting lightly on the handle. “Let’s make this quick,” he muttered.Maria, standing beside him, smiled faintly. This was the part she lived for. “Quick. But not too easy.”Luis nodded, his pulse steady despite the danger looming ahead. They weren’t here to negotiate. They weren’t here to talk. They were here to send a message.He pushed the door open. The quiet hum of the building swallowed them as they slipped inside. No alarms. No guards in sight. Too quiet.Maria’s eyes scanned the lobby, her hand hovering over her gun. “Where is everyone?”Luis didn’t answer, but his jaw tightened. It felt wrong. His instincts screaming at him. Something was off.A faint so
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The Westside had always been different from the rest of the city. It was sleek and polished, hiding power beneath wealth.Luis and Maria knew it all too well. But now there was a new force rising in the shadows, trying to take a slice of their empire. Avernus Holdings—the name had come up more than once, whispered in alleys, muttered by informants. It wasn’t just another local gang.This was something bigger. Something more dangerous.Luis leaned against the cool metal railing of the penthouse balcony, his eyes scanning the distant skyline. The city was a living beast, always moving, and shifting. And now the Westside was stirring.“We’ve got a problem,” Maria’s voice cut through the night air. She stepped onto the balcony, her gaze sharp. “Bones just confirmed it. Avernus Holdings has been buying up properties, and making moves. Quietly, but quickly.”Luis didn’t move; his eyes were still fixed on the city below. “How many properties?”“Four, so far. They’re not just snatching up rea
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The city had fallen into an uneasy calm.The Borsens were at the height of their power, with the Southside, Eastside, and now even the edges of the Westside firmly under their control. But Luis and Maria knew better than to mistake calm for peace. Power in the city was always shifting—a fluid, dangerous force that could turn in an instant.Even as they celebrated their victory over Volkov, they were aware that the silence carried with it the weight of anticipation—the sense that something new was on the horizon.Luis sat in his penthouse office, the vast city sprawled out before him through the floor-to-ceiling windows. This was his kingdom, but the view came with a constant reminder: nothing in this city was permanent. He thumbed through the latest reports, detailing the state of their newly expanded empire.The remnants of Santiago’s network had been absorbed, and Volkov’s influence had been erased. For now, no one dared challenge the Borsens’ reign.But Luis knew that peace in this
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