"Hey Brittany" Bella greeted as she entered into the drugstore
"Hey, look who the cat dragged in" Brittany replied as she smiled at Bella
"I need your help in making a choice of college"
Brittany's eyes widened, "you decided to go to college instead of working?"
Bella smiled as she sat down on an available chair in the store, "You won't believe this, my boss gave me time for my studies, I'll only have to work for two days a week and my college fees will be deducted from my salary but I don't care about the money, I only want to finish my college but now I can't seem to make a choice of which one to attend"
"Wow....your boss Nikolai Klaus? Did you get to meet him? How is he?" Brittany was breathless as she stared at Bella in excitement,
"I'm so crushing on him already"
"Calm down Brittany, first and foremost, I haven't met him but I met the person who is directly taking orders from him"
Bella went ahead to fill Brittany in on what had happened to her since she got into the company
"That Keisha has always been a witch since high school, I thought she changed never knew she's still the same" Brittany fumed just thinking of what her friend must have gone through, and then on an afterthought, she added, "Is your boss good looking?"
Bella frowned and considered Aaron's appearance, yeah, he'll give it to him that he is very good looking and so she nodded
"What if he is actually Nikolai Klaus but pretending just to keep the mysterious air surrounding his name, he got to be Nikolai Klaus"
Bella's face was thoughtful, "you have a point, it will explain why he could easily make decisions in the company and had so much power but why would he treat me so kindly after I made a fool of myself in front of him? A king of the underworld wouldn't be so forgiven right? I mean, mafias are mean"
Brittany smiled and touched Bella's arms with the tip of her fingers, "what if he has developed a soft spot for you? Perhaps he is in love with you"
"Brittany? I'm married" Bella replied with exaggerated aghast
"Oh yeah, sorry, I forgot but I wouldn't mind taking your place with Nikolai Klaus"
"You ain't even sure he's the one"
"But there's a possibility, right? How come everyone recognizes him as the boss"
Bella shrugged, "let's talk about the college, what do you think?"
"Well, why don't you attend Scholars College, they're pretty good and not too expensive. That's my college but I'll be graduating next year and even though we might not be in the same department, it will be nice to have you in my school. I attend evening classes because I need to work in the mornings"
"Oh well, thanks. I'll do just that" Both girls hugged and Bella stood up to leave
"Give your husband plenty of kisses for me" Brittany said and Bella rolled her eyes, if only she knew the basis of their marriage.
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Daniel's eyes glinted as he surveyed the building in front of him, this was the address Marcus had sent to him. He thought he knew all of his father's property but he was shocked when he saw this, he never knew that this property existed and from the way it was heavily guarded, he knew that his father must be protecting something very important. He had to get into this building at all costs.
Walking the dark, he moved without a sound, he was putting on all blacks so he could easily blend into the shadows. His men would have easily done this but that pendrive is so important to him that he does not want anything to go wrong and especially he wants to be the one to get the drive.
Placing a rope on the fence, he climbed and landed in the compound without a sound. His eyes quickly found a small coconut tree and he silently rushed to it and squatted behind it.
A patrol guard moved by with his torch and Daniel tried to crotch deeper in the shadows and the guard moved past.
Suddenly, the guard turned and stared at the coconut tree but before he could point his touch, Daniel was swift, taking off the knife in his hand arm, he threw it at the guard and caught his throat, there was a surprised look and then he fell down with a thud. Daniel quickly dragged him behind the tree.
He dashed towards the building and hid in the dark for a while, his eyes searched to see if any patrol was moving about, he peeped out from his hiding place and snapped back immediately, another patrol was coming his way. Daniel counted to three in his head and then snapped, he attacked, he twisted the patrol's neck as soon as the man reached where he was hiding, and silently, he took that one out.
He tried the entrance door but it was locked and he brought out a pin on his wrists and twisted the lock open, slowly he went in. The house was dark and quiet and he moved swiftly in the dark, his eyes caught a closed door on his right and instinctively, he moved in that direction. Opening the door was easy and in a moment he was in.
He turned on his pen torch for a bit of light and searched the big desk for the drive, opening one of the drawers, he saw a pen drive that looked exactly like the one he was looking for. Finally, he had it with him, he quickly placed it in his jacket, he was about to leave when something else caught his eyes, a document bearing his mother's name.
He quickly picked it up and scanned through, he cursed under his breath, of course, this house belonged to his mother, she had given it to him on their first year together and the document contained her signature.
He stuffed it right back into the drawer and the room was suddenly flooded with light.
"Found what you're looking for?" His father asked and Daniel glared at him
"This house belongs to my mother, you snatched it away from her"
"Oh son, when will you get it into your head that I'm not the villain here, your mother gave me the house out of love"
"I won't buy any of your lies, you deceived her. My mother was just eighteen years old and you wove your lies round her head. Her only crime was to trust you and you took everything from her"
"Stop believing that, I am not a monster. Look, why don't we work together as father and son, we'll do well as partners"
Daniel scoffed, "I'd rather die than work with you. Do you know what hurts me most in this life? It's that your filthy blood runs in my veins"
Nicholas grabbed his jaw tight, "That blood is what gave you the guts to be who you are, you should be thankful"
Daniel hit his hand that gripped his jaw, "Don't you ever lay your hand on me again".
His father stared at him for a moment and threw back his head in laughter, "It's just too bad that you don't want to work with me. King of the underworld"
Daniel's eyes flashed and he went rigid, "What did you say?"
"Oh son, do you think that I'm so stupid that I wouldn't know that my own son is the infamous Nikolai Klaus? I mean the own drive that you are here for was stolen from him"
Daniel smirked, "You're obviously not as smart as you think, do you think Nikolai Klaus will come here himself?"
Calvin looked at his son, his gaze thoughtful, "so you're working for him then"
"With him... I'm working with him and I'd rather join forces with him than with you. After all, Nikolai Klaus and I have one thing in common and that is our mutual hatred for you"
"I should inform you, taking me down is impossible, you don't know who you're messing with" Calvin pointed a gun at him and Daniel's brow shut up
"You're truly a monster who'll even shoot his own son"
"A son I never asked for and now I'll rectify that by taking you out of this world" Calvin replied and fired a shot but Daniel was quick to evade it, he quickly jumped behind the desk and used the desk as a shield, he flung it and it hits Calvin's hand, the gun flew from his hand and he screamed an obscenity
"I'll be right in your face Nicholas Calvin and when I've finished taking everything from you, I'll kill you myself " Daniel clenched out and soon heard footsteps of his father's men running towards their direction.
He gazed around and saw the window, he quickly jumped through that window just as shots rang out, running across the compound towards the fence, he ran in a zigzag motion to avoid being hit
"Get him, make sure you get him" He heard his father scream angrily at his men, just as he made for the fence, a bullet caught him just a little bit below his left shoulder. Damn, he has been hit, jumping through the fence, his father's men still ran after him just then a car drove and stopped right in front of him.
"Boss, get in," Marcus said as he opened the door"
Daniel quickly hopped in and Marcus drove off in top speed.
"I'm sorry boss, you've been shot, damn it, I should have been there with you"
Daniel smiled a bit, "it won't kill me and you don't have to blame yourself, you only follow my instructions"
"Where are we going to boss?"
"Take me to Doctor Pekin, I need this damn bullet out of my body"
Doctor Pekin is a doctor who works for Daniel.
When Daniel's mother had died, he had felt so helpless that he couldn't do anything for her, he blamed himself for not knowing the pain his mother was passing through and so, he built a hospital in her memory, wishing he had done that when she was still alive, the doctors would have informed him of her condition on the ground that he owns the hospital.
Daniel built one of the biggest hospitals in the city and named it Jenny's Memorial Hospital and since he had no idea about medicine, he employed the best doctors from all over the world to work for him and he paid them well.
In matters like this where he has been shot, he is assured that no one will get to know about it and Pekin is someone that he can trust with his life.
He was losing a lot of blood already from the shot and he struggled to keep his eyes opened
"Call Aaron and inform him, tell him to meet me in the hospital ASAP" he instructed and closed his eyes to rest.
His father will pay for everything he has done to him and his mother.
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Bella paced around and stared at the clock for an umpteenth time. It's so typical of him to just leave her alone and not inform her whether he is coming back or not, where could he be going everytime? Should she be worried?
Whenever he returns, she'll give him a piece of her mind. Now she doesn't even know whether to lock the door or not because she might lock it and he'll come home furious at her.
When it was past midnight, she decided to lock the door and go to bed, perhaps, he might even have a woman out there that he was screwing
Though they had made an agreement never to cheat in their marriage, who could trust the words of men? All she knows is that she'll give him a piece of her mind when he comes back from wherever he has gone. He should at least keep her informed if he's not coming back.