I had just walked out of the bathroom with a fluffy white towel wrapped around me when I heard a knock echoed into the room. Taking a deep breath to calm my instincts, I walked to the door, opened it, and stared at the cute girl, gazing at me hatefully. For a moment I maintained eye contact with her. Then my gaze swayed towards the shopping bags in her hands, and it clicked to me that she was Maria, the maid Atlas was talking about earlier. “My boss said that I should give these to you.” She said, hitting the bags on my chest. At this point, I already knew from her attitude and tone that she had some stupid crush on Atlas which didn't bother me. But that still did not excuse her attitude towards me. However, I maintained my silence, gave her a smug smile, and accepted the bags from her. Then as she opened her mouth to speak, I slammed the door in her face. “How rude!” Maria's angry voice echoed into my ears, but I played deaf to it and proceeded to the bed. Then I dumped the ite
Against my better judgment, I smiled at Atlas and said, “Okay, I will be driving.” There was a flicker of hesitation in his expression. Then he sighed and intoned, “Okay.” For a while, I felt nervous as he and I approached the car. But the moment I got behind the steering wheel and started the engine, my anxiety turned into pure excitement. “I have never seen you radiate with joy like you are now. Do you like him that much?” Atlas said, and his words drew my attention towards him. “I have a taste for cars, and Wreck is one dope automobile!” I mumbled, tightening my grip on the wheel. Then I gazed down at my shoes, drew my foot on the seat, and took off the heel before taking out the other one and tossing them in the backseat. “You are a wide one, ain't you?” Atlas mumbled as he looked at me with a half-smile on his lips. “Yeah, thanks for the compliment,” I said, stepping on the accelerator. At first, I drove at a slow speed, but once we got on the main road, I hit my feet hard
******************Atlas POV****************** My conscience kept bugging me after making Aria, my bodyguard. All I want to do is protect her and make her happy, but I have given her a job that many have died on, and I felt like a jerk for being weak and giving in to her wish. “Do you plan on arriving late to your meeting?” Aria asked, and I stared at her. Then my gaze fell on her barefoot, and without hesitating, I picked her off the ground, even though she was screaming for me to let her down, I kept walking until we got to the Jeep. “Stop struggling. You are making it hard for me to open the door.” I mumbled as I was striving to get a hold of the handle. Finally, Aria stopped throwing her legs, and I was able to open the door. Then I let her down on the seat and took a moment to catch my breath. “Pick me up again, and you will end up with a broken nose,” Aria shouted. “Why are your ear tips pink?” I asked, trying not to chuckle. But I couldn't hold it in, and I burst into a
After uncle Kerri’s remark, no one spoke and the room grew quiet for a while.Since my parents passed, I have long dreamt about managing their companies and expanding them into a business empire, so hearing my uncle tell me that I couldn't take control of the companies made me annoyed.But since I'm a patient-minded guy, I took a moment to calm down. Then I stared at my uncles and asked, “Why is that?”Without speaking, he stared at my other uncles and they all nodded slightly.Their behavior bothered me. But I kept silent and waited on uncle Kerri to say something.After a while, he finally looked me in the eyes and said, “Your other uncles and I don't think that you are capable of taking over.”Silence followed his remark. Then uncle Miles sighed and said, “You are still a kid when it comes to business.”“I have been studying for years just for this moment. I may be young, but I
Lilith POV When we first entered the conference room, Atlas had called every single one of the names on my list, and at that moment, my mission became very real to me. As I watched his uncles leave, I kept thinking how Atlas is a sheep who's surrounded by wolves dressed in sheep clothing. “Are you sure that you are okay? You seem a bit pale.” Atlas asked. His voice snapped me out of my thoughts for a second, and I gazed at him. “Are you okay?” Atlas asked again. Although I nodded and smiled at him, I wasn't actually paying attention to what he was saying because my mission was what was on my mind. Now that I have confirmed all of my targets and knows their faces, it was time to start executing my organization order. The command was, “If Atlas ever takes over the companies, I should make sure there are no obstacles in his way,” and so far, all his uncles looked like they were going to be an obstacle. They all see
The next morning I came down for breakfast, wearing dark ripped jeans, a bike jacket, and black boots, with my pale black bag on my shoulder. When I entered the dining room, Atlas looked at me, smiled, and said, “So this is your kind of style?” “Yes,” I said as I took a seat at the table. Then I stared at the smile on his face and asked, “What? You hate it?” I don't even know why I asked such a question, and why I cared to know what he thinks. “No, I like it. Your style is as unique as you.” Atlas said, taking a sip of his drink. Even though I tried so hard not to, I ended up smiling because of his response. After we got done with breakfast, Atlas and I headed outside, and at that moment, my gaze rested on the mole among Atlas’ bodyguards. I turned to Atlas and asked, “Can we not take the escort's cars today?” "Aria, I'm not sure that that's a good idea?” Atlas said with a look of hesitation on his face.
After Atlas and I got done eating, we left the cafe and got back into the Jeep. Then I turned to him and asked, “Where to next?” “Home. It's already four-fifteen o'clock “ Atlas said. Time was running out on me, and right now, I had only an hour and some minutes left. So wasting no time, I stepped on the accelerator and drove off. When we arrived at the mansion, Atlas unbuckled his seat belt and was about to get down from the car when I got a call. It was a spam call, but it came at the perfect time, and without any hesitation, I answered and said, “Hello, Susan.” For a second, I eyed Atlas before saying, “Calm down. What do you mean by, ‘Rob broke up with you!” The person on the other end of the line said, “What are you talking about?” But those words didn't make me break character. Instead, I got pretty emotional, forced myself to share a tear, and said, “I'm on my way, Sus! Don't try to do anything stupid!”
The warehouse was quiet, and I swallowed hard as I stared at Lex's body on the floor.It was clear that there was no backing out of this mission anymore, and I had to finish the rest of the names on the list.Suddenly, my ringtone broke the silence, and I gazed away from Lex, took my phone out of my pocket, and stared at the screen.Immediately, my heart skipped a beat, and I felt a tightness in my throat as I stared at Atlas' name blinking on my phone screen.Then I cleared my throat and answered the call, striving not to stare at Lex as I said, "What's up?""I'm just checking to see how things are going with you and your friend." Altas' voice echoed into my ear, and a sense of guilt caused me to pause.It sucks to have such a feeling, and I felt like I was getting soft which was something I couldn't afford to be since the mission just started to become serious."Aria," Atlas' voice flowed into my ear like a gentle whisper."U