“Saffron, I gave you the opportunity to live, but you chose this path. Don't blame me for doing this to you, blame that heartless Caspian. If he wasn’t two-timing and cheating on me with you, I wouldn't have turned this way… kill her and burn this place to the ground.” With that instruction given, she picked up her bag and was about to leave when Saffron suddenly grabbed her leg. “Please, please, Miss Celina! Please, don't kill me. If you let me live, I promise to disappear and never come back, please, I beg you! My brother will be alone if I die. He won't be able to live! Please…!” fear, hatred, pain, heartbreak, panic, and hopelessness consumed Saffron. She begged Celina, crawled on her knees, kowtowed numerous times, but Celina was hard-hearted. “Don't worry about your brother. I'll send him to you in a few hours. You can reunite in the afterlife." With that said, she forcefully pulled her leg away from Saffron's tight grip. In the process, Saffron's nails made a mark on her ankl
The old man smiled and changed the topic. “You should sleep more, you have a lot of things to do today. You have the award ceremony to attend a few hours from now and also, you’ll be leaving the shadows today.” “Grandpa, can I not come out into the world? I want to remain hidden and continue to attack my enemies from the dark. I just need some more time to dig into the Clinton’s family business. Once I’ve gotten enough dirt on them, I can gladly show myself to the world.” The old man shook his head, “For how long do you want to remain hidden? It’s been five years now. You shouldn’t let your trauma define you. You are no longer the powerless Saffron you were. Your face, body, mentality, personality, and everything else changed after the surgery. No one recognises you anymore.” Saffron sighed, it wasn’t the case. She didn’t stay in the shadows because she was scared of the Clintons but rather because of Alex and her health. Her grandfather has no idea that she found out about the con
The award ceremony took place at a grand hotel with tens of reporters hanging around, taking pictures.Every business person in the Country who was qualified to attend the show, were already there, either mingling with business moguls or sitting in their seats. In no time, Caspian entered with Alex walking beside him. Unlike others who exchanged a few words with other businessmen, Caspian went straight for his seat. Alex sat beside him. Even though he wasn’t there out of his free will, he knew better not to embarrass Caspian in public, so he stayed calm and focused his attention on his phone. Over the years, he had cultivated the habit of staring at Saffron’s pictures whenever he was sad, so at the moment, his eyes were focused on his phone screen. Caspian noticed but didn’t talk him away from it. Rather, his fist clenched and so did his jaw. A while later, Talia, Celina, and Sebastian entered the hall, exchanged greetings with some people and went for their seats. Every seat had
Celina entered the internet and to her utmost shock, what the netizens were saying about her relationship with Caspian was alarming and infuriating. ‘Celina can't even secure a seat beside CEO Caspian. His ex-wife's brother did.’ ‘Oh, I can't believe how insignificant Celina is to CEO Caspian.’‘I can't imagine battling a position with a dead person. God! I don't know how I'd feel.’‘Remember that Caspian said that his wife was killed? Do we need to be told that Celina had a hand in it? Otherwise, why would he treat her this way?’‘Right? Celina used to be his fiance until the news of her death was announced. Caspian then got married to his wife but hid it from the public, but all of a sudden, the dead resurrected. It might be that she was angry that Caspian no longer loved her, so she killed his wife.’‘But why would Caspian hide his wife? It appears to me like he's a manipulator. Nobody knew he was married.’‘Actually, you up there, Caspian never said he wasn't married. It was us
“Don’t you talk to my sis… friend like that! She’s not like you and your cohort!” Alex was quick to fire back. “Shut up, you little viper!” Celina had completely lost her mind and couldn’t care less about what the repercussion would be. “Miss Celina, on behalf of Miss Rothschild, we shall sue you for defamation of character.” Lily’s PA threatened. “Your threats cannot do me shit. Let her prove that she didn’t sleep her way through!” “Call your girlfriend to order. She’s overstepping.” Alex frowned while telling Caspian. “We broke up five years ago… she’s nothing to me.” Caspian replied casually while his gaze was fixed on Lily who was still standing there and looking at Celina. “Caspian...” Celina froze when she heard his casual statement. Everyone in the hall shifted their gazes between the two. Murmurs and whispers broke out among the guests and even the Netizens were amazed and couldn’t stop fighting over their keyboards. Lily ignored the commotion and resumed her walk to t
At the Rothschild’s mansion. Lily got home and went straight to her room. Her grandfather was sitting in the sitting room but she didn't even notice. The old man watched her climb the twirling stairs until she disappeared before he returned his gaze back to the event on the TV. He saw everything that happened at the event. Didn't she say that her heart was dead? Just today and she couldn't even hide it from that child. The old man smiled and shook his head. “How far can you go, child?” He heard how deep their connection was. They were like mother and child. He suddenly sighed as his gaze down casted. It was his fault. If he had taken that boy five years ago, his granddaughter wouldn't be sad right now. On second thought, if he had taken the child, Caspian who had been turning the country upside down in search of Saffron would have caught on. “Margaret!” the old man called. “Yes, Master,” an old woman hurried over from the kitchen and bowed slightly to the old man. “Lily just a
“Do you remember what your father told you and your brothers on the day Saffron died?... He told you that Old Man Anderson wanted the Clinton family to use their resources to look for his granddaughter.“However, the next day, he rejected a meeting with the Clintons and ever since then, he had been suppressing the Clintons and putting pressure on the business… I want to boldly assume that Saffron and Lily have a connection, otherwise, Alex wouldn’t go up to her, nor would a heartless businesswoman like Lily care about Alex to the extent of giving him her Trophy.”As though a light bulb went off in his mind, he snapped, “Where is the invitation card to the Rothschild evening party?”“I left it in the car when you asked me to throw it away.” Before now, Caspian had only heard of Lily but never saw her as she also don’t show herself on TV. When he suddenly received an invitation from old man Anderson to attend the party, he thought the man was up to no good. How could someone who neve
Time was slowly ticking away and soon enough, some free spirits were already on the dance floor. Lily finally put on her beautiful mask, thinking to find herself a serene place to sit, away from the rowdy crowd. All of a sudden, someone crept up on her and his calm voice made her freeze.“Ms. Rothschild, can I have this dance?” Caspian…What the hell is he doing here? She didn’t invite him... Unless... Her mind snapped. It was her grandfather. So this was what he was talking about? She looked around the place for her grandfather and saw him drinking an laughing with his friends. Maybe he felt her gaze on him, he looked her way and beamed at her with his wine glass raised. “Cunning old man,” she mumbled under her breath. Caspian was already here. It would be unwise to ignore him. She slowly focused her mind. His hand was outstretched. She trailed her gaze up to his black mask and back to his hand. She knew that a day where she would have to speak to this man would come. She had p