What?" Marina rolled her eyes as she stared at him with anger-filled eyes, his eyes were itchy and he was twitching his brows wondering how to avert the situation that he had brought upon himself.It wasn't the right time to tell her about Claw but he knew that it was either he told her now or it might affect their relationship that they were just finding its footing. He couldn't risk that."Oh, now you're the one who's going to stand there and act like you have no clue what I'm talking about, right?" Marina's voice was laced with frustration and a hint of resignation. He sighed, taking in a deep breath, his eyes narrowing slightly as he studied Marina's expression.He was already aware that she must have dug around somehow and uncovered a few secrets. There was no way she would have discovered that he had stolen something from Claw otherwise. Aiden's mind raced, wondering how much she knew and how she had managed to uncover the truth.Marina's eyes held a determined glint, and her j

"Hello Prynthesa. I figure your husband is somewhere in the background trying to figure out a superhero method of tracking me down and sending the police to arrest me. That has always been his stronghold so I don't really expect much anyway." Maxwell Claw's voice sounded lazy with boredom and Aiden out of anger that he had been trying to repress snatched the phone away from Marina."On the contrary Big bro, I'm afraid and sad to admit that you have it all figured wrong in your head space this time around. I told you the last time we met not to meddle with anything that concerns me, didn't I?" His voice was a little daunting while Marina placed her hands on his back and patted him slowly.That slow repeated pattern of talking to him slowly was the only thing helping him to repress the anger that he was feeling inside of him."So is this where you give me the pep talk to back off now that I still had the chance? Because if it is, I don't want to fucking hear it." Aiden rolled his eyes a

"I want to believe that you've done something about setting up a meeting with the CEO of Wellington Group." Mr Hawthorne stated with furrowed brows as his assistant walked into his study room after knocking lightly on the door."Sir, I—" He scratched his head as his hand suddenly began jittering like he was a patient of epilepsy. His pulse had increased by 10 times its original speeding rate and his heart was pumping and pounding loudly in his chest that anyone nearby would hear it."Have you or haven't you?" The tone was commanding, dangerous, and one of the sternest things that the guard had heard in his entire lifetime so the jittering of his hands only intensified."Forgive me for saying this but I'm afraid it might be impossible for us to set up a meeting with him." He dropped the pen he was using to sign on the files as he placed the paper he was using slowly on the tabletop while maintaining eye contact with the assistant who had just broken an eerie news that he wanted to hear

"There is a reason why I would always be your elder brother right? You don't have to know how the camera got in there, in fact, you weren't supposed to know that there was a camera there in the first place if your wife wasn't so loud-mouthed and I wasn't so straightforward." Claw smoothed his head slightly like he was proud of himself and Aiden rolled his eyes."There were a few slight occasions where I presume the camera got snuck in but if you think I'm I'm really interested in that, then I think you have to really think again. The only good damn thing I'm interested in is the fact that you didn't just watch her from your camera, you called and threatened her." Aiden's voice was like a low growl, like a patient beast that was waiting for the right time to strike."Did she tell you I threatened her? I didn't, I just gave out some information and sent her on an errand which from the looks of things, it seems like she delivered." Aiden smiled as he walked to the bench and this time, sa

"This is ridiculous. How does he expect us to discuss such trivial matters with a woman, Marina no less?" Mr Hawthorne clicked his tongue with a sour expression on his face as he halted at Marina."Gentlemen, please take your seat." Marina had a broad smile on her face. At first, she thought that she had gotten good at faking her smile with people around but after her husband had placed a soft kiss on the top of her forehead, she knew that this smile wasn't forced.It was genuine, the type of big broad smile you give to your enemies when they're totally at your mercy."Are you serious?" Mr Hawthorne stared at her wide-eyed as she stared back, not breaking eye contact.The first rule she had mapped out in her head was: Stare back till they lower their gaze first."I know how much it injures your pride to state your problems to a woman, me no less," she nodded as she could totally relate to what they were feeling, "I don't know if it's because I am the last that your son here, Jayden re