Paskal’s POV

I was booked into one of my family’s hotels in Athens. As I walked into the room, Circe was waiting as per my instructions in nothing but an open silk gown and heels.

Eleni, the nurse had been very upset when I booked her a ticket back to Mykonos but there was not much she could do unless she found the ability to turn herself into Soraya somehow.

Circe on the other hand was my entertainment until I could get my hands on my sister in law. Circe liked pain, she liked being tied up and beaten up, she liked being dominated but it always came at a cost. I didn’t mind paying at all, after all I could afford it.

“Before we start, why don’t you fetch me a drink, you remember how I like it right? If you don’t I might have to punish you for that.” I ordered her. She walked of to fetch it, her heels clicking on the floor as she walked off. I sat down in the lounge and I unzipped my pants.

I thought about my meeting with Hans, he had been a little unusual but I kept thinking maybe it was because he didn’t believe that Xander was really dead. I had no proof that he was, I also had my doubts that he was dead. I actually thought that maybe I should go past the office to get a feeling of how everyone was. Were they hiding him at the estate while he recovered? Would he recover from the type of injuries that he had? I highly doubted it. If he was in hospital, a news outlet would have reported it by now.

I definitely needed to go past the office before I surprised them at the estate just to see how everyone was fairing. Hector was probably in charge, he wouldn’t be for long. If he thought he would be taking over the Adamos empire then he had another thing coming. Soraya was probably not going to the office anymore. I wondered how the bereft widow was doing without her husband, she was about to lose her son too. It didn’t matter because I would give her another one.

Circe came back with my whisky coke and placed it in my hands. She then knelt down and began to pleasure me with her hands and mouth, I had to give her points for her skills.

Soraya’s POV

Gretchen walked into my office with some documents, as Xander’s assistant she had dedicated her time to helping me catch up with a lot of work. Iris and Gretchen were both aware of the companies legal and illegal dealings, Hector had filled me in that they were both actually distant cousins of the Adamos family. This truly was a family affair, they were all loyal to Xander because he made sure that his entire empire was eating. He paid for them to go to school to learn skills and then he employed them.

Only a few of the employees were from outside, they had smaller positions within the company. I didn’t question the nepotism at all as it seemed to work for the family.

“Mrs Adamos security has just alerted us that Paskal has entered the building and demands to be let through.” She informed me as she placed some reports in front of me.

I was a little surprised that he would come here first and not the estate, I wondered what he was planning to do.

“Alert Dorian and tell him to let Paskal through but they need to frisk him, last time he was allowed to come in here with a gun just because he is an Adamos. Ask Dorian to also have security do a perimeter sweep to make sure he came alone and they need to stay alert.” I ordered her, she nodded and walked out.

“Iris could you check if Hector is done with his meeting? If he is request for him to come to my office please” I pressed the intercom button on the desk phone to speak to her.

“Yes Mrs Adamos.” She responded back.

After a few minutes she let me know that he was on his way to my office.

“What’s up?” Hector asked as he walked in.

“Paskal is downstairs, I gave instructions for them to let him come up after he is frisked.” I informed him.

“He’s not sure if Xander is really dead, he is here to fish.” Hector said and smiled. “Man will he have the shock of his life when he replaces you here in charge of the place.” He chuckled.

“We have to let him think Xander is dead if he does ask or the next place he will be going is the hospital to cause a scene and we can’t have that.” I said, this worried me.

“Don’t stress, we can tell him that we quietly buried Xander in the family crypt next to Alexander as per Gaia’s instructions, he is going to ask for proof and you can tell him that unfortunately he is not allowed at the estate. He will arrogantly show up in two days throwing his weight around thinking that he has a tactical team like you planned.” Hector said.

“He’s not going to go right out and ask if Xander is dead though because where will he say he heard it from?” I looked at Hector thoughtfully.

“We let him take the lead on this then, let’s see how he handles everything.”

“Mrs Adamos, Gretchen and Dorian are on their way up with Paskal.” Iris’ voice sounded over the intercom.

“Thank you Iris, tell Gretchen to put him in the Falcon boardroom.”

Hector took my arm and linked it to him to help me calm down, he could sense that I was a little on edge, the fact that Paskal had bragged about hurting Xander to Hans made me want to tear him apart right now.

“Soraya you don’t have to meet with him, I can handle Paskal myself.” Hector said patiently.

“No, I just need a little more time to calm down. I want to kill him right now but I have to use Xander’s rules to do this. We are not bad people.” I coached myself. I breathed in and out a couple of times trying to calm myself. I had apprehended Hans and dealt with so many of our hard headed male clients this past few weeks and I had done so well, I had not faltered once so I could definitely handle Paskal.

Iris walked in to my office. “They are in the boardroom.”

I thanked her, Hector took my arm again and linked it to his then we walked out. I walked into the boardroom to replace Dorian and Gretchen waiting with Paskal as he talked nonsense about how he couldn’t wait for Xander to come back from his honeymoon just so he could start working. He tried to look surprised when he saw me but I could see right through his act.

“Mrs Adamos, are you not supposed to be on your honeymoon right now?” He said in a rather rambunctious manner.

“Paskal, to what do we owe this pleasure?” I smiled at him sweetly.

Dorian got up and led Gretchen out of the boardroom, I knew that they were not standing very far incase we needed them. Hector led me to the head of the table and pulled out the chair for me.

This time he couldn’t hide the look of surprise on his face as he raised his eyebrows in question.

“Have you replaced Xander with this lapdog here?” Paskal snarled, he couldn’t hide his irritation and jealousy.

Hector sat down to my right and Paskal took the seat across from him.

“Whatever do you mean Paskal?” I feigned innocence.

“I am actually here to confirm a rumour! I heard that Xander was dead so I came here to see for myself and I replace you…!” He pointed at Hector. “Already making moves on his widow!”

He turned to look at me. “And you are letting him. Why wasn’t I told that my brother was dead! How did he die?” He realised he had just exposed himself so he started to rage and yell. “You couldn’t even let me attend his funeral! Is that how much you hate me Hector?!” He banged on the table.

I tried very hard to contain my anger as I watched him.

“You don’t even look like a grieving widow!” He accused me. “You probably married him for his money.”

“Paskal can you stop yelling?” I pretended to be stressed and flustered.

“Xander left Soraya in charge of the businesses and the estate.” Hector explained. “Just because she is here it doesn’t mean that she’s not grieving.”

“What?! Why? You are not an Adamos! If anyone should be holding the trust for your son it is an Adamos!” He kept exposing himself. So he did know about Kai, we had made the right decision by taking him into hiding.

“So you think Hector should be in charge?” I asked Paskal.

“No! I am Xander’s brother so I should be in charge! It’s my birth right!” He banged on the table again.

“Well that’s not what your brother wanted Paskal, he wanted his wife to be his son’s guardian.” Hector pointed out.

“What if she decides to leave and marry outside the family and have other children who are not Adamos children. I propose that you marry me and I take over as your son’s guardian.” Surprisingly he said this in a very calm manner like he had been thinking about it for a very long time.

I couldn’t help but laugh out loud which seemed to anger him. “You have lost your mind, why would I want to marry you or anyone else for that matter?”

“How can the Adamos family trust you? You are not a Adamos by birth and you are a woman!” He snarled.

“And women can’t hold their own? Xander never trusted you to head up the family and I think I have been doing a very good job.” I countered him trying to look insulted.

It has only been three weeks! What good could you really do in three weeks.” He laughed not realising that he had just exposed himself again.

“Three weeks?” I asked him.

“The rumour I heard said he died three weeks ago.” He said quickly.

“That’s a very accurate reliable source considering no one outside the immediate family knows this information.” Hector commented. “Care to tell us who this source is?”

“Does it matter? What matters is that no one bothered to inform me about this but I’m here now and I’m going to take over from my brother! I will also be heading up the estate as well.”

“Good luck with that.” I said to him. “You have no legal grounds to make those decisions unless Xander’s son dies.” I looked him directly in the eyes.

He smiled as if to say he took my comment as a challenge. “I will be back.” He said and he got up. “AE is mine!”

“That’s all you care about? That’s all you came for? You are not even going to ask how He died? Who killed him or when he was buried?” I couldn’t help but be irritated.

“Of course I care about those things, tell me what happened? Who killed my brother does he need to be avenged?” As he said this I rolled my eyes because I had had enough of this cat and mouse game.

“Paskal I suggest you leave, you have no legal grounds to head up anything.” I said quietly.

“I will be back, you can’t keep me away from my birthright.”

And with that said he stormed out dramatically. I rolled my eyes and sat back on my chair trying to calm myself.

“How is that man an Adamos?” I said quietly. Hector chuckled and shook his head.

“I can’t wait to have him in the dungeons.” I said quietly and got up to walk out.

I spent the rest of the day in hospital with Xander just to calm myself. He still wasn’t waking up, I just sat there next to him talking about my day and how idiotic I thought Paskal was but I knew that if Xander was awake he would remind me that Paskal could be very cunning when least expected so I had to make sure I prepared very well.

Tip: You can use left, right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.Tap the middle of the screen to reveal Reading Options.

If you replace any errors (non-standard content, ads redirect, broken links, etc..), Please let us know so we can fix it as soon as possible.

Report