ELIANO: SECOND SON OF THE ELYSIAN LEGACY
Eliano woke up with a start, a headache splitting right through his skull that second. 'Aah. Fuck.' He cursed as he reached across to the bedside table where he was sure he kept his phone last night in order to call his bodyguard. He found out to his dismay that it wasn't there. Neither was his smart watch, his wallet, his clothes nor the pretty woman he banged last night. It finally dawned on him that he had been robbed by the same woman. He threw a towel around his body and stormed to the door. He met his bodyguards outside, having a light banter amongst themselves.
'How could you let the woman I came in with leave with all my personal belongings without informing me?!
They looked at him bewildered. 'Boss we did not see her leave.'
'We went downstairs shortly to get breakfast. She must have left then'.
'Get me all the information you can about that woman.' He fumed. 'Then get me some clothes and a phone.'
She has some guts, stealing my wallet and credit cards, thinking she can get away with it. Fuck. Even my engagement ring. The hell.
That reminded him of the meeting he was to have with his fiance that morning. A meeting he wasn't looking forward to.
Eager to find him a leadership position in the Elysian Corporation, his ruthless elder brothers had arranged the death of the CEO of Elysian bank. The process of reinstating a new CEO took over three years and due to his past history of drug addiction he had to prove to the board of directors and stakeholders that he could handle the responsibility. A good way to show that was to get married and raise a family and his brothers picked a suitable bride for him.
Her name was Amaris Velasquez and she was from a reputable family. He and Amaris have some kind of past history. Three years back, she had brazenly come to the Elysian brothers offering them an 40 percent of shares from her Uncle's company, one of their biggest rivals in the business scene with the condition that they would utterly destroy somebody. It was a deal that he and his brothers readily accepted. But it gained her respect from the Elysian brothers. She was the first woman to manipulate the brothers into doing something, even though it came with a good plus.
The only problem was that he didn't like her nor did he give a shit about her. And that's why he spent his nights out with any woman willing to give him a wild ride.
He heaved a sigh as he used his e-card to unlock his office door. He was startled on seeing a woman sitting on his chair by his desk, swiveling around while humming to herself. He cursed inwardly.
Amaris Velasquez.
'Hey babe.' She beamed on seeing him, her chirpy voice was noise to his ears.
'Get out from my chair this instant! He barked, his voice like thunder. She giggled. 'I will. No need to get so feisty.' She swung her legs over and sashayed towards him.
'What are you doing in my office? This is not where we arranged to meet.'
She placed her palms on his chest and drew in closer. 'I've missed you. You've been ghosting me all week.' His expression was one of utter disgust. He snorted, flinging her hands away from his chest. 'Well I'm here now. Why did you ask us to meet?
'Can't you see? She winked, spinning round for him. That was when he noticed her short gown that showed off her thighs, with a dangerously low v-neck that exposed her cleavage. If it were other women, he would have appreciated the show-off for what it was, but instead of feeling aroused, he felt even more disgusted. 'Security! He yelled.
'Fine. Fine. I'll take my leave.' She sounded disappointed as she picked up her bag. 'Very soon we'll get married and you'll have to get used to my presence.' He shook his head as she left, wondering what on earth he was getting himself into. As he sank into his chair, his phone chimed. It was a text from his bodyguard.
Her name is Arica Velasquez.
She's a salesperson for Knights Group. Three years ago, she signed over ownership rights of her business to the Elysian Corporation.
Arica Velasquez. The woman Amaris had asked them to destroy. They had murdered her mom and attacked her business till it went bankrupt leaving her no choice but to sign ownership rights over to the Elysian Corporation so that they could keep it afloat. Once she did that, they immediately fired her from her M.D position and barred her access to all her funds under the suspicion of fraud.
He didn't even recognize her that night. She was the one that came onto him, absolutely drunk and flashing her generous cleavage in his face. Equally drunk as well, they both stumbled into his hotel room and started clawing at each other's clothes. Stealing all his belongings and his 12 carat diamond engagement ring, was it some sort of revenge?
' Get me her house address.' He texted back.
He checked his calendar and saw that it was free for that day except for an appointment with a salesperson from Knights Group by 10 am. The same Knights Group, well. It was by 10.15am the salesperson entered his office.
'You are late.' He said without looking up from his laptop. There was an eerie silence from the other end and he looked up to investigate.
For a moment, a woman was standing in front of him and the next, she wasn't. 'Fuck.' He loudly cursed as he stood up to see that she had collapsed on his marble floor.
He quickly rushed over to her to check her pulse points. He heaved a sigh of relief on realizing her pulse was normal. But nothing prepared him for the shock of see
ing her face. 'Arica Velasquez'. He muttered.