Her Secrets

24

|Sean's POV|

Finding out that Athena was the step daughter of Gerard Greene definitely surprised me. Why fucking Gerard out of all people? Why couldn't it be— I don't know—a James? Or a Willoughby, perhaps? But why did it have to be him?

Gerard Greene was my father's third in command in the American Mafia until he disappeared after some shit went wrong. However, he stole something before he left and it was the flash drive I was looking for.

I didn't know it was important until recently, I found some very useful information about it. Apparently, it contained everything about the French Mafia and their leader, Joseph Ambrose— the guy who was currently my enemy and messing with me.

Joseph was a very private man, it was almost impossible to find out anything about him. But before his mafia became powerful, it was quite easy to fuck him up although nobody did because he was basically useless back then. But now that he was growing and getting successful, he was becoming a threat.

Joseph Ambrose was delusional. He thought that he could take me down by stealing my shipments and stuffs—now that he was getting power. But he was wrong. I was going to end him before he could even get farther than he already is.

Before his mafia became successful, my dad gathered all the informations about him and secured them into that flash drive because he knew that one day Joseph would become a threat. Now, I have no idea why Gerard stole that shit but I couldn't care less. I needed it and was going to get it at any cost.

And Athena being his step daughter and the sister of the actual daughter of Gerard just made everything easier.

After having spoken to Athena about the plan, I didn't see her again that night, at the party. She just disappeared and went to god knows where—not that I cared. It was just weird that one second she was here and the next she wasn't.

Before I knew it, it was already the next day. Sitting in my seat, in my large office which gave me a clear view of the city since I was on the last floor in the high building. I tapped my pen softly on my desk, my laptop opened in front of me as I waited for Clarissa Greene to walk through the door.

I wasn't going to take her to a restaurant or somewhere fancy since we were gonna discuss business and have dinner. I thought of doing it in the office itself where all the resources were nearby.

After what felt like hours—but had only actually been five minutes, I heard my secretary's voice through the intercom, informing me of Clarissa's arrival to which I replied with a "send her in," and in no less than twenty seconds, the door to my office was opened and she stepped in.

Clarissa was attractive, it would be foolish of me to deny that but it was just too bad she was not even half as good looking as Athena. I mean, Athena was blessed with the Romano genres after all. Her step sister was so different from her with her red hair and short figure which she tried to avoid to let show by wearing high heels all the time.

"Hello, Mr Blackwood." Clarissa greeted with a smile tugging at her lips which I didn't bother to return. I had a reputation to keep—the one of being an asshole. I only nodded at her in response, gesturing for her to come and sit in the chair across my desk.

She quickly strolled over and pulled the chair before sitting down, placing her bag on the blank chair beside her as she looked up at me with the same smile still present on her face. "So...the deal?"

"The deal was that I promote your products, yeah?" I raised my brows at her and she nodded, confirming my answer, "yes, yes, that. Firstly, I wanted to thank you for giving me a chance. You see, your company is one of the most successful and you, promoting my products is definitely going to help me—no doubts. Shall we talk about the products? And then we can have dinner." 

"Of course," I nodded even though I didn't want to. I was just stalling for Athena, hoping that she was doing what she said she would.