“I really don’t know what to say concerning this, I don’t know”
Cade was walking about the house, trying to familiarize himself with his newfound surrounding before he goes back to his home which he was told he had before he left. Patricia wasn’t around and when he had asked Dimitri, he said that he wasn’t heading to work rather he was coming home to see their dad.
Cade asked what the matter was but Dimitri brushed it off and told him not to bother about it since it was a small issue. He would have pestered but with the kind of person he is supposed to be around them, he mustn’t give them a chance to think about something being wrong with him.
He walked past their dad’s study room when he heard the voice of Dimitri and Donald talking, the door was left ajar so he was able to hear what they are saying. Their tone sounded worried and tensed as they talk about a major block to their business doings in South Korea.
“How could he possibly trace us down there?” Donald asked.
“I don’t know dad, it’s like this person has planned this for a long time, tracked our every move, knows when we are doing certain transactions, knows when our shipment comes in and majorly knows how we operate our business” Dimitri answered.
“Who could this person be?”
“I asked Caleb to help with that, he is good at something like this since he has a friend in the police department. I will also ask Aiden for his help” Dimitri said. “Boy is a genius”
Cade stepped away from the door and frowned at who they were talking about, he wasn’t aware of anyone trying to mess up their business aside from Darius who sent him to do all the work and he is sure Darius isn’t the person that they are referring to.
He began walking to his room when he remembered overhearing Darius in his office asking someone to give him updates about the business of a particular person, no name was mentioned but knowledge of this could mean that Darius is the person they are talking about.
Whoever is supplying Darius with this kind of information, is definitely working inside the company or even a close-knit person in this family.
He has pondered on the real reason, Darius wants to get his revenge on this family because whatever Darius told him didn’t add up but due to how angered he was by the Devanto’s demise, he wanted to get to the root of the matter even if it takes him pretending that he believes, trust and is on Darius’s side.
“I’ll do anything to know the truth and get you guys justice” he whispered to himself and entered his room.
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“Thank you, I would appreciate that. I want the information as soon as possible” Donald thanked Dimitri for his offer to help.
“We will try our best, when is mum getting back?”
“Probably before dinner, need something from her?” Donald asked.
“Not really, Sebastián has been asking to see her since yesterday” Dimitri answered “Loveth promised to bring him today after school and I am trying to make sure it’s not a time she is taking a rest”
“I nor my wife wouldn’t mind you guys bringing our grandbabies to us” Donald responded with a smile.
Dimitri nods then stood to his feet and grabbed his jacket that was on the couch then walked over to the door to leave, he stopped then turned to look at his dad “I will call when I get home, please take care and don’t think too much about all these”
“Yes, son. Thank you, I’ll just see Cade and know what he’s up to now” Donald stood to his feet too then walked to Dimitri who opened the door for them to leave the office.
“He seems to be more interested in the affairs of the company and I am compelled to say that he might do better than me with time” Dimitri shrugged.
Donald didn’t say anything and then halted in his step so that he was facing his youngest son. It has always been a wish of his that Cade at least picked some interest in their business affair but, when they observed the kind of person he was and how he preferred not to interact with a lot of people and just be by himself, they didn’t bother to push the responsibilities on him.
Some years before he was done with his studies, something happened in the company, some of the employees were keen on dethroning Donald by coming up with lies about him and his company and if not for the big influence and good deeds he had done in the past, they would have succeeded.
That made Cade make a promise to try his best to be present at least and to go through the company’s training after his graduation from the university.
So, now that Cade fully wants to be in involved in their company affairs, he is more than happy.
“That doesn’t bother you?” Donald asked as he watched the cool look Dimitri had on his face.
“I really don’t, I could always skip work and spend more time with my wife” he shrugged with a laugh when his dad raised a brow at him. “I’m kidding though” he grinned then wriggled his brows.
“I will cut off your holidays this year if you try such” he warned playfully.
“You definitely don’t want to do that to your precious daughter-in-law, Loveth” Dimitri laughed when his dad rolled his eyes and shook his head.
“You manipulator” he accused.
Dimitri looked at his watch and then continued walking to the living room “I have to get going dad, my greetings to Cade. One of these days, we men will go out for some brother-father time together” he said to him.
“Sure, I will let him know. My greetings to Loveth and Sebastián”
“I will let them know,” he walked over to the door, opened it, and left the house.
Donald let out a sigh, closed the door, and walked up to the stairs so that he can go meet Cade and have a little chat with him. He got to the front of his door and was about to knock but he heard talking, the words were flat and couldn’t be picked properly but with the pause, talk, pause, talk… Cade was on a call so he turned to walk away but didn’t know why he had the bugging feeling to stay and listen.
He did that and came closer to the door with his ear placed against the door so that he can listen clearly.
“I’ll take precautions, I heard you already,” Cade said “I know, I will be careful… don’t you trust me?” he sounded annoyed. “I heard, just tell me what else I need to know so that I don’t think I am wasting my time”
Donald frowned as he thought about who he was talking to and what precautions was he talking about? He listened further so that he can get a scope of what was being said. He didn’t hear anything and suddenly the door flew open, thankfully he didn’t lean too much on the door so he was able to gain his stance on his feet.
A frown made itself to Cade’s face as he looked at his dad.
“What are you doing?” he asked, he hoped he wasn’t there for that long and didn’t hear what he was saying, else he might be suspicious.
“Err… I wanted to have a little chat with you but, I… remembered that… err… I needed to pick up something for my wife” he said, stuttering in between.
Cade didn’t look convinced by his lie but he didn’t care. If he could remember, Cade wasn’t the one who liked drama, so in this case, Cade wouldn’t bother to pester him about the issue.
“I’ll get going, we will have that chat later” he forced a smile and then turned to go downstairs while wondering who he was talking to and why he sounded that way.
Cade watched him go down the stairs and felt a little bit scared that his identity has been revealed but since Donald isn’t showing any reaction that he knows anything, he will just play along.
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Hey there guys, please remember that Cade, Massimo, and Cadet are names that apply to one person, just different names for each family.