"Your Highness, why did you change your mind? I thought you wanted John Vandolf Gray out of your way?" Tamahome asked with a frown. He drove Ramon after his interrogation of Jackson. Ramon was able to wait for him because he softened when he found out that Ramil was still alive.
"Let him live, he is a bad weed. I will torture his children first. I want him to witness what I will do to Jacob and Jackson. I know the weakness of a family man," said Ramon. He opened the window of his car and smoked a cigarette. "Drive faster, Tamahome. I want to see Ramil so badly. I want to know if he is really my brother and he’s just an impostor," he said.
Tamahome looked in the rear view mirror. He saw a tear fall from Ramon's eye which he immediately wiped away.
"What about Aki? Is she coming home to the Philippines?" asked Tamahome.
"She didn't want to. She loves the States more than here. She's really afraid of being deported," Ramon answered.
"Don't you miss her?" Tamahome swallowed when he saw Ramon's evil look at him in the rear view mirror.
"She's too childish despite her skills and wit. I prefer her away from me so I don't have a headache." Ramon frowned when he received an email.
{ I want to do business with you. I'm willing to invest $10,000,000 in your company. }
"Is there a problem, your majesty?" Tamahome asked.
"Ythan Marcus sent me an email...out of the blue. I wonder what's on his mind. Did he catch me staring at his wife at the party?" Ramon said, chuckling.
"Well, that's what you want right? Will you kill me if I suggest that you must bite his bait, your highness?" Tamahome whistled.
"Not yet. I will let him chase me first. I am going to make him see that he can't buy everyone and that he can't boss around with his money. I'm not like Rhea who is easily dazzled by money. I have mine to begin with," said Ramon. He deleted Ythan's email to him.
"Your majesty, are you ready to see your brother again? Only ten minutes left and we are about to reach our destination," said Tamahome.
"Do I need to be ready? What I need is to be careful and watchful. It's hard to trust people these days. You and Aki are the only ones I trust right now." Ramon put on his glasses.
"What about Freya? Aren't you still going to go and talk to her?" asked Tamahome.
"Freya and her mother were just the same. You think, why did she marry the brother of the man who caused her father's death? How disrespectful is that, Tamahome? They're getting on my nerves. Let me take a nap first. Wake me up when we get there, let's go to the mansion." Ramon leaned back in the seat of his car before closing his eyes.
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Ythan was playing with his cell phone in his hand while he stared at his laptop. His one hand kept tapping on his desk.
"He's not interested? Is a million dollars still not tempting?" Ythan laughed. "Do I need to add another million dollars on my investment?" Ythan dropped his cell phone and created an email for Ramon again. "Let's see if you can refuse it. Okay, sent!"
Ythan leaned on his office chair. He tapped his feet on the floor. He's waiting for Ramon's reply but he got nothing. Only emails from his auditors, sales managers and current investors entered his email. He stood up from his seat and then punched his desk.
"No one ever dares me, Ramon. All people can be bought with money. I can turn all people around with my wealth and properties...even billionaires like me!" Ythan shouted loudly. He closed his eyes. He took a deep breath to calm himself. "Should I pay him a visit?" He smiled and called his secretary. "Find where Ramon Oligario's residence is. I need it as soon as possible...no! I need it today. It's urgent!"
Ythan hung up the phone. "If I have to make friends with you, I will...I just want to know the weakness and the stinks you're hiding, Ramon." His attention shifted to his cell phone when it suddenly rang. He raised an eyebrow when he saw who was calling.
"Is there a problem?" Ythan opened to his interlocutor.
["Your Majesty, Ramil has come to his senses..."]
Ythan's eyebrows met. 'My dear queen's husband has woken up. I can kill him! Finally, I can see him kneeling in front of me. I'm not going to lose what I spent just to get him better...so he can walk,' Ythan's mind shouted. He spoke to the person on the other line again. "What's the matter? Is there a problem? Hurry up and I'll go somewhere!"
["I just left to get his medicine in case when I come back...he's gone from his bed."]
"WHAT?" Ythan shouted loudly. He almost dropped the cell phone he was holding at what he heard. He clenched his fist. His eyes were full of anger. "FIND HIM! IF YOU DON'T FIND HIM, I WILL KILL YOU! IS IT CLEAR?" He hung up and threw his cell phone. His secretary was surprised when he opened the door. Ythan's eyes darted at his secretary.
"S-Sir Marcus, I have found the... the residence of Mr. Ramon Oligario." The secretary walked with his head down to Ythan. His hands were shaking as he handed over Ramon's address.
Ythan violently took the paper his secretary gave him. He read it quickly and looked at his secretary again. "Do you have anything else to say?"
"No more," replied the secretary.
"THEN GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!" Ythan yelled, irritably.