Chapter 173 - One Hundred And Seventy-three: His Heart Missed A Beat (1/2)

Eden's point of view

I must be going crazy.

Just now I found myself smiling just because I remembered Maya was sad to see me go, what the f*ck.

This was slowly getting out of hand, and why was the thought of Maya making my heart beat so fast.

My hands clasped my cheeks and I slapped myself hard on the face, ”Snap out of this Eden!”

Something was wrong with me, I was going mental else why would I be laughing to myself when clearly, no one amused me.

Besides, all of this nonsense would have ended if I had just gotten her to bed that night. By now, Maya would have been wrapped around my finger and not the other way around.

But then I went soft on her, aborting the whole plan and now I have to find another way to get her to be mine without being obvious or forceful.

The door to my office was pulled open and Liam, my shadow guard strode in with a serious face. The look on his face told me he had something important to relay to me.

Closing the documents on my desk I asked, ”What is it?” eager to hear what he had to say.

”I've found him”

My brows furrowed in confusion with my intense gaze focused on him,  ”Found who?”

”The driver”

I stood from my seat abruptly, a look of shock mixed with disbelief flashing across my face, ”Where is he?”

”Just as we thought, he has been abroad all this while,” Liam narrated, placing pictures of a man wearing a hoodie with dark clothes on my desk.

I took one, scrutinizing the face of the man who caused the misery of my father Eric. From the picture, it was obvious he had no idea he had been captured on a security camera since his face was not hidden.

In the other pictures, he had his face hidden with a hoodie and cap. He was quite vigilant judging from the way he adjusted the cap carefully to conceal his face.

”Though we don't know his exact location, with this we can track him down by checking out places he has frequented the past days since we now know his identity”

”You're right” I agreed with Liam, eyes still fixed on the photos.

”We need your orders to proceed with the plan since he's very smart and might figure out we are onto him,”

I smirked, ” You're not going to do anything”

”Huh?” Liam was bewildered, ”What do you mean we're not going to do anything?”

”Exactly”

”But you've been looking for him for years and now you have the golden opportunity, you're going to throw it away just like that ?”

”We must be careful not to alert the enemy,” I told him.

And by the enemy, I meant Adam.

After my father Eric had that accident, the culprit was found and jailed but my father could not be selected as the new family head due to his disability - the role needed someone capable and on his feet. So Adam was elected and inaugurated as the new family head instead of my father.

I grew up hearing the story of my father's sacrifice for his elder brother but I always had a feeling the incident was a setup.

So I did my secret investigation and found out the culprit held in jail was a scapegoat. He was not the man who caused the accident and was merely used to accomplish an already laid out plan.

Though Adam was the eldest and the rightful heir to the title, no one chose him - not even his father, my grandfather - because he was too ambitious.

Adam would, no scratch that, must get anything he wanted even to the point of hurting someone - he just doesn't care as long as he wins.

So all hands pointed to my father Eric instead, choosing him for the new family head and casting Adam aside.

Compared to Adam, my father Eric was more compassionate though he could be really mean.

So when the accident occurred, everyone suspected Adam since he was the only one who would benefit from it.

However, there was no evidence to support the accusation, so all mouths shut.

As the new family head, he held authority and power so no one wanted to get on his bad side, and judging from Adam's horrid nature, he would not hesitate to shut them up.

”You're going to give up on him like that after so many years of searching?” Liam asked in disbelief.

The look on his face told me he wouldn't hesitate to smack me across the face if he could do so.

”Who said anything about giving up?” I asked Liam.

His head whipped up surprised, ”What?”

”Find a gang and affiliate with them, let them purposely cause trouble for him ”

”And in the guise of chasing him down, we could always have our eyes on him without the fool knowing our true intentions until it's time to strike” Liam finalized.

”Bingo” I acquiesced.

Awe glinted in Liam's eyes, ”You're truly worthy to be the next family head” he praised me.