First Born

Cori was stunned when he heard about what happened to Azalea on the night of her engagement. He and all of her employees were invited to attend their party but because of the thought that a lot of rich people will be there all of them refused. If only he knows she will be in danger he should have come. But like they said regrets are always comes at the end of the event. All he can do now is to secure her safety and to assure Jack that in their territory no one can harm her.

"Are you sure it's okay for you to come back to work?". Cori's voice has a hint of worried.

"Ahm, yes!". Azalea felt weird from the way he asked, he never directly asked her things like that before. "Did my husband's story was over exaggerated?". She wants to laugh out loud at his expressions. She never saw him very worried at her for a long time.

"He said you had a dream, about him being stab and you being abducted". He can't hold it in the information that Jack told him. Azalea's dream sometimes becomes her great warning and it was proven and tested for the years they've been together.

Azalea was silence by Cori's words. She forgot to asked Jack a favor of not telling Cori about the dream she had. She knows he will be like this, becomes worried for the both of them.

"Don't worry I'll be fine. My husband will take care of me". She laugh at him but suddenly stop when she sees him in a very serious look. "Don't be too paranoid!". She rolled her eyes and tried to lighten up the mood. She was well aware that Cori's feelings can be read easily through his face and he don't want her other employees to see it and be worried as well.

"I will tell Uncle Long to send some Shadows to watch over you". Cori was about to leave when she grabs his arms. He was force back to her office.

"Don't do that please!...Uncle Long will put me under surveillance 24/7. Do you know how inconvenient is that?". Azalea can't even imagine her life with a bodyguard following her.

"You own a protection agency but you don't use them. I don't see the logic behind it". Cori sometimes feel she is being too reckless for her own safety. A lot of people worried about her but she seems never been worried about herself.

A man knock on Azalea's office door and opened it when he heard the word come in.

"Boss, someone's looking for you, he said your husband knows him. Will I let him in?". The young man waited for her to reply and when he saw her nod he went back outside and lead her guest to her office.

A young man came in with his bodyguards behind him. He looked at her and gave her his sexiest smile the one that he always use to catch every woman's attention.

"What do you want?". Azalea ignored his flashy smile but she remembered the young man. He lost his car to her in one of her race and found out that he lost a lot of money to her husband too. Two birds with one stone. She smirk with that thought.

Drako's face sank down and his prepared smile fades in an instant. He can't believed someone can actually resist his charm. He knows, she's well aware of who he is and how great his connections are but he feels like she is treating him like a commoner. He took a glance at the man on his side and he can see his personal assistant is suppressing his laughter. He gave him a dagger look and he became looking formal again.

"I came here to offer you something". He looks around trying to find a nice chair for him to sit.

Azalea noticed his eyes is scanning his sides. She can tell he is looking for a chair. She nods at the man behind them and a chair came. She lend her hand towards the chair and offered him a sit. A bodyguard took a step forward and wipe the top of it before Drako sits in. Azalea and Cori looked at each other and wants to laugh out loud. They've never seen such a vain man who looks like afraid of germs in their life.

"Speak!". Azalea lean back in her swivel chair and look directly at Drako's eyes. She doesn't like doing business with such young and vanity man. But she's being grateful for his car and money that he lost.

"I want to buy the blueprint of your car". He directly told her his purpose for coming. He was investigating Azalea for a while and found out that she have a rare talent of designing cars and engines. The car that she use against him is very well built he can even say it's a futuristic car and he really wants it.

"No can do!". She simply replied to him.

"I know you will say that".

"But still you came".

"Yes I did!". Drako flashed her his million dollar smile. "If you don't want to sell it then be a part of my business. Let's collaborate and make a great car together". He don't want to admit defeat yet. He will throw more cards to her till she say yes.

"Tell me, which part of NO you don't understand, so that I can elaborate it to you?". She knows he was raised as a businessman and he will push his way to her. They both know Black Prince blueprint will cost billions of dollars. But she is not interested in money she already have more than enough. Besides it's her mother's original design, she just pimp it a little.

"I don't care about the NO part. It's the car that I care for".

Azalea was stupefied with his answer. She don't know if he is listening to a word she said. "I actually said NO to your proposal". She directly told him. Loud enough for others to hear too.

"Why?". Drako seems to be wondering with her answer. He don't really take no for an answer unless it's very reasonable.

"Because I'm not interested". Azalea is being serious. "Look Mr. Torrennos, if you only came here to make that proposal I'm sorry but I'm not interested, if you want to make a real business deal talk to my husband". She is getting pissed. He don't like men who have a short understanding or taking her words for granted.

"But I'm more interested in you, than your husband". His words have a double meaning and he knows Azalea understands him.

"Mr. Torrennos, tell me the truth. Why are you here?". She can sense that he is here for another reason Black Prince is just a part of it.

Drako smirked. He knows she have a brain and it's one of the reasons he likes her.

"I came because I was looking for you". He became dead serious after saying his words.

"And now that you find me, what are you going to do?". Azalea feels odd about him and she knows she is not going to like his response.

"Your grandfather OWE US A MARRIAGE". Drako gives an emphasis to his last words like it was a great debt that she needs to pay.

Azalea was stunned to learn his true intention. He is collecting a payment.

"Do you have any contract with you to prove your claim?". Although she was hoping he doesn't have one but he looks like a real businessman. She knows he is prepared and she starts calculating her chances, it will be less than ten percent. And she was right.

"I know you will ask for this". Drako looked at his assistant and he hand him an envelope. He gave it to Azalea.

Azalea took and study it and she cant complain, it was well detailed. Her eyes went to Cori who was leaning at the wall just listening. He stretched his arms and went out of her office and close the door behind him. He knows that the discussion they will going to have has nothing to do with him and it's a very delicate topic for commoners like him.

"How did you know my grandfather?". The seriousness in her face shows how interested she is in their topic.

"I feel sorry for your lack of knowledge about your roots but I am sure your husband knows things about you and your family". He is giving her a mischievous grin. His grandfather only wants him to check on Franco's granddaughter if she's still single or divorced already. He wants to collect what Azalea's grandfather bargained for.

Azalea falls in silence, she is thinking why did her grandfather made a trade like that. She thought her marriage today was decided by Jack's grandfather and hers. She needs to make an investigation of her own.

"I don't think I can pay you for what my grandfather owes you. I'm already married and I don't think I'm going to have a divorce anytime soon". She's contemplating if she needs to inform her husband about her situation right now. She knows he will be furious.

"If you can't divorce Jack Shin, then we will wait for your first born". He smiled and wink at her.

"What!".