Chapter 24

“HERE’S THE list of your new missions,” Charles's father told him as soon as he entered the office.

He's been back in New Jersey since last Sunday. To the point that their plan to celebrate Wynter's birthday could not go ahead because they were both busy.

Caleb called him due to an emergency. There is a lot of chaos going on on the two continents guarded by the Williams Mafia, North and South America. Actually, it was more favorable for Charles to be busy like this because until now he had no news of what had happened to Angelo and Wynter since the two came home.

Only yesterday, he also heard that someone had planned to harm Anurak and Narae in recent weeks, fortunately, the opponents did not pass their guards.

“Be sure to make them all pay. As much as possible, there will be no killings. Just capture them and the government will handle the penalties.” His father looked at him intently. “I’m entrusting this mission to you, Dominique. Don't fail me a second time.”

“Yes, dad.” Charles bowed slightly then left the office.

His father was talking about the encounter with the Russian Mafia and Angelo's kidnap months ago. The talk was that they wouldn’t kill them but they were both Wynter and him didn’t listen.

The government was displeased because of their actions. The consequence of that was getting suspended by their fathers. It was their fathers who decided to stop them first. And now, the time is pretty much perfect.

Charles sighed and went inside his room. He slowly dropped his body on the bed then stared at the ceiling and sighed again.

He was missing his best friend's brother. If there's only a way to safely be with you, I would do it in a heartbeat. He just shook his head and then forced himself to read the documents in the folder. He has exactly four missions, according to this file.

He will be accompanied by Wynter on all missions. Wynter must have received the same file back at her house. Though he was a bit curious about the real reason behind their pairing since Europe and Asia are held by the Vazquez Mafia. I guess they really wanted us to be partners. Charles sighed at that thought. So most likely, Wynter would suddenly knock on his door to pick him up for their mission.

The first and second missions are to find two terrorist leaders who are definitely hiding in North America. Different groups but the same mission.

The third is to find the powerful man behind a series of human trafficking cases in South America. He is suspected to be a government official in the area. Sickening government officials using their power for crimes.

Finally, Charles flipped the page and saw the profile of their mission. He stopped immediately and waited for a while before he could finally think clearly. He sighed and then read the last page again.

Last mission: Protect Angelo Gabrielle Cortez at all costs.

ANGELO SMILED as he watched his youngest sister cooking in their kitchen. Their father sent the maids home, so each one of them took care of the housework that was assigned to the four of them. By four, I mean him, Autumn, Emerald, and their Mama Summer.

“Don’t worry, Hermano. I'm almost done with our dinner.” Autumn quickened her pace. He, on the other hand, is just finishing arranging their utensils and plates.

“What time does Emy go home?” He asked his little sister who's finally done with her dish.

“I believe she's still busy with work,” she answered then transferred what was cooked into the bowl. When Autumn was finally done, she looked at him. “How about you? Are you bored now?”

“Are you not?” he asked his sister again then sighed.

Autumn slightly chuckled. “I missed serving and cooking in Heaven Taste.”

“I missed bartending,” he replied. “By the way, how’s your academics?”

His youngest sister smiled. “Final year and I'm officially a chef.”

Angelo smiled proudly at his sister. Ever since she met Autumn, she has loved cooking. He and Emerald even made their youngest sister their personal chef, so they know very well that she has a destination in the field of cooking.

“Speaking of which, second to the last year na rin pala ni Emy this year. Finally, she will also be a psychiatrist.”

Autumn nodded with a smile. “Yep, though I really don't know why she still wanted to pursue that course. I mean yeah, she got all the skills for that course but come on! Isn't she getting tired of studying?” It even laughed softly.

“Hey, you know that's what she wants. Just tons of workloads. She needs to be busy.” Angelo even signaled quotation marks in the air with his hands on the word needs.

The talk of the siblings went everywhere while eating, and in the middle of dinner, their mother entered the dining room.

“Mama! How's work?” Angelo opened up to Summer with a kiss on the cheek and reached for her bag.

Autumn, on the other hand, escorts her mother to the dining room for dinner. “Lots of stress? You know, you can stop working now, mom.”

Summer smiled at the behavior of the two. “Nah, I’m fine, sweethearts. How about you two? Are you stressed here at home?”

Both of them pouted and nodded at the same time which made Summer chuckle. Aww, aren't these two cute?

All three of them enjoyed their dinner and stories, and while at it, Emerald entered their home. The three who were waiting smiled and then invited her to eat.

“How’s work, Hermanita?” Angelo asked.

Emerald shrugged and continued eating. When the food in her mouth ran out, she wiped her lips and then answered, “Still the same. Were you both safe here while I was gone?”

The two nodded and Autumn spoke next, “Dad called earlier to make sure of our safety as well. And of course, Hermano is starting to complain.”

Summer laughed softly at what she heard and then looked at Wynter. “When are you coming back to Thailand? You also have a business there.”

Wyn sighed. “I’m not sure, ma but I’ll leave the country by the end of this week.”

Summer slowly nods her head. “You got the file from your dad this morning?”

The lady nodded as well. “Yeah. I’ll pay Dom a visit.”

For no apparent reason, Emerald immediately caught Angelo’s attention. I still don't know why that person seems so familiar to me.

Wynter noticed that her brother was staring at her so she looked at him, only to see his confused face. Wyn shook her head. So he still gets affected by Dom.

Angelo cleared his throat before speaking as if he was not affected by the name mentioned by his sister. “And after that? You’ll go back to LUST DAWN? I’m sure Narae and Anurak miss you.” He even smiled.

Emerald shook her head. “I’ll be back here with Dom.” Wyn noticed again that her brother was slightly taken aback. “And then I’ll ask dad if you can come with us, back to LD.”

Autumn suddenly raised her hand. “And if dad agrees, can I also go back to working at Heaven Taste?”

Wynter knew that their youngest sister also knew what was going on. They all knew, except Angelo, that the opponents targeted their older brother so they forced him to hide in their house. Autumn stayed there as well so that Angelo wouldn't be so suspicious.

"Yeah, though don't you want to come with us to LD?" Wyn pretended to ask.

Their youngest shook her head. “I’ll stay here. I wanna spend my summer break cooking at Heaven Taste.”

Wynter just nodded and finished eating. When everything was in order, they packed up the food together before going up to their respective rooms.

Angelo threw himself at his bed and stared at the ceiling. He was really curious about this Dominique guy so he texted Narae to ask for something. Just a few minutes later, she replied which made him put a smile on his face. He thanked his friend and dialed the number.

After two rings, the person picked up the call.

(Williams speaking, who is this?)

Angelo took a deep breath before speaking, “It’s Angelo Cortez, I wanna ask you something.”