Love Wins Over Lust novel Chapter 18

Thomas eyed his man's body which was butchered into tiny pieces. There was a note attached to it. "It will be you and your boss next. Ethan King will be butchered the same way."

Thomas gritted in anger. "Juan!" He fist the paper and threw it away.

"Try to control your anger, Thomas. We have to remain calm to think with a clear mind, it's not easy to kill Juan when he is hiding. Look at Ethan, he underestimated him and see what happened."

Thomas nodded. He knew what Jeff was saying was true but he was losing calmness when all his efforts met with nothing but disappointments. "We have done enough but couldn't find him."

Thomas fisted his hand. "Shut your mouth, Jeff, don't advise me. I want that man, find him."

Jeff didn't speak any further and walked out of the room. Thomas punched the wall, "I will bury you alive, Juan. My boss burned your brother but you will not suffer the same fate, I will butcher you and feed you your organs."

On the other hand, Liam Knight kicked Joel in the head as he was falling on the floor, Liam had shot him in both the kneecaps making him unable to move, Ralph and Robert standing around Joel circling him. Both of them had their guns out.

Joel glared at Robert furiously. "You bastard, I trusted you!"

Robert smiled. "I wanted to be the boss and you were in between. He gave me the opportunity and I took it. It's pure business, Joel. As you say, not emotions attached, pure and ruthless business."

Liam kicked him in the head. "You thought that you would be able to get away from me, Joel. Before attacking me you should have checked how I ended my enemies in the past or better you should have learned whom to share the information with."

Joel whose face becomes nothing but a pulp of blood and flesh screamed in pain when Liam kicked him again in his throat. "You wanted to kill me but your death will not be easy."

Ralph understood what his brother wanted. He was going to torture Joel to death. His sentence was going to be worse than a simple death, it would be slow and painful.

Once Joel was sent to the secret chamber where he would be tortured to death, Robert nodded and showed his hand for a handshake. "For the beginning of our new friendship."

Liam eyed the hand and then set his eyes on Robert, he accepted his hand. "For the beginning of new friends but I want you to find out about The Masked man and Juan," he tightened his grip on Robert. "Unlike Joel, I hope you will take pain in finding the two bastards. Give me the Masked man and I will call it the token of our friendship."

Robert understood what Liam was saying. He wanted him to support Liam in finding the Masked man.

"I will."

Liam nodded and withdrew his hand. "Goodbye, Robert."

Liam was followed by his brother while they walked out the so-called secret house of Joel. "Do you trust him?" Ralph asked, because he couldn't trust Robert, the man who could stab his boss cum friend for the designation of boss could not be trusted.

Once they were seated in the helicopter to take them to the airport. Ralph was still waiting for the answer. "I don't trust anyone, Ralph. In his group two more men hold the same greed, they are ready to kill him just like he is going to do with Joel. Greed for power and money can make a man do anything, Ralph. They will keep an eye on him for me. So you see Robert is not the Boss of Dawson, he is just a puppet king who will do everything I ask him to do."

Ralph smiled. "You are right, Greed for power is a great stimulator. You have the same greed for power, don't you?"

Liam looked at his brother, his eyes hard. "Absolutely Ralph. For me this friendship, emotions doesn't matter unless I gain something from them."

Ralph nodded. "And relations, Alexandrio is going to pay for being a loyal friend once he comes back. What about me? If you had to choose between power and me, who would you choose?" He chuckled, not caring about the swimming darkness in Liam's eyes.

"How stupid of me to ask, you will choose power over me. But what about your wife, does she stand in the same line as Alexandrio and me? Will you sacrifice her for you…" before he could finish the sentence Liam clasped his mouth. "Do not say a word about Aurora and if I wanted to have you killed, I would have done it till now. You are still alive because you are my brother," he left his mouth and patted his chest in a gesture of warning. "Don't question me over this again. I am a devil, right but even devils have some boundaries they do not want to cross so don't force me to cross them."

Ralph felt a difference in Liam today. He was always obsessive about Aurora but today there was a different kind of protectiveness in his voice. Ralph just wished that whatever it was it would make him see how lucky he was to have Aurora in his life. The girl loves him madly and deeply

He took a deep breath before speaking again. "I want you to think about your decision regarding Alexandrio again. He had done nothing, Liam. It is not right to punish him to take revenge on Dimitri."

Liam gritted his jaw and fisted his hand tightly for patience. "Alexandrio is my friend, we have spent a good time together. I asked his brother to support me in finding the Masked man, did he show support? No. He denied mocking me. Alexandrio could have asked his brother but he didn't. Tell me what other weakness Dimitri has except for his brother? None! Ralph's friendship is one thing but I will not play with the life of my…" he stopped and swallowed the uneasiness. "...my people for a friend. He will always be respected by me and just to remind you there is no greater sign of loyalty than sacrificing life in our business, is there?"

Ralph shook his head. "One day you will regret it."

Liam glared at his brother and he looked away. He didn't want to think about anything except for killing the masked man. If Dmitri wouldn't support him in catching the Masked man, he would snatch the most important thing of his life. His brother.

Aurora smiled seeing the pictures of her father and her. It was a picture she had taken at a party she attended with her father. She was bored and wanted to leave but her father asked her to stay because it was an important event. Aurora chuckled as she recalled the day her father pouted for the pictures to lift her mood and the MP's wife had watched him doing so.

He lost the image of a serious businessman that day. "Please wake up soon dad. Please wake up soon," she whispered as the image blurred due to tears. She swiped to the next picture, it was of her with Susan and Emily. They went to Australia for holidays.

She chuckled seeing the expression on Emily's face, she was angry because Susan fought with her. Aurora wiped her tears, she was about to put her phone back when it started ringing. She accepted the call seeing Emily's number flashing on the screen.

"Aurora? How did this happen? I read the news and...oh God! Why didn't you inform me? I would have come there immediately. How is Ethan now?"

She smiled. "Slow down, Em. I didn't tell you because you are on your honeymoon. You deserve to have privacy, sweetheart."

"Shut up, Aurora. There is nothing more important than you. I could have my honeymoon any time I want, my honey is not going anywhere. Alexandrio is talking to his pilot we are leaving as soon as we can manage."