"I only wanted to check up on you, to see if you’re waiting for my arrival," he responded. "I’m sure you must miss me. Kace, you too right?"


    Kace didn’t bother to respond, fully knowing well his patience was being tested.


    "If you want us to talk, give me an address, and we will talk," Xavier tried to bargain, although only he knew how much anger he had in him. If he ever saw the person from the other line, he was sure he would break his skull on the nearest wall.


    "Talk? I don’t want to talk with you, Xavier. However...." He paused, checking his painted nails, his smirk stretching further. "Someone or something close to you has quite intrigued me. What’s her name again? Anastasia rk, right?"


    The room Xavier and the others went silent—no sound being made—not even the ticking sound of the clock could be heard.


    "Don’t you dare go near her," Xavier warned, his tone low and carrying so many threats in that sentence alone. "I’m going to kill you if you dare go near her!"


    The person from the other side of the phone chuckled one more time, as if mocking Xavier and his threats.


    "How are you going to kill someone you can’t find?"


    Xavier nced at Maxwell and thetter shook his head horizontally.


    "I was only joking. Hmm... I wasn’t." The sound turned serious and cold. "I’m going to start by killing everyone close to you, talking everything you once took away from me Xavier, and I’ll never stop until I’ve taken everything away from you. I was just killing civilians you don’t even know and you’re this hurt? What if I killed Anastasia? How would you feel then?"


    "I’m warning you, Xander! Don’te close to my wife, else I will kill you without batting an eysh."


    Xavier heard him chuckle again before the call was hung up, and Xavier mmed the phone on the desk without a care in the world if it was broken or not.


    "Did you find anything?" Xavier questioned Maxwell, making thetter jolt.


    "Nothing at all. The call was untraceable which is why he took his time. He knew we wouldn’t be able to trace it. It’s most likely he’s using a burner phone," Maxwell informed.


    Xavier nodded in understanding before storming out of the room.


    Reaching a quiet corner, he ced a call with his original phone.


    On the first ring, the call was instantly answered, and the soothing voice on the other end washed over him, calming him down almost instinctively.


    "My love, where are you?" He asked.


    At Xastiapany, Anastasia was flipping through some papers, her fingers threatening to fall off, while her eyes threatened to close down.


    "I’m at the office. Why? Is there a problem?" She asked, noticing the little hint of worry in his tone despite how much he tried to conceal it.


    "No problem at all. I’m sending Ito over." He checked the time on his wrist. "Let’s go have lunch. Ito will drive you to the restaurant."


    Anastasia frowned. "Why will Itoe here?" She asked.


    "Nothing! Tracie told me those shareholders are giving you a hard time. They might already start getting some ideas," he responded, which wasn’tpletely a lie.


    The shareholders still aren’t happy with the change of CEO. Rudy has already been bought out by Anastasia. However, Logan and the others were in cahoots with each other, and he was sure they must be plotting something.


    "Get ready. I will make a reservation at a nearby restaurant so that we can have some lunch." He smooched her at the end of the call, not giving her a chance to protest.


    Anastasia dropped her phone, wondering what had gotten into him.


    The door to the office opened and Tracie stepped inside, carrying two cups of coffee.


    "Those employees of yours are starting to piss me off," she grumbled, cing the cups of coffee on the desk. "Whenever Ie here, they keep staring at me like they’ve never seen my face before. I asked one for directions to your office today, and she ran away. Like what..."


    "Well, have you seen your face when you’re walking? You look like you’re going to war," Anastasia replied, surprised that Tracie was in her office. Thetter never texted her abouting there.


    Tracie merely shrugged, not caring to bother.


    Anastasia informed her of the lunch Xavier was nning, and the both of them left immediately with Tracie pulling Anastasia out of the office.