Darian didn't make a move, he smiled as the men approached him. He halted them by raising his hands, he turned back to the masked man and said. "You will spare my life if you truly loved my mother."

"No! I want to kill you because knowing that you are alive reminds me of her! Do you know how miserable I was when she rejected me to be with your father? I couldn't even love any other woman because I loved her too much. I hate to know that she had Raymond's son instead of mine! I will kill you, Darian! I will! Tie him up." He commanded again in an angry tone.

"This doesn't make any sense to me," Darian chuckled. "You are killing people because of a mere woman?"

"Isabella wasn't a mere woman, you punk! She was my whole life! You will never know this because you are just as heartless as your father and you don't know what it means to love a woman."

Darian felt the pain in his voice as he spoke to him. He heaved a sigh and said. "My mother is not dead, invisible man. She's very much alive!" He could see his face lit up when he told him that. "And you never really loved her for you to think that she's dead."

"How dare you say that to me?" He hit the table and stood up.

"I guess your men don't know that she's not dead." He looked at their faces. "I heard from the men you sent to disrupt the family party that my mother was alive and I looked for her. She's not fucking dead!" Darian yelled into his ears, Jay was speaking into the listening bug, but Darian didn't hear his words anymore.

Confused, the masked man left where he was seated to where his men were standing with their heads facing the floor. "What happened to Isabella when I was in jail last year? You told me she died, you fucking buried her body, didn't you?" He clutched onto the neck of one of the men.

Darian smiled. He was distracted and that was the perfect time to attack him. He spoke into the listening bug. The masked man were still venting on his men when Jay broke into the room with their men, pointing their guns towards the masked man and his men.

Darian slid out the gun from his pockets, turned to the masked man, and yelled. "Take off your mask!"

"Shoot!" The masked man ordered his men. He veered around and made a run of the room, but Darian sprinted after him. He stopped running when he got to the garden in the building, he brought out his gun and pointed it at Darian.

"You are a smart one, huh? Not as dumb as your father." The masked man laughed, rounding the garden. His eyes were targeting Darian's arms as he moved. He wanted him to be carried away before he shot him.

"You asked for peace but you asked your men to kill me. What do you think I am? Someone who dies easily?" He cocked his gun, setting it directly to face the masked man. "What's your name? Take that mask off your face."

"I guess It's time to kill you." He held the trigger guard of his gun, and Darian did the same. They walked around the garden, setting their guns at the perfect spot in each other's bodies. "Before you die, can you tell me where Isabella is?" He asked Darian.

"I would have loved to but it's a pity you would not see her anymore." Darian smiled sheepishly.

A loud gunshot sounded behind them, another was directed at Darian but he managed to dodge it. He pointed his gun between the masked man and one of his men who was walking closer to him. Darian was confused, he quickly directed the gun to the man approaching him and in a second, he shot him down. He fell to the floor, blood gushing out of his head.

The masked man cocked his gun again, taking Darian by surprise. He shot his arm before he could attempt to shoot him. Darian winced in pain, instantly lowering his gun. A sharp pain surged through him, he felt like life had seeped out of him.

"Drop your gun!" The masked man yelled at him.

Darian lowered his gun to between his legs, he watched as the masked man walked towards him. There were smiles all over his face, and Darian groaned out in pain. He wanted to know who was behind the mask but that was also the perfect time to kill the asshole in front of him.

"I knew it!" He was facing Darian now.

Darian looked down and within a twinkle of an eye, he targeted his groin area, shooting him before he retaliated. The masked man went down in pain, his gun immediately dropped to the ground.

Darian shut his shoulder again when he was down, he smiled, looking at him. He was smiling heartily even though his arm was hurting so badly. He walked closer to the masked man and crouched down. He gently unveiled the mask to take a look at his face.

"You didn't hear about me, did you?" Darian ran his fingers through the masked man's curly hair, he had never seen her. His face was perfect. He looked younger than he imagined him to be. He stood up and shot his chest again, he was angry and he wanted to kill him.  "That's for killing my father and for messing with the Dawson family." Darian shot him again.

He stopped shooting and watched as he fought for his life, he tried to speak, but the words didn't come out of his mouth before he gave up the ghost.

Darian smiled, his arm hurt as he tried to move. He touched the blade of his shoulder and blood was rapidly gushing out.  He managed to sashay his way back into the building, there were blood and dead men all over the place.

He shook his head, wincing in pain, he looked at their faces and noticed that some of the men were still breathing faintly. Even though they pledged their lives to him, he still cared about them and didn't want them to die.

He tried to bend but his arm was killing him. "Boss!" He heard Jay's voice from behind, he was running towards him. "Boss, you are bleeding. Let's get you to the hospital."

Darian's heart melted when he saw Jay alive, he was fine and there were no bloodstains on his clothes.

"Don't save me, Jay. Please save these men, some are still alive. I can manage myself." He cried out in pain.

"Boss!" Jay was confused, he didn't want to leave Darian but he had to save the men who were still breathing.

"Save everyone who is still alive," he hobbled out of the building right into his car. He grasped the steering wheel and drove out, he stopped when he was outside the building. He found his phone and placed a call to his bodyguards at home, he forwarded the address to them and informed them to come over to help Jay in conveying the men to the family hospital.

His hands were trembling when he ended the call, he couldn't move the wheel anymore. His blood smeared the car, he was in agony. He cried out, picking up his phone again. He called Gaius but he didn't pick up. With shaky hands, he dialled Harrison's number. He picked up and Darian forwarded the address to him to come over.

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Darian was bleeding profusely, he felt strength drained out of him. He placed his head on the steering wheel, and a knock on the window called his attention.

"Harrison," he whispered.

"Boss," Harrison opened the door, heaving Darian to the passenger's seat, he hurriedly sat in the car and grabbed the steering wheel. "Boss!" He called again in despair.

"Take me to the hospital, Harrison." Darian's voice was so low, he was weak and couldn't hold on any longer.

"Hold on, boss." Harrison hit the street, moving the car at an incredible speed.

"How is my wife?" He asked, his lips twitching in a small smile.

"Ma'am Lena is fine at home." He responded.

"Good, that's all I want to know. I got some flowers for her, if I don't make it, give the flowers to her and tell her they are for our anniversary." He smiled again, slowly closing his eyes. The pain had become unbearable, his vision was getting blurry.

"You will make it, boss," Harrison muttered, but he wasn't certain. There was blood everywhere, Darian had lost too much blood.

"I want to, but if I don't, give the flowers to her and let her know that I feel the same way for her." With that said, he shut his eyes and lost consciousness.

"Boss!" Harrison called but there was no response, he panicked, increasing the speed of the car. "Boss, please, don't do this." He was scared, so scared something had happened to Darian. He drove faster as he headed to the family hospital.

Faithy💓