Chapter 11

• "Two can't play Cupid's game"  " This...This and this"Nathan nodded absentmindedly as Adriana threw files at him. His mind was still transfixed to what had happened earlier.  The words Boulderfist which he had erect on top of the building for the price of a thousand was tossed down like it was nothing. Nathan remembered Thomas' smile as the words Tower were reconstructed in its place."Are you even here?" Adriana quizzed seeing he was lost in thought."Nothing..."Adriana questioned no further. She instructed him on what he had to do even if he knew it all. It was part of her torture.The conference room had been refurbished to meet her standards as it was her new office."Don't just stand there...Go and get something done." Adriana spat, irritated.Nathan nodded in submission and went out.  The door opened an hour later and Adriana grumbled wondering who that was.Nathan's ugly face reared up. "You again!""Are you done with the files?" Adriana asked with an eyebrow raised high."Yes," Nathan answered, mentally exhausted.That was fast! "Well...There's more..."Before Adriana could finish her statement, Nathan spoke."I want to say something. What do you have against me? I know your father hates me for betraying him but you... Why?"Adriana picked a pencil from her desk, tapping it lightly on the wooden board before her."I don't owe you any explanation!"Nathan was disappointed. He just wanted to know why she had this much hate against him."It started five years ago, a couple of months after my father met you. I— used to have a twin brother. His name was Adrian and he was the most cheerful boy you'd meet. Unlike me, his twin, he was very outgoing and even defended me when I was being bullied. When my father began to pool his money into the Enterprise you both planned, our household began to suffer. He wouldn't give money for anything we needed. He was obsessed with being affluent.My mother took over his responsibilities, catering for us alone despite being married.When you betrayed my father, my bother fell sick. My father was too agitated by his loss that he couldn't see how worse he was faring. When my mother got enough money, she took him to the hospital where he was diagnosed with pneumonia, it was too late to be managed so he died."Adriana sobbed, his beautiful face now ruined."I blamed my father after his death. I hated him. My mother couldn't live with him anymore so she moved out with me. Over the years I came to realize it was all you, if you had never come into our lives, we would be fine. You destroyed us. I return to my father at eighteen and we began plotting your downfall. It took years but when your mother arrived in Mexico, we knew it was time. A little gossip and that was it. Your mother wanted you married and I showed up, your savior. It was worth it."Adriana spewed with disdain.Nathan could not believe his mistake had caused her family such huge trauma. He was beyond sorry."I— am so sorry...""Save it, Nathan! I got what I wanted in the end, to see you feel the same pain, to watch you lose everything one by one until you break."Adriana was like candlelight, beautiful to watch until you touched the flames."Well since I told you what I have against you Nathan, why don't you tell me something. Why did you betray my father? You were born rich, why the trickery?"
• "I had a business mogul for a father."
• "When Tower was being planned, I shared with my father what big dreams I had. My father mocked me for thinking of sharing the Enterprise with a lower class. I listened knowing I would never face backlash or prosecution. I regret it now.""Would you have been if you were still whole Mr. Nathan?" Adriana quizzed."No!" Nathan admitted.