Family Head: -
Richie Russo wife Alana Russo
Four sons: -
1) Ricardo Russo aka Rare (31 years) Wife Gabriella aka Gabby (25 years) Dog Rocky
2) Richard Russo (29 years), 3) Ryman Russo (27 years), 4) Rustic Russo (25 years)
Daughter: Lilac Russo (23years)
Family Tree: - Lucero
Family Head: - Leon Lucero (Sr) and Wife Flora Lucero
Sons: -
1) Leon Lucero (31 years), 2) Liam Lucero (30 years), 3) Lance Lucero (29 years), 4) Lucas Lucero (28 years), 5) Logan Lucero (27 years), 6) Lorenzo Lucero (26 years), 7) Leif Lucero (24 years), 8) Lars Lucero (22 years), 9) Lane Lucero (18 years), 10) Lucian Lucero (16 years)
Daughter: - Laura Lucero (21 years)
Nephew and Niece: - Mark Lucero (28 years), Madeline Lucero (25years), Melissa Lucero (26 years)
Sister of Leon Lucero (Sr) Jessica Lucero
Note: This chapter is more on about Lucero than Russo, be warned. And, I don't remember all of their names as well ;)
"What's going on?" The man shouts as he starts to type hurriedly in his screen but cannot figure out where the glitch began so she shouts for his team.
"Oh, fuck no" they shout as they watch at the screen with their eyes wide scared before glancing around the room, gulping.
"Someone go call Mr. Lucero" the man gulps.
Leon stops mid-air to drink his coffee as his eyes lands on the figure walking inside of room. Putting his cup down, he gets up and their eyes meet.
"Good morning" Leah speaks softly as she greets the people on the table and Leon walks towards his wife before he pulls a chair for her and Leah smiles as she takes it.
"Did you sleep well" Flora grins as she walks to hug Leah from behind and the girl nods her head.
"Is Leon giving you any hard time?" Flora asks as she stares at Leah who glances at Leon who goes back to take his seat and continues to drink his coffee.
"Mother, it's normal to give a hard time by a man to his wife" one of sons jibes in and Leah blushes before her son groans as someone hits his leg under the table and Leon stares at his brother raising his brow who clears his throat.
"I did not mean to make her blush, it's you husbandly right" he grins mischievously and Leon focus on is food instead.
"And she blushes" another voice join making Leah a difficult to remember the names of the men around the table.
"You will get used to them, living with one man was not enough that God gave me ten sons, imagine raising them especially when they were teenagers"
"Mother, we are still in our so-called teenage period if you have not forgotten about us" Flora's younger sons chimes making her laugh.
"Of course, I understand you both are on your periods" she teases while Laura coughs on her juice.
"Mother, will you please behave" Laura asks as she smiles at her sister-in-law politely.
"This table never gets bored" Flora grins as she glides to her table and kisses on her husband's cheek who chuckles.
"I will make the introductions, again until you remember each of them" Flora grins happily as she glances at Leah.
"Why don't you let her remember us on her own, we have been doing this every day for the past week" Liam's sighs as he glances at his mother who pouts.
"But I like introducing all of you" she speaks as she glances at her husband for support.
"Why don't you show her family album instead"
"No" ten voices echoes at once in the table startling Leah who jumps a bit.
"We love you but please do not embarrass us by taking out the album" Laura speaks.
"I would like to know our new sister in our pace in our own way, mother" Lance grits through his teeth.
Flora goes to protests but Leon's phone rings and he glances around the table as every eye is set on him and Flora dares him to pick up his call before each of the men in the room's phone rings one by one.
"No" Lucas gets up at once as he reads the message before glancing at brother who slowly rises from his table and buttons his cloth which makes Flora sit quiet knowing well not to stop any one of them as something was going wrong.
"Excuse us" Leon speaks for all of them as all of them get up at once and walks out of the room.
"It's like a battalion of men going on war" Laura sighs shaking her head.
"See you tonight" Lucero speaks as he gets up from his seat and kisses on the side of his wife who nods her head.
*******
"Ta-da"
"We are in" Nicholson smiles as he runs his hand in the waves of red before Videl turns to look at him and jumps in his arms.
"Yay" she laughs in his arms and Nicholson drops a kiss on her forehead.
"I like her" Ricardo grins as he watches the couple in front of him.
"Thank you" Ricardo smiles as the girl's big eyes turns towards him with happiness.
Videl turns the laptop towards Ricardo and grins widely showing her work and he shifts around to see the results of the work.
"Congratulations, you now hold 38% of shares in Bank of light" Nicholson congratulates Ricardo who nods his head.
"She has changed the Ip address so it will not trace it back to us" Nicholson adds as he smiles at Videl who informs him using sign language.
"We will take our leave now" Nicholson informs as he gets up before holding Videl's hand.
"Once again thank you for helping out" Ricardo smiles as he shakes Nicholson hand before chuckling as Videl puts her hand out as well and they shake it.
"Bye" Videl says startling Ricardo.
"There are few words she can speak" Nicholson informs as they step away from the couch.
"This is for you" Ricardo speaks as he pulls out a bag from the side of the chair and hands Videl as a thank you gift and she starts to check inside without any patience before she pulls out a chocolate bar and wiggles it in front of Nicholson with a wide smile.
She surprises Ricardo when she leaves Nicholson's hand and hugs him before she walks to hold Nicholson's hand again.
"She is a keeper" Ricardo nods at Nicholson before they say their goodbye.
*******
"Paige, office now" Leon states as he walks by her table and she stares as she watches his brother follow him.
With a deep breath, she picks up the reports she got before pulling out her high heels and puts in, pulling her skirt on place she holds a pen and walks towards the chaos waiting for her.
"Reports" Leon speaks as soon as she steps inside of the room and five pair of eyes zooms on her.
"Well good morning to you all" she smiles as she walks towards Leon's desk and puts a file in front of him.
"How did it happen?" Liam asks as he walks towards his brother's desk and reads the file.
"Coffee or tea?" she asks them, and they all stare at her with similar raised brow.
"We do not need anything expect the fact how the shares were sold out" Liam glares at her and she smiles sweetly.
"A glass of water, it is" she replies as she pulls the phone on Leon's table and orders six glasses of water and waits.
"I swear" Liam grumbles as he goes back to take his seat while Leon stares at her with his hands folded and under his chin.
A knock on the door makes her turn to ask the one outside to come in before she asks to put the tray down and makes her way to pour it to them herself passing in to each of the brothers before she stands in front of Lucas.
"When did you arrive?" he asks while she stands with the glass in her hand.
"In my normal time"
"From your vacation" he emphasizes, and she takes a deep breath before putting the glass in front of him and turning to Leon who watches all of her moves carefully.
*******
"Now that hopefully all of your anger and manliness are in place, lets start" she begins as she opens her notebook.
"By now all of you have gotten the news of the about 58% of our shares has been out and sold, I talked with the broker, they informed there was a glitch in their system, the system froze but before they could get hand on it the shares were all gone...
The list of the buyers will be faxed as soon as they are back to their system"
"The shares were not going to be sold today" Leon points.
"Ah the fax is here" she raises a finger before she walks out of the room to grab the paper bending over her desk.
"Stop staring at my ass" she shouts as she struggles to grab it before taking a deep breath and pulling her skirt down as she walks back.
"Hmm" she hums as she reads the names before she goes to copy it taking her sweet time.
"I swear Paige if you..." Lucas warns as he watches her fiddle around.
"If you are doing things to piss us off, just know we are" Leon adds as he gets up from his chair.
"It's better if you get pissed at me" she sighs before turning to face them.
"You are wasting our time" Liam adds.
"Well excuse me if I just landed at eight in the morning, after a night full of nothing but booze because well I was supposed to be on my vacation instead of getting call from our IT department informing me that more than half of our shares has been sold out with AGM right at the corner...
And because everyone fears you, I will be the one who have to share the news to you all because the system of the brokers was glitched by a virus called Devil...
So, excuse me to ruin your perfect Sunday morning as while you could not finish your breakfast I have to rush directly from airport looking like a zombie, use the office bathroom to shower and be dressed to look gorgeous on these heels before calling every possible news station to stop broadcasting the shares values of not just the bank but every company under your alias...
Because I did not want to ruin every single person enjoying their Sunday morning just because mine was," she takes a deep breath while Leon walks towards her and puts both his hands on her shoulder.
"Deep calm breath" he suggests, and she nods her head as she does so.
"Cold water" Lance speaks for the first time and she groans.
"I need something stronger than that" she waves her hands before holding onto Leon's and smiling showing her gratitude.
*******
"The shares were not supposed to go on sale until Friday evening but now that more than half of our shares are floating out of our hands let's focus on gaining them back, instead" she speaks as she passes on the papers out for all of them to read.
"I have already booked a venue for the party to welcome the new shareholders the invites are ready we just need a time and name of the card"
"And on whose expenses are we throwing a party?" Lucas asks raising a brow at her.
"Not on mine, but there has been a budget kept aside for emergencies like these"
"So, while we have the chances of being thrown out of our own empire you have managed to throw a party without even discussing about it with us" he asks.
"We do not even know half of the people on that list who has the rights to actually throw you out of this empire but the chances of them liking you to vote you as the BOD is a little high if you at least try to be a normal human and treat them as one"
"And what makes you think they will vote?" he questions.
"By making them sign an authority while they are buzzed and happy dancing away their pain on the party, not everyone knows the power they hold" she replies.
"I do not like pretense, I cannot be someone I am not" he states, and she nods her head.
"No one is asking you to, but we have to try, this is the only defense tactic I have to take back our power, if any of you have better idea, it's welcomed" she speaks turning to face Leon.
"Why is there an Alana Russo on the list? She has the highest number of shares" Leon asks.
"I will check on it" she nods as she turns to walk out but Lucas voice stops her.
"Did you not attend your cousin's wedding this week?"
"So?" she raises a brow as he stands up before walking her way.
He pulls out the note tab she had hold onto before opening few pages and turns to show her.
"Great dance" he comments, and her eyes widens a bit at the video before she meets his eyes.
"Strange, how Alana Russo is mother of the man who arms you have graced" she comments.
"What are you implying at?" she asks him.
"Am I?" he questions, and she narrows her eyes at him.
"You go on a vacation, have some fun with a man whose mother happens to buy the shares of our bank and you know exactly how to handle the situation" he speaks before he turns to grab the list while Paige stands still.
"If you want to fuck someone, do it. But not on our expense" Lucas states as he walks out of the room.
*******
"Where are we going?" Alana asks as she sits on the plane and grins at her son.
"No idea, he just called to say to pack our bags" Gabby shrugs her shoulders.
"You will all love it" is all Ricardo states as he smiles at both the ladies.
"Still" Gabby asks as she holds Ricardo's arm.
"We are going to meet my sister" he announces, and Alana waves her hand not giving too much before her eyes snap at him.
"When did you have a sister?" she asks, and he smiles as he moves to sit a closer to his mother and holds her hand.
"There is something, you need to know" Ricardo states.
*******
"Please tell us this is nothing to do with you" Lance asks.
"No, this is nothing to do with me. Yes, I went to my cousin's wedding, danced, got drunk, and fucked around but all of us knows with whom my loyalty lies...
I did not give Richard Russo any information that would hurt us" she speaks.
"Lucas will have to get over it, go through with the plan" Leon speaks up and he nods her way in understanding, and she walks out of the room before shutting the door and she stands there for a moment.
"You think she sold us out?" Liam asks.
"Even if she did, she will be the one who will take us out" Leon sighs and Paige turns around to face Lucas sitting on her chair.
"You dropped this" he speaks as he dangles her underwear in his finger, and she hurries to take it out of his hand.
"Had no one asked you not to sniff around other's things?" she snaps as she bends to put it in her suitcase before kicking the bag under her table before she falls on his lap.
"Was he so good in bed that you sold us out?" he asks grabbing her jaw.
"Even I did not know when the shares were supposed to be out, not until I talked with brokers did, I found out" she replies.
"So, you did not tell him that we were going to do the selling?" he asks as he pulls her closer to his face.
"No" she breathes as his breath touches her face.
"If I found out you lied and got sold for a fuck, Paige. I will fucking tear you apart like a paper" he warns and she grins as she puts her hand on his thigh.
"Are you angry about the shares getting out of your hands or someone fucking me?" she asks and his hold on her jaw tightens.
"You are too smart for your own good"
"Or maybe I am a good fuck, first I was fucking Leon and now someone else right, it seems I am fucking every man except you" she states and pushes her off him.
"Now that Leon is married, maybe you need another dick to keep you going on"
"Or maybe you need to man the fuck up and check for yourself how much of a slut I am" she glares at him as she gets up.
"Just don't get pregnant" he snaps just as the door of his brother's office opens.
"You still here?" Liam asks.
"Just" he mutters before walking out with his brothers.
"You okay?" Leon asks as he watches her from his office.
"Yeah, just been warned by your brother to not get pregnant" she states, and he sighs as he walks out of the door.
"Who are you fucking this time in his head?" Leon asks with a teasing smile.
"Russo" she sighs.
"Oh, you moved fast from my bed to Russo's" he jokes making her roll her eyes.
"The magic in your dick is not there anymore" she jokes back.
"Sharing dick jokes with your boss sure will keep you out of troubles" he grins.
"What can I say, that's my charm" she bows a bit.
"Back to work, Paige. I need reports"
"And I need your brother to stop calling me slut" she pouts.
"Then let him take your virginity so he can finally realize I never slept with you" he sighs.
"Who are you calling a virgin?" she pouts.
"Can I still trust you?" he asks in all seriousness.
"Yes" she nods her head.
"Then get back on work and stop making my brother jealous, you know the consequences" he warns as he pats on her desk before walking towards his office.
"I love you" she shouts.
"I am married" he shouts back as he slams his door close.