Park Mansion
Damien parked his car in front of the mansion's entrance with the butler and servants greeting and welcoming him as he entered.
To get to the study room, he walked past the living room and morning room where he did a double-take when he heard so sobbing. He peeked through the morning room and found Alianna in an armchair. "Ali?"
She looked up and quickly wiped her tears with her fingers and went to greet her cousin with a light hug. "Hey I didn't hear you co in."
"What happened? Why are you crying? Did Caleb"
"No. No It's Mom. She's mad that I'm here. She just called a couple of minutes ago and said so stuff that made upset too. It's nothing. Don't worry about ."
Damien could see how upset she was with how puffy her eyes were though she tried to brush it off. Nodding, he gave her a shoulder a squeeze. "If you need anything, just let know, okay? Any ti."
"Thanks, Damien. What are you doing here this early?"
Just then, Frederick Park ca in and called Damien's attention. "Co up to the study," he said and disappeared from the morning room.
"I have sothing to discuss with Uncle. I'll see you later?" He and Alianna bid farewell and he followed his uncle up to his study.
When he stepped inside, he could feel the heavy atmosphere from his uncle's mood. He looked at him and all he could think of was whether his uncle was responsible for his father's death, but he brushed it aside and focused on the matter at hand: Katherine. "What happened?" he asked.
"Park Group was infiltrated last Thursday night," Frederick Park sighed as he poured whiskey into a glass. "Want one?" he asked Damien, who shook his head to decline.
"Infiltrated? What did they want?" Damien carefully observed his uncle's reaction, but all he could see was how pissed Frederick was.
"I don't know. The security system was overridden externally. I have no clue what they want and why this is happening now. She's quite skilled and even managed to knock out my n," Frederick scoffed.
Damien tensed his jaw. 'Katherine,' he thought. "She? You recognized her?"
"No, but my n reported that both of them were very skilled in fighting. My n ended up in the hospital."
"Wait, both? You said 'she'? There's more than one?" Damien's brows knitted at the sa ti that his heart raced.
"Did I?" Frederick rubbed his forehead and finished the rest of his whiskey before pouring another shot. "Well, there's two of them. Both won. You think one of our competitors sent themGu, Chen Enterprise, Feng Group?"
Damien darted his eyes to the side, his mind was reeling at the thought of what Katherine said before he left her penthouse this morning. If there were two won who broke in Park Group, it must be Katherine and his mother. Why did she admit it was her? Was she trying to cover up for Alia? Why would she do that?
Running his fingers through his hair, he shook his head and went to the shelf where his uncle kept the liquor, then poured himself a shot of whiskey. "I don't know. It could be possible Chen Enterprise had done it a few years ago. What's stopping them from doing it again?"
"I need to get to the bottom of this. It's why I called you here."
"What do you need?" Damien's hand suspended mid-air just before he could take a swig of the alcohol.
"My team tried to recover so of the footage but it's no use. Whoever they were, this ti, they did well wiping out any traces. Fcking assholes."
Damien didn't respond, the headache that was just mild earlier had sowhat penetrated into his skull, drilling a hole that he couldn't patch up.
"I will hire Maverick Security. I need to get this done and over with. I need your team to work solely for recovering the data that was lost. You don't have to provide the security detail, I'll just add more of my n in the main office building for now. That would compromise the warehouse but we've been quiet for a while, so I don't have to worry about that at the mont. You'll lend a hand, wouldn't you?"
Did Damien have a choice? Of course not. "Of course. Whatever you need." After all, Park Group was a legitimate businesshis father worked hard to bring it to new heights while he was still alive. And as far as Frederick Park knew, it was one of the company's competitorsDamien just had to keep it that way to keep him away from Katherine and Alia.
"Did you lose sothing from that night?" he asked.
Frederick shook his head and let out a heavy sigh. "I don't think so. But who's to say that I didn't until I won't be able to find sothing later. I just hope they didn't get anything valuable"
Damien glanced at his uncle and he wondered if his mother got sothing useful when she broke in. At this point, he guessed that it must be her who planned this as it was for his father's death after all.
His thoughts brought him back to Katherine's expression from earlier. He was so mad when she admitted what she did. Thinking about it, he must have been too harsh when he left like that. But what was he supposed to do? He was disappointed when he learned about it. Why was she covering for his mother? He didn't know whether he should be thankful that she tried to protect her or be mad that she lied.
He would have to ask the two won about that later when he goes back to the penthouse. But he would have to take care of this matter with his uncle first and then that thing at the Naughty Bunny Club. He had received information from Felix that morning that he was able to locate the owner of the club and Damien planned to give him a visit that morning while he was in town.
It was only eight in the morning and he was already busy. He just wished that the auction tonight wouldn't be a problem. It would be a peaceful night, right?
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