Wild Flower Ch. 19

Although Dan didn't want anything to do with the dragons, he got really scared because he had been one of them. If truly someone was hunting them, his life was also in danger. What were they going to do because it was just the two of them?

Meanwhile, back at Christian's house, he was talking to George about the gun that he had been pulling out on everyone recently. Although George was really scared, Christian assured him that it was what he needed to do in order to find out about his father's death. He couldn't just let it go.

George asked if he was absolutely sure. Christian told him that they needed to act first. George understood him and confessed something to him. Apparently, he was sleeping with his boss and that boss was none other than Brandon's wife. If Brandon ever found out, he was gonna be dead meat. Christian told him to watch his back or things were gonna get worse for him.

Darren came and they started discussing the way forward. They needed to crack the case.

***

"I feel as if Daniel was the most considerate with me in the past." Miguel said, taking a seat on the couch. He was in the living room with Brandon. "And he looks like the most harmless."

"So you think." Brandon sat, giving an evil grin. "You don't know these men like I do. I have dealt with most of them. I must warn you though..." He chuckled bitterly. "You need to be very careful with those that appear harmless."

"I get you." He sighed. "Christian was around at the event and things have gotten out of hand. The misunderstandings are just too much for me to bear."

"So what are you going to do?"

"Nothing!" He said with a frown. "I am not letting go of my revenge because of him."

Finally, Brandon thought as he felt warm all over. His plans hadn't gone in vain after all. He was happy because now, Miguel was gonna get the bastard out of his mind. That meant he was gonna be there for him always and who knows, maybe he was gonna get lucky.

"My revenge is everything to me, what I live for." He remembered how he had suffered. "All my enemies must suffer and pay. That's including Marcus and everyone who crosses my path."

"But I don't think Marcus is a threat to you anymore." He had to defend his accomplice.

"He not only instigated the rage against me by Christian's father but also made things worse between Christian and I." he seethed. "For that, I will make him pay."

"And Carter!" Brandon asked. "Would you like him killed?"

"What?" Miguel furiously got up from his chair, giving Brandon an angry look. "I don't want you to hurt him. I can't tolerate violence and I still haven't been able to forgive you for killing that prostitute in Felix's room."

As they were talking, Ruth arrived and she was anything but happy when she saw Brandon and Miguel. Miguel was really surprised because he hadn't expected to see her. He told Brandon to leave them alone to talk and Brandon left.

"What do you still want from my son?" She asked angrily, furiously moving towards him. "Leave him alone because he's all that I have got. Isn't it enough that you've killed his father?"

"Mrs. Palmer, I have already told you I didn't..."

"But of course you did..." She pointed angrily. "...everyone knows that he was against your relationship with Christian and you had to get rid of him. But I won't still allow you to have a relationship with him because..."

"Look, madam..." He was sounding rather rude because he was mad. "... I am sick and tired of trying to convince you to believe me. Whatever you do is none of my business. Believe me or not but I don't care anymore."

"You might have gotten away with it but you still killed my husband." She accused, making Miguel roll his eyes. "Maybe if you had a family you would have been different. You would have understand what I feel losing a husband."

Miguel gave Ruth an angry look, remembering his family, his husband and everything he had lost. It was nothing compared to what she had lost. Miguel had completely lost his life and his identity. It hurt him so much that he felt like crying but he wasn't gonna do that. He had to be strong.

"I think you also want to kill my son because..."

"You don't me very well, Ruth so please, stop with all this."

"You destroyed my family." She said, tears building up in her eyes. "We were all happy until you showed up in our lives."

"Well, I didn't wanna show up in your lives because Christian forced me into our relationship." He gave an evil grin and then rubbed on his chin. "Besides, I am not the only one you have to blame. Marcus is also to be blamed for this. He never told you that I wanted to negotiate."

"What?" She gasped, shaking her head. "I don't believe any of your words. I trust him. He would have told me about this."

"Maybe he doesn't tell you about everything. The difference between you and me is that I have evidence of what I am telling you."

Ruth remained quiet, failing to believe what Miguel was telling him.

"But..."

"Mrs. Palmer, if you don't mind I would like you to leave my house because I have a lot of things to do." He asked rudely, pointing towards the door. "If you still think I killed him then you are free to go to the police and file a complaint."

Ruth stood there quietly, looking like a lost dog. Could Marcus have been hiding something from her, she thought as she looked at the boy who was giving a serious look. She quickly turned and left. Miguel shook his head and went upstairs to attend to something important.

The next morning, Miguel went to his office and started doing his work. He was visited by Alejandro. They started talking about Daniel and Miguel lied that he only got close to Dan to throw Christian off. He asked about Brian and Miguel told him that Brian was having an affair with Felix.

Alex was definitely shocked. He wasn't expecting Brian to do that and the look of pure satisfaction on his face for getting such juicy gossip was evident.

He told Miguel that he made some calls and found out that Felix was planning on getting back in the political arena. Miguel thought Felipe was a poor fool. It was absurd that he thought he could recover after humiliating himself in public and made an absolute idiot of himself.

Alex told him not to be confident as the public only needed a someone to wrap up trash in a fancy box to buy it. Miguel needed to remind the public of Felix's dirty secrets and Alex thought of creating a new scandal. Miguel was all ears.

Alex explained to him that Felix was obviously gonna be desperate for money. They could use someone to go undercover as a businessman and offer Felix dirty money. They would capture the whole thing on camera and the whole incident would be posted on social media. Miguel suggested it would be on prime time and the poor fool would go down before he could kick off.

They both laughed sinisterly as their plan was really great. He also told him about the policeman that was obsessed with Carter. Miguel asked and thought they could use the policeman's obsession, Gabino to their advantage. He really wanted to meet the policeman. And he had thought Carter was naïve but he had a policeman and who knew who else going after him.

***

"Thank you so much for coming here." The beautiful brunette woman said with a smile on her face. "You have no idea how I feel to finally meet you."

"Really?" Miguel chuckled, giving her an honest smile.

Miguel was already at Daniel's foundation. He had come to meet with Daniel, get more information out of him. He knew Christian worked there but didn't give a hoot about him. He was only interested in Daniel and the foundation.

He was dressed in a beautiful green shirt with his chest exposed as usual. He had a blue designer's trouser and black shoes. His red hair was banging and he looked really hot and sexy. If Daniel was anything like the other rapists he had met then he was in for a big surprise.

"I am more than pleased to meet you in person." The woman shook Miguel's hands strongly, not losing the smile on her face. "I really admire you and I am really thankful for the donation you gave to the foundation. It will help many victims here."

"You shouldn't worry about that." Miguel nodded. "I am passionate about helping abused victims because I understand them." Not forgetting that he was brutally abused too.

"Thank you, once again." The woman said. "Daniel will be with you shortly."

The woman excused herself and left. Miguel started moving slowly in the corridor, looking all around. The foundation was beautiful but he felt they needed a bigger place in order to help even more people. He was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't even see Carter coming towards him.

On the other hand, when Carter saw Miguel, he felt really angry and resentful. He knew the reason why Miguel had come to the foundation. He was just there to get into Christian's good book. Why couldn't he understand that it was over, he thought as he clenched his fists?

"What are you doing here?"

When Miguel heard that voice, he immediately stopped and looked forward. It was carter, the man that had betrayed him with his boyfriend. Seeing him brought back all those sad memories he had inside of him. He had helped the idiot.

"I could ask you the same thing." Miguel said, eyeing Carter from head to toe. "Don't tell me you also started working here because you want to get closer to Christian. How pathetic could you be, Carter?"

"You don't have to talk to me like that." Carter answered back, breathing harshly. "I know why you are here and why you are doing this."

"Oh really?" Miguel furiously dropped his hands. "I still can't believe you are the same person I helped, Carter. You are a traitorous hypocrite who got into my house, my company... You knew exactly what I felt for Christian but still meddled."

"I never meddled." Carter shook his head. "I respected your relationship with Christian. But you know what," He chuckled. "Of all the relationship he has been in, at least Marcus loved him. I can't say the same for you."

The moment Carter said that, Miguel was filled with so much rage. He couldn't control himself. He thrust his hand forward, smacking carter across the face hard. Carter touched his hurting cheek, giving La don an angry look. He hated him so much.

"How dare you, Carter?" Miguel fumed, pointing angrily at Carter. "You don't know me very well. I helped you when no one else could but I can also do worse so don't cross my path because you'll get more than a slap next time."

"I am not afraid of you." Carter retaliated, getting closer to Miguel.

"You might not be but..." He paused and chuckled sinisterly, giving Carter an evil grin. "...your mother might meet with an accident or something else."

Carter felt cold and scared when he heard that. That threat scared him big time. He couldn't allow his mother to suffer.

"How dare you?" carter thrust his hand forward to hit Miguel up but got surprised when Miguel caught his hand, pulling him closer. They both looked at each other, showing just how much they hated each other. "I will never allow you to come close to my mother. I will fight you."

"Fight me?" Miguel laughed in mock, adding pressure to Carter's hand. "I might seem younger than you but definitely not weaker. Don't take my meekness for weakness because you might just regret it. I helped you when you needed help but I can also destroy you."

"Get your hand off me..." Carter tried to remove his hand but Miguel was definitely stronger. He was shouting, trying to let his hand free. "...I will not allow you to do this."

Miguel was really angry. He was ready to break the idiot's hand. He couldn't believe how ungrateful Carter was. After all the help he had given him, he had the nerves to stab him in the face. He was definitely mad.

"What's going on here?" Daniel came rushing towards them.

Miguel furiously let go of Carter, still breathing harshly. "I better leave." He said hoarsely, his eyes glued on Carter. "I can't stand such violence."

"But..." Daniel had no idea what was going on. "...I thought you came here to talk to..."

"I did but I have changed my mind." He tore his eyes away from Carter. "This foundation helps abused victims but one of your workers..." He glanced at Carter. "...seems not to know his place. He is the one showing violence and I am too mature for this."

"I truly apologize on his behalf." Daniel said. "But..."

"I will just come back later because my mood is ruined."

He quickly turned and left. Carter wanted to follow him and fight but boy, he wouldn't last a second because Miguel had powerful guards.

***

"Why did you call me?" George asked, sitting on the couch. "I had something important to do."

"I need a favor." Christian said simply, gripping his hair. "Please!"

"What is it?" George asked, wondering what Christian wanted.

"I know you are very close to Brandon's wife." He said in a soft voice. "She is the judge on Brandon and Miguel's side and you are sleeping with her. You once told me that she loves you so much so can you please ask her about anything that she knows."

"What?" George laughed, shaking his head. "Are you insane? I had asked her and she denied Miguel had anything to do with it."

"But we both..." Christian stopped as he realized his voice was getting louder. "...we both know that she can't betray him. She knows something and I want you to help me."

"Haven't you been listening to what I have been telling you?" George asked, rubbing his face. "I have asked her several times. She has told me about her husband. What makes you think she is lying to me now?"

"I just..."

"You have really changed, Christian." George said with concern on his face. "It is shocking to see you like this. You previously use to talk about the law, and now you are all about threatening and hurting people."

"I only want to finish this once and for all."

George nodded, giving him a really angry look. "What if you find out Miguel had nothing to do with the death of your father?"

Now Christian was really quiet. He hadn't quiet thought about that and he had no idea what he was gonna do.

"That boy will never forgive you for mistrusting him, trust me."

Christian's expression clearly showed fear. He had recently ended his relationship with Miguel and if it ever turned out that Miguel was innocent, he was gonna suffer for it. As it was, he was fighting with his feelings for Miguel.

***

Alex, Miguel and Gabino were seated in the office on the couches. Alex had brought Gabino as agreed and Miguel couldn't have been happier it was that way.

"I will not beat about the bush but will go straight to the point." Miguel started. "I know you know about Carter and I also know you are very interested in him."

Gabino wasn't quite good looking but he was the man Miguel needed to use to show Carter that he wasn't the man to be messed with.

"I didn't know I was going to talk about my private life." Gabino looked really shocked.

"Just say that I want to help you." Miguel said with a smile. "I know you like him and you must be very angry with Christian over the whole Carter issue."

Gabino knew Miguel was right. "Okay." He sighed. "Do you want me to hurt Christian?"

"No!" Miguel smiled. "Don't lay your finger on him because it is clearly Carter who took advantage of the situation. I want him to go to prison."

"What?" Gabino gasped, feeling his heart pound deep in his chest. "Are you serious?"

"Of course!" Miguel beamed, giving him an assuring face. "He is getting on my nerves and I want him to know who exactly he us messing with."

Gabino was shocked. He loved Carter and wanted to make him his.

"Don't hurt him but place him in prison. I need to teach him a lesson and I want you on top of the issue. Are you up for it?"

Gabino looked at Miguel and honestly had no idea what to say to him. What was he gonna do?

*

Meanwhile, Brandon had just arrived at a hotel with Marcus. Marcus was really mad because Ruth had thrown him out of her house after finding out about what he had done from Miguel. He hadn't planned on calling Brandon but he had no choice. He was accusing Brandon of destroying his relationships. He thought it was Brandon's fault that he had lost Ruth's trust and love.

Brandon touched him in order to make him calm down. But Marcus started hitting him in a fit of rage. Brandon holds him closer and they ended up kissing. Both of them were so horny that they ended up fucking each other's brains out.

***

"Hey!" Christian called, running after Carter who was walking faster. He had no freaking idea what was wrong with him. "Carter, I told you to wait for me."

Carter stopped walking and just stood still, remembering the incident that had happened earlier. He had met with Gabino who had wanted to take him somewhere, warning him of some kind of danger that he was in. He had told him that Miguel had ordered something but Carter didn't wanna talk to him. Out of anger and fear, he had hit him with a big stick on the head and wounded him. He was scared.

"What are you doing?" Christian gripped his arm, looking at him. The man couldn't even make eye contact with him. "I have been calling your name for quite some time. Is there anything wrong?"

Carter still couldn't look at Christian. He loved him so much but the warning from Miguel got him really scared.

"Miguel came to the foundation." He said, trying to keep his voice under control. "He was there and he fought with me."

"What?" Christian couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Miguel fought with you? Why?"

Carter sighed, raising his head to stare into Christian's sexy eyes. He narrated what had happened, leaving the part where he had attacked Miguel and the fact that he had started the whole thing. Tears were building up in his eyes as he told the story.

"That's impossible!" Christian still refused to accept that Miguel was so violent. "Miguel! That's unlike him at all."

"Well, yeah..." Carter said furiously, clenching his fists. "...but he thinks that you aren't together because of me." He took a deep breath, more tears building in his eyes. "I love you, Christian. I really love you so much and I wish you could say the same to me."

Christian tried to open his mouth but he failed. It was as if something deep down inside was telling him to keep quiet. He felt all warm inside, adrenaline taking the best of him. His heart was pounding deep inside his chest, making him feel as if he was about to have a heart attack.

Seeing his quietness, Carter felt hurt but he laughed softly. "You don't have to tell me anything. I..." He paused, rubbing a tear which was going down his cheek. "...I am gonna go away with my mother, far away from all these problems. I don't think I can do this anymore."

"What?" Christian gasped, tightening his grip on Carter's hand. "You are leaving?"

"I have no choice." Carter said, a little bit angry.

"Why would you allow that?" Christian asked with concern. "It's frustrating enough that powerful people like Miguel are using their influence to step on helpless people." He slowly took Carter's hands, sweetly rubbing on them. "Please, don't go away, Carter."

"I have to." Carter sobbed softly, shaking his head.

"I would prefer it if you stay." Christian said softly. He didn't want him to leave. He took Carter's arms, pulling him into a tight hug. "Please, don't leave me. Stay."

But Carter had already made up his mind. He was gonna leave because the man he was yearning for wasn't even ready to love him. He hugged Christian tighter but also knew that it was time for him to go home and talk to his mother, convince her to leave with him for her safety.

"I really have to go." Carter pulled away from the hug but Christian held his waist tighter.

"I don't want to let you go." Christian shook his head. "I can't let you go because I won't be able to visit you then."