Weeks later... There was another Triad meeting. This time only Alex, Francis, Jordan, Louis, Ekin and Simon were present. Ekin called for this meeting and demanded that Simon bring out Steven to settle things with his new bride.
Simon sat there looking sternly at Ekin. "Are you sure it was one of my men ?" he asked with a suspicious look.
Ekin nodded. He threw down the two page report on Steven. "Steven Ma is your accountant. I want him to apologize to her."
Simon picked up the report. He grinned looking at it. "This guy ran off with a grip load of my money. I would love to get my hands on him too. Let me know if you find him." he said shaking his head disapprovingly.
Alex looked at Ekin. "You're serious about getting married?" he asked.
Ekin motioned Jordan to pass out the invitation. "I'm marrying her at the end of the month. You're all invited. I've sent another invitation to Leon. I don't know if he'll come but I hope to see all of you there." he replied.
Francis picked up the invitation. "One less male on the strip clubs, more bitches for me." he sneered.
Louis chuckled, "That's only if they want you!" he mocked.
Francis gave Louis an angry glare. "You're lucky your brother is getting married or he'd have a funeral to worry about." He remarked.
Louis was about to say another comment but Jordan stopped him. Louis understood they shouldn't do anything until after Ekin's wedding so he calmed himself down.
Alex brought up another subject. "How we gonna split Leon's territory?" he asked.
"What about his men?" Simon asked. "Have they joined any of you?"
"They've all split up. Some have joined me." Alex responded.
Francis laughed, "Better watch you back foo, if they're willing to join you that easily, they might just stab you in the back." he said with a crude joke.
"Watch your own back, motherfucker", Jordan remarked, "I heard they've joined you too."
"Shut the fuck up!" Francis yelled.
"Let's get through this in a calm manner." Simon ordered. Everyone gave him some face. After all he was a very powerufl man and very malicious too. They calmed down to talk about the rest of their matters.
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MEANWHILE... The Lai sisters were also meeting again. They were worried for Nnadia.
"It wasn't part of father's plan for you to marry Ekin!" Ada said.
Kristy nodded. "What will father do if he finds out?"
"He might punish her severely." Joey added.
Nnadia shook her head, "It's too late for him to get upset. If he does anything to me right now, it could ruin his plans. Ekin won't let it go that easily if something happened to me. I think father will change this to his benefit like he always does." she said confidently.
Annie walked into the room. "I heard you were getting married." she said walking over to Nnadia. "I don't think it was in daddy's plans for you to marry Ekin."
Nnadia shook her head. "No but I didn't know what to do when he asked me to marry him, so I accepted his proposal." she said as if she didn't initiate the thought inot Ekin's mind.
"Well it doesn't matter, either way you can destroy Ekin for daddy, married to him or not. At least it might be a little easier being married to him." Annie smirked.
Nnadia nodded. Just then, someone knocked on the door. Joey opened it. Two women now stood at the doorway sternly with their arms crossed. It was Shi-Qi and Yuk-Ching.
"We need to go," the taller of the two, Yuk-Ching said looking at Ada, Kristy, Nnadia, and Joey. "Follow me." she said turning her back and walking away.
Shi-Qi, the shorter of the two looked sternly at Annie, "You coming or not?" she asked.
"Ching didn't call me, she only called them." Annie said refusing to go. She hated these meetings because they bore her. She'd rather go drinking, shopping or taking something to make her feel good.
"Well I'm calling you right now." Shi-Qi said. "Don't play games today, your dad isnt happy with Nnadia's wedding plans."
Annie looked up, "You're right. Let's go!" She said hurrying after everyone. She was afraid her father might have negative actions against Nnadia and the other girls for her decision.
The girls all went into the conference room and sat down looking at each other wondering what was going to happen. A tall, dark, handsome, and muscular man walked into the room. He wasn't that much older than them. It was obviously impossible that he was the father of all the girls.
Yuk-Ching and Shi-Qi immediately stood up to greet him. "Hello Simon." They both said simultaneously.
He sat at the end of the table while Shi-Qi and Yuk-Ching each sat in the seats on his sides. Kristy took the seat next to Yuk-Ching and while Ada took the seat next to Shi-Qi. Nnadia sat next to Ada. Joey sat next to Kristy and Annie sat opposite to him.
"I'm sure you're all surprised about this meeting." he said with a grin. "But since my plans have changed because our little Nnadia is getting married." He said turning his attention to Nadia. "I don't want anyone or anything spoiling my plans."
Nnadia nodded, "Father, I believe this would be to your benefit. The closer I am with him, the more he'll trust me. It'll be easier to destroy him and most of all he won't suspect a thing." she smirked.
"Exactly how you taught us, father, killing our enemies when they least expect it." Kristy added.
"Good to know you didn't have an ulterior motive." He said eyeing Nnadia for any deceitful intentions.
She only smiled and shook her head. "None at all father." she responded sternly.
"Good." he said turning his attention to Ada. "How are you doing with Louis?" he asked.
Ada smiled triumphantly as she replied, "He's starting to like me, he even invited me to Ekin and Nnadia's wedding." She said and looked at him then at Nnadia. Nnadia nodded her head in approval.
"Great." He said then looked at Joey. "And you?"
Joey nodded and replied, "Nic obviously likes me, he not only paid for all the medical bills but he also invited me to Ekin and Nnadia's wedding." Joey said victoriously.
He clapped his hands together once and said. "Well done girls."
"I guess the Wong brothers aren't that hard to dispose of." Shi-Qi smirked.
"They fell for the trap so quickly." Yuk-Chingmy added.
Simon shook his head. "Don't underestimate the Wong brothers." he said grinning.
"Why?" Annie asked curiously.
"Because its never safe to under estimate your enemies, especially if they can gather as much power as the Wongs have." he replied.
Annie nodded in understanding. Then she asked another question, "Why did you send Ada, Nnadia, Kristy, and Joey? Why couldn't you just send those sluts?" she asked pointing at Yuk-Ching and Shi-Qi. "They would have been better." Annie said with a smirk.
Shi Qi and Yuk-Ching glared furiously at Annie but tried to conceal it from him. He laughed and clapped his hands at Annie's comment. "Precious, you always know how to make daddy laugh." He said with a hearty laugh. "Come here honey." He said extending his hands to her.
Annie walked to him and sat on his arm rest as he wrapped his arms around her. "See they are obviously sluts. Just take a look at them. The Wong brothers won't fall into the snarls of these pathetic girls. I needed girls that can look innocent yet are lethal at the same time." he said grinning maliciously.
"That's true." Annie said chuckling in amusement of her father's comment.
He motioned for her to bend her ears closer to him. She leaned her ears to him. He whispered, "Don't get too attached to those sisters. I have plans for them."
Annie leaned back up and pouted, "But daddy!" she said.
"No pouting honey." He said playfully at her. "Meeting adjourned and remember no messing up or you're all in big trouble." He said as he walked out.
Yuk-Ching and Shi-Qi followed close behind him. Annie stuck out her tongue at Shi-Qi and Yuk-Ching who gave her a nasty stare as they left the room.
Kristy, Ada, Nnadia, and Joey looked at each other then at Annie. Annie looked at them and tried to smile. She suspected they weren't so fond of her father and wondered if they didn't like her too because she was after all his biological daughter.
The four of them smiled at her. Then at the same time everyone said, "Let's go shopping!"
"It's almost been a year since we last got to hang out!" Kristy exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Joey nodded
"We should before Nnadia gets married." Ada added.
"We can buy things for my wedding." Nadia said jokingly.
Annie smiled, "Okay." she said
Annie was relieved they didn't ask what her father said to her. But they knew better than to ask. They knew she was not as evil or malicious as her father and since they grew up with her nobody wanted to make the situation hard on her. All five girls headed for Boulevard mall.
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Shi Qi and Yuk-Ching followed him into the room. Shi Qi helps him takes off his jacket and asks, "Simon, why are you allowing Nnadia to marry Ekin?"
"Simon always has his reason!" Yuk-Ching snas at her.
"Calm down girls no need to fight over little matters like this." He said stroking Yuk-Ching's hair as he pulls her closer to kiss him. Then he looks at Shi Qi and kisses her also.
The two of them know its time to please him. They both remove his clothing and their own as he ravished them both at the same time. Enjoying every minute of the power he has over everyone.
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They were in Victoria's Secret, a lingerie store. Annie was picking out some lotion with Kristy while Joey, Ada, and Nnadia were looking through a pile of lingerie and talking.
"Why did you agree to marry him?" Ada asked Nnadia as she picked up some panties to pretend they were talking about it. Even though they knew Annie wasn't spying for Simon they wanted to be careful.
"I have a plan." Nnadia said as she picked up a bra and hung it playfully on Joey.
Joey pretended to pose for the bra and looked over at Annie and Kristy who weren't paying attention to them. "What? A plan?" Joey asked.
Nadia nodded her head. "We can have the Wong brothers help free us from Simon. I will be Ekin's wife, he'll protect me and he'll have to protect my sisters too." She said putting the bra down and getting another one to put in front of Ada.
They shook their heads. "That means Simon will challenge Ekin." Ada said.
"Yeah." Joey says shaking her head, "What if he loses? Not only will he die, Simon might come after you too." Joey said picking up another bra and pretends to hang it in front of Ada.
Nnadia continued, "I'm sure Ekin's power in the Triads is no lesser than Simons, otherwise Simon wouldn't have to use underhand tricks to destroy him."
They nodded and continued listening while they kept an eye on Annie. Nnadia continued. "I'm sure Louis and Nic really likes you two also. If they fall in love with you they'll do anything for you. That's how men are!"
Ada turned around and thumbed through some robes hanging on the racks. "What if Simon finds out?"
"He might kill us all." Joey added.
Nnadia took a deep sigh. "I'd rather be killed than live like this! " Nnadia said softly. Don't you guys feel the same?" she asked them.
Ada and Joey looked away. They couldn't respond to her. Although they wanted to be free none were willing or able to face death as the next option.
Nnadia looked sternly at them and turned them to face her. "I believe we found our ticket out. Let's see where it takes us. Anywhere is better than here." She pleads with them.
Kristy looks over and notices them talking about something. From the look of things, she realizes she should keep Annie preoccupied so she does just that. "Hey Annie try this bra on. It'll make you look two times bigger!" she jokes rushing Annie into the fitting room.
Ada and Joey look at each other then back at Nnadia. They didn't want to live under Simon's control anymore and were willing to do whatever it took to get out of his control. They nodded to agree.
Nnadia smiled. "We'll tell Kristy later." she said. Everyone nodded and walked over to Kristy. "Where's Annie?" Ada asked.
Just then Annie came out of the fitting room. "No it doesn't!" she said throwing the bra at Kristy. Kristy caught it and shrugged. "Did you guys see anything you liked?" Annie asked them.
"Nope, didn't see anything interesting." Ada replied.
"Let's go somewhere else." Joey added
They nodded and all left the store. Nnadia eyed Kristy that they would tell her what they were talking about later. Kristy understood and nodded.
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It was now the end of the month. Nnadia is dressed in a beautiful white wedding gown. The top is a halter with shimmering sequins. The gown is composed of five layers of tulle fabric above a satin fabric. Her bouquet is made of white orchids, red roses, lavender star gazers, and lilies.
This is the first time Ekin introduces Nadia to Louis and Nic.
"Hey Ah-So (sister-in-law), this is my good buddy, Sam and this is my date Joey." Nic says introducing them .
"Nice to meet you." Nadia says to them.
Louis comes back from the banquet tables, "Ah-So this is my buddy, Kevin."
Nnadia nods to greet him and looks at the two women standing next to Chris and Louis. "Who are these lovely ladies?" she asks even though she knew it was Ada and Kristy.
Louis smiles, "This is my date, Ada Choi and this is kevin's date, Kristy Yang." He announces.
"You two have very good taste; they're very beautiful and charming ladies." Nnadia says smiling at them.
"Thank You." They both reply simultaneously.
Frankie and Marco show up. "Congratulations man!" Frankie yells. "About time you got married!" he says giving Ekin a hug and pat on the back.
Marco and Ekin give each other hand shakes, "Congratulations!" he says.
"Thanks! Who's the lovely lady?" Ekin asked seeing a pretty young girl holding his arm.
"My name is Annie Man, I'm Marco's date." Annie introduces herself.
Frankie is annoyed that she's there but willing to put up with her to see her interaction with Simon. If she pretends she doesn't know him, it would be suspicious.
Slowly the triad members arrive. Leon is the first to arrive with Hawick, the only one still faithful to him. "Congratulations Ekin!" Leon says with a polite grin extending his for a handshake.
Ekin shakes it and introduces Nnadia. "Let me introduce my bride, Nnadia Chan."
"A pleasure to meet you!? Leon says with a polite smile. "Ekin is lucky to get a girl as beautiful as you to be his bride." He teases.
Nnadia blushes and looks away for a moment. Ekin playfully pushes Leon, "Don'?t tease her, she's not like your regular chick!" he says defending his wife.
Leon nods his head and walks into the banquet to greet other people. Alex shows up next followed by Nicky. They all say their congratulations and enter to meet up with everyone else. Francis and Simon show up at the same time. Francis is accompanied by many followers while Stephen is the only one accompanying Simon.
Nic notices Stephen and runs over to him. "Hey I want to introduce you to my date." He says dragging Stephen over to Joey. Stephen sees her and becomes filled with jealously. He is furious that Joey is there with Nic. As his anger and rage builds, he feels the urge to beat every ounce of life from Nic's body.
Nic drags him closer to Joey. "Hey Joey this is the great friend I was telling you about." He says calling to Joey. She turns around to greet him. She is astonished to see Stephen there also.
Stephen's eyes are obviously filled with anger, pain, resentment, and jealousy.
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