Five years later
The whole country was at it peak of excitement.
Leonard Carnal is returning to his home town. That was incredible, every news channel was reporting it, everyone was talking about it, it was like as if the whole world suddenly revolved around him.
At the airport, a man in dark suit and black glasses just emerged from a private jet. Behind him were ten body guards armed with guns. The man who had just emerged from the private jet made his way to a black Limousine.
Beside him was his personal assistant Fred who was trying to keep up with his pace.
Every step of Leonard was like a thunder striking the ground, his well polished shoe kissed the ground with perfection. Every step he took was with precision.
There was already a driver standing beside the open door of the back sit. Leonard slide into the backseat followed by his personal assistant Fred.
"Mr Carnal you have a meeting scheduled by nine tomorrow morning, you also have to stop by and visit the commissioner's daughter to pay your respects to her late father."
Fred kept blabbering what sounded like nonsense to Leonards ears. He soon read his boss mood and stoped talking.
"Tiana is getting engaged to Starley next week." Fred sprouted out. Leonard gave him a dangerous glare then focused his view outside the tinted window.
"Do you want to lose your job? Haven't I warned you not to ever mention her name? Leonard had the most tantalizing voice, he could even make a man fall for him.
His hazel brown eyes were alluring and his jet black curly hair made him look breathtaking.
"I am sorry boss it slipped my mind." Fred quickly apologized. He knew better than to upset his boss.
"Next time I will make you so sorry you won't even remember the meaning of the word." His voice was like a volcano threatening to erupt.
"Stop the car driver." Leonard commanded the driver and the car suddenly came to a halt.
"Get out." Leon calmly commanded his personal assistant. Fred looked stunned, he quitely stepped out of the car without any objections. The black Limousine drove away leaving Fred behind.
Luckily one of the fleets of car accompanying the limousine picked up Fred so he wasn't stranded.
"What did you say that upset the boss…A body guard in the car questioned but Fred was too speechless to say a thing.
Leonard's whole mood was ruined by that simple sentence Fred had uttered. He hated hearing anything about L
Tiana, the woman who had cheated on him with his rival.
The driver parked the car in front of the Carnal mansion. He quickly came down and ran to the side of the back seat door. He opened the door, Leonard stepped out, his eyes scrutinizing the magnificent mansion he was brought up.
There were already some arrangements made to welcome him home. A red carpet was rolled from the car to the glass door of the mansion. Leonard scoffed loudly.
"What was this? Some kind of parade ground? He thought snorting in disdain.
There were some body guards standing in two rows. The left and right side of the red carpet had a long trail of bodyguards wearing grey suits with black glasses.
Leonard ignored their greetings as he made his way into the mansion. The grandeur of the mansion was superb, the ceilings were barely in sight and the long chandeliers dangling from above radiated beautifully.
There was a woman sitted on the chair, she had a calm but strict gaze. Her fair supple skin had no signs of aging. Her black curly hair has been dyed over and over again to keep the black colour natural.
Her signature red lipstick made her love shaped lips lustrous and her fair skin spoke to a reasonable volume the skincare it had gone through to remain that way.
Lana Carnal was the woman sitted elegantly on a red cushion in the living room. A no nonsense, strict and extremely busy woman. This icon had the fashion world under her feet, she was the owner of Lana Fashion Palace.
Not just that she had the movie industry and modelling industry at her beck and calls. For twenty-nine years she has ruled the Carnal household with an iron fist. She made sure Leonard and his sister Tessy had the best education, and she also had the assets of the Carnal industry under her control.
"Welcome home son." She said before taking a bite from the red apple she was holding. She didn't need to turn around to know it was her son that just walked through that door. His overwhelming aura was already looming in the atmosphere.
Leonard sidestepped his mother's greeting. It was all just formality, she had never bothered to call him or even text him in all the ten years he had been abroad. She was a hard hearted woman, a workaholic who didn't have time for her family, she only spoke the language that money could understand.
She sent gifts to him, bought a lot of assets and signed it in his name. But none of those things really mattered if she didn't have even a second to spare for her family.
Currently she was wearing a black velvet gown that had a huge black bowtie at the back. It was a V-neck dress which was melange with diamonds at the edges.
A simple but classy gown, not too extravagant she must have thought, but other people would kill just to touch that same dress.
Currently she was skimming through her sketch book for new designs for the coming fashion festival. She had her eyes glued to the sketch book, and her personal assistant Jane was standing beside her helping out the way she could.
When Lana saw that after a while her son didn't respond to her greetings. She languishly darted her gaze from the sketch book to the direction of the sound of his shoe. This was the first time she had raised her gaze after opening her sketch book.
Leonard was making his way through the grand spiral staircase of the Mansion, his shoe clicking with elegance.
"You know Leonard..", Lana began adjusting the black glasses she was wearing.
'I didn't train you to be this rude, I showed coutsey by welcoming you the least you could do is respond to my greetings." She said slowing taking of the black glasses she was wearing in a classy manner.
She wanted to have a good look at her son, just as expected, nothing about him had changed. He was still exactly the same way he was when he left the country ten years ago.
"Mother spare me this lecture, if you really wanted to show some courtesy, you should have stopped father from sending me away ten years ago." Leonard halted on the staircase, his hands crossed behind his back as he spoke calmly.
"But you didn't, you and I have no business with each other. Don't try to spark up a mother and son relationship that never existed." He was done talking, he simply made his way through the rest of the staircase, he didn't even turn around to gaze at his mother.
Lana was a bit hurt by what her son said. He was right, there was never any special bond between them. But voicing it out loud really stinged a part of Lana's heart.
But that was only for a while, Lana
streched out her hand trying to hand over her black glasses to her personal assistant Jane.
"Take it you baboon! She hissed when Jane couldn't read the simple gesture.
As Lana's personal assistant, Jane was not just accustomed to only office work she was used to holding Lana's bag as she walked, and holding on to her classy colours of fearther coat jacket.
The coats were always thick and heavy but she was used to it.
"You are as incompetent as you look." Lana simply said skimming through her sketch book.
Leonard made his way to the master bedroom, a place where was sure is father was.
Leonard's father Blark Carnal was the owner of the Carnal group of industry, the topnotch leading company in the country. Next to the Carnal Group Of Industry was the second leading company in the country, Starley Runway Limited.
Immediately Leonard got to the door of Blark's bedroom he knocked curtly and waited for a response. He was a pompous, and nonchalant man not a spoilt brat.
"Come in." Came the gruff voice of Blark from inside the room. Leonard nudged the door open….
"Oh my what a surprise." Leonard had barely entered the room when Blark exclaimed. Leonard ignored his father's seemingly cheerful disposure and got straight to the reason he was there in the first place.
"I want the papers to the company." His voice was calm, unmoved, but firm. Blark gazed at his nonchalant son and sighed, he had become more worse over the years, he has just returned from the county and didn't even ask about him.
"What makes you think I am with the documents." Blark questioned plainly quenching his throat with a glass of whiskey he picked up from a table in the middle of the room.
"Don't play games with me old man, who else will be holding on to the documents if not for the owner of the company himself? Leonard's voice was firm, he was loosing his patients.
"Well this old man has a ? Blark said, gulping down the whole content in the champagne glass. By the time he raised his gaze, Leonard was giving him a dreadful glare.
"Why would you hand over the documents to mother? Leonard brows shot up violently.
"For safe keeping." Blark simply answered. "And also because she is less approachable than I am." He continued giving Leonard a sly grin.
"You made me come all the way from England for this? To play silly games with me! Leonard took a step forward he was loosing his composure.
"Relax Leonard, I want to hand over the company to you, but you must work hard for it. Your brother Titran has been doing pretty well, prove to me that you are better."
Blark said switching on the big screen tv in the room, he sat on a black classy chair in the room and crossed his legs lazilly
Leonard creased his brows as he massaged his temples. "What do I have to do? He questioned after a while of silence.
"I think you should be asking the person with the documents." Blark was referring to Lana.
"I am sure you are well aware of what needs to be done to get that document." Leonard gazed at his father with a predator gaze, Blark smirked cunningly.
Gone are the days when he could out smart Leonard.
Blark picked up the remote control and began to
change the tv channel before responding to Leonard.
"What you have to do is simple Leonard, get a wife!