A Beauty With Multiple Masks

Round the other side, along the edge of the pristine aquamarine pool, a devilishly handsome man in floral trunks with only a white towel draped over his torso was stretched out leisurely upon a deck chair.

Next to him was an attentive bikini-clad woman who served up a mojito which the man took one glance at but otherwise left untouched.

The woman was wary and knew not to get too cozy. Therefore, she returned to the pool where she frolicked with another similarly skimpily dressed woman.

Babes, bikinis, and pools were the fantasy of many men, but the man’s attention seemed to be elsewhere, as though completely unmoved by everything before him.

It was then that a black-clad blond man approached him.

The man’s eyes finally perked up when his counterpart’s outfit drew a frown from him. “You look like a swarthy rat dressed up like that today, Gerald.”

The swarthy rat laughed it off. “Heading out later, so I’ve got to keep a low profile. Do you know what I’ve found out?”

The man pursed his lips and was in no mood for mind games. “Out with it.”

Electing not to continue beating about the bush, Gerald said, “Vinson Southall has returned, and he’s pretty capable too to turn back the heads of those who we

the bank to bring

there might be more to it,

when he was interrupted by the laughter of the two beauties in the pool. He shifted his eyes over

all over, dared not lose his cool and could

to avert his own gaze when he heard the frosty

over, they trembled when their eyes met the man’s

that fazed. “You really don’t

the crap and keep talking,” was the

Gerald continued, “Vinson has gone to purchase a property, and he has his sights set

then drew a finger across his own

shot to his feet with a

an important matter only now? Put

spoke, he picked up his pace and made his way to the mansion. His aggressive movements caused the towel he had on him to fall onto the floor and that exposed

was an unusual-looking crimson dragon with seven heads that donned seven crowns. A third of its tail was made up of stars, and