Page 8 of About Love and Revenge

So, having nothing else I could do about Aristeu and his son, I went ahead with my initial plan.

Even after Orien disappeared, I kept my cool and didn't confront Leandros. I investigated him and took silent action, as usual.

In order to destroy the old Argyros, I needed to increase my fortune first. Although the inheritance was very helpful, being a millionaire was not enough. Much more would be needed.

When I arrived in America, I put my revenge to sleep and worked hard, tirelessly, to increase my wealth. I had won a scholarship to play basketball at a university in the United States, and for all intents and purposes, I was just a geek. A foreign student who was good at sports. Between studying and practicing for competitions, I worked on my operating system.

Today I have the world at my feet. My company is the most powerful company in the United States when it comes to technology. In addition to my initial operating system, which was revolutionary in itself, we work mainly in the area of information security. Last year, I was listed by Forbes as one of the ten richest men under forty and the most importantCEOin the telecommunications industry.

My analytical engineering mind helped me plan and conquer, but it was hate that never let me give up.

Now, finally, I'm about to begin my reckoning with Leandros.

I still don't know what I'll do about the children.

If I were to deal with it on an eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth basis, I'd destroy them along with Leandros, but I don't hurt women—although, at this moment, only Elina is still living on the island. All the others are already married and have spread to other European countries.

As for Theodoro, it all depends on what he tells me tomorrow.

He's fallen into my trap of coming to visit Aristeu in the hospital, and I hope he'll give me the answers I need about Orien.

I mean, my uncle is really sick, but he doesn't need any help from the Argyroses. He's been battling cancer for three years, and finally, when it was determined he needed chemotherapy, he agreed to leave the island.

I know it was Elina who alerted Theodoro to his illness. All the phones in the house are tapped. After she called her brother, I just had to sit and wait for him to look for me, since Theodoro, like myself, never came back here.

I could have checked on him before, of course. In fact, I could haveconfrontedhim, because checking on the man is something I already did.

I have all the information I need about the Argyros family. Father, mother, and children.

But my plan was carefully crafted.

One wrong move and I will risk revealing who I am, because my death wish has always been on the surface, an impulse controlled at great cost.

Of course, he was aware that my mother wasn’t Greek. She's always drawn attention because of her almost white hair, but I can't be sure that he knew she was Scandinavian.

Did he even realize that Odin is a Norse name?

The bastard's arrogance will be responsible for his end.

I would like to get inside his mind and find out what he felt when he learned that the island now belongs to me—his servant's nephew. And I did more than that: I pulled down the house where Aristeu lived with his family and built an actual mansion on that part of the land.

The entire island belonged to Leandros, but there was a private territory on it, like a small fortress, with private beaches and no access to tourists. Everything is mine now.

The house I've built is vastly bigger than the Argyroses' place, but this is the first time I've set foot back here in nearly two decades.

At first, he didn’t know who was hoarding his entire estate, but now he does.

He's been investigating me.

Or rather, he began to investigate the person who was destroying him.

Initially, that did not hinder my actions, since I made him lose money in several areas. After all, I bought his debts. I acted calmly and patiently until everything he owned was in my hands.

Now, all I need is confirmation concerning what happened to my cousin. Theodoro will have to give me answers. He was the last person to see Orien alive. After our conversation tomorrow, I'll bring the damn Argyros to his knees.

What I have planned for the party is just the beginning of the end.

He has nowhere else to run.

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