Is this destiny?

~ New York ~

About ten minutes earlier…

King is watching video feed from LA Medical Center's parking lot without blinking. He does not want to miss a thing.

"She is wonderful…", King mumbled, and Ivan heard him.

"She is OK.", Ivan countered. He doesn't like that King called Milena's youngest daughter 'wonderful'. King never praised anyone like that.

"You don't understand, Ivan…" King spoke with admiration without removing his gaze from Sarah. "She didn't grow up in a family which encourages daily trainings like the rest of us. She had a normal, commoner's life, training few days a month, no more than a week. If Milena didn't keep her in United States and allowed us to train her how we wanted… with daily trainings, Sarah would be invincible… Even at this age, she is so well connected. Do you see that man in the back? That is Jarred Smith. And if I'm not mistaken, next to him is his nephew, Charles… And Sarah is smart beyond belief. I saw her at the security conference, and while gambling in Las Vegas… Her skills are so much more than just fighting. Definitely a candidate for Grand Elder position."

Ivan's expression showed how shocked he is, and he was glad that King is focused on the screen in front of him, so that he can't see his face. He could not believe what King said! Milena's youngest daughter a candidate for the Grand Elder position in Lebedev family?! He is joking, right? He must be joking! That girl didn't make a single step into family business and she is clueless that they even exist. How can she lead them? Ivan does not dare say anything, but he can't stay quiet either.

"She can't even defeat these three from the branch family!", Ivan said with contempt.

King lifted his index finger and waved it in the air, indicating to Ivan that he is wrong. "Look at the way she moves. You see that she is not using everything she has, right? I can see the occasional bursts of speed and then she pulls back again."

"Why would she hold back?" Ivan was not sure if King is seeing right, or just imagining things because he thinks that Sarah is some type of a super-human.

"I'm not sure. Maybe she is playing with them. Or maybe she is waiting for something…" King frowned when he saw Aiden come into the view. "…or someone."

King narrowed his eyes and clenched his jaw while watching Sarah and Aiden fight side by side.

That is the same young man who was cohabiting with Sarah in Fairfield, and then he saw them together in Las Vegas. And based on the reports, they are still together. They are both working at White corp. And there are some hints that two of them bought a house? That is the younger son of White family. King heard that two of them are married already. He is not able to confirm if Sarah and Aiden are truly married, and at work there is a rumor that they are engaged… but no matter what the truth is, he can see that they are a couple. If it's just a simple dating, it does not matter. Kids these days date a lot before they settle on one partner, and there is no harm for Sarah to experience joys of youth. But this… he can see that these two are not playing. Even if Sarah is not officially married, that is only one piece of paper because chemistry between two of them is undeniable. And Sarah and Aiden are good together. Too good.

When Sarah and Aiden held hands and stood in front of Lazo, King didn't realize that the pencil he was holding onto was already snapped in three.

King's face twitched how angry he is. "Increase surveillance on Sarah. I want to know everything she does! Put extra resources to find out where she lives. We know that she is not in that penthouse anymore, and it seems that she owns a house… confirm that. And no one is to make a move on her without my authorization! She is too special for us to do anything carelessly…"

Ivan confirmed that he will do as instructed and hesitatingly asked: "What are we going to do about Lazo and his team?"

King threw the broken pencil in the trash bin.

"They made a mistake of going against Milena's girls on their own. Ensure that no one assists them. If they manage to get out of this by themselves, bring them to me for disciplining." King instructed while glaring at the screen in front of him.

"Don't you think that if they are captured, they might leak some information?"

King snorted. "Lazo and his goons don't know anything that could damage us. And if they reveal some information related to their branch, it might bring Sarah closer to us."

King knows that Milena is preventing her daughters from finding out about their family. If they find out something from Lazo and his team, it can be beneficial to bring those girls closer... back home, how he sees it.

First step is for sisters to find out about the family. King wanted more than once to introduce himself, but he is not sure how to do it without being rejected. He is confident that Milena made sure that her girls don't care about their maternal family, but he does not know to what extent Milena made them all look bad. Ideally, three sisters will come back to the family willingly. He needs to get one of them to come back, and other sisters will follow. Sarah is the youngest one, and her older sisters have a natural impulse to protect her, they will not leave her alone… JoAnna and Sophia will follow after Sarah, especially when they find out that she is getting an important position in the family. The most important position in the family.

How King sees it, this situation might be perfect because he can always say that Lazo rebelled and acted on his own, and King can play a good guy saying that he stayed on the side for such a long time because it was never his intention to force the girls into anything. Yes. That might work.

King's mood improved, but only for a second because he focused back on the screen in front of him, and got enraged at the sight of Sarah and Aiden move as one.

"This boy…", King mumbled while taking another pencil from the pencil holder on his left. Anger in his voice was obvious.

"He is not bad, Boss.", Ivan was referring to Aiden's fighting.

Ivan is not sure what type of obsession his Boss has with Sarah but seeing that Sarah has someone capable by her side means that King's plans to bring Sarah into the family might be obstructed by that young man. Considering that Ivan does not agree to have Sarah as the Elder, he likes that Aiden is in the picture.

King has the same thoughts as Ivan about Aiden's role, only from different perspective. "He is a problem. Watch him as well. If he gets close to any other female, I want to know about it."

"Yes, Boss." Ivan paused before asking. "Why should we watch him?"

King shot him an angry glare. "Because he is a problem! Why are you still here?!"

Ivan gave a small nod and swiftly left the room. He understood that King will try to interfere in the relationship between Sarah and that young man.

Before closing the door, Ivan clearly saw King throwing some death-inducing-stare at the screen while another pencil in his hand was cracking.