Shoving his hand into the sleeve of his coat, Gary adjusted his cold embroidered black sit blazer over his broad chest, deep into his thoughts, his fingers traced down the edge of the button and pushed it through the hole. For a few minutes, he stared at his reflection, the black lapel suit, shirt, and silk tie giving him an elegant aura, and then he mumbled, “Let’s do this.”The balcony was filled with tense energy surrounding it as Tom waited for Gary and Fallon along with Ryan, and James.“Keep an eye on. Please.” James finally broke the silence, eyeing Tom.Looking back at James with a humble slight nod, he said, “You need not bother, I will do just that."Then silence took over as the sound of footsteps approached them, and everyone tensed immediately as Gary walked into the balcony.For a moment, he stared at Tom's black dress shirt with cold lapel pin, and then the sound of heels slowly shifted his attention.When Gary turned around, his gaze rested softly on Fallon In a lon

A drop tear slowly rolled from Fallon’s right eye and into the corner of her mouth when the memory of her father’s devastating expression when Mr Bright denied his request surfaced in her mind, causing her to swallow her tears not wanting to cry in front of all these people.Noticing, her pain, Gary held in his desire to comfort her as he knew the last thing Fallon needed right now was to feel vulnerable before strangers, and if he pushed her right now, her fragile mental state would most likely shatterSo he shoved both hands into his pockets, watching the scene unfold with interest as he wondered what Alora had planned next.Within a couple of minutes of silent observation, he had learned way more about the Larsons than his years of marriage with Sandra had given him. The people that were involved with them, memorizing the quest’s faces with each dart his eyes around the room.Since he was about to enter the business world and his mission for vengeance, he needed to know who to tru

The hall was quiet until Sandra suddenly burst into a chuckle that vibrated throughout the ballroom and caused quite a few people to frown in annoyance at the sound of such amusement coming out of Sandra The other guests glanced at her with confused expressions, not being able to understand what the problem was.The laughter finally died down, as Sandra wiped the corners of her eyes from cracking up, and said in a soft tone, “Fallon, I’m sorry if my reaction upset you, but why do you look so horrified like Grandmother is not doing you a big favour… Is it that you don’t want to settle down because of my ex-husband, huh, my dear cousin?”‘What is this troublesome child doing now… Alora thought as she raised a brow in despair.“Your daughter is going to go against Mother’s wish for tonight. Why haven’t you taught her some sense!” Kyle lashed out at Claire in a low tone.And a look of worry crossed Claire’s features as she watched her daughter walk over to where Gary and Fallon were. Havi

The moment Mrs Gilbert stood in front of her daughter‘s room door, she lifted her knuckles to place a knock but then hesitated before grabbing the doorknob and pushing the door open.Quietly, she stepped into the bedroom to see Fallon in bed, sleeping soundly, hugging a pillow. A smile graced her lips, and she stared tenderly at her daughter, and after a moment of that, she was about to leave when a file on Fallon‘s desk got her attention.A feeling of hesitation filled her as she approached the desk, and as her hand hovered over the folder, she took a deep breath.Finally, Mrs Gilbert pushed aside her fear of invading Peace‘s privacy, picked up the file, opened it, and read the contents.Her heart skipped a beat when she got done, and she hastily rushed over to her daughter‘s bedside and tapped her gently on the back. “Fallon, wake up.” Mrs Gilbert‘s voice echoed in Fallon‘s ears softly.Her eyes blinked open slowly as she looked at her mother standing above her, watching her with a

The whole place was silent once Gary finished speaking. A shocked silence spread across the place as the words sank in.Then Mrs Gilbert’s eyes grew wide, confused and slightly annoyed at Gary’s words, but she was too stunt to say anything.A look of shock crossed Stefan’s face as he swallowed down thickly, and then his cocky thoughts awakened and he chuckled humorlessly.“It’s true, isn’t it? You are a lowlife goldbrick who feeds off the wealth of women… Wow!” He started cackling loudly and laughed maniacally. “Are you even a man if a woman is spoon feeding you like some sort of fucking leech?!”“You! You! Shut up! You don’t know what you are talking about!!” James yelled at Stefan.“Oh yeah? Then tell me what you know that I don’t know?!” Stefan retorted, folding his arms across his chest and glowering, looking directly into James’ eyes. “Who are you again?”When James didn’t respond because he didn’t want to overstep Gary’s authority, Stefan scoffed and then let out, “Fallon needs