The gust of shock that filled the living room was equal to known. What just happened? Who did Madam just slap? Derek?!Though Derek was the one who was slapped but Hannah was the most affected by the action. Her reaction screamed UTTER DISBELIEF. Harold also couldn't have imagined this happening. In short, no one thought of it. Madam had never gotten physical with any of her children. Let alone someone who was quite respected in the business world of Jade City. Suddenly, a sound interrupted the awkward situation. It was Derek's phone ringing. Derek, for a moment, stared at Madam, who was glaring at him. Then he brought his phone out. A loud voice came over the speaker of the phone. "What the hell happened, Derek!!! Where the hell have you been?!" Derek's father yelled over the speaker. "Dad? I ---""I just woke up from sleep and watched Miss Zoe's news. Hoveland has stopped being partners with us!!! What the hell did you do?! Who did you get into a fight with? Why is it only our

When Achiel saw Derek, he was not amused, and neither was he surprised. The company where he wanted to get a new phone from was just some miles away from Hoveland. "See who I casually walk into." Derek scoffed, walking closer to Achiel. Achiel should keep on walking, but he wanted to entertain Derek for a while. "A family of the rich Auroville group who is trekking. Shouldn't you at least get a cab?" Derek made fun. "Oh, now I remember. You are too broke to afford that. I mean, you don't even have a job. You're nothing better than a maid. I mean, even the maids get better treatments than you." Derek kept on gloating. Achiel was not offended. He was used to the gloating and insults from different people. It probably had grown on him. "Seeing you in such a great mood. Does it mean that Hoveland has finally reconsidered being partners with your company again?" Achiel teased. Of course, he knew that Hoveland would never ever be in partnership with Huthlink again. He was the owner o

Achiel was breathless and speechless as he stood at the front of the castle. He couldn't begin to trace the beginning of the building to its lengthy end. At one point, he stopped looking. The castle was about several metres long. But there was a structure that shot out of all the lengthy castle. The walls were something he had never seen before. The walls were decorated with different kinds of precious stones. Ranging from onyx to beryl. There was a point where he couldn't even tell the name of the stones. The contrasts and fusion of the colour of the different stones added to the opulence of the building. If the exterior of the building could be this breathtaking, what magic would the interior do to him?He was groundless. He didn't even know that buildings in this world could be constructed with such costly stones. If this building is real, then he couldn't imagine from where these stones were gotten from in such abundance. To able to construct a several kilometre long castle.

The cab pulled over at the front of the great White Mansion. This was the building where the birthday celebration of grandmother was held. Achiel was wondering what he was doing here. He did recall that Madam had threatened to take him with her to meet grandmother. She wants to use his favour for her family. That was supposed to be tomorrow. Why is he here? He was about to find out an answer to all his questions. Himself and the maid walked towards the big building. "I can't go in with you. I will just stay here." The maid said, stopping at the front of the door, which led into the hall. Achiel said no words to her. He turned away from her and pushed the door open. Pushing the door open caused him an awkward moment. Stepping into the hall, all eyes went to him at once. He had just interrupted whatever was going on in the hall. When he looked, he saw the whole family of Auroville gathered in the hall. It was about 7 pm in the evening and everyone was present?He couldn't worry m

Achiel snatched his arm from Harold's rough grasp. Harold was very furious with him and almost hit him. "What did you think you were doing? What the hell got over you?!" Harold yelled at him. When Harold saw members of the other families walking out of the hall, he pretended to be calm. He bowed at some of the elderly ones. Though the families didn't really like each other, yet there was usually the feigned and force exchange of respect amongst them. When the family members were out of sight, Harold could take his rage out on Achiel again. "Were you out of you goddamn mind? How dare you stand up and make a scene?" Harold was all over Achiel's face. "Why are you so worked up, though? Or are you really scared of me?" Achiel teased. This time, Harold got really furious. "This crazy piece of shit." Harold swore, swinging his hand to hit Achiel across the face. "Enough!" Madam called Harold. Harold was fuming as he reluctantly hung his hand in the air. Achiel was patiently waitin