When it displayed on his screen that his balance was zero, Marcus became speechless like one that had been struck by lightning. He couldn't believe his eyes. As everyone stared at him, taken aback by his exclamation, they wondered what was wrong with him, giving each other a surprised glance. When Ma'am Luna grew impatient, she asked. "Marcus, what's wrong?" "I…it's…g…gone," Marcus stammered, pointing at the screen, his eyes widened like one who had seen a ghost that had taken his ability to speak away. "What do you mean by it's gone?" Laila asked, not wanting to anticipate the worst. "It's the money. Everything in the account just v…vanished." "What do you mean?" Ma'am Luna asked, sounding angry. "This." Marcus turned the laptop screen to her and pointed at the zeros showing as the account balance. Ma'am Luna gasped. "What's this?" "I don't know, grandmother. I don't know if the money was revised but I've never seen a thing like this before." "You're talking nonsense!" Ma'a

When Zinnia finally found her voice, amidst Peterson mumbling curse words, she asked."What are you going to do?""I won't take this. I'm going to Walton business estate. I'll go and talk to Babette, she's the little wretch managing the Walton Group of Companies."Zinnia vaguely watched him disappear. Chill rose in her spine as she remembered the voicemail she had dropped for her grandmother earlier in excitement when she was on her way. Her fingers quivered like noodles when she took out her phone from her purse and her legs became as light as chopsticks when the thought hit her that her grandmother must have already listened to the voicemail.She quickly entered the car, Peterson's words repeated in her head, forcing her to slam the steering while intermittently until her phone rang."Ahh!" She gasped upon knowing who was calling, it was ma'am Luna. She threw the phone to the front seat and waited for a while before taking it."Gosh, she dropped a voicemail." She sighed, staring at

Karla nodded and answered."Yes, I am m fine." She forced a smile."So, I asked about your family.""I…only have my Dad.""Okay, and…""Please." She held up her hand, shaking her head. "Let's just not talk about my family.""Okay.""So, what about yours? I mean, you returned to your in-laws' house and…""Wait, why are you so invested?"She rolled her eyes at him. "It's because I'm your partner.""Not legally, unlike Abigail.""Can you forget about that sly woman?""What? She's good and…""Okay, stop." Karla pulled a frown."Alright. Well, I've gotten my wife's lover sacked from my company.""What?""Yeah, I'm talking about my progress now.""Yeah, I know, but…I don't understand.""The news going around about Peterson Rogers, don't you know about it?""Oh, yes. Now I remember, he's the guy Zinnia was making out with in front of that club?""Exactly. He was the COO of one of Walton Group's under-companies, Vast Group Company.""Woah, you guys own that company too, great. I saw the video

John was shocked by what Duncan said but he laughed it off. He thought Duncan was beginning to lose his senses, so he decided to remind him of the night they last spoke. "Duncan, I know you might be traumatized by what Zinnia did to you on the night of your birthday, it's expected, but don't let it get over you." Duncan waved and dipped his hand into his pocket. John stared at him wondering what he was trying to get from his pocket, until Duncan took out five notes of a thousand bucks. Seeing such an amount, John rolled his eyes in surprise and his jaw fell when Duncan took his hand and placed the money on it. "Duncan, this is…?" "I remember borrowing some hundred dollars from you some days before my birthday. You gave me, not knowing whether I'll return the money because I had some debts to pay and my salary was little to cover it all. I had borrowed that money to complete my money to buy my wife a present." "Yes, I remember. It was only five hundred dollars, but what are you g

Duncan walked to the front of the desk, pondering. Then he asked."How's that possible? What do you mean his presentation was offensive, Babette?""I had Xia go there to stunt his presentation but at the end of it, she got to know that Peterson Rogers' presentation was rejected," Abigail explained."Instead of presenting something in connection with the project the dealers brought, he made a presentation of himself flirting with some girls at a karaoke," Karla added."Exactly. Peterson was surprised. I guess someone tampered with his presentation. He denied having any intention to present such a thing and claimed someone messed with his presentation. He wasn't given a chance to defend himself and he was kicked out of the venue," Babette stated."You know who was behind this, Duncan?" Abigail asked.Duncan slowly shook his head. "I have no idea.""So, I guess it's one of your well-wishers. Duncan," Karla said, managing to smile despite still burning inside with anger for Abigail.Dunca