Dinner ended and just as they were all about to leave the dining table, the empress cleared her throat, stopping them in their tracks."Jennifer," the empress called as she sent deadly glares to the girl."Grandma," she answered softly with a bow of her head and everyone stared curiously."Do a repeat of what you did this evening and you'll see a side of me you've never seen before and trust me, it won't be nice," the empress warned.Seeing that her daughter was being apprehended, Imelda was about to say something in her defense but was cut off by a clearing of throat."It was an accident, grandma. Or wasn't it?' Chase said cockily, directing his question to Jennifer. He had seen what happened and knew better than anyone that it was anything but an accident because the look of harmful intent was clear on her face before the maid was sent spiraling to the ground."Yes, it was and I promise to be more careful," she said through gritted teeth."If that's all, grandma, I'd like to retire

While on his way to the dining room, Chase mistakenly bumped into someone."I'm sorry," he apologized quickly while holding the person to steady them on their feet. Once the person was standing on her own, his eyes met hers and amusement clouded his features.Jennifer stood before him, looking everywhere but at him."I didn't see you there," she started but there was something in her voice that told Chase that she had seen him very clearly and purposely bumped into him. But the question was why."Hmm," he hummed easily. "If you'd excuse me," he started and shoved past her but her voice stopped him again."Look, Theo," she called and he stopped in his tracks, turning back to face her and give her his attention.She looked like she was in search of words and Theo promptly turned his wrist, checking the time on the million dollar wristwatch that sat beautifully on his wrist, telling her silently that he didn't have much time to spare for her.Taking the hint, she cleared her throat and s

They got into the back of a white SUV. The family members had been surprised when she asked Theo to ride with her because she never offered to ride with anyone. If not that they all bore the same last name, nobody at work would know that any of them were related to Dame Gabrielle Alcantra, but again, she had extended the hand to Theo, which she never gave even her own children."Do you want to grab a bite first?" She asked him when the driver smoothly peeled the car out of the driveway."No, grandma. I'm good," he repeated. She had no reason to worry but she couldn't help it. She had been given a second chance to take care of the only legacy of her favorite child and she was going to do it while giving him maximum protection all her life.She sent him a side-glance and placed a soft hand above his, silently telling him that she was there for him."Grandma, I've been introduced to the family and I know I was supposed to finish my training here but I wanted to ask if I can go back to P

Chase knew that the words that would follow wouldn't be easy to do in the least but he was ready to take the shot."I'll give you two weeks. If you're able to meet our monthly revenue of the head branch in two weeks, then I'll not only make you my vice-president, I'll make you untouchable," she said in a sickly sweet voice. She knew how near impossible it was to meet that target. The head branch made about 30 billion dollars monthly in revenue and she expected him to meet it in two weeks. It was laughable even. "But, if you're not able to meet up with this, you'll remain in the position of a director for the rest of your life," she said, her voice dropping dangerously low. Even if she loved him dearly, Theo knew she wasn't one to mince words or back down from them.Again, Chase weighed his options and after a second of thinking, a small smile played across his lips."Double," he said and the empress creased her eyebrows in confusion. "I'll make double the head branch's revenue in two

The rest of the day passed in a blur, mostly consisting of Chase studying graphs and numbers and some of the top officials in the company coming to welcome him.They all knew that there was a new director on board and they all went to welcome him. But the main reason for this was because the news had spread like wildfire that the empress had gone herself to the new directors office, which was when she took secretary Kim to Theo. This came as a shock to everyone because even though the empress worked there everyday, nobody ever saw her. She had her own route in and out of office and to hear she went personally to a new director's office, they all had to thread carefully.Chase was a bit disappointed that his plan at being incognito had failed but he couldn't dwell on it for long and besides, all they knew was that he was an important person. He had a more important task at hand.After giving secretary Kim strict orders not to let any other person that wasn't the empress in, he spent th