"..." Vanessa remained silent as she stared at Donald.Donald was a branch manager for First City Bank and he had come on the behest of his superiors to buy off Keystone Bank and turn into another Branch under First City.Naturally, the amount they were willing to pay was a pittance compared to Keystone's true worth but they didn't think they would be rejected.Unfortunately for them, they underestimated Vanessa's will because despite being broke, she had rejected their offer 6 times.This was the seventh and if she didn't agree, Donald had been advised to utilize 'other' means to convince her."You are silent, Ms. Leroy," Donald remarked.Vanessa took a deep breath before replying in a rather aggressive tone. "I have told you several times before now, Mr. Donald. Keystone would be sold over my dead body!" "Don't make such statements, you don't know if it might just happen," Donald growled in response.He hated that Vanessa was so stubborn.She'd insulted him several times already an

"Do you have to go?" Anna inquired as she held Richard's hand.He'd visited her to check on her condition before leaving for Diego's birthday party.Richard replied. "I have to go. This is the night where everything ends, so don't worry.""But… they could do something to you, you know?... They could kidnap you and… I'm worried." Anna remarked, her body trembling as she recalled the events of that fateful night.Richard placed her palm over hers as he assured her. "I promise, nothing will happen to me. So just stay here and get some rest. When I get back, I'll tell you all about the party. We are getting our revenge tonight, Anna. I promise you that.""Alright. Please be careful."Planting a kiss on her forehead, Richard got to his feet and promptly left, of course not before informing the guards and maids that they should take good care of Anna.Richard drove out of the compound and got to the Dawson estate where he picked Melinda as she'd expressed a desire to come along which he acc

Mirabel was livid as she returned to her room, tossing things around while screaming at the top of her lungs.Had she ever been so humiliated in her life before tonight?... Of course not!She'd always been the one to dish out humiliations but today, Richard Smith dared to do so with the help of that bitch, Melinda Dawson.Who did she think she was?Richard belonged to her!No one else deserved him!The servants who heard the ruckus in the hallway didn't dare to come in for fear of becoming the target of Melinda's fury.Meanwhile, Melinda finally stopped destroying stuff as she decided that there was no need to worry.By the end of tonight, Richard would have two options; either to get back together with her or risk losing his life.There was no way she'd allow him to enjoy all that money alone.It belonged to her!So, she put her plan into action.Taking up her cell phone, she promptly dialed a number.***Anna was in her room asleep after she'd had dinner.Her maid had added somethin

Vincent Dawson was already privy to the situation by the time Melinda and Richard had arrived at his study, no doubt as a result of Melinda informing him over the phone."You've got yourself into quite a pickle, Richard," Vincent muttered calmly.Richard sighed. "An honest mistake but I plan to get myself out of it. You heard what Melinda asked about, yes?""Indeed I did. A martial technique that can clone would be Heaven ranked and there's no way such a thing would be for sale. The best I could get you was an illusion technique that if used appropriately should be able to get you the same results on whatever you are planning.""It would have to do I guess," Richard replied.Vincent nodded. "There's an auction, not the one with the national museum, no, it's a different one. It takes place in a market we call the Beggars sect. It's a branch of the main Beggars sect but regardless, anything can be gotten there and the auction is known to sell such things. You might have luck getting som

"What do you mean we can't pass?" Melinda asked in vague annoyance to the rather rude guard."Did I have water in my mouth?... Exactly what I said!... You can't pass." Richard furrowed his brows, unwilling to trade words with the annoying figure but knowing he had to."Is it because we have a brown coin?" Richard inquired. "Hmmph, so you have some common sense after all. No brown coin is allowed to go past this gate. If you want to pass, purchase a silver coin, and if you want to access the auction, purchase a gold coin.""How much are they?""Hmmph, I doubt he'd be able to afford it darling, why don't you come with me?"Richard and Melinda shifted their gazes only to find an unknown man, dressed in rather extravagant attire, approaching with a smug grin on his face.Accompanied by two women already, Richard didn't know why but he had a feeling that what was about to happen would be quite annoying to handle.***Lucien was a member of one of the hidden families within Intercity.He