***** “Of all the places you could have gone to seek ways to challenge and win the competition, why do you have to go to such a backwater town, tell me?” Inside a magnificently decorated hall, which screams wealth and power, a beautiful woman in her middle age was currently scolding Greg, who has once again regained his arrogant aura. The woman was seated on a couch and presently glaring unhappily at Greg, as though Greg had just done the most unacceptable thing on earth. Feeling the strong disdain and unhappiness in his mother’s voice at the place he picked, Greg couldn’t help but chuckle slightly and then his eyes flashed for a moment with coldness. “You wouldn’t have said that if my initial plan had been successful,” he said slowly, the pain in his voice quite evident. “What plan was it, tell me. This was how you’ve been speaking mysteriously since the competition to choose the next heir had started. I want to know what was in that little village that could have made you come

***** “I…” Grace became awkward when she felt Williams’ concerned gaze on herself. She couldn’t help but turn her stare to her hands nervously, which immediately gave Williams a hint of what was going on with her, but he refused to believe it. “I’m sorry for coming late. I had a lot of things going on this morning,” he changed the topic. Grace immediately felt grateful that Williams had changed the topic, which meant she didn’t have to feel awkward again. “It’s okay. You aren’t that late,” she lied, despite feeling that it had been forever since she last saw Williams. Williams who didn’t know that Grace had lied nodded his head, then like he usually does, as though he owned the office, Williams walked to the couch in the resting area and sat comfortably, he then stretched. “What a busy day,” he mumbled to himself. Seeing Williams like this, not acting in any ceremonious way with her, a gentle smile graced Grace’s face, but she hesitated for a moment. “I’m coming, I need to vi

***** “Dang it! I’m done here. How could a nobody continue keeping us waiting since.” Back inside the big lounge, an obese young man abruptly jumped to his feet. He appeared utterly offended. “I’m also done here. How could an esteemed person like myself keep on waiting for a nobody? Who does he think he is.” “We’ve been waiting since the day broke today for him, but here we are, still waiting.” As though everybody except Sophia and Maximus had been waiting for the obese man to stand up, they began to show their strong anger and unwillingness again, forgetting how the young man Maximus had told them to keep quiet a moment ago. It must be known that in the heart of all the arrogant and prideful young masters and mistresses, Maximus was their absolute leader to whom they gave all their respect and would always do whatever he said. Fortunately for them, the young man didn’t stop them again, instead, although he still appeared composed, with his eyes shut, a tinge of furiousness an

***** “Williams, a disposed member of the Miller family?” As soon as old man Pu stepped out, Maximus gave Williams a creepily cold look and stated. “Even if you were still the young master of the Miller family, you are not in the place to lead me.” Finished saying this, killing intent flashed in Maximus’s eyes to Williams, but Williams merely smiled slightly, having no intention to say a word. Right now, since their leader was the one doing the talking, everybody kept quiet and gazed disdainfully at Williams. ‘The fool, trying to lead us with brother Maximus.’ ‘Who does he think he is?’ ‘Because of Old Sir Pu?’ ‘What a joke?’ Everybody continued thinking all sorts of things, but they said no word. Back to Maximus, his killing intent eyes continued boring into Williams and he had to do everything in his power to force down his urge to take Williams’ life there and then. Although he wasn’t scared of doing this, he still didn’t want to cause unnecessary trouble as he had been w

***** Grace had become completely uncomfortable since Williams had left. She had tried returning to her usually composed self times without number, alas, she just kept failing woefully each time she recalled what had transpired between herself and Williams, and her face would heat up immediately. The funny thing was that she kept recalling this scene almost every minute, making her face constantly heat up and become red. At first, she had concluded escaping before Williams got there, but each time this thought got to her mind, it kept vanishing before she could carry it out. Eventually, she made up her mind to stay and wait for Williams, thinking that she and Williams would act as though nothing out of the ordinary had happened between them. With this conclusion, Grace continued sitting and waiting for Williams until late at night. Since Williams had already promised to come that night, Grace wasn’t in a hurry or thought that he was late. She sat alone in her utterly bright of