All eyes were glued to Marcus, who had gone utterly pale and clammy. He looked like a man already behind bars, the life slowly draining from his eyes as he understood his meticulously crafted lies were now worthless. The cocky sneer he had worn at the start of proceedings was nowhere to be found, and was now replaced by the haunted look of someone who knew they were out of moves.His lawyer didn't even bother trying to object. He simply sank back into his chair, looking as shell-shocked as his client. All his well-rehearsed arguments, all his grandstanding for the sake of bilking a rich client had all amounted to nothing in the face of such damning, unarguable proof. Meanwhile, Mr Cyrus couldn't help but feel a sense of grim satisfaction wash over him. All those sleepless nights spent agonizing over how to protect Jackie and bring Ellis's offender to justice had led to this decisive moment. He stole a glance over at Jackie, who was seated in the gallery with red-rimmed eyes, her sligh

The Royale Company always had an annual office party where the employees were celebrated for their work every year. Different awards and prizes were given to diligent workers to encourage them to keep up the good work. This time, it was at the third quarter of the year as opposed to the previous year when it was at the end of the year. The party was a chance for all the different business units and departments to mix and mingle, and this meant for Zoey that Ellis would come around and they could mingle once again. She was looking forward to the party only because of Ellis.It was a warm summer evening and Zoey had arrived at the company's big annual office party, held in the elegant courtyard of the company's building's plaza. She made sure to dress to the nines just because of Ellis, hoping that he would be there to see her. She wore a body fitting dress that exposed a little cleavage. The black dress stuck to her skin and complimented her complexion. To match with the dress, Zoey ca

The normal lives of the Royales continued without any obstacles — at least not yet. And Mr Cyrus went about overseeing the activities of the Royale Company when the unexpected happened. It was just another typical Tuesday morning Cyrus Royale arrived at his office at the Royale Company. As he settled in behind his large mahogany desk, his personal assistant, Jane knocked and entered with his usual morning coffee and a plate of danish pastries from the cafeteria that Mr Cyrus was particularly fond of. "Good morning, sir. I've pulled the files you requested on the Gibbons acquisition for today's meeting," Jane said as she set the coffee and pastries down. "Excellent. Thank you, Jane. You're a treasure as always," Mr Cyrus replied with a brief smile before taking a sip of his coffee. Jane retreated back to her office area, leaving Mr Cyrus to review his notes before the board meeting at 10am. But just about twenty minutes later, Mr Cyrus began feeling a slight burning sensation in his

Since his mentor Mr Cyrus was currently unavailable to train him, Ellis had to continue on his own. He didn’t have much knowledge on cultivation apart from what his father had taught him, so he was limited. He still didn’t give up though. He continued meditating everyday, and trying to find more information on spells he could use. But he had issues that were distracting him. Just like George had planned, the speculations on who tried to kill Mr Cyrus by poisoning had been narrowed down to Ellis. Now, everyone was adding their own theories and concluded that it had to be the heir apparent of the Royale Company and family wealth. Some people were spreading it just because they liked to gossip about rich people’s misfortunes in order to make their pitiful lives seem more interesting. Whispers began to fly around, and people began to give Ellis funny looks, all of which he was oblivious to because he was too focused on his schedule daily. Ellis went to school, but the energy at school

And as if to add salt to injury, Ellis was suspended from the Royale Company. The next day when he went to work, he was summoned by the board members to the board room and was scolded there for the scandal and social media uproar that his unchecked anger had caused. That was ironic when it was one of them that had taken a video of him and uploaded it online. What were they expecting when they did that?"Mr Ellis, given as you are the heir to the Royale Company, we are very disappointed in your way of handling matters. You were upset yesterday about a matter and decided to take laws into your own hands by being violent at your place of work, and even going as far as insulting the board of directors of the company." A senior board member said to Ellis when he had settled in at the board room that day. Mr Clark shook his head in a self righteous manner that was meant to portray Ellis in a bad, disrespectful light. "Youths nowadays think that being disrespectful is a cool thing. If you