"You will show me the respect I deserve!” Madam Doris was breathless, out of anger and rage. She grabbed her daughter's jaw and dragged her face to her.“You're right, I should have fucking aborted you…I wish you were more like Mallory!” “That thing you brought into our family because of your defiance is ruining us, but here you are”… She calmed herself a little bit. “Crying crocodile tears for a mess you caused!”She shoved back her jaw causing her to stagger back and fall into Jeremy’s chest. Erica looked up as she felt her back against something hard, only for her eyes to meet a ruthless stare. He pushed almost immediately as she fell into his arms–like he had just been touched with filth causing her to fall to the floor.He brushed out Erica’s touch from his clothes. “What thing did she bring into the family!?” He asked, his tone gruff and raspy.Madam Doris chuckled, not giving a mind to her daughter who was still on the floor, she stepped over her and walked to Jeremy.Jerem

"Ring!”“Ring!”Ethan’s phone kept on buzzing incessantly. He was in an audit meeting with Aidan when his phone started ringing nonstop, it dawned on him that he had forgotten to silence it before the meeting started.Aidan had popped by for an audit meeting to assess how he was working on recovering all the money he paid to bring the group out of the debt Ethan put it in.Aidan shot him a cold glare as the phone won't stop ringing. Ethan chuckled nervously as his eyes met with his boss. He brushed the phone in his pockets and tried to find the silent button but for some reason, it seemed impossible.“Are you going to handle that or what?!” Aidan asked angrily, annoyed by the continued ringing.“I'm sorry Sir, I forgot to mute it before the meeting started as it was impromptu” He timidly pushed the chair back and stood up.“That's not a tangible reason as to why your phone is disturbing this meeting…” Aidan yelled at him harshly. “I suggest you excuse yourself and answer that damn cal

“Ethan, this is a prank, right? You're going to tell us at some point what the play is right?” One of his friends jumped up the instant he introduced Aidan as his boss.“Because I don't understand why you would be bowing to this…” He paused as he felt breath on him, he spun around and saw Cole standing right behind glaring at him coldly. He gulped in fear and sat back down.“I don't understand this!” The other friend jumped up with full force. “Are you trying to ruffle us or what!?”“Look!” He pointed a finger at Aidan. “I'm Kyle, from one of the wealthy families in this City, and my father owns Asherkine Club, I'm sure you’ve heard of how prestigious and hot we are. He won't hesitate to lock you up if anything were to happen to us!” “Really? Hmmm” Aidan drawled as he goggled down the person defending his useless friends. He wondered where he heard that name before as the guy still keot on spitting. Aidan raked his brain until he remembered he heard it first at the Legacy ball–he m

Aidan’s POV It was 6 in the morning, and the rays of sun seeped through the open crack of Aidan’s gray-colored window curtains and shone on his face. He squinted and closed them shut again before turning his head to the other side, away from the sun to continue his much-needed rest. He needed sleep. He was still recovering from the rays jolting him half-awake when his phone started ringing incessantly.“Ring!”“Ring!”He took a peek with one eye open in the direction of the ringing and cursed himself for not silencing it before he crashed the night. A whole week had passed since Mallory spilled all to Frederick and his plotting had finally ripened to pluck. During this whole time, Aidan had given Madam Doris a little breathing space, with Mr. Raymond digging up people that she duped out of medical insurance to testify against her when the time comes.“Christ! This is the first 6-hour length of sleep I can get since I got back to this City…” Aidan grumbled as he turned on his cozy be

“She just perfect, but you gotta come see this Boss, I caught one of the culprits, and you won't believe who the other one is” “You have to come see for yourself Boss” Cole spoke like the awe he got catching the culprit, took words right out of his mouth.Aidan was tempted to ask about the whereabouts of Casey but the way Cole spoke sounded like she was well. So the most important task now was dealing with this thug.“Where are you?” He asked him, rage churning in his stomach.Cole gave him the information regarding where they were. With that in hand, Aidan quickly ended the whole fiasco meeting and dashed out of the office. Malcolm was already warming the car up for him, as he knew the location too.30 minutes later, Aidan was at one of Ackerman Inc.'s newly purchased buildings, which they wanted to turn into apartment buildings, so for the main time, it was empty. He got down the moment the car came to a halt as he saw Cole standing by some rumble from the previous construction.