Once Lucas was done, Miles was about to move in when Fiona instructed everyone to start the preparation. She then took her husband’s hand and led him to the master bedroom so he could freshen up and change into an outfit befitting of a birthday celebrant.Miles refused to let Fiona’s snobbish behavior get to him. There’s still plenty of time to properly wish Jonathan a happy birthday. He looked down at the packaged jade box he had gotten from that antique shop. He knew Jonathan would be able to notice the worth of this gift since the man dabbled in the appraisal of ancient artifacts.Jonathan later returned down to the living room in a casual but beautifully designed outfit that Fiona had bought for him just for this special day. Once he settled in the dining room, everyone followed suit. The food was served and everyone had a filling taste of the delectable meal.After this, Fiona got up and clapped her hands to attract everyone’s attention. “Alright, it’s time to give the gifts to t

“This is my old friend, Alfred.” Jonathan happily introduced him to the family. “We met many years ago. He’s an appraisal expert.”“An appraisal expert?” Fiona frowned slightly but she still kept a smile on her face for the visitor. “My love, don’t tell me you called over your busy friend just for that pi…thing.” She quickly stopped herself from calling the broken jade box a piece of trash.Jonathan sighed as he knew his wife too well. He was aware that she would express her discontentment over the decision to know the item’s true worth.Before Jonathan could utter a word though, Alfred spoke up with a cheerful smile. “Please, Mrs. Blaine. It’s no trouble at all. Besides, it gives me a chance to reconnect with an old friend. Plus, it’s on his birthday.” He elbowed Jonathan playfully. “By the way, I hope you saved me a cake?”Jonathan chuckled before replying.Fiona saw the good mood between the two of them and she felt like she had no choice but to let the appraisal happen. Still, she

The birthday was still going on in honor of the guests who were here, even though the celebrant had no desire to be near his wife at the moment.With Jonathan not present, everyone had begun fawning over the second most interesting person there.“Lucas, you’re so awesome. You and your father must have great influence.”“Lucas, I heard that you were the one who used your father’s influence to secure Mrs. Blaine’s contract deal with Eckre Empire Headquarters. You’re awesome!”Lucas was seated in the exact spot that was reserved for Jonathan as the Blaine family members showered him with praises. Lesley sat right beside her boyfriend with glee. She felt like she had done what her older sister couldn’t: she had secured a romantic relationship with a wealthy man. She started devising ways to lock Lucas down for good, guaranteeing that he would end up being the son-in-law of the Blaine family.A call suddenly came and Lucas realized it was his father calling him. “Excuse me, I have to pick

Miles also looked directly into Lola’s eyes before he nodded his head. “Yes, my love. It’s me.”Lola shook her head. “But how?”Miles chuckled before gently holding her hands. “I told you last time, remember? My relationship with the CEO of Eckre Empire Headquarters. As for how I was able to deal with that nasty client that kept delaying the finalization of the millions of dollars of contract deal, I actually bought…..” He was about to reveal that he owned a huge portion of Styleon Group Corporation when his words were suddenly cut short.Lola yanked her hands right out of her husband’s caring hold. She was now spotting a furious look on her face. “There you go with your nonsense again. Aren’t you shameless? Why do you think I’d even believe that the great CEO of Eckre Empire Headquarters is your family’s butler?” She shook her head with an exasperated scoff. “I should have expected that I wouldn’t get a single truthful answer from you.” She turned around. “Forget that I asked you in

Miles was deeply confused after the head of security confirmed his question with a head nod. Miles wondered how someone from the finance department could be this irresponsible with the company’s money. He needed to talk to Fisher McCall about these inadequacies in employee competence. If this is not curbed on time, it will lead to problems in the future.“Have a nice day,” Miles said his goodbyes to the head of security. He needed to talk to Fisher.“Wait!” The security suddenly stood up as he glared at Miles with suspicion in his eyes. “Something is wrong.”Miles had a confused expression on his face. He had no idea what was going on.The head of security lifted the briefcase to show Miles what was in it. Miles walked closer to see that the briefcase was truly filled with dollar notes. That was when he noticed that there was a small space that had been made in the box. There was supposed to be money in that space.“As you can see, the money isn’t complete.” The head of security had a