At his mother's grave, Elijah leaned the black bag against the tombstone, took a flask out, and then drank a mouthful from it, then poured the rest of it in front of the grave.“Mom, you don't have to worry. Your son is doing well for himself. Can you imagine?... That weak boy who couldn't protect himself is now being called the King of the North.” As he spoke, he let out a melancholic laugh. “Also, you have a granddaughter. I'm sure you'd have liked her if you were still here. But it's fine. Don't worry, I'll make sure to bring her up in a way you'd have liked. I'm sorry I wasted so much time before I returned… I hope you can forgive me. Rest well, I promise, those that kicked us out all those years ago will pay for their sins.”After that, he got up and left.Meanwhile, in the Roland family villa, everyone had left not too long after Elijah's departure. Naturally, they were too scared to remain, worried that since even Mr. Roland wasn't safe in the Roland family villa, who were th

“Thank you,” Alice muttered as she took out her phone and called up her classmate.Elijah offered no response, merely flashing a smile in her direction.Not too long after, a woman approached them only to be shocked when she laid eyes on Alice.If anyone had told her that it was Alice, she wouldn't have believed, but seeing was indeed believing.Naturally, she grew envious due to how Alice looked but managed to control herself as she approached.Excitedly, Alice didn't hesitate to embrace the other lady once she was close enough. “Oh my gosh, hi, Lisa, congratulations on becoming a departmental head at Gold Lake.”Lisa Thompson feigned a smile as she replied. “Well, I try my best. Anyways, if you want to meet with the chairman, you still need the permission of the general manager, so come with me.”“How come?” Alice asked in confusion. “Yesterday, you said that an appointment was already made with the chairman.”“Alice, you know it's not easy to get an order from Gold Lake. But for yo

“So, Mister Strong, this is my proposal and every other document that's needed. Alice quickly began once she got into the office, only for Gilbert to respond.“That won't be necessary.”“What?”“I had my secretary draw up a proposal as well.”As he spoke, Gilbert immediately handed over the documents to Alice allowing her to read through.It didn't take long before Alice let out a gasp of surprise due to the amount written in the document.Instead of the ten million she hoped to get, Gilbert was offering her a hundred instead.Wasn't this a bit too much?“Is something wrong, Miss Wesen?... If a hundred million is too small, I'm sure we can make further arrangements.”“No, that's not necessary. It's more than enough.” Alice hurriedly said, still struggling to wrap her head around the grand sum.“That's good to hear. So I believe it's time to sign?”“Yes.” Alice nodded, taking out her pen to sign on the documents only to discover that Gilbert had already signed as well.It was almost as

Victor gulped as he struggled to remain calm in Alice's presence.To think that such a beauty was the same person that one could only describe as a monster.What kind of miracle transformation was this?Of course, Victor didn't care as the only thing on his mind now was making Alice accompany him to bed.Meanwhile, Olivia was trying to introduce Alice to Victor, but unfortunately, Alice wasn't interested in the slightest, and it showed both in her response and her expression.“Oh, okay.”“Alice, be nice.” Olivia scolded. “What's the matter with you?”“It's fine, Miss Olivia.” Victor intoned. “There's no reason to scold her.”As he spoke, he hoped to gain Alice's attention but unfortunately, she wasn't even looking in his direction.Only then did he notice that she was instead looking at Elijah who was standing beside her.Victor's expression darkened as he felt envious of Elijah.Olivia had already told Victor about Alice's marriage to Elijah, so he was aware that such a low-class man

Alice's decision was a no-brainer, as she replied. “I accept Grandpa. Thank you.”Mr. Wesen chuckled as Alice embraced him before hurrying over to Elijah's side.“Did you hear that?... We won!” Alice said excitedly with Elijah nodding.“Indeed, we did.”As Alice and Elijah celebrated, others could only look on with complicated looks on their faces.Naturally, they weren't happy that Elijah would be staying, but they had no choice but to accept him unless they wished to go against Mr. Wesen, which would surely not end well for them.***Meanwhile, at the Roland family villa, the air was dense with tension as members of the family gathered in the main meeting hall to discuss the current situation.As it was, the only thing keeping them out of bankruptcy was the little savings that had been kept aside for rainy days.One wrong move and they would be completely ruined.To think that they had lost both their wealth and their patriarch in the space of a few days.“It's not my fault. Alice W