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Ella turned and looked at Jeremy, she was most surprised by his declaration. He had never told her that he wanted to marry her, she believed that he found her unappealing. "I hope you are not trying to play with my daughter's emotions," Abraham said, "she has gone through enough already." "I want to marry Ella," Jeremy replied decisively. Matthew Ryan was shocked, he turned to Ella with wild eyes and pointed at her, "What is the meaning of this, have you been cheating on me?" He asked angrily. "And what if I have? You have no rights over me," she said, facing him squarely. Jeremy pulled her beside him, he did not want to get upset anymore, she had passed through enough already in the hands of Matthew. "Do not waste your breath on him, he's leaving the house now or I will have the guards throw him out," Jeremy replied. Matthew looked like he was going to refuse but Ella stepped in, "How about I tell my father what you wanted to do, what you wanted the company documents for?" She
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Jeremy did not move from his seat even as she spoke, he simply turned his neck in her. direction. "It's good to see you too, Rebecca," he said sarcastically. Rebecca was shocked to see him, she was just in a pencil skirt and a shirt, she had her handbag in her left hand and the car key to her Lexus on the right. "What are you doing here?" She asked, sounding more curious than upset. "That's not a very warm way to welcome a familiar face, is it?" He said, his tone light, almost joking. "You are as special to me as any stranger I have just met seconds ago, do not flatter yourself, what do you want?" She asked. "I have come to discuss with you about__" "Do not bother yourself, I am way out of your league, you can never have me back." She snapped and swayed in her right skirt, showing off her curves. Jeremy could not deny the fact that she was still very beautiful, but he wanted nothing to do with her. "Did you think you could ever find someone as pretty or successful as me? Forget
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Rebecca's eyes widened, and her mother audibly gasped, her hands going to her chest. "Isn't that the partner that your uncle said was the bane of his existence? " Her mother said before she even realized that she'd spoken aloud. Jeremy smiled, he was proud of the legacy that his father had left behind, one thing that even Sinclair did not know was that his father had been a very powerful partner and he was feared by the rest of them. Even Hilda and Gilbert had looked quite surprised to find out he was there to take his father's place. "How could you hide this from me after so many years of being married?" Rebecca asked, trying to make him feel guilty. "Really? It is not like you didn't have a few secrets of your own." He replied stiffly. "I don't regret leaving you, you are a chameleon." She spat angrily. Jeremy shrugged, "I guess I am glad that I never spoke to you about my heritage, who knows what you would have done to sabotage me." He said, glad that he'd never disclosed who
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Jeremy left the company that day, his day was absolutely ruined. His meeting with Rebecca's family was not fruitful in any way, in fact, he was sure that he had ended up pissing his ex-wife off and making future communication even more difficult. Bob was running after him as he strolled to the car, the secretary was no doubt bothered about the reaction of the partners, "Sir, they have promised to not invest in the Mercury Healer again," Bob said worriedly as he got beside his car. Jeremy sighed, even though he was not sure if the partners were bluffing or they would all honestly leave the company because they did not know who the CEO or president was. "If you ask me, I would say that they are bluffing," Jeremy replied. Bob frowned deeply, he was not sure that the partners were bluffing, "I'm afraid they're not, sir," he replied and shook his head. Jeremy looked at him closely, it was evidence that the man knew something that he didn't. "What is it, Bob?" He asked. "Sir, the pa
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The nights seemed short as the days rolled by, Jeremy usually turned and tossed on his sheet, restless and bothered until the first light broke through his windows. No pills could help him sleep better and he wasn't even a fan of those either. The next morning, Jeremy rolled out of bed pretty late, he was not eager to face the day, not after a series of disappointments for the past few days. He was beginning to feel like he had come to the end of his journey, the end of the road. Sinclair was still yet to return from his case in New York City, and from the little information he gathered on the evening news, the lawyer had another case in Manhattan soon. It was obvious he would not be having his help for some time. Jeremy was still amazed at the sudden friendship that had bloomed between himself and the lawyer; he could not believe that several months ago, he was doing everything he could to sabotage him and ruin his case. Now, he was his only trusted ally when it came to the Sincla
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Rebecca was furious, she realized that she had just spent her entire day waiting at the reception hall of the Mercury Healer only to be told that Jeremy was the only one who could approve her partnership. "I could never agree to a partnership with you, you are a nobody, quit pretending!" She snapped. Jeremy was torn between feeling sad or disappointed. He realized that all his years with Rebecca and her family had created an image of him in his head that would take longer to expel. As long as the Jason family was concerned, you would always be the son-in-law who was worth nothing. "I wouldn't even agree to a partnership with you, Rebecca, so don't flatter yourself," Jeremy replied coldly. Rebecca turned to Bob, trying to see if the secretary was fooling her, but the man shook his head as a response to her unspoken question. She looked at Jeremy again. The size of the office was large - too large as a matter of fact. The furniture looked like something that would cost a lot of m
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"Hello, Jeremy," the man said with a wide and wicked smile on his face. "Long time no see," he added. Jeremy stared into the eyes of Joe, Rebecca's notorious brother. He could recall his last encounter with him, he'd been lucky to be pulled out of it just in time by Ella. But now he didn't need help, he was sure he could handle the man himself, especially now that his sister had upset him even further. "This is getting rather old don't you think?" Jeremy asked, a bored expression on his face. Joe shook his head, "Anyone who messes with my family messes with me, and you should know that I'm not someone you want to mess with." He said. "Are you forgetting so soon how the last time ended?" Jeremy sneered at him, the man bared his teeth and said that he'd just gotten lucky. "You're just lucky that one of your little toys saved you then, I'm pretty sure she won't be here to help you anymore." Joe said, pissed off, "I heard she wasn't even yours, you've been pretending to be important
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Jeremy knew that Rebecca and her mother would not be very pleased to find out that Joe was being arrested, more so that he'd be tried and taken to jail for drug dealing. "I'm guessing this isn't the first time that he has harassed you," Sinclair said and Jeremy nodded. He'd thought he had seen the last of the rascal the last time they met but apparently, no one in the Jason family gave up that easily, not Rebecca, not her mother, not her brother. "So, do you want to tell me about him?" Sinclair asked, he was curious. He'd met with Jeremy severally, he was always the one chasing answers, it was never him being chased. "It's a good thing you're being hunted for a change, you're always the hunter," Sinclair noted jokingly. Jeremy smiled, it was clear that he had been the one chasing for a while now, Gilbert, Hilda, Rebecca, Sinclair, Fred. The list was rarely ending, it had been from one secret exposed to another and one trail to another, finding just about anyone that could be instru
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The room was as brooding and intimidating as the men who sat in it. It was so large that the walls could almost not be seen from the entrance. The cold air blasted from the air conditioning unit and there was no single furniture in the room except the mahogany table and six chairs that surrounded it. It was Jeremy's first time appearing before the council and he was dressed for the occasion. His white suit was immaculate and he'd had his show made the previous day. He was dressed like the heir he was as he stepped into the room. Sinclair smiled at him from across the room where he sat with the rest of the council but the smile was so slight that someone else couldn't have noticed it.Jeremy wasn't the only one standing before the council. Gilbert was likewise dressed in a white suit - making Jeremy regret picking the color - and his mother, Hilda was dressed in a tight purple dress that hugged her bodice like a second skin and extended to the floor like a wide wave, covering most of
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Chapter hundred forty seven
Jeremy was shaking on the spot as he stared at the face of lord Kingston. He'd seen the man only a few times in real life as a child. When his father had taken him to meet with him once and a while. His memories were a little shaky but he knew that the lord was a handsome man who was aging finely. But even if he had never seen the lord before, he would still be able to recognize him. Right there on the makeshift hospital bed was lord Kingston with tubes sticking out of him in all the wrong places. His face was peacefully calm and his nod remained still on the bed. After the first shock wore off, Jeremy became alert again and quickly rushed to check his vitals. Even without grabbing his wrist, he could tell that the lord was still alive because the heart monitor on the wall was still ticking strongly. Jeremy however still checked his pulse and heartbeat manually, just in case the monitor was faulty. He looked around the room and could see different cabinets and drawers, they were al
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Chapter hundred forty six
The next day, Jeremy arrived at a tool shop very early in the morning, he was dressed in a form-fitting spandex and a pair of sunglasses, his feet tucked into a sturdy boot and his fingers gloved. "I'll have a chisel, a hammer, and a six-meter rope," he said to the girl at the counter who looked at him skeptically. "Are you working on something?" She asked and swallowed nervously. "You could say that," he replied and he could see the girl's eyes widen. "Don't worry, I'm not a psychopath," he said and she sighed but then he added, "I think," as he swiped his card, paid for everything he'd just bought, and backed it into his trunk. He was driving a nude-colored truck with tires larger than the regular, his backseat was filled with everything he needed to take down a door and even a wall if he needed to.Jeremy had spent the past night trying to make sense of what he had just seen the previous evening. It shouldn't have been anything worthy of note that Eugene went to the drug store a
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Chapter hundred forty five
The sound of the rain falling on the roof of his car sort of calmed him. Jeremy sighed as he cuddled a hot styrofoam cup of coffee on his lap and listened to the weather report on the radio. It was morning and the weather had surprised him as it did everyone else in the city. The day had started pretty sunny and then the clouds were out and soon, it was raining cats and dogs. "Climate change," Jeremy muttered as he listened to the reporter go on and on about the unpredictable state of the weather for the past few days. But if Jeremy was to be entirely honest, he'd seen a few clouds gathering the previous evening and it was a little chill too. Turning down the volume of the radio, he pulled on his raincoat from the backseat over himself and grabbed a towel from the glove compartment. He didn't have an umbrella on him because he wasn't exactly expecting the downpour. Opening the door, Jeremy raced to the porch of the restaurant and huddled with the crowd there. His eyes scanned throu
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Chapter hundred forty four
Hilda wasn't going to take chances with the new lady in town talking about Kingston like she knew him more than anyone else. Despite Gilbert and Eugene's warnings, she decided to take that risk and try to meet up with Cynthia once again. At first, Cynthia blatantly refused but after a second phone call and agreeing to go over to the spa again, she finally gave in. Hilda had to shift grounds and agree to meet in public since Cynthia was skeptical about coming to the estate. Dressed in a pair of black trousers and a chiffon top, Hilda moved into the spa and took a seat closest to the pool. It was a different crowd from the one she'd seen the last time at the spat. But they were very similar in many ways, rich, uppity, and lazy women who knew nothing about making a penny but a lot about how to spend it. Hilda could not help but feel a wave of jealousy wash over her as she waited in the spa. Cynthia using the place twice in a row was a sign that she visited there often. It was not a c
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Chapter hundred forty three
The three men looked at each other in silence. What Fred had said made no sense at all, there was no singular way of knowing who the true heir of the Kingston inheritance was or what the illegitimate child should look like. "This sounds like utter bullshit and I mean no offense, Fred," Jeremy said. Maybe it was his cravings for Chinese food or that he was just hungry, or maybe it was the irritation from the previous day's meeting with Cynthia and Tricia. He wasn't certain exactly why but he could tell he had no patience for crap. "No offense taken, Jeremy, but it is rather sad that you can't see what's right before your face," Fred said and shook his head, sipping his black coffee that had just arrived at the table. "So you came all the way here to find me and speak to me in parables?" Jeremy asked, he was about to call him jobless but then he did not want to offend Fred. "That's a thoughtful thing to do, thanks," he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Fred laughed at his sarca
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Chapter hundred forty two
The smell of coffee and freshly baked loaves was thick in the air. Sinclair grabbed his mug and it warmed his fingertips as he blew on the surface of the brown liquid. "All that sugar isn't so good for a man your age," Jeremy reminded him as he drank his latte. “You need to live a little, Jeremy," Sinclair replied with a smug smile. Jeremy rolled his eyes and grabbed his cup of espresso. He did not order the pancake-like the lawyer did because he didn't have an appetite for anything other than Chinese soup. Sinclair was allergic to Chinese food and so he had turned down the offer to meet at the exquisite Chinese restaurant downtown. But even with his allergy, Sinclair sometimes indulged in the nice dish. He was an embodiment of a strong and resilient man. Earlier that day, Jeremy could still remember walking into him making a phone call with a client that he was representing for a murder case. It was a surprise how Sinclair bounced back right on his feet after such a tragic incide
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Cynthia was placed under the heat of the midday sun, her eyes flicking at her watch now and then. She was a little anxious to meet the anonymous caller who had asked to see her. She was well aware that she'd stirred up a little talk in town with her sudden emergence, but she was basking in it. "How long are they going to keep us here for? We've been waiting for forever," Tricia, who was in the back of the car, snapped. Cynthia rolled her eyes at her daughter and replied, "We came here earlier than we were supposed to, in fact, technically it's just not time for the meetup yet," she stated. Tricia groaned and muttered something under her breath about rich people and their nasty habits. "You'll have to quit saying that, Tee," Cynthia warned her but she retorted defensively that it was the truth. "But I'm right, mum, rich people don't care about anyone but themselves, and right now, we're trying to get into their world, it's gonna be frustrating," she groaned again. Cynthia leveled
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Chapter hundred forty
It felt good to see the Sinclair firm standing strong again after the unfortunate incident that ruined the entire place. As Jeremy drove in, he couldn't help but marvel at the sight.The building was towering, the signpost proud at the entrance and the grass had been replaced with synthetic grass carpets that looked way healthier than the original thing. Jeremy couldn't help but appreciate the beauty of plastic. At the parking lot, he could see Sinclair's car on the left side as he stepped out and shut his door, locking the car behind him. The lobby was redesigned a little but he could still see some semblance of the old firm in the renovations. In the elevator, he looked at his watch, it was a few minutes after noon and he was happy to have arrived on time. His mission at the bank proved abortive. Benedict had not been kidding when he said that he was risking his life and entire career just by getting copies of the records. Jeremy was barely allowed into the accountant's office and
