2024-08-07 17:38:47Mia frowned. She didn't expect that from Kevin at all. Within a year that she had known him, he was always timid but she didn't know where the courage suddenly came from.
When Mia first met him, Kevin was not only timid but dense. This was even one of the reasons why she decided that he was fit to be her husband.
But it was strictly a deal, Kevin wasn't supposed to act like a real husband. This was why they never slept together. They have never even shared a kiss since they have been married.
But then how dared he demand to get involved in a business negotiation? Who has he started seeing himself as?
Morris was shocked at Kevin's utterance too. Kevin has been acting really strange since a few minutes ago. Firstly, it was the skill he displayed. Now, he was being too bold.
But before he could say something, Mendy cut in quickly.
"Well, you shouldn't be worried, Kevin. It's not like it's a new thing to us. Just last night, we were together in the same room in the hotel for a whole night."
He said with a smile.
Mia frowned.
"That was just business negotiation."
She said quickly. Then she hesitated and thought about it. She didn't owe Kevin any explanation actually. She could choose to do whatever she wanted. Kevin had no say.
Besides, Kevin wouldn't understand business strategy. He had no skill in it. In fact, he has no skill in anything.
Kevin sneered, he looked at Mendy's eyes and said, "You should be careful of what you say, Mr.Mendy."
He ignored Mia's words and continued, "As you know, Mia is a married woman. So, you shouldn't say something that may cause any misunderstandings. We wouldn't want people to think she's cheating on me with you."
Mendy felt a stab of annoyance at his word. He laughed out menacingly, trying his best to conceal his emotions because of Mia. He became sober almost immediately.
"Cheat on someone like you? Why will that happen? Are you starting to see yourself as the husband? Do you think you are even fit to bear Mia's husband? What makes you a husband? The name?"
Morris laughed. "He's so delusional to think Mia is his."
"Yes! You are not worthy of Mia at all. No one is going to cheat on you because you are that useless husband!"
Kevin's looked at him coldly, "Be careful of what you say."
He said indifferently, but there was a trace of authority in his words, as if he were a superior..
"Or what?" Mendy dared. "We both know you are very useless as the son-in-law. How dare you want to disrupt a business transaction? Do you even know what we wanted to discuss or do you have the knowledge or skill to discuss with us?"
Kevin sneered, "Mr. Mendy, don't be so hypocritical. Why do you have to discuss something in my wife's room?"
It was Mendy's turn to get angry. His face went red and he lurched forward to hit him.
Kevin saw his move and waited, with a soft smile plastered on his face. He was ready to combat him.
"Enough!" Mia yelled suddenly, putting an abrupt stop to Mendy's action. She looked at him. "Please, Mr Mendy. You have to stop this," she beseeched softly.
Mendy hesitated briefly before he eventually backed away but the anger was still vivid on his face.
Kevin relaxed. Mendy was no use getting angry for anyways. He was a nobody.
Mia took a step closer to Kevin with a dark frown on her face.
"What is wrong with you, Kevin? What do you think you are doing? Mr Mendy is not someone you should offend. Don't make any trouble here!"
She said in a cold tone and turned to Mendy again.
"I'm so sorry about everything that has happened here, Mr Mendy. Please, let's go and talk about business,"
She said in an apologetic voice.
Mendy smiled victoriously, He smiled provocatively at Kevin.
Kevin frowned and looked at Mia somewhat unhappily, saying, "Mia, are you sure you want to ‘talk business' with him in your room?"
He emphasized the words "talk business", obviously not believing that the two of them would simply discuss business in the room.
Mia sighed in frustration and somewhat anger.
"Mr Mendy is here to help us on business. He knows Lord Phoenix."
Mendy smiled with confidence, feeling so proud of himself.
"At least if you don't know anything or have any skill in the business world, you should definitely know about the popular Lord Phoenix. You should know how powerful he is as well."
Kevin feigned ignorance. "I don't know. Tell me."
He said with a straight face.
Mendy laughed and turned to Mia. "Your dumb husband doesn't how powerful Lord Phoenix is?"
"Well, he doesn't know anything!" Morris joined in.
Mia felt embarrassed. She wondered why Kevin wasn't letting the sleeping dog lie. He was provoking Mendy and she knew that if Mendy refused to help her, it would be trouble for her.
How else was she supposed to explain to Kevin that this was very important? It looks like her husband was off to make everything go astray for her.
Kevin regarded Mendy for a moment, with a sly look. "You said you know Lord Phoenix?"
"Of course yes!" Mendy answered proudly.
Kevin smirked disdainfully and looked into Mendy's eyes, asking, "Then why don't I know you?"
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Howard nodded, unable to hide his grin. “You’re right.”“Where are we going?”“It's a surprise."Lisa's lips slowly spread into a bigger smile. “A surprise?""Yes, Sweetheart.”She looked out the window, surveying the environment. "Where-”"We're here,” Howard announced as he parked the car before Kevin's apartment.“Where's this?"“Uncle Kevin's place," Howard grinned.Lisa's eyes widened as she slammed her palm on her mouth. She looked at the house ahead. “Dad!" She grinned. “Are you serious?"Howard smiled. “Yes, Lisa. Come on, let's go say hi. Yesterday when I was speaking with him, he asked about you and said he'd like to see you. I decided to keep it to myself and make it a surprise.”She beamed. “This is a pleasant surprise, no doubt. But you should have told me. I'd have made cookies for him. He likes them.”"I know he does. But you don't have the time. You'll need to return soon and get your homework done. I'm sure he won't want you to go through all that stress just for him.
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Lisa chewed the cap of her pen as she stared at the arithmetic question before her. “Why is this one giving me such a tough time?” She muttered to herself, her brows tightly knitted as she dragged two slant lines across the work she just solved wrong.She glanced at her dad. He was still on another of his long work calls, so she couldn't go to him. Besides, he already explained the steps to her.She tapped her pen against her lips, eyes squinted at the question in the book.“Maybe I need a break.""Lisa! Dinner's ready,” her mom called out.“Yes!” She threw her hands in the air. "Just the break I needed.” She beamed as she closed her book. She left her study room and raced to the dining room.“Mom, what did you make?" Her gaze fell on the dining table, and she didn't wait for her mother to answer her question. She gasped. “Spaghetti bolognese!" She hugged her mom, “You're the best, mom!" Her mother hugged her back."Okay, boss. I'll take note of that,” Howard told Kevin.“I don't mea
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“That professor is so hot,” Sue's friend said as she stepped out of the classroom, turning around to face Sue, who also just stepped out. The friend fanned her face, then let out a sigh of longing. “I didn't want the class to end." Sue, Mia's cousin, rolled her eyes at her friend. “Not as hot as my Silas, though."Her friend also rolled her eyes. "Please. Trust me, if Silas happened to be bald, he wouldn't be as handsome as the professor.”"Well, he doesn’t happen to be bald, and he's the most gorgeous!” Sue beamed.Their other friend caught up to them. She clapped her hands as she forced herself in between them.“You two were so busy talking about how hot your professor is that you missed the assignment he gave."The first friend frowned and turned to the second friend. “He gave an assignment?”She bobbed her head. "Yep. He scribbled on the board that we'd receive the question in our emails and everyone will defend their answers.”Sue let out a groan. "What's this? Fifth grade?”"Do
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Mia was stunned. She had always pegged Kevin to be an ingrate. Especially since he tended to behave like one. It was why she always made a note to let him know that if it wasn't for her, he wouldn't be alive. Now, she felt a tad bit guilty about it.Looking at him now, he looked so sincere; he looked like he meant every one of the words he just uttered.She forgot about all the lies he had told her; she forgot about the times she thought he had been ungrateful and let her lips curl into a small smile.She placed her fork on the table and looked up. She opened her mouth to speak, but she was unable to get her words out before her phone beeped in her bag.“Excuse me," she muttered as she looked down. When she opened her bag, her screen had lit up, and the light illuminated the dark space. She grabbed the phone and brought it out.A scowl appeared on her face when she saw that it was a text from Morris. It was rare. Curious, her fingers glided across her screen as she opened the message.
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Mia gaped at him. She was stuck between hissing and bursting out into a fit of laughter.“How?" She let out a laugh, her voice shaky from the laugh she held back.“What do you mean, how?” Kevin enquired, trying to read Mia's expression. The shock he had expected was there, the disbelief was also there; what he hadn't expected was the calm.Mia's gaze roamed Kevin's eyes. He had always thought Kevin was weird, really. Else, why would he lie to her and still look her straight in the eyes? She regarded him for a while, her eyes going from his face to his shirt. “It's not possible," she said with so much certainty. Then, she scoffed. “How can you be Lord Phoenix? Even Alessia, who took over the company, will never try to impersonate him." Kevin said nothing. And Mia became more baffled. How on Earth did he even think she'd believe such a dumb lie?A dry laugh escaped her lips. “You cannot be Lord Phoenix, Kevin. There's no way.”“You sound so sure," Kevin finally spoke up. "Why?”“Lord
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Kevin was taken aback. He had heard that Mia didn't remember anything about her abduction. Kevin decided to play dumb. Maybe that was what she had also done when she said she didn't remember. “Why will you ask me that?" Mia looked Kevin in the eyes. He didn't even bat an eye at the question.And for the first time, she wondered if he was in on the abduction. But then, what would he gain? And from what she remembered of the abduction, Anthony didn't sound like he was on good terms with Kevin.She leaned forward and rested her elbow on the table. “Who—"“Your meals are ready, ma'am."Mia straightened up at the attendant's voice. There were two of them, each holding a filled tray in his hand. One for her, the other for Kevin.“Thank you," Mia beamed.The three meals were a minuscule amount of food in the centre of the plates with leaves on the sides. Food and leaves that neither Kevin nor Mia cared to know what they were.They both picked up their cutleries after the attendants left, bu
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“Hello? Ma'am? Is that you?"Mia crossed her free hand across her chest. “Oh, so you still remember me.""It's not what you think, ma'am. We've been trying to reach you for days, but it was all to no avail. And there was no one else we could call. Besides, it wasn't like we could pass the information we had to someone else.”Mia realised that they must have tried to reach her when she was abducted. But then, what about the time before she went missing? She hadn't heard from them since she told them to find out more about the Lisa girl.But she decided to let it slide. It was enough that they had information.“What did you find out about his relationship with the girl?" She enquired, lowering her voice as her gaze dashed to the closed door to her room.He cleared his throat. “The man we've been tailing is currently out of the country." Mia rolled her eyes. "I know that. Go straight to the response to my question.”"He is known as Lisa's guardian. Some said he is her uncle. But the maj
