Chapter 6
Immediately he spat out the words from his mouth, Evelyn and Henry burst out into laughter trying not to believe what they just heard him saying.
"You have an invitation card?" They laughed harder, thinking that there was no way that he could be able to get that because it costs more than a fortune.
He brought out his invitation card from his pocket and pushed it towards his face.
At first their face Brightened but even with the evidence right before them, they refused to believe that he could have such a valuable material in his hands.
"Do you really think that we are going to fall for that?" Evelyn shot.
"Even without looking at it, I can tell already that it's totally fake." She hissed.
Henry brought out his card from his pocket and Joshua's which was the master's card was way different from his.
"You are such are terrible forger aren't you." He laughed out loud.
"Do not know how long it took me to get one and do you even realize how expensive it was? All to see the heir being revealed tonight?" He rocked harder with so much laughter clutching hard to his aching stomach.
His face deepened into a deep frown immediately after he heard the words.
"Well, let's see about that." He walked gradually towards the postcard at the front post of the door just ahead of him.
He brought out a card from his pocket and revealed it to to his face. It was the exact card that Helena had given to him and even though he didn't need it, it was going to be helpful since most of the workers didn't know him well.
'It just can't be real. He must have stolen it.' The thoughts flooded her mind as his brows quivered.
There was certainly no way that a low life like him would have anything related to these powerful people
He wasn't even worthy enough to clean the dust off from their shoes.
"I think you have lost haven't you?" Joshua sneered at them with so much hate and disgust in his gut it didn't seem as though Henry was done with him yet.
After staring at the card that he was holding up for a while, a crack formed on his lips as he raised it and examined it closely.
"How much of a Fool do you think that we are?" He stared at Joshua pointing the card that he was holding in his hands towards him.
"Take a good look at this Mr. Does this card look the same." He replied.
The difference between both cards that as obvious but it was only because it was owned by the master of the ceremony.
"You can't know it's forged if it does what it is supposed to do right?" His hands were going clutched with so much anger.
Joshua walked towards the guard and pointed it on his face and the guard frowned at him almost immediately.
"And what do you think that you are doing?" He frowned harder.
"I think that you are making a mistake here." He replied to him.
But Joshua was a little bit confused. Victoria had already told him that he was going to send the tutorial around.
'Could it be that this servant didn't see it?' He thought again.
Well, there was no need for him to hold him responsible in that case. A simple call was going to settle all of it.
"If there is only one mistake that is happening here, the mistake is you." The guard sneered at him to his surprise.
Evelyn and Henry walked towards the guard. Immediately he saw the way that they were dressed and their expensive perfume, the initial anger on his face flushed away and his lips parted into a smile.
"Good day sirs and ma'am. Here for the party?" He inquired
"I already know that it's evident that you guys have a card already unlike some fools that are just looking for a way to walk into the place and beg for prominent people for food." He heard the guard saying.
"Yeah, sure." He brought out his card from his pocket and pointed it towards the card.
He took the card away from them and surveyed every single detail of it. "Just in perfect shape."
"But I came here before them. Aren't you going to attend to him?" He Inquired.
His eye caught a glimpse of him from the his head to the sole of his feet and the frown that was hanging on his face deepened even more than it was already.
"Just take a good look at yourself, can you even afford to work as a servant in this place? And to think that you even dare to bring a forged card into this place and still have the guts to be standing here?" His anger increased even more than it was already.
"You don't have to be angry at him. We know his kind and this is how they always behave."
"You know him?" There was a trace of surprise in the eyes of the security officer who was standing before them.
"Yes but as a servant that he has always been."
Joshua stood there for a while, the anger gradually creeping down his spine with his hands clutched to control his rising anger.
He brought out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed Helena's number.
Seeing what he was doing, the three of them that were standing there Burst out into laughter clutching hard to their stomach.
"And what do you think that you are doing now? Want to call the security officer to beat us up?" Evelyn Noted.
His fingers met with a sudden pause and he decided that he was going to send her a message instead.
He expected her to take a few minutes before getting to the place but to his surprise, her car sped off towards them with so much speed.
The handle of the car parted open and Helena stormed off from the car with a sudden burst of energy, her light make up almost ruined by the sweat on her face.
There was panic in her eyes as she raced swiftly toward them
While she walked swiftly towards them, Henry could not but turn his head towards the sweat fragrance that hit his nostrils.
He was lost in the stare of the young and elegant lady who stood before him, radiating before him.
From her delicate skin to her shiny her, it was the most beautiful thing that he had seen in a long time and he wished that he could make her his.
To his surprise, the strange lady Walked gradually towards him, making him shift his tie and straighten up his posture.
"Hi, beauty." He was about to say but she brushed past him and walked towards Joshua.
From the message that she had gotten from him, he didn't want her to spill anything about her just yet.
"Are you okay sir?" Even though she did not reveal his identity, there was every single trace of respect in his voice and it sounded almost in a whisper that only Joshua could hear.
"I'm fine, except for this fool of course." He replied turning over to the guard.
"He would not let me go in because I am just way too broke."
She shivered almost immediately but tried as much as she could to keep her posture knowing that she was going to get into a lot of trouble if Sir. Maxwell found out anything about what just happened.
Even though the circular was passed late, she expected it to have gotten to everyone. And it was obvious that for some reason, the guard did not even care to examine the card properly or he would have seen the logo that was printed on it.
"What's going on here?" Her eyes turned around towards the security officer.
The eyes of the stranger shivered almost immediately and cold sweat broke out from the corner of his eyes.
"It's this bagger here but I am going to get him out of this place as soon as possible." He responded, trying to get over to him and push him out of the place but before he could get to make another move, a solid slap landed on his face.
"You fool, what do you think that you are trying to do?" She sneered at him while he clutched to his aching face, staring right into his eyes confused and not knowing what to do.
Chapter 7 Their face was flushed with so much confusion as their gaze returned from Joshua to the strange lady."I'm very Sorry manager. I know I should not have allowed him here in the first place." He shivered.Meanwhile, the eyes of Henry brightened Even more as there was a dark smile hanging on his face."Manager?" The words rang in his head again.He had always heard of the strong lady boss who ruled the greatest business empire in the City but never had he thought that he was going to see her anytime soon, especially in that kind of situation.This was his one-way ticket of earning the respect g the company and he was not going to let it slip.Walking toward them, he straightened himself once again and a slight cough escaped from his mouth just to alert everyone about his presence."Don't worry ma'am. There is always this kind of situation nowadays and you know what, you don't have to worry about this type of situation, and." Before he could even get to finish the statement tha
Chapter 8"You know that I am certainly not going to do that right? Licking the dust off your shoes? Do you expect me to catch an infection?" The frown that was hanging on his face was vivid but it only made Joshua smile for a while.But a dark smile only hovered at the side of her s face as he already had his plan perfectly sorted out and he was just going to go on bit by bit."But you made a deal right? Has the CEO of a trustworthy become so deceitful?" He shot a deadly glare at him making Henry's face twitch what a frown Helena's ears itched at the sound of the words and though she was afar, she pulled a swift stop.She walked towards them gradually towards them and pulled a stop right before Henry with a weird expression on her face."What is going on here again?" Her face was clouded with so much curiousity."Did I just hear something or did hear wrong?" There was a strange expression that was hanging on her face.Seeing Helena standing before him, a large lump went down his thr
Evelyn quivered and gritted her teeth at the thought that Joshua was going to be taking glory when he wasn't even worthy licking the dust of the shoes of the heir that everyone had been expecting.Her feet swayed off from the glittering seat that she was sitting on but she was intersected by Henry who shot a strange stare at her before she could get to do anything abnormal."And what are you trying to do?" He shot a demanding stare at her speaking in whispers so as not to bring too much attention to themselves."Do you just want me to watch him take credit for something that he is not...""But it's not in your power to say. Why don't you just allow the management to decide for themselves?" He replied in whispers, trying to seat her back but she was not ready to give up on her quest."No, I can't. And besides, if we stand up for them now, don't you think that is going to be a plus on our side?" She inquired further with her hands running through the outlines of her heir to make sure t
"Could he be that he is the one that we have been expecting all this while?" Whispers went all around the hall as heads rolled side by side."That's certainly not possible. How can this poor punk amount to anything." Henry thought in his head as a slight scoff fizzled out of his mouth.Joshua drew closer to the central mic as a slight cough escaped from his mouth bringing everyone in the hall into a sudden calm."Hey everyone. I'm sorry to say this but I am not the one that you are expecting. I met the heir on my way to this place and I was pre-formed that he would not be able to attend anymore due to an emergency." He revealed. "But how come a poor-looking man had to get such information instead of his secretary?" He heard someone whispering under their breath."The number of the secretary wasn't going through and since I was already making my way here, he just decided to do the needfuls." Joshua explained further hoping that no one was going to question him any further.And ju
With a sudden rush of strength, the dizziness in his eyes steamed off immediately as he rushed towards the bath room to take his clothes.His heart raced fast as he got into some casual clothes, hurrying as much as he could.He thought about the driver taking him to the hospital but that was going to delay him even further so he decided to get a cab insteadJoshua boarded a cab and rode to the place and soon, the glaring height of the specialist hospital was right from him.Coming down from the car, he walked swiftly towards it and tried to get his way into the hospital but he was cut off by a really strange hand.His eyes stormed upwards slowly only for them to meet with someone familiar. "What's going on here?" He Inquired staring right into the eyes of the security officer who flung a stare at him."Excuse you lame brat." The security officer shot a deadly glare at him almost immediately."What are you here to do? Beg for treatments? Do you realize where this place is? It's a spe
A pattern of feet emerged from the other end of the room large hall The stranger who walked into the place stormed out from the office of the head doctor while the doctor followed him closely from behind with his speedometer firmly around his neck.Without hesitation, Joshua turned towards the doctor and shot a stare at him, abandoning the receptionist and the security agent.Without a single trace of hesitation, the doctor pulled his eyes away from him as though he was on a way with him, transferring his stare to the security officer and the receptionist.And his stare said. "How the hell did he get in here?"Joshua could already see the swift connection in their eyes as a strange shiver went down the spine of the security officer when the receptionist pointed towards him."I tried to." He was about to say but the doctor only raised his hands, preventing him from spitting words out from his mouth and making him shiver even more.Joshua returned his gaze to the doctor with a strange
He brought out the phone towards his face and punched some series of numbers on it while everyone continued to watch him with some sense of mockery or pity in their eyes."Let's just go somewhere else." His mother was trying to say knowing what he was capable of doing even with a single call but he only smiled at her tapping her on the shoulders with love in his eyes."Mami, it's already come to the time when you should stop worrying about me and it should be the other way around now." He replied as he stared at her with so much love and affection in his eyes, making her smile a little bit as memories of the past flashed in her head."He is not the young Joshua that I used to know. He is now my young master." He said to himself.He placed a call across the Victoria and she picked up the phone as though she was already waiting for it."Good day, sir." She was the first to greet swiftly."Good day, Victoria. Are you really busy with anything? I need your help urgently." He said. A stut
"Him?" The words of the doctor broke into a stutter still trying hard to believe what he just heard."But how is that even possible... Madam Victoria, you are making a real grievous mistake here. He can't be the heir that everyone has been expecting.But there is no way that is possible right?" He was still finding it difficult to believe."You still have the guts not to believe what is just said? Are you trying to say that I am lying?" Her face tightened into a frown as another slap landed on his face.His eyes grew hot red with so much embarrassment as his eyes skimmed through his subordinates staring at him with every trace of pity in their eyes."Meanwhile, a slight cough escaped from the mouth of his foster mother making Joshua turn toward her."Are you okay Mami?" He inquired but even though she nodded her head, he could already tell that she was not and was only trying to lay his mind to rest.Turning towards one of the guards, he snapped his fingers and to the surprise of ev
Before the clock struck midnight, troops of guests, well wishers and distant relatives flooded into the main hall in the palace-like-duplex. It was an extravagant setting and interior design befitting a king. The liveliness in the air was similar to a mall on Christmas Eve. The occasional alone was worthy of such liveliness, everyone came in high expectations to see with their own eyes who will be celebrated as the heir. The celebration of the heir was going to last all throughout the night meanwhile Joshua knowing it was only a matter of time before the main event started decided not to be absent and approached the main hall.Joshua's PovEntering the main hall only to see the decor of the duplex walls was enchanting. “All this for an heir" I thought as I slowly approached my area of position for when the night officially began.To be honest, I felt a bit nervous, “haven't seen so many people in one place at once, maximum of what I've seen is within fifty to seventy...this– this is
Joshua’s POVI straightened the edges of the suit while I stared at the mirror, I kept my eyes fixed on the man I saw standing before me.“Is this…” I paused at the sound of the door cracking open.I turned my gaze to the woman at the door which I found peeping in as though she was scared to walk in.I sigh escaped my lips in frustration, I straightened my back and spoke in a subtle manner in order not to frighten the young lady. “How may I help you?.” I asked her.I saw her shiver from her head to toe visibly. “I…” she stuttered to form a single sentence.My eyes brows rose in confusion as to what she may have to say. “I was sent by your Godmother to deliver you this note.” She bowed to me.I pinched the bridge of my nose in anger. “How many times would I correct and plead to be called by my legal name!.” I scolded in anger.It indeed felt strange to be addressed with so much respect and value, I remained the old Joshua whose wife had abandoned for a man of higher status or at least
"I have that feeling that she's up to something, since I couldn't let her exercise her power over you. Lilian doesn't love me, I can see it through my children… if she does, then my family will be one of her priorities." Xavier added.Vanessa was totally baffled on what to say, she doesn't know where you start in judging the matter.She had turned out to be a counsel in a family she collided to work for… not just a babysitter again."But then, what's the reason for her coming? Did you let her know that you caught her with another man yesterday?" She questioned him.He nodded relaxing on the chair. "I don't hide feelings, especially when one hurts me. I am always ready to let you know the offence you committed.""She came begging for my forgiveness.. She wanted me to accept her back, but then I wasn't the one who kicked her out. She did that herself… okay, it would have been so easy to do that, but the fact that she's cheating on me is really eating me up." He narrated in an angry mann
Lilian rang Xavier's doorbell, and he ordered her into thinking it's Vanessa. But to his greatest shock… Lilian walked in.He stood on his feet with a chiselled face. He wasn't planning to see her, and not in the morning either."Good morning Xavier." She greeted him.He only nodded. "What again are you here to do Lilian? Thought you've gotten a new lover out there that's taking care of you?"She pouted her lips. "Don't tell me you're trying to kick me out of your house. Or you've chosen someone else over me huh?""You shut your fucking mouth. I should be asking you that… you left without telling me all because I scolded you for the crime you committed. And here you're jabbering." He retorted.She gasped. "You still can't believe that I know nothing about Vanessa's disappearance huh? Look, I just had to leave because you're molesting me." "Please Vanessa… sorry I mean Lilian. This is early morning so I wouldn't love to argue with you okay." He said moving to his wardrobe.Lilian bit
She wondered the sort of stupidity that came over Lilian that she would be misbehaving towards a caring man like Xavier. A type of man every woman desires to have.While laid on her bed, she began recalling the past. The first day she set her eyes on him… and how nice she had been since then.Anyways, not that she's being jealous of Xavier having a fiance, but she can't tell what's wrong with her feelings.She was already convinced that Xavier will never leave his fiance to her no matter what. Despite the fact he hasn't been on good terms with Lilian, that won't urge him to choose her between Lilian.They are already in love with each other even before she began working for him, and so she believes that nothing can cut that bond.She has nothing binding her with Xavier, and here is Lilian making different plots for her. Then when her thinking comes to reality… only God knows the hell she will do to her. She covered herself with the blanket and slept off.******When Xavier arrived ho
Vanessa burst into laughter. "And what's that he had always wanted from her?" She asked Chloe who was all ears to her question."A kiss… a warm hug and the three words everyone knows…""Which is?""I love you…" Chloe responded.She bursted into laughter again. "You're so smart to know what love is all about at this age huh? Well that's by the way, keep going with your interesting story.""From that point, they became lovers and the next thing was to get married which took place in a haste. They lived happily ever after with their kids." She concluded."I'm sure you aren't expecting me to learn a lesson from this too." Vanessa referred to her.She chuckled and fell on the bed. "This time, you won't just learn a lesson… but you'll count your teeth with your tongue.""You must be crazy Chloe." She uttered giggling. She has nothing to do with the story and isn't after to know the reason behind her comment."Actually I'm crazy because of you… and the other side of it." She replied.Nessa h
She glanced at her and sniffed. "I miss my mother. I want her back to me. It's really heartbreaking that she's no more."Vanessa bit her lips, she understood how the girl felt. Living a life without a mother is kind of hurting. Talk more of the kids losing her in an early stage."My classmate molested me because of that, she bullied me and cursed me for being a motherless child because I refused to give her my answer script. She accused me of being the reason for my mother's death." She started again.Vanessa was right in her shoes this time, facing the pain of being accused that you're behind what you know nothing about. That's so painful that it can damage someone's identity."You need to wipe everything off your mind and focus on your education. She's sad because you will never let her take your position all in the name of being a friend." She cuddled her into her arms running her fingers in her hair.Tracy rested her head on her chest feeling relaxed, she wished not to let her go
During break hour, Ben left with his friends to go have some fun together.His closest friend amongst them drew him closer."You've never said anything about Melissa since today or you've changed your mind from approaching her…" he referred to Ben.He rolled his eyes. "I'm still thinking of how to do that, already you know I'm a shy type of guy.""This time you need to be courageous. I'm saying this because the new guy that came in our class had already approached her." He stated.His eyes widened and face grimaced. "What do you mean? He's already crushing on her."He knitted his eyebrows. "That's it. Though I'm not sure if Melissa accepted the request, but then you need to approach her too. It's much better than hiding, who knows she might love you.""Look, I don't want to quarrel with anyone because of a girl. I don't just want that." Ben remarked."What's yours will always be yours. If Melissa loves you, that guy can't take her away from you." His friend advised.He twisted his lip
"I just wish to sleep off instantly, so I can read my books at midnight." He muttered, shutting his eyes. •~•~•~•They all ran around the building all in the name of getting ready for school. It's obvious they had slept ahead of time.But they aren't to blame, they woke up to read in the middle of the night and it really affected them waking up as early as always.Tracy tried as much as she could to get their breakfast prepared so they wouldn't starve before leaving. She had concluded on preparing their lunch as well if there's much time ahead, otherwise… The lunch will be prepared once they're back.Chloe was still brushing their teeth when Vanessa stepped into her room, herself was also a bit late because she didn't sleep on time."Good morning ma'am Vanessa…" She greeted her from the bathroom.She responded with a smile and dropped her handbag. "You all woke up late right?""How did you know that?" Chloe asked her.She got seated on the bed. "Tracy is still preparing your breakfa