Last Updated:
2024-10-29 19:42:56Justin gazed at his father as though he were expecting the old man to repeat his question.
He looked from his father to his sister, then back to Diana, who was on the edge of tears.He swallowed hard and then responded to his father with shaky hands, “F-father, what do you mean? Who are you talking about?”“Justin, please stop acting like you have no idea what I am talking about. We are all aware that you visited your alleged wife in the hospital, who is currently carrying your child.” His father snapped, convincing him that he knew everything already.He looked at Ariana, who quickly averted her gaze away from him, making her appear suspicious.After some effort, Justin said, “Dad, yeah, Isabella is pregnant for me, but I cannot marry her because she is not my girlfriend anymore. I will never accept her back as my girlfriend because she ended our relationship. If you were in my situation, you would understand what I mean.”Just
Previous Chapter
Related Chapters
From Squalor To Splendor Chapter 20
It was early morning, and Justin could be seen in his lovely bedroom, standing in front of a large dressing mirror mounted on one of the wardrobe doors.He was dressed in a white tuxedo suit with a red tie and matching snow-white leather shoes.After dressing, he put on his dark sunglasses, picked up his phone from the king-size bed, and called Xander to have one of his men come and carry his office briefcase.Within minutes, one of the guards arrived at his door, knocked, and entered with Justin's permission.The guard trailed behind Justin as he headed for the living room.He made his way into the dining area. Mr. Hemsworth and Ariana were already in the dining room, awaiting Justin's arrival.“Good morning, Dad,” Justin slightly bowed and greeted his father."Hey, son, good morning. How was your night?” Mr. Hemsworth responded.“It was spectacular. And what about yours? I hope you had a restful night."
From Squalor To Splendor Chapter 21
The other CEOs bolted to the spot where the voice had come from, since they were already leaving the room.The guards were not allowed to enter the conference room, so none of them showed up. That's where the CEOs discuss the secrets of their businesses. So, it isn't something they should allow anyone to hear their discussions.After discovering the listening device, the CEO who found it rushed out of the restroom, terrified as though someone was after his life.They all walked up to him and said, “What is wrong, sir?”The man informed Justin's father, “Mr. Hemsworth, someone is spying on us.”“What are you trying to say? Please explain." Justin approached the bathroom with curiosity, peering through the door to see what had caused the man to scream.The man clarified, “There is a listening device in the bathroom, which means that someone is recording everything we discussed.”Upon hearing that, the other CEOs began to
From Squalor To Splendor Chapter 22
“What? Are you kidding me? Is there not a backup electric supply available for the company?” Justin scolded them.“Yes, it does,” said Felix, the company's chief security officer.“So what happened—that the power supply suddenly cut off, and it took you ten minutes to fix it? I'm beginning to suspect that you joined hands to do this,” Justin yelled at them, causing them to quiver.They denied any knowledge of the secret listening device installed in the conference room.At last, Justin said, “Replay everything that happened since yesterday to this very moment. You must figure out who did this before I leave.”“As you commanded, boss,” they responded in unison.The CCTV operators carried out Justin's request. However, to watch everything, they fast-forwarded it to save time.Justin sighed after a few hours of watching everything that happened around the Transcorp Group of Conglomerate's headquarters because they could not
From Squalor To Splendor Chapter 23
Upon arriving home, Justin said to his father,“ Dad, we have something crucial to discuss. Of course, you know I'm not a businessman. So I need to learn a lot from you about how to deal with these situations."“All right, that isn't a big deal, Justin. Settle down and allow me to elaborate to you everything you need to know about business. However, you shouldn't relent on what I have to tell you. You can also research to gain a more profound understanding of how to manage a business, okay?” Mr. Hemsworth responded. “Of course, Dad. That is precisely what I will do.” Justin reassured him as he sat with one leg crossed over the other, anticipating what his father would say.“Well, I think I will have to go take a shower before I return," Ariana said, motioning towards the staircase.“Sure, you're permitted to go, sis. You can as well go ahead and sleep if you wish to,” Justin responded as he smiled at her.Ariana turned around and smiled a
From Squalor To Splendor Change 24
Justin averted his gaze away from the phone screen and to his father, hoping that his father didn't hear Diana's voice.After finding out that his father was on his phone, he said,“ Dad, I guess I need to rest. I am going to my room now to get some rest.”“All right,” Mr. Hemsworth muttered without lifting his head to look at his son because his phone had captured his attention.With speed, Justin disappeared from the living room and ascended upstairs to his room, eager to speak with Diana.“Forgive me, Diana. I could not call you because I was too busy. To be honest, it is not intentional. Sorry…” Justin apologized as he placed the phone on the bed and began unbuttoning his suit. “I should forgive you, you said? Shouldn't you have expressed concern after learning that the news I received about your ex-girlfriend yesterday had hurt me? I am not sure why I asked Ariana to text me your phone number. I promised I would never call you or com
From Squalor To Splendor Chapter 25
Justin did what Ariana asked him to do by informing Xander to choose the guards he trusted so they could convey him to Diana's house, and Xander didn't hesitate to do that.Within minutes, they zoomed off from the mansion and headed to the address Ariana provided for him. They arrived at the address Ariana had given them. As he stepped out of the car, Xander summoned the attention of the mansion gatekeepers.Diana's father was also a successful businessman. He owns several businesses in Brightday City.“Hey, Xander,” one of the gatekeepers said to Xander, implying that they had met before.“Why did you park outside? Come on, you should have horns so that we can open the gate for you,” the young man who stood before Xander said.“Um… well, today, I didn't come with Ariana, Diana's best friend; rather, I'm here with Ariana's brother,” Xander explained because Diana's father's guards knew that Ariana and Diana were best friends, an
From Squalor To Splendor Chapter 26
Diana stared at the phone for a while, contemplating if she should pick up the call or not.After staring at the phone for a minute, she told her handmaid, “ return the phone to my room.” “All right, madam,” her handmaid responded and quickly turned around and left with the phone.Diana tied her gaze to the ground and nervously said to Justin, “ let's-let's go inside, please.”“Okay. Lead the way and I will follow you,” Justin responded with a smile curving his lips.Although he was smiling, but he was still worried that Dawson was attempting to compete with him over Diana.Diana began to lead Justin into the mansion and he followed, leaving Mr. Mike behind.Upon stepping into the lounge, Justin's eyes fell on Diana's Mom who was relaxing on one of the couches.Diana approached her Mom and Justin followed her until she came to a halt, waiting for Diana to introduce him to her mother.“Mom,” Diana called out to her Mom and sat beside her. “ meet Justin, Ariana's elder brother. He came
From Squalor To Splendor Chapter 27
Without delaying much time, they zoomed off from Mr. Mike's mansion and headed home.On their way home, they were stuck in traffic. Just then, Justin spotted a poor old man begging for help on the roadside.Justin took out a bunch of dollars from his briefcase and handed it to Xander. “ Take it to the old man over there.”“Okay, young master,” Xander responded from the front seat, turned around, and received the money from Justin.He quickly stepped out of the car, and ran up to where the old man was sitting and handed him the money.“ my boss asked me to give you this.”With happiness, the old man asked,“ Who is this boss of yours?” Xander pointed at the car Justin was in, and the old man looked in that direction. Justin whined down the glass and waved at the man. Although he was still sad about what happened earlier in Diana's house, he still managed and smile at the old man.The old man couldn't hold his joy but appreciated him. As usual, such moments are always recorded by onlooker
Latest Chapter
- From Squalor To Splendor
85 The end.
“How was it possible that five of your colleagues were shot dead the previous night during the operation?” Mr. Rolland raged as he grimaced at his boys.“I have no clue how it happened that way, boss. We have never suffered this loss in any operation before. However, my instinct is telling me that this was a planned case to get us,” Walker explained as he bowed to Mr. Rolland.“What do you mean? The men you exchanged gunshots with were in uniform? I mean, do they appear like the police or any other armed forces?” Mr. Rolland inquired skeptically. “Yes, boss. They were in uniform and the way they handled their weapons was more professional to assume that they were people in the same category as us. I think Diana needs to answer a few questions. Again, I'm suspecting the new young man that was brought here yesterday.” Walker explained.“Where are they?” Mr. Rolland inquired as he scanned the room to find out if Diana and Justin were in the room.“Hmm… Diana is on her way. But I have no
- From Squalor To Splendor
84
“Hey, this is not the time for you to listen to what they're saying. As of now, you can't do that until you undergo the training I'm about to put you through,” the young man who was assigned to educate Justin about everything he needs to know called for Justin's attention.Justin, who stood at a corner, nodded and then followed him.“Who, Justin, or Mr. Hemsworth you guys are talking about?” Justin asked the young man, pretending as though he had no clue who the person was.The young man proceeded and explained everything to Justin. The more questions Justin asks, the more explanations he gets. That was when he found out that his uncle who was murdered long ago was murdered by these men and every other misfortune that he had encountered was caused by them.In the end, Justin was told everything he needed to know before he started working with them, and he agreed to everything.Everything worked out smoother than he thought.It was getting dark because it was already evening. Justin l
- From Squalor To Splendor
83
“Of course, you can. What's it?” Mr. Rolland inquired as everyone anticipated what he was going to say. “Pardon my manners, but I was just wondering about something,” Justin scratched his scalp nervously with one of his hands tucked behind him. “ You're already a wealthy man. So, I see no reason why you should be competing with others when you already have money. Is this what they mean? Human beings can never be satisfied with money?”Everyone couldn't help, but stare at Justin, wondering what gave him such an audacity to throw such a question to their boss. “Well, I can't blame him because he is new here and has no clue what our boss is capable of doing.” one of the boys mumbled.Mr. Rolland chuckled, received a cigarette from one of his boys, and then puffed out smoke against Justin's face.“Young man, what's your name?” Mr. Rolland inquired.“My name?” Justin asked after him as though he didn't hear him. “ My name is Alfred… Alfred Johnson.”Mr. Rolland placed the burning cigarett
- From Squalor To Splendor
82
At Mr. Elias Rolland's house, he could be seen in the garden standing with his hands tightened into a fist as he glared at a lady standing before him.The lady stood in front of him, her head lowered to the ground. One could easily tell how scared the lady was because of her appearance.As Mr. Rolland was about to say a word to the lady before him, he paused after a few of his boys interrupted him.“Boss, we have got a new errand boy for you,” one of the boys spoke, and pushed Justin forward.Justin disguised himself as someone else. He wore tattered clothes, looking dirty, like someone homeless for a very long time.Although Justin was scared to look at Mr. Rolland he had been hearing about, he couldn't help but stare at the lady standing between him and Mr. Rolland in shock. He couldn't believe his eyes, but of course, he was expecting to see her there.“Enough of all these errand boys who keep failing me now and then. And why have you brought a madman into my house as an errand boy
- From Squalor To Splendor
81
Upon realizing that Liam has gotten a new girlfriend for himself, anger ruled over Diana, who grinned at the couple standing before her.Liam tried to smile before responding to the lady, but he couldn't. The situation he found himself in.“Darling, you're not saying anything. Who is she?” The lady let go of him and stood beside him, anticipating what he was going to say. “ Don't tell me that you are cheating on me with another woman, Liam.” “No, honey. I'm not cheating on you,” Liam looked into her eyes and explained. “ Babe, meet my bestie, Diana.”“Wait! Wait! Is she the lady you once told me about?” Liam's girlfriend asked excitedly, pointing at Diana.“Yeah, she is. She's the only female friend I have,” he explained.The lady quickly turned around and faced Diana. She extended her hand to Diana for a handshake, but Diana stood silent with her hands folded above her chest as she glared at the lady. Diana hissed and rolled her eyes before taking her gaze away from the lady in a di
- From Squalor To Splendor
80
Dawson became enraged. He tightened his hand into a fist and grimaced at Diana, who had buried her face in her palms, feeling embarrassed.Of course, she knew who got her pregnant. It was no one but her male bestie, Liam. He took advantage of her condition and slept with her, and now she's pregnant for him. Impossible!“Talk to me, Diana! Who is responsible for your pregnancy?”! Dawson yelled at her through gritted teeth.He took the case into his own hands, rather than letting Diana's parents deal with it in the best way they could.Diana trembles after Dawson's angry words rang through her ears. It was as if the ground should open and swallow her up because she wasn't ready to face the shame. “Speak, Diana!” Mr. Mike shouted at her, sending shivers down her spine.She flickered and quickly responded, letting tears flow freely down her cheeks to the hospital bed. “ Liam… Liam is responsible for the pregnancy.”Even though she was stuttering, she was able to tell who got her pregnant
- From Squalor To Splendor
79
It was a month since Justin and Diana broke up and since then, she avoided meeting any man, including Dawson, who was pressuring her to get married to him.When Dawson found out from Liam that Diana and Justin were no longer in a relationship, he was overwhelmed with joy. He counted it as the right time to get Diana to become his wife, or else he might not get her again. He knew so well that he would be at a loss if another man won Diana's heart. So, he was eager to make her his wife before that happened. However, he told Diana's parents that they shouldn't refund the money he gave to Diana's mom. He was convinced that doing so would make Diana love, yet things didn't work out as he wanted.Although he was too occupied with political issues, he still creates time to visit Diana, so she won't think as if he doesn't care about her. Even at that, he wasn't getting her attention that much.Now, it was another beautiful day and Diana woke wi
- From Squalor To Splendor
78
Justin and Isabella arrived at the address that was sent to him by the taxi driver. They were welcomed by the man's family.“You both are welcome to my house,” the man exchanged pleasantries with them as he ushered them into the house.“Thank you for accepting us into your house, sir.” Justin responded as they exchanged handshakes.“ permit me to ask you something, sir.”“Okay, proceed and ask your question, but before you do that, you both should please have your seats,” he responded as he let go of Justin's hand and sat on a different couch, facing them.Isabella assisted Justin to sit down, which triggered the man sitting before wanting to ask what happened. However, before he could open his mouth to speak, Justin had already started speaking.“What’s your name, sir?” Justin inquired, looking at the man and anticipating his response.The man was silent for a minute, as though he would rather not respond to the question. At last, he sighed and responded,“ Well, my name is Emmett Bens
- From Squalor To Splendor
77
Isabella and Justin arrived home after taking a taxi from the hospital. “Be careful,” said Isabella as she assisted Justin in climbing out of the car. After he was out of the car, she paid the taxi driver. She lifted Justin's right hand, placed it on her neck, and rounded his waist with her left hand to assist him walk into the house.“Take a rest, so I can quickly prepare you something for you to eat,” Isabella announced as she assisted Justin to sit on the cushion.“Thanks for your care, Isabella.” Justin appreciated it as he rested his back against the cushion.“ You are indeed a changed lady.”“Of course, I am. I was so carried away by luxury that I forgot what you have been through for me. But now, I have realized my mistake and I promise never to leave you, no matter what happens. I love you, Justin,” she confessed her love for him.Instead of Justin confessing back, he played mute as he gazed at her, pondering a few things.“Hello, do you hear what I said?” Isabella waved her h
