The dining hall was eerily quiet as everybody slowly digested what Alora had revealed. “A man like Bryan Checks is getting involved with our family?” Kyle, Alora's first son, Sandra's father questioned, frowning slightly.“Why? How can a man like that possibly be interested in helping Fallon and Gilbert though?!” another person exclaimed angrily, clenching and unclenching his fists, feeling angered and confused.Looking at Alora, Raphael frowned slightly at the stress he saw in his grandmother's eyes and mumbled, “He is someone that never just gets involved with people without ulterior motives! He loves money and power… nothing else matters to him.” “Money, power, and women,” Clarie, Raphael's mother added.“What?”“We are all missing the bigger picture here. Fallon is a woman. Bryan is a man. Men usually get protective over the one they are interested in and would do whatever it takes to keep them protected no matter what, right mom?”It was like a light bulb switched on in Alora‘
A look of fear sparked in Clarie's eyes as she helped Kyle tie his tie around his neck, and when she got done, she whispered, “Honey, our daughter has suffered a lot.”“What is that supposed to mean?!” Kyle said, sounding quite annoyed at the sudden turn in the conversation.Lowering her voice, even more, Claire continued, “Silver GIlbert insulted our daughter when she went to the motel yesterday. Sandra was quite devastated when she came to see me yesterday.” At his wife‘s words, Kyle‘s brows knitted together into a tight frown as he uttered coldly, “Is that so!?”“I know Sandra did wrong by marrying that man, but Silver GIlbert doesn‘t have the right to discipline our daughter when you, her own father, have never raised a voice against her.” Claire said, looking up at him with watery eyes as she cried. “Do you understand what I‘m trying to say?” “I know what you are saying… Silver GIlbert should worry about training her daughter and not mine. But since she has crossed the line, the
Gary's aptitude had been strange towards everyone in the recent time, therefore they were all perplexed seeing him come to breakfast."Gary, what's up?" James said.Gary took his seat and with a soft sigh, he said, "It's nothing much, just something little which I have to attend to." Mrs Gilbert pushed towards him a plate of rice. 'Thanks Mrs Gilbert." Just the moment he was about to dig into his meal, he suddenly felt his phone vibrate, checking the screen, he immediately excused himself."A minute please." He left his meal untouched heading towards the balcony immediately."Are you sure he is fine?" Ryan said with a half filled mouth."No idea. Perhaps Fallon should know about it," James turned towards Mrs Gilbert inquisitively. Thankfully, Fallon wasn't at the table.The moment Gary reached the balcony, he recalled the number and said. "Tell me, Micheal, how far with the investigation?""It's going quite well, boss, but then to make the investigation easier, I had to get an accomp
“What?! Are you not going to get her?!” Alora questioned loudly, feeling anger grow when she saw the way that James was glaring.“Hmm–umm, you are her step–grandma,” James mumbled beneath his breath in annoyance as he tried to ignore the anger building up in him.After hearing those words, Alora knew James wasn‘t fond of her, and she sighed out her frustration, putting her hands on her hips.“Fallon!!” Alora shouted as loud as she possibly could. Her voice reverberated through the entire apartment, and James stared in disbelief for a second, annoyed at the scene she was creating. “Fallon, Silver!” Alora screamed as loud as she possibly could. A frown crossed James‘s lips as the silence continued, and Raphael glared over at them before saying, “Can one of you go and get her!?” Walking into the lobby, Mrs Gilbert‘s expression grew darker than ever at the sight of Alora and Raphael.“What are you doing here?!” Mrs Gilbert asked harshly, causing Alora to flinch back slightly from the ton
The calınness in Gary’s expression never left his face as Raphael met his eyes with a look of madness in his gaze and took a step toward him and Fallon.Before Alora could say anything else to Raphael, Ryan walked in between Raphael and Gary as he tried to roam over to them.“I will fuck you up if you don’t take a step back now!” Ryan threatened while pointing to Raphael, his voice low and serious as his hand clenched into a fist. "You should know who to mess with, but I will urge you once, ‘it’s not him.”A sense of fear shot through Raphael as the warning bell sounded in his brain as he backed off a few feet.However, it didn’t last long as he sneered and said, “You are just an idiot like he is. Living under same roof with two women. By leaching on them. So how dare you meddle with my business, you asshole! You don’t want to mess with me and if you keep interfering with this, you will regret it… so back off.”Frowning at Raph Mrs Gilbert shook her head and said, “Ryan is not an e
After a few minutes of silence and tense tension between Gary and Alora, Fallon broke the silence and nervously said, “This is not Gary’s fault, and if you want me to apologise to you.”“You don’t need to feel remorseful for saying your truth” Gary interrupted, his voice slightly calmer compared to beforePinching his shirt, Fallon pouted as she thought, ‘I know But if you keep provoking her like this, you might also get hurt, and it will be my fault I can’t let that happen, and I won’t let myself be responsible for it!’Staring at Gary’s body blocking Fallon from her view, Alora’s gaze flickered towards Gary and she narrowed her eyes suspiciously, thinking, ‘Is he being this defensive with Fallon, so she can shield him too because of her connection with Bryan Checks. Does he know that they are dating, and that’s why he’s risking it all to gain her favour?!’Raising a brow, Alora looked down on Gary and mumbled in her head, ‘That must be it. He's way too bold and defensive of Fallon t
Looking at Fallon’s eyes, Gary sighed, walked away from her, and then sat on the edge of his bed, burying his head in his hands, sighing heavily.“My dad was a hard-working man. He loved my mother like crazy and always tried his best to be a good father and husband. He was funny, caring, and intelligent. He had a good heart…” Fallon uttered, pausing as her eyes filled with tears and her voice trailed off.Slowly, Gary raised his head and looked at Fallon with a concerned expression, keeping his silence.Taking another deep breath, Fallon continued her story, “When my grandfather passed, Alora suddenly turned against my father, drove us out of the mansion, and from then on she and her children suppressed our family with all of their power…”"She kept saying that my family had betrayed theirs when they were the one who betrayed us. And my father had to declare a change of name."When she caught Gary’s eyes, he patted the side of the bed next to him, smiling sadly at her when he noticed
The office was filled with silence once again for a few moments until Dillon suddenly laughed loudly, startling Raphael and making him jump in surprise. “Bryan is a very attractive man, isn’t he,” Dillon remarked with a chuckle as he wiped a tear from the corner of his eye. “Of course he would have an interest in a lady! He’s always flirting when we are out, drinking.” “Yeah…?” Raphael responded quietly before he continued, “So… Who do you think he’s serious about right now?” An intense expression covered Dillon ’s face as he stared directly at Raphael without looking away, furrowing his brows as he asked. “You have a sister, right? Sandra… is this about her?”“Uh… I wish! But, no.” Raphael answered quickly with a chuckle, shaking his head in denial.A curious glint entered Dillon ’s eyes as he inquired, and then he relaxed in his seat, mumbling, “Bryan is like a loose cannon. The guy is a player… He doesn’t acknowledge a woman openly because he is constantly looking around for