Standing firm with a tiny black shopping bag that had a gold handle in his hand, Stefan stared at Ryan and Tom, who stood to watch over him without saying a word.“Why are none of you speaking?! Are both deaf or stupid? I already told you guys my name and who I am here to see, so why the hell is the other one of you staying so damn long?” Stefan lashed out in a low tone, watching the volume of his voice so Fallon can not think of him as someone rude and entitled.With an unamused expression, Tom looked over at Ryan, clearly pissed, but he didn’t want to act before Gary got there because he wasn’t sure how his boss wanted to handle this douche.“Who are you guys, Huh?” Stefan asked again with more force as if he was hoping they would answer.But the two only seem more aggravated, like the mere sight of him was causing them annoyance and they wanted to be anywhere but with him.Stefan huffed at them with an indignant scowl and then he looked Ryan in the eyes, stabbing his finger against
The whole place was silent once Gary finished speaking. A shocked silence spread across the place as the words sank in.Then Mrs Gilbert’s eyes grew wide, confused and slightly annoyed at Gary’s words, but she was too stunt to say anything.A look of shock crossed Stefan’s face as he swallowed down thickly, and then his cocky thoughts awakened and he chuckled humorlessly.“It’s true, isn’t it? You are a lowlife goldbrick who feeds off the wealth of women… Wow!” He started cackling loudly and laughed maniacally. “Are you even a man if a woman is spoon feeding you like some sort of fucking leech?!”“You! You! Shut up! You don’t know what you are talking about!!” James yelled at Stefan.“Oh yeah? Then tell me what you know that I don’t know?!” Stefan retorted, folding his arms across his chest and glowering, looking directly into James’ eyes. “Who are you again?”When James didn’t respond because he didn’t want to overstep Gary’s authority, Stefan scoffed and then let out, “Fallon needs
The door to Gary‘s room opened, and Ryan stopped a distance away from the doorway, after shutting it, staring at Gary, wearing a white shirt, dark brown pants, and monk strap dress shoes.“Bryan‘s driver is here to pick you up.” Ryan‘s voice came out hoarse. “Thanks. I am almost done here” Gary let out, turning back around towards his desk and picking up his watch.A brief silence settled over them for a moment as Gary fastened his watch on his wrist before Ryan broke the silence. "Thanks buddy."“For what?” Gary looked up from his watch, meeting Ryan‘s eyes.A spark of gratitude flashed across Ryan‘s face when he answered. “For standing up for me,”“Ryan, If a man wants people around him that are willing to fight for him, he should also prove to them that he‘s ready to fight for their life in return,” Gary uttered as he picked up his keys. “You can‘t get loyalty from others by not showing them you are loyal towards them.” To hear his Gary's humble words made him perplexed. He was
It was long past noon time, and Fallon was still stuck in her room and this utmostly kept her mom on her toes.“Fallon, you can‘t stay in your room forever!” Mrs Gilbert said, unable to get over the fact that it was 4pm, but her daughter was still sleepingSqueezing her eyes shut, Fallon rolled back to look up at the ceiling. If only her mother would leave her be and let her be alone, she wouldn‘t have to deal with all of this!“Fallon,” Mrs Gilbert said again, a bit louder than before, “you‘re not sleeping! I know that!”A frown crossed Falloni‘s face, and finally, she got out of bed and stumbled to the door, throwing it open, and then sighed softly at her mother who stood by the front door.“What are you not telling me about last night?” Mrs Gilbert asked sternly as Fallon walked back into the room.“Mom, not now,” Fallon cried, flopping onto her bed and burying her face into her pillow.“We have to do this now, Fallon.” Mrs Gilbert repeated as she closed the door behind herself, mo
A faint smirk crossed Gary’s face, thinking Fallon was joking, as he chuckled lightly. However, seeing her expression, he stopped chuckling and said, “What?!”“I don’t think I can go back home and have the same strength that I mustered up today to deny my mother’s request… If not now… I don’t think…” Fallon trailed off, lowering her head.“What did mom exactly say?” Gary asked calmly, his eyebrows furrowing slightly. “That you have a gangster tendency, and I need a man that is not as complicated as you,”"Fine! I realize it's a game marriage, but then does she except me to marry somebody that my evil family chose for me?"“Wow… she did say that?"A small laugh escaped Gary’s mouth as he glanced at her, and then he sighed quietly, shaking his head.“I am not marrying you without your mother’s consent, Fallon” Gary muttered, his voice low and steady,Tilting her head sideways, Fallon gazed at him curiously and said, “Why are you telling me this? Its only a fske wedding, must we have her
With a dead-serious expression on his face, he met Fallon’s tears eyes as she sniffed softly, making sure her gaze was locked on his, and he reached out and cupped her chin, saying softly, “Do you really mean those words? Like you do defeat me right?"Slowly, Fallon shook her head speechlessly. Truly since she knew Gary it seemed like it was from one trouble to another, but then, there was no reason to hate the guy who always looked out for her.Immediately, she mumbled and said, “No… I don't detest you. Meeting you was one of the best things for myself and my mum. But then, why do you keep getting into trouble?""Why did you have to put me through that? I told you to stay in the car!”In silence, Gary watched her struggle to hold back a sob, his heart breaking as she stared at the floor with puffy eyes and hiccups, her hands clasped together.“Why are you so emotional, Fallon?” Gary asked, his brows furrowing deeply as he continued to hold her chin, tilting it upwards so that he coul
Grabbing the last unconscious thug by his leg and dragging him to the vehicle, Adrian smirked at Jeremy and then threw him with the others in the backseat of the car.A low groan escaped from the bruised up thugs as they laid over each other, unable to even speak for themselves let alone try to escape or attack any of them.“You should text the boss to come out.” Adrian told his son, slamming the car door shut.The silence in Gary’s room broke when Gary’s phone chimed, causing him to look away from Mrs Gilbert and focus on his phone screen. “Please excuse me. I got to head out,” Gary said as he woke from his bed, shoving his phone into his pocket. As he was about to walk past Mrs Gilbert, feeling disheartened, her voice stopped him, “Do not make me regret this, Gary… regret choosing you for my daughter.” A faint smile grew across Gary’s face, hearing her say that, knowing she wasn’t actually mad at him, just worried as any mother would be if her daughter was involved with a man li
Once again the dining table of the Larson's family was completely quiet as Alora slowly chewed her meal, looking so calm and relaxed, although a lot was going through her mind."Grandma, it’s been days since Fallon left this mansion… How can you be so calm? I mean, don’t you fear what might be going on through all of this silence with her?” Raphael asked Alora, watching how she calmly devoted the meal.Sighing softly, Alora placed her cutlery down onto her plate, before placing her hands together in front of her.“Stefan called me days ago. He said… Well, Gary was bold enough to challenge him the other day, at the house , and even claim that Fallon was already taken for him to pursue her…” Alora uttered with a cocky smile, remembering the relief she felt when he told her that.“He said what?! Fallon is taken… and that’s a good thing?… Taken by who?!” Raph asked with a more determined expression, inviting the presence of other people on the table.“Gary." Alora spewed.“Gary?” The tabl
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The door to the lobby finally opened, and Mr. Bamford walked in with twelve police officers following closely behind him.Silence completely took over the lobby of the building and only the sound of their boots could be heard hitting the tiles as they walked over to where Gary was.The tears in Fallon’s eyes immediately stopped, and a sense of confusion flooded every part of her mind as her eyes followed the officers until they stood in front of her husband and the other five officers."Chief! What are you doing here?” One of the five officers asked with worry evident in his voice. The other four looked just as confused as him, and fear started creeping its way on their faces after the chief didn’t reply immediately.Meeting Gary’s eyes and his bloodstained nose, Mr. Bamford frowned, dragging his gaze down to Gary’s hands locked behind his back, and said, “Uncuff him now!”The firmness in his tone caused Fallon’s eyes to widen with a shocked expression, she opened her mouth, but no wo
The anger that ate at Gary slowly faded, and he looked back to see his wife staring calmly at him, and yet, he couldn‘t stop caring for what she was thinking at that moment about him.Sighing, Gary looked back at Kyle and scoffed, letting go of his collar, causing his back to hit the tile, and a cry escaped his throat.Kyle lay on the floor, holding his chest, crying and moaning, shaking his head as he tried desperately to hold in his sobbing, the room became so quiet that the sound of a pin drop could‘ve been heard.Everyone was shocked by what was happening in the lobby, and Ciara‘s hands were trembling as she tried to remember the police number, her mind a mess.“Ciara! Have you called the police yet?!” Kyle cried in rage as the pain from his face intensified because of the volume of his voice, and he moaned out, “Ciara!”“Yes sir, I‘m sorry sir, um, I need help here...” Ciara stammered with a shaky tone.“What help?”“Umm… What‘s the police number?”“What the hell, Ciara!!”His sw
As the security guards approached Gary and the others, Tom calmly took out a file from his briefcase and looked back at Kyle and the investors.“Well, I am a lawyer with a couple of degrees, including Doctor of Juridical Science degree, and this is a valid will that both Mr. Larsons and the law enforcement officials‘ signatures are on, which proves everything that Fallon has told you guys, that this company is now under her management,” Tom explained calmly, taking out the document and showing it to the investors.“I have worked with Morgan before, and that is definitely his signature on this paper. He‘s a man of honor, and so am I,” Mr. Walker immediately stated, glaring at Kyle.The security reached the scene but immediately stopped out of confusion, seeing that no one was attacking Kyle and just stood there looking at each other.“It could be a fraud! Who knows...” Kyle answered, shrugging nonchalantly.“But we do know. You just blurted out that you thought the will got destroyed a
Gazing intensely into the bathroom mirror, Gary reached for his toothbrush but then paused as a memory of Lawyers Morgans‘ words kept replaying in his head, the looks on his face when he said those words, and the way his body reacted a bit nervously to question about the will.Immediately, he grabbed his phone off the sink and scrolled for Tom‘s number until he got to it, dialing it.After ringing his number, the call got answered and Tom‘s voice popped up through the speaker, “Good morning, Boss...”“I need us to discuss something important later on today," Gary said as he watched the bathroom door reflection in the mirror slowly pushed open, and Fallon popped her head inside. Thankfully, he was tying a towel around his waist.“I'll be on my way then."“Good, we will wait on you guys before we leave, so be here by nine.”Wondering who her he was talking to so seriously at seven in the morning, Fallon reached her hands around his waist and kissed his bare back, resting her head flat a
A look of fear entered Morgan’ eyes, his expression twisting with anxiety, terror, and helplessness as he and Gary continued to stare at each other. “Which will?” Mr. Morgan finally questioned. “The will that Mr. Larson left Fallon,” Gary stated plainly, averting his gaze to stare straight into the old man’s eyes, daring him to try and lie.“Whi-cho-ne…?” Mr. Morgan murmured, barely audible for anyone to hear.Then he saw Gary’s brows furrowing, and he knew that he was getting impatient as his eyes narrowed, and he leaned forward slightly in his chair.“Don’t act like a dummy with me… speak louder.” Gary uttered in a stiff tone.Immediately, Morgan’ face turned pale, his body tensing, and then his eyes widened as he blurted out, “Oooh! Oh!! Do you mean the will Alora gave Fallon the night of Mr. Larson’s death anniversary party?!”“Is there another will for Fallon?” Gary asked as he raised his eyebrows.“No! No… no… I was just scared and my mind took its time to process everything.”
The words that Gary said to Jeremy never left Fallon’s thoughts, even though the morning was now evening, and Gary was sleeping.Adjusting her head on his warm chest, Fallon looked at him, just staring, allowing her thoughts to run wild in her head, as she listened to his heart beating, feeling his chest rise and falling, listening to his breathing.‘What package were you talking about?’ Fallon wondered as she bit her lower lip, thinking furiously.All of a sudden, she heard his phone go off, causing Garyto shift slightly on the bed, hugging onto her waist tightly, and burying his face deeper into her neck “Gary, your phone,” Fallon whispered, feeling reluctant to wake him and yet, also wanting an answer.“Hmm…” He mumbled sleepily, his voice barely audible.“Your phone…,” Fallon repeated, her tone a lot louder than a few minutes ago as she tried again to shake him awake.Finally, Gary opened his eyes, blinking slowly for several seconds. After a few more seconds he seemed to register
Anger immediately started to rise inside of her as Fallon glared at Alora with a look of pure hatred, and without even realising it, she blurted. “Grandpa left that company for me, and you can’t just take what he gave to me away!” A faint chuckle escaped Alora’s throat as she gazed down at her granddaughter, before she replied. “Oh yes, I can… you know, I thought you were getting married to this… this human being because you want to own something in this family and be a part of us…” A pause followed her words as she watched Fallon’s eyes for a sign of fear and submission and when she saw a slight flicker of emotion in her step granddaughter’s eyes, she smiled, knowing that she managed to hit Fallon’s weak spot. “I will not tolerate the disrespect I am seeing from you, Fallon, and since that’s how you want to behave, I am taking this opportunity to let you know you aren’t fit to take over any of the family business. I don’t need an arrogant, selfish, and prideful woman who does not
The dull morning light in her face with her body wrapped into Gary’s arms, Fallon just stared at him, his lashes, the details of his lips, unable to look away. Her hand rested on his cheek, and looked at his shut eyes, stroking his skin lightly as she felt her breathing become slow and steady. “I know it was just nonsense that she said, but I still can’t get her words out of my head…” Fallon whispered, leaning in closer until there were no more inches between them, their breaths mingling together. “What can’t you get out of your head?” Gary asked, his voice low and soothing as his eyelids slowly opened.Not expecting him to even be awake, Fallon froze, trying desperately to think of something, anything because she didn’t want to tell him about the conversation between Sandra and her.“Nothing,” Fallon quickly replied, pulling her face back, feeling a heat rise to her cheeks. “It’s nothing. You should go back to sleep. Yesterday was hectic, and my crying kept you up late.” “Fallon,