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
The double glass door was pushed open, and Gary walked into the bar along with Tom, his hands stuck in his pockets as he advanced toward the front desk.Like a celebrity with bad reputation, he immediately grabbed the attention of the famous faces in the restaurant, giving him many stares, which he ignored. “Hey, I’m here to meet Cloe Areghan,” Gary told the lady sitting behind the desk as he looked down at her, a blank and uninterested look plastered on his face. Looking up to meet his eyes, she gave a small smile, and mumbled, “Right, Gary-” “Carter ,” Garyanswered simply.Her gaze darted nervously from Gary to Tom and back to Gary, mumbling, “Okay, the third floor, room five.”Nodding slightly, Gary pulled away from the counter with Tom right behind him, ignoring the conversation between the two receptionists. “He really is good-looking… Sadly, he is that way…” The lady with the long blonde hair commented. “Yeah… It’s disturbing that he is still showing his face around here, ca
Putting his card back into his wallet, Gary stared into Mr. Areghans’ eyes coldly and then scoffed before turning on his heel and walking away with Tom.“Wait!! How can you guys let him leave?!…” Mr. Areghan’s voice sounded desperate. “He hasn’t…"“He has paid his bill, Mr. Areghan.” The receptionist said, interrupting himLooking at her for a few seconds, Mr. Areghan frowned and turned his head to glare at the security guards before chasing after Gary, shouting, “Wait! Let’s talk more… I-”The door shut closed behind Gary and Mr. Areghan picked up his pace, running fast, gaining frowns from people that knew who he was, and the fact that he was chasing after someone like Gary made no sense to them.When he finally caught up with Gary outside of the restaurant, he took a second to catch his breath, watching Gary glare at him. “Who’s your boss?… I can negotiate a better price… Now, I know that I underestimated you a bit.” Mr. Areghan stated, breathing hard while trying to regain his com
For the resting of the mind, Gary stood outside the apartment, hands in his pocket, eyes on the sky.His head was still swimming from all that had happened recently, his mind still reeling with the fact that he had accepted to get married to Fallon because of the promise he made to her mother. However, it scared him. On one hand, he never wants to lose Laura. On another end, he wouldn't wait to see the Larsons push around an innocent girl like Fallon. He was ready to do whatever it takes to protect her as long as it doesn't jeopardise his marriage.So deep in thought, he didn‘t hear the door open and didn‘t connect with reality until Fallon poked him from behind.“Hey,” She said softly, and he could feel the smile forming on her lips even without turning around to look at her. “What are you doing out here?”“Thinking,” Gary answered truthfully, his voice barely above a whisper as well.“How much of what Alora said did you hear yesterday before walking in?”“A bit,”Silence followed
The atmosphere at the conference table immediately grew intense as, Kyle, Alora and some other members of the Larson family sat at the table the moment Kyle uttered, “Mother has confirmed that Fallon is hell bent on marrying Gary.”“‘This is all your daughter’s fault,” Mason mumbled underneath his breath, rubbing his temple in frustration.“What did you say?!”“It’s Sandra’s fault for bringing that damn bastard into our lives… If she didn't, Fallon and her mother would have still known their place beneath us, and I wouldn’t be losing my company to those two. Damnit!”As Kyle moved his lips to speak, his phone started ringing, causing him to pull it out of his pocket. When he noticed who was calling, he answered, mumbling, “Easton,”“Who is Sandra’s ex-husband?!” Easton’s voice boomed from the other side of the line, sounding furious.“Gary? Why are you asking about him?”“Who is he, Kyle?!”A frown crept across Kyle’s face when he heard Easton’s raised tone and then he sighed, “Are yo
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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,