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Stacy has never met her mother-in-law, so she is very excited when Gray kisses her goodbye and tells her that his mother is coming to keep her company. Her heart jumps with excitement as she rushes to the house and starts to arrange the house. Gray hardly spoke about his mother and she didn't want to push him, so she respected that.Now that his mother is coming, she is very excited to build a relationship with her mother-in-law. She doesn't have a mother, so maybe this woman will be the mother figure that she desperately longs for. She prepares a whole turkey and even gets a fresh bottle of wine. She is sitting down in front of the house in fresh clothes, making sure that everything is in place. Then she hears the knock, she almost trips herself as she runs to the door. When she opens the door, her breath is immediately seized. Before her is an older and female version of Gray, and she is so beautiful too! “G– Good afternoon, Mrs Lance.” She shudders. Mrs Lance's face breaks
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“I heard that he was fired from the military. So, who does he work for now that owns this huge house?” She asks. “The anonymous trillionaire, ma'am.” Stacy answers respectfully. Mrs Lance's jaw immediately drops to the ground. “Excuse me?! You are trying to tell me that my son works for the richest man in the world?!” “Yes, ma'am.” Stacy smiles. “And the anonymous trillionaire has been nothing but good to us. He allowed us to live in his house and also gave us his stuff to use…” “What work does Gray do?!” She cuts her off. Stacy's smile leaves her face once again. Oh, she wishes that Gray waited, so he could have spoken to his mother about all of this…“Mrs Lance, it's a little complicated…” “It's actually not, Stacy. What work does your husband do for the anonymous trillionaire? He manages his finances? Or is he his personal bodyguard?” “He is the anonymous trillionaire's errand boy.” Stacy reluctantly lets out the words roll out of her mouth. Mrs Lance's breath gets cut in h
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Stacy is too scared to attempt to cook again after Gray's mother rubbishes her effort like that. She instead used the card that Gray gave her, and she ordered food for both of them. She knocks on Mrs Lance's door and runs away before she can come out. This went on for three days because Stacy doesn't know what else to do. She wakes up early in the morning to clean the house, so that when Mrs Lance finally wakes up, Stacy can withdraw to the safety of her room. On the phone, she tells a total lie to her husband. God forbid that she would be the wedge that would push their relationship even farther apart. “Your mother, oh, she is fine!” She laughs over the phone. “We have been having so much fun, and we are getting to know each other.” “Are you sure, Stacy? Please don't try to cover anything. If she has been mean to you, tell me and I will talk to her.” Gray encourages her, but Stacy stubbornly refuses. “Please, don't even bother yourself, my dear husband. Make sure you do your
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Years ago, Mrs Lance met Wendy just one day before Gray and Wendy were to get married. She fell in love with Wendy, and she was proud because the Blanchard family was one of the most influential years ago. Wendy likes her too, but Mrs Lance was falling over herself to please her rich daughter-in-law and this makes Wendy start to be appalled by her. She took advantage of this. Mrs Lance would never see Wendy be able to do anything wrong, she believes and trusts her more than she does even Gray…Stacy watches from the corner as Wendy and Mrs Lance hug very tightly. “I can't believe this!” She holds Wendy's face. “Look how beautiful you are.” “Mrs Lance, I'm so glad to see you too.” Went grins. “I can't believe that my son was foolish enough to divorce you!” She shakes her head sadly. “What a gem he has lost.” Wendy heaves too, pretending to be sad about the divorce that she pushed so hard for. “Mrs Lance, I'm sorry but I was too heartbroken to tell you about the divorce. It was
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Stacy doesn't know what to do, she just stands there and stares in astonishment. Mrs Lance almost bursts out at the sight of the gift, she hugs Wendy and covers her face in kisses. “I knew that you have always been the daughter I never had!” She wipes her eyes. “Look at how nice you are treating me! And look! My favourite cookies are even here!” Stacy feels a painful tear leave her eye. All her effort to win over her mother-in-law has gone into the bin. Mrs Lance turns to her with spite. “Did you see what she just did, Stacy? That's how one is supposed to treat their mother-in-law. You should learn, you are very hard to like, Stacy. Very hard.” Stacy bows her head and apologizes. She is not a weakling, she is just trying to be as respectful to her mother as possible. “Please, excuse us, Mrs Lance. Stacy borrowed something from me, and I need her to show me where she hid it.” Wendy smiles. She pulls Stacy by her hand and takes her all the way to the bedroom. She shuts the door
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Stacy is not comfortable with this at all. She has seen that Mrs Lance has joined the band to hate her, so why should she go to dinner with them? She goes to knock on Mrs Lance's door and gives it a gentle knock before getting into the room. Mrs Lance is already putting make up in her face, she is all set for the dinner. “Oh, Mrs Lance, I wanted to tell you that I don't want to attend the dinner tonight because I have some things to do. If it's alright, I can drive you there alone, and even bring you back home when you are ready…” The glare on Mrs Lance's face makes her swallow the rest of her words. “Are you being serious right now?! Do you know that Wendy is a top model and has brought out time to have dinner and you want to turn her down?! How dare you?!” “Mrs Lance, it's not like that–” “In as much as I know that you are going to ruin the fun, you dare not turn down this invitation!” She warns her. “Get your clothes ready and we are leaving in ten minutes!” Stacy's heart
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Hearing that, Stacy almost bursts out with tears over their ill treatment, but she holds herself. She smiles and hands the menu back to the waiter. He goes away and returns with very tantalizing food that she has seen in a long time…Stacy has come to hate her own cooking over the past days. It's not like she is a bad chef, no, it's because of her pregnancy and the oddness of her hormones. Her cooking is excellent, but her tongue can't accept the taste of the food, so she has suffered since she can't eat as much as she wants, since she can't eat as much as she wants. But, she would have totally wanted to eat the food that her cousin and mother-in-law are having right now. Too bad they won't allow her to have it.She silently keeps her head down and sip her water…“Look how beautiful you look. You have grown so much since I saw you at the wedding,” Mrs Lance chuckles. “Yes, Mrs Lance, that was a long time ago.” Wendy nods with a smile on her face. Mrs Lance pulls closer to Wendy
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Stacy feels her heart racing in her chest. She doesn't know what comes over her, she dashes to Mrs Stacy and applies pressure on the wound. “I need an ambulance, please! Somebody, help me!” She screams. Everyone around her is shocked. Too shocked to even react to the situation and help her. Stacy's eyes get filled with tears, time is precious, she doesn't want to lose her mother-in-law. She turns to Wendy, who is staring at Mrs Lance with shock on her face. “Wendy, I know that you are shocked, but we need to act fast. You heard her, you have to call the ambulance now, or we are going to lose her.” She did not expect Wendy to roll her eyes and pick up her purse. “I don't like blood, I'm out of here.” Stacy's jaw drops to the ground. “Wendy, are you being serious right now?! She adores you to a fault and you are acting like this with her? She is going to die!” “So, what? She is an old woman, she doesn't need to live anymore. Take her to the morgue or something. Then call Gray to
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Wendy inner feels sour in her mouth. She is absolutely disgusted that her mother-in-law would even suggest that Stacy be her chief bridesmaid. That will even ruin the whole wedding! She doesn't show her disgust on her face, instead she pouts and tilts her head to the side and sits next to Mrs de Nicola. “Oh, I didn't know about any tradition like this.” she sighs. “Maybe Mateo forgot to tell me, because I called my best friend, Clarence already. Maybe I can be exempted from the rule.” “Don't worry, Mrs de Nicola, Clarence comes from a very good family and she is even prettier than Stacy. Stacy is the ugliest in our family.” Mrs Blanchard laughs. Mrs de Nicola is taken aback by this. “Oh, Wendy, I didn't expect this from you! Are you trying to disregard our family tradition, even before you get into the family?” Wendy immediately laughs and shakes her head. “Oh, mum, don't look at me like that! It was just a joke, you know that I hold the de Nicola family traditions very dearly t
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“This is our in-law, Mrs de Nicola.” He introduces. “Pleased to meet you, ma'am. I'm Dan's wife and I can't wait for the wedding–” She would have continued, but Dan gives her a sharp look with his eyes, and she is immediately forced to swallow the rest of her words. “Go into the kitchen and prepare something nice for our beautiful guest.” “Oh, don't bother.” Mrs de Nicola smiles. “I won't be staying too long, as I have a function to attend.” “Don't worry, Mrs de Nicola. She cooks at the speed of light. You can't leave our house without us treating you to a feast!” “Yes, Mrs de Nicola. Don't worry, I will make you the tastiest food in the shortest time.” Dan's wife bows and rushes to the kitchen. She won't even be helped by the servants. They don't wait on her, only on Dan, Mrs Blanchard, and Wendy….Wendy sits at the feet of her mother-in-law and she leans against her leg. She is pretending to be the sweetest person on earth. Mrs de Nicola points at the boxes that she brought
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Wendy is getting married! She has been engaged for a while now, and now she is officially going to become Mrs de Nicola. Oh, she is so happy that she has sank her teeth deep into Mateo and she was able to hang on with all her will and strength.Mateo has been so terrible to her, he had so many concubines, he hit her so many times too, but she doesn't care. All of that won't matter when she is officially married into the de Nicola family. Mrs Blanchard falls on the ground and rolls as she cries her heart out. “So, you mean that I can finally brag to my friends that my daughter is married to Mateo de Nicola?!” She cries. “God has finally rewarded me!” “Oh, mum, you haven't seen the jewelry that Mrs de Nicola, my mother-in-law bought for me. I am going to be the most expensive bride in the world!” Wendy rejoices. “All my fake friends will burst with envy!” Mrs Blanchard boasts. “They will surely cry on their way home when they experience the wedding that my daughter is going to
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After the meeting, everyone starts to head back to their homes because it's almost midnight. Even though Gray is the Chairman of this secret society, he is still the least richest and doesn't have a car. Many of them drive off without offering him a ride, but Gray doesn't mind. He puts his hands into his pocket and walks down the dark street. Mateo is the only one left and he smirks when he sees Gray walking by the road. He wanted to zoom off with pride, but he suddenly changes his mind. He slows the car down and looks out of the window, at Gray. “Mister Lance, do you need a ride?” Mateo asks. Gray glances at him. “Do not worry yourself. I'm sure that I will soon come across a taxi.” “You must be dreaming, Gray.” Mateo laughs. “It's midnight and people are too scared to come to this area because this has been the hotspot for robbers. You either come into my car, or you get stabbed by thugs looking for who to rob.” Gray is not afraid of whichever thug he might see, since he c
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It's very funny that Gray is standing right in front of the people that just suggested that they have a manhunt for him. They are absolutely going to lose their minds if he opens his mouth and tells them the truth of who he is. They might actually pass out from the shock…This is not the right time, so he pushes it away from him and shakes his head. “Yeah, we are not going to be doing that. Our role in this society is to protect our own interest, and that means that the Mars and his grievance with the government doesn't concern us.” “What?!” The men look at each other. “Gray, Chairman Gray, you don't know what you are talking about.” Mateo shakes his head. “Do you know how beneficial this is going to be for us to get this man for the president? We are going to be rewarded with so many good contracts!” “I am trying to save your lives. If the Mars is known for one thing, it's the fact that he is the most dangerous soldier in the world. If you are coming for him, you think your secu
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Mister de Nicola is taken aback by this. He helplessly looks at him knowing that there is nothing he can do about this. They have to obey Gray, or else they will be kicked out of the secret society. They can't be kicked out. They might be the biggest Mafia family in the country, but this society has helped them too much for them to leave it. So, he looks at his son and nods his head a little. Mateo frowns greatly. His father must have totally gone insane to think that he will kiss this man's feet. “Did you hear what I say, Mister Mateo?” Gray chuckles. “Don't be silly, time is moving very fast, and many people would gladly take your family's place.” “Please, don't say that, Mister Lance, he is going to do exactly what he has asked.” Mister de Nicola laughs nervously. “Do what he has said, Mateo. Remember what I said about making sacrifices for the family.” He says. “What? No!” Mateo fumes. “I will not kiss those poor feet of his! How can my lips even touch his cheap leather sho
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When the black van comes to pick Gray from his house, he is not even fazed at all. Stacy's heart starts racing as soon as she sees those men in full black regalia standing in front of her house. They are asking for Gray, but she won't let him go. “What do you want from my husband?! Leave us alone!” She yells. “Excuse us, ma'am, we don't mean any harm. Your husband just needs to be somewhere and we will bring him back in one piece.” Stacy doesn't believe them, she brags her phone and immediately threatens to call the police on them. Gray immediately holds her hand and calms her down. “Don't worry, Stacy, I will be fine.” “No, they look like very shady people!” She shakes her head. “I will call the police immediately!” Gray smiles at her. “Don't worry yourself, okay? I am more than capable of taking care of myself. I will be back by evening.” Stacy doesn't want him to go, but since he has assured her that he is going to be fine, she has no other chance to let him go. “Please
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The news of the Mars reappearing spreads like wildfire, and soon, Westland is filled with talks again. Everyone made peace with the fact that the savior was dead for months, so how is he alive now?! He didn't come back to tell them that he was alive, and that he was going to save them from the enemies, Deholt, instead he seems to have become their friend! Different theories start to fly around, everyone tries to come up with rational explanations for this. “The Mars must have become corrupt. That's why he is taking side with the enemies.” “Maybe the government betrayed him. That's why he has chosen to work with Deholt.” And there are the others that think that the country of Westland is doomed. If the Mars is going to support Deholt, then Westland is going to lose this war…Stacy has been spending so much time in front of the television, her eyebrows pulled in worry. Gray notices this, so he switches off the television and sits in front of her. “Is everything okay, my love?”
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Stacy finds herself shedding tears when her mother-in-law is set to leave. Even though they did not start on the right foot, they have grown very close to each other. She is wiping her tears as she helps her mother-in-law pack her clothes into her only suitcase. “Maybe we should speak to Gray again. I don't want you to leave, I want you to stay here for even a year.”“Stacy, don't be silly. Don't get me wrong, I love staying here with you, but I also love staying alone in my house.” Mrs Lance smiles sweetly at her. “But what happens to me when the time comes for me to give birth? My biological mother is dead, so who is going to hold my hand through the labour?” she wonders. Mrs Lance kisses her cheek. “Don't worry, my daughter. I have trained Gray to be the best husband, and I know that he is going to treat you well. I will come back, if I can, but no matter what, you are going to do great.” Once they are finished, Stacy insists on taking the suitcase downstairs, to where Willi
