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When Stacy opens the door, Wendy peeks through and twists her head left and right, she has to make sure that Gray is not in the house. Since their last clash, she has been avoiding him. “Please, tell me that your husband is not at home.” “No, he is not. Why are you asking such a weird question?” Wendy heaves as she gets into the house, tucking some hair behind her ear.“You should feel very honored to donate to my charity.” Wendy smiles. “You will be in God's good book too.” Stacy doesn't sound so convinced by her sweet words. “Okay? So, what's the name of your charity?” Wendy scratches her head, she didn't think of a befitting name for her charity organization. “Pretty dresses,” she shrugs. “It's not the name that counts, it's the thought behind it.” Wendy is so excited that she leads the way into the bedroom, and she heads straight to the closet. When she pushes the slide door, her eyes widen with joy. This is her dream closet. She can't believe that her poor cousin is hav
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All the dresses are so beautiful, so how is she only supposed to pick four? Stacy is such a selfish person! “Oh, look, a black diamond handbag!” Stacy greedily snatches the bag from the shelf. “Oh, no, that's my favorite bag! You can't have that!” Stacy shakes her head as she quickly takes it from Wendy. Wendy snarls as she snatches the bag back. “Well, who said anything about taking the bag? I only want to have a close look at it, just relax.”She runs her hand over the bag, and she feels the expensiveness of the bag. Oh Lord, she would have killed to have a bag like this, but her stupid cousin has it without a struggle? Argh! Since she can't take the bag, she decides to do the next best thing– take a couple of pictures with it. If she can't flaunt it in real life, she is going to flaunt it on the Internet. She is going to take a few pictures of it, and then all her fans are going to think that she is very rich, like she was before the de Nicolas lost everything…But she is too
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Wendy blink rapidly, and she shakes her head. This has got to be fake, this is not real enough for her. She takes out her phone to search for a picture of the Mars with his mask. She finds once and when she zooms in and pays attention to the details, she finds out that the hunch was right. This is the same mask in the picture, it even has a scratch from the picture. Her hands starts to shake, she can't believe what she is holding in her hand. What blows her mind the most is where did they get it from? The Mars is a very secretive man, so secretive that he has been in the army for five years and no one has been able to track him, or provide a picture of him without a mask. So, why is this here? She knows that Gray worked with the Mars for a brief time, but with all that has happened, she is not sure if there is any logical reason why the mask should be here. She hears some noise coming from behind her, so she throws the mask back into the box, puts the lid back on, and then move
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“Now, take my bags and leave them somewhere safe. Also find something for our guests to drink.” Wendy instructs her. “Don't try anything funny, okay? I'm not joking with you.” She pushes her bags into Stacy's hand, and she walks to join the women. In a minute, they are laughing like they have been friends for decades. Stacy wishes that she didn't have anxiety, then maybe she would be the one laughing with the neighbors, but alas. She wishes that she can open her mouth and tell the women that she is the real Mrs Lance, but her lips won't aid her. She just sighs and puts the bags away, before going back into the kitchen and coming back with nine cups of fresh orange juice that she prepared herself. When she gets there, she serves the women and then Wendy snatches the last glass off the tray. “Ladies, this is my cousin, Stacy.” Wendy puts her hand on Stacy's shoulder. “She is staying with me because she is unmarried and now pregnant. Our family is mad at her, so I was the only one
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The delivery man doesn't know why he is being invited into the house, but he enters anyway. He wants to see if this mansion looks as good as it is on the outside. The women were talking, but they immediately become silent when they see the huge bouquet that was being brought into the house in front of them. They couldn't help but gasp. They are simple women, who are all in their late thirties, or early forties. They probably went to only highschool, before being trained into becoming simple housewives. Their husbands are moderately rich, and Iike to live very quiet lives. They barely see such displays of love like this. Their husbands would buy them bouquets of flowers like this, they would consider this to be a total waste of money! The delivery man walks up to them with a respectful smile on his face. “Good day, ladies. I hope you are having a wonderful afternoon?” He looks around. “I am here for Mrs Lance, her husband just asked me to deliver these flowers to her.” Wendy smi
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Wendy is satisfied with the image of herself that she sees in the mirror. She is wearing one of the dresses that she conned out of Stacy. She has her mother-in-law jewelry, but she is not going to put it on, not until they have gotten into the limousine. She loves her dress, she loves the sharp yellow and red color. She would look like a flame in front of everyone today, she loves it so very much!As for Mateo, she delivered a very expensive suit for him, surprising him. He asked where she got the money, but she waved off and told him not to worry.The truth is that she use the last of her money– down to the last dime– and she got him the suit. It provoked tears to her eyes, but she knows that it's a very worthy investment. If everything goes well as she has planned, then they will get many business opportunities, and might even get to speak to the anonymous trillionaire. That means that they will quickly become very rich again…A knock comes on the bathroom door, and she sighs bec
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Stacy is very excited. Mister Devonté announced that she was going to be wearing one of his wonderful designs today, so many of the paparazzi are waiting outside the gala just to take pictures of her dress. She is nervous, but she is also very excited. Her career as a model has been so much more than she ever expected. Gray notices how much worried she is about how the night would go for her, so he reaches and takes her hand. “Everything will be fine, my love.” “So much is going on today,” she inhales deeply. “Can you believe that we are also going to see the anonymous trillionaire today?” He just smiles at her. He also has a surprise for her at the gala, but he is not going to tell her yet. Why ruin the excitement? He gently raises his hand to her belly and gives it a gentle rub. She is growing day by day, and soon, she is going to put to bed. Gray can't wait for that day. He plans to tell Stacy the entire truth as soon as he gives birth, and also, he wants to cleanse Westlan
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Gray thinks that Stacy has suddenly become sick, so he places his hand over her forehead to make sure that her temperature is normal. “What's the matter, Stacy? You looked so white, like you had seen a ghost. What's the matter? Are you ill?” Stacy forces a smile on her face. She can't allow a dress to ruin her mood and that of Gray. What kind of selfish wife would she be to do that? “Nothing, Gray, you shouldn't worry. I'm just a little lightheaded because I stood up for too long.” She smiles, lying to him. Gray knows that it's not true, but he just smiles and pretends to believe her. He is going to be very vigilant, and he is going to make sure that she is fine. He keeps her eyes on her. The program kicks off immediately, two very popular celebrities take the stand and start to introduce people. Alice appears out of nowhere, even Stacy is surprised to see her. She smiles at Stacy, and even gives her a hug. “Oh my God, Stacy, your dress is very gorgeous! Look at how big your
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Worry is not what's on Gray's mind right now. Instead he gently walks out of the room and to his office. He needs to get his laptop. He takes out his phone and gives a call to Alice Yashin. He knows that it's very late at night, but he needs something from her. Like he expected, she picks up immediately. “Hello, sir. Is everything okay? Is Stacy and the baby fine?” “Yeah, they are both sleeping. I just need you to send some files to me.” He says to her. She is quiet from uncertainty at the other end. “But, sir, you are a new father and you are not supposed to be working. Just tell me what to do, and I will handle it.” She says. She is being very generous, but he won't allow that. They have worked so hard for months to see that his mission is fulfilled, and now he is going to handle this one by himself. “Don't worry about it, Alice, I just need you to do one single thing for me. Send all the files we have on the Hyena to me immediately.” “The Hyena, sir? But the man is dead.”
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On the fifth of July, a day that will forever be remembered as the day that Gray Lance took over the country, but also as the day that his first child was born. “... The commander in chief of our country has just welcomed a baby girl, Amanda Marie Lance. Congratulations to the people of Westland…” Gray is sitting on the couch, as his eyes watch the almost mute television, where the report of the birth of his daughter has just been broadcasted…She is in his hands, so small and delicate, and she is the most perfect thing in the entire world. He hasn't taken his eyes off her, he is even too scared to breathe too loud. Stacy is totally exhausted, even though the birth was fortunately very short for her. She is lying in the bed, having a deep sleep.Gray is going to forever worship the ground that his wife walks on from this day forward. The pain he saw her go through in the labor room told him that women are not mere people, but super beings with great strength.” His daughter makes
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William is explaining everything to her, but she doesn't understand what is going on yet.Why should she be the one to deliver the speech, when she was just helping the anonymous trillionaire's wife? She opens her mouth with a small gap, but no words can come out. Everyone is kindly smiling at her, the way people would look at their savior…She sighs and presses her hand against her forehead. “But, I can't deliver the speech? I'm not the Mars' wife, that's not even possible.” William smiles at her. “Oh, Stacy. You have no idea how possible anything can be.” That's when it strikes her with a heavy beating of her chest. No,no,no. “Gray is the Mars?” She whispers, almost to herself. William looks so proud, he nods slowly. “But…” she stops. Gray is the Mars!! Gray is the anonymous trillionaire! She has been married to the richest man in the world the whole time, and she didn't even know that. This is big news to her, and in front of so many people. She would need like a month to
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Stacy is very surprised to see her Aunt, but she is even more surprised to see her Auntie kneeling in front of her and begging for mercy. “Please, I was blinded by the devil!” She cries. “I didn't know that you were going to turn out so great. Remember that I gave you a roof over your head and fed you for years. Please have pity on your old and wrinkled auntie. The truth is that Wendy and Mateo told their family that Gray and Stacy are not ordinary people, but the richest and most powerful couple in the country. Mr and Mrs de Nicola believe it very easily because they got their house back. They were happy and satisfied, even though they didn't get everything they had before, and they made sure to stop by the Gray corporation headquarters to thank him. Mrs Blanchard did not believe it at all. “Are you trying to tell me that the disgraceful son-in-law of the family is so rich? Please, spare me that nonsense!” Wendy continued to try to get her mother to change her mind, but her moth
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President Brody is dead and now, the Mars is going to take over as the president of the country by virtue of being the most competent General. No one is even opposed to this, and everyone is very happy. General Micheal retires happily, after everything, he is sure that he will now live a happy and peaceful life. Everyone is preparing for July fifth, for it's going to be the day that the Mars, who everyone now knows is General Gray Lance, will be sworn in. Hundreds of representatives of good countries come to form firm allies with the new leader of Westland, and everyone is so happy because July fifth is just a day away….There is only one person who doesn't know what exactly is going on, and that's Stacy. She read on the news that the wicked president has finally been killed by the Mars, and she is very happy because the country will know peace now. There is just one thing that she doesn't know, and that is that her husband was the one who killed the president. She didn't watch
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No one, except Brody, knows that this man is the anonymous trillionaire, but as soon as they see the fear in Brody's eyes, they immediately know. Brody fired up to three shots and none of them hit this man. He drops his gun in fright and starts to back into the wall. “You are not human!” He shivers. “You are not human, you fucking bastard!” He tries to find something to shield himself because from the look in Gray's eyes, he knows that he is about to be killed. He throws a chair in Gray's direction, but when he sees that doesn't work, he grabs the almost frightened newscaster lady and uses her as a human shield. She shrieks and he immediately slaps his hand over her mouth. “Shut up! If you come any closer to me, I am going to shoot her, you hear me!” Everyone is shaken, they don't want to lose another of their colleagues. They expect that the Mars would throw away his gun and negotiate with the crazy man, but that's not what happens. Gray casually checks his gun to see if it's
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Once Brody had said the single line that he had rehearsed, he expected for the professionals to take over. Yes, even though he has just barged into the place, shot a bunch of people, and traumatized the hell out of them, he expects for them to still be very professional and come up with the best questions. He sighs with anger when he sees that the newscasters are just holding on to each other like scared chickens, and trying their hardest not to make eye contact with him. “Now, listen to me, you two fools,” he picks up the gun again. “I didn't go through all that trouble for you two to be fucking dumb, so you better get your shit together, or I am going to blow your fucking brains all over the place.” The lady shuts her eyes as more tears pours out. She is sobbing, she has to press her hands over her mouth to keep the sound out. The man has to summon courage, else they are going to be dead, so he whispers to his colleague and pushes her to the side. He takes out his handkerchief
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Brody feels like he has been caught up in a crossroad, the only man that would have been able to help him turns out to be the enemy himself. He watched the official announcement, now the whole world knows the truth about what has happened. He doesn't have anywhere else to go, he doesn't have anything to use to save himself. He still has a few tens of supporters, they are afraid to come out and say so because they fear Mars and also the judgement from their friends and families. Some of them have cut off contact with him, and this breaks his heart even more. He can't flee the country too, because he knows that he is going to be caught at the airport, or as soon as he approaches any border.Brody knows that surrendering won't work, not after the many things that he and his family did. So, what will he do now? He decides to go on live TV and say his mind. Brody is surely a master manipulator and he knows that if he plays his cards right, he will gather the gullible lots among the W
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The anonymous trillionaire is Mars?! The journalists have a field day with this one, and it's the only thing that they are talking about! Surely, the Mars/anonymous trillionaire is a very smart man, because he has managed to keep his identity for so long, even though he has two different sides. No wonder he has been so devoted to their country! If he can turn his company into a trillion dollar one, then they can trust him with the country and they are sure that he is going to do a very good job with it. Stacy is one of the people that are blown away by this news. She sits down in front of the television in her room, as she watches a newscaster compare an image of the Mars and the anonymous trillionaire. “...now if you look at both pictures very closely, you will see that they are both equal in height. Don't miss the broad shoulders, or the mighty biceps that seem to be spilling out of his shirt….” Stacy scoffs. “Is this now a thirst trap? This is a very serious matter!” Wend
