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Chapter 1043 The Apple Doesn't Fall Far
“You’re welcome... I know you from the papers. Mark Ferro, husband of Briana Vasconcelos. Word is you just had a baby. Congratulations.”“Yes, but don’t worry. I doubled the security,” Mark replied mysteriously. “Am I speaking to Jean D’Arveil?”“The one and only.” Jean wanted to ask about the security at the hospital, but Mark’s question caught him off guard.Mark gave a very faint smile. Perfect, he’d managed to throw the clever bastard off balance.“I believe I owe you thanks for what’s happening,” Jean said, standing up and extending his RIGHT hand. “Thanks to you, my niece is in a beautiful relationship with Christopher Vasconcelos, your wife’s cousin.”Mark shook Jean’s hand, but his eyes were fixed on the LEFT hand.It was clearly a prosthesis!He kept the faint smile. Had Elara not explained to her uncle what this “beautiful” relationship really entailed?“Well, since my dear wife and I are organizing a little engagement party at my house, I thought it best to meet the fiancée
Chapter 1042 The President No One Knows
“ARE YOU INSANE?!” Susana screamed in desperation, utterly shocked.Then she clapped both hands over her mouth, horrified at her own outburst.If they were still in the military, Susana would have faced a court-martial for calling Commander Ferro “insane”!Mark, however, understood that Susana had panicked when he said he was going to talk to Jean D’Arveil.Susana cleared her throat and couldn’t meet Mark’s eyes. “Uh... Ahem... Lord Ferro, after everything we’ve discussed, wouldn’t it be too risky to meet with Mr. D’Arveil?”“Not exactly. I have my own theory,” Mark replied patiently. “Either he’ll come up with some flimsy excuse to avoid seeing me, or he’ll agree to talk just so I don’t suspect him.”“And you plan to keep playing the game without revealing yourself either?”“He knows I’m Mark Ferro, production manager at Glamour,” Mark said, smiling out of the right corner of his mouth. “He won’t show his claws here — not today. But if he slips up...”Mark patted the side of his stom
Chapter 1041 An Interview with Celia?
Mark considered Mary Ellen's suggestion about interviewing Celia.Mary Ellen leaned forward. “Mary Ellen, you’re aware the public will connect the dots that Celia used to work here. And if haters start digging up her dirt?”Mary Ellen shook her head. “Leave that to me. We’re not going to mention the time Celia was getting railed by half the cast of Times of Glory, especially Jake Brett, her official railer.”“You mean her ‘official boyfriend’?” Mark pursed his lips.“I wouldn’t call that a relationship,” Mary Ellen replied with disdain. “Anyway, we also won’t mention the fateful moment when Celia accidentally drank the aphrodisiac coffee Lawrence Sodré had meant for Briana and ended up relieving the symptoms by riding Karl.”“Luana thanks her for that,” Mark said in good humor.“So, do I have your approval to do the interview?” Mary Ellen’s eyes sparkled with anticipation.Mark rested his hand on his chin.Maybe it was finally time for his ex-wife to shine in the entertainment industr
Chapter 1040 The Arm That Never Healed
Mark straightened in his chair, diving back into the report with renewed focus.Linda’s report didn’t outright declare that Jean D’Arveil was actually Armand Drakov, but the coincidence of Jean losing his left arm was too striking to ignore!The mechanical arm had been fitted two years after the separatist battle led by Drakov ended, when Drakov had been presumed dead.Had Drakov been hiding all this time under a false identity, arranging for the new arm and quietly rebuilding his forces?After all, if Jean D’Arveil was Drakov, it would explain why Elara’s charitable foundation was named “Black Feather”: the exact war code name Drakov had used!“What a coincidence that Elara showed up as a candidate to marry Christopher — and the irony of ironies, recommended by me!” Mark ground his teeth.Karl lifted his head. “You say something, Mark?”“I was just talking about Chris and Elara’s engagement. You going?” Mark asked casually, masking his tension masterfully.“I wouldn’t miss a good par
Chapter 1039 The Son Found Out
Christopher turned to his father, satisfied with yet another victory.But he was taken aback to see Gilson scowling like a child who’d lost his soccer ball.His gaze swept across the desk and......stopped on the set of keys to the little love nest where Celia would no longer live.Christopher picked up the key ring and held it directly in Gilson’s line of sight.The CEO of Vasconcelos turned whiter than an eggshell.“I’m not going to ask what this means or who left it here,” Christopher said, his voice cutting like a blade.“Son, let me explain—”“Spare me the clichés! We see that stuff in the shows and series we produce!” Christopher tossed the keys back onto the desk with a loud CLINK.“You were dragging your feet on promoting Celia because you were afraid she’d slip out from under your control?” Christopher guessed correctly.Gilson held his breath again, impressed by how quickly his son had read his mind.Like father, like son.“The woman who’s putting us at the top of relevance
Chapter 1038 No More Games
Celia shook her head, barely believing she was running the risk (or the chance) of being proposed to!She looked straight at the man in front of her.Gilson Vasconcelos was old enough to be her father, but he still radiated charm and seduction.It was obvious he had been hot and ripped when he was young, just like Christopher is today.Like father, like son.Still, Celia remembered that this same Gilson had rehired her with promises of professional growth, but all she had gotten so far was a “promotion” to the status of kept mistress.Gilson was so fierce and brutal in bed that Celia would spend days unable to get out of it.That was back when they were just lovers. Now he wanted to take it to the next level with marriage?Would she, a few years down the line, be fired and discarded the same way Gilson had just done to Claudia?Thinking about it, Celia raised her hand before Gilson could say anything.“Mr. Vasconcelos, don’t talk about ‘our love story’ as if we were a normal couple. Y
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