“What are you trying to say now? I can’t get my head around the whole thing. You mean to tell me that you don’t have the one billion you said you did?” Grandmother vented all her rage in words, and there was more. She was ready to get down to using fist if the need might be.She couldn’t afford to come here for some baseless reason. It was an insult to her reputation.Point in time, Stephen felt it was time to jump. The frown on his face had been replaced with a smile. He didn’t care if the family reputation was on the line, as he was eager to make Edward pay for the humiliation earlier.But then, amidst all the heated stares at him, Edward kept a calm expression. He even adjusted himself to sit comfortably as he crossed his leg on the other.“Don’t get me wrong, Grandmother. I said I don't have a billion to invest doesn't mean I don’t have it. What if I have more?” He said calmly, and everyone was able to breathe again.It seemed he wasn’t trying to make a fuss here or else hell woul
——Harrison alighted a cab in front of Samson's villa. He had a solemn look on his face that portrayed anger as he walked into the villa, but didn’t take many steps in when two burly men evaded his path.He looked at them shocked. He can’t get into his mother-in-law's house freely? What’s going on? However, he didn’t recognize the men before him and looked around only to find an expensive BMW parked and some other expensive cars. Instantly he knew Grandmother had visited this place.For her to be here meant only one thing, something serious was going on, and Harrison was happy he was here to witness it.“Who are you and why are you walking into this house?” One of the men asked, giving off a look of disgust on his face.This made Harrison smile bitterly. It had been a long time since he was downgraded like this. So many things had been happening so he had even forgotten people still looked at him as someone worthless.“I am part of this family. I want to see my mother-in-law so if yo
“How dare you make a fuss over here? Don’t you have respect for Grandmother?” Rachel said with so much resentment in her eyes.“You didn’t care to ask what happened but just came over and slapped me?” Harrison inquired.“Yes, of course, and I can slap you again!” She retorted.“Then I dare you!” Harrison said with bloodshot eyes. From his tone, he was ready to bring the whole house down to pieces, but then Rachel viewed this as trying to show off.Harrison of before would shudder before her presence and immediately plead, but ever since he got that cleaning job in Sterling Corporation he stopped coming here to beg for money and was now looking like he could stand on his own.“Are you talking back to me?” Rachel raised a brow.“Madam, allow us to beat him. He only got lucky the first time.” The guard whose fingers were broken managed to squeeze the words out. It was better to endure the pain than to let himself be sacked.“Yes, madam, we will make him pay.” The other bodyguard came for
“That’s payback for what you did to me earlier.” He snapped at her and she fell to the floor.The slap seemed to have made the entire world turn upside down as it felt like she was shocked by lightning. Blood filled her mouth immediately, and his five fingers were printed nicely on her face.“You slapped my mother?” Stephen ran towards him raging as he folded his sleeve ready to punch Harrison down.Seeing him coming, Harrison smiled, even as his expression remained cold. Stephen has saved him from the stress of coming after him since willingly he came forward by himself.“How dare you!” Stephen sent a punch, but Harrison held it with one palm.“You were the one who threw my wife out, right?” Harrison asked, his lips curled into a deadly smirk.“Let my hand go! When did you become so strong?” Stephen fidgeted as he couldn’t get away from Harrison’s grip. The latter was squeezing his fist so tightly that if it took long, Stephen felt he might break into tears.“Answer! Were you the one
Edward was fast as he signed the contract document given to him without even checking every detail contained in it. To him, it wasn’t needed as the family had accepted him wholeheartedly when they knew he was someone. Also, since he was someone of high importance, they wouldn’t even dare to trick him.“Good, it’s all done now.” He smiled as he returned both the papers and pen to Grandmother.“That’s great. Now what’s left is to start the project.” Grandmother replied, putting on a business mood.“That will be great. It will be nice to put Linda in charge. As you know, she’s a woman of great qualities and importance. I am sure she will do very well. Edward recommended.He didn’t fail to steal a glance at her and saw how she was staring at him delightfully. There were stars in her eyes and it made him more than thrilled. With that, he was sure she would cling to him forever.“That’s a good suggestion. I had it in mind even before you spoke. After all, it was because of her that we got y
“What do you mean by he is into drugs?” Rachel asked, frowning.“Think about it, Mom, which other way could Harrison use to become this powerful? It hasn't been long since he left here, yet he looks like someone who can take on a whole army.” Stephen explained.“Drugs? So that’s fake?” Rachel inquired.“I am sure of it. Since he has been getting a few bucks as salary, I think he must be into pills now.”“That’s so foolish of him. Anyway, I have to get back at him for what he did.”“Exactly. If I take those pills too, I could take him on.”As soon as he said those words, Rachel gave him a long stare. Though she might be angry he didn’t stand up for her earlier on, she couldn’t exempt the fact that he was her son.Taking pills would incur severe damage and could make one go crazy.“No. Don’t you dare! You are too precious for such pills.” Rachel scolded.Stephen's heart melted right away. What he expected was a punishment given by how furious she was. If not for how well he was able to
Wosh! Wosh!Harrison was still having a dream where he was a hero saving a little boy from the street when a cold substance that was freezing was thrown at his body.Waaaaa!He jerked out of sleep only to find himself drenched with water and so many men were surrounding him.“Little prick, how can you be looking like that when you are passed out? Feels you were hunting me.” Larry said with disgust.At first, Harrison’s vision wasn’t clear yet, but after recalling whose voice it was, he jerked up and his entire system responded. His vision became clear, and he was able to see properly.“Larry?” He exclaimed, looking shocked. It felt like he woke up from a dream into a nightmare. These were the same people who went into hiding a long time ago and with all the resources Sterling Corporation has, to find them was impossible but now here they were.“Shock to see us? You asshole!” Larry snapped and sent a kick at Harrison's face. The impact was so heavy that it broke Harrison's nose and blo
“Any last words?” Larry smiled while caressing the trigger button, enjoying every moment.“But you know I can give you double of what she did? I am richer, don't you want to earn bigger?” Harrison smiled. However, there was a hint of sadness in his eyes.His mother-in-law was working with these people, and she had disclosed his information to them to be used, that would be the only way they could have figured he was boarding a taxi.After banishing him, she still went too far just to get rid of him. She hated him for being broke, but he never thought she could sell him out.“Pay double?” Raymond's lips curled as he came forward. “You don't get it, do you? You snatched everything from us, and you think we will believe any word you say? To us, your blood is better than money.” He added.“But you collected money before coming to get me.” Harrison raised a brow at him.“And so? Where do you think we got the money to buy all these cars and pay these men? And don't think it was recently. Th