“Are you excited, wife? Grandmother is going to announce it soon enough” Harrison said as he approached Caroline.“I am still nervous though,” Caroline replied, a little tense.“Don't be. Everything will go fine” he assured and stood right next to her facing Grandmother who was now ready to give out the speech.The entire hall had turned silent. Everyone gave her their eyes and listening ears, but their mouths were sealed while their chests filled with curiosity.“Okay, first of all, I want to thank my daughter, Rachel, for having such wonderful kids who have made a change to this great family,” Grandmother started and everyone smiled. “ I would like to give my thanks to Linda who did well and successfully gained us a contract with Sterling Corporation. Her effort was exceptional, and she made sure to show how good the Samson family is” Grandmother added and everyone started clapping.Except for Harrison and Caroline, who had a sour look on their faces. They were both hit with shock a
The hall became filled with loud chattering. Everyone was puzzled about what to believe. In just today, so many things have happened which were making everything so challenging to believe.Though they wouldn’t dare to accuse grandmother of lying, why was it that her son-in-law was accusing her and calling her a liar? What is going on?So many questions were running inside everyone's head in the hall. Caroline, who was the subject of the matter, had now spoken up, saying she was the one who secured the contract but not Linda.Even the reporters who were now videoing Linda, live, were stuck on what to do. Their cameras were moving randomly and almost everyone was being captured instead.“Are you calling my mother, a lair?” Rachel spoke up after a while and once again the hall went quiet. “Do you know that without her kindness you would have been nothing? You could have been a non-one and wouldn’t even get a chance to marry my stepdaughter” she added, taking the crowd's attention.“What t
“What are you saying? Was the contract forged?” Grandmother was overwhelmed by what she just heard. She felt hit by sudden pain in her chest that triggered the weakening of her body due to old age. All this while she was quite vibrant but now it felt like her whole strength sucked dry.Far behind, Caroline wanted to tell them how she signed the contract and how Ramon congratulated her. How come all that was fabricated? Or was it that the Ramon she met was a scam?“Don't worry, wife. Just watch and see” Harrison consoled her. Though he didn't know what Whitman was up to, he trusted him to do a good job. After all, Whitman wouldn't dare to do anything that would make Harrison angry.“Are you saying I should just stay and watch?” Caroline wanted to raise an alarm even though Harrison told her to stay put. She saw no reason why he was telling her that when just like her, he heard what Whitman said.“Wife, they are the same people who denied you of being the one who secured the contract. Ha
“Get back here!” Grandmother raised her voice, shouting until she had a sore throat and was forced to muffle down the sound. One might think she was having a mental breakdown, as suddenly, it looked like she was begging for air.“Go get that brat! Get him and Caroline back here” Grandmother said again, looking at Rachel. She feared losing the contract and was also scared of keeping Whitman waiting.The longer he waits, the smaller their chances get. Already he was still standing and was facing her with the document while watching what was going on, enjoying the view, but he didn't show it off.Meanwhile, towards the gate.Harrison and his wife were walking angrily towards the gate when they heard a loud calling and also someone was running fast towards them and panting hard.Who could have thought that the great Rachel of Samson's family who always had her pride would be running even in tough situations like this? It seems she was tucked to the edge and wouldn't mind staking her life
“What are you trying to do?” Stephen yelled in fright, as he couldn’t believe Whitman would give such an order.Though Stephen thought it could be a prank to chase him off, the way the men suddenly assembled around him was like they wanted to break his bones truly.“You wouldn’t want to dare with Samson's family. You won’t want to do this” he said again, looking around and looking for an opening to run off.Whitman was smiling as he heard what the lad was saying. The sight was so enjoyable but wasn’t complete yet until Stephen would be on the floor with a bleeding nose or maybe a twisted arm. Then perhaps he could realize someone like him could never temper with someone from Sterling Corporation.“I can have your bones broken and still pay the bills. Sadly, you will be the one screaming all through” Whitman said cheerfully and Stephen could feel the danger in his words.He wouldn’t want to imagine such happening to him, so immediately one of the men came at him, he rolled on the floor
The car drove into a massive mansion that made Harrison’s mouth hang open. He had seen so many, but this one was so unique. The walls alone felt like they were built with Diamonds. It had a special glow that showed how expensive the building itself was.Flowers were nicely arranged in a row leading to the entrance while a fountain was spraying water down on them. The view was just so magnificent that one might think the house was carved out of a movie.“Let’s go in,” Ramon said to both Harrison and Caroline, who were still overwhelmed by shock. They stood still, watching. Never had they seen something like this, except in movies.They could as well call that the most beautiful house they have ever seen.To intensify everything, Ramon leaned closer to Harrison when Caroline wasn’t looking his way and whispered into his ears.“This is yours. Just one of them” Ramon said, smiling while Harrison felt like he was struck by lightning.He could have doubted but having seen Sterling Corporati
“What are you not telling me?” Harrison said with a frown after sensing there was more to Ramon's attitude. It looked like he was hiding something.“I am sorry if I have bothered you, but as you know, since you haven't taken over the company I can't tell you everything,” Ramon said with his head bent low.“Is that so? You are as well telling me to leave” Harrison sneered.“Forgive me, young master. I won't dare tell you that. I am just a no-one. Without you, I won't even exist or even be here” Ramon paid his respect.Harrison saw there wasn't time to drag things on. Who knows, maybe what Ramon was taking too long to say because it wasn't something that could be easily spoken.They walked for a while in the vast sitting room that was accommodating so many expensive things. The massive sofas in the room were facing a transparent glass that was exposing the city. Though it was night, one could have a clear view of the city from there.Harrison hasn't seen all parts of the house, but with
Though it wasn't that convincing, because Harrison could never be above someone like Ramon, Caroline could only believe.It wouldn't make sense even if she forced herself to think that way.“Okay,” she said and both Harrison and Ramon released the breath they had been holding for long.Quickly Ramon stood up after playing the part well. He then looked behind Caroline and saw Lucas standing right there. Both men communicated through eye movement, and it looked like Ramon was blaming him for what happened.“We will be heading home now,” Harrison said quickly.“Okay, how about I offer you a ride?” Ramon offered.“No, you have done too much. At least bringing us here has lightened my wife's mood. I can't help but thank you so much” Harrison smiled.“It's fine. I only did what was right” Ramon replied.“We will take our leave then,” Harrison said and started walking towards the exit along with Caroline.Right before they hopped on the path, the old woman came in with a tray of food. Just a