“Open!”Ramon yelled a voice command and the vast door opened by itself. It was a hard metal door made from raw iron that was way thicker and sturdier than wooden doors.There were also iron bars serving as reinforcement to make it stronger, while the surface was glossy enough to leave scratches on one skin if rough-handled or crashed into.Walking through the door, they found a vast room that contained a vault. It looked like a big box that had a round metal on the front, like a steering wheel.Ramon got to it and twisted it in a direction then an interface appeared at the side of it, he inserted a few digits and then stepped back.Cling!The vault made a sound and the door came open. Taking a hard gulp, Harrison waited with open eyes to see what would be inside. Just like him, Lucas was starring widely.But by the time the door was fully open, the shocked expression on their faces was replaced with a frown.The vault was empty.“What the heck?” Ramon exclaimed, staring in shock. He
Back inside Samson's villa.Edward was seated with a wide smile on his face on the massive Sofa, crossed-legged. Beside him was Linda, who was now clung to him and was caressing his stomach flirtatiously.Nobody dares to talk. Rachel, who saw her child doing that act, was more pleased to see it was enough to keep Edward staying. At least since Linda lost the contract with sterling cooperation, if she could make Edward sign a deal with the Samson family, then it was a giant win.From time to time, she kept checking up on him as though he was going to varnish in a blink of an eye. As if that wasn't enough, she went to extra lengths. Just to please him, she went out to pour some drink and bring it herself instead of asking the maids to do it.“You are very generous, Madam Rachel.” He smiled.“It’s very okay for me to receive our visitors with an open mind. Feel free. This is just a token of my gratitude.” Her lips slowly curled into a smile.“Thank you. I can also call you mom since I ha
“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
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“You must have thought you were way too smart to be dealt with. You got me so bad that I thought I was done for. I have never faced an opponent like you and for that, I’ll give you a ten. You are damn good!” Harrison said with a hint of mockery in his tone and Edward became pissed.However, he tried to think about what went wrong to make his plan fail and how it was so hard for him to figure out what was going on. In a thousand years, he would never expect someone as low as Ramon to be able to exceed him in intellectual strategy.“What? Don’t tell me you are spacing out at such times. And why weren’t you able to figure out what was going on? I mean, you have cameras watching, don't you?” Harrison said sarcastically.Edward felt pressured and it felt like the right time for Harrison to make it harder on him. After all, Harrison suffered the same fate earlier.“How did I not figure this out?” Edward finally said, scolding himself.“Because you are so dumb to notice.” Harrison fired at h
Being indoors for a long while had made their senses a bit shaken off and when they had to adjust to a sudden brightness, they couldn’t help but blink their eyes multiple times.Everyone was shocked to see someone had walked into a room. An unknown someone they didn’t know but were so desperate to see his face, yet their sight was failing to adjust to the light.However, after the figure spoke, every single effect of the sudden brightness was washed off and replaced with curiosity.Starting from the leg, everyone scanned the figure from the toe, slowly heading to his face. When they arrived at the finish point, they all nearly fell on their backs.“Ramon?” Everyone yelled seemingly as though they had seen a ghost. It had to be a ghost right, or maybe their senses were playing tricks on them? They just couldn’t figure it out as their jaws were wide open, almost dropping to the floor.“Jesus Christ! What the hell is this?” Edward yelled, shaking his head from side to side to see if ever
Back inside the small cabin in the rural area.Edward and the others were seated on the couch watching the Television. They weren’t watching the news but something else. There were some wireless connected cameras fixed in some certain place while the television displayed each of those scenes that happened in each place Furthermore, there was a remote control in Edward’s hand, and he was able to make each scene that was showing in a mini spot on the screen occupy the whole screen, so everyone could have their view of what was happening.Right there, on the screen, it was showing that Harrison just walked into the hospital ward. Not only could Edward and the others watch what was going on, but they were able to hear the conversation that was going on.Meanwhile, Larry who was seated at the far end of the room was enjoying the show the most since he was the one who delivered the flower directly to her. He played his part so well that she was unable to recognize him. Of course, he was pu
“Linda right?” Caroline asked, and the delivery man nodded at her before handing the flowers to her. She extended her hand and grabbed the vase. It was such a perfect piece as it had an ancient drawing sculptured on it. The material looked like glass, yet it was made of wood. The way it was polished alone was unique and must be a very costly piece.At once glance, Caroline took notice of it but what she was more invested about was how nice the flowers were. She couldn't resist the urge to dip her nose into it and allow the fragrance to waft into her nostrils.Bang!Just then the door was pushed open and Lucas pushed his head in. The moment he saw her with flowers he was shocked as he knew it wasn't there before and it wasn't like he saw anyone bring it in.That was when Caroline pulled out of the enjoyable feeling she was in. Her mind ran back to the lad who brought the flowers, and she wanted to thank him but after looking she noticed he was nowhere to be found. Rather, there was Lu
“Hello sis, how are you doing?” Linda's voice rang through the phone as soon as the call was picked up, and the receiver was left in shock. It took a while and there was no response. Nervously, Linda peeked glances at the phone to see if it was disconnected, but it wasn't.“Caroline? Are you there?” She called out again before a reply came through.“What do you want?” Caroline replied seemingly disgusted. “Are you calling to make more trouble? Remember I don't have that time at the moment, please.” She concluded and wanted to end the call when Linda spoke.“I am sorry.” She said and shockingly, Caroline couldn't bring herself to hang up. The words she just heard were too good to be true, yet it didn't feel like she was dreaming.Linda just apologized? Caroline started doubting her senses. She was unable to let herself fall for such a trap like before. She had witnessed too much and it was energy draining. Her stepmother pointed a gun at her and would have killed her if not for a mira
“Shit! The police department?” Whitman murmured the words out, as he would rather not be noticed by the caller. Moreover, everyone had their guard up thinking the place was surrounded by the police.There wasn’t any siren sound or any movement, so it must be an unnoticeable operation, right? Those were the thoughts that were running inside their heads as quickly Larry and Raymond took a peep at the window but there was no one outside.They felt a sigh of relief, but that didn’t quench their suspicion. They knew not to let their guard down. Never.“Yes, who am I speaking with?” Edward replied trying hard to keep his composure. He suddenly looked calm and collected like he wasn’t the same person who was nervous not long ago.Already he had speculated that whoever it was, it had to be someone who knew him. The number was private and after picking up, the caller said he was from the police department.After realizing all this, Edward wanted to laugh out loud, but he chose to play along fi
“What’s the meaning of this? Why are you pointing a gun at my head?” Whitman was shocked by the turn of events. He didn’t expect them to come to his house and threaten him.“You are his ally ain’t you? I’ve seen you a couple of times with that brat called Harrison. Who knows, maybe you are here working for him undercover.” Larry spits his suspicion while Raymond nods his head in support.“Stand down!” Edward snapped but was being ignored. “I said bring the gun down!” He said again and yet no one paid a listening ear to him.“It’s the opposite. I am working with Edward here to bring Harrison down.” Whitman explained.“What? Don’t be shitting me. You are the same person who gave out our hideout to Harrison, and you want us to believe you? You should talk fast before I put four bullets into your thick skull!” Larry threatened.The look on his face was so cold, signifying his threats wasn’t a bluff. Already, he had adjusted the gun and had his finger wrapped around the trigger button. Any
The tension became hot and it felt like air was sucked out of their lungs leaving them dry and vulnerable. That should be the time when they should bow their heads and beg for forgiveness, but the men didn’t look like they would.Though they were shocked by his words, there was no trace of fear radiating off them. It felt like they had gradually made up their minds to accept death.Noticing this, Whitman was quite stunned. He knew their loyalty was as tough as a rock, but in the face of death, anyone was supposed to shiver.Smiling, he pulled out a gun and cracked it, then pointed it at one of them.“Swear loyalty to me and I will spare your life.” He said instead as the thought of using them against Harrison would seem befitting to him.“Tch!” All the men spat at his face at once as though they were all in sync with each other. Their eyes were stern as they held nothing but disgust. If not for the fact that they were being tied, they would have lunged at him by now.“Wrap things up