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I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER EIGHTY NINE
Kayla tapped her pen on the sleek glass desk as she reviewed the quarterly reports for her company. Sunlight streamed in from the wall of windows overlooking the city, casting a warm glow on the modern office.She took a sip of coffee, relishing the busy yet peaceful morning. Lei briskly entered with a stack of papers."The projections for next quarter are looking great," Lei said, setting the papers down. "If sales continue at this pace, we could see record profits and shoot higher than expected." "Fantastic," Kayla said. "Let's keep up the marketing campaigns. Our organic line seems to really be taking off."Their conversation was suddenly interrupted by the loud rumbling of engines outside.Kayla walked over to the windows, perplexed. Down on the street, a fleet of black sedans emblazoned with the District Attorney's seal sat parked haphazardly along the curb."What on earth..." Kayla murmured.Before she could finish her thought, the office door swung open. In marched a tall man
I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER NINETY
Kayla sat with her arms tightly crossed, simmering with anger in the stark interrogation room. The overhead fluorescent lights hummed loudly in the small gray space furnished only with a metal table and uncomfortable chairs.She checked the dainty gold watch on her wrist for the tenth time, growing more impatient.She had been left waiting for almost forty-five minutes since the silent agent had uncuffed her and curtly motioned for her to enter this room.Finally, the heavy door swung open.Julian entered, now wearing a crisp charcoal suit rather than the FBI windbreaker.He gently closed the door behind him and took a seat facing Kayla, setting down a thick manila folder stuffed with papers that made a resounding thud."Ms. Johns, I do apologize for the wait," Julian began politely. "As I'm sure you can imagine, bringing charges against a high-profile executive such as yourself requires many formalities."Kayla squinted at him. "High profile or not, you've made a ridiculous mistake.
I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER NINETY ONE
When Reynold said he was going to get answers to vindicate his wife’s innocence, he didn’t mean it literally. If he had to get his hands down and dirty then he would. Which was why, when night had struck, he and Jovian had snuck into Emerson Corps office in the city, after getting a little more ‘info’ on what they needed to get, and had come up with some plan.Apparently, most of the Johns shareholders and clientele defected to Emerson corps, in the span of few hours after Kayla was arrested, and this had set of the warning bells in Reynold’s head. He’d began his subtle investigation with Lei, providing most of the necessary information, and it wasn’t so hard to connect the dots. Grant Emerson’s unexpected arrival to the city. The sudden accusations placed on the Johns company, specifically directed at Kayla. The sudden and inexplicable disappearance of several key members in the company. And most importantly the longstanding animosity between the two companies which seemed to have g
I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER NINETY TWO
If Grant wanted to go low, then she would go lower. This was what Kayla had decided.“Are you sure you want to do this ma’am?” Lei asked and Kayla could see the fear in her eyes, but she wasn’t fazed. Instead she was done.She’d had enough putting up with the bullshit her life had become over the past few months. She didn’t care anymore what it cost her or what the repercussion of getting involved with shady people might be. So with a determined sigh, she replied her assistant. “Yes, Lei. I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life. You have no idea the kind of interrogation I was put through and the degrading things I had to answer. They spoiled my name. Made me out to be who I wasn’t and I’ll never forget that. If they wanna make me the bad guy, then I’d as well be just that.”“Okay. It’s just that, I want you to be careful is all.” Lei said again and Kayla just flashed the young woman a phony smile. “Of course I am careful. Very careful infact.”“Okay. What do you need me to d
I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER NINETY THREE
An array of papers and files were scattered on the mahogany desk before Reynold, and as he scanned each one, he marveled at Grant’s intelligence. In the few days he’d immersed himself into looking for implicating evidences to use against the young man, Reynold had noted so many things.Grant Emerson was smart. Grant Emerson was intelligent. Grant Emerson was not one to be messed with. Though on this part, Reynold was not too sure. He was not one to back down from a brewing war, and this definitely looked like one. Though he kept telling himself he was doing all these because of Kayla, despite the strained relationship they’d had these last few days, still Reynold knew he had his own ulterior motives too.“Are you still on this?” Jovian asked, kicking the door to the room open as he walked in, with packs of steaming ramen. The smell wafted to Reynold’s nostrils, and he managed a small hum in return. While he’d been living off packaged meals, and takeouts, he couldn’t deny that he m
I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER NINETY FOUR
Kayla revved the engine once more and let out a loud whoop as she sped down the street. The cold air whipped across her face as she leaned her body forward, her hands gripping firmly to the steering wheel as the world whizzed past her in a blur of black, white and random colors. As she maneuvered through pathways and slick turns, Kayla’s fingers tapped rhythmically along the leather steering wheel, the sound echoing against the inside of the car. Goodness gracious, but she was anxious. She was nervous, and at the same time the adrenaline rushing through her was insane. She couldn’t believe she was about to do this, but she had no choice since she’d already started this game, and she had to finish it by all means. She could barely wrap her mind around the thought, and while the anticipation made everything easier, it still felt hard. She wanted to get this right. No, she had to get this right. The family company, depended on her. The subsidiary companies which she oversaw heavily r
I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER NINETY FIVE
Reynold sat down three seats away from the door and chose a direction that would give him a firsthand look at the person coming in. He wouldn't describe himself as a coffee person, but he trusted Brew Hut to be the perfect place to meet anyone without causing much attention. With the place predominantly visited by busy businessmen, crossword players, and newspaper readers, nobody really cared much about what anyone was doing. Not to say that the place was usually almost empty at that time of the day.From where he was sitting, he could count five people. An old couple sat on the other side of the place. The wife solved crosswords, or maybe bingo, while the husband read the newspaper. A man dressed in a suit with a business suitcase was taking a sip from his coffee at the seat by the door. The waitress stood behind the counter with a plastered smile. Reynold wondered how people even do that—faking a smile for so long.The door opened, and a lady with a blonde wig came in, dressed in a
I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER NINETY SIX
Reynold sat on a bench opposite the lake in the city park. It was already 6:00 p.m. and the park was beginning to empty.In his thirty minutes of waiting, he watched the sun begin to set, birds traveling in a bunch beneath the golden sunlight, and people's numbers drop in the park. The highlight was the gentle breeze that rippled through his clothes. Regardless of the turbulence he was facing, he sensed peace in the evening breeze. And it was something he would love to get used to—peace."Sir,” Lei approached his bench and sat down beside him.At least this time, she didn’t look half as ridiculous as the last time.“Why did you ask to meet here?”“Do you have it?” Reynold asked, ignoring her question and moving on to the reason they were here. "Yes, I do,” she replied, bringing out some documents from her famous leather briefcase. She stretched the document to him. “All the names and accounts of those she transferred money to and when.”Reynold accepted the document.The font size w
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CHAPTER HUNDRED & FIFTY FOUR
One life ends. Another begins. Such was the world.That was what Rey was thinking as he fondled his ten-month-old baby girl distractedly. He still felt empathy toward Hamish, even though it irritated him. Hamish was his brother-in-law. He shouldn't try to kill him. Nobody's brother-in-law should try to kill him. But unfortunately, that was life. Things happened even when they were absurd, even when they where undesirable.They had charged Hamish and his aide, Sparks, with manslaughter, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder. Whenever Reynolds thought about it, he shook his head. It was bad. If either of the two men received a light sentence, it would be life. That was what Hamish got for throwing his life away. On the other hand, the world had not skipped a beat. The three of them had recovered fully (at least physically) himself, Kayla, and the Chairman. The Chairman was no longer a 'Chairman,' corporately, legally, and technically. To Reynolds he was now only a father in-
CHAPTER HUNDRED & FIFTY THREE
Sparks was looking for that one lucky strike.He had tailed Hamish, parked far from sight, approached the building on foot, scaled the fence and come in unnoticed. All according to plan. He knew Hamish was with Reynolds already, and they had been speaking for a few minutes. Hopefully, the stage was well set for his arrival.He went round the building, loathing that he had to use the stairs instead of the elevator. His job always sucked and he hated it.The building was generally deserted as planned. Yes... perfect. At the bottom of the stairs he paused, said a lucky prayer, then set the timer on his watch. Ten minutes for everything... Godspeed.****Hamish and the Chairman stared at each other in bewilderment for seconds."I heard you son. Everything you said," his father told him. For a moment Hamish's mind was blank as he stood transfixed, still holding Reynolds at gun point. Slowly he collected himself, becoming even angrier."I'm not upset at you. Only disappointed. But I don't
CHAPTER HUNDRED & FIFTY TWO
If there could be any reason to spare Sparks life and dispose of him, it was the fact that he had an instinct. He hadn't been a henchman these years for nothing. He knew a trap when he saw one. So, when he phoned the doctor requesting to have the package ready by noon, he became aware that he was not speaking to him.Well, technically, he was. But situationally, he wasn't. The doctor was damaged goods now. He sensed that the guy was bugged.How it happened, he had no idea. But it happened real fast.He phoned Hamish and told him. They'd have to take care of the guy, but not too soon, so they don't throw off a scent. It was a tricky situation for the tricky-minded. The better move now, Hamish told him, was to go directly for Reynolds.There were reasons for this. Beforehand, he had noticed that Kayla had vanished from the hospital ward where she was being treated. Of course, he didn't ask questions or raise suspicions (since the hospital staff couldn't link him to Kayla). But Hamish
CHAPTER HUNDRED & FIFTY ONE
There was one more person to put away when the scheme was done with. That doctor.As much as Hamish hated to deal with it, another clumsy character on the scene meant another loose end. He was going to go all out till he got his package... and till it worked. They he'd pay the man in full before making him disappear.Of course basic logic would question his choice of paying first. He just thought it necessary to stick to one's part of a deal no matter what. So he'd pay the man's family for his service, then kill him. He knew he'd needed a new aide for that job, since Sparks would have to go, too. Either in the process or after the process.In fact, he had started to feel a sense of urgency to do away with Sparks before something spilled. The man was already becoming disgruntled. He was already becoming too important. Nobody became too important with Hamish.But first Sparks needed to get the dirty work done, before he eliminated and dissociated him.****When Benny launched himself
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Doctor Benny liked the concept of a bright future. He had always liked it and other terms like it. Future. Success. Opportunity. Yes, that one. Opportunity. There wasn't very much of it for him in his profession. He wasn't poor or anything—of course he had stuff to be grateful for. But he sensed it could be more. So he tried to get more.Wen he had got the call from Hamish's aide to get a lethal solution ready, he, as any rational person, did not like it. But what choice did he have? His wife was a compulsive shopper and his children sometimes forgot he wasn't a billionaire. So he asked himself what he had to lose and the answer was not much. He didn't know if he had a strong or weak conscience. He only knew he could use the money they were offering. He took the offer. He had hoped it would be a one-off thing. Prepare the solution, have it delivered, get his money, forget any of it ever happened. Now it was staring him on the face. That was the problem with crime. It made for str
CHAPTER HUNDRED & FORTY NINE
Impatiently, the Chairman waited for Rey to arrive. More than clarity, he needed to prove to his son-in-law—and himself—that he was mistaken. If they hadn't been from Rey, he would have paid the messages no heed. He found it rather confusing under the given circumstances. He waited in his topfloor office in the conglomerate that morning, when he should have been busy with other concerns. Reynolds needed to explain. It was not that the strings had no connection whatsoever. No, the Chairman wasn't imprudent. It was the way they connected. And the who they connected to. Those were the things he could not accept. At least, not without hard, infallible proof.His desk phone beeped and he picked it up. It was Rezei, asking if he wanted to see Reynolds."Yes, let him come," he said. Then he glanced sharply at the central air conditioner, feeling like the temperature in the room had fallen by a hinedered degrees Celsius in one second. The door opened almost immediately to reveal Reynolds
CHAPTER HUNDRED & FORTY EIGHT
Hamish was painstaking meticulous at planning. He knew when things could go slow, when they could go fast, and when they needed to go fast. Killing Rey was a fast game. It had to be if it would be played, as it was also a cagey game. Not that he was not a cagey man, or that he doubted his own genius. His master-mind. Rather, because he knew that perfection was not cheap, and if you were going to kill your next-door neighbour without taking a dent, you required perfection.He had two usable routes. One was direct: strike Rey. This required precision and care, seeing as the man had become his father's favourite. The other was a bit more accommodating: Strike Rey through Kayla. That is, strike Kayla, and when it impacted and exposed Reynolds, he’d then put the man to rest permanently.Being the genius that he was, Hamish kept both routes open. It would be like a double barrel, a kill-both-birds-with-one-stone formula. He was almost enjoying the prospect. All his track would be clean.
CHAPTER HUNDRED & FORTY SEVEN
The police never got around to finding Riker. He was ghost, they said. Came and went as he pleased. In truth, he was aboard the next flight out of the country after the Johns foiled his coup. With his absence came peace. The Chairman gave Reynolds a position in the company to work alongside Hamish. Kayla's baby continued to grow, her belly ballooned, pushing against her buttons. For the couple and the Johns, the world seemed a kindlier place.All except Hamish.He was angered by the turn of events, especially with Reynolds' new position as his managerial superior. Bloody Reynolds? His Superior! They had no inkling what he was capable of. Maybe he would have to show them. By himself this time. He would restore his honor by taking out all his enemies and their accomplices, in any form they manifested. Including those who directly limited him, and those who did so indirectly, by being dumb and sluggish, by playing with his goals.The first, perfect victim would be Grant.Luckily, a d
CHAPTER HUNDRED & FORTY SIX
The tracker vanished all of a sudden and Jovian's head jerked with a start. He had been watching his wearable monitor almost boredly up till it happened. “What the--?" He spat."What?" asked Ceneau who had also been observant."Do we move?" one of the aides asked. Jovian nodded. He dd not want to say that the tracker had been lost. They'd just drive to where it was last seen.Everybody prepared hastily. Even Ceneau fiddled with a rifle he probably couldn't use. They piled in and hit the gas, hard.****The first thing Reizei did was strike the overhead sensor. He guessed that damaging it could shut the mantap on one end (for both doors) and lock half the guards out momentarily. And it worked. The only people to cross were the three of them, Riker, and about half the escort party.Once Reynolds grabbed the nearest guard's gun, he had acted, ramming his fist into the circular sensor above his head. There were screams, including his.The Chairman scrambled. The guard behind Reizei gra
