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I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER HUNDRED & ONE
Grant Emerson stood in his office thousands of feet above the ground floor.He liked to be up there, with the rain clouds stretched out before him like floating cotton soaked in dye. In the city, the sun rarely ever burned bright, which meant that the skies were almost always one viscous shade of blue or the other. When he was there, standing so high up in the air, Grant felt like a god, like the people thousands of feet below him who looked to be the size of specks from such a great distance were just that: specks. It was a good feeling, this sense of divinity. It was all the more reason why he loathed Kayla and the Johns and the cunningness that ran in their blood like a taint. No other woman could have matched him like she had, move for move. For every inch he gained, he lost another. For every foothold he ceded to gain new ground, she claimed another. Grappling her was like grappling a chess grandmaster, like trying to take hold of a snake sliding in a barrel of butter.He walked
I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER HUNDRED & TWO
It was the first night in a long while since Kayla had slept so peacefully. There were no violent interruption; she did not wake up in the dark worried, wondering if her brothers had made another move on her while she slept. Even though she had never needed an alarm clock to rouse her from sleep, her body being one itself, she had an alarm clock on the bedside. It woke her now, cutting through the air with its shrill cry. Kayla slammed a palm down on the device and it responded with sweet, well deserved silence. She sat up in bed and looked around her room. It felt suddenly unfamiliar in the absence of Rey. He had slowly and surely embedded himself in her life without her even realizing it. While, previously, she used to look forward to waking up to the greeting of sunlight dotting her coloured blinds, now it was the smell of his cooking he missed. She could just picture him in the kitchen, apron strings tied around the width of his waist, his arms chiseled to sculptural beauty.
I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER HUNDRED & THREE
Lei waited outside the boardroom, watching the siblings settle in. Both arms locked behind her back, she stood guard, her spine straight as an arrow, eyes forward— just the way that they had taught her at the academy. Even through the glass doors, the John siblings dislike for each other was palpable. So corporeal, you could touch it. Hell, dislike seemed like an inadequate way to describe what they felt for each other.Sean was unbridled, roiling hate. Tate sat in his chair, curled up like a cottonmouth snake. She had learnt to fear the man—when he struck, he struck hard and fast. Hamish was as cold as ever, a portrait of their father the chairman. When they assigned her to Kayla, Lei was young, barely into her adolescence. The chairman arrived one day and she could still remember it: his slowly graying hair, the sunglasses. He stared down at her for seconds that bled into minutes and made her uncomfortable."This one," he had said to their commander and that was that. Her fate h
I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER HUNDRED & FOUR
Lei watched understanding wash over Kayla's features. Then shock. Then doubt."Why? Why would you even do that?" Her boss asked, rising from her perch on the edge of her desk. In her heels, she towered above Lei who was kneeling."Your brothers made me do it. They wanted to force your hand and force you make a mess of the Zhang contract and cause the chairman to cut you out."Kayla looked at her with new eyes. Her voice was hoarse when she spoke. "They succeeded, didn't they? They took the contract right out of my hands. With your help."Lei's heart had become a steady pounding in her chest. It beat wildly as if to compel her to pay heed to it.'Fear,' Lei thought. 'So this was what fear felt like.'After all these months, it was still a strange emotion to her. Fear was one of the first things that they beat out of you at the academy when you were young. If the commander found out you had a deep-seated fear of heights, he would see to it that you spent your nights patrolling the high
I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER HUNDRED & FIVE
Sean was hungry for a fight.After the meeting they just had with their father, Tate could tell that the bulky man wanted to break something—whatever he could lay his hands on. Perhaps, pump his fist into the first face that he found obnoxious or clutch his own hair and scream. He could always tell when his brother was on the verge of doing something stupid, which was almost every other day.It was why he took him to their usual spot at the nightclub. Nothing annoyed Sean as much as losing to their sister's wit—a sentiment that Tate understood completely, a sentiment Tate shared. But he also knew that nothing soothed the man's soul more than a night away from work. Music and the beautiful women that paraded the club, they were a balm for his soul. The best part was that he could buy the all with money and he had lots of that.Sean hunched over the table which was covered with every kind of wine imaginable. There was chardonnay, champagne and rosé. At least those, Tate could recogniz
I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER HUNDRED & SIX
The house Kayla had bought for Louisa and Tia was far larger than the one she shared with Reynold's. The structure sat nestled on a reticent street of the suburbs and it was surrounded by neatly manicured lawns that soaked in the summer sun. It was two stories high and boasted of a quaint front porch. A wide garage graced the building and it was all fenced round with whitewashed wood. The space at the foyer and the back of the house were both vast enough to fit a family barbecue.Kayla stared up the stairs on the front porch. Nearly all the lights in the house were had been turned on.She parked in the Rolls Royce facing the open street, just in case she had to leave as quickly as she had come. The walk to the door at the porch was a short one, but it seemed like ages before Kayla was in front of it. She raised her hand to press the doorbell, but the door twisted open before she ever made contact.Kayla blinked, surprised."Kayla," It was Reynolds. He poked his head out of the house
I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER HUNDRED & SEVEN
Reynolds could not believe his good fortune.He had hoped to get back with Kayla, but he had not expected it to happen so soon, or that she would be the one to ask him. He had missed her sorely. Maybe a little too much. But he knew Kayla. When his wife set her mind to something, there was no convincing her otherwise, except she changed her mind herself. It was one of the many things he loved about her— the driving force that was her determination. Throwing himself into work had helped him take his mind of her.When she asked him to return home with her, he was so stunned that be asked her if she was certain she wanted him to. "Are you sure you want that?"She nodded. "I have never been more certain of anything." said she. That was all Reynolds needed to hear. He grabbed his car keys and gathered what little belongings he had strewn around the house and tossed them into his duffel bag. They took his car, leaving the Rolls Royce Kayla had arrived in behind. Jovian would return the c
I Became A Trillionaire After Marrying A Lady Boss CHAPTER HUNDRED & EIGHT
Ceneau never thought he would have to say yes to any woman in his life.The thought of waiting to be married on an altar, or watching as a veiled woman walk towards him from the end of the aisle, it was all beyond him. He had planned always to live the way he had been living forever: two miles at a time. Fortunately, the Johns were just the kind of family to finance and encourage such a life. So far, he had stayed on track, writing his books, traveling around the world, modelling when he got the chance. A small part of him knew that one day, sooner or later, nemesis would finally caught up with him.Finally, nemesis had caught up with him in form of his father wanting him to marry the daughter of some other business tycoon. None of it sat right with him. None of it. More and more, each day he felt like he had been placed in a cage like a wild animal and the metal contraption only kept reducing in size, edging him in. Thoughts of his impending marriage were a hand around his throat.C
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
