"Mother, this calls for a Celebration." Mark grinned as he couldn't believe his eyes while going through the papers.
Mabel nodded in agreement, she too was not expecting Zoey to be able to secure a contract and was surprised. "I bet it must be some kind of dumb luck." Mark grinned and stood up. He was ready to go and show off the contract. Now, the Clarkson family was going to become invincible; they were directly affiliated with a first-tier company, and this was a huge boost. As long as they maintained the contract, even a first-tier family wouldn't be willing to offend them; after all, Skyline Technologies was one of the most powerful companies in the whole of North Hampton. "Excuse me, may I come in." A deep male voice came just as Mark was about to leave. "Yes come in," Mark yelled, not caring about who might be at the door. He was very happy and thus wouldn't give a damn at the moment. The next moment, a tall lanky figure walked into the sitting room holding a briefcase with a smile on his face. "Mr. Benson!" Mabel's eyes opened wide in shock, seeing the figures, and instantly jumped out of the couch where she was relaxing. Mark was a little bit slow because he was shocked and by the time he recovered, his mother had already invited Mr. Benson into the house. "Sorry for my son's rudeness earlier, we didn't know it was you." Mabel apologized bowing low. "You don't have to bow," Mr. Benson shook his head, swallowing his Saliva. Even though he was the manager of Skyline Technologies and many heads of prominent families would have to be respectful in front of him, these sets of people were not ordinary. "If I may ask, where is Miss Zoey Clarkson?" He requested, looking at Mabel. "Zoey left just now. May I ask what it is that you want with her?" Mabel replied, trying to keep her voice as neutral as she could. Her heart was beating with excitement, though she didn't know what Mr. Benson came to do, she still hoped that it was something positive. "It's nothing much." Benson laughed, waving his hands, sweat gathered on his forehead. "I came to collect the contract signed by Miss Zoey so that it can take effect." "Ohh that." Mark laughed and then brought out the contract. "Here it is." He continued and handed the contract to Benson. Benson nodded and then took the contract from Mark before going through it carefully. "If I may ask, was it Miss Zoey who signed the contract?" Benson questioned after a while. "No, it's not Zoey who signed the contract. She's unfit to handle it and she's married to a criminal." Mark blurted out almost immediately. "There's no way we would allow someone like her to handle the contract." "So, I just took her place and signed it instead." He continued. Hearing this, Benson's expression changed, and immediately, he dropped the contract and then stood up. "Huh?" Mabel and Mark froze seeing this wondering what was wrong. "Mr. Benson, is anything wrong?" Mabel asked slowly. "I'm afraid we'll have to sue you for a breach of contract terms," Benson said, his voice turning strict. "We...we don't understand how we breached the contract...." Mabel stuttered, not knowing what to do. "On the contract page, it was stated that only Miss Zoey was allowed to sign the contract and she would be in charge of the contract from the beginning to the end. If you fail to meet this condition, then you'll have to compensate us." Benson uttered calmly, looking at the horrified expression on Mark's and Mabel's faces. "But I just read through the contract and I didn't see anything that's about that...." Mark stuttered as he tried to argue. "Check the last page at the bottom, you'll find it there." Benson enunciated. Instantly, Mark rushed forward and took the contract, opened to the last page, and just as Benson had said, there was the contract Clause. "Next time, open your eyes and read the clauses from the top to the bottom." Benson sneered and walked towards the door. "Sir, how are we going to rectify this?" Mabel yelled as she ran after Benson who was walking out of the house. "I'm afraid you have only two options," Benson stated, turning around to face Mabel. "First is to get Miss Zoey to sign the contract, and second, you take the brunt of breaking one of the contract Clauses." Benson was still wondering in his heart where the Clarkson family had their guts from. Didn't they know who Jordan was? Even though he also didn't know Jordan's real identity, he knew that Jordan was someone who was able to force the higher-ups of the company to bend his rules. If one were to read the contract Clauses well, then they would discover that it was just so damn good to be true and this was because it all came from Jordan. Also, there was going to be no penalty if the contract Clause was broken by Zoey and this was only if she was the one who broke it. Yet, they couldn't see all of these and still went ahead to snatch it away from her. He had to say that they were a little bit gusty. "Mr. Benson, isn't there another way round to this?" Mabel inquired, the fury in her voice could be felt. "No, there's no way around it, and for your information, you have just three days to get Miss Zoey to sign the contract, or else you will face the consequences.." Benson voiced, his voice turning serious towards the end. "When you are ready, you can take this contract to her and make her sign it; else you will be facing whatever the company decides." Benson continued and then pulled out another contract from the briefcase he was holding. "Wishing you all good luck with whatever you decide." He added and then turned around and left under the gazes of Mabel and Mark."That bitch!" Mark cursed immediately as Benson walked out of the house. "I should have known that something was wrong, there's no way she would have the guts to go to the company if she was not in a relationship with that man." He continued. Mabel nodded and didn't say anything. She, too, also felt this way. But what happened had already happened, and there was no way around it; all they could do was to make sure that Zoey came back to sign the contract. She couldn't think of going back to call the other party and was extremely disgusted with the thought, but there was nothing she was going to be able to do about it. They couldn't afford to pay the price for breaching the contract and thus could only do what the other party wanted. "Hurry up and call Zoey," Mabel commanded. They were going to have no other choice now that Benson had said that she had to be the one who was going to sign the contract. Mark nodded and brought out his phone to call Zoey. Dialing her number, it ran
"Didn't I tell you that they'll be here soon?" Jordan looked at Zoey, a smile crept onto his face."But..."Zoey stuttered not knowing what to say. Though she didn't know why her uncle was angry, at least Jordan was right, he had come back, but what was she going to do?"Bang!"Another loud hit came from the door followed by Mark's angry roar."Zoey, I know you're in there; how dare you ignore me; get the heck out right now!"Jordan narrowed his brows and walked towards the door. He already knew what Mark wanted, but if they couldn't come and ask nicely, then there was no way he was going to allow Zoey to sign the contract."What the heck do you think you're doing?" Jordan growled immediately as he opened the door."Are you trying to pull down the door, or what the heck is wrong with that pea-sized brain of yours?""You..." Mark gritted his teeth pointing at Jordan as he descended into a rage."I didn't come here for you. Get the heck out of my way." He calmed down a bit, glared at J
(The Next Day)"Jordan, I've prepared some documents; I will go look for a job today," Zoey said, looking at Jordan who was still all relaxed on the sofa."Why do you have to look for a Job?" Jordan narrowed his eyes looking at Zoey.Though he knew that her family had taken away the company from her after the incident five years ago, he planned to help her get it back, so there was no way he was going to let her work."I don't have a job and you don't have a job. Do you want us to starve to death?" Zoey rolled her eyes at Jordan walking towards the doorShe had already thought about it the night before and had already decided that she was going to get a job.After she needed to support Jordan. Though she knew that he must have started to plan how he was going to rise once again, she knew she had to support him.She believed that since he had done it once, he would be able to do it again. Also, she was feeling a little bit guilty.Jordan sighed looking at Zoey. At first, he wanted to s
"Grandmother, I've signed it." Zoey broke the silence, calling Mabel's attention to herself.She was still a little bit shocked, though the shock didn't prevent her from signing the contract."Since you've signed it, I would take the contract to Skylines Technologies to finalize everything." Mabel offered, taking the contract from the table and standing up."But...""You don't have to worry, I'll represent you this time around." Mabel shook her head interrupting Zoey."Also, it's just past eight; I suggest you resume to the company and start working on the product you signed the contract for; I'm afraid Skyline Technologies would have zero patience to get their products," Mabel said."Yes grandmother, I'll go to the company today." Zoey agreed and stood up.After all, she was ready to go out, so there was no need for her to change. Also, just as her grandmother had said, they had to start with the production of the product right away.The company was a technological company, and they
"Mia, how have you been?" Jordan asked, his voice calm.Mia happened not to be on the battlefield when he was leaving, so he didn't mind the way she was talking.Besides, he was not too strict and they all knew that as long as they followed his rules, there was not going to be a problem."Mia, I need you to come to North Hampton." Jordan went directly to the point, not willing to waste any more time."Yes sir!" Mia answered, not daring to refute Jordan."I'll be giving you a month to round up everything and pass your tasks to someone else, as you'll be staying in North Hampton for quite a while." Jordan continued."Yes, master." Mia didn't say anything and just directly agreed with what Jordan had said.Jordan's authority in the army was absolute, and as long as he issued an order, it was to be followed; otherwise, the person was going to face the consequences.But it was rare for Jordan to give orders, so whenever he did, it was to be followed rather strictly."But master, what am I
"What's going on here?" Azure Dragon muttered, stepping on the brakes and bringing the car to a stop as he approached a long line of traffic. There were many cars and none of them seemed to move. All that could be heard was just the honking of the cars."What's wrong? Why did you stop?" Jordan, who had his eyes closed open, turned to look at Azure Dragon."Master, I think there's an accident up ahead." Azure Dragon explained.He heard some of the drivers discussing it and that the ambulance was yet to arrive which was the real reason for the traffic."Let's go check it out?" Jordan muttered and got down from the car while Azure Dragon followed.Seeing the long line of traffic, Jordan knitted his brows and couldn't help but shake his head as he walked to the front to see what was happening.Soon, he and Azure Dragon arrived at the front. Just right in front was a bridge.At the moment, the bridge was a little bit crowded, right in the middle of the bridge, a truck hanging by the side o
If he was the one, he was not going to be scared of the explosion, after all, it was going to have no effects on him, but this time, there was another life involved.Getting into the car, Azure Dragon raised his legs and kicked the front part of the car that had crushed the old man's legs."Bang!"A loud sound resounded throughout the place and the crowd couldn't help but scream while some covered their eyes since they thought it was the explosion.Looking over, they noticed that the fire had not yet gotten to the car. But just now, the violent kick from Azure Dragon had caused the friction to increase and thus, the fire was only a few seconds away from the car.Azure Dragon couldn't care less and grabbed the old man whose legs had been relieved of the weight, turned around, and jumped away."Boom!"A loud explosion resounded throughout the whole bridge just right after Azure Dragon jumped and the bridge shook a little.Azure Dragon landed a few meters away from the fire and then plac
"Sir, we are at the place." Azure Dragon called out to Jordan as he pulled up in front of a mansion."Are you sure this is the place?" Jordan turned to look at Azure Dragon while he knitted his brows."Yes sir." Azure Dragon nodded, there was an embarrassed smile on his face.After all, he had gotten the venue wrong twice, and he was finally here after he was directed by some people who seemed to know the Johnson family.So he could understand why his master was quite skeptical about being here. But this time around, he was sure that he was in the right place, so he nodded."Alright then, let's go in." Jordan nodded and alighted from the car.Looking at the mansion in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh. This place looked like one of the houses he once owned.Back then, he had many things, but he was sure that the Garrison family would have annexed all of them after they had sent him to prison.Well, he didn't care, it was not like he wanted it again anyway.Walking into the mansi