"Is that you, street rat? Look how low you've fallen. It's only been two days and you look like shit." Brianna said with a sneer as she held her lover, Lucian Pasteli . Lucian smiled and Alarick could feel the anger bubbling inside him once he remembered what this man did to him, but he decided to be calm."What do you want?" Alarick asked calmly.There was no need to cause a scene when they were both beneath him now. Lucian rolled his eyes and tapped his fingers on the car door as he spoke."You know you should have really reconsidered this whole divorce thing. We both know it won't do you any good. When you're done pouting you'll go back and grovel at Brianna's feet like the beggar you are." "Bold of you to think that I would beg this woman to take me back after everything she did to me. You can keep her since apparently that's what you’re into. Enjoy having my leftovers."Lucian gripped the door tightly. His knuckles turned white as he imagined Alarick’s head between his hands. Ho
Days after Brianna signed the divorce papers and it was officially legalised, Alarick proceeded with the plan to be announced as the heir to the King fortune. The occasion was televised thus every news and entertainment outlet had it running on their stations. Reporters were everywhere and the event was being streamed live online.Alarick stood behind his father on a podium above the various people present, colleagues and rivals alike, as he spoke to the crowd. The place was packed since it was not everyday a high standing person such as Cillian King gave a public announcement."There is a reason why I held this public press conference. I have an announcement to make today." He said as he gestured for Alarick to move closer to him."This young man standing beside me is my long lost son, Alarick King. Some of you might recognize him as Alarick Blythe from the recent cheating scandal with the Blythe family but I can assure you that it was all lies concocted by hateful people. He was tak
CHAPTER 10It had been a week since Alarick had been announced as the heir to the King fortune. Since then, he had been attending meetings, functions and various interviews to show that he had accepted his new role. He had meetings with board members and major investors in the company, active and silent members, and managers of key sectors in the King's empire.The media had carried the story of the broke ex-husband becoming a rich trillionaire overnight. They went wild dragging the Blythe name through the mud. Everyone speculated on who was in the wrong and the public was torn between believing the family they already knew, and the new heir. The news was scandalous and the Blythes hadn’t made a statement yet making them look even more guilty. Add that to the fact that Alarick was being featured in almost every magazine and news outlet in the country. He was on basically every front page, and had already been voted most eligible bachelor, even though he hadn't handled the company for
Some days after the proposal was signed, Bruce decided to throw a party to announce to everyone that he was now working with one of the country’s richest families. He invited the Kings over for the celebration as well as some other potential business partners. Although he was hesitant at first, Alarick decided to go. The news of both the Blythes and Kings being in the same room and acting cordially was shocking to the public. No one believed it was actually going to happen so the paparazzi surrounded the entrance of the mansion doors to get scoops of anything that may happen.Alarick pulled up at the Blythe mansion in the brand new version of the Rolls Royce. The valet took his keys and he was escorted into the building. The paparazzi took pictures and begged him to look their way . The house sparkled from top to bottom. Everything showed extravagance and considering the fact that they might not get another contract to afford this kind of spending, Alarick was interested in what they
As Alarick sat in his office at the top floor of the high-rise building he now owned, he got a call from Brianna. He frowned when he saw her name pop up. It had just been about three weeks since she had told him that she was carrying his child, and she had been calling him a lot lately, saying she was sick or nauseous and had to see him for one reason or the other.He always went to see her but the calls were becoming too much now. He knew she wanted to get his attention by seeing him frequently but he couldn’t leave work all the time to go see her. He was only doing this so if the child turned out to be his, it would never be said that he shirked his responsibility, so he answered the call.“Yes Brianna. What is it this time?” He asked with an exasperated sigh.He heard rustling over the phone.“Hey Alarick. I feel sick today. Could you pick up some pickles and peanut butter please?”Alarick didn’t understand why she was ready to turn him into her personal slave just because she got
As the days went by, Brianna kept to herself. She still saw Alarick around the mansion but she never tried to seduce him again after she had been humiliated by him the last time. But she still saw him around the mansion and they still had dinner together. Alarick’s father was never unpleasant to her but he never acknowledged her presence either. It was as if she didn’t even exist. He supported Alarick’s decision to bring Brianna to the mansion to live with them for the sake of his grandchild, but he never pretended to like Brianna or tolerate her presence. She was the reason that Alarick had been humiliated by her family, and she had treated him worse than garbage when he had no money. All her pretence of humility right now was just because Alarick was now wealthy.Alarick also ignored her most of the time, and he thought of assigning her to clean the house with the other maids just to belittle her, but he reconsidered because he didn’t want the child she was carrying to be affected.
It didn’t take long for the public to find out that the Blythes were near bankruptcy. The news about what transpired between Bruce and Alarick also spread causing more harm to the family as no one wanted to work with someone who could try to betray them at any turn. Also, no reputable company wanted to be associated with an enemy of the great Kings familyCompanies were turning down Beatrice’s offer to do business or even to have a merger. They were losing everything little by little and Alarick saw this as an opportunity to get the company from them. He gave it some time. He wanted to wait when things were really looking bleak for them then strike. Days went by with Alarick monitoring the state of the Blythe business and then at a point he contacted Beatrice.After three rings she picked.“Hello. Who is this?”Beatrice had a calm voice about her probably to seem collected despite her kingdom crumbling before her.“Beatrice. It’s Alarick. I would like to talk business with you.”Hear
Alarick had a charity event to attend later that evening. It was one of the foundations that his father had supported for years so he had to be present at the occasion as the new CEO of the King’s empire. He hadn’t known that the Blythes were invited until he got there. Brianna hadn’t come but he could see the Blythe brothers and their mother socializing among the other guests. The news of them selling the company to him hadn’t been officially announced so for tonight, they could pretend to still be one of the wealthy families present here today when they were really penniless.Alarick avoided them throughout the night to avoid complications. He knew how cunning they could be and they might try to make him offer more assistance to them because he was in public and was expected to behave a certain way. After socializing for a bit, he went to one of the empty balconies to drink away from the crowd. Most of the people present didn’t really care about the charity, they were just here to f