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RISE OF THE DISCARDED SON-IN-LAW THE EVENT WAS SUCCESSFUL
Alarick's eyes widened as Charlotte leaned in to lock lips with him. With their heads tilted and eyes closed, Charlotte and Alarick's kissed deeply. He had been stiff at first, but after a few seconds of their lips together, he couldn’t resist or pull back. Time seemed to stop for both of them as they became immersed in the kiss. Alarick deepened the kiss, his arms snaking around her waist. Charlotte reciprocated his intention and leaned in further. Murmurs filled the parts of the room that witnessed the kiss and glares covered the faces of envious women but Alarick and Charlotte were oblivious to it all. They stayed in their embrace for a while before Alarick pulled back.Charlotte's eyes still stayed closed, her mind wondering why kissing her kidnapper felt right. Her hands formed fists slightly crumpling her gown as Alarick marveled at what they had just done. She opened her eyes and Alarick turned away. Charlotte faced the awed and discouraged women with Alarick still holding her
RISE OF THE DISCARDED SON-IN-LAW HER HIDDEN AGENDA
Alarick opened his eyes as he sat down on his bed. It was early in the morning, about 5:00 am but he was awake. He really couldn't sleep much anyway. He had his phone in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other as he scrolled through the latest news on both business and economics channels and since it was the weekend, Alarick was going to take as much time as he needed to rest. Alarick was taking a sip of his coffee when there was a knock. He glanced at his door. Wasn't it a bit early for someone to be asking to see him? Alarick dropped his phone on the bed and waited."Come in."The door opened to reveal one of Alarick's guards. The man slightly bowed to pay respect before he started to speak."Good morning sir.""Morning. Is there something you need to tell me because it's quite early?""Sorry sir but yes, it is important. It's about the prisoner. Well, the woman that's been locked in the room. She's been yelling non stop for the past thirty minutes, telling us to release her. We'
RISE OF THE DISCARDED SON-IN-LAW AT HER FATHER'S TOMBSTONE
Scarlett leaned back in her seat when the waiter approached them and gave Alarick a bottle of water and a glass just in case he needed it. Some people preferred to drink straight from the bottle and others preferred to drink from a glass."Have you made your choice from our menu now, sir? Our chefs are honoured that you graced us with your presence and would like an opportunity to show off their impressive culinary skills.” The waiter said after dropping the water instead of leaving.Alarick glanced at Scarlett."You invited me here, so go ahead and order for us." Alarick said to her and Scarlett smiled."All right. We'll have your ribeye steak glazed with bourbon, and any side dish you think is best. Impress me and you’ll get a really good tip after our dinner.” She said to the waiter.The waiter nodded and walked away to get their order as Alarick took a sip of water. "So, when did Farhad travel?""Three days after we came to visit you. I'm sure he didn't call because he was busy a
RISE OF THE DISCARDED SON-IN-LAW AN INVITATION
Alarick went back towards the house and once he stepped inside, he could hear Charlotte's voice ringing through the lobby. She was still shouting and it didn't seem like she was going to stop anytime soon.He shook his head and went up the stairs to her room. The guards were still finding it hard to put Charlotte into her room since her hands gripped the door frame as she started to scream profanities at the men. She had a very dirty mouth, and some words she said would make even sailors that were infamous for cursing, blush hard."You cannot do this to me you assholes! I am not a criminal! You have to let me go! Alarick! Tell your goons to release me this instant! I will sue you all for harassment the minute I’m out of here, you will all regret treating me like this, I promise you."On hearing his name, Alarick walked closer and stepped in front of Charlotte and she calmed down a little but her hands never left the door frame."I do not deserve to be treated this way. Tell your men
RISE OF THE DISCARDED SON-IN-LAW PREPARING TO LEAVE
When they were done eating, that was when Alarick finally spoke up."It looks like you're going to be leaving the house tomorrow."Charlotte dropped her glass of water and looked at Alarick."What?" She asked with a bemused expression."You're leaving the house tomorrow. You're going out with me to meet Mrs Dumont."Charlotte frowned as he said that."Who?"It was Alarick’s turn to frown at her question."The woman you spoke to last night. Mrs Clarice Dumont."Charlotte had a far away look in her eyes like she was trying to remember who he was talking about. Soon enough she remembered."Oh, I remember her now but what makes you think that I'll go anywhere with you tomorrow? Our deal was to only appear at the event as your plus one.""She asked to see you and you'll come because I said so." He said sternly."You could just leave me alone and go to see her. Make up an excuse and tell her that I couldn't make it. Why do I have to come?" She asked.Alarick made no attempt to answer the qu
RISE OF THE DISCARDED SON-IN-LAW AT THE RESTAURANT
Alarick and Charlotte sat in the car as the driver took them to their destination. It was silent apart from the sound that Alarick's typing was making. Charlotte looked over at him and tried to make out what he was typing but to no avail. She couldn't see a thing that is unless she was willing to move closer to him. She removed the thought from her head immediately. She didn't want him to think she came close to him for another reason.Charlotte looked out the window with a nonchalant attitude. Yes, she was going to escape today but right now she was bored out of her mind. They had been in the car for fifteen minutes already and she had nothing to do. At least he had a phone to keep him busy, she could do nothing but look around. She clenched her fingers wishing that she still had her phone with her. It would have been better than riding in a car in silence. But she knew that if she asked for it back, even if it was just to play games, he wouldn’t give it to her because he would think
RISE OF THE DISCARDED SON-IN-LAW FAILED ESCAPE
Charlotte crossed her legs as Clarice took a sip of her drink. The waiter had already arrived a few minutes earlier and had taken their orders. Now, they were left alone. "So, Chloe give me the scoop." Charlotte gave her an enquiring look. "What scoop?" Clarice dropped her glass and gave Charlotte her full attention. "Don't play coy with me. Tell me everything that's going on between you and your hunk of a boyfriend. I'm sure you have a lot to tell." Charlotte wriggled a bit in her chair. What was she going to tell this woman? She would have to fabricate a whole love life to placate Clarice's hunger for gossip but what if the woman asked Alarick and he told her something entirely different? Charlotte sighed. She would have to use Alarick's advice for this. "Well, like Alarick said, we met at a business event. After that we had our first date. Alarick was a bit stuck up the first time in my opinion but I didn't blame him especially after all he'd been through. The date was okay b
RISE OF THE DISCARDED SON-IN-LAW KING VS DUMONT
Alarick and Henry sat down opposite each other on the far end of the restaurant as they left their significant others alone. Henry sipped from the glass in his hands."Alone at last.""The women wanted some privacy. Who are we not to oblige them? Now, to the reason I actually came out today. Business."Henry's demeanor changed. His face already had no happy emotion before but now he was enraged as the thought of Alarick blackmailing him popped into his mind. He tried to hide it but Alarick had picked up on the change."Is there an issue Mr Dumont?" Henry settled for a slight sneer. Right now Alarick held all the cards and he knew it."No. There isn't an issue." Henry replied."Good. Let's get straight to the point. I want you to invest in the new joint company and relevant sector that I have someone heading.""Why would I do that?" Henry asked."Think about it. You'll be putting your hard earned money into a project and company that'll give you massive returns back. It's a constructi
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VICTORY AT LAST
The judge walked back into the courtroom and the room immediately turned quiet. She took her seat silently and looked at the jury. It wasn't a guess what the jury would pick. The massive amount of compelling evidence that was shown was more than enough to convince everyone in the room of who was innocent and who was guilty. She turned back to the crowd while hitting her gavel. "Court is now in session. I have to ask both sides. Does either the prosecution or the defense have anything else to say in this case?"Both sides of the court shook their heads, no one wanting to come forward and say another word. The judge turned to the jury."Has the jury come to a decision?"A man from the jury stood up."Yes we have, your honor.""Could you read it out for the court to hear?"The man opened the envelope in his hands and brought out the paper. He looked at it and read."In the case of Alarick King versus Grace King, the jury found the defendant, Grace King, guilty of defamation."The crowd i
HIDDEN MOTIVE
It had been a day since the fire incident at the King mansion. Luckily they had all made it out alive and unscathed apart from the man on Alarick's security detail that was shot, Henry. They had disposed of the dead bodies of the attackers and had rounded up the culprits who were caught. It took them some time to get rid of or repair the damage that was done that night but they pushed on especially when they knew they finally had their smoking gun. The thing that would end Grace. The day of the long awaited court hearing had arrived. Alarick sat beside Charlotte and they both sat some distance away from Grace and her new lawyer. Grace eyed them both still angry at the fact that they had survived the fire. The tables were turned. Now they were the prosecution and Grace was the defense. She was going to be the one to fend off their attacks and just like the night she sent men to get rid of Alarick, she would lose.The tension in the air was palpable and with the agreement of both parti
ATTACKERS
The group stayed glued to the floor for some seconds when some of Alarick's security detail barged into the room armed to the teeth and lifted them up from the ground. Alarick, who had landed on Charlotte to shield her from whatever was going on, got up and looked away, avoiding the gaze that Charlotte gave him when she stood upright. Scarlett noticed the exchange and bit her lip till she drew blood. She said nothing though, not wanting to incite a fight when they still weren't sure of what was happening.The guards immediately turned around and pointed their weapons at the door as if expecting for assailants to come running in guns blazing. One of the security men shouted over the deafening noise of gunshots coming from outside."Mr Alarick, are you okay?"Alarick gave the guy a nod before the man who was seemingly the head of the security team turned over and asked the same questions to the women in the group."What about you ladies? Is anyone hurt by any chance?"Charlotte, Scarlet
EXPLOSION
Five days had gone by and there hadn't been a peep from either Grace or the company on the business scene. It had been unusually quiet and Alarick didn't like it. He paced in his study as the sun set with Charlotte watching him while she arranged the papers on the desk. They had finished creating and compiling evidence in their argument for the court hearing that was going to take place in the next two days. All they had to do now was wait. Alarick ran his hands through his hair frustrated. Charlotte knew the feeling all too well. It's not like anything bad had happened but they wanted it to. They needed it for their plan to fully be realized. A few days ago Alarick and Charlotte had come upon a video of Grace commanding someone on the phone to burn Alarick's house down so that he and Charlotte would die in the fire and not be able to make the court date allowing her to legally take the company as her own. Alarick had already put in contingency plans for her attack but him dying and
NEW EVIDENCE
It had taken two grueling days for Charlotte to draw up a defamation lawsuit to give to the court and incidentally the court date was set to take place in a week. On the same day as Alarick's real birthday, the day he was actually born before he was stolen from the King family, not the day he thought was his birthday, given by whoever had found him. But even though that was the case Alarick wasn't enthusiastic about it.Alarick and Charlotte sat in the study and like most times went through some documents that could further increase their chances of winning the case. They had gotten over their little misunderstanding that day in front of the courthouse and planned to just win it all and then move on. As they worked in silence, Alarick's phone rang. He looked for his phone as it continued to ring out amidst the vast amount of documents that covered the desk at the time. In another second or two he found it and checked the caller ID. It was one of the members of the board. Jameson Clay
STILL NOT FORGIVEN
Alarick and Charlotte walked out of the courtroom together. The reporters rushed towards them as the duo stepped out, and they were also swamped by the crowd that gathered outside the building. Alarick's guards did their best to keep the crowd away from the both of them and they succeeded in that, but they weren't successful in quickly taking them through the crowd and to their car because the bystanders were just too much.The light flashing from the several cameras partially blinded them as they tried to leave the premises through the steps but when they found it impossible to, they decided to stay back and answer the questions of the masses so they would be allowed to pass through. Alarick spoke to his men and told them that he wanted to stay a bit and speak to the crowd and the guards relented, opting to just shield him rather than try to break through the impenetrable wall of the people who wanted answers. Just as the group had stopped their descent, the questions came flying."M
A WIN IS A WIN
Everyone that was in the courtroom before the break was called back in as the court was about to be in session. They all took their seats anxious for what was to come next. Some bit their nails and some sucked in a breath, nervous. This was the time that the verdict would be given. Would the prosecution win or the defense win? What would happen if the verdict didn't go the defense's way? What would happen to the company that so many people respected in the business world, not to talk of the King family if the allegations were indeed true and they were involved in shady business? All these were questions that the crowd in the court had. Everyone including the prosecution and the defense. Alarick and Charlotte took their seat as they shared glares with Grace and her lawyer. The tension in the air was palpable. A knife could cut it in half. They were all on their toes. The jury had to decide on this case and all they could do was hope that the verdict went their way.The door opened up
COURT CASE II
“I won’t waste any more time by going through the process of how the evidence was found. Instead, I’ll show everyone the proof and allow them to make a decision for themselves. This is exhibit A.” The lawyer for the prosecution took a file from off his desk and showed it to the whole room. He brought out a copy and gave one to the judge and then another to the jury to peruse. He crossed his fingers and gave it some time before he continued. “In the file that you were given you will find the dealings between the King Corporation and a well-known notorious cartel headed by Lorelie Mandan. This was for the shipment of a large number of guns and possibly explosives to an undisclosed location somewhere in the Mexican desert. The drop off was made by the company and the cartel picked it up. If you still have doubts then I would like to call a witness to the stand.” The lawyer turned to the judge and he gave his go ahead for the witness to be called out to the stand. “I call Matteo Sanch
COURT CASE I
Just as Alarick had predicted there was a huge trial that was going to be held due to what Grace had released to the press. It had only been a day after her false announcement when he had gotten a letter saying that he had to be in court for a hearing concerning his company’s activities. Surprisingly, Charlotte was ready for the hearing. The zeal to crush Grace at her own game had pushed her even more to provide everything that they needed or might need when the court case held. Alarick had also prepared until he was ready to face Grace again and confront her.The day of the court hearing came and the buzz of how the day might end filled the television stations, news outlets, media rooms and even gossip mills with so much anticipation that the hearing was allowed to televise live due to the pressure that was put on the courthouse. The press had used the excuse of trying to educate the masses to get the exclusive content but everyone knew the truth. Everyone knew that no matter what ha
