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
The driver jumped off Brianna as he heard Alarick’s voice ring through his ears. He knew what he had done was wrong but it was Brianna who seduced him and told him that nothing was going on between her and Alarick. Brianna had assured him that they wouldn’t be caught and nothing would go wrong, and he stupidly believed her. He didn’t know that she had planned to eventually let Alarick catch them after using him to her heart’s content. Brianna sat up in bed, her breasts spilling out and smiled at Alarick while her plaything wished the ground would swallow him.“What does it look like? I’m having some fun.” She replied to Alarick’s question.Alarick seethed. She was acting like she did nothing wrong. He turned to the driver.“You’re fired. Get out.”“Sir…”“Don’t say a word or I will make sure you end up in a jail cell. Be happy that you’re only losing your job.” Alarick snapped at him as he tried to beg.The driver picked his clothes up from off the floor and ran out of the room leavin
The next day, Alarick arrived at the Blythes company that was now his. The staff had been gathered in the conference room while he addressed them.“As you all know, the company’s management has changed. The Blythe family will no longer be in charge. I’m still undecided if I should leave this company as a separate entity and groom it as such, or merge it with mine and operate under one body. Before that decision is made, work will continue however. I will work closely with your board of directors to ensure the company is restored to it’s former glory. While doing so, I will also be weeding out any one that isn’t useful to the progress of the company. To those committing one crime or the other like fraud or forgery just because you aren’t been supervised properly, I advice you to desist from such practices because they will land you in jail. More information will be relayed to you as the week goes on. Employee reevaluation ill also commence this week, most of you will be retained but th