2024-04-16 05:15:22My bad to mishear, Mr Bowen. But could you repeat it again? I think there's a bit of network interference here."
Arthur's hesitant request was not without reason. He really didn't expect that Bowen was no longer applying for investment, as Alex had revealed earlier.Jill, who had been smiling as she waited for Bowen's answer, changed her expression. She looked incredulous when she heard Bowen's correct statement."You didn't hear wrong, Fischer. You asked me to be an investor at first, but they refused. So you asked for a company that could keep you respectable in the UK. So I transferred my ownership to you. I also promised a bit of my earnings to give to you, didn't I? Is that still not enough for you, Fischer?"Arthur swallowed hard and blinked rapidly as Jill closed her eyes in disappointment. He cleared his throat briefly before finally nodding in affirmation, as if he saw Bowen's presence right before him. "Ah, you were right, Mr Bowen. I guess I misheard about
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"W-what do you mean, Mrs Reynolds? Engaged?" asked a confused Arthur. His eyes narrowed sharply as he questioned the meaning of Jill's incomprehensible words. "How could you ask me to marry your daughter at a time like this, Mrs Reynolds?"Jill positioned her seat comfortably and leaned towards Arthur across the table so that they could be closer. She glanced around as if she didn't want anyone else listening in. "As I said before, Arthur. We can't do anything now but use Camellia. You can make her a pawn. I mean, we can ask her to help us dig up all the information about Reynolds Industries. That's all we can do for now, right?"Arthur shook his head slowly. His appetite was gone in an instant. "No, Mrs Reynolds. I can't accept this proposal. After all, without marrying her, we can ask her to help. She is still your daughter who will obey all your requests, Mrs Reynolds. Why should I marry her?"Arthur's persistent refusal made Jill frown in surprise. She even shook her
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"Get out of here now!"Jill's expulsion when Aland, Pete, and Shannon arrived at the Reynolds residence with many vases thrown out and broken made the trio no longer surprised by the messy state of the house.The two bodyguards who walked in front of them immediately rushed to Jill's back in an effort to protect their three clients. Assisted by a device connected to the other two bodyguards at the back, they would act as a shield for the vase that might be thrown.As more strangers came to her house, Jill became more furious. She screamed loudly, like she was possessed by a demon. Her eyes widened as she approached Cobb and Shannon, who stood behind the two bodyguards with their backs to her.Just as Jill was about to reach Aland to slap him as hard as she wanted to make him lose money at the restaurant, the two bodyguards who had his back turned around and prevented her from getting any closer. She widened her eyes and wrenched her hands from the powerful grip of th
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"You sure she'll choice, hun?"Aland's question, who was busy continuing his project with Osborne, made him inevitably distracted from the laptop to finish everything faster. He did take the time to look into Shannon's eyes when asking questions. But either way, Shannon felt uncomfortable when Aland no longer looked at her when she nodded in response."Can't you stop for a minute for me, Aland? You've been busy with a lot of business all day long, so is it okay if I ask for a moment of your time or your night long?"Aland stopped typing and quickly saved his document so as not to lose the changes he had been working on for the past ten minutes. He closed the laptop and climbed into bed. "Sorry for ignoring you. I don't understand what women want because I've never been close to the others gender. So, my bad. Really am."Shannon looked down with a reddish face as Aland approached, brushing her hair behind her ear. "Because of that, I won't hesitate to ask for your tim
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"What do you mean, Mum?"Jill paced in front of her desk with indecision. Shannon's choice had really rattled her. She nodded her head slowly as she looked at a worried Camellia."Stop biting your nails, Lia! Your nails aren't always hygienic! Do you want to catch a disease when we're filled with a lot of thoughts, like right now? Our immunity can drop drastically when faced with hard choices that can make us depressed! So don't trigger it by acting childish! I don't want to see you get sick when I'm struggling. Do you get it?"Camellia nodded slowly. She bowed her head with feet that continued to tread with indecision. "What can we do now, mum? Both options don't make us safe at all. I mean, why do you have to keep looking for trouble? You should just keep quiet until they're out of here, shouldn't you?"Jill was still pacing restlessly. Her eyes closed for a moment before finally letting out a long sigh as her steps stopped right in front of Camellia. "They're tryi
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Camellia was helping Jill sort through some documents in her room when the clock struck eight in the evening. There were still three other large cabinets to sort through in order to find important documents that might be useful to them in the future. But so far, Camellia had yet to obtain the document Arthur was referring to."As far as I remember, it was just put in a blue file. I don't know if Mrs Reynolds replaced it or not. Anyway, when you find a document that you're not allowed to touch at all, or even your mum's eyes are on it and no one is allowed to touch it, I guess that's my document."Camellia was shocked to death when Jill called out to her from a distance. She was wide-eyed, as if she had just been caught helping Arthur get the wedding of her dreams. She looked back, trying to make sure that her mum was hissing only at her.Jill chuckled in annoyance. She, who was also sorting documents from her desk, let out a long sigh. "Why do you have to look back, Lia?
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"Did you find my document?"Arthur asked after sneaking into Lia's bedroom, even though he knew it was already past midnight. He soon sat down on the edge of the bed, trying to pry out a lot of information about the past documents that might become his weapon to subdue Jill easily.Camellia smiled softly. Her mouth was clenched shut in nervousness. "I just couldn't find it, Arthur."Hearing Camellia's answer, Arthur closed his eyes, holding back his disappointment. He had given them a room for the night. As much as possible, he invited Jill to stay in the apartment he bought earlier under the pretext that there were still two rooms left. "So you didn't find anything during the five hours you spent helping her sort documents into her room? What about in her bedroom?"Camellia let out a long hiss and shook her head slowly. Her index finger was pointed and immediately placed in front of Arthur's mouth, who had not stopped talking about her fruitless efforts."Shh! L
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"What's going on, hun?"Like a thief caught in the act, Shannon quickly closed her laptop. She smiled with a unique look on her face. It was no longer an expression of loving anticipation. Instead, it was an expression of shock. "Are you awake?"Seeing Shannon's unexpected behaviour, Aland did not bother. He smiled and planted a kiss on her forehead before getting out of bed. "You work even in the early morning? Is this your way of getting more time with me and the stars?"Hearing her husband's subtle insinuation, Shannon's face turned red. She looked down slowly before finally turning to her husband, who was about to strip. "Are you trying to tempt me to look at the stars now? I think there's still one star left for our morning togetherness. Want to give it a try?"Instead of answering, Aland danced wildly while stripping off his trousers. In just an instant, not only was his body swaying to the beat, but also his sensitive parts were perfectly erect.Obviously,
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"They announced a wedding that will be held today!"Shannon's right hand showed her phone. Showing the news coming from the various social media feeds on her phone, to Aland, then to Pete, as if the news was an enormous danger.Instead of being surprised, Aland downed the fruit juice that had been provided. A unique reaction was shown by Pete, who seemed to rush up from the dining table to the living room, switch on the television and then open the news channel. Sure enough, the news about Camellia and Arthur's wedding caused a lot of excitement.Pete immediately turned to Aland, who was still calmly reaching for his dessert. He approached Aland anxiously, before finally sitting on the nearest bench. "Listen to me, Aland. This is not good. I mean, if the media finds out about Jill and Camellia not living here anymore, JF Groups and Reynolds Industries will be affected."Shannon frowned in surprise. She looked at Pete, who was fidgeting excessively. "What's wrong with
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"I do," Arthur said as he took out a red velvet box from beneath his luxurious clothes. He placed a simple ring with a single jewel on Dwyane's finger, which looked beautiful in his eyes.After that, the priest began to lead the prayers. It didn't take long for the two to sign the marriage contract.Although Arthur's second wedding ceremony was only held at the nearest church in the neighbourhood of the hospital, the happiness was evident on his pale face. He had been a wheelchair user for more than two hours, enduring the pain in his solar plexus after his surgery five days ago.There were only seven people in the church to witness Arthur's far from simple wedding. No party, no food. Only Shannon, Aland, Pete, Will Smith, John Benedict, Phil Allen, and Edward Frey, the officer who uncovered Arthur's many hidden cases.The first-born was given to Arthur, even though he was in a wheelchair. Seeing Arthur's weakening condition, the priest rushed the blessing and lighti
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"I'm going to file for a marriage annulment. So, will you be my lover, Dwyane?"Arthur's request just after Camellia disconnected the call made Dwyane melt. She burst into tears as he approached Arthur, who was still lying in the cage."Why just lovers? You can get married after cancelling your previous marriage," Aland said from the sofa.Aland immediately got up and approached with both hands in each of his trouser pockets. He grabbed his laptop before moving on, as he did not even get a response from his brother.Arthur was silent. Not only him, even Dwyane didn't know what to say when he was in the middle of such an awkward situation.As he put his work laptop in his bag, Aland spoke up again to help."I'll talk to Mr Smith right away. He will help you to file for a marriage cancellation as soon as possible. Only then, you guys can get married before you actually return to prison in six days. If you have anything to say, just call Pete--"Aland hadn't
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"Are you sure you're okay?"Camellia asked from a distance. The look of concern was visible, but it was not savoured by Arthur as he had savoured the anxiety on Dwyane's face earlier.The two were now connected through a call Aland had made to Mr Cavill, who was visiting his daughter. Using a phone and a laptop, the two were now face to face, even though it was only through a call connection.Arthur nodded in response to his wife's question at the end of the call. Unfortunately, he could not take his attention away from Dwyane, who was busy writing in the corner of the room."I'm fine, Lia. What about you? Did mum cause trouble again? Did she hurt you?"Although she sounded more concerned than before, Lia knew very well that it was just a pep talk from her husband. She shook her head slowly as she wiped away tears with her sleeve."Listen to me, Arthur. I asked dad to contact Aland so I could connect with you like this for some reason. Although I just found o
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Arthur blinked softly. His eyes squinted as the glare of the lights greeted him as he woke up after being in a state of emergency because of heavy blood loss.Instead of finding Dwyane or Lia, he saw Aland sitting with his head bowed on the edge of the bed. Her eyes closed again to make sure before finally looking back at who was beside him.It was the same man he hated to death before. Aland.Arthur's hand moved towards Aland's closed head, hiding his face, when he suddenly saw movement from the sofa. Quickly, Arthur pretended to close his eyes again, as if he hadn't woken up from a long sleep.Dwyane was shocked to death when he looked at the clock. It was almost night and Arthur had not woken up. This was contrary to the information received from the doctor earlier.Slowly, Dwyane woke up Aland, who had fallen asleep by accident. "Mr Fischer. It's already dark. Shouldn't you be going home?"The surprised Aland got up hurriedly. He looked over to where Arth
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"What else this time, Dwyane?"Arthur's question made Dwyane shake her head slowly. She plugged the flash disc into the laptop she had brought with her. She positioned it so that the screen was facing the direction where Arthur was."I haven't seen it myself, Arthur. You can see for yourself. This was given to me by Aland. He said it was a precious gift for you."Hearing Aland's name, Arthur rose lazily. He shook his head, refusing to see what he really wanted to show."No, Dwyane. That's enough. The other day you brought me the news you secretly heard from him. And it really kept me up all night long. Now what? Are they planning to frustrate me here?"Dwyane shook her head slowly. She was just trying to keep Arthur's attention back on what Aland was about to show him."No, Arthur. The other day, the possibility that I was wrong was quite high. Aland said that sometimes there is some information that is missed and contributes greatly to misunderstandings. Tha
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"Go away, Cobb! Get out of here or I'll kill you right now!"Aland sniggered and moved off, leaving Jill filled with intense guilt."You're just bragging! Arthur is my nephew! He is everything to me! And you can't touch him! He's mine! Don't ever come back or I'll kill you right here!"The clock had already struck three in the afternoon when Aland and Shannon sat across from Dwyane Hills. He knew very well that Dwyane continued to visit Arthur, no matter what. Every day. For more than nine days."I'm sorry if I've upset you, Mr Fischer," Dwyane greeted, having just spoken after ten minutes of apparent silence.Aland cleared his throat, then took a sip of his coffee while shaking his head slowly."What do you have to apologise for? There's nothing wrong with you going there, Ms Hills. I just don't like that you went there with information you shouldn't have given."Suddenly, Dwyane's eyes widened. Her hands immediately folded on the table, and tried to rea
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"Since when did you become so talkative, Cobb?"Jill's counterattack made Aland pause. He looked at Jill, who grabbed a plastic chair to sit across from him."How can I help you with coming all the way out here?"Aland glanced at Shannon for a moment, trying to make sure that his wife was fully prepared. He looked again at his mother-in-law, whose new identity had been stripped away, leaving nothing of her once admired name."There's something I want to do about the key you gave me. Liliana's death."Jill did not seem surprised at how quickly Aland had learnt the truth with just one keyword."You found it?"Aland showed her an old photo of Sophie and Liliana that he had copied from an old file at the orphanage. Even though it wasn't clear, Jill could still recognise who was in the picture."This is you and Liliana. You two are sisters, aren't you?"Seeing that Aland was not surprised by what she had found, Jill got up and approached. Her eyes squi
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"What did you say? Sorry, but can you say it again?"Shannon's request was not without reason. For the first time, she sat in Will Smith's room with Pete and her husband to explain everything.Aland closed his eyes and smiled faintly. His hands were intertwined with each other in a position in the middle of her legs."I'm not misspeaking, Shannon. This is the truth. Until a few moments ago, only Pete and I knew about this."Will Smith didn't understand. He, who had been staring out the window while listening to Aland's explanation, could only turn around and shake his head slowly."If Arthur is not James's son, why does James insist on claiming him?""Because he just lost his son, Mr Smith. Don't you remember that his scandal broke just as he was about to celebrate JF Groups' anniversary? James couldn't just ignore Arthur's arrival with Liliana. He didn't want to act rashly, either. He asked me to keep the fact that Arthur was abandoned by Eugene a secret bec
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"Sophie? You're trying to defame our orphanage just because of Sophie's case? Do you also want to examine all the children in this orphanage so that you can be satisfied with your judgement, Mr Fischer?"Aland turned to Shannon briefly before leaning forward, trying to calm him down. "Listen to me, Mr Flitch. This is not what you think it is. We're not here to make a statement or to judge your orphanage as bad, no. I'm just here because there's something wrong. I'm only here because there's something I wanna to know. About Sophie. That's all. We will never tell anyone that Sophie is from here. After all, the whole of the UK knows that Sophie's dangerous behaviour is not the result of someone's upbringing, but her disposition, which may never change even twenty years later. We're just looking into her bloodline. That's all."Dom Flitch squinted with an angry gaze. His previously cupped hands immediately came closer, watching Aland and Shannon's movements that seemed so d
