2024-05-12 18:10:18"What's wrong, hun?" asked Aland. He approached Shannon, who looked troubled in front of the grave of William, who had passed away long ago.
Shannon frowned and shook her head slowly. For some reason, she felt that the grave where her dad was buried had changed and was not the same as the one she used to visit before going to school abroad. "I'm sure the grave has changed, Aland. It's not like what I knew the last time I came here."Aland, who had never been there, only frowned when he found his wife busy showing him old photos of his dad's grave. He glanced at the phone that had been shown by Shannon, who was still standing beside him."You see this, right?" Shannon zoomed in on the picture, and showing that some things had changed. Especially regarding the smaller size than the one in the picture. "The gravestone is smaller than before, isn't it? There was no mound of dirt before. But this time, why is there a difference? I mean, it's not an ordinary change, is it?"
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"Are you getting crazy?! You're asking me to confess even though I'm your half-sister? You guys didn't even find anything as evidence other than the financial statements that you could have manipulated! Did you?"Shannon was silent. She leaned forward even more, trying to get as close as possible to the maddened Camellia."How can I do that if I've been a magazine journalist for Reynolds Industries all of my life, Lia? You forgot, Mum agreed to your proposal because she knew I liked writing. You said I had to work my way up from the bottom to become a good CEO in the future. And now, I'm just doing my job well. Was I wrong?"Seeing the innocent look on Shannon's face, Camellia was fed up. She was really upset when she realised that Shannon's arrival was just about to humiliate her there. Without hesitation, Lia spat angrily at Shannon's face.Aland moved, as did Cedric and one other guard, who spontaneously approached Lia and tried to clasp her. As for Aland, he imme
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Jill and Arthur run around with a bag of money found on William's grave. In fact, despite carrying three bags of money, there was still plenty left in William's seemingly bottomless coffin.Arthur carried another bag of money behind a hurried Jill, carrying another bag of money to put in her car. He laughed out loud, as if he had found a treasure that would never end."Without working, Lia and I can live rich for seven generations, mum. Lia is really clever. How could she think of stashing her money in a coffin in her dad's grave? Besides, why are you only finding out now, mum? If it was yesterday, we could have transported it last night, couldn't we?"Jill put the money bag in the car as she looked back. She shook her head softly and started thinking about it after breakfast."Someone contacted me using an anonymous call. Strangely, I heard Lia's voice. And she mentioned the tomb. So what's wrong? Of course, without waiting any longer, we have to secure it before th
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"Lemme go, Frey! It's not what you imagined! Lemme go or you'll get even bigger charges! You won't even be able to work in the whole of the UK if you keep taking me to prison for now!"Arthur never stopped boasting about the speeding police car after his arrest. He glanced at Jill, who was still looking relaxed without trying to defend herself in front of Edward as he did."Say something, mum! We're innocent! The money disappeared out of the blue, didn't it? Tell them the truth so we don't get caught, mum! Or something will happen to me in the future and I swear you won't like it!"Jill glanced at Edward and Phil, who were sitting in the front cabin through the glass of the small cabin above. Then she looked away without saying a word.This, of course, made Arthur even more frustrated. His two tightly cuffed hands tried to touch Jill's hands behind his waist. Unfortunately, he could not reach."Please, tell them, mum! We didn't even do anything wrong other than s
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Instead of answering, Aland laughed. Not just by himself, but there were several other voices looks like laughing at Jill's stupidity and their capture by the local police.Jill growled in annoyance. She swallowed hard with reddened eyes as she felt deeply humiliated. Her gaze trembled, as if she was in the deep of disappointment.Seeing Jill's silence, Arthur immediately leaned in closer. He cleared his throat and tried to get Aland to give Greg the phone as soon as possible."She's also still your mum-in-law, Cobb. Stop laughing at her and just give the phone to Mr Greg! I don't care what you try to do there. Any road, I need your help to get the phone back to the owner. Do you get it, Cobb?"Aland's laughter stopped for a moment. He cleared his throat too and nodded, although from a distance Arthur wouldn't have been able to make out the gesture."Listen to me, Arthur. I'm not anywhere. What do you think you are? I'm at my house. In Dad's room. And out of the
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"What did you say? Why didn't you even say this to me before, Arthur? You should have told me from the start! If I had known that, I would never have let you get involved! Now what can we do without Bowen's permission, huh?"Jill's cursing in the prison made Arthur turn around quickly. Both of them were arrested and put in a cell for not talking until the lawyer arrived. Unfortunately, they didn't even get a lawyer, despite calling Gregory at the correct number.Arthur quickly got up with his index finger pointed in front of his face. His laugh was crisp, dismissive, ignoring all the police officers around them and trying to focus on the job at hand."What did you say, mum? I was wrong for never telling you? I was so close to telling you everything when you suddenly told me to shut up because you thought there would be floors and walls that could hear and take it out on Cobb! Don't you remember that, huh? You kept hissing, then saying, enough, Arthur! Don't say anything!
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"Where are you going, Aland?" asked Pete bluntly. His fingers tapped on the table as he fidgeted nervously."I just arrived at JF Load, Pete. Today is the first week's lottery announcement. Is something wrong?"There were several newly hired employees working just to broadcast the lottery announcements every week. Not only that, but he prepared a lot of extra accessories to make his online broadcast more watchable.Even so, since this was his first broadcast, Aland was still nervous. Especially after the incident where JF Travel got a lot of customers after he participated in a live session as a guest star showing promo prices for various family holiday destinations."I think they had help from someone, Aland."Aland laughed and nodded slowly. He glanced around as he watched, making sure no one would overhear his conversation."Then let it go, Pete. After all, we don't really want to put them in the prison, right? We just wanna keep them down and deprive them
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"T-Ted Bowen? Sorry, but can you say it again?"Aland repeated his same question when he heard the name of Ronald's friend being introduced. He swallowed hard as he stepped into the open lift."Did you hear anything about me, Mr Fischer?"Bowen’s question, which sounded very formal, caused Aland to bow his head softly."I heard you gave US Foods to Arthur, my stepbrother, a few weeks ago. Thank you for your generosity, Mr Bowen."Instead of being flattered by Aland's bow to him, Bowen tapped him on the shoulder repeatedly. He shook his head slowly while clucking as if he was giving a warning."I've been watching you lately, Mr Fischer. And because of that, I'm asking you not to be too nice to new people. Because you never know what the other person is really up to."Instead of being grateful for being given a valuable warning, Aland preferred to express his life principles."I will still try to be a good person, Mr Bowen. If they try to bring me down,
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Instead of trembling in fear, Aland laughed and nodded as if he was expecting them. Without hesitation, he sat down at the end of his desk as he waited for them to resume their conversation.Jill looked even angrier. Her gaze was as sharp as a knife, ready to stab at any moment, and she tapped the table with her forefinger repeatedly."What do you really want to show by reporting Lia, Cobb? You want to give her a bad name, huh?"Aland remained silent. He tucked a finger between his other fingers."Bringing a lawyer here wouldn't be a bad idea, mum. But suing me about Lia, that would be very bad for your popularity, mum."Camellia moved away with a sharp glare. Her eyes were narrowed, as if she was demanding an answer to a question she had never asked. She held her forefinger in front of Cobb's face as if she were making an actual threat."No matter how hard you try to make me fall, I won't fall easily, damn Cobb!"Aland paused, then rubbed his nose quickl
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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
