Edward Jones pursed his lips before continuing,“Mom, this friend of mine is in the overseas. He is focusing on some Korean industries. I assure you that we will earn a lot of money from this.”He said confidently then he added,“If we hesitated, he may find a new partner. It will be a great shame for us if we miss this opportunity.”Kevin stood up and said,“Dad, I think you should go and check on your friend.”Martha immediately reprimanded Kevin,“What are you talking about? How can you interrupt your dad when he is speaking!? If you don’t understand what we are saying just sit down there with your mouth shut!”Martha couldn’t sit there and just look at Kevin. She also hated the fact that Lily refused to divorce him despite all her pleas.“Mom, I am telling the truth and dad didn’t say exactly what his friend would do with the money. If we invest everything we have, we stand to loose a lot.”Kevin explained seriously.As usual, the rest of the Jones family started criticizing one b
As long as grandma listened to Edward and invested the family’s money, Drake will be able to transfer the company’s money to his own bank account.This deal his uncle had found was definitely a scam.By the time his family will realize that all their funds had disappeared, it would be Edward’s fault and he and his immediate family including Kevin would be ostracized.Drake figured that nobody would suspect him. Then once Kevin and Lily were out of the family, he would pay someone to track him down and punish him so he could finally get his revenge.“Drake, have you lost it!? Can’t you tell this is an obvious scam!?”Matilda asked in displease.Kevin was about to say something but Martha glared at him angrily and Lily pulled him on his sleeves.He decided to keep quiet for now.“Matilda, I think maybe you have lost it. You actually agree with Kevin!?”Drake asked him in a snotty tone.He continued,“I don’t care what Kevin thinks. He doesn’t know anything about business but you are a J
Martha was very excited and she asked her husband,“Are you serious!?”“Of course. These past few years, I haven’t made much financial success but I have met trust-worthy friends. When the time comes, we can move overseas where I keep you safe.”Before Martha could say anything, Lily stood up and said firmly“Dad, I am definitely not going to divorce Kevin!”“Why are you shouting?”Martha said as she jumped up from the sofa.“Tell me Lily, what good quality does he have!? He is useless and annoying and he doesn’t understand anything about the business world. Today, right in front of the whole family, he actually dared to question your father. He simply has no respect for us.”“Mom, Kevin is just looking out for the family’s interest.” Lily replied.It made her anxious to say it, but she just had to.“Actually, I don’t believe that dad’s investment is a good idea. It’s just that I didn’t say it out loud in front of everyone. Listen mom, Kevin has already made a lot of positive changes,
Kevin said to Lily with a smile,“Lily, if I told you that I bought this place for you, would you believe me?”Lily didn’t know what to say.She began to explain,“I don’t…”Before she could continue, Kevin interrupted. “You were there the day I bought it.”Lily immediately remembered and asked him, “Was it the day you and James had that fight?”She recalled asking Kevin where he got the black card but James was being a real bastard, so Kevin never got the chance to explain it to her.However, Lily thought Kevin bought the condo for his boss and not for himself and especially not for her.“Yes, it was that day.” Kevin nodded.After saying this, Kevin got out of the car and walked around to open the door for Lily.After getting her out of the Porsche, Kevin took Lily by the hand and they walked towards the penthouse.As she looked up at the beautiful new art décor at the entrance door, he asked her“What do you think?”Lily could not answer Kevin’s question instead, she hung onto his a
Lily didn’t want to get in the way of Kevin’s success.She thought that with his boss’s help, he would be accepted by the Jones family.“If you need anything, just call the receptionist with the intercom over there. I’ll give you a tour when I get back.” Kevin said.Then he got in the elevator to head down to the valley to pick up his car.Kevin stopped in an up-scale mall to buy Eliana a sparkling diamond necklace.Of course it was not too expensive for Eliana but he wanted to give her something as a token of his appreciation.Then he headed to the Whitefield hotel.When he got out of his car, Lorenzo held the door and gave him a warm greeting.“Mr. Williams, what a pleasant surprise. Mr. Collins asked me to wait for you here.”This was quite a contrast compared to how Lorenzo treated him when he first saw Kevin.Now, he treated him with far more respect.Kevin smiled and said,“It’s good to see you, Lorenzo. I hope you have been staying out of trouble?”“I’m at your service, Mr. Wil
Suddenly, Kevin put his hands on Lorenzo’s shoulder and said,“There is no need to run any test on her.”Some of the on-lookers recognized Kevin as the lazy fool who had married his ass into the Jones family.They figured he was just driving their attentions to look important.As they were making their usual nasty comments inspired by the lies that Drake had spreading about Kevin, their chattering immediately stopped when they saw Eliana walk up to Kevin and say,“Mr. Williams!”The entire hall immediately fell silent.“Happy birthday, Eliana.”Kevin exclaimed as he smiled and handed her the present as he hadn’t gotten the chance to put it on the table.“Thank you, Mr. Williams.”Eliana answered as she smiled and accepted the gift.Lorenzo interrupted them politely and asked Kevin,“Mr. Williams, why don’t you let me send President Maria to the hospital?”“Are you a doctor?” Eliana asked in confusion.Kevin shook his and simply replied, “No.”“So if you didn’t study medicine, why are
“Lorenzo!? Since when do you stand up for such a useless piece of crap?” Dominic asked him.“Lorenzo, please leave him to me. I can explain everything to him.”Kevin pleaded as he tried to step forward and he thought that was the best thing to do right now.“Please be careful of what to say to him, it may be useless to try to reason with him.”Lorenzo said to Kevin quietly.Lorenzo and Dominic had been in competition for years and that was a good judge of his character.If Lorenzo doesn’t keep Kevin under his protection, Collins would never forgive him.“So, what do you have to say? You son of a bitch!”Dominic asked Kevin nastily as he looked at his sister who was lying on the table.Lorenzo started to reply but he was interrupted by Kevin.“Your sister is fine. Her blood pressure dropped for a while but I can assure you that she will be up on her feet in less than five minutes.”“If she is not, I promise I won’t let you leave this hotel in one piece.”Dominic threatened him.Then he
About fifteen to twenty minutes later, Collins arrived at the hotel and after checking on things at the party, he went upstairs to join his friends.Gilbert and Tyler showed up too, they all spent a lot of time catching up.Finally, after all the guests had left the banquet hall, Eliana joined her friends and they all partied until early in the morning.That night, because Kevin was tired from such a long day and because he had drink a little too much to be on the road, he spent the rest of the night at the hotel.Early the next morning, right after he woke up, Kevin got a call from Lily.“Hi, Lily. Are you doing ok?”“Kevin, please come home quickly. I need a ride to grandma’s place.”Lily sounded very anxious.“What’s the matter?”Kevin immediately realized that something bad had happened.“My dad’s friend disappeared right after he got all the money so now…”Her voice trailed off.Then she said,“You should take care of your business first, I’ll take a taxi there myself.”Then Lily