Lily decided to question Kevin instead of thinking about the Williams Media partnership.“Where did you go last night?”When Kevin didn’t come home last night, she felt more uneasy.She had so many questions to ask him about yesterday but he never came home from the banquet.“I was chatting with an old friend. It was too late and I had too much to drink so I just slept there.”“Old friend? Is Mr. Collins from the Whitefield hotel your old friend?”Lily put down the glass and looked at Kevin.“That’s right.”Kevin didn’t want to hide more things from his wife so he just decided to say the truth.Lily was a little bit disappointed to hear his answer.After thinking for few seconds, she sighed.Leaning back on the sofa, she said“I don’t know how you are such good friends with Mr. Collins. Seeing how you were chatting with him last night, I guess I will just have to believe you.”Lily was still wondering on how Kevin happened to know Mr. Collins so well.After expressing her doubts to he
The next morning…Lily got up early and left work.Immediately Kevin saw that Lily had left, he also left for his office at Williams Media.“This is the life!”He said to himself.Kevin really liked being a CEO.Since Miss. Johnson was such an organized chief of staff, all Kevin had to do was to read a little and sign contracts.Miss. Johnson knocked on the door and walked in,“Mr. President, the Jones family has sent someone over to discuss the arrangement with us. It’s a woman named Matilda Jones.”Kevin thought to himself that the pink suit Miss. Johnson was wearing added a new splash of color. It contrasted the odd colors that surrounded his office.Kevin took a sip of his coffee and answered dryly,“Please ask her to leave.”Grandma Jones really was an interesting character, he had clearly told her to send Lily but instead he had sent Matilda to discuss their partnership.What was that all about?Like Drake, Matilda was also one of the favorites in the Jones family and she defin
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTCollins answered the call with an abrupt,“Yeah!”As the call went on, his expression got more and more serious.After finishing the call, Collins gave Kevin an apologetic look,“My friend, I’m afraid you’ll have to finish this meal by yourself. I have some urgent business to take care of. Please accept this, consider it an early birthday present.”Kevin smiled and nodded,“I got it, mate. Now hurry up and do what you got to do!”He paused and added,“Thank you for the gift.”“Ok. Let’s get together another day when I’m not so busy.”Then Collins headed out.Kevin looked at the little box on the table and shook his head.He picked it up and put it in his pocket“Sometimes, I just can’t figure that guy out.”He thought.Then, he turned his attention to the delicious meal that was in front of him.Since he was now eating alone, he didn’t have to watch his manners.After Kevin finished lunch, he checked in with his office but they didn’t have any work piled up for hi
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE“You should have learned by now… don’t make random excuses. We need your help around the house and that includes cooking meals”Lily said seriously.She took out the clothes that she had just bought one by one while Kevin helped her hang them on the closet.Kevin didn’t offer her any more explanations.He just nodded and replied, “Ok.”Lily was satisfied that they had settled the matter so she brought up the latest news on her grandma.“It’s grandma Jones’s birthday the day after tomorrow so you have two days to try and find something nice and nothing cheap or tacky. Please don’t embarrass me in front of my family again.”When Lily told him this, Kevin remembered that he and Grandma Jones shared the same birthday. But usually, everybody spend so much time with grandma that they forget about him so he wasn’t in so much mood to celebrate.Over the past two years, every time Grandma Jones had a birthday party, Kevin would just believe that the celebration was also for
They saw Blakely walk in wearing a navy blue suit and shining black shoe, holding a small gift bag in his hand.He had spent his last fortune on this gift, his clothes and shoes just to make a good impression on Grandma Jones.He knew that he had to succeed today or he’d be ruined.Blakely walked confidently unto Grandma Jones and gave her the gift he bought for her placing a kiss on her cheeks,“Happy birthday, Grandma Jones. I wish you health, wealth and happiness. I’m sorry that I’m a little late, the express way was backed up with traffic. Please forgive me.”Grandma Jones knew that Blakely had always been interested in Lily.If only she had met him first few years before he met Kevin.“Oh! I understand… I know you have a busy schedule and it’s very considerate of you to come to my birthday party.”Blakely smiled and looked towards Lily,“Actually, I’m not just here for your birthday. There’s something else.”He paused for a moment,“Grandma Jones, I want to ask for your blessings
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONEEveryone stood there and shot glances.As Kevin walked through the door, Drake shouted“Stop him! Don’t let him leave!”But no one moved.They all wanted Kevin to leave and for this horrible scene to be over.Drake saw that no one was helping and ran over to grab Kevin by the shoulder.“Didn’t you hear what I just said? You can’t leave!”Right there, a white van stopped abruptly right in front of the restaurant’s entrance.Then, multiple powerfully built men jumped out of the van holding baseball bats in their hands.It looked like the party was about to get even worse.Drake was relieved to see his friends who came with his top bodyguards.“Lorenzo! Thanks for getting here so fast.”Lorenzo gave Drake a slight nod,“What’s going on Drake?”He pointed at Kevin and said, “Lorenzo, this is the piece of crap I told you about.”One of the Jones family members recognized Drake’s friend. “Lorenzo? That’s one of the toughest criminals in the city!”“Wow!” Someone else said
Drake was impatient and wanted to take a swing at Kevin again.But just before his fist came in contact with Kevin’s face, Lorenzo grabbed Drake and threw him to the ground.Then he picked him up by his tie and slapped him in the face.“What kind of mess have you gotten me into?”Lorenzo kept cursing while he slapped Drake over and over.“But Lorenzo, what did I do wrong?”Drake asked holding back the pain.“You really screwed up this time.” Lorenzo spat on the floorThen he turned to the men who came with him, “Finish him off!”The men came to Drake and dragged him out of the restaurant.Grandma Jones was perplexed to see that was happening to her favorite grandson.She looked over the other family members for helpA few of them started to move hesitantly to Drake, they weren’t sure what they could do but they knew they just had to obey grandma Jones.But, they stopped dead in their tracks when they saw Lorenzo pull out a knife out of his jacket and say,“If any one tries to help him
Grandma Jones tried to shift Eliana’s attention from the whispers she was hearing,“I’m sorry that I couldn’t welcome you at the door, President Wright.”She said sweetly.Eliana searched the room with her eyes and then shocked them all by asking,“Mrs. Jones, is Kevin here today?”“I’m sorry, President Wright but Kevin isn’t here at the moment.”The disappoint was visible on Grandma Jones’s face.“Since Kevin isn’t here, I won’t take much of your time.”Eliana motioned for one of her bodyguards to place a beautifully wrapped gift box on the table.“This is a small token from me. Happy birthday.”After saying this, Eliana turned around and left.Drake’s face fell.He wasn’t the only one in the room who was shocked.Why were all of these rich powerful people looking for Kevin?What the hell was going on?“Someone should go and get Kevin and bring him back here!”Grandma Jones barked at her family.Lily reacted first and immediately rushed out of the room, Blakely followed closely behin