CHAPTER ELEVENAt that moment, Martha stepped in again and snapped at Kevin,“Kevin!”After giving Kevin a warning look, Martha smiled and stepped in front of Drake.“Drake… Kevin is younger than you so he doesn’t know how to control his tongue. Why are you arguing with him anyway and where are your parents? Why didn’t I see them come today?”Martha sought to shift the subject to divert everyone’s focus away from her daughter, Lily.Drake was fuming with anger but he kept his cool and responded to Martha,“My parents are at the overseas, monitoring the family’s business. They aren’t lazy like you! You don’t have anything to do all day long, do you? You have your little son-in-law to be your hands and feet.”Drake’s words made Martha extremely embarrassed.In that moment, a matured older voice interrupted them“What in heaven’s name is everyone doing here!?”“Grandma!”Drake’s face lit upHe glanced behind him and noticed someone aiding Mrs. Jones Hannah, the family’s eldest and most r
That night when they got back to their house, Kevin went to his room and waited for Lily.As she got to the room and was about to lay down on the bed, Kevin looked at her and said confidently“Don’t worry Lily… Drake Jones will not be able to form a deal with the CEO of Williams Media. No one would be able to except you.”After he said this, he didn’t care how Lily would react.He turned around, closed his eyes and went to sleep.Lily was stunned for a moment. She didn’t expect Kevin to actually read her mind but what he said really left her speechless.She wasn’t entirely sure if he was right but if she went to talk to Williams Media about the partnership, she would definitely succeed.How could she be so sure that this won’t be done by anyone except her?“He sure do know how to annoy someone!”Lily said to herself.Rolling her eyes, Lily turned off the light and put the whole thing out of her mind and went to sleep.After Lily left for work the next morning, Kevin also headed out.U
CHAPTER THIRTEENKevin stood patiently by his wrecked scooter, waiting to see who Kate’s reliable connection was.“Auntie!”Kate called out like a small childShe just went to her right side and leaned closer to her as she whispered some words into her ears.When the other two employees and the two security guard that was Kate and Kevin saw Miss. Claire, they immediately greeted her“Miss. Claire, good morning.”Claire just replied to their greetings casually,“Good morning…”Then she turned her attention to Kevin and said sternly,“Hey young man! If you don’t want to involve the police in this matter, apologize to her right this instant!”Hearing her, Kevin laughed out aloud“Oh really now!? Why should I even listen to you? If you want to call the police, please go ahead…I didn’t crash into her anyway, she crashed into me. So what am I afraid of?”One of the by-standers said,“He doesn’t even know the production manager! He really should be fired.”“Just wait… miss. Claire will defin
The news of the new CEO had already spread around the company.Everyone who saw Kevin smile and greeted him, “One needs to leave good impression on the new CEO.”One of the employees said, smiling wildlyOf course, when they first saw him they felt like his dressing was in contrast to his surroundingsHe took an elevator to the CEO office and after entering his office, he sat on the big leather chair and looked at Claire briefly who entered the room with him.“Do you have anything else to talk to me about?”He flipped open some of the folders on the table and asked casually as he looked at the contents in the folder.Kate and Claire looked at each other.Claire gave Kate a smile to comfort her, she took two steps forward and said,“Sir, about what happened today… I am really very sorry and about the matter of Kate signing her contract,”Claire paused before finishing her sentenceKevin didn’t even raise his head as he chuckled to himself“Sign her contract?”“Yes”Claire awkwardly rep
CHAPTER FIFTEENWhen Lily got home, she pondered a lot on what had happened at the Jones’s mansion.The more she thought about it, the more she uncomfortable she felt.In the eyes of everyone in the Jones family, this was an impossible taskBut now this hopeless task fell on her and she had no idea how she would speak to the new CEO of Williams Media.The more she thought about it, the more irritated she became.Finally, Lily decided to call Monica, her best friend to keep her company.She also wanted to know if she’ll have any good suggestions.After Monica came over and the two of the chatted for a while, Lily felt a little less freaked out.Monica got up and walked to the fridge.She took a can of soda and asked Lily if she would drink.“Why isn’t Kevin here?”Lily smiled helplessly,“When I left early this morning, he was already gone… I don’t know where he went to but he still hasn’t come back”Monica curled her lips as she sat on the sofaShe leaned closer to Lily and said,“I r
Recently, Veridonia had been in financial turmoil and the only thriving company in Veridonia, Williams Media had suddenly taken on a young new CEO.Just when several companies in the entertainment industry were dying to work with them, Williams Media was rejecting all of them.They even turned away the larger companies that they had always done business withIt makes sense that the ones that were able to join forces with the Williams Media had to be tied to the wealthiest family in Veridonia or a large company.But this time they were going with the Jones familyIn Veridonia the Jones family were considered to only be a third rate family and Lily was only from a minor branch at the Jones family tree.Most people didn’t even know that she existed.Some people also heard that Drake had approached the Williams Media to discuss their partnership but was rejected.This was even more confusing. Even the ‘Great Drake Jones’ was chased away, how did Lily, this unknown member of the Jones fami
CHAPTER SEVENTEENThe room was silent as everyone eagerly waited to see who Lily was going call.The call was answered quickly and Lily saw Ivy staring at her very intently and decided to put the call on speaker.Martha was close enough to see Blakely’s name on the screen and couldn’t hide her displeasure.She glanced at Kevin’s direction,“So it was Blakely who gave Lily the necklace.”Martha couldn’t imagine what would happen if Kevin should find out about this.She hoped that he and Lily wouldn’t argue over it especially here at the banquet.It would definitely be awkward for everyone.Blakely was sitting alone at a road-side café drinking a beer when his phone rang.Someone from the Williams family had recently told him to keep his distance from them because he had offended one of them.His finances were suddenly in jeopardy and the tech problem of the company was discovered.He lost everything, practically overnight.Up until now, Blakely hasn’t figured out who it was that he had
Lily was not comfortable going up to the stage so she just decided to stand by her seat, looking slightly uncomfortable.“Actually, it was nothing at all… when I went over that day, I didn’t get to see the president of Williams Media. It was his secretary who brought me the contract and asked me to sign it.”Everyone was astonished to hear this,“What!? They signed a contract right away?”Someone else said,“So just like Drake, she didn’t get to see the new CEO of Williams Media either.”Another one added,“I thought she was very capable. Painfully, she was just lucky cause she went there when the new CEO of Williams Media was in a good mood and that’s why she got the contract.”Drake who was sitting beside Grandma Jones couldn’t help but sneer when he heard the comments from the crowd.He turned his head to see Grandma Jones reaction but he was already coming up with an idea to get even with Lily for making him look badDrake spoke up loudly so that everyone in the room could hear,“