Chapter 193They all kept quiet gazing at Adrian, waiting for what he had to say, the atmosphere was so thick, that you could cut it with a knife Adrian exhaled, "The times ahead are not going to be great for us, it will surely demand a lot from us, but I want to believe we have everything it takes to face whatever our foes will throw at us. Not only that, we need to be strategic, do you understand what I am saying?""Yes," they all chorused, Audrey raised her hands immediately, Adrian nodded his head and she spoke up. "You said something about being strategic. Do you have any idea how we can implement that, you know, forming a fake alliance with our foes? I need to know, so I can know, sorry we can know what to do."Jay nodded his head, "Can I add to what she just said?" "Sure," Adrian nodded his head, "In addition to what she said." Audrey turned towards him, "What she said? Don't I have a name, or are you ashamed to address me as your love?""Come on kids, we aren't here for ga
Chapter 194Everyone's gaze was on Jay as they awaited what he had to say, "Can I take time to think about this?" he asked and they all shook their heads as they chorused "No." "What? I can't think about these?" He asked, looking shocked. "No, you can't, it's either you say yes or you say yes, we are not trying to force this on you, but we need you, we need someone like you and I believe, sorry did I just say I? We believe you have a lot to offer and you are going to be a good compliment to Aaron," Adrian answered. He tilted his head towards Audrey, there was no emotion on her face, he knew her to the extent he could tell what she wanted to say even without talking. He exhaled, "This is a hard choice, I don't think I have been at a crossroads like I am right now. To be sincere, I am skeptical about this, but if my life is at stake and the life of everyone seated here, it will be selfish of me to say no. So, you have it, it's a yes for me, I am in, and I have agreed to work with Aa
Chapter 195Hailey couldn't stop fantasizing about Adrian, she had been in her room throughout the day, just thinking about him. Her father walked to her room and knocked on the door, "Hailey, are you fine? You haven't stepped out of your room, and you didn't even touch your breakfast, what's going on?"She smiled as she left the bed and walked to the door, " Give me a few minutes Dad." She opened the door and he walked in, her father stood staring at her, "Are you fine?" Hailey nodded her head, "I am fine dad, I just decided to remain in your room.""You just decided to stay in your room, that's odd coming from you, talk to me what's wrong Hailey, you know you are my daughter there's nothing I can't do for you," he said touching her cheeks with a smile on his face. She nodded her head, and threw her arms in the air, "Yes Dad, I am fine, but I need your help, and I need it immediately.""You need it immediately, what's this?" He asked with a puzzled face, with his arms crossed. "
Chapter 196"Where are you going?" Isla asked, "My former boss needs me, do you have a problem with that?" He asked as he gently lifted her from his lap. "No, I don't, I will drop you off," she replied as they both walked out of his apartment and headed straight to her car, they got to where her car was parked, he got in and she drove back home. "Just in the space of a day, you have two meetings with Mr. Xinao, the first one was immediately with Adrian, and the rest left. You left me and went to meet him, and you are going again for the second time. I know this is your work, but don't you think you are neglecting me?" She asked as they both got into the car. "Neglecting you, how?" Jakes asked as he put on his seat belt, "Seriously? You are asking me how? You don't even know you are neglecting me, wow, just wow, this is huge," she replied shocked. "Isla, I don't know what you are talking about, sincerely I don't have any idea about what you are saying," he defended himself. "You
Chapter 197Aaron walked into the bar feigning wrath, he had already begun his mission of reconciling with his father. His father saw him and was shocked at the way he was breathing, "Aaron, hold on, hold on, what's going on, what's with the look on your face?" "Dad, I think I made one of the worst mistakes in my life by deciding to stand alone. I found out that I won't amount to much being alone. I thought teaming up with Adrian would be of help, but that guy just wanted to use me. He cares only about himself, he likes being in the limelight and he doesn't care about those around or beyond him. I fucking hate him, I know he's the reason why I came into this family business tussle, since I am in already, I think it's fair enough to give him a run for his money."Mr. Richard was shocked he never believed his son would be this bitter and angry at Adrian, this was what he always wanted, he wanted him to see the reason why he needed to stick with him. He wanted him to know he was the on
Chapter 198Jake walked into the abandoned warehouse with his hands in his pocket and a stick of cigarettes tucked in between his lips. The burning reddish light provided illumination in the dark room, the flicker of his smoke intertwined with the air in the warehouse. Announcing to those present that he was around and that they should help him with the secret door.Jakes walked towards the wall which was a door to his boss's office and other compartments beyond and after the wall. The wall split into two, and he walked in elegantly, this time with his hands out of his pocket and his hands wrapped around his chest.He walked straight to Mr. Xinao's office and knocked on the door of Mr. Xinao's office. "Come in Jaguar," his voice rang out from outside. Jake pushed the door open and walked in slowly with his gaze on the floor, "You sent for me boss." "Have your seat, Jakes, we need to talk," Mr. Xinao said as he took off his glasses, Jakes sat down with his hands folded on his chest,
Chapter 199"I know I am not supposed to be saying this but I am fucking scared, I don't think I will be able to do this," Jay replied looking away from her. Audrey exhaled and stood up from the couch, she walked to the other couch where he was facing. "Do you want to know what I think about this?"He returned his gaze to her face nodding his head, "I know you haven't done this before, you aren't good at pretending and you find it hard to flow along with people you hardly know or have met in the past right?"Jay nodded his head as she sat up, "You are right my love, I haven't done something like this, the probability that I am going to fail is very high, I don't want to let you guys down, neither do I want to die."She quickly shut him up by placing her index finger in the middle of his lips, "Don't say that, I am certain you are going to find a way around this. Come on, you don't have to think so low about yourself, you can do this, I believe in you, Jay.""That's the problem, you g
Chapter 200It was with the help of their bodyguards they were able to get back home, Aaron wasn't good at drinking, but he decided to give it a try when his father offered it to him. Mr. Richard on the other hand was a strong drinker, he seldom gets drunk.But due to what happened earlier with Aaron claiming to be on his side and his confession of hatred for Adrian, it made him glad and it got into his head that he drank more than his capacity.After getting both of them to their respective rooms, Aaron reached for his phone in a drunken state and dialed Elder Jackson's number. Elder Jackson who had just finished studying and was returning from his study, paused when he saw Aaron's call, he didn't delay in answering it."I love you sir, thank you for everything you have done," he hung up and slept off. Elder Jackson was shocked, but from the way Ethan was speaking, he could tell it was either he was drunk or he was just sleeping and happened to call his number.He sat down on his bed