Chapter 48“Come on Jamie”, Lilian said, carrying her son off the carpet where he'd been crawling. With her free hand, she took up the baby bag and walked up to the receptionist.“Mrs…?”“Miss Lilian Felters”The receptionist looked up to be quite sure she'd seen the child.“Oh.. okay”Her eyes darted to her computer, the keys of the keyboard making the constant tap sound as she typed. Lilian adjusted her postition as she stood, doing her best to pacify the toddler and be patient.She was about to say something when the receptionist looked up.“I’m sorry, I can't find you on my system. Who are you here to see?”“Mr. Leonard”, she said, her accent slightly coating her words. “Mr. Leonard Grayson”“Mr. Leonard?”, The receptionist asked sarcastically, an unbelieving expression on her face.“Yes, Mr. Leonard”, she said in the calmest voice, ignoring her sarcastic tone.“Well, I'm sorry ma'am but your name isn't on the system meaning there is no booked appointment for you with Mr. Leonard”
Chapter 49“Lilian?”Lilly went in quickly, closing the door behind her. Knocking followed immediately and when Troy opened the door, Leslie legitly pushed herself inside.“Mr. Leonard!”, she said, more loudly than needed, pretending to be overly exasperated. “I’m so sorry Boss. I tried to stop her but it was beyond me. Crazy whores are not my thing”“Oh no, she did not”, Lilian said, handing Jamie to Troy. She was about to switch from civilian to military father's daughter very soon.“Hey, hey”, Troy said, trying to hold her back. “Will someone get this crazy woman out of here?”, Leslie cried, a disgusted look on her face.“Oh, they'll get me out of here alright”, Lilly threatened,trying to free herself from Troy's hold. This sloth was threatening the military in her.“Security!!”“Enough!”, Leonard shouted. “What the hell is going on? In my office, Leslie?”“Sir I…”“Get out, All of you!” Leonard ordered. The bodyguards in the room besides Troy trailed out. “And?”, Leonard asked
Chapter 50Mr. Jackson walked into his office, the bodyguards following behind him. “Good morning sir”, his secretary greeted, getting to his feet.“Morning”, he said, waiting for the bodyguard to get the door. The door swung open within a second and Jackson entered into his office. “Send for Didi in the financial department please”“Yes sir”, the secretary responded, leaving the room just as hastily as she'd replied. “Let me have a look at today’s schedule”, Jackson said to the bodyguard closest to him who handed over the iPad.“This meeting with Mr. Charles… I thought I asked that it be postponed?” Jackson asked, a question that he knew fully well couldn't be addressed to any one of them.Just in time, his secretary knocked on the door. The bodyguard got the door.“Mr. Jackson sir…”“I thought I asked you to reschedule my appointment with Mr. Charles.”“Yes sir… I did”“If you did then why do I still have it scheduled for 1 p.m today?”“Yes sir… it was previously scheduled for Tu
Chapter 51 Helda left, tossing her blonde, wavy shoulder length extensions dramatically as she walked away. Shilla rolled her eyes. “So rude”She couldn't understand it. Helda always spoke to her like they had some unspoken beef between them. Always trying to put her in place. Or claiming to be that way. Something that was just too obviously insecure about her attitude.Shilla got back to her client but he'd waited for her too long and he had to leave.“I have a meeting in an hour's time. I need to go now”“Oh…. I'm so sorry Mr. Williams for keeping you waiting like that. I deeply apologize”“It's okay. I understand. But I have to go now so we may need to finish whatever we are discussing some other time?”“Oh yes… umm… ““Should we schedule a date?”“Oh no, a physical meeting wouldn't be necessary Mr. Williams. Whatever conclusion we need to come to would be duly done virtually. I'll just send your secretary the link. How's 7 p.m for you today?”“Umm…well … I can't say I'll be avai
Chapter 52“Your department's made over a billion in the last one week?”“Yes Grandfather. We saved the company half a million by cutting off partnership with the Hamiltons and becoming a major shareholder in Dalton's, we've made over five hundred million dollars plus in last two to three days”“Two to three days?”“Yes sir”A smile curved up at the ends of Mr. Jackson's lips as he nodded his head. “Fantastic!”He laughed, a sonorous, hearty and yet croaky kind of laughter. He got up moving towards Adrian.“My grandson's making money ei?”, he said, giving the same croaky laughter as he side hugged his grandson roughly.“Ha ha!”, he laughed, glancing across the room. The junior finance staff and bodyguards joined in and Shilla smiled. But Helda just rolled her eyes, jealousy eating her heart out.“Impressive! Really impressive”, Mr. Jackson said, taking his seat.“Thank you sir”, Adrian said with a smile. “I don't even want to know how the other departments are doing”, Mr. Jackson sai
Chapter 53Rosa sat down staring at her mum, "You know what? I am going to do everything within me to get this company or ours back to where it belongs. I mean this, I refuse to be like you who does nothing more than complain and pass the blame to others."Nancy rolled her eyes, "Even if I pass the blame to others, I am damn good at it, compared to you who make drastic mistakes in choosing husbands. None of the men you have or had something serious with ever brought good luck to our family."Rosa got up and walked toward her not allowing her to complete her statement, "Tell me, how's it my fault? But these were the same men you hyped whenever they came with gifts for you, how come you now term them as weak men?"Rosa who was fed up with the trashy talks of her daughter, "When the heck are you saying? Are you against me being grateful for when my son-in-law did? Yeah, they might have been good in the past, but they don't match up to the kind of men you need, our family need."Rosa
Chapter 54"Ethan, why would you steal from the house, aren't you aware of the cameras and the guards there?" Liam asked as he sipped from his glass of wine. Ethan rolled his eyes as he placed the tablet he was holding on his lap, "This is coming from the same person who pushed me into stealing from the same house, just because he hasn't been caught."Liam almost got choked, he never for once thought anyone knew he had been stealing from their old man's house. He wasn't going to deny the fact that he was the one who pushed his brother into stealing. "What do you mean? Have you ever seen me steal? Just because Audrey caught you doesn't mean, you can get me into your shit when she decides to tell Mr. Jackson, the old man."Ethan sat up looking at him, "Just like Audrey said, there are footages and those forages don't lie. Are you going to admit or you won't admit that you also stole from the house?" Liam looked away with beads of sweat on his forehead, he felt uncomfortable at that
Chapter 55Monica backed him with her hands over her mouth, Leonard squealed, "Can't you see that I am trying my best, I love you and I also love Jamie. But being there for him can't work out, I can only assure you of financial benefits but, I can't assure you when it comes to welfare."She turned around, tears trickling down her eyes, she came to see him thinking he would have a change of mind. But no, he wasn't going to assist in parenting, he feels it's not his duty, all he has to do is send a bunch of money for Jamie's upkeep.Monica reached for his hands, gazing into his eyes "Leonard, I love the fact that you are ready to foot the bills when it comes to our son, but don't you think he needs more than that?"Leonard chuckled as he withdrew his hands from her, pointing his finger at her, "I know what you want, it's more money right? Yes I know, it's more money you need right?"Monica fired, "Not everything is about money, not everything is about money Leonard, he needs parental c