Chapter 66Aaron was shocked by his father's words, he was used to living by himself and living for himself, they didn't give a fuck about him. All of a sudden he was interested in playing the role he should have played many years ago."It looks like the question is hard for you right? Anyways Dad, let's pretend I never asked such a question, go ahead with what you were saying," Aaron said as he stood up and moved to the fridge to get a can of soft drink."I know I might have failed in the past, what matters right now is that I am ready to rewrite my mistakes. And I am doing this for your future, the stakes are high as one who belongs to the family of the Graysons.Well, Aaron, it's high time you get your nose into the family business and stop living a reckless life. It's high time you get other members of the family to see how useful you can be in the area of business."Aaron returned to his seat with a creepy smile on his face, "Dad, I ain't a kid anymore, you don't have to beat aro
Chapter 67Adrian stared at her, waiting for her answer, he was more desperate for the answer than the meal he had ordered. Shilla on the other hand, had her head in the sky with her eyes closed as she tried to compose the best answer that would soothe her boss.She didn't want to make him angry as much as she tried to provide an answer, "Boss, I discovered you changed recently some weeks back, you aren't the boss I used to know. Something about you tweaked a few weeks back. Our relationship has remained the same, professional and mutual, just that you don't ask about my life like you do. You don't ask about my son, his dad, and other things."Shilla paused when she saw the look on Adrian's face, "Boss I am sorry if what I said portrays entitlement.” Adrian's straightened face loosened up with a smile appearing on his face, "Why didn't you bring this to my notice? Or don't I entertain opinions from you?""You do boss, I felt maybe you might be going through a hard time, and I don't w
Chapter 68Mrs. Madeline moved over to one of the couches as she waited for her sons, immediately Adrian walked in and sighted her on the couch. He smiled and walked toward her, he planned on pissing her off."Look who we have here, the almighty Madeline Grayson," she raised her head slowly tilting her head towards his direction, she sized him with her eyes and looked away hissing. "You know, greeting me isn't a crime right?"She kept quiet, her gaze still on her phone, Adrian chuckled because of what he was about to say, he stooped his face close to her ears, "It's not my fault that my mom gave birth to me before those losers you call sons."Madeline couldn't hold it anymore, he just broke the bone of the camel, she got up immediately and lashed out at him, "Who do you think you are? Well, I am still alive, can you say so for your mother? Half Orphan.""A half Orphan, that you two sons can't even stand or compete against. They have a mother like you, yet I am better off than them,
Chapter 69Adrian walked into his room and he took off his shoes, he was about to take off his suit when Martinez walked in, "Boss, welcome," he walked towards Adrian and helped him to take off his suit."Boss, will you be attending the dinner?" He took the suit and tossed it on the bed. "Yes of course, you know I have no choice but to be there, if the old man calls, we don't have any choice than to answer.""Give me a few minutes, I need to have my bath," Adrian replied as he stepped into the bathroom. "No problem boss, I will be waiting outside," Martinez muttered gazing around the room before walking out of the bed room.Martinez felt a bit guilty for what happened downstairs a few minutes ago, yet he felt she got what she deserved due to the way she spoke to him. He was about to go into Adrian's room when he saw Liam stepping out of his room, "Hey Kiddo."Liam turned towards his direction, "Kiddo? Do I look like a kid to you?" "You don't look like you act like one, a grown-up
Chapter 70Liam paced to and fro waiting for the doctor's report, when he couldn't take it anymore, he decided to put a call across to his dad. Mr. Leonard was seated in his car when Liam's phone call came in, "Please, turn down the volume of the music."The driver turned down the volume of the music so he could answer Liam's call, "Dad, good evening.""Good evening Liam, you both have refused to show up at the company, on the other hand, your step brother Adrian, is going about working his ass out and bringing in much money to the company." Liam exhaled, "Dad, don't worry about that, soon we will get busy with the family business, just wanted to inform you that Mum is in the hospital.""Hospital? What happened to her? Stop the car, sorry, turn around, head to the hospital," Mr. Leonard said. "I saw her on the stairs, she was in pain, it looks like she fell when climbing the stairs, "Liam explained."Hope she isn't hurt? What's the doctor saying?" Leonard asked."No one has spoken
Chapter 71Mr. Leonard Grayson immediately jumped out of his vehicle and ran inside, heading toward the elevator. This wasn't his first time visiting the hospital, he knew where she would probably be. The elevator opened on the fifth floor, immediately he stepped out he saw Liam pacing to and fro."Liam," he called out as he approached him, Liam looked to the left where he heard his name, "Dad, you came," they both hugged and broke the hug a few seconds later. "Any news from the doctor? Has the treatment or check been completed?Liam exhaled and shook his head negatively, putting on a sad look, "I am still waiting for the doctor's report, as of now there's nothing we can do than just wait." Mr. Leonard was getting frustrated, "Wait? Haven't you been waiting? How come they aren't done with whatever they are doing?"Liam walked towards his dad and placed his hand on his left shoulder, "Calm down dad, complaining or shouting won't make any difference, I believe the reason they are st
Chapter 72They all exhaled and trailed the doctor to his office, with different questions bugging their minds, Martinez was the only one who stayed back. When he noticed they had all gone into the doctor's office, he asked the nurse standing by the door if he could see her."Sure, but she is resting, don't disturb or touch her," Martinez nodded his head and walked into the room, where she was lying on the bed, with different instruments, wires, and machines connected to her body. Martinez felt bad, his conscience immediately pricked him as tears strolled down his eyes.He couldn't help but sob as he walked to the bed, "I am sorry Madeline, I didn't know it would lead to this, I am sorry," he quickly brought out his handkerchief and wiped his tears when he heard the footsteps behind him.He turned and found out it was Audrey, she remained quiet as she stared at her mum, and when tears started streaming down her eyes, she took off her medicated glass, so she could wipe away her tears.
Chapter 73Audrey stretched her hands to the shoulder of Martinez, "It's fine and it's not your fault you didn't have an answer at that moment. There's no need to blame yourself, and I am sorry about the loss of your sisters, I know it must have been challenging."Martinez nodded his head, just then the door of the doctor's office opened and they all stepped out and walked to see Mrs. Madeline. Audrey and Martinez quickly got on their feet and wiped the tears away from their eyes. "Adrian, what's happening? What did the doctor say?"Adrian exhaled and held her hands, he kept quiet gazing into her eyes, "Adrian, you are getting me scared, talk to me." He looked to Martinez who had a hand in whatever was currently happening, and then returned his gaze to Audrey. "Your Mum is fine, she just needs a little surgery.""A little surgery? What surgery? Where?" She asked gazing at her brother Liam, Liam exhaled and walked towards her, and took her hands, "Mum will be fine, she just needs a
Chapter 250(Two days later)Elder Jackson decided to send a letter to every member of the family, informing them of the long-awaited family dinner. The message reads;This is to cordially invite every one of you to the long-awaited family dinner. It comes up this night by eight, you are all to be there on time, none of you is expected to come late. Audrey, no excuse."They all burst into laughter when they got the message because Elder Jackson mentioned Audrey's name. Audrey laughed so hard when she read the message, but at the same time, she also had a bad feeling about tonight's dinner.Immediately she sent a text message to Adrian, which reads;"I don't feel good about tonight's meeting, I feel something bad might happen, but we also need to be careful, everyone needs to be watchful. We shouldn't get carried away by the activities."Immediately Adrian got the text, he replied to her, by thanking her first, and asking that she send the message to the group. She did so immediately a
Chapter 249Adrian walked towards her, and she took off her headset, "What brings you to my house, are you here to disgrace me once more?"Adrian chuckled, with his hands in his pocket, "What do you mean by am I here to disgrace you once more? Aren't you the one who went all out to disgrace yourself? You know I don't like you, you want me to get married to you, how do you expect it to work?""That doesn't answer my question of you being here, why are you here young man?" She asked, walking towards him, as she put on a harsh look. "Well, I am here to inform you not to try anything stupid again, don't you dare send anyone to me.I repeat don't you dare do that, listen Hailey, I might look and act cool, but if you push me to the wall, you are definitely going to regret it, do you understand?"She chuckled, clapping her hands, "I see, you have the guts to step into my home, and threaten me? Well I don't blame you, I blame the guys who weren't able to do their job.If they had done their j
Chapter 248Hailey Wilson was seated in a bar, and Craig was seated beside her, she slid an envelope towards him, "Listen up, that plan is simple, there you are going to find every detail that you need, and your money is right there in the envelope.All that's needed is for you to do the right thing, and I believe you know what I am speaking of?"Craig shook his head, "How do you expect me to know about it, I don't read minds," he muttered."Ohh I forgot about that, but there's no problem with that, this is what I want from you, and please listen attentively," she paused and moved closer to him, while he did the same."I need you to kill the target, that's it, I am not saying bet him up to death, I am not saying you should do that. I need him dead, real dead, that's all I am asking from you, can you do this for me?" She asked.Craig raised his head, and looked at her, "I am sorry I can't, I have stopped the business of killing people. The best I can do right now is to threaten people
Chapter 247Liam exhaled, as he placed his hands on the table, "I want to know how you were able to join Adrian. I mean we all know you weren't on good terms with him, what changed?"She smiled, "Thank goodness you said, I wasn't on good terms with him, that was in the past. But right now, I think I just decided to re-evaluate my decision, and do what's right, that's it.""Re-evaluate your decision, and do what's right?" Liam muttered.She nodded her head, "You know, I was always jealous of Adrian, you know what I mean right? The dude had everything I wanted, he was closer to Elder Jackson than we all. I don't need to tell you what that means automatically right?"Liam nodded his head, "I understand what that means, he that's closer to Elder Jackson has more chance of being chosen as the heir. But if I am not mistaken, there were times you attempted to take his life right?"She nodded her head, still gazing into his eyes as they spoke, "Yeah, there were times when such an incident hap
Chapter 246Hailey, and her father were still bitter from what happened yesterday, in that bitter state of his. He walked to his garage, got into one of his cars, and drove off to Grayson's office. He was going there to give them a piece of his mind.Not only that, his mind was made up, he was going to terminate every contract he has with the Grayson cooperation. He just couldn't believe what Adrian did to him, after walking out on him, the respect people had for him, dropped automatically.It made him wonder what type of influence Adrian has been able to wield over the years. It's just so surprising to him that he has been able to build himself deep, rooted into the hearts of many people, including his staff.Just because of what happened, about five percent of his staff resigned. It was freaking hard for him to believe, but it was reality. He drove to the garage, and came down from the car in rage. Everyone who saw him, definitely knew he was angry, and they had to give way for him.
Chapter 245"I am in, how can I not be part of a team that works, you saved my life. The best I can do is to repay you guys for everything you have done for me," Liam replied."Really, that means you are officially joining our team right, big bro?" Audrey asked and he nodded his head."That's great, but what we have to do right now is to make sure that you are safe, and you also play the role of Aaron. To me that's the best way to guarantee your freedom, if you ask me," Adrian muttered."I don't doubt that's the best way, but all finger's crossed, he's going to be fine, and we are going to do our best to make sure that he's fine," Aaron replied.They all hugged each other, before returning to their different room.(Present)"I think we have waited for so long, the best we can do right now is to look for ways and means to bring him down. Don't you think, we have given him much space to rest," Liam asked, folding his arms on his chest as he sat up.Aaron nodded his head, "That's the sam
Chapter 244Adrian and Shilla both walked to their office, Mr. Brooks who was dressed in a three piece black suit, turned towards them, when he heard the clicking of their shoes on the floor."Good morning Adrian, hope you had a great night's rest?" He asked as they got close to him."Yes I did Mr. Brooks, good morning," he said, stretching his hands for a hand shake. They both shook hands, and he moved to the door of his office. Adrian placed his thumb on the censor of the door, and it opened up.They got in, Shilla moved over to her desk, while they moved to his office, "Please have your seat," Adrian said as he moved over to his seat.Mr. Brooks sat down, "I am sorry I showed up and announced, I was here four weeks ago, but Elder Jackson revealed to me that you were kidnapped. It didn't quite sit well with me, but there was only little I could do.""It's okay, if I may ask why are you here Mr. Brooks?" Adrian asked as he set up his table."Why am I here? I am here to see you, and I
Chapter 243Elder Jackson cleared his throat, "Are you trying to say, you aren't going to get married?"Adrian raised his head as tilted his head towards Elder Jackson, "Honestly, marriage isn't top of the list, for now, I doubt if I am going to get married."Elder Jackson let down his cutleries, "Adrian, can you hear yourself, what do you mean by you aren't sure you aren't going to get married. Don't you know how important the institute of marriage is?"Adrian exhaled, he knew it was going to be a long discussion about the subject of marriage, and Elder Jackson won't allow him to be. "Yes Elder, I know how important it is, but I don't think it's for someone like me.""You don't believe it's for someone like you because you are some Greek god, or what?" Madeline chipped in not hiding the hatred she has for him.Adrian looked at her for a few seconds, before tilting his head back to Elder Jackson, "It's a decision I have made many years ago, and I can't just back out of it. I just don'
Chapter 242Adrian nodded his head, he opened the laptop and shut it off, before they walked out of the building to library. They both walked to where his car was parked, and they drove back home, just In time before Ethan could return home.Immediately they got home, Liam didn't say a word to anyone, he went straight to his room, and locked the door. He walked into the bathroom, took off his clothes and got into the bathtub crying his eyes out.Now he has to be extra careful around the one he so much trusts, and he has to trust the one he so much hates, life they say is not only filled with ups and downs, it's also filled with plot twists.*****Ethan asks them to bring out the dead body of Liam, they quickly hurried to Liam's car, and brought out the body of the guy they had killed. From afar he was smiling, he thought it was Liam, but when they brought him closer.But when they brought him closer, that was when he realized that it wasn't Liam, but another person, who had close rese