Chapter 87Ethan, Liam, and Aaron stood gazing around, as they awaited the HR, "What's taking her this long to show up?" Liam asked, gazing at his wristwatch."I have no idea, if this is how she acts, then she risks being fired. Isn't she aware of the caliber of people she will be attending to?" Aaron asked."I am in awe, I can't wait to set my eyes on her and give her a piece of my mind," Ethan said with his hands in his pocket. They waited for a few minutes, yet she didn't show up.They decided to exercise patience, by the time they looked at their wristwatch, one hour had gone. "Gosh, I can't believe this. Is this the grand welcome we get on our first day? Being stranded on the first day we decided to resume," Aaron complained."Let's move to Adrian's office and inform him about what's going on, we just can't stand here doing nothing," Ethan suggested and immediately they moved to his office. They walked past Shilla, she acted like she didn't see them, from the look on their face
Chapter 88They walked out of the elevator beaming with a smile, the attention was once on them again. "Is this what we have to go through to be affiliated to the Graysons?" Ethan asked and Adrian nodded his head as they moved to the far left where there was an empty table."With time you will get used to it, for now just enjoy the attention that comes with it," Adrian said and the trio nodded their heads. Aaron cleared his throat, "Adrian tell me, what was your first day and first week like and how did you adapt?"Adrian became numb, if he was to answer such a question, he would answer it not as the past occupant of the body. "It was really tough, but my secretary helped me. One piece of advice was to get close to your secretary." Just then Shilla walked towards the table and joined them, "Good afternoon sirs," she said and sat down beside Adrian.Ethan, Liam, and Aaron all had their eyes on her, "Forgive my manners, I didn't introduce her to you. I guess you guys didn't see her
Chapter 89Rosa stared at the walls of her office which were made of glass, she reminisced about her meeting with Adrian. She still couldn't believe that it actually happened to her, she thought she had him in her grip, what did she do or say wrong?Different questions aired in her mind, "Rosa, Rosa," Mason her husband called out her name but she gave him no reply because she was lost in thought. It was when he got closer to her, and he called her name, she responded and jolted out of her thought."What's the problem, you look worried, what's on your mind, don't tell me nothing, don't lie to me about nothing being the problem. Talk to me my love, what's the problem?"Rosa exhaled, "You are right Mason, I ain't fine, a lot of things seem to be on my mind lately, and it's making me worried.""Making you worried? You planned on keeping this to yourself if I didn't ask right?" She turned towards him exhaled and walked to her seat, not gazing at him as she spoke, "Everything is just comp
Chapter 90Isla walked into the restaurant. She sat down at the table close to the door, she brought out her phone and decided to call him once more. It rang for a few minutes, just before he answered, "Where the hell are you?" She asked, speaking with a low voice."I am close, just be patient, I will be there soon," he replied and hung up, she looked at her phone and shook her head, "Adrian, Adrian, Adrian, let's see what becomes of you."A tall, young man with short blonde hair walked in, he had his glasses on, he had a bag in his pack, and black gloves on his hands. His gaze met Isla immediately he walked in and he joined her at the table. He took off his bag before sitting on the table, "It's been a while, Ma'am Isla Foster.""Same here Tiger," she replied, gazing into his eyes."I don't need to be told you have a job for me, the only time you know I exist is when you need me to carry out a deadly job for you. Spill I am listening to you, tell me why you called me here."Isla e
Chapter 91Adrian was seated in his room when his phone which was on the bed rang, he was about to get up to pick it up. But Martinez was faster than him, "Stay put boss, I am here, you don't need to stress yourself."Adrian nodded his head, Martinez picked up the phone from the bed and walked towards Adrian, and handed it over the phone to him. He looked at the phone and it was Elder Jackson calling. He looked at Martinez and then back to his phone, he handed over the phone back to Martinez, "I am not speaking to him."Martinez was shocked, "It's Elder Jackson boss, the highest member of the Grayson family boss. He's the one calling." Adrian nodded his head while looking away, "I am aware of that, but I ain't picking up the call."Martinez was shocked, who on Earth would see the call of such a great man and wouldn't pick up the call? This was damn strange, the phone was still in his hands when he called back again. "Boss, he is calling back.""Switch off the phone, I need to clea
Chapter 92Ethan and Liam were seated in a bar, "What do you think about what Mum said earlier about us taking down Adrian?" Liam asked as he sipped from his wine. Ethan looked around the bar, trying to come up with an answer, "It's okay, I believe doing that will surely bring us close to the inheritance, right?"Liam nodded his head, "Hope you are aware, it's not an easy task, we can't kill him with a gun or with a knife. We need to find a way to eliminate him without using arms.""I know Liam and the only way that can happen is either we choke him to death when he is asleep, poison him, or hit and run."Liam's eyes widened, "How did this idea come into your mind? Have you been planning about this for a long period?" Ethan nodded his head, "Yeah I have, I had this plan on killing him before Mum even talked about it.""Wow, this is really crazy, anyways how do you think we will go about it, and through what means?" Liam asked as he sipped from his glass.Ethan folded his hands acros
Chapter 93Audrey shook her head and tried walking past her mum, but her mum stood in her way. "I ain't joking Audrey, get back into your room. You aren't going anywhere."Audrey crossed her hands, "Mum, please forgive me if I act irrational any minute from now." Madeline raised her brow, "Are you threatening me?""Threatening you? No, I ain't threatening you, mum, you didn't raise me to do such a thing, or did you even raise me?" Audrey asked, gazing into the eyes of her Mum. "That's your business, as far as I am concerned, you aren't leaving this house today.""Why?" They both turned towards the direction, where the voice came from, it was Adrian standing with his hand in his pocket. "It's none of your business, this is between Mother and daughter," Madeline replied.Adrian chuckled and whispered coldly, "This is between brother and sister, please step out of her way and let her pass.""You must be out of your mind, if you think I will do as you have said, I am old enough to gi
Chapter 94Ethan and Liam returned home in a black Chevrolet, they got down and stormed into their rooms. Ethan was about going into his room when Liam stopped him. "Come on, let's say hi to Mum.""Is it necessary?" Ethan asked gazing at Liam, Liam nodded his head and walked over to Ethan, grabbed his hands, and walked to their Mum's room. Ethan was the one who knocked, "Come in boys."They both walked in and found her seated on the bed with her head bowed. Liam and Ethan both stared at themselves and then returned their gaze to their mum, seated on the bed. They slowly walked to the bed, "Mum, what's wrong, you don't seem fine."She raised her head slowly with tears streaming down her eyes, "They hit me." "Who hit you?" They both asked."Adrian and Audrey, they hit me," she sobbed, Ethan and Liam were shocked, "You mean, they did this to you?""Yeah, they both hit me hard, it fucking hurt.""What did you do Mum, what did you do to them to warrant such treatment from them?" Liam
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