"Leonard, " Victor called out.Leonard glanced at him with a raised brow."Since our families have reconciled with each other, how about we hang out together?" Victor asked with a small smile.Leonard's brows furrowed deeply. He chewed on his food before replying, "I'm busy so it won't be possible.""Busy?""From what I know, you don't have a job so how can you be busy?" Victor asked, feeling quite enraged that Leonard would turn down his offer.If not that his father had made him promise that he should be on his best behaviour, he definitely won't be seated here beside Leonard, asking him to a time out."Victor! Mind your words, " Melvin scolded.Leonard merely sipped from his glass of water and wiped the corners of his lips."Leonard, I apologize for Victor's outburst. Victor, apologize immediately!""I'm sorry, " Victor said through gritted teeth."Leonard is a friend of the Don. So definitely he would be busy, you can take him out in his free time, " Melvin said with small smile.
A week later.Melvin has resumed work in the company under Shadrach's directive. He acted so neutral and righteous making Shadrach believe that he had truly changed Leonard was already getting wary. Efforts of getting the evidence he needed seemed to be fruitless as Chandler seemed to have covered his tracks well.…Mega Conglomerate.The telephone rang disrupting Leonard from his work."Hello?""Leo, we have finally gotten him," Came a reply."I'll be there shortly."…The Marshall's Residence.Shadrach and the whole family watched as Chandler was attended by the doctor. He seemed to be getting weaker by the day and they were being advised to always be with him at all times.He laid pale on the bed as the doctor checked his vitals.The door was pushed open and Leonard entered with a grave expression on his face. "Oh Leonard, you're here," Victor greeted with a smile.Leonard merely glanced at him and looked intensely at Chandler. "How long can you keep up with this act?"Chandler lo
Shadrach stared at his father, clenching his fists. He had betrayed his trust once more.Leonard held his father's shoulder seeing his complicated gaze. "Dad, I can't believe you could actually do this to me. You say Melvin did nothing wrong? My son was sent to jail for a false allegations. He spent half of his life away from I and his mother and you say Melvin did nothing wrong?"Chandler's stiffened expression shifted a little. "And so? What if your son was sent away, he was useless after all. What have you and your family done to the development of this family apart from taking what belongs to us?"Shadrach shook his head with disgust. "Belonged to you? Do you mean the company I built with my own hands and sweat?""What has your beloved son ever done if not to squander money on alcohol and woman and then you hide his shady dealings because you don't want to be put to shame.""Shadrach, don't speak to father like that!" Melvin roared, walking towards him.Shadrach raised a brow and
Next Day,Pacific Estate."Find out what shady deals the Marshalls do behind. Those they owe and have stepped on, they should come knocking at their door now. I want the Marshall family destroyed for what they have done to my family.""Consider it done."…A soft knock came on Leonard's door. Leonard dropped his phone on the bed, his father was looking at him with a devastated look on."Dad," Leonard said with concern as he walked him in.Shadrach sighed as he spoke softly, "I'm really sorry Leo."Leonard raised a brow in confusion. "What are you sorry for?""For not believing you at first. I was blinded with everything and I must have hurt you with my words, I wasn't being careful enough.""No, dad," Leonard said, placing a hand on his shoulder. "You don't have to apologise or blame yourself at all. I understand your plight but right now it's not the time to be sorry but to pick yourself up and become stronger than ever. Mom needs you now and so do I."Shadrach nodded to Leonard's wo
Aquafina raised a brow inquisitively. "What do you mean by the truth?"Max took a chair and sat down, facing her while playing with a pocket knife. "I wanted to find out what happened, alone.""Tsk, nonsense," Aquafina voiced out. "You're clearly lying. We all know the truth now, you leaked everything out and you guys got attacked and suddenly you ran away, leaving David to die.""Don't say that!!!" Max yelled, standing up and kicking the chair off her butt making Aquafina jump up in fright."You and Diana knew how much I doted on David. I loved him with all my heart, do you know how I felt when he died in my arms? When he breathed his last?""Do you know how helpless I felt that night because I couldn't stop the blood from flowing out before I was shot?""Do you have any clue about the trauma I passed through trying to accept the fact that he was dead and would never come back to me?"Tears flowed out of her eyes as she spoke with so much pain in her voice. Aquafina could only stare
“You care about her don’t you?” Diana asked with a raised brow and a mischievous glint in her eyes.Leonard furrowed his brows and shook his head. “Don’t get me wrong here, I’m only going to be available for a few days and within those few days, I will help you in getting leads and then help my father get over his predicament. Aquafina is a friend so it’s only right I do this for us because she helped me as well.”Diana coughed and shrugged her shoulders, “Yeah. Well, I guess you’re right actually.”“So now, if I’m correct someone leaked the information and if it was Max, she would definitely have a backer and there’s no way all trails would be cleaned if we look deeper.”Diana stared at him, finding meaning in his words. “You’re right actually. Let’s go check the communication channels, maybe there might be something there.”… “Leonard, I think I’ve found something,” Diana said, her eyes glued to the computer screen.“What is it?” Leonard asked, moving closer and leaning in.They ha
Hello everyone, it's been two months right? And I haven't posted a chapter, I had a mental breakdown which I'm still battling with and I know my actions aren't still justified but I hope you all can forgive me because I'm back this month hopefully to give y'all steady updates. Please bear with me!
All the while, Marilyn was outside causing a commotion, Keith was in the conference room, unaware of the fact that his ex wife was rushing upstairs.“Mr. Keith, the value of the stocks for the company have grown really high and we are currently favored above our competitors although there is a problem we need to tackle,” Anderson said.Keith listened attentively and nodded for him to continue.“Since we have decided to explore other areas of business, including opening a shopping mall. A lot of people are against our impending success.”“Mr. Anderson, I suggest you go straight to the point,” Keith said with a tired sigh.“Yes, yes,” Anderson nodded, adjusting the glasses on the bridge of his nose. “Close to our construction area, the Maldivians are also building a mall and have gotten the endorsements of many in the entertainment industry. This will definitely slow us down commercially when we decide to open in three months time.”Keith raised a brow. Although, he had that the Maldivi