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
CHAPTER 135:ld “You!” Vincent was infuriated to the point that he almost spat out blood but he composed himself seeing Keith as an already dead man who just wants to make a show out of himself.“You don’t expect the connections to fall from the skies and besides we all know that the chairman picked you up from the streets and decided to give you this position not like you merited it in anyway.”“I will like to say something to every one of you here,” Keith said, ignoring Vincent’s statement. “Give me a month to bring all your expectations to reality.” He stared at everyone in the conference room, allowing his words to sink in before continuing.“A month is too long. The Maldivians are already one step ahead of us. We can’t wait that long,” One said.Keith found his statement to be reasonable. He had requested for a month to get things in order, getting the endorsement of the most rated model in the world was quite a big feat.“”We are giving
Marilyn’s lips curled up into a sinister smile knowing that she had somehow gotten the sympathy of those inside the room. The employees did look at Keith in a new light.Everyone knew about his son, but no one knew about his wife. Some had assumed that he was divorced and others had thought maybe she was dead but it seems the truth was finally out today. Keith had chased his wife away!Vincent chuckled darkly. He wasn’t going to let an opportunity of defaming Keith slip from his hands at all. “Hmm, it seems our chairman isn’t as simple as we all had thought. Your wife clearly had good intentions and just wanted to make a name for herself before returning
CHAPTER 137:Keith walked out of the conference room, his body shaking terribly with anger. He walked out of the building with Marilyn following closely behind. He turned to look at her not concealing the hatred in his eyes.“What else do you want from me? Haven’t you done enough already?”Marilyn pouted like kid. “What do you mean, Keith? I just want to see my son, nothing more.” She replied with the same pitiful face he detested.Keith stared at her scornfully. “You can stop the act now! Tell me what exactly you want. You and I know that you are not here to see Seth but for your own selfish reasons,” He spat. “Your lover has gone bankrupt isn’t it?”“Keith, you don’t have to be so cold to me. I didn’t come here with ill intentions at all. I still love you and our son and I want us to a happy family.”“Happy family? You still haven’t answered my question. If you think your tricks can work on me then advise you to rethink again. And stay away from me and
“Your mother is back.”The food Seth was munching hanged at the tip of his throat causing him to cough violently; he took a glass of water. “Whose mother?” He asked after he had calmed down.Keith sighed and explained the ordeal to him, including how she came to the hospital to look for hi and what happened at the office. In the end, he said, “She said she only wants to see her son.”Seth glanced at his father from his food with complicated emotions. She remembered how she had left them with another man despite how they had pleaded for her to stay. “She wants to come back into our lives when she left us in pain? She wants to come back into our lives now that we are well to do, isn’t it? She wants to cause more harm to our lives?”Keith had no reply because there were the same questions running through his mind. “But no matter what she is still your mother and I don’t want to stop her from her. The public will see me as someone who is trying to put an end to a mother and son’s relation
“We have found out that there is a particular threat to the four elite families in Oklahoma. A team has already been mobilized and any other info you might need is with them.”“What kind of threat?” Leonard asked. “Jack Anderson, he is targeting the elite families for a reason we don’t know of yet. A party is going to be held in two weeks time, here’s the invite. You have to find out his motive and also bring him down, but be careful; he might not be working alone. He definitely has a strong backer to want to pull up such big stunts.”Leonard nodded, collecting the golden envelope. “You will have to leave tomorrow that is if you are okay with. If you aren’t, you can probably leave next week.”“I will inform you of when I would leave. Before then I will like to ask Michael some questions,” Leonard’s face darkened. That incident really caused him a whole lot, he lost his friend and even forgot about his identity and if Michael was the cause of his losses, he wasn’t going to let this sli
Soon, it was time for Leonard’s departure to Oklahoma. He and Diana had kept in touch with Max and Aquafina and they were all working together to bring Michael and his backer down.…Los Angeles International Airport.Shadrach, Catherine and Diana were all at the airport to see him off.“Momma, I already told you to stop crying. I’m not going away forever, I will be back soon before you know it,” Leonard said with a small smile, wiping his mother tears.Diana had surprise in her eyes. This was the first time she had seen Leonard been affectionate towards someone before. He was always cold and alone. It might be her last seeing him acting this way.“Son,” Shadrach called out. His voice was shaking but he was trying to be strong. His son came back home after so many years and now he was leaving them again. And no one was even certain of when he will be back. “Dad, don’t tell me you also want to cry as well,” Leonard teased. Shadrach laughed, wiping his eyes. “Seeing you leave again,
Wills Rogers World Airport, Oklahoma.The plane arrived at the airport and passengers streamed out. Leonard walked out the airport and spotted a black car waiting for him. A man dressed in black suit walked up towards him with a mysterious air excluding from him.“Welcome to Oklahoma city, Leonard. I’m Gabriel Pierce.”…The car drove through the city of Oklahoma with silence. Leonard stared at his phone and saw 5 missed calls from his parents and he couldn’t help but smile. Once, he’s done with this mission and he was sure that there were no impending danger; he will take them both out for a family vacation.He sighed deeply and tired.“I’m taking you to house we have prepared for you. I’ll come pick you up tomorrow evening for the party. Everything you will need to know about the family is in this flash drive,” Gabriel said, giving him a purse containing the drive.Leonard nodded, not seeing a word, feeling Gabriel’s eyes on hi. At this point, her still couldn’t let his guard down.
Unknown to them, Leonard had seen their gestures and as soon as their eyes met, Justin couldn’t help but turn his gaze away, intimidated by his sharp gaze. At a dark corner, a man stared at Leonard with interest as he sipped his drink.…New YorkKeith had been introduced to Bella who granted him audience. “Miss Hadid, I have come here to see for your help as I can see that you are the only one who can help me.”Bella had switched to professional mode instantly and looked up Keith and said, “What kind of help would a model offer to an influential man like you?” “Miss, I am sure you must have gotten information about our ongoing projects from your agency already and I will like to collaborate with you to help my company.”“There are other A-list models in New York, Mr. McDonald. Why did you decide to come to me?”Keith inhaled sharply and responded. “I didn’t think that they will be fit enough to battle with our competitors.”“The Maldivians” Bella said with a small smile. “They are yo
Harry’s eyes widened in shock. He was shaking terribly. If Leonard wanted, he could wipe out the Hades family in seconds and now his foolish daughter had probably gotten him angry.The guests were confused at Harry’s disheveled posture. They glanced at Leonard, some of the guests remembered who had met him outside recognized him.“He was the one who said he trampled down on the Hades family and destroy them in seconds,” One of them said to her friend.“Such audacity! He doesn’t even look like a rich scion; he looks like an ordinary man to me. I’m very sure Mr. Hades is going to teach him a big lesson.”“But he has a gold card and can’t you see how slightly bent Mr. Hades is.”“Why would he be covered in sweat?”The guests bean to murmur, wondering who exactly Leonard was to make Harry so visibly frightened. One of the heads of the four great families was scared of a man? Then his identity definitely wasn’t going to be simple.Vanessa stood at one section of the hall, listening to the
Everyone gasped in shock.Leonard actually rejected Agnes. Agnes was really pretty and had right proportions in the right places; her skin was as white as snow and also flawless. She had the height and looks to pose for a model but she opted to working for her father in the company. Many men will die to have her but Leonard had rejected her instantly. Roman also thought Leonard to be stupid for rejecting the young miss in that manner, but he couldn’t swallow the fact that his woman had taken the initiative to ask him out. Once again, Leonard had the attention of the woman he wanted.Agnes stared at Leonard’s disappearing figure and felt humiliated. No one has ever rejected her in such a manner, making her feel so insignificant. This action from Leonard even made more interested in him so she went in, completely forgetting about Roman who had no invitation and was merely tagging alone.…Inside, Leonard found a spot away from the crowd and sat down. He spotted Justin and the other head
“Go on, apologize to her,” Roman ordered.“You seem to have forgotten how you were chased out of Amanda’s party and humiliated. Do you want another dose of that?” Leonard said with a sinister smile.“You…” Roman was furious. He didn’t expect Leonard to bring that up in front of Agnes. “If anyone is meant to be thrown out, then it will be you! Agnes, don’t even bother letting him in. Order your guards to throw him out and break a few bones as well for insulting your family.”“Gladly,” Agnes sneered, motioning at her bodyguards to throw him out.Roman searched Leonard’s face to see any trace of fear but he saw none. He couldn’t help but sneer.Still trying to act tough!Agnes’ bodyguards were heavily bodied compared to the slim-looking Leonard. They were so trained from renowned boxing rings in the world and were professionals in martial arts.Leonard narrowed his eyes as they approached him. He wasn’t in for this, all he wanted was to go in but Roman had decided to cause trouble for hi
“Leonard, you must apologize to my fiancée immediately,” Roman sneered, his eyes narrowing. Back then, he had known Leonard wasn’t an ordinary person but that was in New York, he wouldn’t have that power in Oklahoma after all Amanda and Mary were not here to save him.The lady looked up at Roman, “You know him?” “Yes. Back in New York, he had caused a lot of trouble for me. But that doesn’t matter; he must apologize for almost running your dress. I promise you that Agnes.”Agnes glanced at Leonard. Her eyes were clearly filled with scorn as she stared at Leonard’s wears. He was dressed rather shabby, dressed in a brown leather jacket and a dark wash jean trouser.What can of man would dress so shabby to a party filled with distinguished guests? He looks so ordinary. I won’t wear this dress anymore. It has been stained!Leonard sighed and said, “If you look at me, you bumped into me and I have no reason to apologize to you because your dress isn’t ruined in any way.”“How
7pm,Oklahoma.“Mr. Leonard,” Gabriel said with courtesy as he opened the door of the car for him. Leonard nodded a greeting and they drove out of the estate.“From the invite, I’m sure you already know the venue of the party. Mr. Justin had thrown the party to celebrate his granddaughter’s graduation from college.”“So we are going for prom?” Leonard asked.Gabriel couldn’t help but chuckle. “Not really. Justin’s family is one of the four great families of the city; the party is trying to bring the families under one room to discuss the impending danger and also to introduce his daughter to the business circle.”Leonard nodded at Gabriel’s explanation. The four great families of Oklahoma City comprises of: The Davison, The Hades, The Brighton and The Wades, Justin’s family.The recent attack has been on the Hades and the remaining two families were also attacked by the same person. There was a high possibility of an attack on the Wades which might even happen during the party.“The
“Leo?” Keith called out, comporting him. “I wasn’t expecting to hear from you so soon.” “I apologize for not calling earlier.” “Leo, you don’t have to apologize to me for anything. I understand that you will be quite busy there,” Keith said with a smile.“I saw the news.” Keith went silent. In fact, it was everywhere. He had already contacted some media houses to pull it down or he would sue them. Not hearing a word from him, Leonard said, “You are a brave man, Keith. For coming out to face the public and protecting your son. My company is in good hands.”Keith went cold at the mention of the company. If all things don’t go as planned, e would lose his seat and who knows what action the board will take. If he loses the seat, Leonard would be removed as the chairman. No, he won’t let that happen.“Keith, is there anything wrong happening in the company? If you need my help do not hesitate to ask for it.”“Don’t worry Leonard. Everything is under control, we are just waiting for your r
All the while Keith was on phone with Seth; Marilyn was attending to the reporters so no one took notice of him. Keith stared at her with disgust on his face. This time she truly went too far.He glanced at the board members who were staring at him and he sighed deeply. “My son will like to speak to his mother,” Keith announced.Marilyn looked at him with amazement as well as the reporters. “I thought he said he was never going to talk to me again.”“Well, if you know he said that, why did you put on this show? You are embarrassing his father publicly!” Keith fumed. “But I’m also his mother!”Keith ignored her words and stared at Seth on the phone. “Are you ready now, son?”Seth nodded. “I will do anything to kick that woman out of our lives.”Keith turned his phone screen in such a way that it would face the ground.“My name is Seth Donald and I am Keith’s son. That woman over there is not my mother.”Marilyn immediately went closer to Keith in an attempt to grab the phone but Keith w
Wills Rogers World Airport, Oklahoma.The plane arrived at the airport and passengers streamed out. Leonard walked out the airport and spotted a black car waiting for him. A man dressed in black suit walked up towards him with a mysterious air excluding from him.“Welcome to Oklahoma city, Leonard. I’m Gabriel Pierce.”…The car drove through the city of Oklahoma with silence. Leonard stared at his phone and saw 5 missed calls from his parents and he couldn’t help but smile. Once, he’s done with this mission and he was sure that there were no impending danger; he will take them both out for a family vacation.He sighed deeply and tired.“I’m taking you to house we have prepared for you. I’ll come pick you up tomorrow evening for the party. Everything you will need to know about the family is in this flash drive,” Gabriel said, giving him a purse containing the drive.Leonard nodded, not seeing a word, feeling Gabriel’s eyes on hi. At this point, her still couldn’t let his guard down.