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2024-10-29 19:42:56Those words offered relief that Harlan had never thought they would be capable of offering.
He unlocked the door and Jack opened it."Are you okay Sir?"Harlan nodded."I lost the man just as you drove away. I will get him soon. I am sorry that had to happen, Sir."Harlan smiled and waved his hand in the air."It's okay. Inform Kelvin that I am too busy to see him today. I will call him later in the weekend so that we can hang out."Jack bowed slightly and closed the door.He watched Harlan drive away. He let out a sigh. He has seen worst scenarios than this but he was worried about Harlan. He seemed too much like a gentleman for what might happen later on to him. The thought had him wondering if this is one of the many reasons why Mr Smith had hidden Harlan until now.Even though Harlan Smith had not been announced as Harlan Smith, things had started happeni
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Jason's hand subconsciously held his face."What are you trying to say? That Grandfather is telling a lie?" Richard asked angrily."Dad...""Shut up. You idiot! Who is your father?""Hey, two of you should save us the stress of watching your silly scene. And you, Richard, stop pretending as if this isn't part of the plan.""What plan are you talking about, father?" Richard asked his father, anger written all over his face."Were you not not the one who came up with the plan of lying about not knowing Harlan Smith? I have known Jason since he was born and he has never lied. Don't make Jason take the whole blame now that you have been caught," Grandfather snapped.Richard turned to Jason and stared hard at him, "you see the disgrace you have brought on me, you idiot? When I was young, I didn't disgrace my father but now, it seems you are trying to pay me back for what I didn't do."
Return of the hidden heir Chapter 55 :The research
Some days later. Harlan was in class, the lecturer had left on the note that everyone should check the school group chat for the group they fall in respect of the research they were to do on a topic."With the invention of new technology, what is the future for information law? Are we, legal scholars, going to have a chance or will it be high technology CEOs who would define laws we have to live by?" The lecturer had said."The group that comes up with the best piece will win a trip to vacation — you guys will be the one to choose where you want that to be. And, any group that wins, the participants already passed this semester's exam. If you fall into that category, you have nothing to be scared of, as marks will be awarded to promote you to your final year in college," the lecturer had said."There are three hundred and six students in this department and I have divided you all into thirty one groups. Make sure to locate your group and sta
Return of the hidden heir Chapter 56: Return of Roger
"You remind me of Maria. She amuses me a lot everyday."Hell, who the heck is Maria? Elizabeth could feel somehow as she wondered if Harlan already had a girlfriend. She knew Harlan Smith cannot be her boyfriend, but seeing him have that damn cute smile on his face because of some girl made Elizabeth sad. "Oh, really?"Harlan smiled again, "seriously, there was one evening when she told me something very funny. My first thought was that she is insane, but you know, that can never happen."Elizabeth smiled uneasily. He mentioned evening. For a guy and a girl to be together in the evening means their relationship has gotten to an extent. She was sick of her own thoughts."Mind if I get you something in the cafeteria?" Harlan asked."Well..." She couldn't reject this offer. Since he already had a girlfriend, there is close to no chance of spending time with Harlan in the near future. She has to make us
Return of the hidden heir Chapter 57: The two guys
Harlan's hand hung in the air."What is that supposed to mean, Roger?" Elizabeth frowned."Don't you see how he looks? You know the stuff about evolution? I don't know much about it but, he looks like some fore fathers. So outdated.""Hey, Roger. That isn't something pretty to tell someone you are meeting for the first time," Elizabeth scolded, but Roger wasn't going to take that. He walked closer to Harlan who has managed to put down his hand now."I don't like how you look," Roger told him.Harlan shrugged, "who cares?""I don't like how you talk too.""That doesn't have anything to do with the research we are to work on," Harlan said flippantly."Yo, man, do you know me?""I don't think so.""On the stage, I am Bobby. Still don't know me?" Harlan took a closer look at Roger. There is only one Bobby he used to hear of, and that
Return of the hidden heir Chapter 58: A burglar
"You're brilliant and I admire that." Elizabeth finally found something reasonable to say.Harlan smiled in relief. He had thought she would tell him that other than the fact that he was Harlan Smith, nothing drew her to him."We will see in two days time," Harlan said as she waved at him.He smiled at her. The car soon pulled away. Harlan thrust his hands in his pocket and walked to his car. Jack opened the door for him and he got in."Anything about the guy on my trail?" Harlan asked as Jack started driving."No news."No news means good news.He checked if he had messages on his phone. There was one from Madame A. A couple of ones from the group chat.He checked the one from Madame A first.'You can trust Elizabeth.'Harlan replied 'okay'.He checked the group chat and realized that something interesting was going
Return of the hidden heir Chapter 59 :The big scary secret of the Alberts
There was no single hair on his head. Harlan wondered if the guy had a young voice or maybe he was really young. But... Are there still young guys who prefer having all their hair shaved off? Harlan hadn't seen guys like that. "What do you want from me?" Harlan asked edgily."I don't like talking too much so I will get straight to the point. Who are you to the Alberts?"Harlan frowned, "what has that got to do with you bringing me here?"The guy adjusted his grip on his gun, as if telling Harlan that you don't talk any how to a man with a gun."I am twenty five years old and I have served about five jail terms."Again, Harlan wondered what they had to do with this, but he knew better than to say it out. He couldn't see the guy's face because of the facemasks."Oh," Harlan muttered."Of all the five times I have served jail terms, I didn't do anything wrong."
Return of the hidden heir Chapter 60: Wallace Stone
Harlan rushed inside the building with the drugs in his hand, he had barely heard how the pharmacist prescribed that the drug be used before he had left.He saw the guy on the floor, his face turned up and his unhurt arm holding the hurt bleeding one. Harlan rushed to him, bent over and started taking out the drugs in the plastic bag."I got the drugs, try to sit up. You will be okay in no time," Harlan said.No reaction from the guy. Harlan shook him gently. Still, no reaction. He stared at the guy's face. There was a smirk on it, but taking a closer look, he realized that the guy wasn't breathing any longer.Harlan froze as the realization dawned on him. The guy was dead."Hey, guy... Get up... I will take revenge on your behalf, but man, you have... You have to get up!" Harlan said, trying to persuade himself that he wasn't talking to a dead person. The smirk on the
Return of the hidden heir Chapter 61: Life is dramatic
After Jack had left to bury the guy, Harlan was restless. Whenever he turned, he seemed to be seeing the image of Wallace Stone, begging him to avenge him. When Harlan couldn't take it any longer, he called Kelvin to meet him at the gym they had both gone to a few days after they turned eighteen.Both of them, then, had wanted to start building muscles and doing the guys' things but they had lost interest in the gym thing after a few weeks of going there.***Kelvin threw another towel at Harlan who was sweating really badly as he released the weight lifter. Kelvin folded his arms and continued staring at Harlan."One more time," Harlan said and got under the weight again. He could feel his muscles aching but he needed that distraction. He needed to keep his mind away from the painful death he just witnessed."I will be waiting and watching you." Kelvin muttered.Some moments later, Ha
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"The award of the best student in this graduating set goes to… before I call his name, I would like to add that he is the most handsome guy I have ever seen on earth —because I see a lot of things in my imagination. Combine his handsomeness with his being a genius and you have…" "Harlan Smith!" The audience and the graduating students shouted, completing the MC's sentence for him. Harlan came on to the stage, dressed in an academic gown. "Hey, Harlan, where is your cap?" Mr Healy asked in a whisper as he was about to hand over the prize to him. "Mrs Smith is wearing it," he said. "Now, you have to snap this picture without the cap," Mr Healy pretended to sulk. "Even with that, I still stand out," Harlan said and smiled. Mr Healy smiled and handed him the prize as camera light flashed on him. The MC called on Mr Healy to give his speech after prizes had been handed over to students that merits it. Mr Healy was given a standing ovation as he stood up from his seat in t
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Chapter 156: The runaway
Harlan dropped the envelope containing all the cards on the table. On the same table was his car key, his ATM card and a note which read: goodbye. Thank you.He remembered the exciting feeling that he felt on the day Mr Smith gave him those cards. He shook his head quickly to get rid of the thought. This isn't time to be emotional. He just cannot forgive his parents for what they did. He had always hoped that his father would never have peace, just look what happened. All these while, he had been Harlan Smith without knowing it.He opened the door and went outside. He only took four clothes and a extra pants. He would start from scratch and go back to living the life he used to live before Mr Smith came into his life.The light in the compound made it a very beautiful sight to behold. The first time he had come here, he had almost thought he was imagining things. Funny how those days had passed really quickly."Sir, where are you going early in the morning?" Jack asked as Harlan was
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Chapter 155: Reunion
Harlan almost choked on his food. He grabbed a cup of water and drank from it. She made a tsk tsk sound. "You are just like your father. Your face is flushed.""I am eating mo… Mrs Smith!" He almost called her 'Mom'."Does that mean you are studying law?" She asked."Yes. I am in my final year.""Wow! I can't wait to wear your graduation cap."Harlan found himself laughing in between eating. Throughout the rest of the day, he and Mrs Smith were discussing. She told him about her perfume company about how much she loved what she was doing. Harlan found out that she was a very easy going person. He had missed having her in his life all these years and he found himself wondering how great life would have been if she had been part of his childhood days.Later in the evening, Mr Smith came back home and the first thing he did was to turn on the television. The case had been a really fast one. Harlan would bet that everything was possible only by Mr Smith's influence. All the people that
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Chapter 154: A mother's love
"I just wanted to check on you to see if you are getting it, Sir," the Cctv footage officer said. He could not help thinking the CEO had come to check on his girlfriend who had come here with another man.Harlan stood up and left. The footage officer stared at his back. The CEO doesn't seem to be in the same mood he had been when he came in. He shrugged.****Harlan found himself at the large field where he already went whenever he was overwhelmed. He had had a lot of surprises in the past six months but none of them has even been as shocking as this. He rolled on the field and faced the sky. He heard the sounds of birds nearby and wondered if he would have any problem if he were a bird.He replayed all he heard from some hours ago in his head. The conversation between Mr Smith and Mrs Smith. His father and mother… he closed his eyes. So all these while, he had those two people's blood flowing in his veins and he wasn't aware of it.He took his phone from where it was lying beside him
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Chapter 153: The real Harlan Smith
Harlan crossed over to where he had parked his car. He got inside and looked out through the window. In the next seventy two hours, he would be buying up all what the Alberts had. Through the help of Mr Smith, he had been able to refile the cases that the Alberts had been guilty of but had won. Mr Smith had told him how difficult that was, but he had not taken no for an answer.He took a deep breath and silently prayed that all these would be over. He had been able to get the victims of the Alberts and had convinced them that they would be duly compensated if they came back for their cases again.As he was about to turn on the car. He saw someone familiar pass him by. Mrs Smith? The fact that she was alone, with no bodyguard, made him more curious to know why she was at the hotel. He waited for some seconds before coming down from the car. He walked in the direction she had passed and saw her enter the hotel.When got inside, he could see the receptionist go pale as he walked toward
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Chapter 152: Damn rude CEO
Harlan's phone beeped. It was his personal assistant from the 'where talent glows' calling. He answered it."Hello?""Is there any problem?" Harlan asked."Not really. Mr Richard Albert has been meaning to see you all these while. He asked for your number but I didn't want to give him until I asked for your permission first.""Tell him to meet me at the Jay Team lounge," Harlan said and hung up."Drive to Jay Team," Harlan told Jack."I checked into the company where you made your friend the manager, things have gone really wrong there. Lot of workers have quit," Jack said as he turned the car in another direction."So?""He has done worse things than you are aware of," Jack said."Whatever he has done to me is none of your business," Harlan said.Harlan searched for his personal assistant's number of the company where he made Kelvin the manager and sent him a message to call in the evening.Harlan had informed his personal assistant at the Jay Team hotel to make sure no one other tha
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Chapter 151: Riffraff
The Alberts were in a pensive mood as everyone of them sat in the family hall. Unlike the other meetings where there would be chatters before the meeting started, today, everyone was focused on the phone, reading the various posts on social media that had managed to circulate around in the last three days. "Richard, how many companies don't want to partner with us anymore?" Grandfather asked."Seventeen."Grandfather sighed. "Let them go." "What are the updates about those riffraffs?" Grandfather asked."The TV station where they went refused to disclose anything about their identity. I have met with the owner of the station but he isn't saying anything," someone said."I have a friend there but he is more clueless than we are about the matter," someone else added."I have checked into it but there is really no one I suspect to have done this among our business rivals," another person said.Richard felt a feeling that he had missed something out... Funny how he seemed not to have th
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Chapter 150: Harlan is back
Another movie had begun on the television and they both watched it as they ate the pizza Elizabeth had ordered. She kept stealing glances at Harlan. She had a lot of questions to ask him but she didn't know which one to ask first. "Stop staring at me," Harlan said without taking his eyes off the television."Huh?" She blushed and looked away.She looked back at the television and reached out to take a slice of pizza. At that same time was when Harlan was going to take one too. Because he was looking at the television too, he grabbed Elizabeth's hand. He glanced at her and for some unexplainable reasons, her face flushed."Hmm, I need to get something inside," she stood up and almost ran to her room. She locked the door behind her and held her fast beating chest. "Darn!"Harlan is in the sitting room… Why the heck is she over-thinking it? She shook her head and turned on the light in her room. She glanced at her face in the mirror. It was flushed. "No. This can't be happening!" She
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Chapter 149: Little effort, big result
Elizabeth didn't know how long she had been staring at Harlan's picture on the poster that had been placed in different places all over the campus. In the poster, the pictures of the six of them that had won the competition were there. When Harlan and Roger wouldn't show up, herself, Jason, Cecilia and Adrian had taken the picture. Roger had sent his picture and she had given Harlan's picture from the ones posted on the group chat when the gossip about their dates first started. Some skillful graphic designer had managed to put the pictures of the six of them together. In the picture, Harlan was the only person that stood out to Elizabeth.She looked around to be sure no one had been looking at her. There was no one. She sighed.Her phone beeped. It was a message from Harlan... No, a message from Jack because he is the one with Harlan's phone now. She checked it and saw a picture of some guy in a suit and tattoo on his neck. Under the picture, it read : would you recognize me if you s
