Meanwhile, Melvin sat with Kelsea on the table as it was their custom.
She stared at the phone contacts and noticed that it was her secretary.
"I told her to stop calling me when it's not work time." She frowned immediately, swapping left and replacing the phone with her purse after putting it on silent.
"Aren't you going to take your call?" Melvin, who watched the whole event unfold, inquired but she shook her head.
"It isn't important. Not as important as you are to me." He kissed her on her lips as they continued to chat
Suddenly, Ella walked into the place with a troubled look hovering on her face, such that Kelsea had never seen before
She rose from the chair that she was sitting on swiftly still trying as hard as she could to make things out in her head.
"What's going on here?" She inquired, staring right into her eyes and waiting for a response. Instead, she placed her hands on her knees, trying as hard as she could to catch her breath.
"It's all over the news. Our company is going off-market." She finally spat out the words from her mouth.
Kelsea froze on the spot where she was standing, her lungs snapped out of air.
"What?" Her voice was like silent whispers from a distance as they could hardly be heard.
She crashed to her seat, placing her hands on her cheeks and staring into space.
"I'm a failure." She muttered and didn't even realize when a strange tear escaped from her eyes as she was so pained.
Just then, she raised her head and brought out her cell phone from her pocket, placing a call across to her secretary immediately.
"What's this that I am hearing?" She inquired.
"Do you realize that I am the manager of the company? News is supposed to come to my table first before proceeding to public ears?" Kelsea thundered.
There was a sudden pause from the caller from the other end as she was still trying to make out her words, knowing how hot-tempered her boss could be.
"I've been working overtime ma'am and I have been trying to inform you multiple times but you always seem too busy." She replied.
Her hands were clenched with so much anger that they made a cracking sound.
"Too busy. Is that the silly excuse that you could come up with?"
The paper in her hands shrunk under her wrath.
"I'm sorry." The caller from the other end replied, already getting frustrated as she didn't know what she was going to say next.
"Now start spilling, what is going on?" She thundered.
The voice of the secretary shrunk, her heart beating hard against her chest as though it was going to burst through and he went ahead to answer her questions.
"The Marine busy group created a new product that is currently throwing us off the market." She explained.
Her face twisted with so much hate and disgust upon hearing the name of their biggest rival.
"Those fools. I should have known that it had something to do with them."
"Are you saying something, ma'am?"
The secretary could hardly make out the words that she was trying to do.
"Do whatever you have to do but make sure that you get my company standing back do you understand me?'
She fired at the secretary and finally ended the call.
Even though her words were Firm during the call, they were broken, the walls around her world gradually falling apart as she sobbed.
"My company. It's all gone." She could not even think of any possibility of getting back my company.
"It's all the fault of that fool. If I had not taken my time trying to set him straight, I could have had enough time for my company issues," she said to herself.
Her heart was crumbling almost when she felt a strange hand on her back.
She looked up almost immediately and her gaze met with that of Melvin.
"It's all gone. There is absolutely nothing I can do now." she sobbed even harder.
"I can help." The words streamed out from his mouth
At first, she thought that he was overthinking because of her loss.
Pinching herself hard on her face, she noticed that it was true.
"But how." She could not see any possibility of it.
"Without spitting out a word from his mouth, he brought out his cell phone from his pocket and showed something on the display to her.
Seeing the display on the screen, her face brightened almost immediately.
"I just got the contract."
"I told you that I was certainly going to get it. Not when my Father is acquitted with the CEO." He lied further.
"But how is that going to help?" She inquired.
"Through this. I got the contract and I have a personal meeting with the CEO this evening. I can ask him to help you out and you know what that means."
Her face brightened up with gratitude as she sprang up from her seat and hugged him tightly, kissing him right on the neck.
"I don't know how I would have lived without you." She added with tears in her eyes.
But he was not done with her yet as they parted away from the hug.
"But there is a condition." He finally said.
Kelsea was snapped into the realms of her thoughts as she thought about what he could want from her.
But whatever it was, she was sure that it was not going to be something that was way above her reach.
"I'm ready to do anything if you can help me out of this." She was eager.
He smiled to himself and it was not broad enough for them to see the villainess in it
"I want us to get married by the end of the month."
She thought about it for a while. Even though she hated Lucian so much, her relationship with Melvin wasn't public yet, and getting married to him was going to stir up public gossip.
But after thinking about it for a while, there was nothing that could be compared to having back her company.
"Okay," Kelsea replied swiftly.
Hugging him once again and kissing his head
He smiled immediately.
"You are the one doing the favour and I should be appreciating you instead." He thought.
Meanwhile, Lucian had a meeting with Sydney that evening.
"I need your help." He said, taking a sip of juice.
"Anything that I can help you with sir." She replied.
Immediately she spat out the words from her mouth, he took out his phone from his pocket and placed a display of someone on his screen.
After which, he handed it over to her to examine it.
"Do you know him?" Lucian inquired, referring to the picture on the phone.
After examining it for a while, she noticed the familiarity her thoughts were knocked with the striking familiarity
"Yes, I do. He is the best hacker in the whole of the continent." She replied, handing over his cell phone back to him.
"But I am really confused sir. Why him? Did you get into any trouble with him.". She inquired.
The expression that was hanging on his face softened and he shook his head.
"No. I need him." He replied. "And I want you to get him for me. Can you do that?" He inquired staring right into her eyes and waiting for a response.
"Yes. I was planning to introduce him to you." She replied, making his face cloud with confusion.
"Huh?" He exclaimed
Today is his third anniversary, and his happiness knows no bounds as he's eager to get home and surprise his wife with the gift he got for her.He was looked at as a wretched man but today is his anniversary, and third year at that so he wants to impress his wife.Lucian wants to make her the happiest woman on earth, not minding her ruthless attitude towards him, he wants to celebrate their day in a very good way. The whole family of Ashton went out for an event leaving Lucian at home who never felt offended as it wouldn't be the first time he would ever be treated like that.He served the dining table the last plate, and his eyes beamed in happiness when he heard the sound of the door opening."She's back,"Lucian walked over to the living room to see Ella entering, staggering as redness plastered on her small oval face."Oh, stupid Son-in-law, you are here! Mother did not take you out. What did I expect, you are a wretched man with no recognition, no benefits, and my sister marryin
There's nothing to listen to? Do it, take the blame. Lucian, you are now the driver of the hit-and-run case, an attempted murder, not Ella,”Lucian stared at her in shock, she was desperate to blame him.Kelsea suddenly held on to his hand as she looked into his eyes and went on explaining, “You know Ella has always been a stubborn girl from the onset, I admit you tried talking to her not to leave the house, but she ignored your words and left the house, take the blame and I will get the best lawyer that will bail you out,” Kelsea stated.Lucian looked at her, “I thought you loved me, is it not about time you pay me back for all the good deeds I have done for you? That cell isn't good for my sister, she has a bright future, so don't ruin it with your greediness,” Kelsea uttered, trying to calm him down.Lucian used his might to push her off his body, as she did to him earlier. “Where's Ella!!, Where's the person who committed the offence?” He asked, in a low tone.“She's in the villa,
Lucian got to the police station and was taken to the questioning room with his wrists still handcuffed.He was pushed down to take a seat, and an officer took a seat in front of him with a long slim table separating them.“What happened? Why did you run away from the crime scene? Was it intentional?” Lucian just stared at him for some minutes before proceeding to talk “It was not intentional. It was a hit and run, not intentional” Lucian said, trying to defend himself for the crime he did not commit.The police officer just kept pressing his laptop without glancing at Lucian. He spent thirty minutes in the questioning room before another cop came in.“Let me see,” the second cop beckoned to the first cop. They left to see each other and after a few minutes, the first cop came back and uncuffed Lucian.“Lucky you, the victim's family have agreed to a settlement,”Lucian's eyes widened, “Kelsea kept her promise but I never expected it to be this fast,” He thought as he stood up.Luci
He got outside, on the street and his phone chimed. He checked it to see an alert of billions.Before he processed anything, he heard a female voice. “Young Master”Lucian tilted his neck to the voice direction and saw a young woman staring at him.“Young Master, have you seen the alert?” Lucian looked at the young lady standing in front of him, looking surprised.“Did you hack my phone?? How did you know that I received an alert?” Lucian questioned, and the young Lady just bowed slightly“The $50 billion is just for you to do shopping”“ $50 billion to get new stuff?” Lucian exclaimed in total shock, and the young lady nodded, maintaining a straight face, not smiling.“ Yes, young master. This is just the tip of an iceberg, you have a lot of properties and wealth that you are not aware of.” The young lady said and started walking towards a black car.“Young master, can we go,” “To where?” Lucian questioned.“To your house, one of the houses you own. Like I said, you have a lot of p
Lucian's hands ran through the outlines of the documents as the trickle of perspiration went down his spine.“But why did you hide this from me all this while leaving me to suffer the torrent of this world?" He could not help but inquire as the thoughts stormed through his mind multiple times but an explanation of it still refused to get into his head.His eyes seemed to be searching deep through her, seeking an answer and knowing that he was going to get it pretty soon, he was relaxed. “Because of the way your father died.“ She replied. But as much as he tried to think about it, he still could not get a grasp on what she was trying to talk about.“I'm confused. Can you enlighten me? What has my father's death got to do in all of this?“ He replied swiftly, his hands running through the last details of the documents as he returned them to the table that lay before him.Lucian's heart was racing fast as though it was going to pop from his chest as he continued to stare at her, waiting
“You are here to get a meal?“ Sia could not help but laugh out loud clutching hard to her stomach while his eyebrow farrowed.“Are you serious right now? You came here to get a meal? Can you stop being delusional already? “ She snapped swiftly, her facial expression washed with so much disgust.He stared at her closely without spitting out a single word from his mouth.He knew that she was trying as hard as she could to stare him up and his hands were clenched in an attempt to control his anger and maintain it all.“You should start telling us the actual reason that you are here already rather than telling me that you came to get a meal.If anyone is going to fall for that. Do you think that it could be me?“ I have known you for quite a while to know that your poverty can be equal to a stink from hell." Sia mocked him.“I told you already that I came here to get a meal. Stop being so hard already and get me what I want.“ He replied but at this point, all the patience in his head was
“It can't be possible. I have the history of this poor striker rubbish in my hands. There is no way that he could be a young master of anyone."They might have made a mistake.“ Sia assured herself, swearing under her breath that they had certainly made a huge mistake.Straightening up her shoulders, she advanced swiftly towards them while the attention of everyone was directed towards her.“And who are you?“ Sia was privileged enough for Sydney to speak to her, putting a swift smile on her face almost immediately.“I'm Sia. A dedicated employee of this company.““I just want to say that there are only two things possible in this situation. Either you have been fooled by Lucian or you must have made a mistake.“"He is no Young Master whatsoever and he is only hear to beg for free meals as he always does," Sia added hints of lies in the words that she spoke to spice things up.Sydney and Mr Kelvin's eyes farrowed almost immediately as they were speechless, not knowing what to say at th
“Okay, Young Master. Will get it done right away.“ An ever-loyal Sydney replied without asking further questions.Not because she was not curious but because she already knew too much about her young master's past and how he was treated by his wife and her family.Her hands were clenched with anger as she thought about what the richest man in the city had to go through in their hands."They deserve it," Sydney muttered under her breath with an air of hatred and disgust.Before the end of the day, she prepared the divorce agreement and presented it to him.Quite satisfied with her work, he appreciated her. The next morning, the only thing that he wanted to do was to get over that marriage as soon as he could.He took his bath, got dressed and had his meal after which he proceeded to their little Villa to get the work done as soon as he could “She doesn't deserve my love. I would have been behind bars now if Sydney had not come to my aid. Only to meet her on the bed with another man."