“But father?”“I said leave!” Liam yelled, cutting James off. He turned to Arthur, Luna and Anthony with a polite smile, “Let’s continue this discussion in my office, shall we?”Everyone present except Arthur and Liam were confused at his behaviour. No one expected the great CEO of the McHenry Pharmaceuticals to act in such a polite manner to people deemed nobodies by James.Luna felt a bit uncomfortable. Her experience with high ranking business men was unpleasant to say the least. They were usually snobbish or had this air of superiority around them, it was something she had noticed even in her foster mother.But Liam McHenry at that moment was the exact opposite and she couldn’t understand why.Squeezing her hands together, she reassured herself. Having engaged in several business deals of different sorts, Luna was more than ready for this and there was no way she was going to fail Arthur who had given her the chance to free herself from the bondage that were the Byrne and Gallagh
Soon they arrived at the Gallagher’s villa.Since her experience with the Gallagher’s, Clara had come to the realisation that Luna would make an outstanding bargaining chip with whatever family she wished to associate herself with.She was beautiful, intelligent, knowledgeable and the best part for Clara was that the crippled state that Luna was in that had narrowed her options was no longer there.While the Gallagher’s were good associates of hers, Clara was not going to limit herself with them when she could aim higher.And fortunately for her, Jon Burton, the last son of the soon to be Burton patriarch, had shown an interest in her.So as her luck would have it, she would not need to risk ruining her relationship with the Gallagher family while still having an opportunity to fulfil her wish.Another strange coincidence was the fact that Jon was an old friend of Aaron Gallagher. The life of a playboy was the major thing they had in common, but unlike Jon, Aaron’s family did not giv
Jon couldn’t believe what was happening. Not only did some nobody from a forgotten family stand against him and embarrass him, he also dared to mention what had become the Burton’s family’s biggest failure.While Jon wasn’t as bothered by Nathaniel Burton’s death, how dare the no named trash before him mock him?Jon stood up angrily, ignoring the pieces of the broken vase by his feet. “Get on your knees and beg me and just maybe I won’t have my father grant you the most horrifying death you can think of!”Hiding his smile, Aaron approached Jon. “There’s no need to get so worked up my friend, trash like him always think themselves better than they actually are. Taking care of him will be no problem, heck you’ll be doing the world a favor.”Glancing back at Luna, Arthur noticed her clenched fists and jaw as she watched the entire scenario.Jon sat down with a huff, shooting a death glare at Arthur. “You’re dead. Nothing and no one will save you.”With a chuckle, Arthur stepped back to s
“Do you understand what you have done, you fool?!” Jon’s father’s voice boomed through the phone. “The family is barely recovering from father’s death and what is this? The Burton family will be a laughing stock for the whole world!”“Father, I’m sorry…” The soon to be patriarch’s yell cut Jon off, “Enough! Return home right this instance. I’ll figure out what to do with you.”Jon was confused.Just who was this man and how was he able to get a hold of all those pictures and upload them in less than an hour?Usually his father overlooked his actions, but he had never heard his father talk to him in such a manner.His life was finished and it was all because of a random man he thought to be a no name piece of trash.“...please, don’t do this to me. You can’t do this to me!” Jon yelled as he pleaded, tears spilling down his eyes.Luna stepped back in slight shock, looking between Arthur and Jon.The rest of the Gallagher’s had expressions of either disgust or plain shock, they didn’t e
The Williams family were one of the seven great families and close allies with the Burton family.Just like their allies, they also hated and envied the Rhyfel family’s might and integrity, so they worked together and brought about their downfall.Arthur’s hands clenched the tablet’s screen tightly as he recalled a dreadful memory of the man on the screen, the head of the Williams family.When Arthur’s family was being attacked, he ordered his people to kill off the Rhyfel family members one by one if he, Luna and his uncle that were hiding didn’t show themselves.His uncle rushed out to distract them and then Luna helped him escape from the villa.The event might have happened many years ago, but the memory of that day still burned fresh in his mind. It was because of the trash on the screen that Arthur’s family was murdered. It was because of him that Arthur had to go through the hell that was the battlefield. It was because of him that Luna had to suffer all that she did.On tha
Luna spun around the store like a kid in a candy store as the wide variety of beautiful accessories around amazed her.A few moments ago, she had been unpacking her things gleefully as she was now reunited with her only family member, one who cared for her as much as she did for him.But while doing so, her younger cousin, Aaron visited her room and after a brief but thorough inspection of her clothes, decided she needed a wardrobe change.Arthur had decided that she deserved nothing but the very best, and that was how they were now at the most prestigious clothing line in the entire country; Elizabeth’s lines.Her sunflower dress billowed out around her as she moved with a skip in her step from one section to the other, inspecting the variety of clothes and dresses they had.Luna’s excitement vanished as soon as she set her eyes on the price tags on them. It seemed for a moment her eagerness to get a beautiful dress or two had caused her to forget that the brand was also known for ha
The guards believed they had it all planned. As long as they moved together and employed their tactics as they had trained over a thousand times, the fight would have gone in their favor.And if it was any other man they had used their strategy, it would have worked beautifully, but fate granted them the most unfortunate encounter they could have had to use such a tactic.At first they were confident, then surprised, then confused and finally the fear that the war god usually instilled in those unfortunate enough to be his enemies settled on them. For every step he took forward, seven men collapsed at his feet. Arthur didn’t use more than one blow to put them down, after all while he was protecting Luna, he didn’t want her to have another experience of a person dying before her, the occasion with their family was more than enough. The piles of unconscious bodies grew at a faster rate than their backup could arrive and merely moments later, none remained to oppose him.At that moment
Arthur watched the troubled expression Mrs Elizabeth had.He had relayed his plan of infiltrating the auction to her and she pondered means and ways to assist Arthur’s mission. Though she was unable to assist the Rhyfel family in their time of need, she decided she wouldn’t be making that mistake again. “I can sneak you into the auction under my name, so you don’t have any problem entering the venue. No one would dare to stop anyone associated with me, not even rulers of this country!” Mrs Elizabeth explained.Arthur rejected her offer, after all he didn’t want to drag her into his problems, at least not yet.And also, “Using your name might mislead them and make the Williams family believe it is you who’s targeting them. If the secret is going to be revealed, I want no one else but me to take the credit. Let it be known the great families fell at the hands of Arthur Rhyfel, the son of the man who’s heritage they burned to the ground.”Elizabeth understood his mindset and agreed to i