“ Yes, you did, and I and my grandfather would forever be grateful to you.” Rachel replied, and Walton's lips coiled into a smile.
“ At least I didn't have a full bad day. Now I am also wealthy and could live the life I have always wanted.” He said and Rachel chuckled.
“ Let's go” she said and Walton followed behind her.
It took just twenty minutes to get to the hospital where Rachel's grandfather was admitted and soon enough, they were in front of his ward.
Walton couldn't go in because he was nervous. Lawson Bates had always been his role model since he was a teenager, and he always wished to be more wealthy than Lawson Bates, but what life had in store for him was different from what he had dreamed of.
“ Don't tell me you're nervous” Rachel asked amusingly and Walton inhaled sharply.
“ Who wouldn't? I would be meeting the world's richest man today, and you want me to be composed without getting nervous? He is my role model since I was a teenager, so meeting him today, is a blessing” Walton said and Rachel shook her head before opening the door to her grandfather's ward.
“Hello grandpa” Rachel smiled when she entered into the ward. Grandpa Lawson was reading the newspaper when she entered.
“ I told you not to stress yourself grandpa” Rachel frowned and Grandpa Lawson chuckled.
“ I was too bored, so I ordered for some newspapers” he replied and Rachel hugged him.
“ Guess who I brought to your ward today?” Rachel said immediately after breaking the hug.
“ And who is the person?” Grandpa Lawson asked, already eager to see who it was.
“ Walton Rex, the man who saved you and brought you to the hospital,” Rachel said, and Grandpa Lawson's lips coiled into a big smile.
“ Finally, you've found him” he said and Rachel nodded and faced the door.
“ Come in Walton” she ordered, and the door opened revealing Walton who was rubbing his both hands together out of nervousness.
“ Good day sir” Walton bowed his head and Grandpa Lawson looked at him.
“ Such a handsome looking young man. Thank you for saving my life, I am truly grateful” Grandpa Lawson appreciated and Walton smiled.
“ You've already thanked me enough by giving me such a huge amount of money,” Walton said, and grandpa Lawson faced Rachel with a questioning look.
“ I gave him some money as a sign of appreciation, grandpa” Rachel said and Grandpa Lawson nodded.
“ I heard you're the live-in-son-in-law of the Rex family, is that true?” Grandpa Lawson asked, and Walton thought for a while before answering.
“ Yes, sir, but not anymore. I caught my wife sleeping with another man on our matrimonial bed, so I left the Rex family. I would divorce her as soon as I get to the Rex mansion” Walton answered truthfully.
“ Thank you for everything, you deserve the best,” grandpa Lawson said, and Walton bowed with a smile.” Can I ask for a favor?” Grandpa pulled Walton into a deep sense of shock.
He has always seen Grandpa Lawson as a role model, and he was a poor man. What favor could he possibly do for a man of his structure.
“Okay, sir.” He nodded his head in affirmation, waiting for what the old billionaire was going to say to him.
“I want you to get married to my granddaughter.” He said.
Shockwaves went down Walton's spine, and he was transfixed in his stare.
He would not believe that Grandpa Lawson wanted him to get married to his granddaughter, but even with the shock wave, he was still able to maintain a strange calm.
Walton nodded his head and said.
“I will think about it.” He finally said.
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Meanwhile, Rachel accompanied Walton out of the hospital. There was a sudden rise of awkwardness and the silence engulfed between them.
“Where are you heading to?” She inquired, starting with a sudden flinch in her facial expression.
“First, I will be heading to the hotel, after which I will finally go and get a divorce.” He replied to her words.
Rachel offered to go along with him, but he immediately declined the offer, stating that he could go alone since he didn't know the specific location of the hotel that he was going to be staying at.
He finally got to the hills top hotel, one of the luxury hotels in the city, and he booked a room.
Getting attended to by the attendants that were littered all around the place,sigh of relief escaped from his lips as he fell face up on the bed.
Staying with the Rex family seemed to have washed him of all the humanity that he had in him.
Mrs. Rex had always made him sleep on the floor; he had forgotten how it was to feel comfortable.
The first thing was in the next morning, he made his way gradually to the Rex Villa with the divorce agreement in his hands.
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At the Rex family Villa, he made his way into the room, but didn't seem to see Lillian anywhere.
“Where could she be?” He thought again, feeling confused.
But then, he noticed that someone was sitting on the sofa, and shifting his eyes forward, he noticed that it was no other person than his mother-in-law.
From the way that she paired right into his eyes, it was obvious that she had been waiting for him for quite a while.
Her face twisted into a scornful frown immediately, their eyes crossed paths and her anger flared up almost immediately.
“Where have you been?” She thundered at him.
“Do you realize that you are the one who is supposed to do the dishes, or have you suddenly gone mad?
"The whole place now stinks as much as you do.” She glared.
But then, there was no response from Walton, getting her even more angry than she was already.
She pulled off from her seat with so much anger written all over her facial expression.
“You fool.” She thundered at him with so much fury in her voice. “Do you even realize that I am talking to you?” She thundered.
But as much as she kept on ranting, pouring insults on him, Walton ignored all the words that she was spitting from her mouth.
Thinking that Walton was taking her for a fool, she stomped over to him and slapped him firmly on his face.
“You fool. How dare you keep mute when I am talking to you?” She thundered at him.
His anger rose and his knuckles popped. But he was not yet divorced with Lillian, and the acquittal held him back.
He pulled off from the point where he was standing, moving upstairs to see if he was going to find Lillian there.
It turned out that he was right.
She was right there in the room, kissing Silas hard on the lips and playing with his lower waist.
A slight cough announced his presence, and they paused almost immediately, twisting their faces into scornful frowns.
“That fool. Must he always come here at this instance?” She muttered under her breath with so much anger.
“You fool. Have you suddenly lost all your manners? What are you doing here? When did you decide to go missing yesterday?” She thundered with every sense of anger in her voice.
Even though he was furious to his bones, he was able to maintain a strange calm staring right into her eyes and he said.
“I want a divorce.” He finally said.
The words pulled her off from her stare, sending shockwaves down her spine almost immediately.
She never thought that Walton was going to come to him to ask for a divorce.
But she would rather not look awkward before him, so she braised herself up, putting Forward a chuckle.
“A divorce?”
“Do you think that you will be able to survive it?” She laughed at him heartily.
Silas walked gradually over to her, kissed her on the head and held her waist at the same time.
Her heart raced even faster.
“That's the best thing for us. At least now, he is leaving you alone so that the rightful person will take you up.” He said, staring right into her eyes with a smile on his face.
They pulled away almost immediately and thoughts ran through her mind. She pushed forward towards Walton and shot a stare at him.
“I know that you are certainly feeling ungrateful.” She said,
"You don't realize what we have done for you this far. Okay, let me ask you this one question, where do you feel that you are going to stay after you leave here?"
She laughed so hard that a drop of tear escaped from her eyes.
“It's obvious that you can't even afford to rent the poorest of houses that are available.” She mocked him.
“Maybe he is planning to stay under the bridge because apart from that, I can't think of anywhere else that he can live.”
“It's none of your business.” He glared and with that said he left the room, not sparing Silas a glance.
He went downstairs and met his mother-in-law still standing there furiously waiting for him but he ignored her and walked past her but she pulled his hand and landed a deafening slap across his cheeks.
The slap stung Walton so badly that for a second his eyes flashed anger and he was about to raise his hand to return the slap but held himself because he already promised not to lay a finger on any woman no matter how angry he is.
" What?" His mother-in-law raised her brows.
" You want to hit me back?" She asked again moving closer to Walton who clenched his fists tightly almost drawing out blood.
" I don't hit women, so get the fuck out of my way" he gritted his teeth and walked out of the Rex Villa.
His mother-in-law was surprised because that was the first time Walton talked back at her.
Lillian's words came to him from behind with a loud hiss. “The Patricia of the Rex family will be having his birthday tomorrow. And he wanted to see you do well to get that broken ass of yours off.” The initial frown on her face deepened.After the sudden pause, Walton nodded his head without turning around towards her.He nodded his head and sped off from the room. His next point of call was the bank, he needed to get some cash for his upkeep as soon as possible.He could already see the bank, which was not far from the vicinity, and he gradually made his way towards it. Nosing through the edging crowd that was littered in the place, he soon got to the receptionist's table, expecting the receptionist to recognize him from their previous encounter.But when her head was finally raised towards him. It turned out that he was mistaken. This was not the same receptionist who had attended to him ; they had been switched.The nose of the receptionist twitched with so much anger immediatel
The anger flared up as he got off from the property of the Rex family's villa, so much that he could hardly breathe properly.His mind was already settled now, and there was absolutely nobody who was going to change his decision now.He had decided that he was going to accept Grandpa Lawson's proposal and marry Rachael.Soon, he got to the road and boarded a cab that was heading to the Batesville group of companies.Staring at the street that laid before him, he didn't realize when they got to the Villa.Paying off the driver, he walked gradually over to the gates, his feet barely touching the ground, but when he got there, the security crossed him.“What are you doing here?” One of the security guards, who seemed to be their leader from the badge that he was wearing walked up towards him.“I'm here to see Rachel,” Walton replied, thinking that it was a normal procedure that everyone had to go through.But it turned out that he was mistaken.The eyes of the security officer made a qui
Then Walton,a generally kind hearted person bent on taking revenge,flashed a mischievous smile at lilian and she instantly got it. She knew something would be wrong but she still counted on her Family's riches-oh her Family?She looked at her mum but she avoided eye contact with her, her Father was doing the same. They all couldn't eat at the party,just a few crumbs and that was all. A sensation of guilt ran through them all. They all decided it was time to leave. Indeed it was but they were stopped by a courier boy. He explained he had a parcel for them that the Groom wished to give them. Lilian snatched it but Her Father instructed her not to open it until they arrived home. Barely getting home,Lilian tore the parcel open,and brought out what looked like some important document but it wasn't. She discovered the same word was written all over and over again. Silas went through the papers and confirmed it and so did Rhea. Lilian dumped the parcel on the floor asking the ma
Tap, tap, tap! Three successive silent but audible knocks landed on Mr. Rex's gate just a few minutes past 8 in the morning. Usually, the postman would have dropped the mails in the mailbox neatly carved outside, so Silas couldn't understand why he decided to knock this time around.Who else would it be? Peasants wouldn't come knocking at their door at any time of the day, let alone early in the morning. The second set of knocks disrupted his thoughts, and he finally stood up and yawned on his way to the gate.Yuck! he blurted out. It was the cops, and most importantly, Walton. He couldn't even take a second glance at him; he felt sick instantly. By this time, the cops demanded that he lead the way, and he obliged. None of the rest of the family were awake yet.The leading sergeant asked for Mr. Rex, and Silas replied that he was still in bed. Mr. Rex woke up with a start, feeling dizzy, but Silas kept pressing that his immediate attention was needed in the living room, without darin
REX MANSION“ Hey you piece of trash, come here this minute” a loud voice could be heard from the sitting room and almost immediately a man ran as fast as his legs could get him to the sitting room.“ You called for me mother” the man bowed his head and the woman who called him snorted in annoyance.“ Do I look like your mother, you bastard! Don't you know your mother if you see her?” She shouted, but the man said nothing.“ Silas, the son of the Marcus family would be visiting today, make sure you prepare the meals quickly before his arrival. I want everything to be ready before he comes, if not, you would be dead” the woman said and dismissed the man with a finger.She is Mrs. Rex, the mother of Walton's wife, Lillian. She has been treating Walton like a slave in the Rex mansion, whereas, he is the husband of her daughter, Lillian.“ Get me a glass of juice” Mrs. Rex ordered with her legs crossed as she sat on the sofa reading a newspaper.“ On it mother” Walton replied, and Mrs. R
DELOS GENERAL HOSPITALAn elegant lady could be seen walking as fast as her legs to get her inside the hospital and her heels clicking, making a faint thud as she walked.As she passed by the nurses and doctors, they all bowed their heads and didn't raise it until she was out of their sight.About three to four bodyguards were behind her with her personal assistant who was trying to keep to her pace. The lady was putting on a tight red gown which stopped just a few inches below her knees. She has the most perfect porcelain skin and her black hair which was flowing behind her was soft and smooth as silk. Her sapphire blue eyes radiated her pale skin, making her look like a walking doll.She stopped walking when she got to the front of a ward, and she opened the door and walked into the ward and met a doctor attending to the old man who was unconscious with oxygen on.“ How is my grandfather?” That was the first word that left the lady's mouth, and when the doctor saw her, he bowed his
Walton stood there as if he was electrocuted. The receptionist was just fired because of him, and he just couldn't help but feel grateful and at the same time confused.The elegant lady wasn't someone he knew from anywhere because she looked like someone from a luxurious family, so why then did she help him?Walton kept staring at the lady until she walked to the place where he sat down. She squatted in front of him and stretched her right hand forward for him to hold and stand up.At first, Walton was hesitant, but nevertheless, he placed his hand on hers, and she helped him up.She turned around looking for someone and when her eyes landed on the person, she left Walton to go meet him.“ I am sorry, Miss Rachel. I will find someone competent for the job” the man who seemed like the manager apologized.“ I would rather not see her anywhere close to this bank, or I will shut it down” Rachel said and turned around, walking away.Walton had no option other than to follow her out of the
Tap, tap, tap! Three successive silent but audible knocks landed on Mr. Rex's gate just a few minutes past 8 in the morning. Usually, the postman would have dropped the mails in the mailbox neatly carved outside, so Silas couldn't understand why he decided to knock this time around.Who else would it be? Peasants wouldn't come knocking at their door at any time of the day, let alone early in the morning. The second set of knocks disrupted his thoughts, and he finally stood up and yawned on his way to the gate.Yuck! he blurted out. It was the cops, and most importantly, Walton. He couldn't even take a second glance at him; he felt sick instantly. By this time, the cops demanded that he lead the way, and he obliged. None of the rest of the family were awake yet.The leading sergeant asked for Mr. Rex, and Silas replied that he was still in bed. Mr. Rex woke up with a start, feeling dizzy, but Silas kept pressing that his immediate attention was needed in the living room, without darin
Then Walton,a generally kind hearted person bent on taking revenge,flashed a mischievous smile at lilian and she instantly got it. She knew something would be wrong but she still counted on her Family's riches-oh her Family?She looked at her mum but she avoided eye contact with her, her Father was doing the same. They all couldn't eat at the party,just a few crumbs and that was all. A sensation of guilt ran through them all. They all decided it was time to leave. Indeed it was but they were stopped by a courier boy. He explained he had a parcel for them that the Groom wished to give them. Lilian snatched it but Her Father instructed her not to open it until they arrived home. Barely getting home,Lilian tore the parcel open,and brought out what looked like some important document but it wasn't. She discovered the same word was written all over and over again. Silas went through the papers and confirmed it and so did Rhea. Lilian dumped the parcel on the floor asking the ma
The anger flared up as he got off from the property of the Rex family's villa, so much that he could hardly breathe properly.His mind was already settled now, and there was absolutely nobody who was going to change his decision now.He had decided that he was going to accept Grandpa Lawson's proposal and marry Rachael.Soon, he got to the road and boarded a cab that was heading to the Batesville group of companies.Staring at the street that laid before him, he didn't realize when they got to the Villa.Paying off the driver, he walked gradually over to the gates, his feet barely touching the ground, but when he got there, the security crossed him.“What are you doing here?” One of the security guards, who seemed to be their leader from the badge that he was wearing walked up towards him.“I'm here to see Rachel,” Walton replied, thinking that it was a normal procedure that everyone had to go through.But it turned out that he was mistaken.The eyes of the security officer made a qui
Lillian's words came to him from behind with a loud hiss. “The Patricia of the Rex family will be having his birthday tomorrow. And he wanted to see you do well to get that broken ass of yours off.” The initial frown on her face deepened.After the sudden pause, Walton nodded his head without turning around towards her.He nodded his head and sped off from the room. His next point of call was the bank, he needed to get some cash for his upkeep as soon as possible.He could already see the bank, which was not far from the vicinity, and he gradually made his way towards it. Nosing through the edging crowd that was littered in the place, he soon got to the receptionist's table, expecting the receptionist to recognize him from their previous encounter.But when her head was finally raised towards him. It turned out that he was mistaken. This was not the same receptionist who had attended to him ; they had been switched.The nose of the receptionist twitched with so much anger immediatel
“ Yes, you did, and I and my grandfather would forever be grateful to you.” Rachel replied, and Walton's lips coiled into a smile.“ At least I didn't have a full bad day. Now I am also wealthy and could live the life I have always wanted.” He said and Rachel chuckled.“ Let's go” she said and Walton followed behind her.It took just twenty minutes to get to the hospital where Rachel's grandfather was admitted and soon enough, they were in front of his ward.Walton couldn't go in because he was nervous. Lawson Bates had always been his role model since he was a teenager, and he always wished to be more wealthy than Lawson Bates, but what life had in store for him was different from what he had dreamed of.“ Don't tell me you're nervous” Rachel asked amusingly and Walton inhaled sharply.“ Who wouldn't? I would be meeting the world's richest man today, and you want me to be composed without getting nervous? He is my role model since I was a teenager, so meeting him today, is a blessing
Walton stood there as if he was electrocuted. The receptionist was just fired because of him, and he just couldn't help but feel grateful and at the same time confused.The elegant lady wasn't someone he knew from anywhere because she looked like someone from a luxurious family, so why then did she help him?Walton kept staring at the lady until she walked to the place where he sat down. She squatted in front of him and stretched her right hand forward for him to hold and stand up.At first, Walton was hesitant, but nevertheless, he placed his hand on hers, and she helped him up.She turned around looking for someone and when her eyes landed on the person, she left Walton to go meet him.“ I am sorry, Miss Rachel. I will find someone competent for the job” the man who seemed like the manager apologized.“ I would rather not see her anywhere close to this bank, or I will shut it down” Rachel said and turned around, walking away.Walton had no option other than to follow her out of the
DELOS GENERAL HOSPITALAn elegant lady could be seen walking as fast as her legs to get her inside the hospital and her heels clicking, making a faint thud as she walked.As she passed by the nurses and doctors, they all bowed their heads and didn't raise it until she was out of their sight.About three to four bodyguards were behind her with her personal assistant who was trying to keep to her pace. The lady was putting on a tight red gown which stopped just a few inches below her knees. She has the most perfect porcelain skin and her black hair which was flowing behind her was soft and smooth as silk. Her sapphire blue eyes radiated her pale skin, making her look like a walking doll.She stopped walking when she got to the front of a ward, and she opened the door and walked into the ward and met a doctor attending to the old man who was unconscious with oxygen on.“ How is my grandfather?” That was the first word that left the lady's mouth, and when the doctor saw her, he bowed his
REX MANSION“ Hey you piece of trash, come here this minute” a loud voice could be heard from the sitting room and almost immediately a man ran as fast as his legs could get him to the sitting room.“ You called for me mother” the man bowed his head and the woman who called him snorted in annoyance.“ Do I look like your mother, you bastard! Don't you know your mother if you see her?” She shouted, but the man said nothing.“ Silas, the son of the Marcus family would be visiting today, make sure you prepare the meals quickly before his arrival. I want everything to be ready before he comes, if not, you would be dead” the woman said and dismissed the man with a finger.She is Mrs. Rex, the mother of Walton's wife, Lillian. She has been treating Walton like a slave in the Rex mansion, whereas, he is the husband of her daughter, Lillian.“ Get me a glass of juice” Mrs. Rex ordered with her legs crossed as she sat on the sofa reading a newspaper.“ On it mother” Walton replied, and Mrs. R