“I went to Imperial Prime today.” Sharon sounded excited. Stanley raised an eyebrow. He got up and leisurely walked to the large french window emotionlessly. “Oh.” After that, he pinched his nose bridge then placed a hand on the railing as he looked at the bustling city below him. The man was like a wise but emotionless monarch. “Don’t you have something to say?” “And then?” he asked faintly. “And then, you don’t know just how amazing your wife is.” Sharon was getting more excited as she spoke. She started telling Stanley about everything she saw at the sales center enthusiastically. Sharon chattered on endlessly with vivid descriptions. The adoration was clear in her voice. Stanley was listening with great satisfaction as a smile of approval graced his lips. “Say, how are you so lucky? If I were a man, I’d definitely be envious of you,” Sharon added. “Oh,” he replied calmly without saying more, as usual. “And you, you rascal! Something so huge has happened to your
“Who do you think you are? If my predictions are correct, after this incident today, Father will lose all confidence in you. Congratulations!” Emily Quest continued to mock, feeling better the more she spoke. Emily felt extremely accomplished for mocking a failure. After holding herself back the entire day, Xyla’s patience was at its limit. She clenched her fists. However, she forced back her emotions once more because there was no longer a need for her to take physical action. “Sit in the living room and wait for me,” said Xyla. “What for?” “I have an announcement to make,” said Xyla calmly. She glanced at Emily’s face nonchalantly before she headed upstairs. “What announcement? An announcement that you’re backing out of Imperial Prime?” Emily was getting cheekier as she spoke. “Yeah.” Having said that, Xyla went upstairs. Since all the units of Imperial Prime had been sold, wasn’t it time for her to back out? As she watched Emily’s delighted expression, Xyla felt
“Things seem just fine. Husband, why are you yelling at Emily so angrily?” May Conner walked down the stairs before stopping at the final step and resting one hand on the railing while she looked at the others.Thereafter, May glanced at Xyla Quest coldly before hurrying over to Jeremy Quest and leaning against the couch’s armrest. “Are you unhappy because many people are requesting a refund for their rooms in Imperial Prime, and it’s all because Xyla didn’t fulfill her responsibilities?” May asked.However, Jeremy did not say a single word. He kept a solemn expression on his face while he stared straight ahead angrily.If a person’s gaze could kill, Emily felt as if she would die on the spot.When May saw Jeremy’s reaction, she subconsciously reassured herself that he could only be angry for the very reason she thought.However, even if Jeremy were angry, how could he vent his emotions on May’s daughter? Clearly, Xyla was the one who had messed up.“Xyla… If you knew you were not capa
At the time, Emily Quest felt somewhat disappointed that Tom Sullivan would not be able to witness Xyla Quest’s downfall.Now that Tom was here, it would be a great opportunity for him to witness all of it happening in front of Emily and her mother. By then, Emily was certain that Tom would have a bad impression of Xyla.Cheerfully, Emily opened the door and found Tom standing outside.Since it was snowing outside, there were layers of snow above his head and the shoulder caps of his dark blue woolen suit.There was a worn expression on his face which seemed telling of the exhaustion he must be feeling.“You don’t look like you have a bad stomach,” He said impatiently with a lowered tone.“I really wasn’t feeling well when I called you, but I got better after a while for some unknown reason,” Emily explained hurriedly.“Since you’re fine, I’m heading back to the office. I need to sort out a bunch of things at work,” Tom Sullivan said annoyedly before turning around and getting ready to
The video was displaying the surveillance footage of Imperial Prime’s sales gallery.In the chaotic scene which followed, a large group of people surrounded Xyla Quest while requesting refunds for their units.The three people quietly watched the video while they wondered why Jeremy Quest wanted them to see this footage.After a while, Xyla could be seen approaching a blonde girl in the video. However, nobody knew what they said to each other as there was no sound recorded in the surveillance footage.Closely thereafter, the woman was taken away by a group of security guards.When Emily Quest and May Conner saw that happening, their pupils widened while their hearts began to pound. Emily’s hands, which rested on her lap, were beginning to tremble slightly.What should Emily do? Did Xyla recognize the woman Emily had hired to cause a scene? What were they talking about? Had the woman spilled everything?Was their father angry because of this? It was over! It was over for Emily!May Conn
“Emily Quest, how could you do something like this? Don’t you think that’s too much?” Tom Sullivan asked with a frown.“There’s something even worse,” Xyla Quest glanced at Emily coldly before pouring herself another glass of fruit juice.“There’s another voice recording down there. Open it up,” Xyla said while she took a sip.Emily immediately felt panicked. What else could there be? Was there proof of her asking someone to make the whole thing up? That can’t be. Please, no!If that came out at the same time, Emily was doomed.Emily eyed Xyla up and down nervously. She did not dare to even look at Jeremy’s face while she proceeded to open the second voice recording with trembling hands.“I didn’t want to make anything up. Emily Quest kept asking me to do it. We are friends. Therefore, it was difficult for me to reject her. She said she would never let Imperial Prime perform well in its sales. She could not allow Xyla Quest to succeed so easily. Hence, she wanted to create a rumor so t
After a second, Emily Quest took a deep breath and tried to suppress her fear while she looked at Xyla Quest.“Did you arrange everything to happen this way? You made that woman and that man say those things to put the blame on me. I have no idea what they were talking about! Xyla Quest, what have I done to deserve this? Have you decided to be heartless just to fight over the family inheritance? Dad, Mom, and Brother Sullivan, you must not believe what Xyla said. She set all this up to put the blame on me intentionally,” Emily said.At this crucial moment, Emily had to deny everything to possibly stay alive. If she admitted to all the accusations, her father would beat her into a pulp!“That’s right. Husband, you can’t only listen to one side of the story. A lot of things need to be verified gradually,” May Conner added before walking over to Jeremy nervously. She leaned against the armrest while holding on to his arm tightly.Since the beginning, Xyla had not uttered a single word. In
“Brother Sullivan, please help my mother and me. Please defend us. We really are innocent.” Emily Quest’s tears would not stop rolling down her cheeks. Her body was trembling severely as she looked at Tom Sullivan with a helpless gaze.“Emily Quest, I really do look down upon you. Are you still trying to shift the blame at this point?” Tom said through gritted teeth while he clenched his fists tightly.Although Emily had already expected Tom to behave like this, she still felt very hurt by his words.Emily felt as if her mother and herself were like rats on the streets whom everyone hated.“I told you none of this is at it seems,” Emily explained.However, Tom could not even be bothered to listen to her explanation as he turned his face away.After a second, Emily stopped herself from feeling hurt as she quickly walked over to Jeremy Quest and kneeled on the ground.“Dad, I really am innocent. Please look into this again.” She held onto Jeremy’s hand tightly.Since Jeremy was already v