"Cole Fulton, right?" Mr. Archibald was as surprised as Bruce to see Cole.Mr. Gerald beamed. Cole was from a rich family. Mr. Gerald felt Cole could help him and would do so since he once stood by his side."Cole, what are you doing here? Do you—" before Bruce could complete his second question, Cole ran off.Bruce and Mr. Archibald glanced at each other with each of them trying to decipher what made Cole react the way he did."He could have just made up a reason for being here. Why run away? That'll be more suspicious," Mr. Archibald said with a shrug and it kept Bruce thinking. What on Earth was Cole doing?Mr. Archibald turned to Mr. Gerald. "I'm guessing you thought he'd help you, right? Well, your helper just ran off. I think you should do the same."Mr. Gerald went down on his knees. "Please," he cried out to Mr. Archibald and went ahead to hold his legs. "Have mercy. My company is at stake here." "You can beg me for as long as you want, but I won't do a thing. The only person
‘CETAN’Bruce could read the word that was boldly written on top of the building before him.As he stared at the word, he felt like peeling it off the building. He would most probably get away with doing that if he was wearing an expensive suit and a black mask.Bruce looked at his clothes. He wore a delivery man polo and trousers. He wore a nose mask and a pair of glasses to disguise himself. He could not risk letting Nicholas Athen see his bare face which was similar to that of his father, Astor Ace."Very soon," Bruce muttered to himself as he looked up at the building with a mischievous smile. In less than 24 hours, the name Cetan would be like he wants it to be—peeled off and replaced by AAB groups.Two men in black walked out of the building, piquing Bruce's interest. Before he could say, Jack Robinson, Nicholas Athen walked out of the building. Bruce looked on in disdain as he watched the man behind his parents' death walking freely and majestically. Bruce furrowed his eyebrows
"Outrageous!" Nicholas Athen cried out angrily. "Why would I give you all of my properties for ten dollars? That's not possible. It'll only show that I'm out of my mind.""You were out of your mind when you signed the contract," Bruce pointed out with a smug smile."What contract? You're obviously out of your mind. It turns out that Mr. Carter had picked up a madman and introduced him to the world as Astor Ace's son." Nicholas began to laugh."When I tell you how I bought all of your property with ten dollars, that laughter would be replaced with tears. Do you want a bet?" Bruce had a smug smile on."Dad," Bryan laughed. "Like you said, he is obviously out of his mind. Why would you give him all of your properties for ten dollars? Even a naive businessman won't do that.""Sebastian," Bruce cried out.Nicholas knitted his brows as soon as he saw one of the two gatemen that he had fired walk in."Meet Sebastian, my new P. A.," Bruce announced. After Nicholas had thrown him together with
Bruce paced about the office while Mr. Archibald made phone calls. "I can't let Nicholas get away that easily," Bruce said. "Damn it! I should have thought of this. Nicholas is rich. He obviously has other rich friends.""Whoever helped him must have had something to gain," Archibald pointed out. "That makes sense. I rendered Nicholas useless and from what I've noticed, most rich people wouldn't help someone if it doesn't benefit them. I wonder why the person who helped Nicholas would do so. Is it loyalty?""I doubt that. I've met all of Nicholas' friends. His clique does not seem like the kind that can help for the sake of royalty," Mr. Archibald said."So he's trying to cover something up.""Most likely."Bruce heaved a sigh. "Nicholas must not go scot-free.""I know someone that works with the airline, so I was able to get some information on where Nicholas is heading. He boarded a plane to Mexico.""The news of Nicholas' arrest was everywhere. Why on Earth would that airline let
"Bruce, the plane Nicholas boarded got into a plane crash. Most just got injured, but only one was near death. It's Nicholas."Bruce could remember Archibald's words as he walked into the hall of the hospital Nicholas was rushed to. No one knew of the accident, including his family members, but Bruce knew that very soon the news would be everywhere.Before that happened, Bruce decided to pay Nicholas a little visit. Thanks to Archibald, he knew just where to find him.As he walked, he came across a mirror, then stopped by to have a good look at himself."I should give all my properties to charity and consider being a doctor," he muttered to himself with a big grin. "Damn! I look good wearing a lab coat."He adjusted his glasses and facemask. He heaved a sigh and moved away from the mirror to where Nicholas would be. He doubted if anyone would stop him from going into the room of a casualty. After all, according to the tag on the lab coat he picked from the lost and found of the hospit
"Why do you suddenly decide to take me shopping?" Bruce smiled on hearing Jade's question. He had finally avenged his parents' death. Now, he wanted to focus on taking good care of the little family he and Jade had formed."Why?" Jade asked again with a smile."I have a good job and for the first time in my life, I've been paid a good salary. I decided to take you shopping. Take whatever you want."Jade beamed. "This is very thoughtful of you." Jade watched Bruce for a while, then she added; "For a moment, I thought you were really Astor Ace's son and you're treating me because you've finally killed Nicholas Athen."Bruce widened his eyes. "Why would you think that way?""Why are you scared?" Jade chuckled. "Yesterday, Cole came home drunk and was whispering something about you being Astor Ace's son. Well, just forget it. It was only a silly thought."Bruce faked a smile. "Yes, there's no way I'm Astor Ace's son. Come on, look at me."Jade and Bruce laughed it off, but deep down, Bru
Jade's car engine roared outside the house. It indicated that Jade was back from home. Bruce smiled to himself and got off his bed to get to the living room."One..." Bruce began to count down to ten. In ten seconds, he knew Jade would dash into the house in excitement and deliver good news."Two, Three, Four, Five..." He continued counting as he climbed down the stairs hurriedly."Six, seven, eight, nine..." He had gotten to the living room already."Ten."Jade dashed in with a big smile plastered on her face. She rushed to him and gave him a big hug, throwing Bruce off guard. She pulled away from the hug and looked upward at where the rooms were."Everybody," Jade called out excitedly. "I got a big contract with AAB groups."Jade screamed out at the top of her voice. Before the word, Jack Robinson could be said, everyone at home rushed down the stairs.For quite a very long time now, some members of Jade's family have tried to get a deal with AAB groups, but their efforts were all i
Bruce paced up and down the living room, waiting for the arrival of Jade and her family. He searched around for the Butler Lucia had sent to deposit her money but he was nowhere to be found."How would I face them?" Bruce asked himself. All of Jade's family members thought low of him. "This will make things much worse," Bruce thought out loud to himself.He did not care about what Jade's family thought of him but he knew Jade did. Bruce groaned. What kind of a mother is Lucia? He asked himself. He shook his head in disapproval. He heard the gateman opening the goat. He began to quiver. They were back earlier than they wanted to and it was most probably because Jade's mother thought he stole her money."Where's that goddamn thief?" He heard Lucia shriek and he rolled his eyes. He did not take her money and she knew it."Mom, stop it," Jade said, trying to dissuade her."Bruce." Lucia dashed into the room. "Thief. I knew it. You got married to my daughter so you could take all of her m