At the Armstrong group, Old lady Jane was seated in The Seat Of Authority, at the head of the table facing the door. The entire board members were present including Vanessa who was basically in place of her father. Liam occasionally stole glances at her while the meeting was going on. Just then, the door swung open and Carol walked into the board room with a frown. “You have no right!” She slammed her documents on the table, facing the entire board members who were puzzled by her actions. “You have no right holding a meeting without my boss' presence!” Carol was mad. She turned to Jane with fury, “Being the majority shareholder of this company, my boss must be present before any decision or meeting is made.” “I suppose you know who the seat of authority is now meant for?” She said to everyone. Mega Corporation has the power now. And basically, that seat is meant for no one else other than her boss! Jane slammed her hands on the table, “This is my company!” “N
He sighed on the other end. She seems happy, he wouldn't want to take that away from his daughter. “Nothing serious, dear. It's some little issue I have to come settle in Emerald Hill.” “You're coming back home?” Vanessa was thrilled. But then, she knew he had a lot of work to do back in the west since his rank in the military was upgraded a few months ago. “What’s this about, dad?” She knows how dangerous her father can be sometimes considering the fact that he is the Lord of the underworld. “It's about your favorite uncle. But not to worry, I got everything under control.” He said with a note of finality before bidding her goodbye. She walked into her room to get dressed, still thinking about what her father said. She really hoped her uncle and cousin were fine. She hasn't heard from both of them in a while now. Later that evening, Vanessa's car pulled up in front of a luxurious building called Smiths Fab. Different luxury cars were parked at the restaurant's parking lot, p
“Uh… I'm sorry, I didn't, I didn't mean to.” Vanessa opened her eyes as Byron quickly pulled away from the kiss. The atmosphere became awkward as they both avoided eye contact with each other. “It's fine,” Vanessa replied. Though she was drunk, she kind of didn't regret the kiss. “I'll take you home.” Byron said and helped her into her car. She didn't come with her bodyguards so there was no way he would allow her to drive home. “Careful.” Byron said to her as he gently placed her on the car's back seat. In less than 30 minutes, they arrived at Vanessa's apartment. At the time Byron opened the back seat, she was already asleep, so with the help of the maid, he took her up to her room, placing her on the bed. While he covered her with the blanket, her phone beeped. A text message popped out shortly. It was from her Dad but Byron was unable to read it. He only saw the sender's contact was saved as ‘Papa’ Vanessa woke up the next morning and when she took her phone from the
“Most expensive mansion?” Laila raised a skeptical brow. She was more than shocked. She had thought Samantha requested for the cheapest house here? “I thought you said you wanted the cheapest house here?” Laila asked. “Shut up, Laila! Whatever I said was in the past. What's the essence of being rich if you can't afford to live in a conducive environment? We have the money to buy it, unlike this irrelevant compound space.” Samantha said, her tone lensed with mockery. Byron laughed. “The houses here are quite expensive, Samantha. You might wanna reconsider. Even the lowest house Laila is talking about is nothing below a hundred G…” “I'm trying to recall when I asked for your opinion, Byron.” Samantha cut him short. “Expensive or not, it's none of your business! And besides, the president of Mega Corporation is my potential inlaw. Once Maggi is married to him, having a house would be will be just the beginning. I'll make sure houseflies like you are banned from places like this.
“What's the commotion all about? Why are these people here? What's going on?” That was Patrick, the manager’s voice. He had seen the commotion from the CCTV camera on his desk in his office. He had to come down by himself. The salesperson explained everything to him, bowing slightly. Then he turned to face Byron who just dropped the call he was making. “You mean, you just came here to show off?” The man asked, anger evidenced in his tone. Then he turned to the salesperson, “Are you telling me that this ‘thing’ thinks he can afford the exclusive villa? Are you sure your sight is working properly or you're blind? If you're blind then tell me so I'd kick your ass out of here!” Patrick thought that he could read people very accurately after many years of working experience. He could see at a glance about what kind of a person the buyer was and predict their purchasing power. Just by hearing Samantha explain how Byron gave her choices if he tried to pay and it worked fueled his anger.
The bodyguards muscles were twitching, their expression solemn, a cold and dangerous aura radiating from their bodies.It felt as though the temperature had suddenly dropped to the lowest number.Samantha nodded. “Yes, but since I'm referring to this moron, it only serves him right. I mean… people who can't afford to live shouldn't be alive, right?” Samantha rolled her eyes at Byron. “Hey! Don't forget we had a bet! Start crawling this instant! You're wasting my time!” Fred paused but this time with a different expression. Did this lady just order the young master to crawl?“Wait… crawl?” Fred asked and Samantha immediately nodded. “Yes, sir. We had a bet. If his card fails to pay for the villa, he crawls on his entire community!” Samantha gave Byron a wicked laugh then Patrick, Laila and the rest nodded in agreement.“Is that so, Patrick?” Fred asked with a slight chuckle. Only the bodyguards understood what that chuckle meant.“Yes, sir.” He bowed slightly.“And what was the young
Seeing this, Laila took a step back and tried to run but was caught by one of the bodyguards. Samantha fell on her knees immediately. She didn't even know what to do or whom to apologize to, she was simply lost in pain after her teeth fled out of her mouth.It was as if losing her teeth gave her brain a factory reset.“I'm a hungry dog. Please, I'm really sorry! But please, I want my teeth back.” She glared at the ground, pleading and searching for her teeth.How could she live with incomplete teeth? She isn't even up to 37 years yet. She was way too young to lose one of her incisors!“You just lost one tooth and you already want it back. Isn't that too soon to miss it? I mean, there's more that you're gonna lose and you let just one bother you?” Fred chuckled.He was willing to take even that vile tongue she used in insulting the young master out.The bodyguards dragged Patrick into their vehicle and zoomed off. Even as he was being taken, he couldn't help but plead for forgiveness
It was morning, outside the gate of The Stones clan. Military cars roar. The car in front carried a flag with the word, ‘Lord Dee of the western zone.’The whole car stopped, countless heavily armed military personnel stepped out one after the other. Their dangerous and dark aura surrounding the area.A commander walked to the car in front and saluted. “We are here, sir.”The car door opened and a bald middle-aged man in battle armor stepped out.The Bald man was the lieutenant of the military zone in the west, Mr. Hunter Dashiel, popularly known as Lord Dee and also a member of the Mighty Four.“You're welcome, Lord Dee.” Sniper bowed immediately he saw the intimidating aura in the surrounding. He dared not look Lord Dee in the eye if he wished to live.“I heard his body is here, I want to see it.” Lord Dee demanded.Sniper led the way immediately, not daring to say or question him.At the moment Sniper opened the door, Lucas’ corpse was the first thing his eyes fell on. Lord Dee wa