A new wave of anger rushed through Archie as soon as he learned of the exchange between his mother and Bailey's father. That was wild and he wished he was there to defend her. His face glinted with remorse as he regretted putting her through this. A lot of people were always keen not to admit their mistakes. "I'm sorry, mom. This is entirely my fault.'" he apologized. His mother shook her head. Oh, that man had some lectures coming for him all these while. One of things that he would have done was to begin earlier. There was a change in the way that certain things were done which made it very strange now that one looked at it. "Okay... So, what do you think about me?" He inquired, She shrugged, "Nothing much, just that you don't want to cut your losses. I'm not trying to tell you to go against your wishes for your love interest but believe me when I say that this doesn't always end well." Her lips tilted in a sly smirk. "Especially not after the word baptism I gave him. If I were
Ryder stared at his siblings who were dragging their feet when he summoned them. He tapped his foot impatiently for their arrival. What sort of people were they? They had already given up yet when they were supposed to be thinking about how to get the company in their hands. "What kind of sleep consumed your eyes so much? Don't you care about what might befall you if you don't stand and do the right thing?" He accused them. They shrugged carelessly. "We care but we wouldn't die because we are trying to inherit a company now, would we?" Meg responded, while yawning softly. She had read overnight for a test but here he was trying to disturb her and act like she wasn't serious with her studies or something of the sort. "Can you imagine what you're saying?" Ryder fired at her. "If you get me insanely pissed, I might just be forced to remove your name from the inheritance list." River interrupted, he loved his sister more than he did his brother. That was one of the reasons he wasn't t
The bell rang and the students bustled around the corridor speaking to each other about what happened over the weekend. Archie sauntered into the school with a small smile on his face. There was absolutely no way that anyone could have known what happened to Bailey over the weekend. Little did he know that some people had gotten wind of the information and we're waiting for him in class. As soon as he walked in the class fell silent. He refused to acknowledge them because he knew they were egging for some gist. He went to his seat and opened his locker. He glanced at his watch for a minute and realized that Bailey was running late. He didn't want to be tempted to call her because he knew that it could be a bad idea and as much as he wanted to talk to her, her father wasn't in support of their relationship yet. Anything he did now could make her get transferred . He wanted to focus both on work and her. A hand touched his desk and he looked up. He saw a few of his classmates standi
At the Restaurant. Archie's mother grabbed the heating pad, about to grab the bread from the oven when she saw a large figure towering over her. Startled, she dropped the fork and heard a loud thud on the ground, the bread crashed, it's only saving grace was the fact that the pans were closed over one another. "What are you doing here?" She clutched her chest while looking at the looming figure. Ralph shrugged, he was losing it all in the business sphere and wanted to buy back the restaurant. "I came to see you. I was the one who asked that you shouldn't be told. I'm sorry about that." He apologized before grabbing another pair of heating pads to lift the pan. "Oh... So why are you here? I know there's a purpose. Please don't try to make me a fool by saying that it's only to see me. I wouldn't appreciate that." She told him.Ralph stared at the woman before him. "You don't know why I like you so much. It's because I know that there's absolutely nothing wrong with having you aroun
"M-my son?" She spluttered in shock."Yes, your son.""Make me understand what's happening in the first place. How did Archie get such money to purchase it from you? I think I'm asking the wrong questions. Tell me how much he got it." She demanded.Ralph didn't know if he should be totally truthful because from the way she was reacting, he didn't want a case whereby the young man would talk to him however he pleased because his mother had lambasted him. "It's not important. I only need your consent to buy it back. At least we can own it equally." He proposed. The only thing running through her mind was the fact that she had been working for her son all these while and he didn't deem it fit to tell her for one day. It made her mad. "I won't sell it to you because we all know how greedy you can get. What's the assurance that you haven't begun to look for tricks to be able to get it from me, huh?" She inquired, shutting him up. She would confront her son later but for now, she wanted
"You don't have to run away. I won't endorse that. I thought that we had resolved issues that day. Or didn't they?" "They did anyway but I am not interested in marrying anyone that I don't like. I know my father and how he loves to control people's affairs. I'm here to show him that I'm a different breed. So, I just came to inform you so that you're in the know. I have spoken to my cousin in Manchester who said that I'm welcome. I'll just stay there for the weekend. You have to be very careful of my father. He'll come visit." Bailey explained to Archie. Archie's spine stiffened when he heard her words. There was absolutely no way that he would deal with someone like this at least for this reason when he knew that there was something else at stake. He was trying his best to be sure that there were no lapses on his end for future's sake. If her father marked him as a bad influence on his kid, there was absolutely nothing that he could do to erase that conception."Instead of that, com
Archie jumped backwards immediately he saw the change in the direction. "Why Me?"His Mom had also descended but had called Marshall before then. "Tell them to wait a bit." He instructed her. "What do you plan to do to my son?" She acted surprised. This was nonsense, now she would have to be acting all cool, calm and collected just to make them tell her things that she should know. "Take him out since he has refused to learn." Rufus answered honestly. He had nothing to lose because no one could trace him, not even his boss and he had already gotten a huge pay. All he had to do was execute the plan. "You should shoot me instead." His mother told the man. That was the only way she could stop him from doing such evil to them. "Take me to your boss instead, I'll come with his daughter and hand her over to him so that he doesn't have any cause to panic. I understand how it feels." She replied. Rufus shook his head, Archie had to pay for this nonsense. As soon as he raised his gun the s
The sound of a beeping monitor disturbed everyone's peace as they kept on watching its flicker. Archie tapped his feet on the ground impatiently. If he had his way he would have sued Bailey's father but even he knew that the law could go against him. This wasn't like the movies. Unless he wanted to risk exposing his identity. With his father in the know, he still felt like justice was taking too long. All he needed was a go ahead for him to destroy everything that man thought he had. How dare he try to destroy a person's life without remorse? Did he think he could hide behind his castles? Now, he couldn't wait to become CEO to file a petition against Bailey's father, the gardeners of what happened between both of them. Marshall watched his son concocting various plans and knew that the best way to get him to understand how the law and politics worked. The best person wasn't the first to take a person to court. He was gathering various evidences that would lead to a substantial case