Melissa and Peter walked into the Golden View luxurious hotel that night. The meeting with Jackson Imperial had been scheduled to hold today and the couple couldn't wait to meet their new ally.The one person they were willing to side with to bring Micheal down." Welcome Mr. and Mrs. Anderson" an hotel staff greeted them after recognizing them and led them to the lounge that had been prepared for them." Looks like we are the first to arrive" Peter whispered to his wife as they walked behind the staff who showed them the way." Is Mr. Imperial around yet?" Melissa asked the staff to confirm. "No, he isn't around the premises yet but he will soon come over" she answered and paused in front of a huge door.She opened the door with a card and ushered the guests in." We prepared this place based on Mr. Imperial's reservation" she informed them and they nodded their heads pleased." What would you like to have?" She asked, showing them the menu." Oh, let me see that!" Peter said excite
Micheal and Alegria had just returned from Venice in Italy after their honeymoon was over. The couple couldn't deny that they hadn't had the very best of time away from home. But after all the fun time spent abroad, it was finally time for them to come home and return to the matters that needed their attention.Matters concerning their business and company needed urgent attention and being the business magnates that they were, they could not afford to slack.Alighting from the airplane that had landed in the airport, the couple walked with a very confident gait, their hands locked as they were headed for the car that had arrived to pick them up.Their appearance was one that turned heads and why would it not? They looked absolutely stunning and dashing in their latest designer clothes.Micheal was dressed in a wine colored three piece suit and a sunglass to compliment his look. He looked hot and the girls around the area couldn't stop staring.Melissa on the other hand was dressed in
" Well, Hello Pops!" Jackson greeted his father the moment he walked into the older man's study in the Imperial mansion.Old Albert Imperial had a separate room designed for his study in the very large mansion. It was where he usually sorted some of the business and dealings from his work anytime he was not in the office." Oh, Mr. Leo! I had no idea you were present here too" Jackson greeted his father's personal assistant, Leo Dane who had been working with their family for a long while now." Good morning Mr. Imperial" Leo Dane greeted his boss' son who had just decided to show his face now after he must have heard the news about who the new CEO was.Albert Imperial looked up from the paper before him on the table to his son who looked quite older than he had been the last time he saw him.Adjusting his reading glasses, the old man asked " And to what do I owe this visit Jackson?" " Come on Father" Jackson muttered, grabbing a chair that rested on the wall at the corner of the stu
" Melissa, I just got a call from Jackson, he wants to see us tonight" Peter said proudly to his wife who was much more excited to hear the news than he was." He has confirmed that he will be meeting us at the same hotel restaurant we met the other time. 9:00pm prompt" he informed his wife. " If Jackson Imperial wants to meet with you both again, then that means you guys have successfully won the heart of an Imperial afterall" Modrich, Melissa's brother said with a wide grin spread across his face." We've had about two to three meals with him. So, this is just an additional one" Melissa said to her brother proudly, he was the only one who seemed to be in the dark about everything happening at the moment." Wow! That's good news then" Modrich muttered, stroking his beards that had now started to grow on his face." He's going to be a very great ally. And in fact I would say that our meeting was arranged by destiny even" Melissa muttered, turning the wine inside her glass cup." If I
" Mr. Imperial!" Micheal's secretary, Joyce called his attention to an order that had been issued to the headquarters.She had just gotten the information about the command given by the youngest son of the Chairman of Imperial Holdings, Jackson. He had ordered that some shares of the company be sold to the Anderson company.Joyce felt that this must be reported to her boss, the CEO before any decisions were taken. He had to know about the step his supposed uncle wanted to take." Good morning sir" she greeted, clutching the files in her hands tight as she walked into the office.She adjusted her glasses in the usual way she does whenever she had something important to say." Good morning Joyce" Micheal greeted in return with a smile.She watched her boss closely, the young man seemed to look more handsome than he had been just months ago when they had just found him.He looked totally great in his three piece navy blue suit that was adorned with red tie.Getting married to a beautif
Jackson had just finished a meeting in his office with some officials when he heard a knock on his door. He was presently overseeing the firm, a subsidiary company that his father had given to him to manage and had left in his care but the company was not doing so well these days and it was a bit frustrating to him. They had just finished a meeting on what to do as regards improving the value of the company and were done for the day when he heard someone knocking.At first, he had ignored whoever was at the door as he didn't want to see anybody's face again for the day but he told whoever it was to come in when he felt it was time to come in." What do you want?" Jackson asked the lady who had just walked into his office that afternoon. She was his secretary and had knocked on his door for the umpteenth time before he decided to let her come in.She was a lady in her mid twenties and had just resumed work as his secretary.Jackson glared at her the moment she took a step closer towa
" So, what was the verdict passed after you mentioned the offer about selling part of the shares of the Imperials to us?" Peter asked Jackson during one of their meetings.He wanted to know if the youngest son of the Imperial family had been successful with his demand for selling some of their shares to the Andersons.The group had met at their usual meeting point. A VIP lounge at one of the renowned restaurants in the city with reservations made by Jackson." Oh! Come on Peter" Melissa exclaimed. "You should already know that the jerk would never allow that to happen" Melissa scoffed, rolling her eyes at her husband for asking such a question in the first place.They all knew what was going to happen. Micheal would never budge in his decision to yield to their demands and wants." It was just as I expected" Jackson muttered to the couple while shaking the content of the drink in his glass cup, his eyes concentrated on it." Micheal defied my orders. He has shown what he truly is." He
" Good day Mr. Imperial, I'm sorry to interrupt you but we have just got an invitation for you" Joyce said to Micheal the moment she walked into his office.She saw that he was together in his office with his PA, Morgan. They were accessing a document on the table when she interrupted the session." An invitation from who?" Micheal asked curiously. He wasn't expecting any invitation from anybody whatsoever.And, if he were to be invited to any event for the month, he already had an idea about what each of them were. So, getting a random invitation now sounded like a surprise.Every of his schedules and plans on his activity list had been highlighted by his secretary, Joyce.She had always taken it upon herself to make sure that everything her boss had to do on his schedule were orderly prepared and arranged and that he was well informed about them beforehand." Let me see that" he said to her as she walked towards him to hand him the envelope.The envelope had the Imperial crest and b
Melissa regretted her actions very badly. She knew that she had wronged Micheal in a very bad way and the guilt of all she did was telling so much on her that she didn't even know what to do.She hated her life Instantly that moment as she had now lost everything and she didn't even know what to do anymore. She had lost her sanity, was a divorcee for the third time and now was left with nothing. She was not getting a single dime as she could not get any alimony from her divorce with Jackson.How was she going to get that when her marriage had been with an animal in human form, a total bastard who was now rotting in jail and whose situation was even worse than Peter's case.Peter was almost done with his jail term and would finally be out in a month's time but Jackson? The same man whom she had thought was going to change her family's status and that of her own self into something much greater and better had ended up being the one that shattered her the most into a thousand pieces. M
The hall that night was filled with a lot of people dressed all beautiful and attractive. They had all been invited to the 50th anniversary of the biggest and most successful company in the country. The Imperial Empire which was a family and generational corporation built by the wealthy Imperial Dynasty was an epitome of very massive success and an unmatching prosperity that no other company or corporation present in the country could boast of.Everyone of them came behind in the place of rank after the well respected company. Most times when the media even wants to rank businesses or even make mention of the business world, they always referred to it as the Imperial Holdings company and others.Competitors who were also doing quite well in the social ladder themselves and had tried for several years to come close to them in their place of ranking were not able to reach their level or even come close. The day was a very happy and great day for the Imperials as it was one they had al
After the fight with Melissa, Jackson tore the divorce paper she had brought to him into a million shreds. He was not going to just let her leave like that. She walked into his life like a petty leech when the goings were rosy and things went smooth but now that he was identifed as a bastard, here she was looking for the bestest and fastest exit. She wants to leave the marriage because she didn't want to go down the drain with him.Jackson was bent on teaching her a great and very bitter lesson, one that she was going to regret for the rest of her life. He wasn't surprised, he was well aware of the tactics she wanted to employ with him. Get with him when he's super rich and then abscond the moment he's going down the social ladder. Wasn't that what she had done with her other men?He had seen that coming already and wasn't surprised one bit when she came to drop the divorce papers in front of him.So, here he was keeping her in his captivity. She was going to regret ever walking in
Melissa had driven down straight to the house of her husband that Sunday afternoon after she'd spend some days off in her parents house. She drove her father's car and parked it at the front of the house she and Jackson use to stay together. The house she was certain was no longer going to be hers as she was left heartbroken and shattered into a thousand pieces because of the current dilemma she had gotten herself into.After the genetic test results and the shocking revealation about the true state of the man she had recently just got married to, she was left horrified and beyond shock as she didn't even know what to do that moment.Jackson Imperial whom she had thought was going to finally be the one, the big dream she had been searching for in a man turned out to be nothing more but a bastard!That was the greatest shocking news she'd ever receive in her life. She had thought being with Peter who was still currently serving his jail term was worse, nothing had gotten her prepared
Micheal was very happy that moment. His name was finally cleared and everyone now accepted him as the one and only true heir of the Imperial household and family.The media who once spoke bad about him all apologized openly to the public, retracting their statement about him being a bastard as he was infact a true blood of Albert Imperial and was his true grandson compared to Jackson who was the real bastard.Leo Dane who had decided to work with Jackson and had also antagonized him back then had to apologize openly to Micheal and the chairman too. He knew that he was wrong for doubting Micheal's true existence as an Imperial.He also blamed himself for believing in Jackson who had tricked him into standing against Micheal as he thought the young man didn't deserve the position Albert had given him. But, things had backfired and the real dark truth had been finally revealed. Jackson was indeed the bastard and it was so surprising to see that the point he wanted to use against his sup
After the heart wrenching discovery of Jackson's real position as a non-Imperial, the entire media was thrown into a frenzy at the extreme turn of events. It felt as though he had used his own hands to ruin his life and the plan that he had made to make his enemy Micheal fall off the greatest cliff had boomeranged. He got affected instead.Jackson could not believe his ears, he still found it really hard to believe that he, Jackson Imperial, the one time popular youngest son of the Imperial Holdings, who had thought he alone would have the right to the entire fortune and riches of the family was now reduced to nothing but a worthless bastard. He didn't even know what to do at that period.Even after trying out his genetic test in seven othef hospitals, it still came out the same way. He kept getting the confirmation upon confirmation that he was indeed a bastard and was not from the successful family bloodline or dynasty."How the heck did this happen? What the heck went wrong?!" He
After the shocking announcement made by old Albert Imperial. The entire courtroom was thrown in a state of frenzy as no one expected him to appear out of the blues before everyone. It felt like a dream because this same man was the same person that everyone thought was on his sick bed still fighting for his life.The ones who were shocked the most were Melissa and Jackson especially. Jackson had no idea his father was hale and hearty already. How did he get so well quickly despite his age? He had hoped that every of his plans and goals would be achieved while his father was still unconscious.But, with the old man here now, he was going to make his battle for the CEO position harder.'Why the heck did he have to show up now?' Jackson asked in his thoughts, clearly displeased at the turn of events. He could have just waited for him to win the court case before deciding to wake up.When they all left the courtroom, Albert Imperial demanded that he be taken to the chosen hospital immedia
Micheal had shown up in court for the proceedings as requested by the lawyers Jackson had hired. According to them, the case was one that was currently being presided over by the high court as it had to do with some of the prominent members of the society.Imperial Holdings company was the highest profile company in the country and the current issue of the CEO's birth origin was one that drew nationwide attention.Micheal would have never known that his story could fly all over the media space in such a short amount of time. Jackson must feel so happy now seeing him in his current state of mess but he knew that it was not going to be the end of him.At the moment the proceedings started, Alegria watched from the audience, as her husband was being asked to defend his birth. He was being questioned before the people. She turned her gaze to look at Jackson and his wife, Melissa. They both had the happiest smile on their faces. They must feel on top of the world now seeing Micheal in th
It was finally the D-day for the genetic test results. Although, Alegria knew that she could trust her husband, one thing bothered her and it was the person they were up against. She had known Jackson in the business world even before any of these situations brought them together, he was a scoundrel that a person wouldn't want to mess with or cross path with.How he shared the same gene with someone as kind and great as Albert Imperial still amazes her. How could the good and diplomatic man be the father of such a rascal?Now, Alegria was her alongside her husband. She was here to support him till the end even in the heated moments where his birth origin and authenticity was being weighed and examined by the magnifying eyes of the prying media and the public at large.Alegria knew how the one person who was deeply affected in all of these saga was no one else but her husband. Having to be reminded of the painful childhood he had and being left with no choice to revisit his painful m