"No mom, I wouldn't divorce him."
She shakes her head, held Derek's hand.
Derek knew deep down she didn't trust him. So he believed that she would readily opt in for a divorce upon her mother's suggestion.
But not until he saw the same serious expression on her face that her mother had.He remains rigid, without any motion.
"I'm really surprised….."
He mutters to himself, not quite audible. He decides to surprise his wife, he never thought she would be saying this.
He hastens down to his motorcycle which is down. He is going to do this no matter what, it's not a planned decision but he doesn't care.
He didn't inform anyone before leaving. He just wants everything to be a surprise. Before reaching the family estate, he calls his family's asset manager.
He picks.
"Mr Aurelius, I'll be coming back home to take over." He first starts. "I'm already on my way!"
Aurelius Julius, an Italian, had been in the job of managing the vast billion dollars worth of the Dawson's assets for about seven years after the first manager died in a plane crash.
"You're really serious?" He is amazed to hear this, for over years, Derek, the heir to his family fortune hasn't called and he wondered if he doesn't want the inheritance again.
In a short time he arrives at town, then with the little amount left in his food credit card, he walks into a common restaurant and orders for the least meal he can afford.
To avoid embarrassment, he doesn't go for what he wouldn't be able to pay although this is a common restaurant and the price of all food is within the reach of people like him.
He calls Aurelius again. "Yes sir," he replies, only to shock Derek. He had forgotten his status, so it sounded somehow in his head.
He wants to refrain from calling him this again but then, he remembers who he is, who he was born to be.
"I think I'll be signing the documents or both assets today?"
"Yes sir." Aurelius replies.
His grandfather had gotten two major assets in his youthful days, which he both willed to him. Though he has a lot more, apart from this which he is also going to get, he is focused on these two.
The Golden Estate in Dubai costs about eight hundred billion dollars, a huge amount beyond his consideration. For some time, he never cared to check the current real estate value of the property.
It's a ninety storey building constructed both in and out with pure gold. The furniture and decorations in the interior of the building are made of pure gold as well.
The structure becomes most beautiful at night, from what he saw when he traveled with his grandfather many years ago. Then he was a young teenager, hoping to grow up one day.
At night, when the golden light gets to illuminate the entire building, it stands out as a star in the dark sky. There are lots of beautiful skyscrapers around it but it's the only gold house in the entire country which qualifies it standing out among the rest.
Being of this quality, it carries the most expensive rentage tag in the whole of Dubai. A million dollars for a single room per month, excluding charges for the vast facilities inside of it which are separate.
"That's good!" Derek remarks with delight in his heart upon thinking of the great worth of this Golden House he would be taking into his control.
His thought moves over to another lucrative asset, the company where his grandfather was the owner. Deonz specializes in the production of luxury cars of different models with price range of a two hundred thousand dollars to thirty million dollars. It's said to be one of the most expensive car brands in the world. Derek's grandfather has operated the company for forty years ago and since then, the world have seen Deonz in its best form.
The company is worth three hundred and eighty billion dollars. After signing the contract, he would be the owner of Deonz company, which is a company that manufactures the latest version of luxury cars. Derek Dawson.
"Well," he says with a sigh of satisfaction as he was still on the call with Aurelius. "I'll be arriving soon, be expecting me in the next twenty minutes."
"Okay sir. Please endeavor to call me when you arrive at the estate so I can come down to pick you up. The estate has been renovated to a great extent. You may not know where you are going."
"Okay, I understand you. I will."
Derek begins to imagine how it will feel like being in his childhood home, which has now undergone some changes as he heard.
At least the three years period given to him to go out and live without his family's support is over and he is now returning to take his rightful position in the family.
Derek arrives at his estate, soon after he told his family's asset manager. It didn't take up to twenty minutes. Some of his family's staff had forgotten him because he was now grown, muscular and very charming although had been in a poor condition for years. His grandfather who is the most excited person to welcome him introduces him to everyone who had forgotten him. "I thought you were not going to come back?" He asks and Derek widens his eyes in amazement. "Why wouldn't I come back, sir?" He always addresses his granddad by the fond version of sir. "I'm glad you returned, some don't after meeting with the freedom of having to live by themselves." This is why he is the most excited person in the house. It's the truth that some heirs and heiresses who were supposed to inherit their family's fortunes like these abscond, never returning back to home again especially those from disciplined families. These families have rules guiding them and those who are to inherit the fa
Immediately Derek leaves with Aurelius, the security guards take Andrea off, taking him alongside with them. A gap of five meters is maintained between them. Derek turns and stares at them. "Take him off me, give him two days detention. He did his obligatory job but not in the right way." "Okay sir," they respond, already being aware of who he is. "We want to meet with your Deonz company's officials, I think you wouldn't have to dress in this." Aurelius says in the most polite way, after looking down at Derek who is dressed in the most casual way. "Okay, did you make provisions for that?" "Yeah, we have a fashion boutique inside of this Deonz company's base but it's not for sale, strictly for the officials and everyone who holds an important position in this Deonz company. You are top on the list." He smiles warmly, making Derek feel good about himself. At least he has someone that acknowledges and respects him. "We are going there first." Derek follows Aurelius to the dressi
Derek manages to maintain a good disposition during the meeting which is scheduled to last for an hour, twenty minutes. Here, he is getting introduced to the senior officials of the Deonz company as their new boss. It wouldn't stop here as each one of them will have to introduce themselves to him as well. Andrea being the only person left. "I wished I could see the the junior staff today!" He said during the meeting. "We are sorry," the Director General stands up to reply. "We weren't informed earlier of your arrival, sir. They are on break, not within the vicinity of this company. Perhaps we can organize for you to meet with them another day?" He leaves his statement as a question, waiting for Derek to reply. "No problem, I'll communicate to my personal manager who will get to you when next I'm coming." He tells him. "Okay sir." He replies and sits down. The meeting finishes after the series of events fixed with the time set is exhausted. Now Derek can return home to meet wit
After a journey of one and a half hours, he arrives at home, hoping to find Gianna and his wife. By now they should have reached home, he plans to inquire about what Sancho needed from her. Sancho is a director in the Deonz company.Surprise hits him hard when he arrives at the apartment where he stays with Tahlia and her mom, Gianna only to find the main entrance locked, just as they left it. He realizes at once that there was no one in. When the main entrance which the other doors are assessed from is locked, it's a clear indication that there is no one in. He picks up his phone to call his wife's line, hoping this time around, she is going to be the one to pick it and not someone else. He had been happy to finish the meeting with his grandfather on time so as to come back before it was too late and they got to suspect where he went. Standing outside of the apartment frustrated as the phone continues to ring without anyone picking, he thinks of what to do. "Should I call Aurel
When he arrives at Sancho's residence, the security officials at the gate come out to question him. "Young man, where are you heading to?" The leader of the security team steps forward to ask. About four of his colleagues are behind him, gazing at Derek with bad eyes. "Who are you and what do you want?" The second officer comes up to ask. "You shouldn't ask where he is heading to but who he is first of all." He corrects his colleague and sure, this is the very first question the security leader is supposed to ask. "I'm Derek Dawson by name, it has reached my ears that my wife is here with Erickson Sancho." "Who told you?" The third man asks. Here he realizes what he has done, he doesn't in any way intend to put his friend into trouble. "I need to have my wife come out here, I want Tahlia. How can a famous man like him commit such a scandal, taking a married woman to his house?" He breathes so heavily, with the intensity of his heart beat. What gives him the audacity to stand ou
Sancho feels threatened by what he said and orders his security guards to stop him from riding out of the exterior of his estate. "Get him now!" "He can't get away with this!" He is disturbed by the threats. Derek who fears what's going to happen to him thinks of telling them who he is as well as showing them his new ID card which was made for him when he signed the documents of transfer of ownership of his family's assets. On a second thought, he determines not to tell them. He wants them to know at the most critical point after they have finished abusing him. But is that not foolishness? A voice asks inside his, his own personal thoughts. He is wondering what would be the need of suffering all tortures, then at the end, his true identity is made known. "Well, along the line it would be revealed to them who I am but I would never tell them." He makes this determination inside him as the police officers Sancho called while he was approaching the gate to see who was making tro
Sancho falls to the ground hearing this, at the verge of giving up consciousness if not for the police paramedic team who rush to give him the medical attention he needs. They on themselves are shocked out of their wit to realize that Derek is more than what they thought. "We didn't know who you were, we wouldn't have even come to arrest you." They cry out in unison, raising their hands up and waving in remorse. Anyone can tell it from their face that this is not what they were expecting. Derek is surprised to see them acting this way, they had rushed and taken the handcuff off his hand. Right now, they were aimed at making Derek forgive them because if he chose to take the whole case further, it would end badly for them as they could be sacked from work. Sancho even after getting proper medical attention still feels weak prior to the fact that he knows what's likely to happen to him as Derek was his new boss. He would want to apologize to him but he keeps his face away, a signa
After Derek leaves the police station, he returns to his estate with his granddad. His secret of being a billionaire has been revealed, now he has to step up on his aim of first building his business empire with the Revenge planned alongside. "It's awful how your very wife treated you." Dawson sighs as they are being driven home in a Limousine. Derek looks at him and sighs. The case of assault by Sancho has been recorded at the police station but he is planning of asking the police to cancel the case. He wants to revenge all of those who had hurt him in the past outside of the government authorities. It's no longer a problem how Tahlia treated him, the time he has been waiting for has come. The sense of fulfillment from this makes him not to answer his grandfather. He would have been pissed and get himself angry if it was before. He would cry over the issue of ill treatment and be sad but now he has no such time. "I'm looking for a way to revenge, avenge both her and her mom." He sa