Chapter 165Clara's eyes narrowed at her brother in anger. " How dare you talk about the people who helped you? Gave you a shelter over your head, and made sure your mother had quality healthcare?" Adrien clutched his cheek, his eyes roaming through his sister's eyes, "Why are you fighting with me?" He said and Clara pointed at him and wiggled them at him in warning. "You have to look beyond what you are shown. I don't believe that you would want to return to the infinitesimal circle of running around." Clara was gobsmacked by her brother's ingratitude. It was one thing for someone to reject an offer but to talk in a degrading manner about a person who had been nothing short of a helper and still having the guts to stay under his roof was pure foolery. "You're evil and I dislike you for this. It's annoying. I can't think that you of all people, after everything that he has done for you would ever utter this statement. Can I tell you what this is? Sheer ingratitude and I won't toler
Chapter 166Liam knocked more frantically refusing to leave without seeing Henry and Henry was forced to signal to the driver to wind down. Liam's brows were drawn in tight concentration and annoyance, " Why the hell were you wasting my time all this while?" My name is Liam, I was sent by your grandfather to come check out what happened to the apartment. He's in the hospital though. Will you come down so that we can have a conversation?" He asked him.Henry alighted gently and stared at the man before him, he tried calling everyone's number and discovered that it was not going through. Conflicted on whether or not he should believe this man who stood before him, he decided to trust his instincts which said he should go with him."I delayed due to lack of confirmation." He replied abruptly.Liam nodded, " You will not be staying here tonight because I am yet to figure out who made the order but if it's anything to go by, I'll take you to a safer place. I hear that you would be going t
Chapter 167Henry had mixed feelings about the incident back home. A part of him wanted to run back as soon as he could while the logical side told him that Pops could even get disappointed by his lack of control for the lack of a better word. Also, it could complicate issues. Now that Pops was in distressed health, he couldn't pull the strings to leave Venice at will. Thus making him arrive at the conclusion that it was better that he made sure that he saw the trial through hopefully he would be able to be home as soon as possible. " Good morning, sir" George greeted him when he saw Henry sitting by himself on a reclining chair, with his brows creased, and lips curled up. He occasionally ran his hands through his air as if that would help to calm the tension that threatened to take his life if he was not careful."I didn't know that you were here." George continued and Henry raised his head slowly as if just realizing that he had company." Morning, George. I am relaxing." " Okay,
Chapter 168He stared at the couple who were obviously having a meltdown and shot them a small smile. " I'm sorry to interrupt, I was just passing." He said and the lady shot him a very dangerous stare which didn't faze him. It was their issue to settle; he was just an outlet for them to actually say what they had been wanting to say to each other. "We could leave in the morning. I don't think you should have a fight with your husband concerning that." He advised and marched upstairs to his room." I guess I have to sleep with an eye open tonight" he muttered as he sank into his bed. It wasn't an unusual occurrence for couples to have a love spat. It was how they handled things that said a lot about them. The argument waned after he left, and he guessed he had done the Lord's work. The woman he saw downstairs was ready to spit fire. No wonder Lism was mean to him. A cranky wife made a man also unhappy especially if they couldn't control their emotions. He heard a knock a few minut
Chapter 169Henry rose swiftly from the bed, a resigned sigh escaping his mouth and his brows drooped in exhaustion as he stared at his phone. He groaned, now he wasn't going to get any sleep.Tired of being holed up in the room, he decided to take a walk but just to the balcony to reduce the risk of running into Jess although the chances were little. Worry got the best of him as he opened the door to the balcony.Why he felt different about this threat baffled him. But it looked too calculated and real, the lady sounded very serious about it. He could only imagine her as someone who had all her resources put together ready to execute her actions. As scary as that sounded, it made him want to become more alert.No, he had no one in this city, not even Caine therefore he had to find his way out of this mess. He couldn't drag Liam nor George into his problem because of what happened to everyone that was involved before.He sighed and walked right to the ledge. His hands ran over them so
Chapter 170"I think I better leave both of you to have this conversation." Henry shot her a small smile before exiting. "So much for wanting to clear my head." He muttered as he rolled his eyes while marching to his room."What the hell was that for? Flirting with a guest?!" Liam bellowed, piercing through the still night. There was a loud slam of the door, indicating the exit of the couple and Henry rolled his eyes, checked his phone screen and saw that it was just three a.m. He groaned, " Are we going to have some sleep in this house today?" Footsteps resounded in the corridor, " I wasn't flirting with a guest. If you think so, that's your problem not mine!" Jess fired hotly. I am not going to be blamed for your insecurity issues." She said and Liam punched the wall. A loud thud resounded throughout the apartment, " How did these people manage to find time to quarrel in such an estate? Weren't there personnels who made sure that things went in order?" "I am insecure about my wi
Chapter 171Henry's heart sank deep in his stomach and worry gnawed at his insides like ravenous beasts. He must be a carrier of bad luck because who could explain the reason he was always going from one problem to the other? "So, what do I do? I can't stay here." He said in a panicked tone.Caine stroked his wife's arm slowly, as he stared at the ceiling in deep concentration. "There are no two ways about this. You surely have to leave, you understand that right?" He inquired, and took a glance at his wife who propped on an elbow gazing at him with a slightly raised eyebrow. They had agreed that he wasn't going to take up any jobs at the moment, especially that of Henry's. Yet, here he was still dishing out advice to him."We had an agreement." She mouthed and Caine nodded while his hand flew to his chest mimicking a patting gesture. Henry felt the slight disconnection and decided to ask what was going on "Are you with me?" He inquired."Yeah, I am. So... We were talking about you
Chapter 172A knock echoed from outside, drawing a brooding Henry out of his thoughts. If he left this place today, where would he stay? That was not even the problem. The main issue was getting to a safer place because it could be exhausting having to ply that same route without having a plan. He yanked the door open, and was greeted with a smiling George. His smiles stretched from ear to ear causing him to wonder what was going on. " Why are you so happy this morning?" He asked him. George shrugged, he wasn't the only person who had shitloads of problems so why should he allow himself to brood. "Good morning, sir. I love to exercise my facial muscles. You know it takes more muscles to frown right?" He inquired as he stared at the completely dressed man in front of him. Henry opened the door wide to allow him in and George strode in as though it was his room. Henry shook his head in amazement. One would have thought that after the way he had spoken to him last night, George would