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
Henry and George were taken aback when they heard the loud voice of a strange man outside the corridor, try as they might, they decided to check out what it could probably be so they opened the door softly.Henry poked his head out first before going to check on what was going on. A man with beards almost dropping down his neck sneered at a scowling Liam and Henry figured out that there was tension between both men.Liam shove his hands into his pockets and leveled a withering glare at Miles. This could have made other people shiver but not him. "I did, what's the problem? You were supposed to attend the meeting yesterday but you didn't. Is this a conspiracy between the members of the syndicate?" He asked in a steel voiceMiles squared his shoulders making himself look taller, refusing to be intimidated by Liam. "Yes, I didn't, you can't expect everyone to dance to your whim. There's nothing that you can do to pull us out from our bases." He retorted.Liam raised a brow at Miles' aud
Chapter 174Henry felt a bit scared he didn't show it, instead he stared at him with a slightly raised eyebrow as if to say 'what do you mean?' He glanced at Jess, " Let this man be, he has nothing good to say to you. If you need more information, ask your husband, he's in a better position to tell you." He advised.Jess nodded and walked briskly to Liam's office. Probably they would thrash whatever it is that was between them and finally get it out of the way. " Great to see you standing up for her. Are you also sleeping with her?" Miles taunted him and Henry threw a punch at his nose again. He would take any insult but disrespect a woman because of whatever reason took the cake. "I can see that she gave it to you real good. Does Liam know about this?" He asked as he wiped his mouth again, still maintaining his awful smile.Liam beat Henry by throwing a punch at Miles and this time they heard a crack. It was as though his nose had cracked.Miles jutted his chin stubbornly,his eyes
Chapter 175Henry wouldn't have minded whatever was happening over there if he hadn't been exposed to people who were doing bad stuff. Especially Jess, what if Clara was also frolicking with some men over there and here he was thinking that everything was going on fine. He saw her wiping her face, most probably to get sweat off her face and he tried to gaze at the surroundings. It was truly what she called it. A doctor's office. Clara observed that he was acting weird but decided also to keep mum. It wasn't everything that one was supposed to say. A concerned look flickered on his face as she stared at him. He was busy staring at her like he was a detective."So, what's good, you look a bit distressed. Is anything the matter?" She asked in a concerned tone."Yeah, I'm fine. Just a bit down, I'll be fine soon," He replied a bit too harsh for her liking and she stared at him with an eyebrow raised and a puzzled look he had never snapped at her since they began to grow closer. Heck what
Chapter 176"So, you were saying?" Clara began when she sat on the chair opposite the doctor. She was feeling a certain vibe when she entered his office again and she looked down at the phone and saw Henry giving her a thumbs up. His brows were furrowed in concentration. It was obvious that he was invested in that discussion. "Yeah, from my observation, your grandfather has a high chance of waking up as soon as two days."Clara smiled in happiness at the doctor's words, it was a thing of joy that he was going to return home as soon as possible and her brain was already moving in the direction of doing a small celebratory dinner for him. She bet that he'd like it. " Okay, I'll be hoping for that sir." She said and he looked at her briefly again. "Is there something else, sir?" She inquired softly."Yeah..." He chuckled nervously and her heart began to race, so did her palms become sweaty. "I hope there's nothing bad happening to Pops. I can't stand losing him." She said and the docto
Chapter 177"Let him speak." Henry advised from the background as he heard her speak. She was sounding hurt but that shouldn't make her discard her only surviving relative at least that was the only person he knew. Being with him didn't mean that she should automatically lose her sense of self or lose her relationships. It was surely going to end in disaster because he feared that a day would come that she would resent him for making her lose the people she had known since she was little. His eyes scanned the screen hoping to get a glance of Adrien, to judge if he was truly sorry or it was all a joke from him after not being allowed access to luxury like before."This is not what you think."Adrien said, trying to convince his sister whose eyes blazed with anger. Clara scoffed and dropped the phone, placing her hands akimbo, she wondered how she managed to end up being related to this ingrate, that only showed the type of person he was. What if after everything she was doing just for