Epilogue Chapter 339 After a while, the secretary has already left with Jude gone to bed, having a heavy dinner with the family, as he snores all through the night, Mr. Arimidas sitting in the dining with Lisa as they were having a father, daughter time together, "I'm glad our family is finally back to its normal ways, Jude is home and Samantha will be coming back soon to join us" "Though it was easy our family is whole again, Mom would be very happy watching us right now, only if she was here to see the Happy family that she left behind to celebrate our upcoming junior", Lisa spoke with a smile on her face, "Yeah, your Mom would be very proud of what we've accomplished so far, Jude is finally home, it was what your mother actually wanted for a long time, it only had to happen after her death", Mr. Arimidas responded and shook his head, "Let's be more concerned about Samantha right now, she's undergoing surgery operation as we speak, your son has already slept off after having
CHAPTER 1: THE BATTERED FORD GUYJude was tired and drained. He had stood on his feet for six hours straight today in a class of over a hundred, handling a lecture with one other colleague of his. To say he was drained was even an understatement. He wanted nothing more than to get home and collapse on the bed, after eating the delicious food he knew his wife had made him. He dragged his heavy feet to his car, opening the back door and tossing in his battered briefcase. It was high time he got another one. He'd used that one all through school and then for his post graduate studies as well. He pushed the door of his car closed, careful not to slam it or else he would have to pick it off the ground if it happened to finally fall off its hinges. He went around to the front door and opened it no, throwing himself into the driver's seat. He would have been more than happy to drive straight home but then he had one more commitment. The car wash where he worked the register. He had to
Chapter 2: SOMETHING LESS THAN A MAN!Jude hadn't been this humiliated since he had been 15 and caught by his father in the family stable with one of the maids. His cheeks burned as the wet, soapy water itched his skin, and stuck his clothes to his pale skin. “Mr Chuggy, you mean.” The redhead girl in the tiny skirt and shirt top whispered slyly into the boy's ear with an embarrassing wink at Jude. “Oh, yeahh, Mr Chuggy. Chug, Chug,” the boy exclaimed, imitating the sounds Judes car often made when it stopped and needed to be pushed. Judes hands fisted beside him, before he forced them to relax and spread open, his hands dropping boneless beside him. “I didn't think we'd run into you here, Mr Chuggy, oh sorry, Mr Steele, Sir.” “I thought he might have come to get his car washed,” the girl said in a high girlish tone, “but then here he is scrubbing your tires tony!” she burst into another fit of giggles, bringing out her phone. Tony laughed, clearly determined to make the most o
Chapter 3: EVENTUALLY, THE TRASH GETS THROWN OUT!Jude even stood there for a moment watching them, dumbfounded and in an extreme case of shock.The room was small and so was the bed. They were in the middle of it and the blankets were on the floor in a pile nearby. She looked like she was covered in a fine sheen of sweat and the man's back rippled with every thrust. They had to have been fucking for a while, and blinding rage filled Jude.He let out a deeply hurt, forsaken roar and rushed for the man with his balled fist raised high in the air. He landed the first hit, because the man was caught off guard and his yell had shocked both the man and his wife. Alicia screamed as the man went tumbling off of her. She was naked, totally and utterly naked, her breasts had been bouncing as the man had fucked her. Jude turned a pained gaze to her. “Why? Why, Alicia?!” He whispered yelled as his heart broke, his face now so pale you would think he had been sick for weeks and was on his way
Chapter 4: AFTEREFFECTSJude believed that he had to be dreaming. That had not just happened. It was not even a dream, it was a fucking nightmare. A nightmare out of the pit of hell. He rushed to the doors, knocking and knocking, and then the windows. But they had all been closed and the drapes pulled closed as well. He was tormented with the knowledge that the man was probably still in there, fucking his wife. He was devastated. He didn't know what to do. His neighbors had started to peek out of their houses, wondering what the ruckus was about. He was bruised and dirty. He was in pains. Emotionally and physically and mentally, he didn't know how to begin to unravel the deep depths of his pain and his anger and humiliation. How could Alicia do that to him?He cradled his rapidly forming black eye in his palm and shuffled like a defeated man back to his car. He entered the car and this time he slammed the door. The old rickety thing creaked and cried out, but it closed. In deep
Chapter 5: DIVORCE PAPERS Jude blinked and then he pulled himself up to stare at the screen again with his one good eye. This was crap. Had to be a ridiculous hoax. He dropped his phone on the coffee table in the middle of Brady's office, determined to ignore the mistake. Because it had to be a mistake, he was certain nothing would make that amount of money sit in his bank account. He fell asleep on the couch after setting an alarm that would wake him up before anyone else got there in the morning.~There was banging on the door. There was banging on the door and Jude didn't know how or why, but him and Alicia's bed had gotten harder. Why did it feel like he was lying down on a cold slab of block?He opened his eyes, and then winced as his left eye twinged with pain. Ouch. He raised his hand and gingerly pressed his fingers to the eye. It didn't feel so swollen today. Suddenly he remembered the events of yesterday night and where he was currently.It hadn't all been a nasty dr
It hit Jude like a tornado. Divorce what? “Alicia cheated on me! And she wants a divorce?!”He was almost not seeing anything past the white screen of hurt in his eyes. And then rage. White simmering rage. Michael growled. “Don't you dare speak of my sister in that way. It was high time she saw sense.”Brenda flung the documents on the counter. “You better sign these and free her right now.”Jude shook his head. “I need to speak with Alicia first. How could she…how could she?!”Brenda's sneer turned even more scornful and she laughed, the derision dripping from her voice with an edge that cut into Jude. “You don't know why she would do this? Tell me, you really don't know? Look at yourself? And then look at the life you live, the life you deceived and manipulated my daughter into accepting? Does it in any way look like living?”Judes hands balled into fists on the countertop. He hadn't manipulated Alicia into anything. She had loved him. At least he thought she did. “Her eyes are
Chapter 7: A BLAST FROM THE PAST Jude winced as he tried to avoid the man, turning away immediately and trying to leave. “Young Master, young master, where are you going?”The man turned wherever he went, facing him with a look of undeniable loyalty and servitude. Brady and the others watched the scene unfold with open mouths, gaping at Jude, gaping at the strange rich man, gaping at the entire shocking scene unfolding in front of them. “I'm not the person you think I am.” Jude said, trying desperately to get away before more harm was done. “Young Master, please don't do this. You are needed right now more than ever. Your family needs you.”Jude turned to lash out at the man. “I have no family. I am an orphan!”The man's face didn't change. “You will soon be one, if you don't return home, Young Master.”Jude blinked, the shock at that statement making him go still as his brain tried to process that information as well as figure out his next move. He wasn't really an orphan. And
Epilogue Chapter 339 After a while, the secretary has already left with Jude gone to bed, having a heavy dinner with the family, as he snores all through the night, Mr. Arimidas sitting in the dining with Lisa as they were having a father, daughter time together, "I'm glad our family is finally back to its normal ways, Jude is home and Samantha will be coming back soon to join us" "Though it was easy our family is whole again, Mom would be very happy watching us right now, only if she was here to see the Happy family that she left behind to celebrate our upcoming junior", Lisa spoke with a smile on her face, "Yeah, your Mom would be very proud of what we've accomplished so far, Jude is finally home, it was what your mother actually wanted for a long time, it only had to happen after her death", Mr. Arimidas responded and shook his head, "Let's be more concerned about Samantha right now, she's undergoing surgery operation as we speak, your son has already slept off after having
Chapter 338Jude arrived home with lisa and Clarissa as they all came down and headed straight inside the house,Jude got to the entrance of the house only to see there was no one there. "I'm sure that dad is inside, he was around here before we came to the airport and he assured us he'll be here", Lisa spoke with a calm voice,Well, where is he? I can't see him, neither do I see or hear anymore more sound that is as loud is taking down a whole company,Clarissa then walked into the house with a smile on her face as she goes searching her dad,"Dad, Mr arimidas seem to have given me some quite a shock if he doesn't appear""Nothing of a sort would happen, your dad is inside so be calm, let's get to the dinning, who knows, he might be waiting for us calmly", Jude stated nods and smiles,Jude standing by the entrance with secretary Jin and Lisa when Clarissa rushed back telling him of their father being on his room,Jude walked to his father room wLaying down after having a stressful t
Chapter three hundred and thirty seven Jude got back to his hotel with Simon following him, got to the reception, Jude shocked to see the entire staff at his company together with the receptionist waiting for him,“Oh my God, what's going on here? Why are every one of you standing here?”, Jude asks curiously as he stares at all the staff,“We came to see you off, boss! I knew that you'll be leaving immediately the gang family has been dealt with which is why I brought everyone here to see you off”“You've been a good boss to us all, fighting for everyone and helping the city get rid of its biggest threats, there are a lot of us that wants you to stay and not go away”, the receptionist disclosed with a calm voice,“That's true boss”, Simon responded as he went and stood beside the receptionist,“We all would want you to stay, even if it's not possible, let us keep the company so you can still come visit us from time to time", Simon spoke,“Wow, I never thought I'll see this day, but h
Chapter 336“What are you guys doing? Take these criminals away from here and make sure that they never see daylight anymore”, Jude spoke with an angry face,“Let's us go and get this cuffs of our family? You've succeeded in causing problem in my project lunching, and now you are causing us more humiliation”, Mr. Fredrick spoke with an angry face as he stares at Jude with disdain,Jude chuckled, “There is nothing you guys can do aside go to jail, I've got all the evidence to put you guys behind bars for as much time I need," Jude stated with a light smile on his face,“Take then away officers, make sure that not a single one of them get out without facing the penalty”, Simon uttered and hissed,“You all are arrested and will be persecuted according to the Court of law and whatever you guys say again here will be used against you in the court”, an officer stated with a calm voice,Jude with a smile on his face as the officers rounded up the gang family and took all of them away,“So n
Chapter 335“What?? Why are you all staring at us? He is Lying," Jenkins stated angrily with a loud voice,“Yes of course, are you guys going to believe what he said? You all shouldn't forget that we are from the same city, but he isn't one of us”, “We are one family, Jude's doesn't like our family which is why he's doing all this, trust us, though our family hurt a lot of you, but it was only the bad one's”, Elvis spoke with an angry face as he stares at Jude,Jude chuckled,“Are you guys going to keep denying everything, it's all been written here and there is even evidence to back every single that I said”“I've lost a lot Because of your family, the people of mountain City has been living in fear all this while with you guys around, just stop lying for one's and go to jail”, Jude implied fiercely with a loud voice,“Yeah, every one of your family should rot in jail, you are all evil and wicked, I lost my only brother because of your family”, a lady uttered with an angry face,“As
Chapter 334Jude straightened his back, his face a relaxed smirk as murmurs filled the crowd. The crowd that had been in awe of the S family stared at him a few minutes prior. The eldest child of the S family, looked like he had been hit by a ton of bricks. His eyes darted between Jude and the gathered crowd in an angry plea to make sense of how so many things had spiraled out of control so quickly.One man, in the crowd, stepped forward. He furrowed his brow and stared intently at Jude. "How did you know?" he finally asked, his voice above the murmur of confusion. "How could you know there were faults in the product?"Jude's smirk stretched into a grin, his manner as calm as cocky gets. He'd been waiting for this, for the question that finally let him reveal just how deep his influence ran. He could feel Simon's eyes on him from across the room, waiting for the next move, watching as Jude prepared to take down what was left of the S family's reputation."How did I know?" Jude echoed
Chapter 333The room was completely in disarray. The murmurs had risen to loud conversations; people furiously tapped on their phones, probably placing orders for the cancellation of their investments. What was to be a celebration in the product launch had turned out to be a disaster for the S family, their credibility crumbling with each passing second. A bright future lay shattered.The eldest child was frozen while everything his family worked for was reduced to ashes within minutes.He turned back to Jude, who had a smug, victorious look on his face. Jude's arms were crossed casually, and he was calm like the ruckus he caused meant nothing to him at all. Simon stood next to Jude, smirking like they'd known all along that was how it would end up."You think this is some kind of a joke, don't you?" the eldest child said, his voice low, yet shaking with anger. "You just cost us millions, billions. Years of labor, years of hard work. Do you know what you have done?"Jude laughed, a c
Chapter 332The eldest child of the S family, came forward, his face taut but controlled. His salt-and-pepper hair was slicked back, with just a little wave in front, lending him an air of dignity, though even he could not hide the surprise that seeped into those sharp, calculating eyes.Ladies and gentlemen," he said, raising his hand to quell the murmuring crowd. His voice was steady, carefully measured. "What you've just witnessed is no more than a minor technical glitch, something we are already working on as we speak.The crowd completely hushed, the unease still creasing their faces, but now all eyes were on the Eldest child. Every word was laced with a silent command, every movement, an order. His name was whispered in reverence as the patriarch of the mighty S family, and when he spoke, it was to be listened to."This is not the first time that a new technological advancement has faced challenges during its debut," he continued, his eyes gliding over the assembled crowd with
Chapter 331And when he finally showed the project, the clapping was thunderous, as if the air itself vibrated in excitement, filling the square with energy. People clapped, cheered, and turned to others in amazement. This was the product they had all been waiting for, the innovation that would shoot this city into the future and change the energy industry forever. Cameras flashed, reporters furiously scribbled down notes, and one could see various industry leaders present at the event, murmuring with their assistants, doubtless placing immediate orders.The S family’s eldest child stood proudly at the podium. Behind him, the device gleamed under the lights, the crown jewel of modern technology. He went further, enumerating the astonishing features of the stage product.This product," he said, "will reduce energy costs by over 60% in the first year of its use. It's designed to be scalable, and adaptable to businesses and homes alike. And with its compact design, it requires far less