Liam’s outburst shocked Anastasia and Phils but it seemed to open Jason’s eyes. He looked guiltily at Liam, then said hurriedly “You are right. That was uncalled for. I shouldn’t have let my history with him cloud my sense of judgement” “And still, you are here while the man is storming out of the company right now!” Liam snapped. “Yes, yes, I will…” Jason quickly rushed out of the office and they all followed him in the hope of catching up with the representative. The men were just getting into their cars when Jason rushed out of the company and called “Mr Rodriguez! Mr Rodriguez! I am so sorry about earlier. You don’t deserve to be treated like that! I am sorry. If you can just come back inside now, I promise to be strictly professional about this” “Strictly professional?” the man said with a scoff as he turned back to Jason. “You must still think you are one big deal, Monroe. You are nothing. A failure who can’t even hold on to the company he was given for long. You will probab
“I couldn’t have done this without you,” Jason said as he raised his glass to Liam over chicken ravioli and lobsters. “You are the real hero today. Thank you, cousin” “Hear, hear,” Phils said as he raised his glass, and clinked it against Anastasia’s before drinking just as the cousins had done. “I can’t take the credit though,” Liam said with a sheepish smile as he placed his glass back on the table. “We all did this. It couldn’t have happened if not for all our inputs. All of us” Anastasia smiled and said “Well, you should definitely take the credit though. Apart from getting us this deal; you stood up and think fast when…” she trailed off. “Oh, you mean when I almost kicked the deal away because of that little pettiness of mine? You can say it, Ana” Jason said with a smile. “I know I messed up. But hey, all is well that ends well, right? We eventually walked away with six trillion dollars, just as you predicted” he said to Liam. “I am just so glad that the company was saved. E
A WEEK LATER The loss of Paragon Heights was bittersweet for Jason but it was mostly bitter during the following week that his employees got busy with the necessary procedure needed to hand over the company to a new owner. It was finally the day for the handing over. Jason dressed carefully and waited for Millicent to be done with their dressing so that they could leave too. Liam had finally left for Hongkong five days ago and he had promised to call in later to ask how the handing over went. Though Jason felt he should be around when the men came over for the handover but Liam believed that there was no need for that since the payment had been made and the agreement had been reached. Jason understood that his cousin was eager to head his company's operatiosn instead of having managers in charge as he had over the past moths. He couldn’t deny him that. “I wish you better luck in running your company” he had said before his cousin left in the limo he had asked the driver to drive hi
For the moment, Jason forgot about the fact that cameras were trained on him watching his every move. All he could see as he stared at the sharply-dressed man in front of him was the tiny room he had shared with Emma, the girl they had been in the foster home together. All he could hear were the sounds of cruelty as this bastard, standing in front of him hit both Emma and Jason. He couldn't get rid of the hateful look in Emma's eyes when she thought that Jason had been the one who molested her. He could almost feel the weight of her lifeless body in his arms after she died. Buried by the parents of the bastard standing in front of him. Jason unconsciously took a step towards him as the cornflower blue eyes of sweet Emma glared into his mind's eyes. Emma had been the only friend he had made in the foster system and they were glad to be sent to the same home together. All had been bearable until Emma had died after being defiled by the bastard in front of him. The greatest pain Jason
"You see this company, though on a smaller scale back then, was started by my brother and I, Manuel Monroe. I worked so hard by bringing this company up from the ground up while allowing my brother to ride my coattails. But then, sweet, gullible Manuel, God bless his soul, trusted a thief and a lying rogue who caused my brother's death and took everything that belonged to us!" Silence swept through the room in the wake of Michael's compassionate speech. Then it was immediately followed by hushed whispers as the reporters began to wonder aloud about the turn of events, even as they waited for Michael to continue. They had come to the company to record one of the most iconic hand over in the history of Montreau. They had no idea that they would be dealing with something else entirely."What is going on, Jason?" Millicent asked for the umpteenth time as Jason kept his gaze pinned on his suddenly resurrected uncle."Same question on my mind right now" he muttered.The latter had not spar
"Ewww" Jason said with a smile as he laid his hand on Millicent's arm and leaned over to kiss her cheek. He let out a short, silent laughter when she moved back from his lips. "Ouch, you believe that?"Millicent looked at his smirking uncle on the podium, then back at Jason "I mean, he just said…""That means you believe that your grandfather killed someone as well?" Jason asked with an amused smile.Millicent shook her head immediately with a heated "Of course not!""See? Then you have nothing to worry about" With that, Jason stood up after squeezing Millicent's hand. Jason's presence commands so much authority that all eyes swerved to him immediately."Three questions, right uncle? I have one of mine as well" he said simply with a smile on his face. He saw Liam look uncertainly at his dad."I already said it. I am not your…!""Yes, yes, I know. I have no intention of claiming relations with a bastard like you anyway, so you are safe" Jason said as he moved towards the podium.Rodrig
Jason gave his uncle a pitiful look as he said "Yes, go ahead and do that while you are explaining to the Chinese Police authority about your tax fraud and some organised crime attached to one of your companies. Fight all you want while you are dealing with Montreau Police Department about your involvement in my parent's death and every other thing you've done to me. Yes, I can imagine you taking everything back while you are dealing with the FBI on some other crimes of yours""I…""Oh, don't bother. While you and your son were plotting my downfall, I was gathering enough evidence against you that will keep you away for life and still earn your grave prison time for a long, long, time. Both of you""Daddy, can he…is it true? Are we going to jail?" Liam pulled urgently at his father's arm in panic and the latter slapped him hard."You useless piece of shit! You couldn't even handle something so small? I knew I made a mistake by trusting you with this!" With that, Michael ran towards t
“Why didn’t you tell me?” Millicent asked later that night as they lay curled in bed, their chest still heaving from the exertion of the bout of sex they just had. Jason didn’t bother to pretend not to know what she was talking about, so he wrapped his arm around her and drew her closer as he said “Because I did not want to have to burden you with all that. Besides you are still…” “Still not fully fine?” Millicent interrupted Jason. When he said nothing, she shifted so she could look directly at him, “I told you I am better now. Yes, I still have a headache when I try to remember what exactly happened in that suite but I no longer feel confused about things anymore, you know. Why are you still treating me like I can’t handle myself?” she asked testily. Jason drew her back to his side when she tried to move away from him. He kissed her forehead and trailed his finger down her arm gently as he said “I am sorry. It is not that I don’t trust you when it comes to handling yourself, it i