She heard a faint voice as she walked closer to her room. "I'm not dead yet, stop calling me like that"She found her lying on the bed, her husband sat beside her. "What happened, Mom?" Lydia asked "The useless idiot you brought home gave me a headache.""Do you mean Lucas? " "If not Lucas, who else would it be?" "She is talking about him. '' her father responded "What did he do this time around?" she inquired "He wanted to manipulate and take away my contract, then I stopped it, it will continue tomorrow""Good idea," she compliments her mom"What other thing did he do? Hope you didn't serve punishment this time around." "Stop the dirty mouth of yours, are you happy that the useless made me serve punishment then?" she scolded her daughter "No, ma, I was just asking so that I can call Micheal to him".She leapt out of bed as she heard her mentioning Micheal and instantly said "Call him, I don't have peace of my anytime I see that boy, let Marcus take him " "It is just a matt
Chapter 141.Jared stormed into his hotel room and slammed the door behind him. The role he played in the movie made anger etched across his face as he paced back and forth in his room. He replayed the last scene over and over in his mind, all he could see was the truth about him. He gritted his teeth as he clenched his hand in a fist and mumbled "I should have read the script before now, why did I make that gravest mistake?" "Someone is out there who wants to spoil my career, more so, I hate playing the role of riches to rags," he said to himself "Why would he become poor after being rich?""Why were Jared and Mark's characters so similar?""Could it be Jessica who sold the script for revenge?""What would happen after the movie?""What would people say about him?"He was restless after shooting the movie Under the Skirt, he believed there was more to the movie than just an ordinary movie, it depicted a lot of information about him. He started the analysis of the scene from the b
Chapter 142Sheila never bothered to say thank you after she received flowers from Lucas because Lucas instantly found his way into his room. She told Kayle to attend to him and she also retreated to her room with a bouquet in her hand. That was the first time she would receive something like that from a man but she didn't feel excited about it. What Lucas did to her broke her heart and she felt nothing again. If there could be a camera to see her reaction from the living room, Lucas would have loved that, there was nothing to report to him how she felt after receiving the flower from him. He was just hoping that she liked it and tried to forgive him. Kayle, the cook didn't bother to go and ask him what he wanted to eat, she went into the kitchen and prepared the meal for dinner. She called Lucas to the dining room after cooking. He asked Kayle if Sheila had eaten and was still in the living room. Has your Sheila eaten? Yes, sir, "Is she in the living room or dining? ""No,
Chapter 143Lucas observed with surprise as Sean spoke confidently, a stark contrast to the fear he had previously instilled in him. Intrigued, he watched closely, trying to discern whether Sean was plotting another scheme, but the man's intentions remained elusive.What could it be? Where did he get the confidence from? He had been away from Cooper Entertainment for a very long time, busy with the production of the movie Under the Skirt. He was not the one handling directing and editing, all he was just doing was watching his pawns Jared and Sheil falling on the battlefield. He was silent for a while and focused his gaze on Sean. He tried to deduce what he was up to, but could not figure out anything.He regretted not monitoring Cooper Entertainment, he would have used Fabian to be their watchdog, the fact that they would not sit down and plan in the industry, he would catch little of their plan through movement. Despite his suspicions, Lucas chose to play along and responded to
Chapter 144The next morning, Mrs Brandon drove herself to the Maxwell to get her share of national cake dished by her unknown formidable enemy. She went there alone because he had no trust in her manager, she saw him as a desperate man, and all he knew was salary. She thought he might steal the money with the way he had been singing no other song to her ears than money. As she parked her car in Maxwell's parking lot. As soon as he got out of the car, three black SUVs were coming in her direction to park. She walked out of the parking lot to wait and see who might be because one of. the cars carried the template of the director. A man in his 60s got down and people from another car got down and followed him immediately. They all wore expensive black suits. "That is the director" A beautiful smile spread across her as Mrs. Brandon murmured. She adjusted her clothes and joined the crowd following the director. As soon as the director got to his office, someone swiftly opened t
Chapter 145."Ma'am" she called Mrs Brandon who had entered a trance"Yes!" she snapped out of her tranceTalia looked at the lady who came and told her to go back to her office and that she needed to talk to Mrs. Brandon. She walked away with a wicked grin on her face. She came to confirm if Mrs Brandon was the person exempted from the list. Talia cleared her throat and said, "Ma, $5 billion was allocated yesterday and this is the list of the beneficiary""Do you know why I was exempted?" she asked "I don't know precisely but a man was behind it. I heard that he came yesterday morning and cancelled your own." She explained "Since you are an investor in this company, can you put me under you and give me some funds?" she requested "I wish I could, but the rules of this organization are if the highest investor should drop any company, no one should assist the company. More so, how much is my share in this company? I don't have one percent of what he gave out. '' a sly grin escaped
Chapter Lydia called when she got to Maxwell and the lady directed her to Taila's office where her mother lay on the floor. Tears welled up her eyes as she saw her mother lying on the floor. "Do you want her to die? You should have called an ambulance " she scolded them The gossiper lady pointed at the two men that they were an ambulance but your mother refused to let them attend to her. Lydia begged them to please attend to her and they carried her into their van. Lydia sat beside her inside the ambulance as they were going to the hospital. Her mother opened her eyes beside her and said, "Lucas stopped Maxwell from giving me funds for the contract and terminated my affiliation with them"Tears fell from the corner of her eyes as she talked. Lydia let out a horror sigh and said, "Let's concentrate on how you get better, I will handle Lucas myself. I'm about to badge a big contract with Coopers Entertainment, with that I will have enough power to deal with him " Lydia's mother
Chapter 147.Lucas and a lady were heading to a private section to choose jewellery when another employee insulted Lucas, implying couldn't afford anything. Despite the confrontation, Lucas requested to see the most expensive jewellery.He held the Lady back and said let's continue to the private room. The lady bowed and said, "Yes sir,""Move a step and lose your job"The lady who had been shaking where she stood replied, "Yes ma, " Lucas released the lady when he noticed that she was frustrated and confused. He looked at the lady's face and saw that she was an obedient well-trained child. And said, "What is your name?""Margret sir," she bowed "Can you manage this store alone? "She gazed at Lucas and shot him a dead glance. It seemed he was not normal, how could he come to some other store and start demanding? The lady scoffed and moved away from Lucas a bit. A young man in his 30s moved forward, he wore an expensive suit that accentuated from his shoulder to his waist. He h