2025-03-07 21:13:48“Master, Franklin Seth has invited you to the Cedarwood Gala holding tonight.” Roland said as he landed William an invite.
Franklin Seth was the chairman of Seth Industries. They were arguably one of the top companies in Crenshaw city. He had heard that Asher Knight was in Crenshaw city and was looking to expand his business. He saw this as an opportunity to gain his favour. “Are you going to be attending?” William already knew about Seth Industries and was already planning to do business with them. Since they had reached out to him first, he decided that he would honour their invitation. ********** “You got an invite to the Cedarwood Gala?” Sophia was surprised when her friend Jade informed her she would be attending the Gala. Jade smiled proudly. “Yes. My boyfriend is taking me as his plus one.” “I'm so jealous. It's so difficult to get an invite to the Cedarwood Gala. I couldn't even get one.” Sophia said. “I even heard a rumour that the Incredible Asher Knight will be there.” Jade added. “Really?” Scarlett asked eavesdropping on their conversation. She had been interested in Asher Knight ever since she heard he was coming to Crenshaw city. She had also heard he was single and was looking for every opportunity to meet him. At that moment, there was a knock on the door. Damon went to see who it was. It was Ryan. His face was still had plasters for his injuries from the fight with William. “What happened to you?” Damon asked, noticing his face. Ryan's brows furrowed. “You never told me your stupid brother-in-law had returned. Didn't you say he died?” Damon’s eyes widened. The whole room went silent in shock, Olivia quickly turned her attention to Ryan. “What do you mean? You saw William?” Ryan went in and took a seat, you could see he was still annoyed about what had happened. “Yes. Your brother-in-law William did this to me.” None of them could believe what Ryan was saying. There was no way William could be back in Crenshaw city. They had abandoned him on Legolas Island, there's no way he could have survived. Sophia let out a nervous laugh. “I’m sure you saw wrong. That fool didn't survive our plane crash three years ago.” “Even if that’s true, there’s no way a loser like that could have beaten you up.” Damon added. “I don’t know how but he’s a completely different person. Even the President of the boxing association knew him and called him Master.” Ryan explained. “Master?” Damon burst into laughter. “Now I know you must have seen wrong. No one would call a loser like that master.” Scarlett still felt a beat uneasy. How could William have survived? Why was he back without letting anyone know? Well, it didn’t matter anyway. He hadn’t claimed the inheritance then so by law the inheritance had already gone to her. His return wouldn’t change anything. She would still remain the owner of Grey Industries. If he had truly returned, he was still a nobody. ******* William arrived at the Cedarwood Gala. Rich business men and celebrities from all over where in attendance. He moved to the VIP section to look for his assigned seat. He found a table with the tag “Asher Knight” and took his seat. Soon, Sophia and her boyfriend James Dunn arrived at the Gala. James was the sons of the Dunn family. The Dunn family were bigshots in Crenshaw city having business interests in real estate and construction. They were also in the VIP section. As they took their seat, Sophia noticed someone seating just across the table. She had never seen him before. He looked like a very high class person. He wore a custom tailored suit made by Neron. The cheapest of Neron suits were $200,000 dollars. He also wore a gold watch and black shades. She could tell he was no ordinary man. It wasn’t until after he took off his shades that she noticed that it was William. William? How could that be William? Ryan was telling the truth. He had really returned to Crenshaw city. “So it’s true. You are back.” Sophia said with a disgusted look at her face. William turned his attention to her. He balled his fists in anger when he saw her. Along with Sophia, Jade had constantly humiliated him whenever she got the chance. However, he wasn’t going to cause a scene here. “Hello Jade.” He said casually. Her eyes moved towards the name tag where William was seating. ‘Asher Knight’ Jade’s eyes widened. “You piece of shit! What are you doing in Asher Knight’s seat?!” She looked at his clothes and noticed they looked expensive. “You even stole clothes to pretend to be Asher Knight? You're unbelievable!” “What’s wrong?” James turned noticing Jade was angry. “This useless man is pretending to be Asher Knight.” “This is my seat. I am not pretending to be anyone.” William said angrily. James turned towards him. He recognized William. “Fool! What do you think you are doing seating there? How did they even let you in here?” He grabbed William by the collar. “Do you think the Cedarwood Gala is where any dog can just stroll into?” William's gaze hardened. “Let go off me or you’ll regret it James.”
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Scarlett clenched her fists. What game was William playing? How could someone like him have $100,000? She wasn't planning to spend more than $70,000 on the painting but now William had raised the bid to $100,000. Scarlett bit her lip. She had to get this painting to gain Asher Knight’s favour. “105,000 dollars.” William smiled. He knew Scarlett was stubborn and this was exactly what he wanted. He wanted her to go in a bidding war with him. “$120,000.” William called out. Scarlett frowned. “$130,000!” William put in another bid. “$250,000” Everyone gasped in astonishment. Who exactly was this man going toe to toe with Scarlett Grey? Scarlett couldn't believe what she was hearing. William had nearly doubled her bid. However, this was her golden chance to meet Asher Knight. She couldn't let it go. She called out another bid. “$300,000” The auctioneer couldn't believe his ears. A sale of $50,000 would have been a good sale but $300,000? That was outrageous! Willi
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The dealer shuffled a fresh deck and dealt two cards to each player. Logan smirked as he glanced at his hand, then casually pushed $200,000 in chips forward. “Let’s start small.” William matched the bet without hesitation. “Sure.” The dealer revealed the first three community cards—the flop. Logan’s eyes flickered with excitement. He smirked and quickly slid forward $500,000 in chips. “Feeling lucky.” William took a sip of his whiskey, barely paying attention as he matched the bet. “Let’s see.” The turn card was revealed. Logan’s confidence grew. His smirk widened. He leaned back, then shoved forward $1 million. “All in.” Gasps spread through the club. Logan’s friends grinned widely, already celebrating. William stared at the chips for a moment before shaking his head. “Not yet.” He folded his hand, surrendering the round. Logan chuckled as the dealer pushed the winnings toward him. He had just taken $1.7 million from William. Now, Logan’s stack had grown to $6.7
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William instantly recognized him. “You…You are…" “Yes. I'm the man you spared two years ago. My name is Roland.” He responded. William took a step back, a bit suspicious of his sudden appearance. “Why are you here?” “To pay you back for your help.” Roland replied. William's eyes narrowed. “Pay me back? How?” “I have gained a particular set of skills that would help you greatly. I can hack into almost any system in the world and build high tech programs” Roland continued. “I've researched you and I know you have a vendetta against the Grey family. I'd like to help you in your mission.” William raised his eyebrow. “How can I trust you?” Roland's expression turned serious. “Although I am eternally grateful that you saved my life, I also need your help with something else.” William's voice lowered. “What would that be?” Roland's gaze flickered to the ground before meeting William again. “You were able to leave the Legolas army. I want you to help me get my sister out
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[ 3 years ago, Legolas Army base] The soldiers gathered around for a briefing on their next mission. William was among those chosen for the expedition. It was his first official mission as a member of the Legolas army. General Ryker stood in front of them communicating his orders. “We've been contracted to eliminate a war criminal known as Robinson Tradwell.” Since the Legolas army was a private army, they weren't interested in the details of what their employers wanted as long as they got paid. Ryker pulled up a map on the large screen behind them. “The Intel reaching us is that he and his men are trying to escape and are currently in the Rhunakis desert.” “Remember, this is a clean mission, and there must be no witnesses. We move in and we take out the target. Is that understood?” “Sir, yes sir!” The soldiers roared in unison. The team of six including the general set out in their chopper at night. As they flew nearer to the drop point, William grew increasingly nervous.
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William's car engine roared as he drove into the parking lot of his penthouse apartment. He was quickly met by Roland who was waiting just outside. “Where is she?” William asked impatiently. "She's in the living room waiting for you." Roland responded. William sighed. “Okay. Did she by any chance see Martha? I don't want her dragged into this in any way.” "No. I told Miss Martha to stay in as you're having a very important meeting." Roland responded. "Good." William and Natasha knew each other from his time in the Legolas army. Natasha was one of General Ryker's most trusted intelligence operatives. However, this visit wasn't about old memories. The general had sent her for a reason. Natasha sat with her feet crossed having a drink when William walked into the room. “William! It's been too long. The general sends his regards.” she said with a light tone. William smiled. “It's not even been up to a year. Did you miss me that much?” “Let me guess. He wants you to bab
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William swallowed hard. Was she on to him? He slowly turned around trying to keep a composed face. “What do you mean?” Sophia narrowed her eyes as she walked closer to him. “It's your glasses." she said as she tilted her head. "I thought they used to be round? You've always worn round glasses.” William stomach tightened. He had put on his special glasses for recording and forgot that Leblanc didn't wear square shaped glasses. “Oh.” William chuckled nervously rubbing the back of his neck “Just wanted to try something different.” Sophia stared for a second longer before shrugging lazily. “Hmmm…Alright. You may leave.” She said dismissively before returning back to her phone. William exhaled sharply the moment he stepped out. Next, he had to figure out the perfect way to expose the video of Sophia confessing. Sophia's birthday was coming up and she always loved to throw big parties where she would host popular names from all over. William decided that that would be t
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“Yes.” William replied. “ His name is Leblanc. He works for the Grey family, and there's no way he's going to admit that Sophia sent him, he's way too loyal.” “So how do we prove that this was Sophia's doing?” Roland asked. William's voice lowered. Is Project Chameleon finally ready for launch? Roland's eyes widened. “You mean….” A wicked smirk formed on William's lips. “Yes, I'm going to beat Sophia at her own game.” Project Chameleon was a secret high tech project being carried out by Knight Industries. They had been working on a highly sophisticated AI mask that made it possible for the wearer to assume any face they wanted. It even had the ability to change the voice of the person who was wearing it. William had been planning to use it for something else, but because of this, he was going to use it early. “So you're going to act as Leblanc?” Roland asked. “Yes. I'm going to trick Sophia into confessing that she was responsible for those images.” William replied.
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“I promise I'm going to get to the bottom of this and if it turns out to be Sophia, I'm going to make sure to expose her for everyone to see.” William assured Martha. “Call Roland,” William said, giving an audio command to his phone. The phone rang once before Roland answered. “Hello sir.” “Roland. I need you to analyze the photos of Martha and Michael. Find out who created them.” “Yes sir. I'll get right on it.” Martha glanced at William with uncertainty. “Where are we going?” “I'm talking you to my place. You can lay low there for now, at least until we can take care of this.” Soon they arrived at William's penthouse apartment. He led the way inside, looking around to make sure none of the reporters had followed them. William escorted her into one of the guest rooms. “You can stay here. No one will disturb you. I'll be in the other room if you need me.” “Thank you so much.” Martha said softly. About an hour later, Roland returned with news about the images. He
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Sophia paced around her room impatiently. She clenched her phone so tightly that her knuckles went white. Media outlets had already published articles about how she admitted that Martha was a better actress than her. A knock sounded on the door. “Come in.” she snapped. A slim man wearing glasses walked into the room hesitantly. “Miss Sophia” he greeted cautiously. “Did you get what I asked?” Sophia demanded. The man nodded. “Yes, but Miss Sophia, are you sure about this? If this goes wrong…” Sophia cut him off. “Listen, your job isn't to question me. You do what I pay you for and shut up.” The man handed a tablet over to her. She smiled wickedly as she scrolled through. “Yes. This is very good.” Sophia picked up her phone and anonymously messaged the top gossip reporters in Crenshaw city. "I have a juicy story for you all. A rising actress who isn’t as innocent as she pretends to be. Interested?" Within seconds, replies flooded in. "Depends on what you have."
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Sophia turned sharply at the sound of the familiar voice. "William?" her eyes widened in shock. William stood there with his hands in his pocket. "That’s right. I made sure the award wouldn’t be given to a cheater like you." He said calmly. Sophia let out a mocking laugh. “You? Who do you think you are to influence the judges?” William stepped forward, closing the space between them. “Oh. Why don't you tell her?” he said, turning his attention to the judge. The judge hesitated before speaking. “The committee was persuaded to do the right thing.” Sophia raised an eyebrow. “Persuaded? That doesn't answer my question!” William chuckled, shaking his head. "You bribed them. I simply reminded them what would happen if they accepted dirty money." Sophia twitched, but quickly scoffed trying to sound composed. “I don't know what you are talking about.” William folded his hands across his chest. “Oh really?” He pulled out his phone and sent something to Sophia. “Check y
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Humiliated, Sophia ran out of the room. Michael was speechless as he watched the scene. He looked at Martha a bit surprised. “Wow… I didn’t see that coming.” Martha shrugged. “She needed someone to teach her a lesson and I'm glad I did." All attempts by Fiona and Sophia to sabotage the move failed. Production was completed and it ended up being a huge blockbuster. It also cemented Martha's place as an A-list actress. Soon it was time for the Emerald Acting Awards, and Sophia saw it as an opportunity to get back at Michael and Martha. The Emerald Awards were the pinnacle of recognition in the film industry. Every year, the best actors and actresses came together waiting to see who would walk away with the prestigious awards. For Sophia, this was going to be her night. She had already boasted to everyone that she was going to win the Best Actress award. She had made sure to bribe the judges to vote in her favour. Sophia walked onto the red carpet wearing a flashy
