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THE VENGEFUL HEIR Victor Exposed
Liam balled his fist in anger but did not say anything. He stared at Victor with a furious gaze and then his expression quickly shifted to a grin. There was no need to pick a fight now. He’d get his revenge and ruin the Carpi’s name and influence in the city before the night ended.With that, he brushed past Victor and just then, a voice echoed loudly on the speaker, “Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for all accepting my invitation. Tonight is going to be a memorable one as we will be announcing our company’s most recent developments. Enjoy the drinks and wine, and have a good time.” Peter announced over the radio.Liam saw his opportunity and figured there was no point waiting for the night to end, he quickly stepped towards the stage and headed straight to Peter with a purposeful face.Peter stared at him in confusion but did not react. The crowd stared expectantly, wondering what was going on and why Liam was there.“Please I’d like everyone to give a round of applause to our host t
THE VENGEFUL HEIR Collateral Damage
The crowd frowned, but before they could say anything else, Liam continued coldly, “The Carpi family has taken a $5 million loan from the Salerno family to kickstart the opening of a new company. A company where they intend to ask for your investments by offering opportunities to own shares, but it’s all going to be a scam.If you don’t listen and go ahead to invest in this company, what will happen is that you all will lose millions of dollars of your investments as the Carpi family is planning to flee the city with all your money.”A shockwave went through the crowd as they heard this, and for a moment, the entire place became quiet. Victor’s face tinged with worry, afraid the people were beginning to buy into Liam’s allegations. He scoffed nervously and turned around, quickly addressing them,“Don’t tell me you all believe this loser.” “He’s been trying to defame me and my family for a long time now. I want you all to know that this is all part of his attempts to ruin my family’s
THE VENGEFUL HEIR The Confrontation
Without wasting any time, Liam swiped on his phone, and pictures of Peter Carpi at secret deals with Manu Salerno were revealed, together with their recent conversation about the $5 million loan.This sent a shockwave through the crowd. Everyone turned their gaze toward Victor with a deep frown settled on their faces. Victor was shaking with fear, slowly retracing his steps away from the crowd. His face flushed with disgrace, but he tried to hide it and started sneering, “It’s a lie! It’s all a lie!”.“Can’t you all see what he’s trying to do here? My family is reputable and this man has been trying to ruin our reputation for a long time. Who knows where he dug up this fabricated lie!” Victor yelled desperately, shifting his gaze across the room.He thought he’d be able to gain support from the crowd, but this time, no one believed him. They all watched him sternly, and at that point, he could see that his denial was not getting to anyone.Feeling defeated, his face turned red with
THE VENGEFUL HEIR Legal Binding
After Victor’s humiliation at the Gala and her encounter with Peter Nelson and Liam, Mia became increasingly restless about Liam’s involvement in all of this.The media had already picked up the news and the topic of Victor’s humiliation was circulating like wildfire across town. Mia walked down the staircase that morning and could already see Yona and Carl with Lord David. Immediately she could tell something was going on and curiously, she strode towards them. When Yona spotted her, her demeanor quickly changed, “Are you happy Mia?” She started angrily.“Thanks to your terrible choice, our family is under heat now.”Mia’s eyes narrowed in confusion. The day had barely begun and already her sister was blasting her with derogatory accusations.“What’s going on?” Mia asked softly, maintaining her calm as she entered the room. Yona rolled her eyes in disbelief and continued, “You haven’t seen the news?” Mia shot her a blank look, and Yona’s irritation grew: "We are under fire for ou
THE VENGEFUL HEIR Prenuptial Precautions
Lord David remained quiet for a while, contemplating what Carl had said. He was not sure what to do, Liam had raised his suspicions more and more, and even though he was Shawn’s grandson, Lord David could not help but feel a trace of doubt about him now.“I know you want to believe Liam isn’t a problem, we all do, but this is mostly to protect Mia.”When Carl said Mia’s name, Lord David’s brows arched with intrigue, but before he could say anything, Carl quickly added, “When they do separate, he’s going to want to take her down with him. Having seen how he’s been lately, I have a feeling he’ll drag her to many court cases, stir up rumors and whatever he can say to get attention and that whole process is going to eat Mia up mentally.”“We’ve already seen how fast rumors can spread with this Victor thing, let’s not give the media something more to talk about by creating a public divorce drama. For Mia.” Carl said, faking an air of concern. Despite their look of concern, Carl and Yona h
THE VENGEFUL HEIR Mia's Fall
Liam’s response took the family by surprise. Mia’s gaze shifted quickly towards him, confused by his willing participation. She’d expected he’d put up a little fight, but upon seeing how willing he was to go along with this, she felt disappointed and worried. Did he not want to be with her? Was he rejecting her?She had never been in a position where she was rejected by a man, and Liam had just casually turned down an opportunity to be entitled to millions of dollars by refusing her. Yona on the other hand was beyond thrilled. Without any thought, she grabbed the documents from Carl and handed them to Liam,“Just sign your initials here, and here.” Liam clicked the pen, shifted his gaze one more time towards Mia, then drew a deep breath and signed his name across the document. However, before he handed it over to Lord David, he stopped, staring at him intently,“You all think I’m the problem, but I promise you I’m not the one you should be worrying about.” He started.“What are you
THE VENGEFUL HEIR The Private Investigator
“It’s true?!” Yona exclaimed in shock and suddenly started laughing. “Well, well, would you look at that? After spending much time rejecting him and not wanting this marriage, you finally fall when it’s too late to do anything about it. Amusing!” Yona chided.Mia creased her brows in annoyance. She wanted to say something and deny Yona’s claims, but she could not find the words. Yona was right. She could not tell exactly when or how, but she’d fallen for Liam, and now it wasn’t that easy to let go of him.“Come on Sis, you can do better. Don’t let that pathetic loser ruin our victory here today.” She paused, matching Mia’s confused gaze with an excited look,“Liam is gone!” Yona exclaimed, “We won’t have to ever deal with that loser again. With those documents he signed, we are not just rid of him, but free too, knowing he won’t try to use this separation to steal from us.”Mia remained frozen in place for a little while, and then shook her head and walked out. Yona and Carl were mo
THE VENGEFUL HEIR The Coincidental Meeting
“Who would that be and do you have any relationship to this person, any information that could help me in my investigation?” Marcus asked.Lord David remained quiet, giving it one more thought. Finally, he threw caution to the wind and said, “His name is Liam Maron, and he’s my son-in-law.” Lord David announced.Marcus remained quiet for a moment as if the name had struck a familiar chord, “I’ll let you know what I find.” He said and ended the call. Meanwhile, shortly after Mia returned to her room, her phone chimed with a notification. She retrieved the phone and as soon as she glanced at the screen, her hand weakend immediately.As she stared at the screen, she could see a large number of different accounts all tied to her family’s business. Accounts that she was not aware of.Slowly, she picked up the phone and started scrolling through the messages again. Suddenly she paused when she noticed a familiar name, and as she zoomed into it, her eyes flashed with horror. It was exactly
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The Nelson Invitation
“Umm, I was just…”“Snooping around?” Laura interjected, narrowing her eyes suspiciously.“No,” Mia quickly replied, “I-I was just…” she paused, desperately trying to find an excuse, anything to say and get herself out of this difficult spot right now. Laura walked closer to her, her eyes glued to Mia’s perplexed face, and then stopped in front of her.“I could tell something was off downstairs,” she started, making Mia more confused, and then walked around her, observing her closely. “At first, I thought you were feeling threatened because I guess Liam never mentioned me, and maybe you thought something was going on between us, but then I saw that wasn’t it.”“You were not quite as threatened by me as you were more curious about something.”“So, I asked myself, what could Mia Stevens probably be trying to find? So when I saw you through the hallway monitors sneaking into Liam’s room, I figured it had something to do with him.”Mia stood wordlessly, staring at Laura with a stern gaz
Caught Snooping
“When Liam found me at the mansion, he saved me, and since then I’d taken over Manu’s enterprise and worked with Liam to clean up the damages and hurt my father brought to this city.” Laura shared, and then paused, staring directly at Mia’s face, “So, if you’re still wondering whether I can keep your family safe. You can be rest assured, I command the entire Salerno family power now and I’m personally motivated to bring Peter Nelson to his doom.”Upon hearing this, Mia remained silent for a while, not sure what to say. The more she heard about Liam, the more she was convinced there was more to him. “But if you’re Manu’s daughter, then how come we never heard about you?” Yona interjected, staring at Laura with suspicion. “That’s enough questions Yona.” Lord David interjected, silencing her.He walked towards Laura with slow measured steps and stopped in front of her, staring at her intently, “What do you need Ms Belucci?”Laura smiled and clapped her hands, “Alright, I’m going to nee
Laura's Reveal
When Liam clicked on the screen, there was nothing. No trace of any implicating information or anything that spoke of his illegal dealings or involvement in crime. Liam could not believe it - a blank script. Right at that moment, his phone rang, breaking him out of his trance. Glancing at the screen, Liam saw it was Jack and answered, “I’m at the facility sir, where would I meet you?”Liam did not answer immediately. Instead, he heaved a deep sigh and said, “Don’t bother.”“Huh?” Jack asked, confused.“I’ve found the neural link, Jack. There’s records of everyone in this city and everything they’ve ever been involved with.” He said.Jack waited patiently, anxious to hear what else the man had to say, “There’s nothing here about Peter. It’s like he has a perfectly clean record.”“What? How can that be? We all know everything that bastard’s done. How can his record be clean?”“I don’t know,” Liam answered dejectedly, stared across the records once more, and sighed heavily. “I’m comin
The Neural link
Shortly after Liam ended the call, he texted Luara the address of the Stevens family with directions on what to do when she got there. Right now, he was more focused on finding the network facility. With everything happening, Liam felt more relieved. Peter would be distracted by all of this, he doubted the man would have the time to plan an ambush.After a short drive, he finally arrived at the location.From the gate, one could not see into the facility or even know if it’s existence. The building looked like a regular office building that had been abandoned with no visible guards or security details anywhere. Confused, Liam drove his car into the facility and again picked up his phone to call Jack.Jack’s phone rang for a few moments and then he answered, “Sorry for keeping you waiting Young Master. I’ve just finished talking to Laura about what to do about the Stevens case and will be there shortly.”“Alright, but that’s not why I called Jack,” Liam replied and stared straight ah
Laura Visit The Stevens
“Well, well, well. What do you know?” Mia taunted with a malicious look on her face.“Looks like I was right all along. What are you going to say this time, Victor? Your secrets are out and just like I suspected, you leaked the offshore accounts. I mean it has to be with all these records of you involved in illegal dealings, fraud, and whatnot.” Mia said with a smug grin.Meanwhile, Melissa remained frozen. She could not believe that she had been instrumental in this whole mess. The only other person she had trusted with this secret was Victor, and judging from the looks of things now, she could tell that he had leaked the reports.She lunged at him furiously, but before she could get to him, Yona stepped in front of her, holding her back,“You bastard!” Melissa sneered.“Why would you do this to us?”“Isn’t it obvious Mom?” Mia scoffed.“He’s just trying to implicate Liam, and then win your trust so you all would choose him to join the family.”By now everyone was already acquainted
Victor Exposed
Meanwhile, Liam has finally had enough of Victor’s attempts to smear his image and ruin his relationship with Mia. He could tell from the onset that this was about sabotaging his chances with Mia, but since the man did not want to play fair anymore, he was going to deal him with the same cards.Retrieving his phone, he quickly called Jack. As soon as the call went through, Jack immediately answered,“I’m already on my way to you sir,” he said, thinking Liam was calling to know his location, but Liam quickly interjected, “That’s not the reason I’m calling Jack. Have you seen the news?”“The news?” Jack’s voice was laced with confusion.“Yes, it seems I underestimated Victor Carpi’s relentlessness. He’s released the Nelson offshore account and implicated the Steven’s family, but the sneaky bastard is making allegations that I’m the one that released those records.”“What do you need me to do?” Jack replied in a malicious tone.“I need you to release every information you gathered on Vi
Mia and Victor
Just as Liam anticipated, Victor had leaked Melissa’s offshore account and framed him for it. The scandal had taken the media by uproar, causing the Steven’s family to suffer more public discontent and humiliation. In no time, the news made it to every major channel and once again, the Stevens family was taking the heat.No one knew how this happened, or who leaked it. Even after realizing what Melissa had done, Lord David and the rest of the Steven family were too preoccupied with managing the damage it was quickly causing to their reputation to blame Melissa.At this time, Victor quickly showed up at the mansion, moving with urgency and fake concern.“I came as quickly as I saw it,” he said urgently rushing towards Melissa,“How did this happen? Do you have any idea who could have done this?” Melissa was a mess at this time, her face a mix of anger and fear. She knew by now Peter would have found out about the account leak and would not be happy. They were already in a fix with t
In a Scandal Again
“What key?” Liam asked, his frustration rising. The man stepped forward. “You don’t remember but your father left you the key before he died, but when you were about to head off to school abroad, your grandfather decided it was safer if he kept it close to him. Even though it turned out not to be so safe,” he paused, staring at Liam pitifully,“Your grandfather did not want to tell you, but after you left the country, your home was attacked and the only thing they took was the key. We combed the city looking for it, but never found it.”“Peter’s plans would not work if he doesn’t have the key, but even if he somehow manages to get his hands on it, he’ll need to bypass the security measures encrypted in the neural facility before he can even get a chance to use the key.”Liam listened attentively, appalled by the new information he was receiving.“How do you know so much about this neural facility and how come I’ve never heard of it?” He questioned curiously. At that point, the men e
The Key
“I-I was just…” Mia stuttered, and mentally scolded herself for not thinking of an excuse much faster.Liam shifted his gaze around the vast empty warehouse and his eyes narrowed in suspicion, “Did you follow me?” He asked angrily.However, Mia stood her ground and stepped forward, “I didn’t have much of a choice Liam.”“What do you mean you didn’t have a choice? I thought you trusted me. I told you I’ll handle this and you didn’t need to get involved.” Liam retorted.“So what? I was just supposed to sit back and do nothing?” “No, you were supposed to trust me.” Liam said angrily. He stopped and pinched the bridge of his nose, trying not to lose his temper. “Trust you,” Mia scoffed, staring directly at him. “I did trust you Liam, I finally did. But it seems all this time you were just using my family as pawns for whatever twisted game you were just talking about in there.”“Is that what this is to you? This thing with Peter? Just some power struggle? And who were those people anywhe
