Jimmy was more than happy that his father adhered to his talk in the conference room, but it came with other responsibilities. Robinson started taking time off work, saying Jimmy has to be more acquainted with the position if the chairman and should start playing out his role since he would be resigning soon. Jimmy didn't know complain, it was expected but he didn't think it would be anytime soon. At least he would have time to rest, it was due for him either way, the responsibilities were much but there was no one to do it except him. He had Tessa giving him support too, Edward was not much of a support, his wife Samantha put in more effort than he did, he still saw himself as the baby of the house, even after a series of talking to him, but he wouldn't change, the only good thing about him was that he made an effort no matter how little and he had a nice heart.The twin's fourth birthday was approaching, it was like yesterday when they were brought in from the hospital, Jimmy and T
The death of Jimmy and Tessa created a void in the hearts of everyone, no one remained the same after the devastating news, it was concluded that it was an accident, the police could not come up with anything as they could not track the trucks that collided with the car, it could not be taken as a murder case, but Robinson knew deep down that it was the handwork of Pius and Elizabeth they finally succeeded in breaking him down by taking the life of his son and his daughter in law, Tessa's parents had no way to express their grief, they only had one child and her soul had been wiped off the face of the earth, they could not begin to imagine what could have caused any person to hold a grudge against Tessa, she was a sweet innocent soul and never harmed anyone, she barely had any enemies in her lifetime, they were just beside themselves with grief.Just about when they all thought the worst had happened, more catastrophe still waited in line to befall, as the time neared for the couple t
It came as a shock when one day out of the blue, Robinson came home elated, Tyler had never seen his grandfather in such a mood, he had the place he was staying and had since moved, but comes back sometimes to check on the old man, obviously he was still in good and healthy condition, stronger than most people would envisage, the mood he was in got Tyler thinking what could have happened but he didn't reveal anything to him, it was probably one of the mysteries he would never understand about his grandfather.One day, he appeared at the office with a young man looking disheveled and hungry, it felt like a beggar was in their midst until, Robinson announced that the disheveled-looking man was his grandson and his successor, the news hit Tyler like a thunderbolt, he could not hide his displeasure and tried to talk to his grandfather about it, but wasn't even given a listening ear, he felt mocked and humiliated, everybody at the consortium had congratulated him weeks before about being R
“What do you think vladimir will say when he finds out about this, will he just accept that I want to marry you out of the blue?”. Jake was finding a way out of this mess, he can't just marry Alice, he'd rather choose Charlotte Hargreaves many times over, at least he can stay in the same room with the latter without feeling too uncomfortable and they were already friends.“Listen here, you can do your worst with those pictures, I'm not buying it, I have enough money to come out of it”.“Who knew you were just a self-centered man, don't forget that if you escape from this, you won't escape unscathed, think of the many troubles you'll cause for Sarah and Max, they would be the most affected by it ''.Jake thought about it, and it was true, there was no other way but to heed what she wanted, “if I answer to you now, what guarantee do I have that whoever you are working for will not come and ask for a bigger thing?”“That will be between you and him, as long as I have you to myself, I don
“Sure, you can go ahead with it, I think that's a great idea, you have my total support”. He said touching her hair like a little child, she moved away from him shaking her hair.“You better get whatever it is out of the way on time, and I also don't understand what's going on with you and Sarah, one minute you both are like best friends, the other minute you both are like mortal enemies, so hard trying to figure you guys out”.Jake chuckled,” Don't worry about that, I'll make it up to her as soon as I can”. And with that they were back to a normal atmosphere, no longer tense. Everybody went about their normal day afterward, Jake did not hear or see Sarah throughout the day and he thought of calling her to know how she was, but then he stopped himself from doing so, he didn't want to be seen as a guy who disturbs her unnecessarily, he decided that he would find out time to go see her and explain things to get, it was the both of them that got captured in the picture, so he has to expl
Jake did not see any of this coming, but after a thought, he realized that he did see it coming, but not in this way, not from Alice Vladmir of all people, it was a shock to him because he could not fanthom how she was connected to the whole McPherson family drama, he always believed that whatever was going on was within the circle of the family, the person pulling the ropes probably has something on her and is trying to make her do things against her will, since her father has no involvement with it. Her mind was made up and she wasn't going to reveal anything that's for sure. He already accepted her proposal and there was no going back from it. He stood up and told her she was leaving but she would have none of it insisting that he should spend the night, but he refused.“I told you before, the fact that I am bending to your will does not make me your puppet, you can't use me the way you please, I agreed to the marriage and that's enough, don't push me, Alice”.“You are so feisty, b
It was stge screaming and shouting from the second living room that woke both Max and Jake up the next day, they recognized the voice to be that of Cassandra, but could not fathom why someone would be screaming so loudly in the morning when some of them were just enjoying the spirit of sleep. They rushed out hoping it was nothing too serious and she was not in danger, the maids and servants were not left out, everyone had gathered to know what was really happening. When they saw that she was standing fine in front of the television, the servants dispersed without saying a word leaving Jake and Max to figure out what was going on.“Cassie please tell me you are screaming for a good reason, because I'm getting pissed at your unnecessary noise”. Jake spoke up.She didn't reply but only pointed at the TV screen, the both looked at it and it was a video of Alice and Jake kissing at Vladimir's mansion, with the headline, “TRILLONAIRE CHAIRMAN ENGAGED TO BILLIONAIRES DAUGHTER”.Jake was surp
Jake felt the same as the other three, only they didn't know it, and they all want to carry out a plan without notifying Jake, having a deep thought about it Jake realized that he has not been playing along with Alice and it would lead him nowhere, it was like walking into a lion's den unprepared, whoever was in control of her would have a bigger demand and he would not want to give in to that person easily, Elizabeth was nowhere to be found and it was not easy to reach her, maybe who ever was pulling the strings have her too.As the days went by, Max Cassandra and Sarah pretended that all is well around Jake, he only suspected that they were not happy with his decision, unknowing to him they had plans of their own that is why they didn't bother with him anymore.Everywhere Jake went he was always seen with Alice, she never misses an opponent to be in the limelight of things, Jake started his plans by warming up to her, he became less tense around her to ease whatever suspicions she