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
Tyler with the aid of a button on the chair wheeled himself to welcome Jake into his home, Jake knew he had been there before, it was just once so he could barely remember, and Tyler had since stopped coming to the office and no one has heard from since Max and jakey cme to see him the last time, he was more than surprised that it was Tyler behind it the whole time, he really wanted to know what was going on.“Surprised to see me?”. Tyler asked him as they went into the house together, “don't be too confused cousin, soon you will get answers to all your unanswered questions”. The stopped at his living room and Jake couldn't hold himself anymore.“What is going on Tyler? out with it, fro what I can remember you were the victim of the gunshot that happened when I came into the consortium, so how is it that you are the brains behind all of these operations, did you hire someone to shoot your leg?, How did you do it, endangering yourself because you wanted to prove something”. Jake asked
Tyler was enjoying the rage seething out of Jake, “calm down tiger, no need to show your anger now, although I'm enjoying it, you see, the thing is, he would never have given me anything he was always so obsessed with your father Jimmy that he barely paid any attention to Edward who was his other real son. I waited patiently, I allowed him to find you and with the help of the people you know where involvement I started carrying out my plans against you, but you just seemed impenetrable, I swore to myself that I wouldn't make the same mistake that my father made, I had to eliminate the long standing threat,I went after Robinson himself, he let his guard down as he was all about protecting you and making you chairman quickly, that was when I came up with the plan to get myself shot. After I saw you I knew you were not a man to go down that easily, you may not have grown up living a wealthy life, but I sensed the smartness in you, you suspected me immediately Robinson died but when you s