Chapter 155Once inside, Philip was taken aback, he opened his mouth in shock. His arms crossed, glancing around and taking in the luxurious atmosphere. As he was looking at the whole place, Michael, who had already taken his seat, called out to him, gesturing at a space beside him, “ Come and sit down here, Philip.”Philip appreciated with a nod and hurried, sitting where Michael had pointed. He leaned closer to Michael and asked, “Is this a heaven?” “Heaven? What do you mean?” Michael tried to chuckle but he didn't. “Philip, stop daydreaming. This is an ordinary house on earth.” He added.“Ordinary? No.” Philip shook his head, disagreeing. “This is a heaven on earth for Christ's sake.” Michael, not wanting to further the argument, admitted, waving his hand dismissively, “Whatever you address it as.” He then looked up and saw a maid, carrying out the house chores.“Hey, where's my uncle?” He asked.“He's taking his rest, sir.” She replied, politely.“Please, tell him that I'm her
Chapter 156 “Please, go in. Young Master is inside to see you.” The bodyguard said to Philip, gesturing his hand to the door, and after that, he left, leaving Philip there in astonishment. He stood there still trying to process everything. It was just like he was daydreaming as he stared around the whole place that looked more luxurious than the first. Philip took a deep breath, shaking his head in amazement and after a while. Then he shook off fear, reached out to the door, twisted it open, and entered inside. Meanwhile, in Stephen Manor, Joseph walked downstairs and joined his family who were all in the living room except for Grandma Isabella, watching an Indian movie. His presence in the living room drew attention as everyone turned to look who it was and then concentrated back on the movie. After getting downstairs, Joseph settled on a sofa close to Rose silently. There was silence as they watched the movie but Joseph then broke it, saying, “Dad, we were both right
Chapter 157 Minutes later, Michael finished taking his bath and headed to the dining hall that was decorated with food. He wasn't dressed nicely as usual but this time, he was wearing something acceptable. He sat down and waited for Philip to come down so that they could eat together. While he waited, he brought out his iPhone 16 that he had been keeping in the house and went to his inbox for any message from Franklin, and yes, there was one. “Sir, the $50,000,0000 offering has been brought down.’ Franklin had sent but since Michael had had a busy day, he didn't have a chance to go through his phone. He also saw another message from Franklin too, ‘Everything is already in place now. Just two days from now.’ Michael smiled and chose to ignore it without replying. He then brought out his old creaked phone and saw a lot of missed calls from Lucy. He frowned and muttered, “What does she want from me?” A hint of annoyance and suspicion flashed through his eyes. He dropped it do
Chapter 158 “Not to talk about times when I won't even see any to eat.” He paused and smiled but his tone betrayed his anguish. “I also lost my wife to a fellow who claimed to be rich then.” “What?” Philip was taken aback. He had wanted to ask Michael about his wife but it had skipped his mind due to the luxurious and unexpected things that he saw. “She divorced you for a rich guy?” Philip asked but didn't forget that he was on the wheel. Michael chuckled bitterly, nodding his head, “Yes, she did…” “And no child?” Philip interjected curiously. Michael reluctantly nodded, “We never for once got intimate and you're talking about a child?” Philip shook his head, feeling pain washed over him, “She's so heartless after every crazy thing I heard you did just to be with her. She has no human sympathy at all.” “Everything is all fine with me now,” Michael said, feeling less pained. He then added with a slight pride, “Besides, I'm doing a lot better than the whole family, in
Chapter 159 Morgan turned and glared at the person who had made such sarcastic remarks to him, “Just shut up! Who says I'm poor? Just get your cheap things and get out of here.” “Who do you think you're to shout at me that way?” The person shot back angrily. “Resentful paltry.” The person added, squeezing her face in a frown, and shifted from Morgan, focusing her gaze on the men who had just arrived with the Ranger Rover. Morgan clenched his fist and twisted his face in anger as he moved to hit the lady but he held himself back. “You're just lucky. Fool.” He then composed himself. Meanwhile, as Philip and Michael walked towards the door, Philip whispered to Michael, judging by the sight of the store, “Michael, things will be extremely expensive here.” Michael nodded but said indifferently, “You're right but it's nothing compared to my budget. Trust me.” Philip let out a faint smile and just a minute later, they entered the store. Before another saleslady could approach these
Chapter 160“Philip.” He accepted her handshake with a smile without hesitation.Jennifer didn't let go of his hand, “That's a nice name.” She paused and added shyly, “You look handsome.” Philip smiled and said inside of him, “Me that was looked down on, cab driver before Michael changed my life a few hours ago.” He smiled inwardly to himself before thanking her. “Thank you. You look more than beautiful.” Philip reciprocated in his normal kidding tone before pulling his hand slowly from Jennifer's warm hand.Jennifer blushed at the compliment, “Thank you. Do you live around?” She asked, slowly getting attracted to Philip. Philip, seizing the opportunity, decided to lie, “Yes, I just came back from the United States from a business trip and to have some rest here, you know. Working can be so tiring at times and one also needs some break.” He nodded and replied.“United States?” Jennifer felt her heart pondered inside of her. “You're right. Sometimes, taking a break from work is best
Chapter 161Michael looked at him and chuckled before turning to the saleslady and cashier who wanted to frown, “Since he's taking that, you know what to do, right?” He asked and then said, “Remove some cut from what I sent to you and settle it.” They nodded, and the saleslady nodded and had the trousers that Philip had taken fixed inside of the other and handed them to Philip. “Thank you so much, sir. We would love to have you around next time.” She said, smiling.Michael nodded with a smile and took the bag from Philip because of Morgan who was still looking at them. Philip was puzzled by his action but remained silent. They both took off their heels to leave and as they headed outside, Michael gave Morgan a piercing glance and mumbled with anger inside of him, “I'll make sure no company employs you, so you'll learn some manners.” With that, Philip and he got outside, and seeing that all the ladies were no longer there, Philip heaved a relief breath, saying, “Thank God, they are
Chapter 162Meanwhile, on the road, going back home, Fred and Michael were engaged in friendly talks with a piece of low-toned music playing inside the car. “Why did you do what you did inside the store? Taking the trousers that way was the weirdest character you have ever developed.” Michael smiled.“That? That's just the smallest of what I do.” Philip laughed. “Besides, they didn't work for it. Free $500 in this current situation of the country? Ahh, it's too much when people are dying in the hospitals, going to beds with hungry stomachs due to no money and I expected me not to act like that? Oh, come on.” Philip playfully said,Michael was silent for minutes, finding reasonable points in what Philip was saying. Indeed, records show that over 300 hundred thousand people died daily as a result of lack of money. Philip continued, causing Michael to think deeper, “I'm not saying you did anything bad by gifting them $500 each but all I'm saying is if there are people who need this kin