"Don't come any closer." Luke frowned as he stared at Max.He was going to accept defeat this time, there was no way he was going to buy such an expensive necklace. Even if he could, he wouldn't buy it."So are you going to buy it or not?" Max smirked, ignoring Luke's words and walking closer to him."Fine, you won." Like said through gritted teeth as he stared at Max.He couldn't believe he had lost to such a pauper. Well, even though he was unwilling in his heart, there was no way he was going to show it."I won, what?" Max frowned, looking confused."You won, I don't have that amount of money on me." Luke gritted his teeth as he glared at Max.He knew the latter was faking ignorance, but he had to endure it since he had lost the best anyway, he just had to endure what Max would say. Besides, he was hoping that he wouldn't bring up the conditions of the bet."I didn't hear." Max frowned as he stared at Luke with a grin."You..." Luke's blood boiled as he pointed at Max, not hiding t
The ride back home with Michelle was quite a boring one. Max, who had been expecting his wife to throw him a series of questions, was quite surprised that she didn't ask any questions about how he had gotten such a huge amount of money.Though he was quite shocked, he didn't show it and didn't say anything. Since she didn't ask, he wasn't going to say anything about it. Besides, even if she asked him, he wouldn't tell her the truth.She wouldn't be able to handle it if he told her the truth so even though he was going to lie, there would be some elements of truth in it. Besides, if he was going to lie all through, his wife was quite intelligent so she wouldn't want to believe him.Well, it wasn't a big deal anyway, there was no harm in telling her a bit out of it. At the very least, it would be convenient for him in the future."Max, what are you thinking about?" Michelle's voice came, bringing Max out of his thoughts."Nothing," Max replied quickly.Michelle smiled and nodded as she
"I didn't remember your daughter telling you to come over." Max furrowed his brows as he appeared to be deep in thought."Does she need to tell me to come over before I come?" Rachel frowned as she stared at Max feeling rather unhappy."Well the last time you came, you almost caused my wife to be violated so, I guess, there's no way you would come.""What do you think you're saying?" Rachel frowned, feeling rather flustered.Max pointing out what she did made her feel rather guilty, but she didn't want to admit it, not in front of someone like him."Besides, I know you didn't come to see your daughter, but rather to check if I was still alive," Max smirked as he stared intensely at Rachel.Rachel's mouth couldn't help but twitch. Max's words were right now. How the hell did he know that it was what she came to do? With the commotion he had caused at Edward's banquet, she was sure that the Edward family wouldn't let him off.But that didn't seem to be the case, Max was still alive and k
"Are you sure this is going to work?" Michael sighed softly as he looked at Albert."Master, we have no other choice at this point, if you don't want the family to go on the decline and be finished, we just have to do it." Albert sighed as he looked at the old master on the bed with a heavy heart.The situation in the company was slowly getting out of hand and there was no way he would be able to manage it. Once news got out that the Darkwood family was on the decline, only God knew the kinds of attacks they were going to face from their enemies."But do you think he would agree?" Micheal sighed feeling rather helpless."Master, we don't have another choice. We both know that you can't pass the inheritance to Maximus and only Max would be able to help with the predicament right now.""But..."Micheal sighed not knowing what else to say. He didn't want to invite his son back. All he wanted was for him to live a good life. He didn't want to burden his son with the liabilities of taking
"Aren't you going to go with me to see the head of Cisco?" Max frowned as he looked at his wife."No." Michelle shook her head as she turned to glare at Max."You still don't believe me?" Max pouted, feeling rather unhappy."Why would I believe, what if you were lying again?" Michelle frowned."But...""Don't disturb me while I'm driving, or do you want us to have an accident?" Michelle interrupted Max just as he was about to say something.Max couldn't help but swallow back what he wanted to say. This morning, it had taken a lot of effort to get Michelle to take the car he bought for her to work, so he was rather afraid that she'd suddenly stopped by the roadside and stopped a taxi.She had claimed that she was still angry with him and he had told her that she should come see the president of Cisco alongside him, but she refused."What should I do to make you believe me?" Max sighed looking at Michelle.He was rather helpless against his wife and there was nothing he could do about h
"Huh!"Max froze upon hearing Albert's statement. His mind was in turmoil as he didn't know how to feel.He had been in pain since yesterday when he saw his father on the hospital bed like a test subject and knew that his health was declining with each second, thus he was curious to know what had happened to him.Even though he had hidden his curiosity rather too well, Albert had still seen it. It seemed like there was nothing he could hide from that old man."And what does his condition have to do with mine?" Max frowned as she turned around. "I'm me, and he's himself, we don't have any relationship."Albert smiled slightly even though he didn't allow the smile to show, he knew that Max's question was just to hide his curiosity. He knew Max rather too well and knew he was fiaFilla.There was no way he wouldn't want to know what had happened to his father, the only thing was that he was unwilling to give up the grievance between the two of them. Besides, Max was rather too stubborn.
"Mum, how have you been?" Max smiled as he looked at his mum sitting up on the bed while he sat beside her.The woman didn't look skinny again and she had got visibly better. She had a smile on her face as she looked at Max."Your mum has been well," Ana smiled as she dotingly caressed Max's hair."I'll tell the doctor to discharge me, I'm better now, besides I still need to work." Ana continued."No mum, the doctors can't discharge you. You're not better, stay for a few days so you'll recover completely. Besides, you don't have to work anymore, I'm earning enough and can take good care of you." Max shook his head as he refused."Silly child." Ana smiled not knowing what to say.She knew her son well since he wanted her to rest more, then she was going to rest until she recovered completely.Suddenly Ana frowned as she looked at her son. Even though he didn't say it, she was sure that he was troubled by something even though she couldn't say what was wrong."Son, what's wrong?" Ana fr
Max's lips pressed into a thin line as he felt the warmth of his mother's palm on his. He had accepted what she said, but she could still smell the doubt in him.He was such a good kid and deserved better rather than staying under the feet of others.“Take care of yourself, Max, and don’t go back on your word. Make sure to accept the inheritance and become a better person than your dad” she said and Max felt like the entire weight was lifted off his shoulders.“Okay, mom. I have to go now. Take care of yourself and call me if you need anything” he smiled while caressing her palm.“I will. Don’t just spoil me too much” she giggled.“I don’t mind,” he teased before walking out.However, now that she was nursed to good health, he would worry less about how bad her condition was before. That aside, Max had somewhere important to be.He rushed out and boarded a taxi to four-seasons hotel. After getting to the VIP ward, he saw Amby was already there waiting for him.“I see you are as prompt