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The Billionaire Takeover Chapter 178
Christian looked at the profile intensely; he found the address, but unfortunately, it wasn't an address from here."This is from another country," he said to Daniel."Why don't we look up the address; surely there may be something about it."Christian agreed, and then he did just that. He typed in the address to be searched, and then a picture of a house shows up, a small house, and it looked to be situated in a very broken-down neighborhood.Christian showed it to Daniel who rolled his eyes, "don't tell me that she's trying to cook up a story that she came from a poor background."Christian shrugged, "the mother is dead, but there's no record of the father.""No record?" Daniel asked again."This fake profile shouldn't have this many holes in it; do you think it's fake?"Daniel doesn't say anything; what Christian assumed was the truth actually, it was surprising for a fake profile to have this many holes in it. Normally, everything was perfect, but having no record of the father an
The Billionaire Takeover Chapter 179
Kraig could not take his eyes off her. He stared at her so intensely, waiting for her to join him where he stood. As he watched her walk towards him, memories of the two of them tangled in bed, covered in each other's sweat, swept through him. He felt as if he were doused with warm water, provoking every illicit thought that had ever crossed his mind.However, as if he were invisible, as if they had not just done something that should alter the relationship between them, Tabitha just walked into a room, showing no form of acquaintance between them. Showing no regard and no respect for their relationship.Kraig's heart fell; he had not been paying attention to the room she walked into; his focus had been only on her. On her expression, her eyes, her clothes, on the way she walked and how her hips moved so sensually that every part of his body reacted to it.Kraig shook his head; the way she had shown no regard made him wonder if he had imagined her presence, that she was not actually t
The Billionaire Takeover Chapter 180
Kraig looked around the room. It never occurred to him that these women were acquainted with each other. He suddenly felt like an idiot. He had gone around the hospital searching for the woman he had seen. Though all evidence made it seem as if he had imagined her, he knew damn well that that image was too clear, too real to have been simply imagined, so he went in search.This ward, this place next to this woman was the last place he thought she would be. He had come here in search of Carolene to inform her that Jade was already out of the operation ward.He had had a talk with the doctor and was told that Jade wasn't in any danger. The bullet had gone through her shoulder. There weren't any notable injuries, nothing really malignant. He wanted to tell Carolene those things, but upon seeing Tabitha in there, he was surprised, taken aback, unable to understand what the relationship was.However, seeing as Tabitha just stood on a spot, with her fingers wrapped around her bag, looking p
The Billionaire Takeover Chapter 181
Christian had chosen to stay back, but Daniel didn't. Seeing that Tabitha was present and Jorah was starting to look around as if he were a bloodhound sniffing for something, Daniel came to the conclusion that he could not just sit back and watch all of this unfold. He was disgusted at the sight of that.And so, without second thoughts, he told Christian he was leaving, thinking that his friend would be on board.Christian shook his head. He had heard from the doctor that the bullet had only gone through her shoulder, and if it was any further, she would be dead. Although he wasn't the detective in charge of the case, he still needed to learn if she had any enemies that should be noted to prevent a second attack.Well, that was all words. His true aim was to just see her. He had shamefully been thinking about her.It all started from his curiosity regarding what she had been talking to Carolene about, but somehow, along the way, he started to notice how beautiful she was, how enchanti
The Billionaire Takeover Chapter 182
Kraig actually didn't sneak anywhere, especially to find Tabitha. Well, his intentions had been to find her, but then he stumbled into his grandfather's doctor.Apparently, the procedures to get his grandfather were sooner than they expected. And so his grandfather was waiting for him in his room, in pain and with guilt.The last part was what Kraig didn't know about. He was overcome with guilt, having no clue that his grandfather felt that way. He paced slowly around the door, unable to turn the knob, unable to bring himself to his grandfather's eyes, thinking that he was an irresponsible grandson who couldn't even help save his grandfather.No matter the money in the world, health was way more important.Although he knew that he wasn't at fault, that his grandfather's organs were just failing due to old age, he couldn't help but blame himself, thinking that he was the reason why he had to die. He could've just changed all the organs and made him better. But from the doctor's words,
The Billionaire Takeover Chapter 183
Jade looked between Carolene and Christian in confusion. She had no clue whatsoever what Carolene was talking about. She knew damn well that Carolene was probably filled with jealousy and rage, and that was why her mood had been sour.But showing the jealousy in the presence of Christian?Not in her wildest dreams did she think that Carolene would be so unruly, having no regard for the secret they were keeping. She would have expected that a woman like Carolene, a woman who was smart, quick-witted, and quite rational, wouldn't lose her composure in such a manner, but it seems she was not immune to the effects of love.Though Jade, internally, was blushing really hard, she loved the attention. She loved the effect she had on Carolene and wanted to explore more of her abilities over the woman. However, she knew doing such a thing at a time like this was playing with fire, and she wouldn't want to in any way invoke Carolene's wrath. She knew that Carolene was a ticking time bomb."Carole
The Billionaire Takeover Chapter 184
Kraig's mouth was left hanging as he looked at the tubes hooked to his grandfather's body. How frail the man was and how broken he actually was. There were patches on his skin, and although Kraig had no idea what they could mean, he, of course, guessed that it had to do with what the doctor had said to him. That they were the symptoms of the failure of the organs in his body.Kraig wanted to believe with everything he had that his grandfather had been joking.However, the old man proceeded to tell him the story:Years ago, when Logan, Kraig's father, was in college, there, he met a girl who was in the same major with him. He had been immediately smitten by her beauty and proceeded to talk to her.She had her reservations about him for reasons being that they were of different financial and social lives. Being the son of DeVille and the heir, Logan carried a number of friends. Many people wanted to be him, wanted to be like him, and wanted to associate with him.He was the talk from de
The Billionaire Takeover Chapter 185
Juan paced around his office. The cool air from the air conditioning couldn't help his situation. Though the sweat on his back was cool and the attempt to calm him down was appreciated, still, he wasn't happy. He really wasn't happy about anything. To be precise, he was agitated, worried, and unable to sit still.He kept walking around the office; he had sent his assistant away, canceled any meetings he had because he needed the time to himself. He needed to process what he had done and the repercussions for such actions.His heart had been in the right place, but he never thought for a second that such a thing was going to happen.The TV remote lay helplessly on the floor after being kicked away by its owner. It stayed there, moping, heartbroken, and unable to walk out.Juan's furniture received the brunt of his anger, his sadness, and his worry. He had strewn pillows everywhere. Papers littered the office; there were so many important files on the floor, and even his telephone was s
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Juan had definitely had enough of bickering with Jade. He didn't get the whole idea surrounding her relationship with Carolene; if she liked girls, then she did. What was the whole deal?He looked around the room for a while, tired of looking at the blonde, tired of seeing her face and hearing her voice. He had come here for the specific reason of trying to recall how his life used to be so uncomplicated with her. And well, he recalled because entering here, he realized that he was small and minuscule in her life and as a result, insignificant and uncomplicated.Juan waved his hand at her, "just forget everything and just come out if you will.""Are you going to keep it a secret?" Jade asked again."If I'm asked, I will tell, if I'm not, then surely won't go spreading shit about you to who doesn't even want to listen," he said. "I think your biggest issue should be getting yourself better and getting out of this hellhole." He looked around again as if he had reached a new height of di
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Daniel felt so frustrated; he didn't know what to say or even how to say whatever would come to his head. He wasn't in any way pleased with what he had just heard. And although he had no say in matters like this, his disgust was apparent.Kraig took in a deep breath, "I know you guys obviously hate that you're listening to this, and you feel that I am stupid." He sighed, "maybe I am stupid. I knew she is a criminal, but I still indulged; I still blurred the lines and just delved into this, and I'm coming to you with excuses such as these."Christian shook his head, "you've never been one to hang onto what has already happened. The whole thing has played out already, and instead of biting our fingers and wishing things were different, we would just be wasting our time.""So what do you propose we do?" Jraug inquired, seeing as one of them was not going to stay on the fact that he had been foolish."Well, I think you taking the initiative, regardless of your feelings for her, to inform
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Jade paced around the room. Trying to reason with someone as simple-minded as Juan was proved to be anything but simple. She wanted to explain to him that if he did not change his statement or even pretend to be on her side at this moment, he was risking his head.She didn't know the abilities of Carolene, but surely, silencing a man so small, a man so insignificant would not be such a hard thing to do.However, she couldn't. There was a front that she was putting up for the world; Carolene was appearing as a weakling, a stupid blonde who did nothing but get pregnant for the most important man in the business world.But she was more than that. What she was was actually complicated, something that Jade couldn't guess but rather had an idea for. She was more complex than any of those men or women that would say a thing or two about her.And even this man in front of her had no idea who Carolene was, and that was why his request did not drift from a threesome.What the heck was even wron
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Daniel took two steps forward. Though such a small number of steps should not possess the ability to completely obliterate the distance between them, but his strides were the guilty party.With just two steps, he now stood right beside Fabio as he peered into the evidence bag to scrutinize clearly the bullet kept within.Fabio was made cognizant of the imaginary distance between them. He felt Daniel's breath on his neck; he could smell the overpowering cologne, the aura of his being. Everything was too much for him; he had no choice but to take a step away from him.Daniel raised an eyebrow, "what is it?"Fabio rubbed his neck, trying to smoothen out the goosebumps that showed up on his skin, trying to rub away his presence away from him."If you want to look at it, here," he tossed it to him and then turned towards the funeral home where Wesley and his mother were still hiding.As Fabio approached, he saw that an older woman was placed on a stretcher and was being pushed towards the
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Tabitha's heart raced violently in her chest. The anger that suddenly arose within her obviously had no recipient. If it was any other day, she could probably rant to Carolene, but the woman in front of her, sitting with a wrinkle between her eyebrows and a tired expression mixed with her livid one, surely wasn't in the mood to hear her bullshit.She cleared her throat and tried to work her way around her emotions, to be careful not to let Carolene's rage come upon her and to not let hers find comfort in Carolene.Tabitha bit her bottom lip until she drew blood. It was the best way to keep her lips shut. Her anger was nowhere near what Carolene would do to her if she spoke out of turn."Juan?"Carolene nodded her head, her fingers twirled in her hair as an exasperated sigh left her mouth."I have more reasons to kill him now." Their eyes met, "you were the one who wanted to keep him alive, why?"Tabitha immediately pulled her eyes away, bringing them beneath, showing the authority Car
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Kraig took a step forward, the distance between him and Patricia only the space of two fingers. "I don't know why you are being like this," he said coldly and in utter disrespect. "I am the heir, I am the son of your nephew, and I apologize for the patriarchy, but I wasn't the one who made the rules.""And in addition, we have our own company we manage. Uncle had been quite understanding of how unfavorable the system is, and he gave us a company," Wesley said.Kraig raised an eyebrow in surprise, "so you have your own company, then what is your problem with me?""You own everything; you men took everything," she cried out. "I don't like this, I don't want this."Tabitha stood on the side, watching everything. She noted that surely it was because of the woman's age that was making her cranky and not just that; she might have some sort of disorder.When they first met, the woman had never really liked her, nor even tried to hide her disgust and hate. But as she thought, it could be beca
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Leah woke up in the small room she had been waking up in for over a week. She could recall how she had gotten out of prison, but no matter how many times she thought about it, it just didn't make sense to her.The woman arrived at the cell with the keys that would free her, and then the two of them just walked out. There were people there, officers everywhere like a pandemic, but she just waltzed through the crowd like it was nothing, like they were all beneath her.And from what Leah had seen with her eyes. They were really beneath her.She jumped off the bed and checked the time on the small black alarm clock resting on the nightstand. It was over three in the afternoon. She was lucky.She had been given her own space where she would just exist. She had no idea what her role here was, but she assumed that it had something to do with the baby in her womb because they were always giving her food for two people and as such, she had added a lot of weight.She was still tall and slim and
Chapter 191
Different exotic cars were parked in front of the simple funeral home. There were people coming from all directions with one aim in their hearts: to get to the funeral of Petrus DeVille. Although it was considered a tragic event, there were still reporters lined up across the place just so they could get an overview of what was going on in that small, cheap-looking funeral home.Kraig stood by the door as he welcomed people; some he recognized, but many were a mystery to him. He had a frown on his face, which should match the ceremony, but his frown had not generated from sadness but rather frustration.The last place he wanted to be caught in was standing by the door and addressing the people coming in and out. His grandfather did not deserve it.The noise reporters kept making and the noise from the funeral home joined together, giving Kraig a severe headache. He hated being there; he hated that he had to be the one welcoming people.His eyes went down to his black suit and ran his
Chapter 190
The room was hot, the sun that illuminated it was hot. Thw air-conditioning was doing nothing to help with the heat. Wynn wondered if itnwas a heat wave or she was just too overwhelmed by rage. She paced around the room, unabke to settle, unable to sit still and carefully align her thoughts abd how she was feeling. The only thing shebwas thinking about, the onky thing shebhad been thinking about, the only thing she coykd think about were the words that Juan had told her thw day he came over.She coukd akso recall how poorly Camille had spoken to her blaming her for everything tgat happened to Leah. Ever since Leah was arrested, they basucallt havent heard a word about her. The police refused them to have any interaction with her which agonized the family. They had a rught to see her but they were refused.Camille hsf been very angry, that got a lawyer but howverr, their hands had been tied. They knew what was happening with their daughter, whether she was alive or not.And that ange
