2023-04-24 02:00:20Victor’s face looks so blank for a moment. And then he begins to remember some sequences of events before he enters Emma’s pharmacy store, until he recalls everything that he has experienced since he met Pablo. But that’s all he can remember.
But at least, he knows that he is now in Canada, and that this is already early in 2025. But still, he feels so confused why they are in Canada. He wants to ask Emma, but then one female doctor enters the room and greets Victor with a soothing smile.
“Oh, thank goodness you're awake. How do you feel, Mr. Agramonte?”
“Agramonte?” mumbles Victor with a confused face.
“Oh, please! Just call him Eusebio,” Emma interrupts.
Victor immediately averts his attention to Emma. He becomes even more confused as to why Emma would identify him as Eusebio.
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Emma notices the impression of disappointment from her sister, as if she isn’t too happy to find out her brother-in-law is just a pizza delivery man. “No, Eusebio! That story has long gone,” she interrupts. “I’ve already learned six months ago that you made a contract with Counterbrand when we were still in college.” “Eh, how did you know?” asks Victor with a bit of a confused face. Emma just ignores Victor’s confusion. She turns her face toward her sister, and shows a bit of her smug face. “Listen, chubby cheeks! My husband is a CEO of a big company in Indiana. Go check it yourself on the internet. They even have their own delivery application which has been so popular in Indiana recently. You will freak out to find how big the company is.” Victor is just silent to hear that story. And Ellie is now really checking it out on the internet via her smartphone. And immediately, her face looks so awed as she finds out how big Counterbrand’s main office building is. “Well, Eusebio! Wel
The Heir of the Family 333 - Show Some Gratitude
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The Heir of the Family 334 - A Man's Pride
Olivia tries to reason with her husband to defend Victor. “He has gone missing for more than a month. I don’t think the company where he worked is still going to accept him after this. They could have already had a replacement for his position in the company.”“Well, he can simply tell them his story,” argues Henry. “If he was really a CEO of a big company, he should have something in him that he can use to persuade them. That’s only if he was really a CEO.”“Too bad, he only started working for them last June,” Emma interrupts. “I don’t think that’s going to be…”“Still have the dignity to talk to me?” Henry interrupts Emma with sarcasm. “After all the things you said to us before leaving this house? After having no shame asking your mom to use my money to buy him some clothes? And you still have the nerve to argue with me now?”It’s effective to make Emma choke a bit. She can no longer put any words to argue with her dad after that one. She knows that his dad is bringing up the stor
The Heir of the Family 335 - You Know How I Love You
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The Heir of the Family 336 - Stop Avoiding Me
Emma just pulls her blanket and covers her head. “Just leave already, like how you’d always been!”And it’s not like Henry is expecting any answer from Emma. Because he only conveys that question while turning away from her.“I’m going to take the car with me,” he says.“Whatever!” replies Emma.Henry puts back the coffee cup on the table, and then leaves without saying anything to Victor.Unbeknownst to Henry, Victor has witnessed how much he really cares about his daughter. And as a man, Victor understands why Henry deliberately hides it from Emma.Because of this too, he reconsiders his options to accept Emma’s choice to stay there for a bit longer. He thinks that maybe Henry is not that bad at all as a man, even if he can’t force Henry to accept him either.And indeed, Henry deliberately stays outside longer than usual. Previously, he would be already at home on Friday late afternoon. But now, he stays in the official residence provided for him even on the weekend.And that's when
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The Heir of the Family 338 - Misunderstanding
Vincenzo immediately raises both of his hands even before Victor manages to say something to cast him off.“Man, this is just a misunderstanding. I’ll leave now. But you better reconsider again after this, cause I’ll be sure to come back again. I was hired by your father to protect you,” explains.“Yeah, right! I don’t have a father!” Victor denies. “I was raised in an orphanage.”“Right! It was the Children of the Sun Orphanage. I know about it. See you later.”Vincenzo just takes his leave as he puts back his beanie hat.The thing that Vincenzo said manages to make Victor reconsider it again. Even though Victor still doesn’t remember about Vincenzo, he can’t just ignore the fact Vincenzo knows about his past.Until Emma asks him something and shakes his attention. “Did something happen between the two of you?”“What?” asks Victor with a confused face.“I thought he was your friend.”“You know him?”“Not really. But I’ve seen the two of you together before while I was still in Indian
The Heir of the Family 339 - I'm Coming With You
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354 - When Being Innocent Is Not Enough
He hits Victor again, while he is still pinned down on the ground. That hit only looks like a joking tap, as if he is agitating Victor to release his rage. And indeed, it’s effective to make Victor even more infuriated and mad. But then, just as Victor raises his left hand intending to continue his assault, someone just shoots him with a gun. Fortunately, it only hit his left shoulder from behind. But because of this shot, he is no longer in a mount position pinning Johann down. Weirdly, that shot only makes Johann infuriated. He gets up, and shows how annoyed he is with the one man who just shot Victor. “Yoou!!!” He grumbles with a low voice, before shouting out his anger. “You’ve screwed everything! That’s his moment, how dare you screw it!!!” Still within his madness, Johann recklessly rushes toward that man who is still holding his gun. And then… “Bang! Bang!!” Two shots in the chest put Johann down. That man approaches Victor who is now trying to get back up by holding his
353 - Release That Beast!
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