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The Heir Chapter 58
"How did you know?" She asked him."Know what?" Chase asked. He thought they had closed the conversation."How did you know Paul is at the verge of losing his job?" She had been genuinely curious about it since the words left his lips. She knew Chase wasn't connected to the top managers and if at all something like that was going to happen, the information would only be among the top staff members and not cleaners like Chase and herself."Oh, wild guess. I'm probably even wrong," he shrugged his shoulders again, playing it off."Hmm," she hummed, even though she knew deep down that from the way Paul reacted, it was no wild guess or coincidence. "But why then…." She started to say but the door to their office was thrown open, making the words die in her throat."Guys!" Alice came barreling into the office. She came to a stop in the middle of the office, in front of where Chase and Evelyn sat. She hunched over, both hands on her knees, trying to catch her breath from running so fast.Ch
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At this point, Chase didn't know whether to laugh or not. He hadn't expected the staff members to be smart enough to connect the dots. He didn't feel an ounce of regret for his actions, in fact, he was willing to do it over again if it would teach Sarah a lesson never to look down on or bully anyone.Unlike Chase who didn't know whether to laugh or not, Evelyn clutched her stomach and burst out laughing. She laughed so hard that her sides began to hurt and she was struggling to breathe."What's so funny?" Alice, who felt offended by being laughed at asked.When Evelyn could finally control her fit, she spoke up."Do you even listen to yourself? What do you mean it has to do with what she did to Theo and I?" She asked but quickly added. "You know what, don't answer that. I don't even know why I bother with you," she said amidst giggles."But I'm not….." Alice started to say but Theo casted her a glance, shutting her up."That's enough gossip for today," he cautioned and this time, they
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"What do I know about what?" Chase asked him with a small smirk playing on his lips."Do not play tricks with me, young man," Paul yelled, slamming his heavy hands down on his desk but Chase didn't bat an eyelash."Didn't that hurt your arm?" Chase asked, feigning concern."Wh….what…." Paul stuttered. How did Chase know his arms had been hurt?Getting bored of the game already, Chase decided to go straight to the point."If this is why you called me, making me leave my post, then I must say you lack work ethics. I'll have to excuse myself," Chase said confidently and stood up and Paul's face turned red in anger."Walk out on me and that will be the end of your services here. I'm your employer. Don't forget your place," he yelled.Chase chuckled a dark, humorless chuckle. He leaned forward and rested his palms on the desk so his face was inches away from Paul's.The blood dried from Paul's face at Chase's intimidating position and his eyes flickered to the telephone on his desk, trying
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"Excuse me," he said hurriedly and walked straight to the bathroom.Evelyn eyed him warily but shrugged her shoulders and continued sipping her coffee."Grandma," he breathed into the speaker. He hadn't heard from her since the day at the gala and a small part of him thought she had forgotten about him, which he would have believed if not for the money he received daily."How have you been, Kevin?" She asked in her smooth, regal voice.The name still sounded foreign to him but he replied anyway."I'm doing well," he said curtly."Hmm," she hummed and relaxed in the recliner chair in her grand office. "Has Secretary Kim been discharging his duties rightly?" He nodded, then remembered she couldn't see him and quickly used his words. "Yes, he has.""Very well. I haven't kept in touch because I didn't want to overwhelm you and I wanted to give you the space you needed," she started. "And I hope you've had enough of that and you're ready for your trip tomorrow?" She asked promptly."Yes,
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"Congrats, man," Chase said with a wide smile."You believe me?" Kenny asked. He thought he would have to show Chase pictures of his new office and probably the money he received before he would buy his story."Totally. I didn't see you at work today, which by the way, left Paul cranky and miserable, so I thought something must have happened but I didn't know it was something this big," he told him."Serves him right, that motherfucking ra….." he started to say but clamped his mouth shut due to Evelyn's presence. She didn't need to know what kind of monster she was working with."This is great news. We should celebrate," Chase announced."This is nuts," Evelyn muttered as she still tried to wrap her head around what looked like a scene directly from a movie. She couldn't understand how Theo would buy a ridiculous story like that, no questions asked."Of course, all bills on me tonight," Kenny said and flagged the waitress down who came and took their orders."You don't have to. I can
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Light peeked in from the thin curtains and Chase rubbed his eyes, still feeling very sleepy.He opened his eyes quickly, thinking he was late for work, then he relaxed when he remembered he didn't have to work there anymore. That day was the beginning of a new chapter in his life.He turned to the opposite side and almost fell back into sleep before his phone vibrated from underneath him."Ugh," he groaned after trying to ignore the call but the caller was persistent."Young master," Secretary Kim said immediately as he placed the phone on his ear.Chase answered grumpily with a grunt at the back of his throat.Noticing that his call had woken his young master, Secretary Kim rushed to apologize. "I'm sorry for waking you this early but the empress asked for a package to be delivered to you. Can I come upstairs?" He asked.Chase quickly sat up on the bed as he realized what Secretary Kim had said. He was downstairs and probably waiting for him."Yeah, um sure," he said into the receiv
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"Something important came up and I had to leave. I'll talk to you when I can. Be safe."Evelyn read the words on her screen again and again. She had gotten to work that day and didn't see Theo, thinking he was running late as usual and just as she was about to call him, her phone pinged, indicating a new message and she smiled when she saw the sender but her smile quickly faded when she read the words. She tried calling him but it went straight to his voicemail each time."What's wrong, Theo?" She muttered as she bit her lips, worry filling her.She knew the text message was a simple one and nothing indicated that he was in danger but she couldn't get herself to relax. But at the same time, she had been with him till late the previous night and if something was wrong, he would have told her right?"Did something bad happen to a family member?" She asked herself.She knew his adoptive parents were dead and he didn't have any siblings and he had never mentioned any relatives but she co
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The door opened and all the people seated looked on, mostly with envy and disdain.Chase walked confidently with his head held high into the house aa his footsteps echoed loudly in his ears."Grandson," The empress stood up from her seat, much to everyone's surprise."Grandma," Chase replied and bowed his head respectfully but she wrapped her fragile hands around him, engulfing him in a big hug.This surprised the people even more. The empress was very hard on them and never referred to them animatedly as she was doing with this new person, even standing up from her seat to hug him.She had told them about the lost son of their late elder brother, who was the company's heir but died of unforseen circumstances but they didn't believe. But now they had seen him, the resemblance was too uncanny to deny."Thank you for coming back to me," the empress breathed into his ear.He didn't know what to reply, seeing as he didn't have much of a choice after they had met, so he just wrapped his ha