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The Heir Chapter 64
"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
The Heir Chapter 65
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
The Heir Chapter 66
Everyone's head snapped to the staircase that a beautiful woman was descending from."I'm sorry I'm late, mother," the woman said but her eyes were not on the empress, they were on Chase.She stood for a couple of seconds, watching the man that looked exactly like her brother and sobs wrecked throughout her body.She walked up to Chase, who was confused at her reaction and pulled him up to his feet. Before he could think of anything, she wrapped her arms around him in a tight embrace, sobbing into his chest."It's really you," she said, not believing her eyes. She pulled his away, running her hands through his face and chest to be sure he was really there and when she was satisfied, she pulled him towards her again.Chase, not knowing what else to do, awkwardly wrapped his hand around her.Soon, the emotional embrace ended but she couldn't stop staring at him."Pardon me," she said with a choked chuckle. "I'm Imelda, your aunt. I thought I would never see you again. You were so little
The Heir Chapter 67
A small smile played on Chase's lips because he could already tell he was going to have 'fun' working directly with Damien.Damien's apprehension was visible because he bit the inside of his lips, clenching and unclenching his fists. He wanted to protest. He wanted to blatantly refuse but he knew better than to counter the empress."Hope that is okay with you?" The empress, with narrowed eyes, asked for the sake of it. He didn't have any choice in the matter."Yes," Damien said stiffly as he sized Theo up with his eyes."If that is all, you are all excused," she told them.Damien was the first person to storm out of the room, followed by Benedict, who was also raging. His anger was because he already had enough competition with Damien and he didn't need any more clowns to join the charade. His wife, Clara followed him swiftly and his sister Jennifer, with an upturned nose and a glare to Theo."I'll head back to the office, mother," Jacob said and after clearing his throat, turned to l
The Heir Chapter 68
"As you already know, I'll be retiring next spring and I'm not handing my position over based on sentiments. I'm handing it to the most capable person. I know they all have years on you and you got to the race late but I want you to put all you've got into this as if your life depends on it.""Because it does." She added to herself."I'm grateful for this opportunity and I promise not to let you down," Chase said with conviction."Good," she nodded.She got up and went to the part of the library that looked like it hadn't been used in years and pulled out a book with a thick, black cover."Read this after you're rested," she handed the book to him.He clutched it tightly as he left the room back to the living room."Take the young master to his wing," the empress said to a young woman in a maid's uniform who Chase hadn't seen earlier."Please, come," the woman, who looked to be in her mid-twenties said, bowing her head slightly.The house was an estate with different large buildings a
The Heir Chapter 69
"Can you believe that?" Damien stormed into his father's office with rage, throwing all forms of curtsey in the wind.Jacob sat on his recliner chair, going through some papers on his table.Damien hadn't expected his father to be as quiet as he was during the meeting with the empress. Even though Damien didn't have much of a say in decisions involving the empress, his father did. She was his mother after all. But he had just sat there and watched her bring a total stranger into their home and not only that, his position was now threatened."What's the ruckus about, son?" Jacob asked calmly. That was his nature. He never raised his voice above the normal level, no matter how mad he was. He was more of a silent observer."Dad, you can't just let grandma bring a total stranger into the house, you have to do something," Damien roared and slammed his palm on the table, hard."Oh, but she has," Jacob said without batting an eyelash or sparing a glance his way."And we're just going to sit
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"It's almost time for dinner. I can't believe that guy will be joining us," Jennifer groaned as she went into her mother's room. She lived in the same quarters with her mother and her brother, Benedict did too, up until he got married and was given a quarter of his own."Who are you talking about?" Imelda asked as she coated her face with another layer of makeup."Of course I'm talking of that guy that grandma picked from God knows where," she huffed and lay on her mother's bed. She had watched him throughout the meeting and if it wasn't for the way her grandmother looked at him with love and admiration, she might have just been friendly with him but now, she felt nothing but dislike for him."You're talking about your cousin, I presume?" Imelda arched a perfectly-carved eyebrow in her daughter's direction."He's not and will never be my cousin," she sat up, not believing her mother had said that to her."And you say that, because?" Imelda asked slowly."I don't know if you heard, mom
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"Come over here," the empress said, pointing to her left.Theo went closer and started to pull the chair next to Benedict's wife until the empress spoke again."Damien, please move," she said without meeting his eyes."What?" Damien asked, hoping he had heard wrong but when he turned to her and met the cold look on her face, he knew better than to question her again.The silence and tension in the room was so thick that it could slice glass as everyone held their breath, waiting for what would happen next.There was an unspoken hierarchy in the family and Damien fell third in that chart after his father and for the first time in a long time, that chart was about to be broken.Chase took slow, purposeful strides to the chair that was assigned to him and Damien only stood up after he got there and waited for a beat."Enjoy it while it fucking lasts," he muttered under his breath in Chase's ear through clenched teeth before moving to take the seat close to Imelda, who sported a victoriou