Mr. Jefferson looked at Norton with a smile on his face. "Good job, son. Thank you for this. You have just saved our family. When we needed this money the most, you were there for us. You have done a really good job and I'm very proud of you, Norton," he said and hugged him. Arnold wasn't so happy with that. He questioned how the money came to be, but apart from that, his father was happy with Norton, and not him. He felt as if he was useless, and he regretted not doing anything when he realized that money was not just financial security but the potential for a new beginning—a chance to rewrite the family's story and forge a path toward a brighter future. The jovial atmosphere within the celebration echoed through the room, laughter filling the air. Yet, Arnold felt an unsettling frustration bubbling within him. He couldn't shake the suspicion that something was amiss. Determined, he marched toward Alaric, the center of attention. "Alaric," Arnold interrupted sharply, "did you real
The room fell into an uneasy silence, the festive mood now tainted by suspicion. Arnold's quest for truth had disrupted the celebration, leaving everyone grappling with the weight of his words. "Damn it! I never believe that you will do something like this. Who gave me a pumpkin as a child? This is not what me and your mother trained you to be like. You have to stop it now, Arnold," his father said. "Well, father. This pumpkin has an announcement to make, and it is a very important one. I have made the decision," he said. "What now? You want to leave the house?" His father asked, cocking a brow. "I won't be involved in anything with Kimberly and her family!" Arnold declared, with fury in his eyes. Everyone in the family was shocked by what they had just heard. His father tried hard to process what Arnold said, but he just seemed like Arnold was speaking rubbish to him. “What? What did you just say, son? I'm not sure I heard you correctly,” Mr. Jefferson said. Arnold wasn't r
Mr Jefferson narrowed his eyes. “What? Are you on drugs? What has become of you, Arnold? This is not the son I used to know,” he said. “Well, it's good you've finally realized that. I am not the son you used to know. I am a different person now, a changed man. I was not the little guy you used as a puppet to do whatever you want, I am a man who is standing up for himself and owning up to his responsibilities,” he said. “No. You can't be. No matter how big you want to feel, you can never beat me. I was the best that there was, is, and I am the best businessman there will ever be,” Mr. Jefferson said. Norton smiled. “I wished you could have used your words to create wealth for yourself, and not steal from other people to get rich, father. I am highly disappointed in you.” A slap immediately connected with his cheek, flinging his face to one side. “I never imagined that the sun I nurtured and made sure to groom into a man would stand up to me and face me, talking nonsense,” Mr. Je
Mr. Jefferson's expression spoke volumes as he glared at Arnold. “The only job you had to do was to take money from the Tate family, and he had to take money from the Williams, but what happened? He got me hundreds of thousands of dollars, while you? You were complaining!” Arnold looked at his father in disbelief. “Is this truly you? A father who would do this?” Mr. Jefferson shone his eyes. “Yes, Arnold. If you want me to admit it, then I will. This is me. Your greedy, selfish, power-hungry, and ambitious father!” Mr. Jefferson yelled. “Calm down honey. You can't say that about yourself,” Mrs. Jefferson tried to pacify her husband. “There is nothing else to hide now, Mom. Don't tell him to calm down. He's saying the true honey has exposed himself for who he truly is. This is what I wanted to hear from him. I wanted him to say it with his mouth that he is greedy and selfish,” Arnold said. “Don't talk to your father that way, Arnold. I've heard enough of you talking to him lik
“How sure are you that that will happen? He literally said that nothing would be able to bring him back. He's the one feeling entitled to an apology, and I think we should give it to him. You know that you need Arnold, Jeff. He's going to play a key role in the journey to success,” Mrs. Jefferson said. Mr. Jefferson shook his head. “No. I want him to realize that he is the one who needs me. He has to realize the importance I have in this life, or else, he won't come to his senses,” Mr. Jefferson said. “And I have a way of doing that. I will have to make him pay for going against me,” he added, with a cruel smirk. “What are you planning to do to him, Dad? Hope it's not something dangerous,” Norton asked. Mr. Jefferson looked at him. “No, son. I'm not planning on doing anything dangerous to your brother. I will really make sure he pays for what he has done, and making realize that he is nothing without me,” Mr. Jefferson said. Norton nodded. “Hmm.” Mr. Jefferson looked at Norto
“Well, you just said that, and when we asked, you said you didn't kidnap her. Now you're saying that you kidnapped her. What are you trying to say?” His father asked. “Well, Dad, I kidnapped her. That was what I told the CEO to get this amount from him. Simple. I kidnapped his secretary, and he gave me the money for ransom, but then, I was the smarter one in the end and I was able to get away with it,” he said. “What?!” Both of his parents chorused, as they were confused by what he was saying. “We need to understand what you are saying, Norton. What happened there?” Mrs. Jefferson asked. “I made a fake call. I didn't actually have the CEO's secretary with me, but he believed that I did. It's a very long story and how it happened was so complex that I can hardly even remember. A lot of things happen in the span of 3 hours,” he said. “What happened, Norton? We need to know,” Mrs Jefferson pressed on. “I went to that place with the intention of attacking someone there, but when I
"Did the CEO finally give you the money? How did it go? How were you able to escape without him knowing that you didn't have Evelyn with you?” His mother asked. “Those are too many questions, Mom. However, I am lucky enough to be able to answer that question. To begin with, the CEO is one of the most stupid people I have ever encountered. I didn't know that he would fall for such a cheap trap. Was your homework really done? “It seems like you know about these guys, Norton.” “Yes, Mom. I was shocked when I saw who the CEO was. I never believed it. It was Alaric. Alaric Drones,” he uttered, leaving his parents, who had furrowed their brows, to find out the puzzle. He looked at their surprised faces. It was very obvious that they didn't know what he was talking about and who he was referring to as Alaric Drones. “D… Drones? Alaric? Who is that? His mother asked. “Well, he's the so-called CEO of the company. I was really surprised today about it because this person was not who I us
"Well, I would have to find out about it. He told me himself that he was not the person he used to be and that he was the ruler of the Empire, but I didn't believe anything he said,” Norton said. “Don't believe a word he says, Norton. These are the kind of guys who go around trying to buy a popular identity for themselves and wanting to use it to oppress you but behind the curtains, they are actually poor people.” “I know, Dad. I want to find out how we got the identity or who he stole it from. I suspect that he's not who he claims to be. That's the reason why I doubted it when he told me that he now runs the company. But, Dad, when you went there, who did you see?” Norton asked his father. “It wasn't who I was expecting to see. I heard that Mr. Wright had stepped down, and I expected the person to be some kind of experienced businessman, but it was just a pretty young guy,” Mr. Jeff said. Norton delved into deep thoughts. Everything that they could think of just pointed out the f
Evelyn was working in the office when suddenly her phone rang. She picked it up to see who was calling, and it was Mr. Steve. “Good day, Mr. Steve. Can I know why you are calling me? I am currently doing something at the office,” she said. “You need to come here right now, Miss Evelyn. Someone wants to see you, and she requests that you be here soon,” he said. “What? Who wants to see me?” She asked. “Someone in the household wants to meet with you.” “I don't really know if I have the chance to come because I have a lot of things to do right now, Mr. Steve. Can this meeting be scheduled later?” She asked. “It is not a business meeting, Miss Evelyn. In case you didn't hear me, I said that someone from the household wants to see you.” “The household? What do you mean by that, Mr. Steve?” She asked. “The mansion of the Wright family,” Mr. Steve said. “Really? A member of the mansion wants to see me?” She asked. “Yes. Come quickly, it's urgent. I'm sure you know where the Wright M
"And your last wish?” Norton bowed his head, trying to hold back the tears in his eyes. “My last wish…”“Yes. Tell me.”“Please, forgive me. This is my last wish.” Alaric was surprised.“What?”“Yes, young master. That is my last wish. If you can grant me these three wishes, then I don't care if I die. I will live without regrets. I just want to make sure that my mother is okay, but if I have the forgiveness of the woman I love, and that of yours, then I am satisfied,” he said. Lucas was just staring at what was going on without saying a word.“So you want me to go and give your mother money?”“No, young master. Support her in any way you can is all I ask. Please,” he said.“Consider your last wish granted. I forgive you, Norton. I have already forgiven you a long time ago. I just wanted you to learn your lessons and end it all by putting you in prison,” he said.“Thank you for this, Alaric. I will forever be grateful.” Alaric turned around to leave, and Lucas said, “Forgive me t
"These blockheads attacked me and the first thing they seized was my property. I didn't know they were eager for my money.”“Money that you earned dubiously?” “What do you mean to say by that? I worked at the company of your long-term rival, remember? My salary can feed your family for months,” Lucas said.“I can't believe that you still have the guts to boast even when you are in the police station, behind bars. What the hell is wrong with you? None of that is going to save you now, Lucas, so quit dreaming?”“I am not going to be here for as long as, loser. That, I can assure you. I will do everything in my power to get out of here. Look, son, have you thought about escaping?” He asked.“Even to the end, you are still having devilish thoughts. What makes you think that you can even escape from here?”“I was just kidding, bloke. Just know that I won't be staying here for as long as you.”“Well, only if you are proven to have committed the lesser crime.”“There's nothing to prove, bro
“Mom, Dad, look. We are finally getting back investors who left us before. They want to give us a second chance and invest in the company again. This is such great news and it's overwhelming,” Norton said, rushing down the stairs to meet his father and his mother who were in the living room. Mr. Jefferson turned around. “Really? Have our investors come back?”“Yes, Dad. Look at this, Mr. Peter said that he wants to give us a second chance and that we should not fail him this time. They want to invest in the company so that we can use the amount to produce and make a profit,” Norton explained.“That is very good news, son. You are doing a very good job when it comes to handling the company. This calls for a big celebration,” Mr. Jefferson said.“Dad, relax. We have to make sure that we get everything back before we celebrate. If we have all we need, then we can wine and dine and there will be no one to stop us. This is the first step, there will be more steps ahead,” he said.“Look a
3 DAYS LATER.Alaric was in his office going through some files that had been presented to him earlier when Steve suddenly rushed into the office.“Young master, the police are here,” he said, as he made way for them to enter the office. “Good morning Mr Alaric Wright. I am Inspector David Williams, the police officer who is in charge of the case in your company. I have two other police officers with me today, and an investigator,” he said, pointing at each one of them.“Good day, sir. I am Investigator Adam Phil,” he said, extending his hands. Alaric shook hands with the police officers.“It's good to see you all today. Our legal department reported a case and I'm happy that it's being looked upon,” he said.“Don't worry Mr Alaric. We will do our best to dig to the bottom of this,” he said.“Okay, so, how do we start?” “First of all, we have to collect the necessary information and evidence you have against the culprit. Then, you have to come to the police station to submit your s
The car pulled up at a cafe, and Evelyn wondered to herself why they had been at a cafe earlier and just arrived at another one“Is today all about drinking coffee?” She asked.“Funny joke, but no. It just happens to be my favorite venue for a meeting,” he said, as he stepped out. He went inside the cafe, and sat down, taking a table. One of the workers immediately walked up to him.“What can I get for you, sir? And your wife, ma'am?” He asked, looking at Alaric and Evelyn.“What?” Evelyn said in shock. “Wife? I'm not his wife.”“Don't mind her. She's going to be my future wife, but you know how shy women are. She's in the one I'm actually taking on a treat today. Wait a little while, the main character is coming,” he said. Evelyn, pissed by what Alaric was doing, began to mutter to herself.“Main character huh? Which means I am an ordinary character in this story. Well done, sir, for degrading me.” Alaric, seeing that she was beginning to get angry, smiled. “You know that you will
“Mr Donaldson told me himself that he was ready to take whatever penalty of his actions there was. He told me that if I wanted to kill him, his hands were wide open waiting for me. If the police would come, he would be at his house.”“So what do you want to do to him?”“He's the only one safe, father. He decided to turn from his evil ways and expose the truth. He didn't have anything personally against, and since you said none of them ever had an attack against the Wright empire, then, he is okay.”“And Mr. Tate?” He asked.“He might be the hardest to penetrate, but I will definitely find something against him,” Alaric said, his head immediately thinking of Kimberly. “Did he do anything to you?” Mr. Wright asked. Alaric was hesitant to answer the question, but he shook his head. “Nothing to the company, but to me, yes, father,” he said.“Then, what do you plan on doing to these people as a method of revenge?” Mr. Wright asked.“I want to put an end to all of them. There were so many
Mr. Wright was a little bit surprised. Something like that had never happened before and he was worried that something was wrong.“Hope everything is alright, son?”“There's nothing wrong, Dad. It’s just that I need your help for answers because I have questions that are disturbing my peace,” he said. Mr. Wright raised a brow. “Really? Then tell me, son,” he said. “Come have a seat,” he offered, pointing at the seat across his. Alaric sat down and looked at his father.“First, Dad, before we begin, I want you to promise me something,” he said.“What is that, son?”“I want you to promise me that you will tell me the truth no matter what,” he said. The question made Mr. Wright feel worried that something was wrong. “Son, are you sure everything is alright?” Mr. Wright asked again to be sure.“I am perfectly fine, father. As long as you decide to tell me the truth of the whole story, then every answer I need will be clear to me,” he said.“I promise to tell you the truth, then, son,”
Evelyn, surprised by how he was able to guess every single thing that was happening to her, tried to hide her shocked expression. “H… how?”“Don't worry, Evelyn. I told you that I would make sure you realize your love for me, and this is just the first step towards it. Look how you were able to calm me down without even doing much. That is the effect of your presence in my life,” he said. Tapping on the button that winded down the windows, he snapped his finger at the guard outside. He entered the car and ignited the engine.“Take me to the mansion. I want to see my father,” he commanded, and the guard nodded. Meanwhile, Evelyn, who hadn't said a word, rested a finger on her lips as she reminisced the feeling of Alaric's kiss that sent jolts of electricity throughout her body. The car drove to the mansion as Alaric had commanded. Evelyn was a little bit worried that he didn't decide to drop her off at the office, and she wondered why he was taking her with him.“Young master,” sh