At the Jefferson family villa, the celebration banquet had been ongoing since the early hours of the morning.
The Jefferson family was the head of the four families and they were determined to make a very clear statement with this celebration. This celebration would be the talk of the town for a very long time. The villa was beautifully decorated including the entrance of the villa. The designer was a very popular designer who only worked with the richest families. At the celebration banquet, every member of the four families was present. Stanley Coker, Maliya's grandfather, and the other members of her family were present also. The Jefferson family received exquisite gifts from various social elites trying to please Vlad Jefferson. Stanley came to apologize and repair the relationship between his family, the Coker family, and the Jefferson family. Like everyone else present, Stanley also brought gifts. “Vlad Jefferson, you and I have known each other for many years now and I am honored to know you“, Stanley said. “This golden tea cup was used to serve tea in the royal house in the fifteenth century. It was the king's personal tea cup. It is worth millions of dollars and only fit for a man as important as you. Happy birthday Vlad Jefferson, you are a great man”, Stanley continued before he handed the royal golden tea cup to Vlad Jefferson and went back to his seat. Stanley's comment made Vlad Jefferson swell with so much pride. Not long after Stanley went back to his seat, another man came with his medium-sized gift. “Mr. Vlad Jefferson, my gift is a very rare pillow made entirely from feathers handpicked from every single species of bird in the sky. I came across it in an exclusive shopping center in the United Arab Emirates and it hit me "what better gift to give to you sir”, the fat man said before giving Vlad Jefferson his gift. Then said “happy birthday Mr. Jefferson ”, and walked over to join his family where they sat. “Happy birthday Mr Jefferson,” said a young woman. She was dressed very respectably. “ I know how devoted you are to your religion and so I contacted a renowned artist from Italy and had him paint the holy prophet so I can present it to you on this special day. Mr. Jefferson , this painting is worth nine hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars...” More people came to Vlad Jefferson with even more expensive presents. Looking at these presents as well as calculating the market value of these gifts made Vlad Jefferson so happy. The Jefferson family as a whole was filled with pride; they walked around proud to be members of the Jefferson family. Meanwhile, as the celebration was going on Andrew who had previously ordered Pete to prepare a coffin as his present to Vlad Jefferson and his family was getting ready to deliver his present at the Jefferson family celebration banquet. Back in the Jefferson villa, a small-looking man was giving Vlad Jefferson his birthday present. “Mr. Jefferson, please accept this box of green tea as my gift to you sir. It is one of the most expensive green tea in South Korea...” Outside the villa, Andrew and Pete finally arrived. Pete had made the arrangements for the coffin as he was instructed to and together he and Andrew drove to the Jefferson family villa. The Jefferson family car park was filled with luxurious cars of different prices and sizes. Their owners were inside the house enjoying the Jefferson's celebration banquet. “It is time Pete”, Andrew said “No mistakes Pete, we have talked about this already so I don't want any errors”. Pete knew this was important and he dared not make any mistakes. “ Yes, dragon Marshall. I know the drill, I promise no mistakes”, Pete replied very seriously he knew the consequences of going against the plan. The two men took some time to breathe and prepare themselves for what they had to do. Pete brought out his two guns and checked if he had enough bullets in them. He added three more in one and two in the other. He hid one of the guns at the side of one of his boots and the other one in his pants covering it with his shirt to hide the bulge. He had a small knife too. Andrew wore his black leather hand gloves. He already checked his guns before leaving home. His knives were in place too. “Let us go deliver my present to the birthday boy, old man Vlad Jefferson”, Andrew said to Pete, smiling wickedly. Both Andrew and Pete had arrived at the Jefferson family villa wearing masks. Andrew didn't want to review his identity just yet. “We will wear these masks so no one recognizes us”, he had said to Pete before they left the Clifton palace. Inside the Jefferson family villa, the celebration had not ended. The Jefferson family was still receiving presents, people were talking and drinking in small groups, and some were dancing with their partners. Pete carried the huge coffin. As they got closer to the front door he threw the coffin smashing the Jefferson's family front door. The noise produced was so loud and unexpected, it startled everyone present. The crowd fearfully turned their attention to the door where the sound came from. Their eyes were filled with fear and surprise at the same time as they waited for whoever had the guts to throw an empty coffin into the Jefferson building on a day as special as this. Two minutes later, Andrew walked in with Pete walking behind him. They did not walk in fast instead, they strolled in. The hall was quiet as they walked in still wearing their masks and hiding their identity. Soon whispers could be heard “Who are these people? Why are they here? What is going on?”. The Jefferson men present at the banquet rushed over, ready to fight back.As soon Andrew walked into the celebration hall, the only thing on his mind was revenge. He was there to kill. His presence in the hall filled everyone with fear and confusion. The room was as quiet as a graveyard. Everyone was in shock when Vlad Jefferson shouted angrily “Who are you? What are you doing here? Security! What is the meaning of this?...” “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Vlad Jefferson happy birthday to you“, Pete sang. Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Andrew clapped his hands in applause for Vlad Jefferson. “Today is your birthday Old man Blad and today will be your death day also”, Andrew said. “Who do you think you are? How dare you come into the Jefferson family villa and talk nonsense? I'll teach you never to disrespect the Jefferson family in your miserable life again “, Marc said and immediately tried to pull out one of the rods used for decoration but before he could touch it Andrew was in front of him. His movements were swif
First thing the next morning, Maliya was on the phone with Andrew. “Hello, good morning honey“. Maliya said when Andrew finally accepted the call. “I have good news.” She said excitedly. “Last night, after you dropped me off, I called my friend from high school. She works for Green Group and agreed to help me fix an appointment with the chairman this morning, so we could secure the contract. I’m sure Grandfather will accept you then.” Maliya said, sounding happy and excited. “That’s great,” Andrew said, faking his surprise. “I told you we could pull this. Why don't you get ready I'll come pick you”, Andrew said. “Okay honey”, Maliya replied and hung up. After the call, Maliya went to get ready for her appointment. She was going to see the chairman of the almighty Green group. This was a big deal for her so she did not want to be late. Andrew rolled off the bed immediately after Maliya hung up and rushed to the bathroom for a quick shower. He did not want to be late because he knew
Jerry was happy he insisted on coming out to talk to Maliya by himself. He knew that Linda had a lot to gain after delivering Maliya to him. She’d shown him her picture last night and he had promised her that he would promote her if she helped him get in bed with her. However, he could not be so sure she'd go through with the plan. “She's a woman too and my mistress also. She may just get caught up in her own jealousy and change her mind about helping me get Maliya”, he said to himself. His happiness when had seen Maliya turned to intense desire as he got closer. The dress she was wearing was a bodycon dress. Even though it did not hug her body too tightly, it did nothing to hide her curves. Looking at her lips gave him a slight boner because all he could think of was her lips wrapped around his c**k. “ Maliya, meet Jerry. He is the manager and the man in charge of every partnership deal in our company. Jerry meet Maliya, my friend from high school”, Susan said, introducing Jerry t
In the car, as they drove home, Maliya told Andrew the outcome of her meeting with Fred. “Honey I still feel like this is a dream. I don't think I did a good job explaining what the partnership entailed but he accepted and even increased the partnership to a billion dollars. I don't even know what to think right now. I'm sure even my grandfather did not see this coming”. Maliya said excitedly “Yes, honey I'm happy you were able to get this partnership. Our fate as husband and wife really depended on it. I am very proud of you Maliya dear”, Andrew said pretending to have had no hand in the deal and giving Maliya all the credit.Then Maliya said, “Honey why do I have a feeling that there's something you are not telling me? I got this really easily without stress and I feel you had a hand in this. Do you know Mr Fred?”. Upon hearing Maliya's questions, Andrew pretended to find it funny that she would think he had a hand in it. “My dear Maliya, the only hand I have in this is driving y
Grandfather you need to see this. Grandfather!”Catherine called out as she ran to meet her grandfather Stanley. “Grandfather! the Chairman of Green Group, Fred Green has personally invited Maliya. It’s all over the news. I just heard it on the news right now and look social media blogs are already posting it”, Catherine said and gave her phone to her grandfather so he could read it himself. Catherine was Raymond Coker's daughter and Eric Coker's sister. Immediately Stanley's imagination started to travel. He could already see Fred Green and Maliya having tea together as good friends. Then he said to Maliya, “ Maliya my dear, I knew you had great potential in you all this time. You have shown today that you are my daughter. I'm proud you my daughter”. Maliya smiled and said, “Grandfather now that we have got the partnership deal my marriage with Andrew is…”. “Harry don't you just love our Maliya now? Certainly, you want to marry her now. She is a beauty with brains now”, Babara Ch
Harry was surprised when his father hung up on him. “That was weird. Why did he sound so angry? He really just hung up like that. And what did he mean by I should apologize to whoever I've offended! I didn't do anything. I have literally not left this bloody Coker family house for the past two hours. I should call him back and clear my name”. Harry said to himself and dialed his father’s number completely forgetting Fred’s threat.“Hello. I'm sorry dad I didn't understand what you said when you called that's why I'm calling back right now” Harry said when he heard his father answered the call, I promise I did not offend anyone. “I’ve been at….” he continued before his father angrily interrupted him“Harry, I said apologize to whoever you offended and don't be stupid. Do you know what you've done? Imperial group called to say that for some reason Green Group cancelled their partnership with them because of their relationship with the Golden Link Group run by one Harry Jefferson. I eve
Letting go of her grandfather, Maliya said, “Thank you so much grandfather. I am so happy to have finally done something that you are proud of. I Know that the position you have just given me in the company is a big one and it comes with responsibilities but I promise you Grandfather I will never disappoint you. From now on I will do all I can for the good of the Coker family company ”. Holding Andrew's hand, Maliya said, “My family has accepted you; now, nobody can separate you and I”. Some days passed, and Zed Jefferson had returned from the capital where he had been investigating his father, Rick Jefferson's murderer. “It was bad uncle, it really was”, Harry said to his uncle Zed Jefferson when he was asked him about the bankruptcy of the family. “Fred Green promised to bankrupt our family in thirty minutes and he did. I don't know how one man could single handedly do that but I know one thing, he did it all because of Maliya Coker. She called him and told him something and he
The Jefferson family auction was the week after Pete informed Andrew about it. Invites were sent to elite families and celebrities. Although the Jefferson family had become bankrupt, it was still a respectable and influential family. When Major General Zed Jefferson called for the auction, people responded. His family was prominent and he too had a reputation in Klinland. At the Jefferson family villa, before the auction, the Jeffersons held a family meeting. “This auction is not a regular auction. Yes, we will be selling things but it's not sales alone. Every one of us must be careful. The last event we organised, someone walked into this villa past our security and into our family mansion and killed our father. You all were there and you remember what happened so please let's be very careful this time. I have gathered elite members of my troop to secure the villa and to be on the lookout for the Norton orphan”, Zed Jefferson said. “How about the Coker family Uncle Zed? Since ou
Eric was out of his head on the way home. He couldn't believe what had transpired from the moment he got there up to this very moment. “You both can't be serious. I don't believe any of this is serious. You can't actually be serious”. This was the third time he said this on the drive home and all three times he was ignored. “How am I going to let that stinking silly cousin of mine get what she wants just because one stupid old man said he won't work with them until she signs that she's still a member of the family. A family that as far as I'm concerned no longer even wants her to be a part of. Why is partnering with an old fool so important?” Eric thought maliciously. “Grandfather will never agree to this deal. He obviously knows better than both of you”, he said to his parents. “So you think you know better than both of us?” Raymond replied to him. “Apparently yes at least I know that someone like Maliya is not supposed to have any part in the affairs of this family let alone t
Andrew stood side by side with Maliya as they waited for Raymond Coker, Eric Coker and Aunt Maira to come out of the car and apologise to Maliya. Andrew knew they would do whatever he wanted because of how desperate they were to take Maliya back just so the partnership with the Green Group could go on. Aunt Maira was the first to come out. Raymond Coker was the next and finally Eric Coker who came out looking angry and ready for a fight. But of course he would not dare fight anyone not at this point. “Maliya dear, I'm sorry for kicking you out of the house. Truly truly sorry. We were just angry because of the situation but now we clearly understand. Can you please find it in your heart to forgive us all”, Maira pleaded.“You're only supposed to apologise for what you did. Everyone will get his or her turn to do theirs”, Andrew told Maira.“Alright then”, she said, "Maliya Darling please do find it in your heart to forgive your dear old Aunt Maira. I didn't mean to hurt you in whatev
Andrew smiled and hugged Maliya back. He had not seen her this jolly for sometime now. She looked like a little girl as she jumped happily.“She really loves that family of hers despite all they have done to her”, Andrew thought, looking at her with admiration. “Honey, I need to get my things ready. Uncle Raymond will be here soon”, Maliya said as she opened the wardrobe to bring out her clothes.“Alright love. But before we pack your bag,there is something I would like you to see”, Andrew said with a blank face. Noticing his seriousness, Maliya left her clothes in the wardrobe and went to sit next to him,“What is it honey?” Maliya asked, frowningHe turned and faced her, then he said, holding her hands, “I know you love your family and want to go back home honey. But I don't want you to go back without knowing the real truth”.“What truth honey?” Maliya asked with worried eyes.Andrew switched on the television. Fred Green’s face was the first thing that appeared on the television
Raymond left his father's room and went back home to quickly shower and change into his clothes. His house was only a few blocks from the Coker family mansion so was home in less than two minutes.He dashed into the house and went directly to the bedroom he shared with his wife. His wife was in the kitchen making breakfast for the family. So he entered their bathroom to have a quick shower. “Dad! Dad! Where are you Dad! You need to come see this. Mum!”, Catherine, who was in the sitting room when her father rushed in.“What is it Catherine? Why are you screaming? What is so urgent that you can't wait till you get to the kitchen to tell me?” Maira asked her daughter when Catherine entered the kitchen. “Mum, where is Dad? I just saw him come in. I thought I'd find him here with you. Something is wrong. Fred Green was on the news right now. He was in a press conference. He just annulled our partnership with the Green Group. The news is still on”, Catherine said and ran off to her paren
Seven o'clock the following morning, at the Coker family mansion. Ring! Ring!Raymond Coker raised his head up a little bit with his eyes closed and stretched his hand to the little bedside table next to his bed. When his hand felt his phone he picked it up and brought it to his ear.“Hello, what can I do for you this morning?” he said without opening his eyes. He hoped that whoever was calling him would be done talking quickly so he could go back to sleep. “Good morning sir. Sir we have a problem”, the factory manager said.“What problem is there?” Raymond asked, slightly worried. “All our trucks that were sent out to the Green Group yesterday evening just returned sir”, the factory manager said.“And? What is the problem? Will you go straight to the point or do you want to keep wasting my time this early Monday morning?” Raymond asked, pretending to be angry when he was actually really worried about what could have gone wrong.“Sir the thing is that the trucks returned fully load
The next morning, when Maliya woke up, she was in so much pain. The night before, she could not feel herself. For the past ten years, she had been living in so much ridicule, outright hate and humiliation from her family members. This was all because of the injuries she sustained in the process of trying to save the life of that boy ten years ago which disfigured her face and made her ugly. Everyone in her family blamed her for it. She also blamed herself.“Grandfather, I'm very sorry. Please don't get mad at me. Someone was in there. I only wanted to help him open the door grandfather. I did not know I was going to get caught in the fire too…Please forgive me mom… dad…”, fifteen years old Maliya pleaded with her family. “No one sent you Maliya. Why can't you stay where you are meant to be? Why can't you ever do the right thing… Look what you've done to yourself now… You've ruined your life… Just look at yourself now”, everyone in her family was saying. From that day, her life took
One of the men tried to touch Maliya but before he even got close enough, Andrew who had been following Maliya closely and watching her family humiliate her took out his anger on the first security man who tried to touch Maliya as well as the second security man who tried to defend his colleague.Andrew was so angry that by the time he was done beating up the security men he had broken the first man’s bone while the second man had lost a tooth. Then he turned to Eric and gave him a punch on his face. He made sure to hit him hard enough to leave a broken nose and one black eye.“Let's go honey. None of these people deserve you my love”, Andrew said and carried her with his strong hands. She felt really light in his arms. Before he carried her, and when he did, she had been crying but by the time they got to the car, she stopped crying. Inside the car, although the drive from the Coker family mansion to Andrew's private hospital, Maliya was quiet. By the time they got to the hospital,
Andrew tried to pull Maliya to her feet but she refused to stand. Rather, she stayed on her knees and continued banging the door, crying and begging her mother to forgive her. Although he was strong enough to lift her up if he wanted, he could not bring himself to do that to Maliya. He knew this was a difficult time for her.“This must be really traumatizing for you my love”, he said to himself feeling sad for Maliya. He wished he could take her pain away and carry it like it was his. “Let's go home honey. Your mom is just very upset about the incident, that's all. She will get over it soon my love and everything will be okay again my love”, He continued. He tried to lift her up again. This time she did not struggle. She let him help her to her feet. When she was standing, Andrew pulled her to himself and embraced her. She let him hold her for some minutes while she continued to sob. “I have to talk to Grandfather honey. He is the only one that can make this right. Honey, can we g
Andrew kissed Maliya's forehead before leaving. He wanted to buy her lunch from her favorite restaurant. By the time he got to his personal packing space, Pete was already there waiting. When Pete saw Andrew, he rushed to open the door of the car for Andrew then he went back to the driver's seat and drove off.“Any reports Pete?” Andrew asked. “Yes sir. The Jefferson auction assignment was successful. Not one member of the Western army under Major General Zed Jefferson survived. I ensured that. The other Jeffersons are unharmed. I have kept an eye on these past few days. They are all in town, just laying really low. I also questioned the Jefferson's individually about the whereabouts of the lava heart but sir they did not seem to know. Martha Jefferson thought that only Zed Jefferson would know that he is dead now”, Pete said .“Good job Pete. Keep monitoring the Jeffersons. I want to know where they go, why they go there and when they do. ”. Andrew paused and lit a cigarette.“Abo