John swallowed hard as he watched the bodyguards walk up behind Mirabella. The heftiest of them all had his eyes on John. He clenched his fist, flared his nostrils again."Three!". Mirabella snapped. The second he heard what she had said, John's knees weakened. He fell forward on them, clasped his hands together, and begged. "Please don't hurt me!"."Is that what I think it is?"Someone gasped from the crowd. "The almighty John Reider is on his knees?"."What the fuck!""No way!!" Everyone was shocked to see the mighty John kneeling before a woman begging for mercy. Maxwell smiled scornfully. The director raised a brow and Vicky bit her lower lip,her face turning red."You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness. You should be getting on with your bet."."But I— I can't". John stammered.Mirabella gawked at him, "Would you rather I asked my boys for a little help?". She signaled one of the men with her index finger. He bent forward and was almost touching John when he yelled for her to
“I asked you a question” Mirabella was firm. When it comes to business dealings, she was ruthless and Maxwell was learning as he would soon have to take over the company someday. “Who… who are you and how can make the Wilmore family withdraw their donations?"“I told you Wilmore Technology will take away the donation, doesn’t it ring a bell that I am Mirabella Wilmore!” Her eyes blazed with anger as Mr. Amos was not only wasting her time but trying to be shady as well.“Well… That can be considered” Mr. Amos stuttered. “ I just have one question, why are you helping him? he's a Nobody, nothing but a pack rat. how come you got in contact with him? Are you perhaps his lover?”Maxwell clenched his jaw as he stood behind, nothing would excite him more than smashing his face, but then he knew he had to hold it in a little longer. Now wasn't the time to show off his wealth to the entire students, and have Vicky crawling back to him. it wasn't going to be so easy, he was going to wait unti
Mr. Amos looked around, he was in a very tight corner, he had not realized it would come to that but then, he did not seem so eager to give up his position that easily for John. he had an assured future already, while his position was part of his retirement plan and if he was to loses it, he will not be paid for all of his hard work a nd will be useless to the Governor and the rest of the people who sponsor the school. This university was his entire life. “Well…” Mirabella was eager to hear what he had to say, but he wasn't making a move to get his lips moving. “ Speak up” Maxwell had to step in as well. “Why would I want to give up my entire life for John and have an unsecured future? He has connections and can get into any Ivy League university of his choice” “You're concerned about your future when you wanted me to mess mine up by having me expelled,” Maxwell was so angry. he has never been so enraged that he will want to beat up a school Director, Nevertheless Mirabella held
“Maxwell Reed, don't you know who you're talking to? if you cannot show some respect for me, at least have some respect for the governor” Maxwell was surprised, he had been hearing about the governor but had never really seen him. He doesn't own a television and he doesn't use his mobile phone to check the news. “If you are the governor, that means John is your son, now I know why he acted that way, the apple really doesn't fall far from the tree” The governor burst into laughter. “Such a funny kid, he's hilarious” he laughed, hysterically and Maxwell looked at him, irritated at him and even at Mr. Amos who had joined him and laughed. He stretched out his hand and Mr. Amos quickly put a sanitizer in his palms and he rubbed against his other palms. “Have you seen the video?” “What video are you talking about?” “The one that was made by my son, It must have been fun to watch. I mean who wears SpongeBob SquarePants underneath his trousers” “What is it that you want?” Maxwell
Maxwell turned around and walked away, there was no need standing there and talking to Vicky any more when he had already made his words clear. She stood there looking at him, but he did not bother to turn around and look at her. He knew that his actions must have surprised her and left her glued to the ground since he has always been nice to her and chased her around. He had to get back home since Mirabella had settled everything with the school director and he had finally agreed to expel John from school. The glee on his face could not be contained. However, when he realized that his grandmother had left the school during the heated situation, he was very worried that something bad might have happened to her so he went to look for Mirabella. She was still waiting outside the school gate for him.“Maxwell, is everything alright?”“Yes, but I have to get back home now, I'll see you later”“You have my number right? It is at the back of the card that I give to you”“Yes, I'll give you
Maxwell's adrenaline rushed up, he willed his hand to stop shaking, as he held his gaze with his Grandfather but couldn't. He has had enough of Mason always coming around to cause trouble. He had kept quiet for so long and let him do as he pleased, but now he wasn't going to do that anymore, this was the height of it. It was a slap to his face that he had to beat up his grandfather. Harrison was a frail old man and Mason had dealt with him without blinking an eye “This has to stop, I won't let this happen again. Mason has been going on this way for so long and I have kept quiet because I thought that he would change. But now, I have finally come to realize that he will never change, and neither will he stop coming here to cause trouble. I won't let him come here and beat you up again”“What are you going to do?” His Grandfather was confused. “There is nothing that you can do about it” “You know how hard-headed Mason can be. What exactly will you do to stop this from happening? I
“What do you think you're doing?”Maxwell asked as he took it away from his hand and threw it aside. He glared at him and looked at his grandmother who was down on the ground. He knew her body must be aching from having to receive all that beating.“Stay out of this except you want some beating as well”When the man tried to yank his hand away from Maxwell's grip, Maxwell tightened his grip and looked straight into his eyes, his gaze unblinking.“I asked, What is this about?” “I came for the money that he owes me, if you don't have the money that Mason owes me then you better step out of the way except you want a pretty good beating as well”“How much does uncle Mason owe you? Tell me, how much it is and I will pay it so that you can leave and never come back here again”His Grandfather and Mother were surprised, they had no idea what he was talking about and where all this was coming from.“Maxwell, what are you saying? you better stay out of this and just go back inside I told you
“Shut your mouth, do you think I care about what you feel? This is the least you could do for us after everything that we did for you, you ingrate!’” Mason was not remorseful.Maxwell was very angry with him but there was nothing he could do with this man right before him. For now, the only thing that he could think of doing was to save his Grandparents.“What exactly have you done for me? If there is anyone who has done anything for me it will be Grandmother and Grandfather and not you so drop the act!”“Enough with the bickering the both of you” The scary Man was already getting fed up with the situation. All he wanted was just his money. He did not care how it came about. As long as he walks away with his money.But they both were not making this any easier for him.“You think I'm here to play games with you I don't care how the money comes about. I don't care if you have to sell your kidney or your spleen, I don't care if you have to sell your entire soul to the devil as long as y