"Melissa you had only one job, which was to get the invitation and get yourself and your family back to their place."
"But instead you had your gold digger of a husband return from self-exile and beat up the all-influential Lord George and his son Arnold Lucas."
"Why is that?"
"Tell me cousin…why should we ever allow you, your mom and your so-called daughter back into the Stevens family."
"You have brought nothing but shame and reproach to us."
"You should be on your knees begging with the Invitation in your hand but there you are without the invitation."
"You should be ashamed of walking into this villa without that invitation."
Eunice Stevens continued with her disdainful words making Melissa and her daughter almost go down in tears.
"For your information, Lady Megan said that if you don't provide the invitation to the grand general's wedding, you all should consider yourselves kicked out of the Stevens family…forever "
Her last word sent more shivers down the spine of Melissa Stevens and her mom.
"You mean like…forever?"
Sophia Stevens immediately asked, her eyebrows furrowed in a mixture of confusion and anxiety.
"Yes, forever!!!"
"You people really have some nerve coming here, especially you Max, after what you have done to Lord George Lucas and his son."
Eunice wasn't taking it lightly with them as she continued embarrassing and humiliating Melissa Stevens.
As she stepped forward to slap Melissa, Max immediately caught her hand in mid-air and knew it backwards causing her to stagger as she almost fell.
"How dare you raise your hand to hit my wife in my presence?"
Max Xanderson asked, his fist clenched in vexation as he made his way towards Eunice, Melissa immediately held him back.
"Go on, you can humiliate me all you want, but know this…"
"Know what?"
"What do you want to say, Melissa?"
The cold and disdainful voice of Logan Stevens, one of her uncles broke through, he had been behind them the whole time.
"Melissa, you should be on your knees begging for mercy."
"You should also know that since you just ruined our only opportunity to get into the grand general's wedding, not only will you people be expelled from the Stevens family permanently, but even the home you live in currently will be reclaimed."
Logan's voice was laced with a mixture of disdain and venom.
At this point, Mrs Sophia and Melissa couldn't take it anymore as tears welled down their eyes slowly.
Max Xanderson couldn't take it anymore, his gaze immediately landed on Logan, his fist clenched tightly.
"It's enough Mr Logan, you are hurting my wife, my daughter and Mrs Sophia."
His voice was laced with authority as he stared intently into the eyes of Mr Logan and Eunice.
"Oh see who is back, it's the gold digger."
"I can't believe those guards at the gate allowed a low-life dog into our Villa."
"You know what, Max I will pardon you and pretend that you never stood up to me if you will kneel before me now and bark like a dog."
"C'mon, I'm waiting for that bark!"
Mr Logan spoke with great determination and anticipation in his eyes.
"Do it or else when I'm done throwing you all out of that slummy house, I will sell your daughter, Chloe to Lord Mason, I hear his brothel business needs fresh blood."
His voice was laced with humiliation and disdain.
Max couldn't take it anymore, he had just killed Alice Stevens because of his daughter and he wouldn't mind killing another member of the Stevens family for Chloe's sake.
Max Xanderson walked slowly towards Logan, he had his fist clenched together to connect a collateral damage blow to Logan's sorry face.
"What is that animal doing in my villa?"
"Who the hell let you in here?"
The detached voice of Lady Megan Stevens immediately interrupted Max's plan.
"How did you get in here…"
"After all you have done!"
"You are the reason why Melissa Stevens is going through all this pain."
"And now you have caused this great family more trouble!"
"Why did you hit Lord Lucas and his son?!"
"You have really ruined us all!"
Lady Megan Stevens yelled as she hurriedly heaved her walking stick at Max Xanderson, who immediately swiped his left hand and the walking stick landed on Logan's bald head making him wince in pain.
"You will definitely pay for all the atrocities you have committed against my family."
"If the Lucas's come looking for your head, I will personally hand you over!"
Lady Megan Stevens continued venting as she stared lecherously at Max Xanderson, Melissa, Chloe and Mrs Sophia Stevens.
"At least I'm not the one who stole a company that doesn't belong to me and gave it to my eldest son."
Max Xanderson's voice was barely above whispers, but loud enough for everyone to hear.
"What was that?!"
"How dare you imbecile talk to me that way?!"
"Have you forgotten where you stand and before whom you are standing?!"
"What do you know about the Walters Tech cooperation?!"
Lady Megan Stevens asked as she was already infuriated, she stared disdainfully at Max Xanderson for exposing her.
The Walters Tech Cooperation, formerly called the Walters Enterprise, was Melissa's father's start-up company before he died.
Max Xanderson had used his influence in the army to help the Walters Enterprise achieve some of its greatest feats, the company moving from nothing to almost a trillion-dollar valuation company under his secret watch.
He had been angry since he heard that Lady Megan and Lord Dylan Stevens had seized the Walters Enterprise and had renamed it and given it to their eldest son, Ethan Stevens.
"I know quite a lot to say that it doesn't belong to you, Lady Megan!"
"Who do you think built that enterprise from nothing to almost a trillion-dollar valuation company?!"
Max Xanderson's questions really got everyone in the vestibule shocked and wondering.
"Enough!!!"
Lady Megan Stevens screamed at the top of her voice.
"I will not have you come into my home and turn my people against me."
"Guards!"
"Go to that slum that Melissa is living in, throw her things out and lock it up immediately since she failed to provide us with the invitation to the grand general's wedding."
"Stop!"
Melissa yelled immediately as she pulled out the VIP invitation card from her handbag.
"Grandma, here is the Stevens family invitation to the grand general's wedding."
Her voice was mellifluous as she handed over the invitation to Lady Megan Stevens.
Everyone was shocked down to their bone marrow as they wondered how on earth did she get the invitation.
"How did she get an invitation?"
"We were told Arnold Lucas didn't even get a chance to touch her before his balls were crushed mercilessly."
"How is this even possible?"
Eunice Stevens asked as she walked closer to examine the invitation card.
"Grandma, this invitation is fake!!!"
Eunice Stevens yelled at the top of her voice causing everyone to shudder in bewilderment.
"How dare you come here to deceive us…"
How dare you?!""Melissa, you came all the way from the slum you call home and brought me, your grandmother, a fake invitation!""So this is your own little way of getting back at me for taking over Walters Enterprise!""Well, thanks to my smart grandchild, your plans to humiliate me and my family at the grand general's wedding have failed!"Lady Megan Stevens was infuriated, her eyes glinting in anger as she immediately took the invitation card and threw it on and then stumped down it with her feet."You really are an ingrate and I will show you how I treat ingrates like you!""As for you Max Carlson, it wasn't enough for you to ruin our family's joy and plan to join the elite families at the top, you came here and accused me of stealing Walters Enterprise from Melissa and her mom.""Well today is the day you will learn respect and suffering will be your teacher."Lady Megan's voice was laced with anger and venom as she signalled Bryan and Logan Stevens, two of Melissa's cousins to a
The door was opened immediately only to reveal Captain Barnes, the feared captain in the whole of Westerville.Eunice and his grandmother stared at each other in bewilderment.Bryan and Logan had already been taken to the Stevens medical facility not far from the voyeur.Everyone stared at Captain Barnes as he walked towards to meet them, the hallway leading to the voyeur was long."What do you think brings Captain Barnes to our Villa?"Eunice Stevens' voice was barely above whispers as almost everyone fidgeted as the Captain got closer to them with his team members."I really don't know, I thought the guard said we were visited by Lord George Lucas?""I was thinking he has finally come to collect Max's balls for that of his son, Arnold Lucas.""How is it they say it again? A ball for a ball.""The moment this is over, I will fire that dweeb for misinformation."Lady Megan Stevens voice was barely above whispers as she only managed to not fidget as the others.Staring at Max, he was s
The voice of Lady Megan Stevens was laced bewilderment and curiosity as she walked in to stop Lord George Lucas from kneeling."Lord George, are you drunk or something?""What do you mean you came to apologize to Melissa?!""You should be more concerned about your ball-less son!""You should be taking revenge on her and her stupid husband, Max!"Her voice was laced with venom and hatred as she spoke.Lord George Lucas stared at her and shook his head in disappointment.'Clearly, she doesn't know who her son-in-law is yet.'"Lady Megan, you are yet to drink from the wrath of the great one, I get why you wouldn't understand why I'm doing this."Lord George Lucas whispered into the ears of Lady Megan, his heart thumping loudly as his gaze fixated on Max Xanderson."Melissa I'm kneeling here today and publicly asking that you forgive my family, especially my son Arnold for everything he has done to you."As Lord George Lucas pleaded, Martins Lucas, his second son ran in and joined his dad
"Guards!!!... pack up all these items and set them in the family's mini museum.""As for you Melissa, take your ranting mother and the rest of your family members out of my Villa now!"Her voice was vehement as she stamped her walking stick on the floor sending trepidation across everyone in the room.As Max, Melissa, Chloe and her mom were about to leave the door, Eunice immediately snatched the keys of the Bugatti Mistral from Melissa."You can't have that either, it belongs to us now…bye bye."Her voice was laced with disdain, Max Xanderson wished he would slap the hell out of the spoiled brat."C'mon let's just go. "Max Xanderson said as he pulled a stunted Melissa out of the villa, she immediately dabbed her eyes as they left.Moments later, Lady Megan Stevens is addressing her people in the Stevens villa."Listen up everyone, I don't want any of you to be deceived by what Lord George Lucas pulled out here.""He is clearly afraid of us, the Stevens, and not that wretched Meliss
Max Xanderson froze immediately to the spot, the Xanderson's was a name that he hadn't heard in years.As he stared into the darkened sky above, memories of his uncle Jeremy Xanderson plunging a sharp Katana sword straight through his mom's heart reeled through his mind like a pro-edited video.Memories of how he had wanted to swim back and save his mom from his uncle but was shot at raced through his mind making him bite his lips and clench his fist in vexation.Max Xanderson's thoughts raced as Jack Oniels waited patiently."General…what should I tell the Xandersons?"Jack Oniels asked again, his voice was barely above whispers."Tell them that I will grace his Vila tonight."His voice was barely above whispers yet laced with authority."Okay,Grand general, I will be leaving now."The messenger happily went away to deliver the best news to Jeremy Xanderson."I will be there, but to annihilate everyone."Max Xanderson whispered to himself as he dropped the call, his heart heaving up
"Someone answer me right away right before I lose my temper!"Lord Larry yelled immediately.The situation was intense and palpable as everyone stared at Max Xanderson as though they had seen a ghost."He is probably a ghost, Lord Larry, I'm very sure that he is supposed to be dead.""The moment I plunged my sword right through Sharon, he tried swimming back to save his mom and my men shot at him.""They even staged a search party along the Blueberg River and confirmed his death.""At this point, Lord Larry Harold, I'm as confused as you."Jeremy Xanderson's voice was barely above whispers as his frightened face stared at Max who was now almost close to them."Where did he get that Katana from?...it sure does look familiar."Jeremy Xanderson added as he fidgeted.The clanging sound of Max Xanderson's sword added to the intensity of the moment."Okay, I have had enough!""Max stop right there!"Lord Larry Harold yelled and immediately walked forward to meet Max Xanderson, followed up b
Moments later as the Xandersons were still busy trying to set up the venue, a messenger came immediately and handed Jeremy Xanderson his phone."Sir, this is important and urgent."The messenger's voice was barely above whispers as he handed the phoneover to Jeremy Xanderson."Wait!... what!""Why would he cancel his invitation and send our gifts back to us?"Jeremy Xanderson's voice was vehement as he stared into the confused face ofLord Larry Harold."What is going on Jeremy?!"Lord Larry Harold asked immediately, his face was etched with a mixture ofconfusion and anxiety."The grand general just canceled the meeting with us.""Apparently he heard what Max just did and decided we weren't worth itanymore.""No!!!"Lord Larry Harold yelled immediately as he fell to his knees.He had planned how he would increase his influence throughout the countryas soon as they could get the grand general on their side."This can't be happening!""We have come too far for this to happen!""Isn't
Finally, it was the day of the wedding of the mysterious yet powerful grand general.The whole country was on the move to Timeless Haven in Westerville.The whole radio and television announcement was about the wedding.Everyone was excited and ready to get into the venue.The streets were littered with all sorts of military decorations and parades.The wedding had caused a huge sensation in the whole country.Above the sky were military jets performing their air parade and colourful sky events.The scene was just too wonderful to behold."I really wished I was the one who had found the heart of the grand general.""Me too!"The voices of beautiful ladies walking down the street and admiring the whole event were vehement.All the hotels in Westerville and the neighbouring towns were booked and opened for the attendees of the grand wedding.Presidents and heads of state had all flown in from different countries just to grace this event."But who could this lucky girl be?""I really don'