CHAPTER ONE
In a dimly lit room, a young man walked into the room, with a bowl of water on his hands.
It was none other than Roman Cooper.
"Here is it!" Roman dropped the bowl of water in front of his mother-in-law, Jessica Rodriguez.
Jessica Rodriguez, his mother-in-law, had requested for a bowl of water to wash her feet. It's a thing she does on a daily basis.
It is known as her normal routine.
She glanced at him in disdain, and nodded her head in response. Without looking at the bowl, she dipped her hand into the hot water.
An agonizing tone filled the room, the water had burnt her hand. Glaring contemptuously at Roman, she yelled at the top of her voice.
"You scoundrel! What have you done? You just burnt my hand, why are you so filial?" Shooting him a deadly glance, she demanded.
The rage she felt in her system couldn't be measured. She was really pissed at him.
Roman, on the other hand, didn't bother to say anything, he stood at her front calmly. His face was emotionless as he stared at his wristwatch.
It was 12:00 in the midnight, another day to begin with.
He has completed his task, and he is ready to leave. Three years ago, he had made a promise to help the Rodriguez Family to skyrock in the business world.
Now, the Rodriguez Family are known around the city as they had become the tier -2 Family, saving them from bankruptcy.
He had really fulfilled his promise, and it's time to leave.
His Mother-in-law, Jessica Rodriguez was furious seeing him standing there and saying nothing.
She blew up her top, "What are you doing there? Won't you talk, useless boy?" She yelled at the top of her voice.
Still, Roman didn't move from where he was or bother to say a word. He was just looking at her with no emotions on his face.
Due to this action, Jessica Rodriguez's anger raised twice as before, she kicked the bowl full of hot water to him.
"You idiot! How can you be rude to me? Don't you have manners!" She gritted her teeth angrily.
Swiftly, Roman avoided the splash, and gave his Mother-in-law a hard glare then walked out of the room without uttering a single word.
Jessica became even angrier. How could he walk out of her like that? She shouted at the top of her lungs, "Stop there, Roman! How dare you walk out on me?"
She got up from the bed, and went up to Roman, who had stopped at the entrance while she rained some words on him.
"How ungrateful you are, Roman? The Rodriguez Family had been the one feeding you for the past three years and a place to live, and all you could do is to be rude to us!
My daughter was given to you to marry, and all you could do is to disrespect me! Who should have been praising the Rodriguez Family if not for you? Yet, you seem ungrateful.
Roman, if care is taken, and you continue to act like this, I'm going to make sure my daughter divorce you!
What am I even saying? She will be divorcing you very soon, you ungrateful being." Her words came out as a threat but Roman didn't care about it.
Roman ignored her, and tried to leave but he was dragged back by Jessica Rodriguez. She seethed angrily, "Where did you think you were going? My words don't have a response, right?"
Seeing Roman was keen on ignoring her, she picked the flower vase behind her, and attempted to hit it on his head.
Alerted, Roman quickly avoided it, and stepped aside. Due to the heavy vase, Jessica Rodriguez lost her composure, and slipped down the stairs while the flower vase fell down her hand and broke during the process.
Roman watched as his Mother-in-law, Jessica Rodriguez rolled down the stairs while still having no emotions on his face.
An agonizing cries filled the room, Jessica Rodriguez had fractured her bones, and grunting in pain.
Roman just stared at her in silence, he didn't bother to help her up to her feet as he watched her scream in agony.
"You bastard! What are you waiting for? Won't you help me to my feet? Can you see me in pain? I will call my daughter and ask her to divorce you! You are of no use to the family! An ungrateful son-in-law like you shouldn't be accommodated anymore." She yelled angrily at him.
Only then did Roman scoff, and nodded his head disdainfully. He could see how unreasonable his Mother-in-law was.
He was trying to move into his room when the front door opened, revealing a lady and a man.
The Young lady was his wife, Jennifer Rodriguez.
Her once brightened face was covered with scowls, the excitement in her voice abruptly turned in to worry.
Seeing her Mother on the ground, she rushed towards her. Quickly, she demanded, "What happened, Mother? Why are you on the floor?" Her voice was hinted with worries, and fear.
Seeing how worried her daughter looked, Jessica Rodriguez pretended to be in serious pain and cried loudly.
"Could I have fallen just like that? Your ungrateful husband hit and pushed me down the stairs. He even threatened to kill me if I mentioned it to you!" She muttered, faking tears out of her eyes.
Jennifer raised her head up to glance at Roman in an angry way. She ran up to him, and raised her hand up to slap Roman on the face.
"Don't you dare!" Roman held her hand up in the air, and slightly pushed her away from him.
Before Jennifer could speak, Jessica Rodriguez had chimed in angrily, "Can you see how rude and animalistic your ungrateful husband is? We had given him a place to lay his head on, and a free meal everyday but see how ungrateful he is, and not only that, he dared hit me! How rude?"
Furiously, Jennifer "What have you done, Roman? Is this how you treat my mother whenever you guys are alone in the house? No matter how angry you are, you shouldn't have hit her. What gall, Roman?"
Jennifer Rodriguez is the eldest daughter of the Rodriguez Family. Despite how beautiful and pretty she looked, she had a rude and arrogant attitude. She was the CEO of the Rodriguez Group of companies.
Roman sneered angrily, "Don't you judge me before knowing what happened!" His voice was laced with contempt, and rage.
Jennifer snapped in fury, "What are you talking about? Why have you pushed my mother? I need an explanation from you! What has my mother done to you to deserve this type of treatment??"
Roman sneered once again, "You really want to know the truth about everything, right? Why don't you check the surveillance cameras, and your questions will be answered?"His voice was a little bit rising.
With that, he climbed the stairs, and walked into his room.
"Can you see what I'm saying, Jennifer? Your husband is rude and at the same time ungrateful for the things we've done for him in the house. You need to divorce him as soon as possible. He ain't the perfect husband you are looking for!"
Hearing what Jessica Rodriguez had said, Roman scoffed ingratiatingly. In the past three years, he was treated like a servant. Cleaning and cooking for the whole family every day, yet they see him as an ungrateful and useless son-in-law or husband.
He opened up the drawer, and brought out a brown parcel. Inside the Brown Parcel, there was a stack of papers in it. Roman pulled the papers out, and glanced at it then before walking out of the room.
The moment he closed the door behind him, he could see Jennifer standing in front of his entrance while she glared at him contemptuously.
Jennifer began to speak, "I have checked the surveillance cameras, and I saw how everything had happened. My Mother was trying to hit the flower vase on you, and you tried to avoid it which led to her fall.
Shouldn't you allow her to hit you instead of avoiding the hit? You are so despicable and disrespectful, Roman! Shouldn't you have prevented her from falling? She is an old woman, and hitting you with a vase wouldn't have caused you any harm." She spewed out angrily, while glaring at him in contempt.
Roman was dumbfounded. He couldn't mutter any words out of his word, as he stared at his wife in awe.
He never believed his wife to be as unreasonable as her mother. How could you suggest I shouldn't have avoided Jessica Rodriguez's hut? What if he got hit in the delicate part and slumped to death? What would happen to him? Would she have called him a brave or foolish man?
He nodded his head silently, he already knew them to be selfish, and unworthy. He pulled out the stack of papers and handed them over to Jennifer.
"I have put in my signature. It remains yours! So, can you sign the paper?" He mumbled, while Jennifer hesitated before collecting the paper from him.
"What is this?" Jennifer asked, curious to know what's going on.
"Why don't you check the papers?" Roman snorted, and stared keenly at her.
The moment Jennifer took a look at the paper, she shouted. "What? A Divorce Paper?"
CHAPTER TWO Jennifer stared at the divorce papers, then looked back at Roman. She was confused; why would Roman , who is nothing but a loser, depending on her family to live, would have the mind to propose a divorce agreement to her. "What is this, Roman? Why have you filed for a divorce?" She snapped angrily at him, "Oh! Are you here to cheat me of some money? You want us to split my worth into two? You have failed, Roman!" She concluded, with an evil smirk bestowed on her face. Roman chuckled, and muttered coldly, "Why don't you look at it? You shouldn't be afraid, you know?" Quickly as Roman concluded, Jennifer glanced through the agreement for the divorce and saw Roman would not receive a penny from her. So, there is no way he would cheat her. Meanwhile, Jessica Rodriguez, who had been writhing in pain all these while, stood up hastily, ignoring the pain she felt in her body. She strode towards Jennifer quickly, and snatched the divorce papers from her, and snorted. "Wha
CHAPTER THREEListening to what the man, Harry Greenwood had sputtered out of his mouth, Roman decided to ignore him, and glanced at Jennifer coldly. "Really! You can't even wait for us to be divorce before courting another man. How despicable of you, Jennifer!"He continued with his heart filled with pain and fury, "For the past three years, I have tried all my best to make you satisfied, but still, you saw me as a loser, a servant in the family. You have the effrontery to bring your new boyfriend home even without getting divorce. You are the one who has made a mistake, so do not dare to insult me anymore otherwise I would teach you guys a lesson." He concluded, his voice was hinted with utmost anger. Jennifer was shocked and rendered speechless. She could see how angry Roman looked. In the past three years, Roman had been so gentle and calm, and never voiced out no matter how pained he was. Although, She and her mother, Jessica Rodriguez, treated him like a servant, he was not
CHAPTER FOURUpon seeing the gangsters in front of him, the taxi driver was terrified, he was cowering in fear. One of the gangsters came forward, and kicked the car door while he shouted at him. “You fool! Open the door! Don't you see us?” He yelled at the top of his voice. The Taxi Driver trembled the more as he felt like crying at that instance. With hesitation, he opened the car door. He cried vehemently, “Please, don't harm me! I don't have anything worthy you can take from me, please!” With an evil smirk on his face, the gangster threw him out of the car roughly. Roman sneered at the scene displaying in front of him. Quickly, he got down from the car. A man who had a cigarette in his mouth walked out from the gangsters. He was none other than Atkinson, Jennifer's younger brother. He walked closer to Roman, and smirked maliciously, "Where do you think you are going, Roman? Do you think you can escape from getting beaten? Unfortunately, you are going to receive the wors
CHAPTER FIVEAtkinson was astounded. The lady was here for another thing. But what made him look marveled was when the lady pointed at Roman. Referring to Roman as Mr Cooper. He flashed out a smile, “You've really made a mistake, Miss! The Man over here is just the Rodriguez live-in son-in-law. He doesn't deserve this respect you are giving to him.”He continued, “His name is Roman and only lives on his wife's wealth. Don't you see how useless he is. He doesn't deserve any of the respect you are giving him.” Glaring at Roman maliciously, he muttered. The lady didn't give a response. She really thought He doesn't deserve to know who Roman was. She turned to the men behind her, and commanded in an angry tone. “What are you guys waiting for? Teach all of them a lesson they would never forget.”Atkinson and his underlings were terrified. Staring fearful at the men in black suits, Atkinson doesn't have the urge to bring out his gun and shoot at them. They are definitely going to overpo
CHAPTER SIXAfter listening to Jennifer's raging words, he gave out an exasperated sigh. He didn't want to argue anything with her, he just cut off the line. Jennifer fumed when she saw the call was aborted. She turned to her Mother, “The bastard just cut me off! Can you imagine, Mother?”Jessica Rodriguez snorted angrily, “Roman needs to be arrested. He had offended us and surely, we must take revenge.”“Try getting some thugs and get him captured.” She added, gritting her teeth furiously. Jennifer nodded her head in response, “Sure Mom! I will get it done. Atkinson must have his revenge on Roman.” She sneered. In a luxurious mansion, people were gathered in one place. Worries were displayed on their faces. The Lord of the Xander Family was unconscious on the bed. The Xander Family had worries and fear on their faces. They were anxiously waiting for someone, they felt restless. One of the Xander family members spoke out in rage. “Where is she? When is she bringing the cure? We
Chapter 7 “What's wrong with my father, Dr McKenzie? Why the sudden change? Is he dying?” Reuben asked anxiously, he was panic stricken at the moment. Everyone was also scared, as murmurs filled the room. “Is the Master going to die? Please Dr McKenzie, save the Lord!”“What is going on, doctor?"“Nothing must happen to the Master!”The room was tense as everybody's hearts were overpowered with anxiety and fear. Dr McKenzie was also confused at this stage, he didn't know what to do . Roman shouted, “Calm down everyone. The Lord will be saved, you don't have to worry. His condition isn't beyond cure!” Everyone glanced at him in a confused manner. Did he really know what he's saying? They tried to ridicule him but he wasn't important at the moment. He felt their gaze on him, so he continued, “The drug injected into the Lord's body reacted as a poison. That causes the changes in the Lord's body and if he isn't treated right now, the old man might die.” Everyone exclaimed, “Poiso
Chapter 8Upon hearing the words from Reuben, the Doctor suddenly felt agitated. He cowered in fear, he knew what the Xander's family could do. Anything coming out from them, they really mean it. Quickly, he stuttered as he tried to beg for forgiveness. “Please Mr Reuben, I'm sorry for the mistake. It won't happen again, my injection hasn't worked on him. It was Roman who treated the Lord.” He claimed, trying to appease Reuben. Everyone was glaring at him disdainfully, and wondered how he could be shameless to claim what he didn't do. Obviously, his apologies won't work. Reuben shot him a deadly glare and said, “If you've claimed you're not good enough to save the Lord's life, it would be better and okay." He paused, and looked into his eyes sternly, “But you tried to stop Mr Roman from saving the Lord just only to save your dignity. Do you think I will forgive you for that? No!”“Please Mr Xander, accept my apologies! Just use this as a warning to me. It won't repeat itself." Dr.
Chapter 9Angelique Brown was overjoyed. Roman had just accepted her invite, and it's something to be happy about. She muttered excitedly, “Thank you Mr Cooper for accepting my invite. You don't know what this means to me.” Quickly, she brought out his phone and put a call to her assistant about convening a press conference. It hadn't rang twice when the assistant's voice was heard. "Good day, Miss Brown! I saw your call.”“Yess! Lord of Xander had been cured. I decided to convene a press conference, and a business party afterwards. Can you do that?” Angelique Brown muttered. The assistant's voice hinted with surprise, “Really ma'am! Wow, I'm so happy right now! When will the press conference come up?”" Tomorrow will be fine! Yeah, we should do it tomorrow!” Angelique replied while nudging at Roman for his response. Roman also nodded his head in response. After some minutes of discussing about the conference, Angelique ended the call, and turned to Roman with a broad smile on he