With his left hand still on his cheek, Liam let out a dry chuckle and turned to see Tyler sneering at him.
“Go on and apologize.”
As his face scanned all the faces around, Liam could see their disappointed looks. No one seems to be on his side. Lady Mary was staring at him as though she wanted to kill him with her eyes. Liam could also see Kimberly giving him a dirty look. His cousins in-law and their parents were at a place laughing over the whole matter.
At that moment, the atmosphere at the place was very tense.
“It's ok, I'll apologize on his behalf.” Miranda's words cut through the tense atmosphere and she could see many disappointed gazes.
“What?” Patricia was more disappointed in her younger daughter.
“Mira, come on. Let him apologize for his misdeeds.” Hailey's voice was heard as she tried to stop her friend from standing up for her husband.
“Yes, stop tolerating his excesses. Let him apologize. Remember Tyler had promised to help you in your business. If your worthless husband stands in the way, it'll be bad for you.” Jane added.
It was true that Tyler wanted to offer Miranda a helping hand so as to expand her business . However, he needed something else in return.
“You are not going to apologize to that man.” Liam spoke, his voice cold and devoid of any emotions. Angrily, he stormed out of the place after giving Tyler a dirty look.
“Don't you dare come back to my house again.” Patricia's hurtful words flew past his ears but he ignored her and got into a taxi. He was not going to sleep in the house that night.
Liam called Bruce and the man sent him some money to pay for a hotel.
The next morning, Liam got ready with the change of clothes he bought. He'd be going to meet with his father after a long time. He had really missed him and it was the same for Richard Sawyer. He misses his only son but had to part ways with him to keep him safe.
It was all for Liam's own good.
Upon his arrival at the entrance of LR real estate company, he was stopped by security from going in.
“Hey you, there's no job opening for a cleaner. Just go back to where you're coming from.”
Not only did the guard stop him from getting into the building, he was also demeaned.
Liam laughed at the man's ignorance and replied. “Go and tell the manager that his boss has arrived.”
Liam didn't know who the manager was but was very sure that he must have been enlightened by his father.
Although Richard Sawyer was expecting Liam to go home first, he had instructed Bruce to direct him to the company. Liam had never been to any of his father's company. The man was only waiting for the right time to hand over everything to him.
While the security guard gave Liam a disgusting look, Liam ignored the man and began to scan the place. With pursed lips, he said to himself. “This is not bad.”
The place was huge and beautiful.
“Get away from here before I call the police. I won't warn you again.” The security guard barked angrily and took out his phone to make a call but had to stop when the entrance door was flung open.
“Hey, Mr Sawyer. Good to finally see you.” An average looking man in his late forties approached Liam and stretched out his hands for a handshake.
Liam had earlier informed Bruce that he was outside the LR real estate building so the latter sent a message across.
“Mr. Sawyer?”
Stunned, the security guard repeated the words as he stared at the men exchanging a handshake before him.
“My name is Sean Garrett and I'm the manager here. Your father has been waiting for you.”
Sean turned to the security guard and saw his sober mood. “Lance, I hope you didn't give the boss any trouble?”
“Actually, he's been throwing shades at me. Can you believe he thought that I came here for a cleaning job.” Liam responded while sneering at the security guard.
His response angered Sean who instantly frowned at Lance. “How dare you? In fact, you're fired so get your things and leave this premises immediately.”
The security guard instantly fell on the ground in remorse. He tried to apologize to the men but Sean had led Liam into the building.
“Ignore him. Next time, he'd learn not to judge a book by its cover.”
Without another word, Liam followed the man into the building and to the private elevator of Richard Sawyer.
While they marched in, Liam could hear whispers of gossip among the other staff members. They were wondering the identity of the ugly man walking alongside their manager. And the man was also not well dressed.
Ignoring the staff, the two men made their way to the CEOs office. When the time is right, they'd learn about Liam's identity.
Once he was alone in his father's office and standing before the man, Richard could not express his shock, especially with the scar on Liam's face.
They often communicated on video calls. However, Liam's face was not like that when he saw him last.
As their eyes met, a gasp escaped Richard's mouth. “Wh…What happened to your face?” He stammered.
At that moment, Richard regretted sending his son away. Now look at what has happened to him.
Liam didn't reply to his father, instead he ran and gave him a hug. “I miss you Dad. Tell me who kidnapped you and I'll go after them one after the other.”
“I'm fine now, Son. Do not worry yourself about that. It's good that you're back. Now tell your old man what happened to your face.”
Liam pulled out of the embrace and went to sit down on the couch. “It was an accident and I don't want to bore you with the unfortunate details.”
Going back to his seat, Richard stared deeply at his son and saw that he's really changed. He was now very mature and the scar on his face made him look older.
“Ok. If you insist. However, you must get rid of it. A little surgery will clean that up.”
“Yeah Dad. I'll have surgery but not yet.” Liam replied and stood up from his chair. He went to pour himself some drink and began to sip before going back to his chair.
“What happened to you Dad? Why did you suddenly disappear? I also heard that Uncle David took over everything in your absence.”
“Are you sure he has nothing to do with your disappearance?”
“We can't point fingers without proof.” Richard replied immediately before standing up from his chair.
“What's more important now is that I'm back and you're also back to take back your place. Now, this is your new seat as the CEO of LR real estate company.”
“Hmph.” Liam chuckled in delight. “Thank you Dad. However, I'd like to inform you that I'll be ghosting for now. I don't want people to know me yet.”
“Ok. As you wish.” Richard nodded in understanding.
“I'd also like to inform you that I'm married now. I had wanted to give you the information when Bruce gave me that distressing news of your disappearance.”
“You're married.” Richard repeated, his voice was a mixture of amazement and perplexity.
Stunned, he gaped at his son for a while. That was the last news he was expecting to hear from his boy.
Liam nodded his head. “Yes Dad, I'm married but…”
Liam paused his words and stared at his father's face as if searching for something. When he saw the amazement in it, he continued.“I'm a live-in son-in-law and won't be coming home yet. My wife is good to me but my in-laws are the worst people ever. I really want to teach them a little lesson before revealing my identity to them.”“And I also want to know if my wife will fall in love with me.”Richard let out a chuckle and nodded in understanding. “What's their family name?”“They are the Westons and it was the late Ryan Weston who got me married to his granddaughter because I saved his life. Although I agreed to the marriage because I fell in love with the young lady in question.” Liam explained and saw that his father was silent.After a long pause, the man responded. “Ryan Weston was a good man. Well, I'll leave you to do your thing.”Richard made his way to the door. “Everything I own is yours and I'm sure you'll expand them. Make your Dad proud.”“Sure Dad. Thank you for your u
Patricia's voice halted Liam but Lady Mary decided to wave it off. It was important for them to hastily start the meeting.“It's ok Tricia, let them go and have their seats. We don't have much time now.”Liam already knew the reason for that urgent meeting. He also promised to always stand by his wife no matter what.“Settle down everyone.” Lady Mary cleared her throat, she casted Liam and Miranda one last glance before starting.“I'm sure that some of us already know about the LR latest project. It's a very huge estate and would certainly help our company achieve greater heights if we secure the deal.”Lady Mary paused for a while and scanned the faces of everyone present. When she was sure that all their attention was on her, she continued.“From what I've gathered, Navey interiors is trying really hard to secure this deal and we won't let that happen. All hands should be on deck as we work towards achieving this milestone.”Turning to Piper, Miranda's older cousin, who was Lady Ma
The voice belonged to Jane, one of Miranda's friends who's a banker in Diamond bank. Jane would never pass on the opportunity to throw shades at him and demean him. Countless times she has told her friend to divorce Liam but Miranda wouldn't listen.“Look, Jane or whatever it is that you call yourself. Don't you ever call me names again or you'll regret it.” Liam could no longer take the insults and had to tell her off.But since they were not yet inside the banking hall, Jane decided not to let him in.“It's best that you go back home because no one will attend to you. Not when they find out that your account probably contains only a few hundred dollars.”“Ma'am, do you know this man? Is there a problem here?” The security guard who had been listening to their conversations decided to find out what was going on.“Yes, I know him and it's such a shame.” Jane snorted coldly with a sneer on her face.Turning to the guard, she instructed him. “Escort him to the door, someone like him is
Meanwhile, Liam watched in delight, the sad look on Piper's face. He was seeing them from the CCTV footage. Soon, Piper began to walk away in disappointment. Perhaps, she was expecting that she'd easily get the deal because she was Piper Weston. The precious granddaughter of the Weston family.When Piper left, Liam decided to go through the media and saw that Aura cosmetics was putting the company up for sale.“Wow! This is great.” He muttered to himself.He was going to acquire the company if its sale was legit indeed. Liam put a call across to Sean and the next minute, he appeared before him.“You called me, Sir.”Liam nodded his head and without lifting it up, he said to the man standing before him. “Aura cosmetics is selling the company and from what I gathered, the owner wants to leave the country for good and doesn't want to have any company here in Dublin.”“And they seem to be doing well. No scandal, no financial crisis.”Liam lifted his head and gave Sean a serious look. “Fin
Miranda swallowed hard and gaped at her husband.“How can you be so sure?” She asked, confusion evident on her face.“Tyler might be able to afford those but won't be able to give it out as a gift. His company would go bankrupt if he does.”Liam's response made her more confused. What was he talking about? She was about to ask him another question when her phone began to ring. It was Lady Mary.Seeing the identity of the caller, a gasp escaped her mouth and she lifted her phone to show her husband.“Go on, pick it up.”While Miranda wondered what the lady was calling her for, she quickly picked up the call.“Lady Mary.”The old lady had instructed them not to call her anything else but ‘Lady Mary’. “Miranda.” The old lady called out in a solemn voice. She was clearly speaking like she was being forced.More than anything, she wanted them to sign the LR deal and for Piper to be the one who wears the crown of glory as the person to pull off the deal.“Yes, Lady Mary.” Miranda replied c
Outside LR real estate company, Miranda stood there scrolling through her phone. She was looking for Lady Mary's number. When she finally found it, she dialed it and it rang several times. However, no one picked up.She tried it again and again but the old lady didn't answer her call. This got Miranda worried and she decided to call one of her cousins. Piper picked up her phone almost immediately. “What is it?" She spoke in a harsh voice and Miranda could tell that she was angry.“Piper, I uh… I've been trying to reach Lady Mary but she isn't picking up. Go and check if she's doing alright.”Her cousins and their parents lived with the old lady at the family villa. “Hmph." Piper scoffed at her and replied sarcastically. “So you know no one else to send that errand of yours and decided to send me, your new servant."“Moreover, why the hell are you calling Lady Mary? If it's so urgent, why don't you go to the villa and check her up, dear caring Mira."Piper angrily ended the call even
"Liam? What are you doing here?” Landon was the first to speak. Turning to the young lady, he said to her,“You can leave now.”"Mr. Liam?” Rogers added, stunned. He gaped at the scarred young man standing before him and to Sean who was seated comfortably on a swivel chair, wearing a serious look.“Is he the one who you referred to as Mr. Sawyer?” Rogers directed the question to Sean and he nodded his head in agreement."Yeah, that's Mr. Sawyer who just acquired Aura cosmetics.” Sean replied while putting on a smile.“What?" Landon froze where he sat. He could not believe his eyes nor what he just heard.Liam used to be a manager at Aura cosmetics and worked under him. He had to fire him after he had the accident that caused the scar on his face.Being a beauty company, they could not have a manager who does not represent their products. So they had to lay him off without thinking twice and with no compensation."Yes, it is me. It's indeed a good thing that you still remember my face.
Not long after Miranda got to her diner, Hailey walked into the place and helped herself to a seat while waiting for her friend. It was still the morning rush hour so Miranda and her girls had to attend to customers first.Miranda was going to have time for her friend when the rush hour was over.The next one hour, the rush was finally over and she was able to walk up to her friend.“Hi Hailey, I'm sorry for leaving you all by yourself. So tell me, what's going on?" Miranda said with a broad smile on her face. She was very happy and her friend could see it on her face.“Wow! Someone seems to be in a very high spirit this morning. Tell me what happened. Come on, spill the beans."“Did Tyler get you a contract for this diner?"Miranda's smile suddenly disappeared from her face at Hailey's question. All she always talked about was Tyler.With furrowed brows, she replied to Hailey.“No. I haven't seen him since after he left this place the previous day. I'm just happy about something else