"Sometimes, you don't have to listen to what people are saying. He might not even be in his right senses, you never can tell." Raymond smirked. "Indeed." Julia snapped. She couldn't wait for them to get home so she would vent her anger on him. She was still sulking when Stella stopped beside her. "Come with me." She said, "Why?" "We need to unwrap Dad and Mom's gift. I don't think you will be going home tonight because the gifts are so many." She sang like a canary. She aimed to make Raymond feel bad. "As you can see, I have a company. I can't leave him." Stella cast Raymond a glance then let out a low hiss. "He is invalid. Come with me at this moment." "Please go away and stop bothering me. You and mom contrived to embarrass me and my husband and now you want me to come help you, no way. Ask Mom to help you since you two are partners." Raymond grabbed Julia's hand to calm her down. He knew she was mad at him but he still had to step in to prevent the issue from escala
"Is this a dream or what?" The guests asked themselves as they admired the present. "What is all this?" Julia's uncle, who was advising Raymond a while ago asked as he made his way towards where he stood. "Son, why didn't you tell us you have something up your sleeves instead of bearing all the insults we melted on you?" He asked playfully. "Nothing. I didn't want to give my gift back there." He shrugged. Meanwhile, Niko and Adam had left the scene to avoid being seen. "Isn't this SV Carmel edition?" Someone asked "Of course and the last time I checked, it cost $300,000" his colleague replied as they continued to admire the car. "It's $370,000 now. Shipping fee is not included." Another chirped in. Instead of berating Raymond now, they were now admiring him as they wondered how he was able to present such an expensive gift to his in-laws. "I guess it is a loan." "He must have tangible collateral to take that as a loan. He is rich, he is just pretending to be some poor
"Ray," she groaned, slapping his hands off."What's it? Come let's get you to sleep." He said, trying to take her hands but she pushed him away."Why are you hiding things from me?" She groaned, feeling betrayed and frustrated at the same time.If only he had told her his intention, she wouldn't have made any fuss but he didn't, taking her unaware.To make him feel less ashamed, she had to make a quick purchase of customized jewelry in his name but unfortunately, they arrived late not knowing he had something up his sleeves."Why are you acting this way? We are married and so we shouldn't be keeping things away from each other." She stressed her words."Next time, trust me." He said with his hand on his chest but she wasn't going to buy this. She gave him a few minutes to compose himself before she asked her previous question."Where did you get the money from? $370,000 is not something you ca
"Is it the underrated son-in-law or just Raymond?" Austin smirked with his arms crossed on his chest. "Are we friends?" Raymond smirked. "No." "Do you want to be my friend?" "No." "Then stay away from me else I will tell the CEO you are troubling me. Jaime wasn't bluffing when he said the CEO would relieve anyone from their job if they tried to bother me." He smirked. Taken aback by his rendition, Austin's mouth fell open. He was thinking he could still ride on Raymond like he always did before. "Aren't you tired of bullying him?" Antonio asked, joining them with Julius closely behind. Ever since they pulled that stunt on Sarah, the two had become best of friends. "I'm not bullying him," Austin replied in self-defense. He was stylishly moving backward, scared that the three would lynch him. "I don't want to see you around him else I will tell the CEO what you and Jaime are plotting against Ray. Or do you think I don't know?" Julius was the one speaking now. "Don't
"You wanted to say something," Xavier said, reminding Raymond who seemed to have forgotten what he wanted to say. "Yeah. Actually, it's a question I want to ask." "And what's that?" "You want me to assist you right?" "Yes…" "Then, what will I get in return when we pull this against FreeBie successfully?" "Anything you want apart from my life and property." "You're sure?" Xavier nodded in response. He was expecting Raymond to accept immediately but when he didn't say anything for a while, he asked. "Does that mean you are assisting me?" "I never said that. I'm still contemplating." He smirked After spending a little more time, Raymond took his leave even without getting permission from Xavier. Immediately after he left, Xavier called Jaime in. "I want you to keep tabs on Raymond. I don't trust him a bit." He said. Jaime was taken aback by his request. He was not expecting his boss to say something like that, not after his cordial relationship with Raymond. He ha
"Maria, come help handle the children." Jacinta, Adam's wife, called the maid who wasted no time in appearing at the doorway. "Mom," Birdie, the younger one scowled, running behind Jacinta. "What's it? I told you after lessons…" "Diner, bath then sleep." She cried. "Then what?" "I don't want to go with Maria. She said she won't talk to me again." She cried, using her little palm to wipe her face. Maria was chuckling at the show Birdie was putting up. Being the younger one, she always wanted things to be done her way even when she had been warned not to. Earlier that day, Maria had just finished bathing Birdie and her brother. She wanted to dress them up for school but Birdie refused, saying she wanted to dress herself. In the process of trying to pick up her clothes, she fell face-first to the floor but luckily for her, the children's room floor was padded so she didn't sustain any injury. To make her stay in place, Maria threatened to report her to Jacinta only for he
"So, if I don't tell you, you aren't going to speak to me, huh?" He asked. "Yeah." She affirmed. "Forever." "Yeah." "Okay then." He smirked then brushed past her. Julia was furious with the way he just discarded her threat as if it meant nothing. She just wanted to know how he got the money to purchase such an expensive car and also know what job he was doing that was making his bank account overflow with money. Unknowingly to him, she had peeped at his balance the day he pretended to slump. "Come on Ray, this is not funny anymore." She groaned in distress. When Raymond got to the office, just like it had been for a while now, tongues were wagging about him. For the first time since the drama began, he decided to listen to the conversation of two staff who were so engrossed that they didn't know when he joined them. "...Look, Raymond must be a fraudster." Seeing the doubtful expression on his colleague's face, he said, "I'm being serious here." "Jaime didn't confir
"The defaulters will receive a mail and I expect you all to comply with your punishment. Go on, have a nice day, and always remember, we are a team and only together we can win." Xavier ended his speech with a smirk and after running his eyes around the boardroom, he took his leave. To prevent being a scapegoat, those who hadn't received the message refused to look in his direction. They were all scared. This was the finest time a CEO in Dexx was taking interest in a mere worker. While all these were going on, Raymond's focus was on what he had intended to accomplish that day. He had decided to get the documents that bound his father's company and that of Dexx together. The only place he could get the documents he wanted was the Partnerships Department, unlike his company where the Human Resource department was responsible to be in charge of these documents. "Let's do this." He said to himself as he rose. Mayor had long left the scene to continue his study. He was bent on ge