The Trillionaire System

Chapter 3

Shock was written on everyone's face. Diana couldn't hold it to herself. She tried to pull his hand down to get him seated but his body was so firm.

"Granny, don't mind his words, he's sick upstairs!" Diana wailed, looking at him with disgust.

Granny's lips curled, she stood and walked to Diana, then whispered "He's in his right senses, don't discourage him."

Diana was short of words and watched Granny walked to her husband.

"Thank you, David." She patted his shoulder until he fell back to his seat. "You are such a brave and helpful son-in-law, I blessed the day you professed love to my granddaughter," she smiled at him.

David's heart vibrated in an instant. He was shocked with Granny's comment on his contribution. 'Did she just say I'm a helpful son-in-law? Wow! I've successful changed the thought of being useless from the mind of the Wendy family,' he celebrated his win silently.

Mrs. Elena and Tony exchanged glances and smiled at each other quietly. It was obvious they already had a plan about what just happened.

Diana pulled her husband close to herself and asked in a low tone, "Do you know what you just put yourself into?"

Before he could reply, Granny's voice ordered. "Dismiss!"

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David entered the bedroom with his wife, his mind filled with disorder.

"Did I do anything wrong, darling?" he asked with his chest beating so fast.

Diana said nothing but turned her back against him angrily.

"I'm very sorry, darling. I'm only trying to prove my usefulness to the family, and also I wanted to retrieve your reputation. That was why I seized the opportunity," he pleaded.

"Do you think it through before you go for it? Do you even know about the policies?" She asked him, her eyes red and dimmed with anger.

"What are those policies about?" he asked curiously, his brow furrowed.

Diana faced him and scoffed, then uttered, "The craziest among the policies is that..."

"David!!" a wailing voice called.

"Yes, I'm here!" he responded quickly since he knew it was one of the eldest maids.

"Granny is at the car garage waiting for you. She said you should join her immediately," the maid delivered and left.

David got confused instantly. He was at the point of pleading with his wife, which was still in progress. Granny, who had just accepted him as a helpful son-in-law, also needed his attention.

He gazed at his wife and muttered, "I will be back soon." He dashed out and joined Granny at the car garage.

"Open it for him," Granny ordered the maid to open the black Range Rover's door.

He felt stunned and happy. He was honored for the first time in the Wendy family.

He sat happily beside Granny and enjoyed the ride. Shortly, they arrived at their destination. It was a silent, big building with hefty men at the entrance.

"I have an appointment with Mr. Huge," Granny disclosed to the black, scary guy at the gate.

The guy glared at them for a while, which gave Granny a kind of mixed thought at the moment.

"Take them to the reception," a thick, scary voice ordered from a distance.

One of the men led the way and guided them to the reception.

Granny was a very popular person in Glover City, but Mr. Huge's workers don't toy with procedures.

After they waited for 30 minutes, a young lady in her twenties came and took them to Mr. Huge's office using the elevator.

David had no clue about where they were or what they came there to do.

"You are welcome!" a lanky man with a husky voice spoke.

"Thank you, sir," Granny replied, offering herself a seat. David, who looked so puzzled, cluelessly sat as well.

"Stand up!" the man yelled at him.

He stood immediately, shocked and full of befuddlement.

"I believe you know about our T&C?" Mr. Huge inquired with Granny.

"Yes, I do," she replied cheerfully.

He brought out a file that consist of some write-ups, then flipped till the last page and ordered David to sign.

He was perplexed and his heart was pounding so heavily. He stared at Granny, expecting an explanation from her, but all he heard was "Sign it, David."

Reluctantly, he signed. His mind was filled with numerous thoughts.

Mr. Huge took the file from him and added it to a mountain of files in front of him. He wrote a cheque for Granny and told her to get the cash from his bank.

At this moment, David understood that they had come for a loan. 'But why did he yelled at me to stand up? Why didn't Granny sign the file herself since it's just a signature?' All these were running through his mind until a light slap hit the back of his head.

David broke out of his reverie as he watched Granny leave the office and he peeked in the direction from which the slap came.

He caressed the back of his head as the pain penetrated into his soul.

'Why is she leaving while I'm still here?' he thought.

He ignored the scary-looking man who slapped him and, at the same time, wanted to thank him for bringing him back to life with the slap.

As he was about to take a step toward the door, he received a punch on his chest.

'What did I do to this man? you woke me up with a slap to follow Granny, now you just hit my chest badly while I was about going' he thought silently as he groan loudly of the pain.

"They didn't leave any percent behind for his feeding" Mr. Huge informed the scary man.

David was lost, he couldn't comprehend what the man was talking about till he ordered the scary man.

"Take him out!"

David thought ran to the silence that occurred when Tony suggested the loan from Mr. Huge. He also fast forward his thought to the decorum that filled the meeting hall despite the tempting offer that Granny issued.

At this moment, he understood why his wife said he was sick upstairs.

He grumbled with pain as the scary man dragged him out and he murmured "I'm sick upstairs" with his eyes laced with tears.