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2024-10-29 19:42:56Scarlet sent out official invites to all the members of her family.
As each of them received their invite they were pleasantly surprised.
“You think she’s pregnant?” Jason asked his mom, Elicia.
“No way!” She answered back.
“Maybe they’re in debt, I heard Vivian took out their mortgage. They’re most likely swimming in debt.”
“Debt but sending out fancy invitations to a fancy dinner? What is that woman up to?”
When Vivian got the invite, she scoffed.
“I’m not doing this! That ungrateful child threw me out of a house I paid for!”
“You’re not even a little bit curious about why she did that?” Bruce, her third husband asked.
“It doesn’t matter! I’m not going and you’re not going!”
When Madam Rodney got the invitation, she was indifferent, “did they hit a jackpot or something? The quality of this card is impeccable.”
“Or perhaps Mason stole some money, wouldn’t put it past him.” Michelle Rodney said.
The dinner was for that night at a moderately fancy restaurant in Beverly Hills.
What Scarlet didn’t know however was that Mason had rented out the entire restaurant for their family dinner and had all the meals paid in full.
The money she spent for her booking and meals went back to the house for groceries and their monthly rent.
“Calm down, Scarlet. Take a breather. You’d do just fine.”
Mason tried to calm her down.
She had been pacing back and forth in the living room.
“But how do I announce it? Hi everyone, I got the contract?”
“Or, I got the contract everyone!!”
“Maybe something more serious like: I acquired the contract.” Scarlet said all these with a very serious face that made Mason burst out laughing.
Scarlet pouted and threw a pillow at him to where he was sitting on the counter top.
“I’m being serious!” She said.
“I know. I know.” Mason said with both hands up defensively.
“I just think you’re being too serious. I know they’re a lot but they’re still your family. You don’t have to prepare so much to break good news to them.”
“I just, I just want to do things right.” She said as she slouched down on the couch, Mason’s bed.
“And you’ll do just that. You always do things right.”
“My family thinks the exact opposite. They think everything I do is a flop.”
Mason hated that her family had reduced her self confidence to near zero.
Scarlet truly excelled at every and anything she did but her family always found something to pick apart.
Due to that Scarlet stopped trying to do new things or vying for company positions. Although she was a member of the family they had successfully pushed her even away from board meetings.
She was a major shareholder but decided not to attend because she always felt so alienated.
Her grandmother favored her aunt, Elicia. Her child from an extramarital affair before her mom was born. Always said her mom was stupid, being on her third marriage.
Scarlet had no idea who her father was or where he was as he left when she could barely walk or talk.
Her grandfather was the only one who was kind to her and he passed almost six years ago now and ever since then her life had been nothing short of fighting for her right every day.
To think she fought her grandfather about him having her betrothed without her knowledge.
Mason is now her biggest if not her only support system. She would count on her little sister, Michelle but Michelle hated Mason which in turn made things even more difficult for her.
So Scarlet was right to be nervous about hosting her family, she felt like she would be picked apart anyway, scrutinized under a big magnifying glass, judged and questioned from every angle.
The thought of it made her nervous. Would she actually become COO of Rodney constructions?
Could she even work with them? All the questions made her nauseated.
“I need a moment.” She said and she went into her room and to the shower.
“What is wrong with me?” She asked as she stood under the shower, the cold water soaking her naturally red hair and flowing down her back.
“You’ve got this!” She gave herself a little pep talk.
Seeing her family truly gave her anxiety. She never realized the depth of it as she was always just sitting there during family dinners.
The most she contributed was refusing to divorce Mason whenever they brought up the topic, which they did a lot of.
Today she was the one with good news and what big news it was.
Scarlet ravaged through her wardrobe searching for what to wear. She truly never bothered with appearances.
Her thick, dark, red hair was about 80% of her makeup. She also had unrealistically long eyelashes to compliment her dark green eyes.
Her grandfather used to call her a doll because of her anime-like features. Scarlet used to believe him though but now, she hardly looked at herself in the mirror.
She thought her grandfather would be extremely disappointed in her if he saw how she lived presently.
She was a shadow of herself and her confidence was near zero.
Bagging the contract was supposed to boost her confidence but instead she picked herself apart even more.
She picked out a flowing black bodycon dress and attempted to curl her hair. She put on red lipstick and gold jewelry. For shoes, she put on black stilettos with red bottoms.
In the living room, Mason heard the water running in the shower and took it as a queue to get ready.
He had purchased a dark blue tuxedo from one of the designer stores in town earlier that day.
He paired it with a bow tie but decided at the last minute to ditch the suit. He just went with the shirt and the tuxedo pants with black shoes.
He was tying his shoelace when he heard the door to the room open and footsteps approaching.
“Almost ready!” He said, the scent of her perfume hit his nostrils and he lifted up his head to behold Scarlet looking intensely breathtaking.
His breath was literally knocked out of him.
“How do I look?”
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Mason blinked an unnatural amount of times before answering, “breathtaking.”Scarlet laughed heartily, throwing her head back.“Is that a good or a bad thing?” She asked mischievously, rubbing her hand down her other arm.“Definitely good.” Mason replied coolly, lips pursed, trying to hide the gleam in his eyes.Scarlet blushed, the atmosphere suddenly felt really warm.Mason felt it too, “ready?” He cleared his throat, breaking the awkward silence.“Yes, although I think a glass of champagne wouldn’t hurt. For the nerves.”Mason smiled, “for the nerves.”He poured her a glass and watched her gulp it down, she finished in a few seconds and said, “ready.”The couple drove to the venue which was a restaurant about fifteen minutes away.As Mason drove, he felt Scarlet fidgeting and without thinking, he took her hand and held it, which took her by surprise but that was exactly what she needed.She offered him a warm smile, “Thank you, Mason. Truly.”“You never have to thank me.” He replie
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Elicia started laughing, “you called us here to try out stand up comedy?”“Scarlet, dear, you had us all here to waste our time?” Her mother, Vivian asked.She looked at Mason who nodded slightly at her, suddenly she had all the courage that she required to finish with this sham of a gathering.She reached for her bag, unzipped it and brought out a brown envelope.“The proof and details of the contract are in this envelope.” She said and stretched, handing the envelope to her grandmother, Madam Rodney.The table was dead silent, so much so that you could undoubtedly hear a pin drop.Though in doubt, Madam Rodney took the envelope from her, eyeing it before inspecting the seal.“It is indeed from Microloft.” She muttered to herself, still in disbelief.She removed the seal and opened the envelope to reveal the contents of it. It was but a piece of paper which read, "This is to show and certify that Microloft has independently contracted Scarlet Rodney as the contractor for the construc
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Mason met up with Scarlet outside who was standing at the roadside, watching Madam Rodney’s car as it drove off.He stood by her side “She gave me a kiss,” She whispered as though she was watching a ghost.“Crazy things happen when you’re COO.” Mason joked.Scarlet looked up to her husband, “She treated me differently, calmly. Perhaps she will finally accept you too!”Mason chuckled, “I seriously doubt that.” He said honestly, and that was okay. He had given up ages ago on the thought of Madam Rodney, or any of her family members liking him. It was a fool’s dream.It made it easier to walk all over them though. He felt no pity for Jason as he ordered Rita Donovan to throw him out of Microloft’s HQ, embarrassing him and he will feel no pity when he dealt with Elicia for insinuating that which she did.They were going to have to learn not to speak ill of his wife.The couple, Mason and Scarlet got home.As they entered the living area, “Thank you for coming Mason… to support me.” Scarl
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“Elicia Rodney?” Gerald asked over the phone, “Yes, Elicia Rodney. The result of an extra marital affair of Madam Rodney.”“Alright Sir. I am on it.”“Thank you, Gerald.”The line went silent and Mason got up, ready to begin his day. His plan for the day was to visit the HQ, he needed to see Rita Donovan about the party Madam Rodney was throwing.Mason got up and took a quick shower. After grabbing a slice of toast, he stepped out of the house. He got in his beat down car and drove to microloft HQ. While on his way, there was a bit of traffic a few minutes away from the HQ. He heard a car honking and honking. Confused, he turned to see who it was and he saw that it was Ric Wilson. He had not seen the black Porsche beside him because he was so focused on the traffic light.Mason was irritated. He really did not want to have to deal with the man who sought and was actively seeking to covet his wife.Ric however, kept honking like a mad man. Mason took one last look at the traffic light
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Ric could not understand what was going on at this point, he had simply gone numb from the shock and shame, at this point he was beginning to wish he never showed up at the Rodney's mansion after all, even the Gran was ignoring him now, and things like this filled him with unquenchable rage.“Do not take their behavior to heart Ric.” A mocking voice advised him from behind and he turned, ready to transfer all the rage and anger in his body for Mr Wilde to a physical opponent, he was met with Mason's grin instead, and at this point he clenched his hands, to think that the nobody was making fun of him, him!“What the hell do you want? I know you are wretched but are you also incapable of reading the atmosphere?” Ric gritted out, his anger steadily mounting at the smug look on Mason's face.
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Mason watched them carefully so as to be able to spot any looks of concern or shock or just anything that told him that they were unaware of this unfortunate news, Mason scoffed.*You do not seem surprised.” He said to them and Jonathan shrugged as he looked at him with a gaze straight from hell in all its mischief and grizt.“Listen, pretending to be surprised would be a lie and a cowardly action.” Rhode said with a straight forward and Mason venomously, even he was surprised by the depths of his anger, it felt unquenchable.“Your parents killed mine.” Mason said, no more point in hiding it, he came right out with it and said it, they both nodded.“They caused the car crash that happened, it was organized by them, and done so that no one would be able to escape.” Rhode said and Mason flinched back.“I cannot just let you both leave.” Mason said desperately, he didn't want to harm them, but at the same time was terrified of allowing them to walk away.“We were supposed to kill you as
