“Leave her alone? You're the one who should leave her alone. You're undeserving of her love!” Harry argued, pulling Lyra closer to himself. Lyra glared at Harry, “What's the meaning of this nonsense?!” She asked as she pulled herself away from his arms. Turning towards Brian, “Honey, let's leave this place.” She said as she dragged him away from Harry's presence, making him green with envy. Suddenly, the announcer climbed the stage, “I welcome you all to the last phase of the Ashton business proposal.” “As we all know, only a few companies made it to this phase. Not wanting to waste any more time, I would like to invite the representatives of each company to present their proposal.” Lyra immediately stood up from her seat and walked towards the stage with Brian by her side, and her assistant trailing behind her. A few representatives from other companies followed suit with their respective assistants. Moments later, Derald, the representative of Asher mines, discussed his proposa
Lady Elizabeth suddenly exploded, “What do you mean by that?! I could sue you for saying false things about our company.” “Ha, I wouldn't say something I'm not so sure of. When you're innocent, there's nothing to hide. Provide your company's fund report!” She attacked back. Lyra watched the how the lady furiously attacked their company and wondered why she was standing in their way. Turning towards the organizer, “Sir, please, that lady over there is making false allegations. Allow me to proceed with the signing of the contract.” However, the organizer wasn't convinced, “There might be some truth in her words. When your company is out of funds, why did you want to sign the contract? Do you want to ruin our company?!”Flustered, Lyra calmly explained, “Our company isn't out of funds, and we're not involved in illegal dealings . Brooks empire is well known for it's good reputation.” Hearing Lyra's words, the lady in white snapped, “Then bring out the company funds report. How much
Chapter 18Martha hurriedly ran to Lady Elizabeth, “Mo..mother, I can explain” she stuttered as she stared at Lyra, asking for back up. However, Lyra ignored her mother and picked up the files, “What you heard is true, grand mother. Mother invested half of the company's profits in a real estate company which yielded no profit. Presently, there's only about 2 billion dollars in the company's account which is barely enough as base capital for the contract. We need to worth about 10 billion dollars but..” Lyra trailed off as she returned her mother's gaze. Lady Elizabeth pushed Martha away roughly, her eyes flashing with fury, “Where are we going to get 8billion dollars before the end of the day?” Martha averted her gaze as she chewed her lips, her anxiety growing by the minute. Lyra and Lady Elizabeth were eagerly staring at her, hoping she would say something to help them solve this issue but she couldn't think of any thing. Her head was blank..entirely blank. However, Martha's pho
Hearing his mother in-law yell over the phone, Brian was slightly stunned. “What does she need me for?” He wondered as he left in a hurry. Upon reaching the supposed destination, Brian was taken aback by the sight of well built men hanging around Harry, Martha and Martin. He approached them, taking small steps as he covered his nose in disgust. The surrounding was extremely dirty because of the protest. Immediately Martha saw Brian, she approached him, dragging him by his arm, “Come over and clean this place so we can leave here.” She paused for a bit and pointed at a broom, “Hurry and pick that broom. Let's get this done.” Brian's gaze lingered on Martha for a while, his brows furrowed in confusion . Did she just call him from the comfort of his home to come and clean up this place?Sensing his reluctance, Martha suddenly exploded, “What are you still doing there?! Pick up the broom and clean up this place!” She seethed. “Better be useful for once dirtbag” Harry added Swallowing
Axel dropped Martha to the ground roughly, her hands flying up to her throat as she gasped for breath. Her eyes suddenly reddened, why was she suffering so much today? Turning towards Brian, “Who the hell are you?!” Axel growled as he approached Brian, his eyes blazing with anger. “Maid, you better know your place.” He warned. However, Brian refused to cower under his gaze, “Just leave that lady alone. You can have the boys.” Brian ordered. Harry was too weak to respond to Brian's degrading insult, but Axel's goons were stunned. Who's this man that dared to order our boss around? Axel was furious. His blood boiled in fury as he didn't sense fear from Brian. People should cower in fear at his presence, not make their stand. Axel glared at Brian, watching his odd dressing for the second time. He suddenly smirked, “You worthless thing. You dare to order me?”“You're just an ant in my presence. I just need to say a word and you'll be sent to the world beyond. So.. it's better you walk
Moments later, Martha woke up with a frown. Lady Elizabeth beamed, “Martha, thank you so much! How did you do it?” She asked eagerly. Although she had hated her for her past actions, providing a solution at the very last delicate moment wins her heart, at least they won't be losing the contract.Martha's expression changed slightly as she heard Lady Elizabeth's question. Her face was blank as sheet and her body was extremely weak. She stared at lady Elizabeth blankly and smiled softly, hiding the fact that Brian was instrumental in getting the funds, who would believe her anyway “Ye…yes. It's no problem.” safe replied.Lady Elizabeth sighed, “ I'm sorry about what happened to you. You need to rest while I take care of the rest from here.” Turning to Lyra,”Hurry, let's get back to those organizers and show them we have more than enough.” However, Lyra was suspicious, she glared at her mother, wondering how she managed to get back 20 billion dollars from those scammers that successful
Brian got up unhurriedly and faced his wife, “It's okay. I'll leave. You can proceed.” He said as he turned to leave the office. Lady Elizabeth ignored Brian and turned to Lyra who was disturbed by lady Elizabeth's attitude to her husband, “We need to celebrate this. Getting this contract is not an easy feat.” She declared, ignoring the look on Lyra's face. Facing her assistant, “Put a call across to those companies that refused to give us a loan and tell them we have the contract, it's time to oppress as I'll specially invite them.” She smirked. “Tell them we'll be throwing a party to celebrate this achievement. So we'll be expecting them.” Her assistant nodded and left her office, getting to work immediately. ***Harry turned uncomfortably on the hospital bed, his body aching tremendously. Turning to his butler, “I want you to deal with Brian. When he had the power to stop people from harassing me, he stood there and did nothing. He watched me beg and disgrace myself! He needs to
Hearing Harry's voice, everyone turned to look at Brian. Lady Elizabeth was shocked beyond words. Even if Brian is a broke poor and good for nothing, she wasn't expecting him to stoop so low, stealing in such a gathering. Flustered, she approached Brian and slapped him so hard that everyone gasped. Tears stinged in Brian's eyes as he saw that no one was willing to believe him. Harry was pleased with how Brian was getting embarrassed, but he wasn't satisfied. “Brian, speak up! Why did you deny it when it was with you all along?” Brian refused to say a word, he knew it was useless to say anything. Harry would only use it to frame him the more. The young lady then said, “Mr, the gem in your hands is worth 3 million dollars. Look at it, it's cracked. You're going to pay me!” Brian was the target of hostile stares as people whispered to one another. “The son in-law is doomed. Is he ever going to get out of this?”“I'm sure he's never going to get out of this. I mean, he probably stol