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The Unexpected Heir Chapter 45: Rumors.
Bruce's POVMr Dominic got a little ill the night of the celebration party, so I couldn't ask him about what I wanted.The doctors said he needed rest and I was sure what I wanted to ask him would stress him out, if he couldn't do it.I could only wait till he was feeling better.But many interesting events happened after the celebration party that Mr Dominic hosted. I gained a lot of recognition, but gaining a lot of recognition also meant I gained a few enemies as well.Everyone wants to be in Mister Dominic's good book, seeing as I was already there, people that had worked in the company for long saw me as a threat.Uncle Owen was one of the people that saw me as a threat, as he had been glaring at me each time he saw me in the company building.When I came here recently and no one knew my name, I hardly ever saw Uncle Owen but nowadays I practically see him everywhere, I felt as if he was waiting for me at every corner I turned.I knew that Uncle Owen wanted to talk to me ever si
The Unexpected Heir Chapter 46: I need help.
Bruce's POV;I told Mr Dominic about what Uncle Owen said to me, he told me to ignore him and not meet up with him in private again.Mr Dominic reassured me that he would have a word with Uncle Owen for what he said to me.I thanked him for it."Is everything alright,you seem as if you want to say something else?" Mr Dominic asked as he coughed and I forced a smile."No,I am fine." I told him as I left his office.It wasn't time to tell him about my late wife's case, he is still a bit sick.I have waited for this long, I can wait another week.It was another unfruitful day of coming back from the police station.There was still no lead in the case of my wife even after all this while, it felt as if they were getting tired and wanted to give up, but I won't let this go.I wanted Mr Dominic, my grandfather , to trust me wholeheartedly before I start making any request, but my mind wasn't at ease because the one thing I promised to do so my late wife can rest in peace, I haven't been abl
The Unexpected Heir Chapter 47: Investors.
Bruce's POV;I took a deep breath."Then I will listen to you and wait till I am stronger, then you can tell me the truth about what you know." I said and Mr Dominic sighed in relief."I am glad you finally agreed, don't worry, I will make all the arrangements for when the time is right." He told me."Okay." I mumbled."Don't look so upset Bruce , you will get what you want in the end." He told me and I smiled sadly."I hope I do." I sighed."So, Grandpa, what do you have to say to this? I feel down I need someone to cheer me up." I told him."Then take a break and go on a vacation, when you return you can continue work." Mr Dominic told me and I pouted."But I can't just leave work." I sighed and he chuckled."Don't act silly Bruce, have you forgotten you work for me?" He asked."I haven't forgotten." I replied."So tell me where you want to go ,so I can tell Roxy to make preparations for it." He told me."I don't want to waste money on an unnecessary trip, I will be fine." I reassur
The Unexpected Heir Chapter 48: Unpaid chauffeur.
Bruce's POVEarly the next morning I put on my headphones and headed to the gym to workout, I don't think anyone will be there since it was a Sunday morning.I started my workout and was engrossed in it until I saw the door open. Erick walked into the gym and we made eye contact and I looked away and continued my workout.I know that even though he was on an off-day he will always work out, but I didn't think I would see him here this early in the morning.I was exercising with a dumbbell ,when I felt a tap on my shoulder and I turned and saw Erick standing behind me.I dropped the dumbbell on the floor and removed the headphone I was wearing and glared at him."What do you want?" I asked him."I was calling you ,I guess you didn't hear me ,because of the headphones you are wearing on your ear." He said."That doesn't answer my question." I told him."Miriam told me that both of you had a talk yesterday." Erick said and I rolled my eyes."So?" I asked, a bit irritated,that he just ru
The Unexpected Heir Chapter 49: The call.
Mr Chase's POV(Bruce's Father):I was at home in my study, reading a book when my phone began to ring and I took it from the table.I was honestly surprised at the person who was calling me.I answered the call."It's been a while." I said as the call connected."Chase." Owen growled at me.What got him this angry?"Yes." I replied cautiously as I did not understand why he was acting a bit hostile ,when I haven't been in contact with him for a while."What have you done?" Owen asked me and I furrowed my brows in confusion, as I took off my glasses and dropped the book I was reading on the table and dropped my glasses on top of the book."What do you mean by that?" I asked Owen."Don't act if you don't know what's going on in Dad's company, I know you only have a son , Philip so where did Bruce come from?" He asked in annoyance and I sighed.These days Bruce has become a problem for me.Everywhere I go the only thing I hear is scout Bruce."I guess you have met up with Bruce. That ques
The Unexpected Heir Chapter 50: Fishing.
Bruce's POVI was surprised that my Dad had finally called me."What have you been doing Bruce?" He asked and I chuckled.Is that really what he called me to ask me?"I don't want to answer the question you asked ,if you don't have anything important to say then say it before I hang up." I hissed at him."I wanted us to meet up and talk, when will you be free?" He asked me and I rolled my eyes ,as I laid down on the bed.I was clearly not busy, but why would I want to waste my time, meeting up with this wicked man. "I don't think we will be meeting each other anytime soon, I think you should get that thought out of your head." I informed him, because I don't want to get into contact with my toxic family."Bruce, what nonsense are you saying ? I am your father and you are supposed to listen to me ,I want us to meet up and talk, I know you miss our family,you can come back home now." Mr Chase told me, I can't believe the audacity this man had to actually tell me such nonsense.Has he f
The Unexpected Heir Chapter 51: Dinner.
Bruce's POV As Roxy promised we went out for dinner that evening, she was wearing normal suits for work and I wonder if she even went home before coming here. I can't complain though. I thought she would actually decline the dinner request but she accepted it ,so I can at least have fun. Roxy didn't even talk to me too much ,because it seemed as if she was trying to avoid any personal conversation. I respected her decision and just talked to her about unimportant things. Roxy has a complex behavior. I don't know how to wrap my head around it, but I was sure she was a good person. After all, she knows how and when to mind her business.I like that about her. I told her I had accepted her apology since she took me out for dinner as she promised, she sighed in relief and said she hoped we would get along well in the future. We were still eating dinner when a familiar face walked into the restaurant. Our eyes met and her face crawled up in disgust as she rolled eyes and looked aw
The Unexpected Heir Chapter 52: Pizza Place.
Bruce's povI don't think I am evil, but it's people who bring out the evil in someone.I bought the pizza place from the owner, it was the only way I felt I could help him,since the place was already crumbling.The pizza place can be added to the list of things I told Mr Dominic to invest in, this one he told me to take it for myself.The pizza place was bought under my name and I have hired people to work there. I have saved a lot of money from the salary he pays me. It's more than enough to buy a house but I chose to buy this, since I was still living with Mr Dominic.I go to the pizza place to oversee the work once in a while.I hired a private investigator to investigate my wife's case, he hasn't found anything tangible.I could only just continue with my plans, the next thing in my plan is to buy a mansion, Mr Dominic has suggested he buys one for me but I told him it's not time yet.These days, all I have been doing is going on business trips in Mr Dominic's place and meeting
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Epilogue.
**Sixteen years later** Bruce's POV: I couldn't hear Lisa,my first child and mother arguing about something and then she rushed downstairs to stand where I sat with Mr Dominic discussing what to do about my Father who was again asking for help. It never gets old. He just begs for who will give him money these days and I never help him. "Dad, Mom and I, who is more beautiful?" Lisa's velvety voice made me stare at her, as an unwavering smile adored her baby face. I saw Roxy,her mom, walking downstairs. I think she was listening to hear what I would say because she came to sit beside me. "Lisa, baby, why are you asking that?" I asked her and she pouted and folded her arms. "Mommy says she's prettier than me, so who do you think is prettier?" Lisa asked with a raised eyebrow. I think she knows what I was going to say because she was glaring at me. "Darling you and your mum are equally beautiful." I replied, because I don't want to get in some kind of trouble. "I know you never
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Chapter 149: Ring.
Two Years Later.Bruce's POV:I sat on a bench in the garden ,Roxy sat beside me as her head was resting on shoulder and her eyes were shut as she was breathing steadily.I smiled in contentment.Such a sleepy head.She seemed stressed out, but I was glad the stress had ended and we were just enjoying each other's company now.My eyes traveled from her face down to her hands that were resting on her lap and the corner of my lips turned into a smile ,when I saw the diamond ring adoring her finger.She is mine now.I looked away for a second and looked at the pond in front of us ,as I was deep in thoughts.I just wondered how I got here and how I met Roxy.If not for Mr Dominic this wouldn't have been possible and I thank him each day for letting me work for him and meeting Roxy,who is now my wife.Some things went as I expected ,my father's company went bankrupt and he had to sell his mansion and his properties to pay off his workers who sued him and no one helped him.He still managed
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Chapter 148: I want to cuddle.
Mr Chase's POV (Bruce's Father): The one thing I regret is letting Bruce leave my mansion.If I knew this would happen, I would have let him stay home and never leave.I regretted marrying Bruce off to his in-laws and I don't know how to change the past, because if Bruce's wife didn't die, he would have never become this cold hearted.He would not have met Mr Dominic or Mr Caleb D. Black or his mother and I would not be in this mess now.Mr Caleb D. Black was done dealing with me.He has dealt with me so mercilessly and told me he was teaching me a lesson on how to raise my son.I shook my head.Even though I regretted my actions, even though I wanted to change what I did in the past, it was too late now, nothing could be done, because my company was at the bottom and I was facing multiple lawsuits from my workers.I can't even breathe in peace.They want to take everything I own.They said it was my fault that the fire happened.Gosh I sighed as I sighted my wife who stormed out of
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Chapter 147: can I help you?
Bruce's POV:It's been quite a ride ,but I was happy we got here.Roxy and I wanted to celebrate our 6 month anniversary.We weren't doing anything too extravagant, we just planned on buying clothes and buying some matching outfits then heading back to her apartment to just chill and eat pizza.It was a good plan for me.Roxy was in the changing room trying on a dress, while I sat outside waiting for.I would ask occasionally if she needs my help and she would decline and I would chuckle.I can't help but be happy that I avenged the death of my late wife Dora and since the person who caused her death was in jail, I felt more at peace and I was enjoying my life now with no regret.I know she would be happy to see me this happy. I was mindful to watch out for any sneak attacks from Mr Caleb D Black, even though he promised to let me go and no one on my mum's side has contacted me.I still feel anxious sometimes and I know it would go away soon, but since there was no attack from him ti
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Chapter 146: This is what I call a family.
Mr Chase's POV (Bruce's Father): I didn't think that I would be in this desperate position. It made my heart feel heavy. Thinking about it, I don't know what I could have done differently to change the situation I am in now. I have been struggling for more than five months now, but I haven't been able to get myself out of the mess it is in. My company is in ruins and I was facing a lot of problems. The house was quiet, as I just drank from the bottle of wine I was holding in my hand ,as I sat down on the couch in the living room, thinking about my miserable life. All that I have worked for is falling before my very eyes ,but all I can do is watch. I can't save it and I was hearing rumors about my family and getting threats about getting sued for the fire incident that happened at my warehouse. Even though I lost a lot of money, they wanted to sue me before the fire was caused by mismanagement of the warehouse. I scoffed ,as I took another big gulp from the wine bottle. My wi
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Chapter 145: Blame.
Bruce's POVAfter some of my in-laws' workers came to work in one of my small companies.Word must have gotten around that the pay was better and they would get health insurance. I got more people that wanted to work for me and I heard more of them left my Father in law's company.After interviewing those that wanted to work for me I employed some of them, while I left the ones that were spies from my father in laws company.Given that my father-in-law's oldest daughter Megan, was arrested for being in possession of illegal drugs and using it, my in law's were facing questions as to if they were involved in illegal activities.Even though my in-laws denied having anything to do with Megan being in possession of drugs, many people did not believe them ,and since they are being investigated.Some of their investors pulled back.My in-law must have gotten tired of insulting me and saw he needed my help.He called me in a panic asking me for help."How exactly do you want me to help you?
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Chapter 144: I love you.
Bruce's POV:My in-laws must really have nothing better to do than to just call my phone number all day to insult me.Oh well, I will just have to make sure they become truly jobless, so that they won't have anything else to do, but call my phone number.After the youngest daughter Emily went to that event she trash talked my late wife Dora, even though I have said I have forgiven her.She barely goes out to party anymore ,because her friends see her as evil and she isn't getting many suitors for marriage anymore.I mean who would want to bring such a woman to their own home?You would wonder what she will say about you behind your back. I was happy she was still bearing the consequences of her actions.I was at home and one of my bodyguards informed me that my father was outside the gate , begging for someone to come see him.Seriously, he really had some nerves to be doing thisI went to see him.The bar gates were the only thing keeping him away."Bruce, I finally got to see you,
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Chapter 143: A trip?
Bruce POV:We want to work from Roxy's apartment.I know I wanted to stay away from her till this mess was over, but I couldn't help it.I wanted to be close to her.When we got to work I heard from some of my shareholders that Mr Caleb D. Black had approached them and asked them to sell their shares to him.What Mr Caleb doesn't know is that those that had small shares in my company, I bought the shares from them and those that had largest shares in my company.I have told them to be careful while dealing with him.I know there will be casualties and some people might be pressured into selling the shares they have in my company but I trust few of them that won't do that, so no matter how much shares he bought I still had the largest number of shares, because I sold some properties I had to buy those shares.Well I know I will take a hit, but it won't be enough to move me.I trust the people I work with, they are competent.After being informed about what was happening, I began to cal
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Chapter 142: Will you be my girlfriend?
Mr Chase's POV (Bruce's Father):My secretary informed us that one person, who was a close friend to me, who I convinced to help me, had an accident on his way here.My heart skipped a beat, as Philip turned to her.My secretary informed us that he was in critical condition and it seems like the accident was deliberate.Oh my!I know that Mr Caleb is dangerous ,but I didn't know it was this bad.He wants to eliminate any one that can help me.Why would he be this evil?I did nothing to him and now he was dragging someone innocent into this.I asked my secretary to send a gift to my friend at the hospital.I don't think I have the strength to go and visit anyone, I might collapse if I do.When it was time for closing work, I couldn't help but just want to leave this company and head back home.But even if I go home, the problem will still be here waiting for me to come back tomorrow morning.Not only that I have to answer silly questions from my wife ,if I return back home.Immediately
