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The Unexpected Heir Chapter 68: A burden off my shoulder.
Bruce's POV:I walked out of the conference room and got into my office and I sat down. I started work and my phone on my desk began to ring.I wasn't surprised when I saw my father , Mr Chase calling.I smiled, as I answered his call."How dare you Bruce?" He asked in a loud angry voice."If you don't want me to tell the truth about who my Father is, you should have cooked up a lie and told them, since you are so good at lying." I told him.If he had said anything about who my Father was when they asked the question, I wouldn't have had to reply, so this was his fault."Why couldn't you have just lied and said something else ,why didn't you say that Owen was your Father?" He asked me and I raised an eyebrow.He actually expected me to lie when Uncle Owen was there and could easily say that I was lying, I don't know why this man is acting this stupid."If you are telling me to lie, you could at least cook up a believable lie, Uncle Owen could have easily said I wasn't his son." I told
The Unexpected Heir Chapter 69: Good news.
Bruce's POV:Uncle Owen is now calmer when he sees me around ,because he doesn't see me as a threat anymore.I don't answer my father's calls anymore ,because the only thing he calls is to insult me and ask why I ratted him out.It felt as if the earlier fear he had of me had just disappeared. I guess I need to remind him that I wasn't one to be messed with, but he can have his way for now, his nonsense insults are the last thing on my mind.I have already begun to dig up dirt on my Uncle Owen, I was sure he was hiding a lot.I know my uncle Owen is money hungry, so he would do anything for extra money.Erick was the one looking into what my uncle was doing. I am sure he would give me something to work with soon, these days have been so hectic that I haven't even gone to meet the private investigator that was investigating my wife's case.The last time we spoke ,he told me he hadn't found anything reasonable.I wasn't even annoyed with him ,because even the police haven't found the
The Unexpected Heir Chapter 70: The call.
Bruce's Pov:The weekend rolled by in a jiffy and I was honestly looking forward to going to work.At work, during our break I went to sit outside to get some air ,since the company building had a garden in the office where you could sit down and rest.There are few people here because only the Bosses come here to rest.Nana, my childhood nanny called me while I was resting."Hello Bruce, is this you?" She asked and I smiled."Yes Nana, it's me." I replied in reassurance to her question."Finally , i have gotten to hear your voice , I looked into what you asked me to, I was trying to find any information about the woman who hired me to be your nanny, I found the phone number that she gave me back then, I saw it written down in one of my diaries, when I call the phone number, it was disconnected so that is a dead end." She informed me sadly and I sighed.I wasn't actually looking for my mum, but hearing this from her made me get disheartened.I knew it would be hard to find my mother f
The Unexpected Heir Chapter 71: The escape.
Bruce's POV:After the break a shareholders meeting was scheduled.I thought about whether I should bring out my latest findings at the meeting. I know that if I asked someone else to do this, it would be putting a target on the person's back and my Uncle Owen might retaliate in a bad way ,so I decided to do it myself.In the shareholders meeting ,I told them that I had something important to say ,because since I was not handling anything important, I had been looking at the company's finances to learn more about handling money, but I found a big mistake in the income given to the shareholders.When I mentioned money my uncle became nervous and the shareholders we are now listening attentively to me.No one jokes about losing money, especially buisness men."What did you find out that was wrong?" One asked me.I passed five paper copies of the income they were supposed to be paid to them and the income they are being paid.The papers showed that my Uncle Owen wasn't paying them the m
The Unexpected Heir Chapter 72: Baby shower.
Bruce's POVI didn't want to bother Nana, so I decided to ask Roxy what to buy as a gift for the baby shower ,since she was always going on errands like wedding celebrations for Mr Dominic."Baby clothes should be a good gift to buy, that is what I would suggest." She informed me, but I didn't like that idea very much.Baby clothes are just too simple.I know that if Mr Dominic was awake, he would want to buy something really expensive as a gift."What about a baby stroller?" I suggested."That is also a very good gift to buy. I suggest you buy both of them. If you don't know which one to pick from ,a new parent needs all the help they can get." Roxy suggested and I nodded in understanding."That's a good idea. I think I will buy both of them, so will you help me buy it?" I asked her and she shook her head indicating that she meant no, I furrowed my brows in confusion."Why?" I inquired curiously.I know she has brought such gifts in the past."I wanted to buy a gift as well ,so I need
The Unexpected Heir Chapter 73: Fake clothes.
Bruce's POV Roxy gave me some good information. After Roxy said that the clothes they were selling were fake, I sent someone to buy her clothes from there and it was indeed true, they were selling fake clothes at high prices, that should be fraud. I made an anonymous report to the police station about a boutique selling fake clothes. And the police told me that they will be investigated. The person I was sending to keep an eye on Uncle Owen's wife's boutique, told me that the boutique was closed down by the police ,when she was being investigated for selling fake clothes at high prices. If I cannot harm Uncle Owen, then I can at least harm his family and then I will hope he will do something, that makes me find another weak point he has. I think that it has been established that Uncle Owen's wife is selling fake clothes and he's trying to save his wife by bribing someone to bury this under the rug. I have already told Mr Dominic's friend who advised me to let Uncle Owen do wha
The Unexpected Heir Chapter 74: Let's work together.
Bruce's POV:Uncle Owen was still trying to figure out the best way to get the angry customers of his wife's fraud to calm down. I think what he was doing started to work ,because little by little the angry customers stopped showing up in front of Mr Dominic's company.Shareholders and board of directors who are not happy with how he handled this, because I think he used Mister Dominic's company money to pay the angry customers ,but no one said anything to uncle Owen directly because he is the head of the company..They just spoke in murmurs about their displeasure of how he handled the case.I had a few of the higher-ups in the company come to me and tell me they are now on my side.I don't know if it was Uncle Owen's evil scheme,so I told them that they should follow Uncle Owen because he is a good man.I don't want Uncle Owen saying that I turned the shareholders on his side against him.I was working in my office when uncle Owen came to visit me.This time around he was more quiet
The Unexpected Heir Chapter 75: Trash.
Bruce's POV:Philip, my half-brother, has been calling me non-stop for the past two days now and I could tell he must have gotten the news of me staying in Mr Dominic's company, because that's the only reason why he will be calling me.I didn't want to talk with them ,so I just ignored his calls.I know that once people find out that I am now rich, they start calling me or asking for favors. Honestly , I might change my phone number if that becomes a problem.Roxy knocked and I told her to come in and she walked into my office."What did Mr Owen want from you?" She inquired from me and I sighed."Why don't we go somewhere else to talk?" I asked her and she nodded.I don't know if my uncle Owen has bugged my office and it hasn't been checked for bugs for the past three days."We can go after work." She suggested it and left my office.After work Roxy and I decided to go to a restaurant to have dinner and talk freely.We arrived and sat down, ordered our meal and started eating."So wha
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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
