Bruce's POV:I thought that everything was calm now until my Father-in-law tried to visit me again in the company.He was turned away by the security ,but before he left he made a scene and called me an ungrateful son in law. He was trying to get the sympathy of the public ,but I wonder if you thought doing that will make me see him.I was already in a bad mood ,because of what happened recently with the major investor's son.I wondered why my father in law was trying to provoke me. I was on my own ignoring his nonsense behavior but he wouldn't stop.Since he was trying to provoke me I don't think you should blame me for retaliating.I asked Roxy to help me and buy shares from his company.I bought shares from his company.He called me and asked me what I was planning by buying shares from his company."I thought that you wanted to get closer to me, I just wanted to get more familiar with your company building." I replied to his question and he got more suspicious."Bruce, just becau
Bruce POV:I have nothing to gain by trying to make my father's wife get angry with him but when I think about it, a private investigator said he saw my Dad and uncle Owen's secretary going into a hotel room.I don't want to think much about it but going into the hotel room can cause another mistake and make another innocent child suffer.My Father is a hypocrite ,so I knew that whatever he said I won't believe it.I decided to call my father's wife Mrs Chase, even though she doesn't like me ,I think I should call her so she can control her husband ,so that he won't make another silly mistake that traumatizes another child.I called the number she answered."It's Bruce." I found out so she could start asking who it was."Bruce ,why are you calling my phone number?" She asked me in surprise."I wanted to talk to you about your husband." I informed her.I was happy she wasn't acting crazy like the last time we spoke on the phone."What did Chase do?" She inquired curiously."I wanted to
Bruce POV;You know that feeling when someone's out to get you,that's how I felt this morning when coming to work.Was I feeling this way because I called my father's wife or because Uncle Owen is now seeing me as a threat because of the major investors incident] I know that Mister Chase and Uncle Owen are hard hearted, so they won't forget about what happened so easily. I successfully came to work without bumping into anyone. I was surprised to see Roxy was wearing a desk when she stood up to greet me.The only thing I know Roxy wears is female suits ,so this is surprising,but she looked lovely. I got into my office and when she came in to remind me of my schedule ,I stole glances of Roxy from time to time and she always caught me staring at her. My mind drifted over to the suit I saw her wear the previous day ,as I compared it to the dress she is wearing and I finally came to a conclusion that the dress suits get better. I wonder what happened that made Roxy wear a dress."S
Bruce's POV:It was a Saturday and I was working at home. I was in the study, looking through some documents.I was looking through the Old projects that Mr Dominic handled.I want you to know more about how he did his business.I tried calling Roxy that day. I saw her at the restaurant but she didn't pick up my call. I didn't want to go to the apartment unannounced ,so I went back home and she didn't even call me back.I will just wait until I see her on Monday, I think she needs to be alone.I just wonder what happened.My phone on top of it beeped and I took it to check the message, it was from an unknown number."I know who killed the wife." That was the content of the message.My eyes widened in surprise and I expected another message since I read this one but none came.I just hope that this wasn't Uncle Owen or my father, I want to play games with me.I decided to send a message to the unknown number and ask who did it.I was out of ideas at this point and my private investigat
Bruce's POV:Even though the man wasn't who I was looking for, he was still a police officer and the gang members were beating him.I successfully made them get away from him and turn their attention to me as they all charged towards me.I did my best to dodge the man holding a broken bottle, but by dodging him the others got to hit me, I grabbed one by his arm and flinged him and he fell."Over here!" I yelled, because I don't know why it was taking my bodyguards so long to get here."Why get involved in our business? You don't know him?" Three of the men asked me as they surrounded me and I could see the police officer was looking at us but with his bloody body I don't think he could move.They were about to charge at me again when they heard a gunshot."Stop!" Ivan yelled as the gang members stopped and turned to see guns pointed at them.I sighed in relief as I went to check on the police officer as my bodyguards rushed over to my side as they apprehended the gang members under my
Bruce's POV:I decided to call that police officer I saved.He was quite happy to hear from me."I thought I actually won't hear from you again since you were not answering my calls." He told me and I laughed.Why would I want to get close to a police officer ,when I am a businessman?He seemed like a nice guy ,so I will just give him the benefit that he is a nice guy.I asked him to meet up and he agreed and chose a place of his liking.He said we should go to the arcade and play games. I don't understand why he chose that but he seemed really young like me, so I guess you just wanted to have fun.After our meeting ended I went home.I had fun today.The next day at work I was busy when Roxy walked in to drop off some files."Sir, is there a reason why you are ignoring me these days?" Roxy asked me after dropping off the files."Why would you think that I am ignoring you?" I asked her."Well, you haven't been talking to me properly so that's the only explanation I can come up with."
Bruce's POV:She frowned."Sir ,you shouldn't just come to my face and ask who I am, I don't tell my name to strangers." She huffed, I raised an eyebrow at her words and smiled."I was merely concerned, you seem to want to get into the company building urgently,I work here, is there a problem young miss?" I asked her and she looked at the security guards then back at me."You work here?" She asked in surprise."Yes." I replied."Are you an important person here?" She inquired and I nodded."Yes I am, but the question is who are you?" I asked her."I came to see the man who I call my father ,but security guards refused to let me in." She explained."Who is your dad?" I inquired."The head of the company is my Dad." She replied."Mr Dominic?" I inquired and she frowned."No, it's someone else." She corrected me.I wonder if she wants to lie so I can take her inside the company building.My bodyguards urged me to overlook her and go into the company building, but I still wanted to know w
Bruce's POV:I reassured her that I will help as much as I can.She was glad."Before you begin telling me everything, what's your name?" I asked her."Where are my manners? My name is Nina." She replied."Did you take Mister Owen's surname?" I inquired."No, I took my mum's surname." She replied and I nodded.Uncle Owen is cautious.I asked Nina what made her want to expose uncle Owen."This isn't just about me, I don't actually care if I have just my mom in my life, it's just that whenever my father comes to see us ,he threatens my mum to not tell anyone of my existence and he also was having an affair with my mum, even when he was married, even till now." She said in a small voice."I don't know why my mum hurts herself to the point of not leaving that monster, I think she's scared of him and can't do anything about it." Nina told me.I asked her if she had ever seen Uncle Owen hit her mum."Whenever he comes, I am sent to my room after greeting him," Nina said."Whenever Mr Owen l
**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
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
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
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
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
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?
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,
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
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