"Are you planning to take that scumbag as your wife?" She eyed.
He didn't want to talk about it. Staring at the wristwatch in his hands, he quickly said, hiding the sigh that was hiding on his face.
"Mom, I am going to be back really soon." He responded.
Henry stormed off and got into the room. Getting dressed as soon as he could, he soon left for the party.
The venue of the party glittered from afar. Even though they still had almost thirty minutes to begin, most of them had already arrived for the party.
What for the others that were yet to arrive? Their cars raced on the street as though they were in some sort of marathon.
"Get out of the way you scumbag! Not like the heir is going to favor you anyways." Drivers on the verge of breaking out yelled at each other.
At some point, Henry Could not help but smile.
"Stop here." He turned over to the guard who drew a stop with a confused expression on his face.
"I am going to highlight here." Henry further stated his intentions.
The driver shivered, thinking that he had done something wrong to make the heir angry. His heart raced and a drop of sweat soon transited to a thousand.
"Please young master, please forgive me if I have done anything wrong." He pleaded, not daring to look into Henry's face.
Henry could not help but chuckle before going ahead to calm him down.
"You have done absolutely nothing wrong okay? I just want to highlight this."
"But." The driver was about to pin out but he quickly cut the driver off, knowing what he was planning to say.
"No buts. My mother isn't the one here with you. I just came back after a hectic lifestyle, have you all suddenly forgotten who is the boss here." He posed an expression on his face.
The heart of the guard raced even faster.
"Okay, young master." There was nothing he could do.
Henry came down from the card and walked towards the venue of the event. Getting into it, he could not help but marvel at the structure.
"Oh my God." He heard a familiar voice from behind making him turn around and pause.
Seeing the person that was before him brought out the pain of the past that he thought he was over with already, leading to a heavy heart.
It was his wife's cousin, Sia.
She was watching the video of when Henry was picked up by the guards which had already gone viral online.
Her face was already widened with a blush with her left hand on her cheek. "I wish I had a husband like this." She could not hide her intentions.
"Or maybe you could get one here. There are only rich and influential people at this party you know and you are also beautiful. What will make any man not fall for your charm?"
"Any stupid man," Henry muttered under his breath.
They seemed to read his thoughts and his aura attracted them. Their eyes paired up only to meet with his innocent gaze.
Linda frowned at the sight of it and Madam Catherine's face twisted.
"What the heck is he done doing here?" James muttered hatefully.
Linda leaned forward with a smile on her face. "What are you doing here?" She was trying her best to keep her voice low to control her anger.
"What am I doing here? I thought we were divorced already. Do I still need a permit from you to go wherever I asked?" He replied nonchalantly.
For the first time, he noticed that Kevin was wearing the fake of what he was putting on. He smiled in pity for the Guild family.
How pathetic.
"And he even had to put on some fake clothing," Sia added.
"How do you know it's fake?"
"Isn't that obvious, Kelvin is putting on the real of course, not like you will be able to afford it in the first place?"
Kelvin moved closer to them with a smirk on his face, pretending that he just noticed Henry there for the first time.
"My, my, look who we have here. If it isn't the legendary Henry. The other time, who was acting so though, who knew that you would have gone through such a risk to see your ex."
"Poor kid." He tapped his tongue in pity.
"If you had just told me earlier, I would have in fact given the both of you some time together. But aren't you one proud slut."
Lady Catherine was so angry that she knew that talking to Henry was going to flare up her anger.
So instead, she turned around over to her daughter.
"I don't know what he is doing here or how he even got here but he has to leave at the right moment, Linda.
You know too well how sensitive this issue is. If we want this cooperation, we have to put up our best act. And I don't think seeing a madman with us is going to help matters." She muttered.
She spun her head around looking so embarrassed. Even though everyone in the hall was busy with their matters and didn't even care about what was going on there, she could feel their stares piercing through their skin.
Linda nodded her head. She was the one that got married to him in the first place so she had to treat his mess.
There was an obvious frown on her face, as she opened her mouth to speak but before she could make a sentence, Henry chimed in as though he was already reading her mind.
"You want me to leave?" He began.
Her hands were clenched with anger at his attitude but she put forward a fake smile.
"Please do us the honor of not causing us any further embarrassment." She snarled.
But with his hands crossed over his chest, he knew that he was not ready to do anything
"The last time I checked. We are no longer together so you don't have that right. You can sink your head into the wall for all I care but this Henry ain't going anywhere." He replied.
Everyone was stunned by his sudden audacity. The Henry that they knew was always used to be timid.
"I knew that he was only pretending all these while. Now that you guys are divorced, he is now showing his true colors." James added.
"Do you realize how crucial this party is to the family?" She fired. "Can you have some sense of dignity for once?"
She expected Henry to be taken aback by her words but none of that was happening yet. She frowned.
"Then you leave me with no option than to get you out of this place." She glared but Henry could only smile, wanting to see where all of that was going to lead to.
"Try." He replied.
Linda walked over to the guards who were standing from afar and called them over. They came quickly, stunned by the beauty that lay before them.
"Who is causing you trouble?" They inquired, wanting to do away with the pest as soon as possible
But they were taken aback by the blurry shadows of Kelvin who seemed to have taken their only chance.
But they could get some other form of reward if they did their jobs well.
"Him. I am sure that he has stolen his way into this place. He used to be our slave and came here just to beg him. But I can't watch him cause trouble for our family." She snorted.
"Slave?" Henry was not surprised at her words, it was something that she was not incapable of saying.
He already knew the rules that the guards could not chase anyone out without the permission of a higher authority since he had made those rules himself.
The guard hesitated for a while getting Lady Catherine confused and angry at the same time.
"Huh, what are you still waiting for? Or did he pay you guys to get into this place? Because the last time I remember, this place is heavily guarded so that's the only logical explanation."
The guard already knew that was going to be a really big stain on his personality so he quickly objected to the fact.
"I have nothing to do with him, I'm just seeing him for the first time." The guard was left on the fence, shivering.
"Then you should do away with him already."
He pulled off a load of cash that only Henry and the guard could see and he smirked.
The guard was petrified at the amount and turned over to Henry drenched with sweat. His feet were stabled effortlessly on the floor without the slightest bit of worry.
"You know the rules," He began. "Are you going to sell your concise?"
But he knew that this time, it was more than selling his conciseness, it was only choosing the lesser of two evils.
"You will have to leave." He said to him but Henry only chuckled, "in your dreams." He responded.
Even the guard was shocked at his extremely firm words.
"Just take a look at him, he has the guts to disregard the whole of the Jade family. So much audacity." James growled under his breath, wanting to give Henry a smirk across the face but he was quickly prevented by Lady Catherine.
"No need to waste your precious sweat on him sooner or later, he is going to be off from this place."
The guard tried to force him off from the place but then, a stunning Lady dressed lik
e a banker walked in and bowed.
"Young Master, I was asked to get your presence." The lady muttered to the astonishment of everyone that was gathered there.
"Young Master?" Everyone was confused.Looking at the classy lady, she was just a class above that of the guard. He was confused and shot stared at her."What's going on here?" The guard Inquired with confusion written all over his face.She was about to give in the explanation but Henry was able to stop her with a blink. Thoughts were already running through Linda's head."Could it be? No, it was certainly not possible?" She threw the evil thought away from her head."You are making a really big mistake this man is stealing into this place." The guard replied. "But I am chasing him out already."Her eyes twitched"Have you gone mad? Chasing Madam Gu's guest?" She thundered."Madame Gu?" Everyone exclaimed. The guard's heart almost stopped beating."But how is it possible that he knows Madame Gu."If not for Henry, she could have revealed the truth a long time ago."I'm sorry sir." She apologized on his behalf knowing how much trouble she had gotten herself into."You should come wit
"Yeah, it's no big deal. My father has a strong connection with the Floater family. Once he asks for their help, I am sure that they are going to get you on the list.""Thank you so much, Kelvin, I don't know how much I can appreciate you after everything that you have done for us." She appreciated it.James blushed."Kelvin, you are such a superhero, from today, I am going to have you as my idol." He said.And Kelvin trapped him by his shoulders. "I am sure that you are going to do a greater exploit than me?" His words were even more encouraging than that of motivational speakers.But even the little insects wouldn't be so sure about that, especially for someone who wouldn't move a limb and only depended on his sister's wealth.Madam Catherine smiled. "This is the Son-in-law that I am talking about, not that scumbag." She muttered aloud.Once she said the words, the chair beside them she had not been occupied for a while drew open.They all stared at it only to notice that it was H
Everyone turned to me in amazement as they faced Henry. They were all shocked at his response, and different thoughts ran through their different minds at the same time. What gave Henry the boldness to reply to them that way. Kelvin shifted on his seat and cleared his throat uncontrollably. His palm had begun to sweat, and he quickly tightened his fist. He wondered within himself if it was truly his father's doing. Henry was right. Does his father command such authority? Could his father really pull that string?"I'm sure you only came here to eat and drink," James mocked Henry. "Of course, what else do beggars know how to do?"Henry stared at James for a while, and then he snickered. The snicker sounded so loud and annoying. Everyone in the room was still amazed at Henry's newfound courage. "I knew you were only pretending to be meek all along," Madame Catherine said to Henry. "Your true colors are finally out."Madame Catherine was also amazed at Henry's new courage but tried to
Meanwhile amidst all the drama going on inside the of the party hall, there were still guests arriving one after the other in their respective cars.A black limousine pulled up outside, it was differing from all the cars that had arrived earlier, everything about it spoke of class and affluence. Anyone looking at the car from afar would know that whoever the occupant of that car was, they must be very powerful.As soon as the limousine stopped, two men on black pristine suits quickly jumped out of the car and one of them opened the door to the limousine while the other stood aside. It almost looked as though they had really spent time to do those things in sync.The first thing one would notice as soon as the door opened was first, a foot which stepped out of the car, then followed by another foot. It was not just an ordinary foot, but one which had on one of the most expensive s
Madame Gu stood in front of the crowd with a graceful smile on her face. Everyone had their eyes fixed on her lips, ready to hear her speech."I am really glad we all gathered here today to have this dinner together," she began to speak with so much elegance even in her tone.She dashed her eyes freely from one person to the other, and her brows were straightened in perfect confidence."Thank you all for availing yourself and for honoring my invitation. "She paused for some time, her eyes now fixed on Catherine. A smirk appeared on her face as she opened her mouth to speak."I am still glad that you greased the dinner with your presence, even though it is more of a favor to you that it is to me."There was an uncomfortable atmosphere around the table, as everyone exchanged uncomfortable glances with each ot
Henry was mad at Natasha for daring him. He stared at her without saying a word as he gulped down saliva. Natasha moved even closer to Henry, who was not ready to get into a fight with her. "You know what," she told him. "You don't have to send me any...""See you tomorrow at the dinner," Henry interrupted her and walked away without giving her the chance to say another word. Natasha folded her fist as she watched Henry leave. Men worshipped her. They were all ready to do whatever she asked, just to have her. She didn't think any of the men who wanted and worshipped her were worthy to have her. If she had known, she would have picked a husband amongst them. Henry didn't seem like someone who was ready to lick her feet. She knew it would be a problem for her if she continued with the marriage.Natasha stood still watching Henry until he was out of sight. She was speechless, and at the same time, she was stunned. She wondered if Henry didn't see her properly. She was too soft for any
Henry woke up from the wrong side of the bed that morning, remembering all the encounters he had with Natasha the other day and how much she had annoyed him.He had invited her for dinner that night and although he hated her guts, he knew he still had to play along with his mother until he had gotten on his feet.But above all, he needed to concentrate on work.Henry was about going into the bathroom to take his bath when his phone beeped. He picked it up to see that someone had texted him just then. It once again came into his realization that he had a company to run and his success in this company would depend if he was going to be a worthy heir or not.Henry replied to the text and stepped into the bathroom to take his bath. The first downpour of water from the shower did much to take away all the anger he had woken up with that morning, but not entirely. He still had fragments of it left.The first thing that welcomed Henry when he stepped out of the bathroom was the knock on his
"What is going on?" The gentle voice of the pretty lady sounded in Henry's ear. He gulped as he tightened his fists together. His eyes were glued to her lips as she spoke calmly, and her voice sounded like music to his ear. "What is going on, young man? You look very stressed.""I... I... they..." Henry stuttered as he tried to get his voice back. One of the boys around began to narrate what happened to the pretty lady. She listened attentively, and her eyes moved from the young boy to the old woman and then to Henry. She sighed after he was done with the explanation and turned to face Henry. "I can see you are in a hurry," she told him.Henry's eyes widened, and he nodded quickly. "Yes, please. I'm in a hurry to meet up..." Henry paused, realising that he could not tell the lady yet that he wanted to meet with someone on a date.He cleared his throat, scratched his head, and quickly added. "With someone."He smiled awkwardly, hoping that somehow she would be able to help. He n
Every other person in the ballroom went numb and stared at the center of the room like they had seen a ghost. In fact, they had indeed seen a ghost because everyone initially believed that Henry was dead.Yes! Henry Floater was standing in the middle of the room.Miguel was quick to regain his composure immediately, he was the first to speak."What are you doing here? How did you escape?" He asked under his breath, pointing at Henry. "Shouldn't you be in prison? How did you show up here without fear of being thrown back in jail?"It was finally Madame Gu's turn to speak as she turned towards Miguel and cast him an angry glance."Don't you dare speak about my son like that." Madame Gu said and finally ran towards Henry. "Where have you been, my son? What happened to you?" She stood from afar, unsure if she should touch him or not.She swallowed hard as she studied his face, it was really Henry.Henry reached out for his mother and hugged her. His eyes were focused on Natasha who was s
Madame Gu slipped the ring into her middle finger while standing in front of the mirror. It was finally the day for the much awaited ball.She stared at her reflection in the mirror. This was not her, this was not what she used to look like. But everything that had happened within the past few days had reduced her into a shadow of herself.Natasha had also been invited to the ball and Madame Gu wondered why. Her company had not formed any alliance with the Floater group, Henry whom she was supposed to get married to and strengthen the relationship between the two companies is nowhere to be found, and had been presumed dead by the law enforcement agents and the cops.But Madame Gu had refused to believe that her son was dead. But why wasn't there? If he wasn't dead, why was he yet to show up?A tear dropped from Madame Gu's eyes, but she was able to hold it back and run her thumb over her eyes to get rid of the tears the moment she heard her room door pushed open from outside."Miss Na
Natasha woke up that morning to an open window which she had intentionally forgotten to lock the previous night, maybe because she enjoyed the natural breeze that was coming in through the window.It felt so..."Soothing." Natasha said, staring out of the window before she got out of bed. She went to sit in front of her dressing mirror and stared into it. Looking at her reflection now made her realize how much weight she had lost and how neglected she was looking over the last few months. She had practically become a shadow of herself ever since Henry got missing and had been presumed dead. She had found herself unable to live with his absence ever since then.She had gone to bed with her mother banging on her door the previous night, trying to find out what was wrong with her and trying to get her to come downstairs and have something to eat.Even though she felt bad for her mother who was obviously worried about her, she still could not bring herself to go outside, nor could she eve
Linda rolled her eyes and tried to avoid Richard, but she did not have my luck because he had already blocked her by the time she arrived at her car."What do you want?" She fired at him as he blocked the entrance to her car.She gave him a once over in a condescending manner, the kind of manner which would have him rethinking his life for the next few moments."What do you think you are doing, Linda? I hope you know the part you chose isn't the best for you? Instead of coming to me and let's resolve our issue together, you went ahead to cast me away just like that, just because you felt like I would not be useful to you." Richard pressed and Natasha rolled her eyes and let out a heavy scoff."You?" She said in the most condescending manner he had even seen and eyed him viciously. "Who exactly are you?" She asked amused and almost burst into a loud laughter. "And of what use are we supposed to be to me?" She questioned, watching him from head to toe while remembering how he had lied t
Two people were seen on a bed, involved in a steamy, raunchy romance.The two people were eventually revealed to be Miguel and Linda. After a while, Linda broke away from the kiss and slightly pushed Miguel backwards."What?" He questioned, looking deeply into her eyes. "Why did you stop? I was starting to get lost in the moment and you suddenly pulled away." They were both sitting on the bed, facing each other in an intimate position. Their faces were only inches apart, it would not be difficult for things to get steamy between them and for them to get intimidate one more time, Miguel would have easily pulled her into his arms and they would go into another steamy round of romance, but he noticed that she had something important to say, so he just let her speak."You wanted to say something?" He asked, lowering his head to meet hers."I... I actually don't know how you will feel about what I am about to say to you now." Linda began, playing with her fingers. She had her eyes lowered
Henry was seated beside the friendly military personnel who had been showing him around since he showed up there and had been equally trying to help him.He was promised by the military personnels that they were going to help him redeem himself and equally take back his company from his uncles. "Because your father had been very nice to us while he was alive, we are going to do everything within our power to help his son." The military man said to him while tapping his shoulder lightly.There were now in the underground office which Henry had been surprised that existed there in the first place when he was first led there. It was more like a tech room because it was lined with several computers and laptops and equally a strong Internet connection."I've been trying to track down Mr Pierson." The man who was sitting beside Henry said, his eyes were focused on the screen of the computer in front of him. "The person protecting him must be a very powerful person. It seems hard to be able
"You know you can't continue like this," Natasha's mom tried to persuade her. "You haven't eaten anything in days. You have been crying all day... you stopped going to work. Do you want to kill yourself?" "See how lean you look," her father lamented. Natasha just sat there, staring blindly at her parents. They were all seated on her bed. She sat in between her parents. "Natasha," her mom called as she pulled her close and hugged her. "You've done so much to get the company to where it is now. Why do you want to ruin everything?" "Just when I realised that I loved him, mom. They didn't even give me the chance to say it to him. They didn't give me the chance to have the last conversation with him, and they took him away from me." Her mom kept rubbing her shoulder while patting her back. Her parents knew she would ruin the company if she continued with the way she was going. Her father's phone began to ring, and he quickly picked it up. He stood up and walked towards the window to
SIX MONTHS LATER Henry's eyes were fixed on the blue Mercedes as it drove into the military training ground. He didn't shift his gaze from the car for a second. For some reason, he was attracted to the blue Mercedes. It finally stopped at a corner of the training ground, and the door opened. Henry's eyes first caught the silver heels as it alighted from the car, and his heart sank. He rarely saw women since he was brought into the training ground. He only saw them whenever he was outside, which was very rare. The men didn't allow him to go out. Other men were training at the training ground, while Henry was seated at a corner, thinking about his mother and Natasha. He wondered if they were looking for him. He didn't want to disobey the orders of not calling his mother."By the time she realises you're safe and stops searching for you. The police would become suspicious. "He would not forget the words. He sighed deeply as he removed his mind from the thought. The next time he look
It's been two weeks already, and Madam Gu had not been able to figure out where her son was talking to. The police had searched everywhere in the country, and they could not find Henry. There was also no record of Henry leaving the country. Madame Gu told herself that she was going to press charges against Henry's uncles and all of her relatives if Henry was not found. The police would also have to provide her son. If they didn't arrest him for a crime he knew nothing about, then he wouldn't be missing by now. "On what grounds are you going to press charges against them?" Madam Gu's lawyer asked her. "You have no evidence that they have him. Mere assumptions can not even win in the courtroom." Madame Gu sighed deeply. She was deeply worried. She felt that the earlier she started acting, then the better for her and her son. Since no one had called her for ransom yet, then it was not a kidnap to raise funds or something. They kept her son so that they could kill him. It was better t