Linda walked out of her room and met her mom, Mary and James, having dinner. She quickly joined them. They discussed and laughed excitedly. Linda wondered what they were gossiping about. "Next time, you will create space for me to go with you so that I can meet and mingle with the elites. Else, we would have very serious issues," Mary teased. Catherine smiled deeply. "Don't worry. We will see how to fix you next time. Just be ready to go with us."Mary laughed excitedly. "At least, I would get to meet the elites, too. Maybe I would even find a handsome young man to seduce and get something out of him. We could even become a thing."Catherine only laughed. After eating dinner, everyone went to their room to dress up so that they could leave for the ball. Mary went with Linda to pick her outfit. "I came running all the way here immediately after I got the call from your mom," Mary told Linda. She smiled and shook her head. "My mom is just something else. Who told her I could no
Madame Gu let out a deep breath and stood there with her fists folded staring at Benedict's son discussing with her son.She swallowed hard, it was easy to see the visible anger that resided in her at the sight of Miguel speaking to her son.Mr Benedict had been a potential enemy of both her husband and her when he was still alive. He was probably still mad because Henry's father took his place. He was one of the people she needed to protect her son against and if she had her way, she would not even want to introduce Henry to the rest of the family. Especially him.Madame Gu walks towards them after trying to plaster a fake smile on her face because she knew that people were watching and they were definitely going to notice that there was a subtle family crisis going on."Mom," Henry called as soon as he mother came to stand beside him."I've been searching for you, honey." Madame Gu said and placed her hand on her son's shoulder while watching Miguel viciously."I've been just here,
Linda sat behind the limousine as they drove back home from the ball, oblivious of her surroundings and the conversation going on between the other occupants of the car. She was reflecting on the events that transpired at the ball, which happened to be the same with the discussion going on."I thought that at least, since we were now partners with the Floater group, we would at least be treated like dignitaries at the ball." James hammered."I was hardly even recognised." Catherine fired amidst gritted teeth. "I was just treated like an ordinary guest."The conversation went on with everybody showing how irritated they were that the Guild family were made to look like ordinary guests at the ball.Linda could not help but dream about how they would have been treated if she had had ebook patience with Henry and had not listened to her mother and divorced him. She knew that Henry no longer gave a fuck about her, he showed it the day she went to his office to see him, she had been talking
Richard walked into his house and sank into the couch. He had been a shadow of his former self since after the incident. Losing Linda hurt Richard more than the fact that the world got to know the truth about his company. He stared up at the ceiling as he thought about the possibility of Linda accepting him back. Richard knew that it was not possible for Linda to accept him back. He knew that the only reason why the family let him in was because they thought he had something. Now that they were aware that he had nothing to offer to them, they all withdraw themselves from him. He was also aware of the fact that Linda's mother would never want to hear from him or hear anything that had to do with him. He could not forget how she sent him away immediately after she confirmed the news from him. Even though he tried to convince her that he would build his company, and once he was done, he would come back to his feet. She didn't even let him say anything. She just sent him out of her h
Henry turned around to check what the time was, immediately after parking at the parking lot. He was all smiles. He stared at the front mirror and deepened his smile as he liked what he saw. He alighted from the car and began walking towards his office. He was still excited about what happened the previous day. Spending time with Natasha at the penthouse was one of the beautiful things that happened to him that week. As he walked towards the entrance of his company, his smile suddenly disappeared and turned into a worried expression. He had sighted his mom standing at a corner of the company. He rushed to her and stopped in front of her. She was on a call when her son approached her, and she quickly pressed the red button and faced her son fully. "What are you doing here?" Henry whispered with a furrowed brow. He shook his head and bit his lower lip. "I mean, why are you here so early in the morning? I haven't even had my seat yet."She turned her wrist around to check what the
Fred let out a sigh of relief when the car pulled up in front of his mansion. He stayed in the car looking around for a while before he came down."Can I take your briefcase, sir?" The middle aged man who had driven him asked as he came over to his side."Sure thing." Fred quickly said and handed over his briefcase to the man while stretching out himself. He was glad he had finally gotten home a few minutes after his flight landed in the airport. The traffic from the airport to his house had been so insane that he almost got impatient. Now, he was feeling tired and worn out.After standing there for a while and studying the building, Fred decided to walk into the house.Apart from the terrible traffic he experienced, everything else had changed since he last visited the country. He had been out of the country for a while and had just returned to take care of his business by himself. He scoffed as soon as he stepped into the house because he knew that there was no rest for him. The des
Of course, he knew about the Floater family and how influencial they had been in the business world in the city. But he didn't know much about the said Henry Floater since he had been out of the country for a long time and had just returned to take over his family business fully."Are you sure this is not a transactional relationship? Like a business kind of thing, you know what I mean." Fred asked with his eyes narrowed.Aiden shrugged his shoulders."I am not sure about that." He said with a bit of hesitation evident in his voice. "I mean... It was, in the beginning." His voice got thicker with his last words."Not until recently though, I mean, after Natasha signed the top business deal that made her a big shot in the business world, she should have backed down a little bit, right?" There was a long pause after Aiden's words and both he and Fred sat there in silence trying to process the last information."And I also noticed they had been going out together a bit more often recentl
Natasha walked into her office, and immediately after she walked into the office, her phone vibrated in her hands. She unlocked her phone and stared at the message. It was from Henry. She smiled deeply immediately after she saw the message. She read through the message, and her smile deepened. She texted him back and placed the phone in her bag. As she walked towards her chair to sit, she stared at the corner of her office and saw a flower. Once she saw the flower, her heart sank deeply. She remembered immediately that she didn't know who sent the flower. She stared at the card on it. It was written congratulations. The smile on her face slowly disappeared. Natasha stared at the flower with her finger in her mouth. She could not place a finger on who it was that sent her flowers. She decided to trash the flowers since she didn't know who it was from. She called in her secretary immediately. "Here I am."She stared back at her secretary and then slowly tilted her head toward the di