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
The atmosphere in the Guild family did not remain the same after the little encounter and the discovery in the dinner. The entire members of the Guild family were shocked and left in awe and unbelieve about everything that went on in the party. They still found it difficult to believe that the poor Henry who they had all looked down on just a while ago was actually the heir of the Floater family whom they had all been waiting for."You know this is all your fault right?" Linda asked her mum as soon as they were in her room. "What do you mean by that?" Catherine asked with her hands akimbo.At this time, Richard had already left them and they didn't even notice his absence because they were still overwhelmed by everything that happened."You were the one who advised me to start being mean to Henry." She said amidst gritted teeth. "I loved him for real before, I actually really did love him and was ready to go any length for him." Linda cut in.She was pacing around the room now with h
"So, what have the board members decided?" Henry asked one of his executives present in the conference room.He leaned back on his seat and observed carefully as he watched all the members of my executives making their respective suggestions.He was having a meeting with his board members on how they were going to start running the company. Given that it was one of the phases of his heir test, he had a little help from his mum even though she trusted him so much to be able to pull this through, after all he accomplished the first one successfully without any problems."And we were also supposed to have this meeting with the Guild family, but we received a message from them that they would not be available for the meeting." Mr Boniface cut in after a while."Well, then we would schedule another meeting where we would have a proper discussion with them on how to start the company." Henry retorted and adjusted his tie. Linda's face appeared in his head and once again, he remembered what
Linda and her family were about to start having their dinner when a knock was heard on the door. She stood up and went to open the door while her mom and James continued talking.Linda opened the door, and a weak smile appeared on her face. It was one of her coworkers. She flashed a smile at Linda, too, as she spread her arms open to hug her. Linda fell into Mary's arms, and Mary hugged her for a few seconds before letting her go. She pecked her both chin. "I've missed you so much, so I decided to come over and check up on you," Mary told Linda. Linda smiled. She knew that Mary didn't just show up to check up on her. Mary would only visit whenever she was bored and wanted to join James and Linda's mom to make a joke of Henry. Henry was no longer here, but Linda was still sure there was something else that made Mary show up there by that time of the night. "That's thoughtful of you, Mary. When did you become so nice?" Linda teased Mary. She let her in and locked the door after.
Henry's eyes were wide open and his eyes twitched as soon as his ears got wind of the rest of her words."It's nothing big, I mean..." Her voice trailed off and she simply shrugged her shoulders. Henry held her gaze as different kinds of words began to run through his head at the same time. She already knew he was the Floater heir. She was probably some lowlife gold digger who intentionally ran into him just so she could milk him and take advantage of him.Henry furrowed his brows in disgust as his fists began to clench under the table."I wonder what a pretty lady such as you could be asking of me," Henry said and swallowed hard while he awaited for her cringe worthy answer."Don't worry," she said in a somewhat amused tone and leaned forward. "I'm not asking for too much, it's something you can easily pull off."Henry almost hated her guts and the audacity with which she made the request, he could not believe that this was the same lady he had spent a lot of time thinking about and
Henry was dumbstruck for the first few minutes and his brows raised, of course it would have been normal for him to have a visitor in his office at that time, but what caused his uneasiness was the concerned look on Harrison's face when he informed him about the visitor."Who is he?" Henry asked under his breath, his voice was a bit shaky no matter how much he tried to compose himself."He..." Harrison stuttered. Henry ran out of patience and quickly walked into his office to see who the surprise guest was.Henry rolled his eyes the moment he got into his office and his heart skipped a beat the moment he saw the back of the man who was sitting in his office. What did he want from him anyway?Henry's fists were clenched as he walked towards his seat while bracing himself up for the tough time he was about to have."I've waited for you for a while," the man said as soon as he sighted Henry.Henry swallowed hard as he pulled out a chair to have a seat. After he sat down, he straightened