2023-12-27 13:08:05Meanwhile, Luther walked into the room with a smile on his face. It was Ariel's birthday as well as the day that he was officially going to be divorced and start a new life altogether.
She could feel her heart racing fast. Overjoyous as she could not wait to get over with the punk already.
"Finally, we are getting rid of that fool from our lives forever." He muttered under his breath swiftly.
"I wonder how he is going to survey on the street." Lady Willow said swiftly under her breath as everyone in the room burst out into laughter.
"This is going to be the best." One of them said under their breath.
Just then Luther cleared his truth, walking gradually towards Ariel with a smile on his face.
Ariel had a weird expression on her face, flooded with so much confusion as he continued to stare at him.
"Is there anything wrong?" She could no longer help it but inquired swiftly.
Her heart was beating hard against her chest as though it was going to burst through, still staring right into his eyes
Without spitting out a single word from his mouth, he reached out to his wallet, displaying a card in his hands.
Her face was flooded with even more confusion than it was initially.
"What are those?" She inquired swiftly after a few moments of staring intensely at them and still wasn't able to make things out in his head.
"You can even recognize it." He chuckled for a moment before going ahead to answer the Inquiry.
"I got the card for the party that's being held by the Gerald family business empire tomorrow." He finally explained but he continued as he was not done.
"But a public announcement was made. The heir seems to have some very important business to carry out today so the party has been postponed till tomorrow." He ended.
But she was hardly listening to the next words that came afterward. Her face splashed with so much shock.
Everyone in the hall was shocked too, as they could hardly make out words to properly express their shock.
Without spitting out a single word from her mouth, she pulled off her seat and took the card away from him, surveying it with her hands.
"Is this true? Or am I daydreaming?" Her eyes were bulging out from her eye socket.
She would never believe that she was going to get the opportunity to meet the legendary heir but all thanks to Luther, it was possible now.
She was finally able to bulge back to consciousness as she made a move towards him and hugged him tightly.
"I am glad that I left that punk for you." Her eyes were filled with so much gratitude as she kissed him.
"We should get going already. We don't want to waste any more of our time." He finally said.
Meanwhile, Austin was at the other end of the city. He had a lot of things to do for that day and before he could be done, he was already running.
When he was done dressing, something really strange happened. A man came before him and bowed slightly.
Confusion flooded his face as he paired upwards swiftly, his eyes demanding answers even though he didn't spit out a single word from his mouth.The man got the message that he was trying to pass across to him and went ahead to give the response.
"I'm William's young master. I will be your driver for today. Ms. Jane informed me that you will have a lot of places to be driven to today." He finally explained.
With a slight sigh, he rose from the bed that he was sitting on and finally said, shaking his head.
"I don't need one." He finally responded. "I got an Uber already."
Shockwaves went down Williams's spine as he fell to his knees, cold shivers running down his spine.
"Young Master, please forgive me if I have offended you in any way." He said still shivering and Austin sighed once again.
Helping him up from the floor and finally said.
"I would prefer if you refer to me by my name without adding any formality to it. And apart from that, you have done absolutely nothing to me."
"It's just that I am not comfortable with it." He finally said but Williams didn't seem to be buying it as he could get into a lot of trouble if anyone found out about it.
"But Young master. I'm going to get into a whole lot of trouble."
Knowing the condition of his uncle, a slight sigh escaped from his lips once again as he finally said.
"If you insist, you must do exactly as they tell you to." He gave him only condition Williams got into the car swiftly
The car soon went off and Austin highlighted just a few distances away from from divorce agency officeGetting there, he could already see Ariel and her crew fuming hard with so much anger.
Advancing towards him, Lady Kate shot a deadly snare at him, which was enough to throw anyone off balance but he was not moved even for a single moment.
This made the frown that was hovering on her face deepened even more.
"You fool. Apart from that fact that you are so useless. Are you so blind that you can't keep to time?" The resounding sound of her voice could only be equal to the sudden clap of a lightning bolt.
Staring at his watch, he noticed that it was just a minute past the time and his face twisted into a frown, staring upwards towards her.
"I won't have you use those stale words on me anymore. We are more like strangers now." He replied swiftly.
"Her face blew out red with so much anger, thinking that this Austin that was standing before her was the one that would beg just to have his daily bread.
Raising her hands swiftly, she wanted to plant a swift slap on his face but he held her hands high up in the sky, staring right into her eyes, and said.
"Don't you dare?" He shook her hands back swiftly.
The sight was unbelievable as the jaws dropped at the sight that lay before them.
Ariel came forward swiftly with a frown on her face. "How dare you disrespect my mother in such a manner?" She thundered at him
Staring at her brought back sweat painful memories but he didn't allow them to get a grip on him.
"And who do you think that you are?" He replied swiftly
Everyone was confused at the overconfident Austin who was standing right before them as he had always used to be the silent and obedient one..
"I can see that you have grown a lot of wings. Let's see how you are going to survey on the street." She snorted under her breath.
"How much do you think that you have achieved?" Austin acquired.
Immediately he spat out the word from his mouth, and everyone in the room burst out into laughter.Luther laughed so hard that a drop of tear escaped from his eyes.
"Are you for real right now?" Luther continued to laugh out of him
Bringing the card from his pocket and pestering it on his face, he finally said."Guess what punk. I just got an invitation from Gerald's family. A fist that you can never be able to achieve all your life." He said.
He wanted to tear up into laughter almost immediately but was finally able to control himself.
"But how were they able to get the card when they were a second-generation company?" There was a mystery in his head.
But the events that had occurred earlier struck him hard like an avalanche.
A dark smile hovered on his lips as he leaned forward immediately to ask Luther a few questions.
"And do you mind trying to tell us how you were able to get the card?" Austin inquired with a smirk, pairing right into his eyes.
The question seemed to throw him off balance as his words failed him, still trying as hard as possible to recover from the shock.
"And why do you think that he should give you a response?" Ariel frowned at him but Austin was still able to maintain his calm as he finally said.
"I don't think that there is anything worth hiding here. Except of course, if there is something that he is not telling you guys." Austin responded.
Knowing that he had to answer the question, Luther braised himself, going further to answer as he said.
"Because it's my little secret. I am the best friend to the hidden heir." He finally said.
# Austin was stunned by his response and so was every other person in the building as chatters swiftly filled the hall.
Ariel's face brightened almost immediately as Luther had not told her anything about it in the first place.
"Is this true?"
"Huh?" Was the only word that Austin could make out from his mouth.
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