"What did you just say?" Madam Felicia asked. She looked like she was hearing strange things."He is the heir of the whole McArthur estate!" Maxwell snapped. He had some kind of irritation towards the old woman."Keep quiet and stop saying nonsense!" Madam Felicia snapped back at him. Sparks flew in the air between the two elderly people."It's the truth. If you want proof, I can get you one right now." Philip stated confidently."Even if that were to be true, how do you plan to convince us?" Johnson, Carla's father asked in a slightly trembling voice."That's pretty easy. I can just call the mayor, Lord Regis right now and he would verify my identity." Darius said with a cunning but confident smile. 'Why is he bringing the mayor into this?' They all shared the same thought and looked at Darius skeptically."Call him." Madam Felicia said with a straight face. She didn't show any signs of agitation or even try to act flustered."Alright." Darius nodded and picked out his phone called
"Destroy the Churchills." Was what Darius was demanding.They all had varying looks of confusion on their faces."You want to destroy the Churchills?" Hannah asked with a look of incredulity."Yes, is it a problem for you?" Darius looked at her with a calm gaze. "If you don't want to join hands with me on that then I have no choice but to accept it as your unwillingness to take this opportunity for repentance."As Darius was threatening them. His cerulean blue eyes that were staring at Carla's parents and Madam Felicia was giving them an eerie feeling they all felt little shivers run down their spines."It's not that we don't want to help you..." Johnson replied Darius with a surprisingly meek tone as he approached him carefully and returned Darius's phone to him.Darius shook his head as he received the phone from Johnson who had held it out in front of him. "I'm not asking whether you want to cooperate with me or not..." Darius said with a sigh. "I'm saying that you have no choice
After Darius had left the beautiful house of Carla's parents, the house remained silent for a while. They were still yet to get over their unpleasant surprise of Darius's real identity.An heavy atmosphere was in the room and they had even forgotten to see Darius off."What Darius said about Mr Philip and my daughter, can it be true?" Hannah asked in a tone of slight distress. It couldn't be helped, she was Carla's mother so it was natural for her to care about how her daughter was faring in the house of her new husband."...."No one was able to answer Hannah's question as they were all lost in thoughts. Johnson wanted to reply Hannah dismissively and tell her that what Darius said was very unlikely. But he looked at her face and saw how her eyes were quivering with emotion and the words hung in his mouth.They were a greedy bunch of parents truly. Johnson also cared for his daughter Carla, but it was almost unnoticeable. Most of the time, his greed and drive for money just took more
Mr Johnson Morris, Carla's father couldn't comprehend what he was looking at. Even as his wife slumped to the ground in shock, he only spared her a glance in his confusion and directed his gaze back to the sight in front of him."Carla..." Hannah muttered with moist eyes as she stretched out a hand towards Carla who was seated on the floor in a mess."Mum?" Carla looked up in surprise...At the moment Hannah had barged open into the house unexpectedly, the butler of the house had gaped in surprise then began to walk towards the door where Hannah and her husband were."Who are you?" He demanded. "This house wasn't expecting any visitors." He said to Johnson and Hannah with a tone that lacked any motivation or excitement.Mr Morris, meanwhile, didn't seem to hear what he was saying. The only thing he was seeing was his one and only daughter on the floor cleaning like a slave while the real servants stood around and watched her with uninterested gazes.Mr Morris trembled in anger. "What
It took a while to convince Carla of the truth about Darius. But hearing it didn't bring any comfort or joy to Carla, it only brought her down to the pits of regret."I and your father are very sorry for what you may have suffered, Carla." Hannah began to apologize to her daughter for the past mistakes of what she and the rest of the family had made Carla do. "If only we had been a little bit patient with Darius." She said with sobs.Even with her body that was covered with bruises from all over, Carla pushed her mother away from her with a sudden vigour."Is that why you came here?" Carla spat in anger and her mother was shocked at the sudden outburst. Even her father was taken aback. "...to tell me that what I'm going through is all my fault and to brag about Darius's real status?!"It seemed really absurd to Carla. They had just suddenly come and seen how she was being treated and how much suffering she was going through and the only thing they saw fit to talk about was that Darius
As soon as Philip came barging into the house, he instinctively blurted out a question that he would normally ask. His gaze was fixated on Carla before he noticed Hannah and Johnson who were glaring daggers at him."Why aren't you working?" He had asked without thinking.Johnson had even stood up from his seat in a flare of anger and was about to approach Philip with aggressive intentions.That was until Philip noticed the two who were glaring at him maliciously. He quickly behaved as though he was talking to another maid of the house who had followed right behind him.He turned to her and spoke aggressively. "You're not working and you're still not serving out guests!" He yelled at her.Johnson and Hannah looked at Philip with puzzled expressions on their faces. They were confused at the sudden turn of events that had happened. And even Carla who had gotten jittery and frightened at his arrival had a look of bewilderment on her face."My wonderful in-laws!" Philip boisterously greete
The tension in the room was palpable as accusations hung heavily in the air. Carla's parents were no longer willing to remain silent witnesses to their daughter's suffering, and their anger radiated like a storm gathering momentum. The finely set dinner table, meant to be a facade of normalcy, now seemed like a stage for confrontation.Philip's initial facade of surprise gradually gave way to a smug smile. He leaned back in his chair, crossing his arms as he studied Carla's parents with calculated amusement. "Maltreating Carla? Really, you think I'd do that?"Hannah's face twisted into a scowl as she glared at him. "We've heard enough, Philip. Darius told us everything."The mention of Darius's name seemed to send a shockwave through Philip. His once-confident demeanor faltered, replaced by an unsettling mix of frustration and apprehension. "Darius? What nonsense did he feed you?""He told us the truth," Johnson asserted, his voice trembling with fury. "That you've been causing her pa
Hannah and Johnson found their way out of Philip's house. But Carla wasn't with them. They had left her back at Philip's house hoping that Philip would do as he had promised.But in reality, Hannah didn't trust Philip's words one bit, it made her afraid but there was nothing that she could actually do about it.Philip had always been very good at masking his true feelings and intentions when he wanted to marry Carla, so obviously he had to be a very good actor. He had most likely acted to make them leave without any further trouble.Another reason that she couldn't really impose was when she realised that she had made a mistake by mentioning Darius's name. Afterall, Darius had threatened them no to leak any information whatsoever concerning him."You shouldn't have mentioned Darius." Johnson chided."It was a mistake." Carla said in her defense. Besides, he didn't really suspect anything right?""We're lucky he left the matter off like that." Johnson said as he shook his head slightly