"Do you want to burn me? you fool!" Emma Foden, Nathan's mother-in-law, screamed and instantly pulled her leg out of the water that Nathan prepared for her to wash her feet.
Nathan stood in front of her, staring at her blankly. "Stop staring at me. Why can't you get anything done right?" She hissed and pushed the bowl of water to the side before turning to look at him with disgust. She hated Nathan with every fiber of her being
Nathan didn't respond to her words. He raised his left hand to see what the time was saying. "It's midnight," He thought.
The Foden family became a tier 2 thanks to Nathan, 3 years ago, he had made them a promise to help them boom and redeem their company from bankruptcy and now, he has fulfilled his promise to them.
"Argh, Show some decency by apologizing to me" Emma was furious and she kicked the bowl of hot water to Nathan but he easily avoided it. Emma gritted her teeth in frustration and clutched her fingers together to form a tight fist revealing how angry she was by seeing how calm Nathan reacted. Nathan glanced at her before leaving the room causing Emma's blood to boil, she instantly followed him out of the room.
"Stop right there! How dare you disrespect me? you poor church rat!" Emma's voice rang across the room causing Nathan to halt and turn to face her
"For 3 years now, we have provided you everything, food, shelter but what did we get in return?" She yelled and took a few steps closer to Nathan.
"You're such an ungrateful brat, you've begun to grow wings right? But I'll break those wings even before you would consider flying with them" Emma added but she got no reaction from Nathan which pissed her "I'll make sure my daughter divorces you, ungrateful brat!"
Nathan wasn't moved by her words, they all fell on deaf ears. Emma swiftly took the basketball bat that was on the side and she attempted to hit him with it but he was quick to dodge it causing her to immediately miss her steps and she fell on the stairs.
"Ouch....." Emma's screams filled the hall but Nathan wasn't moved, he didn't flinch, he stood and watched her as she growled in pain.
"You ungrateful brat, I'll make sure that my daughter divorces you," She roared
"How unreasonable" Nathan narrowed his eyes and scoffed.
The door of the sitting room creaked open and Nathan's eyes widened when he caught sight of his wife and her assistant walking into the sitting room
Isabella's eyes swept across the room and her eyes caught sight of her mother on the floor next to the stairs. she instantly ran to her and asked, "What happened Mom? Are you hurt"
"Ouch, my legs hurt Isabella," Emma pretended to be in pain. She tried sitting up but she winced in pain again, "My back... Isabella, it hurts so much" She swiftly turned to see if Nathan was still standing there and she instantly scoffed inwardly. She expected Nathan to be on his knees now but he still stood tall and watched her
"What happened Mom?" Isabella asked again without sparing Nathan a glance, she tried to help her mother up but Emma continued wincing in pain.
"Is it not your good-for-nothing husband, we provided everything for me, shelter, food, everything that he needs to survive, we provided for him but he dared to hit me and push me down the stairs" Emma lied.
Isabella Fedon is the CEO of Fedon Group, she is a smart, tall, and beautiful girl. She has been married to Nathan for 3 years and not a single day has passed without her taunting Nathan for his poverty. Nathan has been reminded countless times of what other sons-in-law do for their mother-in-law and Emma desperately wants her daughter to divorce him.
"What the hell? Nathan! Has your laziness affected your brain too, don't you know your place in this house?" Isabella yelled while raising her head to stare at Nathan who was standing a few inches away from her.
"I need an explanation immediately!" She added
Nathan sneered, "You can check the CCTV in the villa to see if I hit your mother or even push her down the stairs." He didn't wait for her to respond before he left his room. For the past 3 years, Nathan has been treated like a slave. He creaked open the door of his room and sighed thinking of how dramatic Emma was, he walked towards the drawer, took out a wood box and a stalk of paper, and walked back to the door to exit the room.
As soon as he opened the door, he came to face Isabella, she frowned and crossed her hands.
"I've checked the CCTV and if you had not avoided my mother's attack then she wouldn't have fallen from the stairs, you're to blame for it," Isabella said sternly causing Nathan to scoff and stare at her in total disbelief.
"My mother is just a middle-aged woman, you should have been considerate enough to know that she has a bad temper and it wouldn't hurt if she had hit you, do you have to be so ungrateful?" Isabella asked in a rage. She wasn't pleased when she walked into the mansion and saw her mother on the floor "You should apologize to her for your behavior" she added causing Nathan to scoff, but he remained calm. He didn't raise his voice nor did he bother to convince Isabella that her mother was wrong
Isabella's words made Nathan speechless, "How unreasonable, just like her mother," He thought and chose to ignore her. He shifted his gaze to the stalk of papers in his hand and he passed them to Isabella.
"I have already signed them and now, I need your signature," Nathan said causing Isabella to instantly take the papers from him to see what it was about that
"Divorce papers?" Isabella scoffed
Isabella stared at the documents, feeling completely confused. "Is this a trick or what?" She asked while waving the documents in front of Nathan."I know that you want to trick me, right? Do you think I'm dumb to just sign the documents? You want to take money from me through the divorce, right?" She paused and gently strolled through the papers. "Let me see," she uttered.She was stunned after going through the documents and found out that it included no alimony payment.Emma, who was standing beside them, grabbed the papers from her daughter's hand. She forgot all about her pain and strolled through the papers, then she burst into laughter."My dear child, sign the papers immediately so that you can finally be free from this poor man who doesn't deserve to be your husband," she said without blinking her eyes. This is what she has always wanted. It felt like a slap on her face when she'd go out with her friends and they'd taunt her all because she has a poor son-in-law. Most times,
Nathan sneered at Luke's words and turned to Isabella, "For the past 3 years, I have done my best and even before we divorced, you brought your so-called boyfriend home" He said and shook his head in disbelief"What do you mean by you've done your best? You're no match for Luke. I'm sure that you're regretting now because you made the mistake of signing those papers without any compensation from me," Isabella said with her left hand on her waist. "It's not too late to beg now, swallow your pride Nathan, and beg me, don't be so ungrateful!" Isabella took a step closer to him and stared into his eyes"You're the one who made a mistake Isabella, so don't irate me, or else, I'll make sure that I teach you all a lesson," He said, coldly.Isabella was stunned at Nathan's words. He has been so calm and humble for the past 3 years. He has never talked back at her or Emma, even when they treated him like a servant. He was never angry about it. "How come he changed so much?" She thought."How
"We have been ambushed" The Taxi driver stuttered, his hands shaking on the steering wheel."Open this Goddamn door," One of the aggressive-looking gangsters hit the car. "Please, please, I have nothing. I've not made a single dime since morning," the taxi driver begged as he opened the door of the car, stepping out of the car with his hands in the air."You too, get down from the car." They pointed to Nathan, who sneered. He stepped down from the car, sweeping his gaze across the faces of the men who attacked him to see if he found their faces familiar."Nathan!!! Surprised?" A man walked from behind the gangsters and slowly approached Nathan with his head high. "No, I'm not. In fact, I thought you'd come with a thousand of your dogs that you call boys to fight with me," Nathan scoffed with his gaze on Nigel. The gangsters grumbled amongst themselves while staring at Nathan with bloodshot eyes as if they were about to rip his throat out of his body, making the taxi driver scared to
Nigel and the gangsters were terrified as they winced in pain. The only thought that crossed their minds was to leave the premises immediately, but they were surrounded. Nigel reached for the gun that fell from his hand when he got kicked the first time. He hid the gun, but he didn't have the balls to shoot anyone with it."My sister is the CEO of Foden Group and her boyfriend is Luke! If you hurt me, you'll regret it," Nigel shouted, but she ignored him. Nigel has never been in a situation like this before, he always had the upper hand, and most especially, he underestimated Nathan. He thought beating him up would just be a piece of cake.Nigel decided to risk his life by pulling the trigger on Nathan. He slowly tried bringing the gun from where he hid it."What's that you're hiding?" One of the hefty men in a black suit asked the second he saw him. Nigel didn't respond, his ego didn't get him to beg for them to let him go. "What's that you're hiding?" He asked again, but Nigel didn
Before Emma or Isabella could mention another word, Nathan ended the call and slid his phone into his back pocket.After ending the call, he turned to Lily who was standing beside him, and asked, "You haven't told me the reason why you chose to find me." A faint smile appeared on Lily's face then it instantly vanished after seeing the stern look on Nathan's face, "I need your help" she replied, causing Nathan to arch an eyebrow"Please come with me to the car," she said and Nathan reluctantly got into the car with her, "The Carbin mansion" Lily instructed the driver and he nodded in acknowledgment"Where are we going?" Nathan asked, with a frown on his face."The Carbin's family mansion?" she replied "No! Why are we going there?" He rephrased the question. Lily turned to him and heaved a long sigh before saying, "My family is in a big mess Nathan and we need your help," She continued, "The Lord of the Carbin family took our drugs and instead of getting better, he got worse and we n
"What's happening to my father?""What's wrong?" Everyone in the room began to panic, except Nathan. He kept his eyes on the Carbin's Lord."Everyone, calm down," He yelled just to get their attention, "Mr. Carbin will be fine," Nathan added. He turned to look at the faces of everyone in the room. He scoffed after sewing the expression on the doctor's face."Please, I don't want to lose my husband. Tell me what we need to do," Mrs. Carbin begged. Nathan didn't utter a word. He noticed the terrified look on Isabella's face before he took a few steps closer to the Lord, who was unconscious on the bed."He was poisoned," Nathan said as he took out a powder from his pocket. This spec powder can cure any poison in the world and it was invented by Nathan. He's the only one who knows its recipe. In the black market, one gram of the powder is worth half a million. People usually call it a magic drug because it works like magic.The room became pin-drop silent and everyone watched Nathan. No o
"No... no... no, I honestly wasn't aware of the poison," Doctor Tony stuttered, but no one listened to him"Save that crap for someone else! We thought that you were an expert, you're just a quack doctor and if not for this young gentleman, then my father would have been dead by now all because of your wrong medication," The first son of the family said in a rage. He was upset and couldn't imagine what would have happened if his father had died all because of that careless act."I'm sorry sir, I wasn't aware of the poison, it seems that it was hidden, please forgive me for my carelessness," the doctor begged"Okay, it's understandable that you're not good enough to save my father but then you tried to stop Nathan from curing my father all because you wanted to save your dignity," He continued with a frown on his face, "That's unacceptable"He turned to Nathan feeling grateful, "Thank you, Nathan, Even after we listened to this hypocrite and stopped you from giving your medicine to my
Lily strolled through her phone and dialed her assistant's number instantly to convene the press conference."Linda," Lily said as soon as her assistant answered the call"Good afternoon ma, I went through Mr. Carbin's file ma and...""We have sorted that, Linda. The Lord of the Carbin family is totally fine now," she informed her assistant."What... What happened ma, it was our drugs, right?" Lily giggled at how curious her assistant was. "You'll find out Linda, calm down, I have a reason for calling you," Lily said"Oh, I'm sorry ma, I'm just excited that we will finally stop receiving threats from the Carbin family," she said, causing me to smile faintly"I want you to convene a press conference tomorrow night at the Brown family mansion, okay?" Lily said."Yes, but tomorrow is the company's anniversary," Linda reminded her"I know. After the press conference, we'll start the anniversary party," Lily responded and ended the call. She turned to Nathan and asked, "I'm sorry for intr