"You can be my new secretary from today….if you want." Stacey said nonchalantly, she didn't want to sound desperate, that would be a huge blow to her enormous ego.
But she can't let him leave, the thought of him being with some new girl always made her jealous, that's one of the reasons why she always refused to let him go. But more than that she had a reasonable reason to not let Arthur go, he had no idea what Stacey's family members would do to him in the outside world. Inside the house he is safer than on the outside, as long as he doesn't touch Stacey.Arthur was still standing near the door, considering her offer. He wanted to get closer to her, he has wanted nothing ever since getting married to her, so maybe it was a good chance.Seeing Arthur arrogantly stand there, without replying to her, after she asked him was a huge blow to her ego. Stacey frowned, does he think he'll do her a favor by accepting?"Don't push it, Arthur," Stacey stated, maintaining her serious face. "And please put on something nice."Without saying anything Arthur turned and walked to the bathroom, without sparing her a look."I'll take that as a yes." Stacey Mumbled.Victoria, her mom, was outside listening to the conversation between them. She slowly walked inside, and took a seat on Stacey's bed, "Are you sure it's wise to let that useless husband of yours work for the company? We can't trust him." Victoria bluntly said.Surprised at how her mom got to find out about that, Stacey asked her, "Ummm tell me….. were you eavesdropping on us?" She sharply but calmly asked her mom.Victoria had an awkward facial expression, she was embarrassed."No, I would never eavesdrop on my daughter's conversation…. It's just that I couldn't help but overhear on my way to your sister's bedroom." Victoria cooked up a lie on the spot, she was good at that.And Stacey looked like she bought that, "Oh..kay…right, anyways I'll be paying him from my own salary." Stacey replied casually.Leaving Victoria speechless for some time. "But don't you already give him allowances?" Yeah, the allowances she takes away from him.At that same moment Arthur walked out of the shower, he didn't know Victoria was there, so he didn't wear a shirt as always. And he was startled to see his mother-in-law."Oh hey, mother-in-law you're here!?" Exclaimed Arthur, as he looked at his mother-in-law..."What do you think you're doing?" Victoria instantly looked away, as if she was looking away from something disgusting.But the same couldn't be said for Stacey, she blushed at the sight of his six-pack, this was the first time seeing him shirtless, she was lost in his body, she didn't even realize she was staring at him."Honey, what are you looking at?" Mrs. Victoria pulled Stacey's hand jerking her daughter back to life.Stacey felt rather embarrassed, her cheeks were red, as the image of Arthur's six pack was on her mind."Huh?...umm," Stacey looked away, "…..Arthur I'll be downstairs." She nervously said, following her mom downstairs."Okay, I'll be there in a sec!" Arthur replied, quickly putting on a t-shirt and shoes.He was excited, he'll finally get to spend time with his wife, and it's what he always wanted, nothing matters to him, as long as he gets to spend time with the love of his life.Meanwhile on the terrace.Stacey was puzzled to see her grandma, seated on the terrace. "Grandma, what brings you here?" Stacey asked, faking a smile. Her grandmother's visits always meant nothing but trouble."Sit." Gwendolyn ordered her granddaughter, disappointment written on her face. Without hesitating Stacey took a seat next to her grandmother."Why are you Blushing? You didn't let that Idiot touch you, did you?" Gwendolyn asked, maintaining her intimidating gaze on Stacey."No, grandma he hasn't touched me, and I won't allow him to….please don't hurt him, he didn't want to marry me I forced him," Stacey said, looking on the ground, nervously fidgeting her fingers.Seeing her, always so tough granddaughter, now nervous and afraid, Gwendolyn felt a sense of satisfaction. "I know, I know my dear….but right now you know what must be done right?" Gwendolyn asked, looking at Stacey with wide eyes, "Get a divorce, and I promise I won't hurt him, in fact I'll give him a million dollars." Gwendolyn said coldly with a smile, her facial expression turned dark as she glared at Stacey, "But if you don't divorce, I'll have him killed Stacey!" Gwendolyn threatened."But grandma you know I love him, why can't I just be with him, he's a nice guy?" Stacey asked politely. As Gwendolyn stood up.Gwendolyn turned and looked at Stacey coldly. "Make him sign the papers today, or I'll make you a widow."Meanwhile downstairs.A young handsome man was sitting downstairs, he looked like he was in his mid 20's if not late 20s, sitting elegantly next to him was a beautiful girl who looked to be in her early twenties."Mr. Caine, how nice of you to visit!" Victoria exclaimed, seeing the handsome man seated in her house, Mr. Caine stood up and firmly shook Victoria's hand, "Mrs. Roth"Victoria instantly saw the beautiful girl sitting next to him, her heart pounded faster than usual, "Ummm….tell me who is this? Is she a distant relative?" Victoria asked, maintaining her smile, but inside she was worried about who that girl was.Caine gestured to the girl to stand up and introduced her. "This is Elsa, she is Stacey's secretary from now on."Hearing that, Victoria's heart was filled with relief and a lot of joy. First of all Arthur's plan of being her daughter's secretary is going to be foiled, and second and most importantly, she thought the pretty girl was Caine's girlfriend, and he had lost interest in her daughter Stacey, turns out she's not his girlfriend. He can still marry her daughter."Oh nice….she's so pretty I thought she was your fiance." Victoria bluntly said, maintaining her smile.Caine awkwardly laughed, "Hahaha….Well you know Stacey is the only girl of my heart, and her beauty is unmatched." A hint of disappointment in his tone, as he said that. He was sad that she would even think of him like that.Everyone knows that Stacey is the most beautiful girl, she was even crowned the number one beauty in college."Speaking of Stacey, is she around?" His eyes looked every which way in the living room ever since he arrived, his heart yearned to see Stacey's face."Yes, she'll be here in a sec, she's talking on the phone," Victoria replied, deep down she was hoping Stacey didn't go back to her bedroom. The way she stared at Arthur today, makes leaving them alone dangerous, her daughter might fall for that useless man.Caine had been pursuing Stacey ever since they were in high school. Despite her making it clear that she's not interested.Arthur gazed at the people sitting in the living room, as he heard them talk about him."Talk about that valueless son-in-law." Victoria bitterly said as she spotted Arthur walking down the stairs, wearing a black suit, his suit was so cheap, but he looked a thousand times more handsome than Caine, not to mention he had a pretty face that would make even guys fall for him. And It really bothered Caine, it was something he had to leave with when they were in college, despite him being rich, Arthur always looked better than him, Arthur always had the school beauties hanging around him, and he was more popular than Caine Duhamel. That's one of the reasons Caine never liked Arthur. One of his happiest days was when Arthur dropped out of college, but then he found out that the only reason why Arthur dropped out of school was that he married his dream girl Stacey Roth."I bet he feels like a billion bucks in that cheap suit," Caine mocked, Victoria and Elsa laughed out pretty hard, just so Arthur could hear them and feel bad.Elsa's laugh attracted Arthur's attention, he looked at her with a smile, and she immediately blushed, as she found him attractive.Darting his eyes away from Elsa, Arthur looked at Caine, maintaining his smile. He took out his cellphone and stared at his cellphone screen, "Some people are really shameless." Saying that Arthur took a seat on the stairs. Knowing Caine is going to be so mad. Caine's face turned red, upon hearing that, he immediately stood up and angrily walked to Arthur who was seated on the stairs, however, Arthur acted like he didn't see him.. "Would you mind repeating what you just said?" Caine demanded, startling Arthur as he was focused on his cell phone, he didn't even see Caine coming."Huh?" Arthur had a confused look on his face as if he had no idea what's going on, Enraging Caine even further,"Don't play dumb with me trash, I heard what you just said." Caine roared as he finished his sentence with a kick on Arthur's face, making him drop his cellphone. 'Yep just what I expected.' Arthur thought as he attempted to stand up, but he was kicked in the stomach by Caine, making him roll down t
Hesitantly turning her head, Stacey was surprised to see Arthur was gone, she wanted him there so she could mock him. Because those were her grandmother's orders."I thought she wanted to spend time with me, turns out she was desperate for a secretary," Arthur angrily mumbled, as he loosened his tie and unbuttoned his bloody shirt, "I was beaten up for her, but she did nothing, she went and held the hand of the moron who beat me up and she even went as far, to flirt with him in front of me!" Taking a deep breath to suppress his anger, Arthur walked to the bathroom to wash his bloody face.Looking at his reflection in the mirror, the person staring back at Arthur was different to him. "So this is how your life is now? Born as a master and now you're living as a what? A live-in son -in-law, a worthless one…" Arthur mumbled to himself. 'I think it's time you get back home.' Arthur thought as he walked out of the bathroom.He silently took a seat on the couch, and sat back. The only thing
"You could use it to start a business of your own." Stacey continued. she just needed him to get away from from this place.Hearing Stacey's kind words, Arthur only got annoyed. He wasted two freaking years of his life, and she made him drop out of college. She didn't promise him anything, but he expected something in return from her, and it was definitely not money.Arthur could feel his heart break more and more, with every second he was in that room with her. Frowning at Arthur's silence Stacey looked at him with an annoyed and pitiful expression."Arthur….you're missing out on a deal of your lifetime…make it two million dollars….I'm trying to help you have a good life here?" Stacey said coldly, maintaining her serious expression.The least she could do was give him the two million dollars, so he could start his new life. That's what she thought.Softly chuckling Arthur decided to get something he's been holding after watching the video out of his chest. "You're a cheap person…no d
Harold shifted his gaze to Victoria and Lawrence, Stacey's parents. Making them put their heads down in shame, and fear."Poor attitude, just like her mom and dad I see….now she's trying to refuse the marriage?" Harold said coldly, he slowly shifted his cold gaze back to Stacey.Not even intimidated a bit with her grandpa's glare, Stacey replied nonchalantly, "I'm not refusing the marriage…there are a lot of boys from good families…." Before she could finish talking Mrs. Gwendolyn Roth interrupted. "Stacey Roth, you agreed to this marriage….yes or no?"Stacey rolled her eyes in irritation, scanned everyone's reaction, and replied. "I agreed to divorce Arthur…..I didn't agree to marry Caine. You can't expect me to marry a person who doesn't respect women, Grandma!" Stacey said nonchalantly.Feeling disrespected by Stacey's attitude, Mrs Grace Duhamel stood up to leave, "Well this deal is off Roth's family….we'll be on our way." "Indeed, I will enjoy seeing Rincs Corp and Roth Industri
"….Master Stark, are you alright?" Jared humbly asked, sounding concerned, His face gaining redness at the thought of something happening to Arthur. "Master Arthur, are you in trouble at that house? Just say the word and we'll wipe out that entire family." "Jared calm down, I'm alright Jared, I kind of sprained my ankle, when I was coming down the stairs." Arthur lied. Knowing damn well, what his butler will do to the Roths' if he finds out about what happened to him. "Jared I don't need you to come here, just send someone okay?" Arthur ordered, hanging up the cellphone.After Jared hung up the cellphone, an old man walked to him. The man looked like he was sixty years old, if not younger.After spotting the old man walking to him, Jared bowed respectively, "Master Stark, you're here?" "Yes, you told me my grandson is coming back today, I've decided to come and welcome him, even though he hates me!" The man said, sounding sad."Well...the preparations for your grandson's arrival are
Caine touched his cheek, which now had a hand print and had now turned red. 'Just you wait bitch, I'll teach you a lesson.' Caine thought, letting out a smile on the outside, but inside he was cursing Stacey and he just wanted to slap her back."I'll be downstairs my Lady." Caine said nonchalantly as if the slap was nothing, he turned around and walked out.Courtney's mouth was still hanging open, still surprised by Stacey's sudden outburst and slap on Caines cheek. "What was that?" Courtney asked. Stacey took a deep breath and sat down on the bed. "He deserves that and a lot more worse!" Stacey said bitterly. "Okay…umm why?" Courtney asked, her eyes focused on Stacey. "If it was me I would have understood, cause I really hate that guy…but you….he's your future husband." "I don't want to marry him. Gwendolyn is threatening to harm Arthur if I don't marry that Idiot." Stacey said, monitoring her childhood friend's reaction, she continued, "I had no choice but to make Arthur sign the
The ride was quiet for some time with no one talking to each other, Arthur's thoughts were on a train of thoughts, he was still thinking about Stacey's betrayal. A part of him couldn't believe she would do something like that, she would never sacrifice her dignity for anything. 'The video must have been fake, I think the person who sent me the video, faked it…' Arthur' thought to himself. 'I wish it was fake, she didn't deny it, so the video is definitely real….fuck! what am I doing thinking about that heartbreaking woman, I need to just forget her.' Arthur thought to himself, looking out of the window. He couldn't deny that he still loved Stacey.Miss Dawn had her eyes on him the whole ride. He looked miserable, she wondered if it's because of his wife? With a sigh, Dawn put her hand on Arthur's arm. "May I ask you something?" Miss Dawn's question snapped Arthur out of his thoughts.Flashing a slight smile at her, Arthur shook his head in approval," Sure I don't mind."Retracting he
A knock on the door had Arthur' stand up from his bed to open the door, standing outside were Jared and his grandfather. "Grandfather, Jared," Arthur' greeted his grandfather and Jared with a surprised expression on his face.Christian slightly smiled as he walked inside Arthur's bedroom with Jared following behind.On his hand Christian was carrying a black card, and a gold plated cell phone, with an S symbol on it."Morning grandson." Christian greeted once he sat down. Arthur' remained standing in his pajamas, Jared stood next to Christian."Morning," Arthur' greeted back.***Meanwhile at the Roths' Villa. Since Arthur left Victoria had to hire a maid to take care of the house and cook food, she also had to hire a butler to take the kids to school. When arthur' was there she never dared to hire a maid or a butler, in fact she fired the maids and the butler's just so she could make Arthur do the work.Breakfast felt unlively today, as there was no Arthur to mock, it was one of the