Staring coldly at everyone’s faces in the living room, Mr. Stony clutched his fist and harshly inquired, “Who is Charles Barlow?”
“Is there a problem?” Charles asked as he glared at Mr. Stony.
“Are you him?”
“Yes,”
In shock, the rest of the family watched as Mr. Stony charged at Charles, grabbed him by the neck, and body-slammed him to the floor.
“What is wrong with you?” William shouted as he watched Mr. Stony’s fist slammed into his son’s left cheek.
Then he tried to rush over to them, but Mr. Stony's bodyguards shot him a warning look, causing William to stop in his tracks.
With tears in her eyes, William’s wife clutched onto his arm and cried, “Honey, do something.”
But he was too much of a coward to do anything, and his feet felt frozen to the floor as he watched as his son got beat up.
“You are the punk that my wif
There was a moment of hesitation as Rome gazed at Catherine.Then he second-guessed his words for a brief while before saying, “Jeff burned down your family warehouse, Charles got involved with someone's wife, Elijah betray your grandfather, and Chloe, well she messed with Mr. Ford. What have you done?”“Uh?” Catherine asked, raising a brow.“What wrong have you done?”“Well…”Feeling a bit uncertain, Catherine mumbled, “Ummm… Nothing?”“Right, nothing. So why do you want things to fall apart for you?” Rome asked with a straight face.With her eyes fixed on his, Catherine slowly rubbed her thumb against her other finger as she mumbled beneath her breath, “I don't know. I thought maybe…”“The quote, ‘Bad things happen to good people is not right because it shouldn't be that way, and you shouldn't be th
The office door opened, and all of Elijah’s clients walked into the room. Then they took a seat on the leather couches and focused on Mr. Barlow.“Excuse me,” Ella said before walking out of the room and shutting the door closed.For a few seconds, it was silent. Then Mr. Barlow cleared his throat and gently asked, “Why are you all here?”“It's no secret that DBA INC. is failing immensely.” Mr. Davis carefully said, striving to remember Rome's every word correctly.“So I heard.”“That is why we are here to tell you that we want to keep our projects with DreamTeam, and since Elijah is not a part of this company, we will like to sign under William.”Although Mr. Barlow kept a straight face, he was extremely excited inside, knowing that this was something that could help DreamTeam.Without any second thought, he looked at Davis and said, “If that's the case, then I w
Knowing that his brother was about to ruin them all, Anthony stood to his feet and said, "Elijah, how about we do this at home?" "Home, Nah. We are going to do this here so that everyone can know the kind of hypocrites and betrayals I have as brothers!" Elijah coldly said before sneering. A slight smirk surfaced on Rome's face, but his expression quickly became straight when Catherine took his hand in hers. Staring at her, Rome saw a touch of anxiety in her eyes, and he squeezed her hand and mumbled, "It's going to be fine." Although Catherine was nervous about what her uncle's behavior was going to cost their family, she smiled faintly, trying to find comfort in his words. "Look, Elijah! I wasn't the one who set you up!" William calmly said, taking a step back as he tried to create a distance between his brother and him, just in case he became violent again. "Am I supposed to believe that bullcrap! You suddenly got all my clients when
A while later, Rome drove the car into the parking lot of Skyhigh restaurant. Then he and Catherine got down from the vehicle.Afterward, they headed into the skyscraper in front of them, and when Rome and Catherine got into the lobby, they approached the counter.After the hostess had given them her full attention, Catherine gently uttered, "Hello, we are suppose to meet up with Mr. Ford here. Has he arrived?""Of course. Please, please come with me." The hostess humbly said, leaving from behind the counter.Then she escorted Rome and Catherine into the elevator and pressed button eighteen.A few minutes later, the elevator came to a stop, and its door opened. Then Catherine, the hostess, and Rome walked out into the hallway.It took a while, but they finally arrived in a room with a transparent roof which caused the place to be filled with natural light."Excuse me." The hostess said before turning around and walking out of th
At seven o'clock the next morning, Catherine and Rome came downstairs, and the moment, they walked into the dining room, Madam Rosey rushed over to her granddaughter and hugged her affectionately. After letting Catherine go, she smiled brightly and said, "Thank you, dear." Feeling shocked, Catherine stared at her grandfather, and when he smiled at her, she felt even more confused. "No news about the event that took place at yesterday's conference has been published. It's like nothing happened." Mr. Barlow said as he stood from his seat. Then he approached Catherine, showed her his phone screen, and said, "But apparently, a reporter spotted you, Rome, and Mr. Ford leaving Skyhigh restaurant together. A photo of you guys was taken, and now, it's all every media is reporting on." "The amazing last granddaughter of the Barlow family is spreading her wings in the business world, and she was spotted along with her husband, leaving Skyhigh rest
By ten o'clock, a gold duster came to a stop in front of Bluelight restaurant, and Rome got down from the car.Then he adjusted his cap before heading into the building with K walking a few distances behind him.When Rome arrived inside, the only ones there were the staffs, Brook, Scar, and Blaze since he had booked the entire restaurant."Good morning, boss!" The three of them said in unison when he came closer to them.After Rome took a seat at the table, it didn't take long for the restaurant door to open and Mr. Davis walked inside.Noticing the hostile atmosphere, Mr. Davis humbly approached the table, avoiding meeting K, Scar, Brook, and Blaze's eyes.Then he took a seat, looked at Rome, and said, "I came as you asked."Without uttering a word, Rome took out his phone from his pocket, rested it flat on the table, and clicked on his gallery icon.As he scrolled through his photos, Mr. Davis kept his eyes focused sole
When the early light of the sunrise beamed on Catherine's face, she turned to the right, resting her head on Rome's chest. Then she slowly raised her lashes and deeply sighed, feeling a bit overwhelmed. At that moment, she felt Rome's fingers caressing her hair as his voice echoed into her ear, "What's troubling you?" "Today is the board meeting, and I just feel like I should let Richard have the position," Catherine mumbled, snuggling further into Rome's arm. "I see. You have allowed Jeff to get in your head." "Umm…" Shifting in another position, Catherine rested her chin on Rome's chest and met his eyes. Then she pouted and mumbled, "What do you mean?" "It's called mind game. He is playing on your emotions to get you to willingly lose." Rome softly said. "I know, but…" "You are so close to gaining it all. Do you really want to quit?" "No," Smiling, he tapped his finger
When the realization that Catherine might not be faking settled in, Mr. Barlow rushed out of the room. A looked of worry cloud Richard's eyes as he watched the door shut closed behind his grandfather.Then he swayed his attention to the coffee mug, sitting on the table. A sense of relief coursed through Mr. Barlow when he caught up with Rome and Catherine at the elevator. "We should take her home, and I will call doctor Len to attend to her." Mr. Barlow said as the door open. Ignoring him, Rome walked into the elevator, and even though he was annoyed by Rome's attitude, Mr. Barlow followed him inside. After the door closed, Rome looked at him and said, "I'm taking my wife to the hospital."