Chapter 67: "I love it so much I want to take it off of you myself, admiring every piece that tears under my fingers." Tess' gaze swept across the familiar faces. They were all present at her wedding ceremony with Ruben eight years ago. She remembered it as clearly as yesterday, their faces were brimming with smiles and respect as they handed her gifts and praised her endlessly. But it all ended when her father died. Tess observed the crowd, they all stood a distance from her, watching her with weariness, their eyes held a tinge of envy at her stunning appearance. Luke misunderstood Tess's actions as fear, he wrapped his small hand around her pinky fingers and tugged it softly. "Let's go inside mother, I will protect you." He said with firm resolution in his blue eyes. Tess laughed, flashing her white perfect set of teeth. She rubbed Luke's head in adoration and spoke, "Mmh, mother trusts you." Unlike the previous times where a butler came to receive Luuk and Ruben, the butler di
Chapter 68: "Extract the necklace with minimal damage to the shoes." "What? Y-you, are you sure?" one of the aunties badmouthing Tess before came forward to ask. "Yes, I saw her, she took the diamond necklace from the old Madam's dressing room. I didn't say a word because I heard she is young master's wife but I was wrongly accused just now." The maid servant went on her knees, sobbing pitifully.The other maid servant saw her friend was doing well. She took advantage of the situation against Tess. "Yes yes, it was her. She told us to keep quiet or our lives will be in danger but we decided to talk because the old madam had been so good to us."The old madam walked in, an angry frown was evident on her usually warm friendly face. Someone had stolen her 'mother pearl' necklace. A necklace made from the pearls freshly extracted from a rare oyster. The necklace is over a hundred years old and the market value exceeds 50 million dollars! Even more in the black market value. People once
Chapter 69: "I'm sorry but are you dumb? I just said glue doesn't work on it, why would I try to glue it to my precious shoes then, do you know how much they cost?!" Tess was faster. Her thin left hand grabbed the chubby aunty's wrist, holding it in a firm grip. She turned her face from the old madam to the aunty who was standing by her left side and narrowed her eyes dangerously. "You would lose your wrist if you tried that again." The first aunt felt true terror for the first time in her life. Her limbs were visibly shaking and she went mute. She was trying to retract her hand from Tess's grip but it didn't budge. She was at least three times Tess's size but she couldn't use her weight to her advantage. She looked at Tess as if she was staring at a monster. Pain shot from her wrist and blood rushed to her face as her expression contorted in pain. Her wrist was about to be broken, she could almost hear the cackling sound of her bones breaking but Tess let go at the last minute. Th
Chapter 70: "Great grandmother, little brother doesn't talk a lot." Luke sprinted towards Tess, running into her arms. His hands wrapped around her and he raised his face up, giggling. Luuk shook his head in shame at the sight of his doppelganger. He longed to scream – dont use my face for weird things at Luke's face. The crowd gasped again, a lot of mind blowing things happened at this event and it would be unforgettable. "Th-there are two of them." The first aunt spoke first, her eyes widened in shock. Luuk stared in disdain at the people he seemed morons. He wondered if they have never seen twins before or if don't know the term twins exist. "How is this possible." the first uncle joined in with his wife to express his shock. "It's called Twins." Luuk finally said the word itching at his throat. The crowd burst into laughter at his sarcasm. The first uncle's face contorted in anger but he kept mute as he could feel Ruben’s overbearing gaze on him. He felt like a heavy bould
Chapter 71: "Use the X1-654 method." Ruben ordered a bodyguard to bring a computer. The computer was placed before Luuk who was still glancing through the text exchange between the maid and the perpetrator. He shook his head in disgust at the poor skit. The purpose of the show was to humiliate and embarrass Tess and at the same time, get rid of the necklace. The sender had emphasized on putting so much adhesive glue on the shoe that it makes it difficult to remove the necklace without damaging it. A glint flashed past Luuk's eyes, only one name came into his mind–Theresa. He decided not to act based on assumptions and began to work on the computer to discern the location of the sender and if the signal goes through, he would ring their phone. Even if the signal doesn't go through, he could easily install a virus on the phone and ring the phone with that. First, He ran the number through the family database but the number used was an unfamiliar number as it wasn't a part of the dat
Chapter 72:"Great grandfather, what of the women? Mother is pretty incredible too."A sharp sound penetrated the room. Everyone looked to see where the sound came from. Luuk's computer. Luuk was apprehensive, he rubbed his hands together nervously. He had completed the code at the last minute but wasn't sure if it went through. His computer started to ring, a shrill ear piercing noise uncomfortable to the ears. He tried to press a button in an attempt to stop the sound but Tess warned. "Don't, don't touch it."Luuk's guess was almost confirmed that he had failed. The computer was at the verge of shutdown. "Alas, the young prince failed." "Errr it was expected." "I can't wait to see how this plays out." The members of the family lashed their tongues at Luuk, deliberately raising their voices a pitch higher so he could hear them. For the first time, Ruben saw Luuk appear defeated and helpless. He rubbed the little guy's head and a slight smile crawled up his lips in an attempt to
Chapter 73: " Did you say one day? That's more than enough then. Seize him" Theresa fell on her knees. "Father, father don't listen to him. It was all his idea, our family's reputation had taken a huge hit when Liam failed the competition and our business was gradually failing. In the course for revenge and a remedy, he brought the idea of creating havoc in the family that will cause Ruben to leave the family so Liam would be the sole heir. It's really not my idea. " In a state of panic, Theresa spilled all of their heinous agenda. They planned to split the family, using Ruben’s love and protectiveness towards his family and the old master's love towards the old madam. They didn't expect their plan to fail before it even had any effect. Old man De Vries turned to Bram. "What do you have to say for yourself Bram Jordans." Bram's body twitched in fear. He had changed his surname when he married into the family but the old master had addressed him as Jordans, his original surname sh
Chapter 74:"No, No, it's an expensive cloth and I love it so much, relax devil" "Why? Do you have something to hide?" Tess provoked. "Y-you! What insolence!" Anderson replied. The old master threw him a cold glance and he swallowed the rest of the words at the tip of his tongue. "Take him away, to the dungeon." Ruben commanded Bram saw that it was over. He was gloating earlier when he said he had given things to the media. Now that he thought of it, it was ridiculous . No one in their right state of mind would deliberately go against the De Vries." N-no, I don't wanna go there… Theresa, Theresa remember our son, he only has us two to support him… you bitch, how could you look away! You cannot survive without me." The bodyguards hurriedly hurled Anderson out of the room to avoid infuriating Ruben who looked like he was at the verge of losing his patience. " I let you witness such an unsightly event on your first visit in a long time, I must apologize. " The old master turned to T