When the people heard that, they nodded in agreement. That was plausible. Mr. Marcus is one of the biggest shareholder in a lot of companies and he also has a lot of shareholder friends. When there’s a conflict in the company where his money was, he takes it upon himself to resolve the conflict instead of pulling out his shares, except that the company was heading for bankruptcy. The man wield so much power in those companies that his words and votes are enough to fire any worker in those companies, including CEOs. The most interesting things about Mr. Marcus is that he doesn’t own a company but any company he decides to invest in would prosper without a doubt and also, any company he withdrew from would fall. Some people started to whisper among themselves, no wonder he didn’t vote nor vetoed when the decision to make Atlas the CEO, so it was because he was waiting for his daughter to wake up so he could support his future son-in-law. Brilliant! Saffron heard it all and couldn’t thi
Saffron didn’t wait for too long before she replied, “First Master Caspian asked me to pretend to be his girlfriend and in return, he’d send my brother abroad for treatment. He gave me a room in his house and changed my wardrobe to make it look real. We never shared the same bed.” She glanced at him, hoping to see something in his eyes to give her forced hope, but nothing could be seen. “If you were only just pretending to be his girlfriend, then why are you here? He knew he’d be revealing his fiance today, so why would he allow a mere servant to be in the midst of wealthy people?” Talia asked while glaring at her. “I don’t know what the First Master is thinking. I only follow instructions,” Saffron replied. Saffron’s words held weight and so did Atlas claims as both of them narrated their stories without flaws. Document can be forged and with the relationship between the brothers, Atlas is capable of forging the documents, but what cannot be forged is signatures, so someone from t
“Who is there? Throw this filth out of this house and she must never be allowed to step foot into this mansion ever!” madam Clinton commanded and two guards carried Saffron and forced her inside a car. Once they got to the streets, they threw her out and zoomed off. Saffron didn’t linger. She would have taken a cab home but had nothing on her– her phone and purse were left behind at the Clintons’. As she absentmindedly walked forward, a distance away she saw a park and headed there. It was autumn and the leaves on the trees were lovely. Saffron sat on one of the benches and rested her back on it. With eyes closed, the event of the day came back to her. Reliving the painful memory that caused her stabbing pains in the heart, Saffron couldn’t hold back and cried. She cried so badly that the people walking around couldn’t help but notice her, however no one went to her.Saffron stayed there until nightfall before she decided to return home. But unfortunately, her legs turned jelly and t
At the Clinton’s mansion…Gerald knocked once on Caspian’s door before he turned the knob and pushed the door open. Entering the room, it was dark and gloomy with the overwhelming smell of tobacco and alcohol. Gerald turned the lights on to see his master drinking and smoking on the sofa. Without uttering a word, he walked forward and stretched out the document. “She signed the divorce papers,” he said. Caspian didn’t say anything in acknowledgement and continued to puff out clouds of smoke. After waiting a little longer for his reply that never came, Gerald added, “She asked that you send her the information relating to her brother. She also said you should send him back to the country today. She would be waiting for him at the airport.”“Ungrateful bitch!” he said under his breath, then instructed without interest, “Send the papers to Will.”“Won’t you look through the papers?” “What’s the use? She made her decision. She couldn’t wait to run into Atlas’ arms!” “I’m not sure. She
Ten years ago when Saffron left the town and was heading to the City, while walking along the ridiculously massive field that belonged to the Grahams, that was when she saw Caspian for the first time. He was the most beautiful thing she’d ever seen in her sixteen years of life. The young man was about to ride a motorbike. He was wearing a black outfit that fitted him very perfectly. His black helmet was hung under his armpit and his hair was styled backwards. He looked cool. Saffron was smitten and like Atlas rightly said, she indeed thought that Caspian was an Angel. He climbed his motorbike and started speeding away, however, he hadn’t left her full sight before Saffron realized that something was wrong with the motorbike. She looked around, no one was with him– she was the only passer-by on the huge field. The motorbike looked as if it had lost control and was heading for the cliff. When she saw this, Saffron threw her small backpack to the ground and started chasing the bike. C
“Saffron, I gave you the opportunity to live, but you chose this path. Don't blame me for doing this to you, blame that heartless Caspian. If he wasn’t two-timing and cheating on me with you, I wouldn't have turned this way… kill her and burn this place to the ground.” With that instruction given, she picked up her bag and was about to leave when Saffron suddenly grabbed her leg. “Please, please, Miss Celina! Please, don't kill me. If you let me live, I promise to disappear and never come back, please, I beg you! My brother will be alone if I die. He won't be able to live! Please…!” fear, hatred, pain, heartbreak, panic, and hopelessness consumed Saffron. She begged Celina, crawled on her knees, kowtowed numerous times, but Celina was hard-hearted. “Don't worry about your brother. I'll send him to you in a few hours. You can reunite in the afterlife." With that said, she forcefully pulled her leg away from Saffron's tight grip. In the process, Saffron's nails made a mark on her ankl
The old man smiled and changed the topic. “You should sleep more, you have a lot of things to do today. You have the award ceremony to attend a few hours from now and also, you’ll be leaving the shadows today.” “Grandpa, can I not come out into the world? I want to remain hidden and continue to attack my enemies from the dark. I just need some more time to dig into the Clinton’s family business. Once I’ve gotten enough dirt on them, I can gladly show myself to the world.” The old man shook his head, “For how long do you want to remain hidden? It’s been five years now. You shouldn’t let your trauma define you. You are no longer the powerless Saffron you were. Your face, body, mentality, personality, and everything else changed after the surgery. No one recognises you anymore.” Saffron sighed, it wasn’t the case. She didn’t stay in the shadows because she was scared of the Clintons but rather because of Alex and her health. Her grandfather has no idea that she found out about the con
The award ceremony took place at a grand hotel with tens of reporters hanging around, taking pictures.Every business person in the Country who was qualified to attend the show, were already there, either mingling with business moguls or sitting in their seats. In no time, Caspian entered with Alex walking beside him. Unlike others who exchanged a few words with other businessmen, Caspian went straight for his seat. Alex sat beside him. Even though he wasn’t there out of his free will, he knew better not to embarrass Caspian in public, so he stayed calm and focused his attention on his phone. Over the years, he had cultivated the habit of staring at Saffron’s pictures whenever he was sad, so at the moment, his eyes were focused on his phone screen. Caspian noticed but didn’t talk him away from it. Rather, his fist clenched and so did his jaw. A while later, Talia, Celina, and Sebastian entered the hall, exchanged greetings with some people and went for their seats. Every seat had