The grand hall of Mr. Alfred mansion was filled with an atmosphere that spoke of wealth and power with the faces of influential people dressed in their best suits and dresses.The party was set to start at nine, but guests had started arriving as early as seven. Everyone in attendance wondered why such an event was being held.“I can’t wait to hear what this party is about. Mr. Alfred is such a private man that his parties are usually famous. Just look at how crowded this place already is.” A young woman commented, looking around her in awe. Her eyes then moved towards another young woman who added, “The Briggs has climbed back into the spotlight with Mr. Alfred buying such huge shares in their company. Maybe this is to officially announce his partnership with them.”After her remark, her eyes widened at the sight of Jason Briggs, fully dressed in a dark gray suit and a black tie with Deborah Briggs by his side, wearing a gold dress, and her three children walking majestically by
The atmosphere was quiet with anticipation as Mr. Alfred walked further into the room, and then he noticed Mr. Taylor who couldn’t hide his excitement and greeted, “Good evening, Mr. Alfred. Thank you for welcoming my family and I back into your home with such an invitation. We are humble.” With dull eyes Mr. Alfred ignored the old man and walked off, leaving his head slightly bowed and hands folded behind his back, and the wait of embarrassment from all the eyes on him and the mumbles had Mr. Taylor frozen where he stood. “Honey,” Mrs. Taylor laughed nervously, grabbing Mr. Taylor’s arm, but the old man yanked his hand back and stood up, smoothening his coat as he cleared his throat. Learning from Mr. Taylor's mistake, Jason and the rest of the Briggs kept their distance from Mr. Alfred as he headed to the front of the crowd and stood before them, watching their faces and then said with a bright smile that left everyone confused. “I want to introduce someone special to me. My onl
Everyone's attention was now focused on the grandfather and granddaughter, staring like they were watching a movie of some sort and waiting patiently for something to happen while a silent tension began to surround them. The sound of people whispering filled their ears while Mr. Taylor stared at Emma as he thought, ‘I am your grandfather. I have raised you for years, fed, and clothed you. You won't dare look down on me now that that boy is not by your side. You won't act like an ungrateful brat in front of all these people. It was that boy. Proof to me that he was the one influencing you.’ Looking him dead in the eyes, Emma scoffed, and Mr. Taylor just knew that he made the wrong move and underestimated the situation, but it was too late to back down now. “Emma, grandfather is happy for you… that you found your father.” Mr. Taylor spoke, ignoring everything that was going on around him to give the delusion that he wasn't embarrassed by the way Emma was looking at him, almost as if
As they walked outside towards the driveway where their car was waiting, Zane hesitated for a while with a heavy heart, and then he called out, "Hey, Yoko.""Yeah, boss?" He responded without turning to face Zane as he opened the back door for him.“Now that you and Belinda's relationship is getting serious, I was thinking... I want to retire you.” “Huh?” Furrowing at those words, Yoko looked up at Zane in confusion, stopping mid step and staring back at him. When he saw Yoko’s confused frown, he added, “I don't want to stand in the way of you taking your relationship further with her, and now that Wu is on my tail, things might become a bit hectic before it gets better, and-”“Boss, I am dating the queen of chaos. Do you think a life behind a picky white fence is what she wants? Her only goal is to join her father's gang which is wild. If you think you are causing my relationship harm, just know that I am dating a woman who threatened to carve my heart out and feed it to the dogs
After giving Tex a few minutes to compose himself, Zane said, “Let me be the one to worry about my safety. Now, tell us what the documents are.“ Even though Zane sounded calm, Tex could see from his expression that he was getting impatient, so he sat up straight and focused solely on Zane’s eyes.“There's this massive gap between wealthy businessmen and thugs. Their status makes society's views towards them very different. But most business people are just as corrupt as a thug. They need these guys to do their dirty works so that they can keep up the image of respectable businessmen and women. And that's where the middleman comes in...” Tex said with a pause, feeling slightly hesitant because he knew that once the rest of his words got out, there was no going back.“A middleman?” Zane asked.“Yes. Mr. Wu is a middleman. You see, the thugs' reputations are too filthy for the businessman to risk being seen with them, or some of them are concern about doing one-on-one negotiations with
When the name “My guy” flashed on Belinda's screen, she quickly sat up in bed, smiling like an idiot and rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.“Buenos dias Hermosa.” Yoko smoothly said, causing her to grin even harder.“Ooho, someone Spanish is getting all snarky today,” Belinda laughed, curling her hair around her finger, and then said almost in a whisper, “I miss you.”“Zane and I are on our way back.” “Really!!”Not expecting her voice to be so squeaky, Belinda coughed into her fist to try and cover it, but Yoko’s laugh made her feel okay to be this excited about him because he, too, sounded just as excited to be with her.Pouting as though he was in the room with her, Belinda said, “Don’t laugh... It's your fault for not taking me along with you guys. Now, I am stuck at home, doing nothing. Dad banned me from going to the club-”“What did you do now?” Yoko asked with a faint laugh.“I may or may not have broken someone's nose.”“Bel, come on!” The way he called her name with such a
Clutching onto her bag handle, Belinda smiled widely when butler Manson stood at the door and asked, “You are?”“Belinda,” She answered brightly. “Oh, yes. Mr. Alfred and Emma are awaiting you in the living room.”“Mr. Alfred?” “Yes, come this way.” A sense of dread filled Belinda as she followed the butler down a long hallway, and when they reached the end of the corridor, the butler knocked on the large double doors and opened them, bowing respectfully before ushering her in.“Belinda!” Emma exclaimed in happiness as she stood up from the couch. It was relieving to see her excited to see her, and when she reached her, there was a bit of awkward tension as Emma went in for a hug. She didn't know why she did, but when Belinda hugged her back, she was glad that the weird feeling had died down.“Hey, Emma,” Belinda whispered as they pulled apart.“So, you are Yoko’s girlfriend.” Mr. Alfred said, watching the two from the black couch.Shocked by his statement, Belinda looked at Emma
The bunch of paperwork on Mr. Taylor's desk just kept piling up, and they were all from clients that had years of relationship with the company, suddenly pulling out of Vex co.When the door to his office opened, he thought it was his secretary and didn't look up as he lashed out, “Two weeks of her taking over that damn Blueprint co., and they are dropping like dead flies with no backbones!”“Flies do not have bones, though.” Jason's voice came from the door, and Mr. Taylor almost had a heart attack, clutching his jaws so tightly that his teeth hurt.The look he gave Jason when he raised his gaze made him fake a shiver as he glared at Mr. Taylor, saying, “Hoohoo, I got chills.”Then he dragged a chair out and sat down, looking the old man dead in his eyes, and said, “Ahh, how the tables have turned beautifully.”“Get out.” Mr. Taylor spat at him.“I have a business proposal for you.” “I want nothing!!... Nothing to do with you or your business proposal. Now, get out and stay out.” I