“Long no see, Emile.” Daniel extended his hand, as he flashed a charming smile. None of the impatience from before could be seen on his face. To be fair, it was justifiable for anyone who waited in line for such a long time to have some irritation but to Daniel’s credit, his mannerisms were impeccable. “Hello Mr Holston.” Emile smiled, the same smile she wore all evening, without skipping a beat “Hope you enjoyed the show tonight.” “Emile….” Abbey called out from the side before giving anyone a chance to continue the conversation. Emile looked towards Abbey and seeing the anxious look on her face, misunderstood that there was a situation that required her presence. She turned back to face Daniel with the same business-like smile “Excuse me Mr Holston.” She then turned to Chris, the ice on her face melted at a speed not visible to the naked eye as she pouted coquettishly “Hubby, can you manage the guests here?” “Um” Chris nodded with a doting smile. “Mr Holston, I will leave your r

Daniel woke up the next day disoriented and with a hammering headache. He looked around in confusion before he calmed down as he saw that he was in the guest room at Ron’s place. He tried to yawn and whimpered in pain. He got up to look in the mirror trying to figure out why opening his mouth hurt like hell. “What the @£?@***?” Daniel cursed, half coherently as he saw his bruised and slightly lopsided jawline. “Are you up?” Ronald came in with a coffee mug as he heard Daniel’s grunt. Daniel pointed to his jaw as he hooked his eyebrows. He knew Ron would understand; it was painful to repeat himself. “You got punched by Chris.” “He what???” Daniel mumbled in shock. Although he knew Chris’s gentleness was a façade and that he was more ruthless than all the Walters put together when dealing with enemies, hearing that he actually punched him and that too in front of everyone shocked Daniel’s understanding of Chris. “What else should he do to the man who unscrupulously slandered his wi

Walters left as planned in a week; Chris and his family of four shifted their stay from the hotel to the Burke residence as they planned to stay back for a month to stabilize business operations of the store before heading back home. Night Wing and Abbey also followed them to the Burke residence. Little people Chris Jnr and Emm were the most happiest people with the move to the Burke residence as they now had a battalion of little people to accompany them. First uncle's three kids, seven-year-old Philip, four-year-old Rob and two-year-old Leo, second uncle’s kids, five-year-old Trevor and three-year-old Melvin, third uncle’s kids, four-year-old Lucas and two-year-old Liam and fourth uncle’s kid, three-year-old Joshua. The uniqueness of the Burke residence was that in addition to adult family apartments, it had an apartment just for kids with around 12 rooms where the kids could choose to stay rather than with their parents. All the Burke kids naturally would stay here till they got m

“We were never in the same league…Heh!” Michelle muttered under breath with a self-derogatory sneer as she watched Emile’s back disappearing at the end of the corridor. “Madam, shall we?” Natalie pretended not to hear her and smiled politely. “Yes… sorry, I was lost in thought.” Michelle lowered her head apologetically as she gestured Natalie to lead the way. Michelle walked behind her absent-mindedly. She didn't know what was wrong with her. She was becoming more sentimental these days, although she knew that sentiments couldn't buy her a meal. Daniel was waiting alone in the room in an irritated mood when Michelle arrived. She feigned ignorance to his agitated mood and smiled coquettishly as she held his arm “Apologies darling. I have made you wait long.” Natalie bowed to the two of them before leaving with the room in a hurry as though her tail was on fire; She could smell the gunpowder and didn't want to be at the receiving end. “Let’s go.” Daniel took the lead in walking out

Matthias continued with his narration once the ruckus caused by Harry quietened down. “My attention was alerted towards their affairs only when I received a call from Uncle Harvey requesting to arrange a confidential meeting under the guise of an extravagant banquet or some excuse to divert attention from the meeting.” “We met under the guise of discussing what to do for Grandpa Holston’s birthday party which was a month or two away.” Matthias knitted his brows “I slipped away with Uncle Harvey unnoticed while the rest of the their friends made a ruckus under dad’s lead.” “It was only during that meeting that uncle said that he was worried something might happen to him and wanted to transfer all his and Everett’s shares under Everett’s alias, Harold Harper.” Matthias paused before he explained “The only people who know of this identity of Everett are dad, Uncle Holston, me and another of their friend, Uncle Charles. This was because it was associated with his assignment with the arm