Chapter 49: "Since when was my personal affairs a topic of discussion?" "Yes, we are back together." Ruben confirmed his thoughts. Thomas's eyes brimmed with uncanny happiness. Being by Ruben's side all through the years, He could tell how Ruben's temperament evolved over the last few years. His might and ruthlessness dwindled. Like losing a person to defend with his whole life. He lost his purpose but pretended like it was all good and was in denial of his feelings. Ruben could tell Thomas's thoughts. He hung his head low, reprimanding himself for having a shred of doubt about Thomas's sincerity. They were literally brothers from different parents. "That's enough, we should have breakfast and head for breakfast." Ruben spoke, clearing the stuffy air. Luuk's eyes lingered around Thomas, in deep thoughts. He had mild interactions with Thomas but he could tell he was a person with a good heart. He dismissed his doubts and followed them to the dining area where a warm breakfast was w
Chapter 50: "Hi?""It seems the meeting is over, I will take my leave now." Ruben spoke, pulling his chair out as he stood up to leave. Luuk followed suit. "That wench abandoned your child, how do you expect to welcome her into the family?" Ruben’s Uncle flared up in anger, letting his raging emotions get the best of him. He stood up from his seat, pointing his fingers angrily at Ruben. Ruben stopped in his steps. He turned back and chuckled. A savagery smirk laced his lips and his frosty eyes were devoid of warmth. "It seems to me like my authority in this house has long been forgotten." His dead drop tone awoke fear in everyone. Cold sweat laced their foreheads. "You aren't permitted to attend beneficial Family events anymore. Breaching of this order would lead to expulsion from the family tree." "Y-You wouldn't dare!" "Have you forgotten the family's seal resides in my possession? My words are authority. Keep acting up and you will be expelled from the family." Ruben threaten
Chapter 51: "Or… do you want me to be here for other reasons?""Warm milk and chocolate." Ruben nudged the glass up to the height of the bridge of his nose. Tess's ear piqued, she glanced at his reflection in the mirror, narrowing her eyes as if contemplating whether to fall for his seduction. A sexy muscular man with a glass of warm milk and chocolate bars, two smexy snacks. Her mouth watered. She grew embarrassed of her own thoughts and shook her head slightly. In her careless action, the hot iron of the dryer grazed her fingers, her skin burned red. "Ah" She flinched from pain, dropping the dryer. Ruben panicked, he dropped the tray containing the glass of milk and chocolate on a stool nearby, reaching forward to grab Tess's hurt hand.Tess shivered from his cold touch. Her moist eyes looked up to him. His face was scrunched up in worry. "Are you okay? Does it hurt?" Ruben asked frantically. Tess withdrew her hands shyly, "I'm fine." she muttered. Ruben wasn't convinced. He p
Chapter 52: " Tess, my inner child feels safe with you…don't leave me.""Err- what? No, get out." Tess's entire face turned tomato red. Ruben laughed at her reaction, teasing her was so much fun. This was what he envisioned a life with her would be like ten years ago. His mind drifted to that day when he heard Tess hated him so much she dumped the low quality gold chain he bought for her on her birthday which was the night Jullian left the country. He wanted to ask about that for so long but he held back. He wasn't one to be easily convinced but the person that told him Tess hated his poor background came with evidence, a voice recording of Tess admitting to hate people from poor backgrounds. That day, his heart sank to the bottom, like the depth of the ocean. Until he personally witnessed Tess disposing his gift like it was garbage. He picked the necklace he worked multiple part time jobs to buy from the trash and walked home, alone, with his heart bleeding, in the rain. Tess's 'pr
chapter 53: "Did you wear this for me?... You were expecting my arrival?"Tess fell into his arms, energy seeped out of her rapidly from her body reactions. Ruben lifted her off the ground in a strong grip, he made his way towards the bed in the inner corner of the room. He placed Tess on the bed, his hands worked its way to the ropes holding her robe together. He tugged at it in a single move and it came loose. Exposing her half naked body. As Tess had just taken a shower, her milk white skin shone, and her chest was bare without any cover. She had a red panty on, a flower shaped fabric covering her nether regions. A very seductive piece. "Did you wear this for me?... You were expecting my arrival?" Ruben asked. His foxy eyes glistened and a smirk lingered on his wild red lips. He looked extra alluring. Tess's face burned red. She turned her head to the other side, avoiding his provocative gaze. She bit her lips and nodded slowly, confirming Ruben's thoughts. "Luke that snitch -
chapter 54: "I've traveled to so many beautiful places around the world but no place compares to the space you exist in." Ruben and Tess fell asleep quickly in each other's arms, easily forgetting the twins. Luuk got whiff of the news of Ruben on Tess's room. He prepared dinner for hkmself and Luke but was grumpy throughout, blaming Luke for letting Ruben in. Of course, Luke avoided mentioning the part where Ruben bribed him. He couldn't ascertain he would be safe if Luuk learnt that part of the story. Luuk had recently busied himself. School was out of question as he held several college degrees in the US, collected out of boredom and Tess's persuasion. His uncanny intelligence was kept a top secret for security reasons though the big organizations knew of the emergence of the little genius and protected him, providing him with scholarly gifts to curry favor from him and to win him over to their sides.Luuk was unfazed towards the private or government organizations, he kept all of
Chapter 55: "The tooth fairy will visit me tonight, I will place it under my pillowcase. No, beside my pillow case." Ruben prepared a light toast and freshly squeezed fruit juice for Tess, bringing it up to her room. He walked in without knocking it, strolled into the bedroom and suddenly stopped in his steps. Luke and Luuk were on the bed with Tess. She was now wearing a silk night dress with a silk robe draped over her shoulders. Luke had his head on Tess's lap, his eyes were closed as he enjoyed the comfort of Tess's fingers caressing his hair. Ruben frowned in displeasure at the two intruders as he narrowed his eyes at them. Luuk returned Ruben's gaze with gloating eyes, his eyes conveyed the words– who is the boss now? "Oh? Father, come here" Luke sensed the awkward silence, he opened his eyes to see Ruben standing awkwardly in the middle of the wide room. Ruben grunted lowly, delivering the food to Tess's bedside. "Why are you here? It's 1am and you should be sleeping." H
Chapter 56: "One bang and you're gone."Luuk's Artificial intelligence prototype went viral when an employee posted a photo of it. The Netizen, especially the females, were very enthusiastic about it. They posted multiple comments on De Vries chat web page asking the official launching of the shopping assistant. "Sunny is about to be my bestie." "When is this feature coming onto my screen? I'll invest in my entire property." "Don't let the fashion influencers see this, we would suffer from oppression." "Sunny is such a befitting name, shedding light on our shopping dilemma." They demanded for the company to give them a reply soon. The Netizen were the only ones enthusiastic about sunny, the artificial intelligence shopping assistant, other business owners especially the shopping apps and rich conglomerates wanted it for themselves. Fashion influencers and celebrities took to their social media accounts to show their interest and support in the viral shopping assistant. De Vrie