TWO DAYS LATERCade had discussed with Abigail, and she had used her mole in the company to find some dirt on anyone around. She then used that information to manipulate a ton of people to testify and pull out a massive train of evidence against Sue. Even though it was fake, they were so thorough that it would be difficult for her to wiggle her way through it."Woman, what do I owe the pleasure of you crawling your way into this place?" Charles was harsh, but Abigail did not mind because she knew that she had all she needed to make sure that this plan went through smoothly."I am here to see you about your grandson.""For the final time, if you ever come to me for this kind of request, I would have no option but to throw both you and Cael into the hard, cool floor outside and bring in his mom instead. I will not make Cael my successor until I have seen that he has what it takes to even be a son worthy of the Vale name," Abigail rolled her eyes.He had been saying he would take her out
Cade was wondering if it was a bad idea if he did not agree to go meet his mom after he had discovered that she was the one. He was feeling an array of mixed emotions, and he did not know how to face the situation. Hr wanted to face his grandfather about it and scream at his mom for leaving him in such a cruel family to fend for himself and for up so quickly that it hurts."Mr. Vale," a choice from the room, brought him back to reality."Yes Sue?" Cade said, raising his head to meet the eyes of the woman standing in front of him. He had not even noticed when she had waltzed in and stood there."The chairman is coming in and his first stop is here.""Here?" he asked and she followed with a nod and a murmur of yes, sir. "Why?""I am not sure about it, sir but it seemed like it has to do with firing and rehiring of soem personnel members working with you." The news had gotten to Sue and even though she knew she would not be able to stay with Cade after this, she hoped that Charles would
"Harper? Grandfather, what is Harper doing here?" Cade stood up in awe. Why was his ex-girlfriend standing in those clothes and addressing him so formally in his office? "She would be resuming as your new assistant while Sue goes back to the general office and awaits reassignment," Charles said. Sue stood there; she felt rage course through her body; she could not believe that Charles got played so easily. How could he allow someone who he had removed from his grandson's life a while back to walk in on her own two feet back into his life, and this time she was giving him access? She wanted to slap this old man across the face and attack him, but there was nothing she could do about any of it. She was bound. Sue took a step forward and forced a smile on her face to stay professional. There was no way she was going down at all; she was going to rise to the top by all means. She did not stay loyal to the Vale family, only to be humiliated and included in their petty fight like this. "
Ophelia stood by the door with a huge smile on her face. While she rode the elevator up to his room, she forced herself to smile even though she was boiling inside so badly. While at work, she had received a message from Sue that she had been fired and Charles had reassigned Harper as Cade's new assistant.As much as she wanted to ignore the thought, she could not help but come to see for herself if any of it was true. As she opened the door, Harper was standing there at his desk, dressed in formal clothes. She kept chanting the words 'There is no way this is true' in her head as she began to walk to him, hoping that her face was not giving her away."Ophelia, what are you doing here?" Cade asked, standing up from his chair. He felt a bit exposed to having her there. He was going to tell her about Harper anyway; he just did not like that she had gotten to know about it this way."It is almost lunchtime," she said, going over to the other side of the desk so she could stand opposite Ha
"Care to explain what you plan to do with Harper?" Ophelia asked as they sat in the car. She had come in the car with her driver but had asked both their drivers to take the afternoon off and then take the car afterwards. They were going to spend the day together and then go home afterwards."I have no idea what to do.""So you are just going to let her be in your office?""Ophelia, I did not want any of this to happen. I mean, it is no secret that Harper is still not over me.""And that makes your heart tingle, doesn't it?" Ophelia asked. As soon as the words left her mouth, she wondered to herself why she had thought of that and, more importantly, why she had said it out loud. The only thoughts that were now running rampant through her mind after the words left her mouth were what she would think of her saying that."I did not mean that," she began, trying to clear the air and play it off."No, it does not make my heart tingle," he said with a straight expression on his face."That
Cael invited Harper to dinner again that night so they could discuss the progress they had made so far. He had requested that his mother be there, but she said she had important meetings to attend to. She was picking apart all the boards of directors and meeting with them as soon as possible. She had to lay down the groundwork so that when they needed their help, they would need to start from the top."So where are we with the plan?" Cael asked as they sat down to dinner. They had just ordered their meals and were waiting for them to be brought out. Harper kept on munching on the breadsticks that were at the table."We are nowhere at all. Ophelia just barged in out of nowhere and took him for the entire day. I barely even had a moment with him all day. All I could say was say my name like a professional, and that was the end," Harper complained before thrusting the entire thing in her hand into her mouth with a gruff expression on her face."Did Ophelai come as if she knew what was go
Valerie walked into the police station with trembling She had waited for Cade to call and when he did not, she became nervous. There was no way she was going to spook him out yet again by sending a message the same way she had been doing before, so her plan was to wait it out, and she was over the moon when he set a meeting. The place was not her favourite place to meet, but she went with it because she would rather meet him here than not meet him at all."Hello, Ms White." A young officer welcomed her as she walked in. He was not supposed to know her because he had never worked her case, but somehow the gaze he left lingering on her skin showed that he learned a lot about it."Hello, young officer," she said with a short answer. He was probably eyeing her up and down, wondering what kind of old woman tries to stalk a young man through texts. "I am here to see Cade Vale," she added and he nodded."Of course you are, this way," he said, taking her through the back and then into one of
"You can call me a selfish mother; of course, I am a selfish mother; otherwise, why would I take money? and agree to leave you alone for the rest of your life and then show up twenty-three years later trying to claim rights to you as my son," she broke down, sobbing loudly this time that she covered her face with her hand as her shoulders shook."You took money from the chairman?" Ophelia could not help but feel weird as to how this entire thing was going down. How could she take money to abandon him and then show up years later as a stalker seeking to bond with him? "Are you out of money? Is this an elaborate scheme from you just to make money?""What?!" Valerie asked, taking her face out of her hand. Her face was all covered in tears from all the ugly crying she was going through. "Are you saying I am trying to reconcile with my son because of money?""Yes, that is exactly what I am saying," Ophelia said, placing her elbow on the table and putting her chin on it as if she were in th
"Meeting with investors is tiring," Cael murmured, sitting in his chair, after the person they had been meeting with walked out. None of the members had said that they were giving them their support, and yet his mom seemed full of energy, as if the day had only started."You have been a good sport and on your best behaviour all day; just one more person and we can call it a day," Abigail replied, turning to him and tapping his thighs gently."Can't we just call it a day now?" He groaned, feeling tired. All he had done since lunch was sucking it up to different old bald men who did not seem interested in helping him anyway. He wondered how long he had to continue doing that with them."As I said, this is really important, and it took me so much to get to agree to see us under such short notice; the best you can do here is just do the right thing," Abigail murmured, losing her patience. After what had happened, she was not ready to allow all of these men to trample over her for no reaso
Frances was left alone; she had a lot to do, and she did not even know where to start. Abigail had told her that it was important that they kept it a secret from the entire family until the night before the wedding; that way, there was little to nothing they could do to stop it. If they knew of the plans they had to level up with Cade, she was sure that Charles would try his best to stop it in some way.She knew that with that she had to call a lawyer; all the vendors to be used would be mandated to sign off on an NDA; that way, no secret would be lost if they thought there was something to lose. She called her mom over the phone."My darling daughter that can not seem to settle down, you just left the house, and you are already calling me? How difficult is it for you to stay over at your in-law's place for a bit?" Mrs. Gates said over the phone. "If you screw this up, you would be doomed," she added under her breath.Frances rolled her eyes; it was as if her mom could get rid of her.
"Mom, you called for me?" Frances had waited till Abigail had finished her meal. From the way she fumes all the way from downstairs to her room, Frances could tell that she was very angry and that this meant serious business."I did, but first things first, can you fight?"Frances could not understand the question; it was not the kind that someone would ask you just randomly. "Fight?" she asked, causing Abigail to give her a questioning look."I mean are you willing to do what I want you to do?" Abihail clarified. "It is a dirty fight are you willing to go all in?" she added."Of course," Frances said, shifting till she was at the edge of her seat. "Why else would I stay with Cael like this until now?"Abigail beamed to herself; she was so glad that she had picked Frances. She made a good choice; at first, she was worried that she would be too calm, but she was also as power-driven as she was. It made sense for her to fight this much at the end of the day; she would enjoy it as well.
The breakfast table was very lively. Ophelia did not know if Charles had always been like this; she would have thought that he was just a stuck-up old man who liked to get rich and play matchmaker; however, that morning he was the one making all the jokes and talking at every chance that he got.After breakfast, Charles invited them to his study to sit and have tea with him. "I know you are going to work, but there are some days that you have to take it easy," he said to Ophelia.She had said that she was going to work when she had gotten there earlier, even though she was not. At lunchtime, they were going to meet her father, and then they said that they were going to spend the rest of the day together. Ophelia had asked countless times what they were going to be doing, but Cade had said it was a secret. She wondered what secret or surprise he had planned and when he had the time to plan it.Cade had called Harper; he was going to use this opportunity to pass on to her a very firm me
Ophelia had woken up early and she was ready to go to work. She stood in front of Cade's door, wondering if he was enjoying his break. She had expected to see him come to her room and even stalled all morning, but he did not show up at all, which was a bit of a concern for her. As she raised her hand to knock on the door, it flew open with him standing there, a huge smile plastered across his face."Ophelia," he said, excited to see her since he was going to her room to meet her."You are dressed," she murmured, looking at him from head to toe. She had been expecting to meet him still dressed in his pyjamas. "You are dressed," she said again, raising her head to hum, wondering if he did not hear her the first."Yes, I am," he nodded, and she took a step back to inspect his clothes."Are you going to work?" she asked, and he shook his head. "Then?" she needed answers, and he seemed to be taking his sweet time with responding."We are going to see my grandfather and your father," he said
Frances got to the house at the crack of dawn. She had gotten a message from Cael that his mom wanted to see her, and it was urgent. Frances was happy that Abigail called for her, which was a very rare thing for a woman to do. It was always as if she was independent and did not rely on anybody, but seeing that she was the one to reach out first, she was ready to do what she could do for it to work out. She made her way to Cael's room. She was no stranger there, as she had spent many nights with him. The staff who saw her did not bother to stop her from asking questions. It was like she blended right in. She stood and knocked on the door; when she did not get any response, she let herself in and sat on the bed. It was only when she was inside the room that she noticed he was in the shower. She wondered the reason he was getting up so early. He always stayed in bed till the last minute and spent the day on his winning terms. He never allowed the things happening around him to influenc
"Mom, I heard what had happened," Cael said, going into his mother's room. The staff were already gossiping that a strange woman had come home and had lunch with Charles. They did not know the true tale, and no one could say what it was but Abigail's screaming and throwing of things, who seemed to be enraged."What did you hear? Did you hear the full story or did you hear the gossip from the staff?" Abigail screamed as he got into the room and closed the door. She knew that her energy should have been directed toward someone else, but she could not help the way she felt at that time."I heard what the staff said," Cael said in a careful voice. He had seen his mom get range a few times, even with the way Charles treated her sometimes. All she did was take it with good faith. It was the first time she had made bad gossip on the lips of the staff, and it was bad. Usually, the sons and cousins were the topic of discussion amongst the staff."Okay then, that means you do not know what happ
"I will make dinner for you," Ophelia murmured. She felt bad that he had waited to eat with her only for her to come home with a full stomach."You will cook for me?" he asked, staring at her."Of course," she said, trying to wiggle her way out of his arms that were now firmly wrapped around her. "Let me go; I would love to make a meal for my husband.""I like the sound of that." Cade's voice had suddenly gone down from the tone he had and was now sounding deeper than usual."That I am going to make you dinner?" She asked confused. It was not the first time she cooked for him, so what was so fascinating about it?"Not that," he whispered, shifting closer to her with his arms still wrapped around her."Then what?" She said her face scrunched up as she replayed the conversation in her mind. "Husband?" she asked, realizing that maybe that was what he meant, even though she hoped it was not."Yes," he said, trying to nod his head in that position."This is not the first time I have called
Cade got into the house, his mind thinking of how chaotic the day had been. The drama and how his grandfather handled the situation were very foreign to him. His grandfather had never reacted so childishly ever. He was a bit afraid of what his teacher could do. After all, she had the advantage of being publically declared the madam of the Vale family.He was going to make dinner for Ophelia since she was so busy they could not go out for dinner, but it seemed as if the events of the day drained him so much that he decided to lie down in the living room for a moment, and somehow he fell asleep on the spot.Ophelia felt so drained as she walked in through the door; she had been on her feet all day and had barely had any time to sit down and rest. It was so bad that she had gone from one meeting to another without fail. She was working so hard to show her dad that aside from giving him an heir to take over his company, she was more capable of taking care of it herself as well.She walked