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Chapter 17 A Grand Ceremony
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The call that Jade had received in the meeting room earlier had been from her mother, Catherine Nance-Odell, who had urged her to return home.The moment Jade opened the door, Catherine hurried up to her and spoke urgently, “Jade, your Uncle Matthew’s here to ask you to get married again…”“I know, mom. You told me on the phone. Don’t worry.”Soothing Catherine, Jade entered the living room and was greeted by Matthew Odell who was sitting on the couch, smoking with one leg crossed over the other.“Uncle Matthew, according to the agreement I’ve made with the family, there’s still two months before the end of the quarter. What are you trying to do by coming to our house and forcing me to get married?”Matthew frowned instantly. “What do you mean forcing you to get married? Am I doing that? This is for your own good. I’m doing this for my niece’s sake!“My elder brother passed away early and left the two of you all alone. I want to find you good in-laws so both of you mother and dau
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This was…interesting. Javier had no idea where this guy had come from, or who he was to have the right to sit in his chair and have the gall to tell him that he did not have to wait on him hand and foot. Javier’s thoughts wandered off, realizing that he actually had never waited on anyone’s hand and foot before.Faced with the young man, he even felt like his lines had been snatched. Lines from ten years ago, at that.The young man fiddled with his phone as he made himself comfortable in Javier’s chair and introduced himself. “I’m Kendrick Odell, Jade’s younger cousin.“You don’t have to care who I am in particular. Just report everything about Jade Odell to me as soon as possible in the future and you’ll be rewarded.”Kendrick pulled out a bank card from his pocket and tossed it on the table carelessly.“The pin is the last six digits of the card number. I think there are some 3 to 4.5 thousand dollars of fun money in the card. Take it and enjoy yourself! If you do a good job, I’
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With his advance being shot down mercilessly, Zack was too embarrassed to keep trying. However, it seemed that they were quite fated as Javier and Ciara went into the room opposite of Zack’s. When Javier turned around, he caught a glimpse of Kendrick who was toying with his phone inside.With a quick ponder, Javier, who had also come from a huge family, understood the situation instantly. The Odells had tried to get some sort of benefit out of arranging a marriage for Jade, but the latter had refused. So Kendrick wanted to find out about Jade’s business direction through Javier, but he had turned the man down.Hence, Kendrick contacted Zack who was decently acquainted with Jade, wishing to find out the same thing through him and secretly sabotage Jade, so she would go along the family’s wishes and get married when she failed to fulfill the quarterly deal.Despicable motive and a shabby move, Javier thought. Their family was not even that influential, what was the point of playing al
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No matter how Kendrick flirted with Ciara, Javier kept a blind eye like it was none of his business. Zack, who was observing Javier’s reaction, despised the man, thinking that he was a coward for not daring to fight back when someone was making a move on his woman right in front of him.The reality was that…Javier truly did not care. He was well aware that Ciara was incredibly gifted in pranking others. She had basically been born with that ability. There was no need for him to worry. As long as Kendrick did not force himself on her, he was dead meat. If he did force himself on her, Javier would make sure he was deader than dead meat.Under Ciara’s request, the four of them made their way out of the hotel to the biggest club in town. Zack led the way, while Javier drove Ciara in the Volkswagen Passat, and Kendrick followed behind with his Audi Q7. The sibling pair chatted in the car, none of them cared enough about Kendrick or Zack.When they entered the establishment, the DJ was sh
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Throwing more than 900 thousand dollars into a little game did not just shock Zack and the club manager, Kendrick thought he was very impressive as well. Spending that sum with a wave of a hand was practically the most impressive thing he had ever done in his life.That was why he had a cocky look as he looked toward Ciara, sparing Javier a slight glance, as if to tell him, “Look! I’m rich!”Using the bottle keep program to see who was richer attracted the attention of patrons who passed by the area.“What the f*ck? It’s like he’s not spending money. I don’t even get 900 thousand dollars when I play Monopoly!”“Hah, who do you think you’re comparing yourself to? That’s Kendrick Odell from the Odello Corp.!”“Ah, yes, my eyes have been blessed. The golden goose, Kendrick Odell, huh? I finally got to witness it today. He’s crazy rich!”The exclamations and praises from the onlookers inflated Kendrick’s ego, but the majority of his attention was still on the beauty who was seated on
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Dressed only in his underwear, Kendrick swayed and writhed on the dancefloor, looking absolutely sultry. But really, he felt like crying. He wanted his mommy.As for Ciara, she made a call after exiting the place and stated the club’s name.“Yes, acquire the club and shut it down. Kick the money back to me and donate the guy’s sum to poverty-stricken areas to build schools and stuff. Keep an eye on it, don’t let anyone else acquire it.”Hanging up, Ciara got into a black luxury sedan and left without looking back. She called Javier on the way to tell him that she was going home and asked if he wanted to keep the two bodyguards.“Nah, I don’t need them. I’m not so weak that I need bodyguards yet. You behave and cause less trouble.”“Heh, I don’t have to cause trouble. I’m trouble herself.”The siblings chatted a bit more before Javier hung up and exited the club. As for Kendrick who was still on his “sexy” dance routine, he did not care and did not want to look.Not too long afte
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Kendrick had not given much thought about the money he had spent on the bottle keep as he was confident he could have it refunded. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected that the girl was so ruthless that she axed that idea head-on and would take over the establishment!“Then, what about the money I’ve put in?”“How does that concern me?”Before shoving Zack and Kendrick out the door, the manager added, “I’ll be the nice guy here. They told me over the phone that the club is to be shut down instantly and it’s enough to make about a million dollars from you.”Kendrick felt like he could die on the spot…Standing outside the club exit, he kicked the tree beside him in anger, feeling an acute sense of resentment over what Ciara had done to him.Zack suggested then, “Kendrick, let’s go to Javier and teach him a lesson!”“For what? If it weren’t your stupid idea, would I have gotten involved with that girl and got tricked?”Once Kendrick thought of it, he was infuriated. Instead
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Jade was skeptical about Javier’s claim to seal the deal with Grazin’ Tractors. Even though he had got Fusion Electric Cars to sign the deal yesterday, Fusion was unlike Grazin’ Tractors. The latter sold its tractors nationwide while Fusion Electric Cars was only known locally. They could barely be compared.She then advised, “I’ll go talk to them about the sales. As for the car, I’ll also—”“No need. I’ll go in the afternoon. It’s decided.”Javier never liked stalling and dawdling. It was how he always had been and that came across as aggressive sometimes. Jade was not quite used to such assertiveness but she did argue any further, thinking that what Matthew told her yesterday was more suitable to be said to Javier—business was not about a stroke of luck!She thought to let him run into the wall and experience how easy one could fail despite his brimming confidence.Later on, Javier warned Jade, “Keep your distance from Zack Dilley from now on and keep your guard up, especially
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The dog barked in protest as it pointed its paw at Javier with the intensity of a mob before executing a monarch. The flames in its eyes were so bright that they could incinerate Javier into ashes in milliseconds. In the end, though, all that protest was for naught. Constance tied it up in the parking garage, while Javier watched in glee. Ah, sweet, sweet revenge! The stupid dog had thought it could set him up, had it? That would teach it!The look the Pomeranian shot him almost felt like a threat: ‘Just you f*cking wait, hooman!’‘Wait for what? How much can a stupid b*tch like you do to me?’ Javier scoffed in his mind. Now that the four-legged pest was gone, Javier turned back to Constance and talked about the new orphanage. As it turned out, despite the old woman’s sentiments for the building she had founded, she was a lot less obstinate and unreasonable as she might appear. “I mean, I don’t object to it completely. I know the new place is gonna be better, but…” She faltered a
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As Javier was befuddled, Constance rushed in from outside and picked up the white Pomeranian gingerly to carefully check its injured leg.“Oh, baby, what’s the matter? Did you hurt your leg?”The white Pomeranian whined in pain and began twitching upon hearing Constance’s concerned question. This upset Constance so much that she admonished him sternly. “Mr. Kersey, I thought that you were a loving person, but I can’t help doubting your motive now.“I’m skeptical about you taking good care of the kids here when you’d even hit a cute dog!”Javier felt extremely offended. When had he hit the dog? He hurriedly explained, “Madam Hellman, I didn’t do anything!”Constance asked angrily, “You didn’t do anything? Why would it suddenly limp now and whine so pathetically? Why did it hurry over to me? Give me a reasonable explanation!”Javier was in distress as well. “How would I know? It was fine when I was carrying it just now, but it wanted to get down on the floor, so I carefully placed
