Speeding down the streets, Jade finally arrived at Neve’s place. It was not like she did not question why John was here, but Neve explained that the old man did not want to spend his last moments in a hospital as it was too cold and gloomy.Jade believed the offered explanation. But when she entered the home, she realized that there was no Neve or John in the house. The only person there was Zayn who was sitting in the living room. It then dawned on her that she had been decided by an Odell again.They had lied to her over and over and used her love for her family against her repeatedly. Disappointment flooded her.As Jade turned to open the door and leave, Zayn rushed up to stop her.“Jade, don’t worry. I don’t mean any harm. I just want to talk.”As he blocked the doorway, Zayn put up both his hands like he was surrendering. He was trying to show her that he was harmless and give her confirmation that he did not mean ill. He then told her, “I already know what the Odells did to
As she made her way home that afternoon, Neve wore a triumphant smile on her face. Zayn had gotten his hands on Jade and Neve herself had pleased Zayn significantly. It was killing two birds with one stone.“Stupid Jade. Let’s see how you go on acting all high and mighty now when you’re already tainted goods…”Gloating and feeling victorious about how things had turned out, Neve’s jaw dropped when she arrived at the porch. As she stared at the door frame and doors that had been blasted off currently laying on the ground, she wondered what had happened. Was it…an earthquake?She hurriedly called Zayn to ask about it but no one answered, so she immediately drove over. She needed to ask Zayn what he did that was so devastating.When she found him, he threw a punch at her even before she could ask anything. What followed were more kicks and punches as Zayn continuously beat Neve for over ten minutes. During the process of it, Zayn gritted his teeth and did not offer a word. He did no
From a certain viewpoint, Matthew was a decisive person. He managed to transfer 70% of the corporation’s subsidiaries to Zayn within two days due to the blind trust that John had for him.Zayn had learned his lesson. He immediately chomped down on every piece of meat he was fed.Matthew was still transferring the businesses with all his efforts, afraid that John would find out if he moved too slow. John found out anyway when he came to check on the accounts that afternoon. Now that the majority of the subsidiaries had been sold, they should have a significant amount.Lo and behold, the account was empty! Not a single cent from the sale of their subsidiary businesses had been banked in.John summoned Matthew to his office immediately to ask about it. When Matthew realized that he could no longer hide it, he told his father the truth, adding at the end, “Dad, don’t worry. Zayn said that he’ll give the companies back to us after this passes. I’ll start a new Odello Corp. by then and t
Neve had not been forthcoming about her situation with Zayn. But from what he was seeing, Matthew understood everything clearly. The 1.5 million dollar diamond ring and whatever about getting ready to propose had all been a ruse made up by Zayn to deceive a fool.Many times, Matthew was no fool—given that no chairman position was involved. When he was younger, he had to compete against his brilliant elder brother, and recently, said brother’s daughter. There was nothing he could do. He wanted the throne and was willing to risk it all even when he knew the stakes were high.The reality had thoroughly proved that he had not made it.Matthew originally had the intention of pleading with Zayn. But when he saw Zayn’s attitude toward Neve and what he said to her, he knew that it would be futile. Now that the chairman throne and the assets he had given away in his own hands were out of reach, he had nothing left.The only thought he had right now was to use the screwdriver he held to stab
After leaving the office, Javier drove over to the Dunham Group. At the same time, Zayn was seated in his office, soaking in his underlings’ obsequious praises and bootlicking.“Mr. Dunham is young and brilliant. He’s the most successful one among all the young people I know.”“That…what’s the name? Reivaj Group doesn’t even know who they’re messing with. How dare they declare war against the Dunham Group. I think they’re on a suicide mission. Especially that Javier Kersey. Who does he think he is to fight our dear Mr. Dunham. He’s not even qualified to do such a thing, that piece of sh*t!”“It’s interesting how he dares pick a fight against Mr. Dunham. Reivaj Group doesn’t even have 7.8 million dollars in total assets. What does he have to fight Mr. Dunham with? Any subsidiary that Mr. Dunham casually appoints would kick him in the *ss…”The employees chorused each other as they clamored to pander to Zayn, the heir of the company. The apple polishing worked well on Zayn as he even
This meant that Zayn would be enjoying a “marvelous” treat when he was put behind bars. Once he thought of it, he felt shivers down his spine and could not help shuddering. Zayn was scared. Not wanting that to happen, he told Javier, “Buddy, let’s negotiate, hmm? I can give you some of it perhaps? They belong to Odello Corp. after all. We can split 70-30 between me and you, or even just 60 for me and 40 for you!”At the man’s reaction, Javier was rendered speechless. He would rather lose his freedom than his wealth.“Sure, that’s all to it then since you can’t wait to go to jail!”Zayn stopped Javier again when he expressed that he was leaving and begged him. He then said that it was not his decision to make and had to ask his father, the chairman of The Dunham Group. Leaving Javier in the office, Zayn hurried to his father, Geoffrey Dunham’s office. Geoffrey, who was going through some documents, asked when he saw Zayn entering, “You’re not in your office—”He did not get to c
The subsidiary companies under the ex-Odello Corp. were returned. The compensation of 12.599 million dollars was banked in as well. When everything was settled, Javier got up to leave.The lawyer would not have it and went after him for the original documents.“Why are you in such a hurry for the originals? Come collect them at my company later this afternoon when the handover is complete. Do you think I’ll run?”Javier left with that.Looking at the leaving Javier whose pockets were now loaded, Zayn felt like choking the lawyer to death. He would have done it too if the man had not immediately fled.Hurrying out of his office, Zayn barged into Geoffrey’s office. “Dad, how could you promise him all that?!”“You don’t understand.”Geoffrey waved for Zayn to come closer. Zayn leaned in and the father-son pair had a hushed conversation. At the end of it, Zayn cracked a smile.Javier had just arrived upstairs after driving back to the company when Jade frantically jogged up to him.
Zayn was dumbfounded at the lawyer’s words.He had wanted to keep the thumb drive himself, but Geoffrey, thinking that Zayn was too flippant and impatient, passed it to the lawyer who was reliable and mature in his way of handling things.What was happening now was entirely unexpected. They had lost the thumb drive!“What the f*ck are you doing?! Are you an idiot?! How could you lose the thumb drive when it’s not even that small! Why didn’t you lose yourself…”Zayn broke out in a flurry of curses and put the lawyer in an incredibly awkward spot. The latter was still confused. The thumb drive had clearly still been in his pants pocket when he got out of the car. When did he lose it?As the lawyer thought about it, he was struck with a sudden realization.When they took the elevator up earlier, a worker sending water dispenser refills had accidentally bumped into him. He had even grumbled about the worker dirtying his white shirt and hastily dusted himself off…Recalling the scene