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Jacob and Emily talked about the twins, about the past, and also their current situation. Then Emily said, “I’m sorry for not letting you know when I was pregnant with Jason and Mia.”“I forgive you,” he held her hand and squeezed it, “but can you consider divorcing Harold? I want to marry you and be our children’s father and your husband.” He brought her hand to his lips and kissed it. “We can’t repeat the past, but if you give me another chance, I promise I’ll protect and care for you and the children.”She let out a long sigh while biting her lower lip. After knowing Harold’s infidelity, it was getting harder and harder to stay in her marriage.But then she shook her head. “The reason I ran away three years ago was because I knew
Warning: violent scene. Please proceed with precautions for readers sensitive to violent scenes.She was worried about Harold’s action. So she clenched her hands together. She had never seen him so angry before.Harold approached them and pulled Emily’s hand. “If you don’t leave the house in three seconds, consider you die,” he said to Jacob.Emily shook her head and grasped Harold’s hands. “No …. Please don’t!”“Oh?” Jacob raised his eyebrow and sneered. “Or what? You will shoot me?” He taunted Harold because if he did, Jacob might have more reasons to persuade Emily to leave her husband.“You truly want to invite death!” H
He touched her neck, right on the hickey. “That bastard kissed you and left a hickey here to mock me.” He sighed. “I should know better. I’m sorry, baby.”“I want to ask something.”“Go ahead.”“Besides Gwen and Viona, did you have sex with another woman?”Harold was silent because if he said he only got laid with those two women, he would lie to her. However, if he confessed he had plenty of women as a way for him to control them, she might be scared or even despised him. It was a lose-case scenario no matter what answer he gave him.Emily shed her tears because, without hearing his answer, she knew he had another woman, possibly several other women. The
The next day, Harold’s people got some tasks to ruin JJ’s Properties and also the Gold Cleaner. In JJ’s Properties, he sent some people to pretend to be interested in buying or leasing either houses, shops, restaurants, or even a piece of land. Yet, after almost at the end of the bargains, they would withdraw their requests.Jacob sensed something wasn’t right, considering he had been in the business for sixteen years. Not all prospective clients would complete their requests. So, he requested Aiden to investigate what’s wrong with these people since the pattern was the same.Later, when Aiden confirmed his suspicion, he asked to search for who might send them. He had a strong hunch that Harold was the one behind it, but he needed proof.After an hour, Aiden reported, &ldquo
Warning: violent scene. Please proceed with precautions for readers sensitive to violent scenes.Al immediately called Stanley. However, the man didn’t answer his call. Then, he asked some of his father’s team and several men whom he could contact to go to the Rose Garden immediately. Since he didn’t know exactly the situation Jacob faced, Al asked two teams to go there and protect Jacob.When he was about to go, Arturo stopped him. “What’s going on?”“Jacob just called me. He said he is under attack.”“What?! Let’s go!”“No, Dad.” Al shook his head. “You’d better stay at home. We’ll tell you what’s going on after we fi
Warning: violent scene. Please proceed with precautions for readers sensitive to violent scenes.When Lee and Viona were already downstairs, she snapped her fingers. “Ah, I got a better idea.”“Which is?”“We don’t need to approach him. I can call him and put his voice in the speaker so you can hear it too.”“Brilliant!” Lee raised a thumb. “Do that!”Next, Viona called Jacob and put the phone on the speaker. He didn’t pick up the phone. She called him again, and the same thing happened.She sighed. “Maybe it isn’t a good idea. Let’s go there.”
Warning: violent scene. Please proceed with precautions for readers sensitive to violent scenes.When the new team also arrived at the garden, Al immediately ordered them to shoot the snippers. Since the enemy snipers didn’t want to be killed so easily, they targeted the tree where Jacob, Emily, and the twins took shelter. They hit so many times until the tree cracked and fell.“Jacob, over here!” Al shouted.Jacob knew he should shield Emily and their children. So, he prepared them. “We must run to Al’s car. Hurry! Follow me.” He took Jason while Emily lifted Mia in her arms. “Ready?”Emily nodded. Jacob ran toward Al’s car. Then Arturo bombarded the snipers with his automatic gun while he stood there to get a
Warning: violent scene. Please proceed with precautions for readers sensitive to violent scenes.Jacob then said to Al, “Go home first to prepare a burial for Art. I need to talk with our people first.”Al nodded. His eyes looked grim, but he already accepted his father’s death.Jacob approached Emily. “Go home with him.” He glanced at Harold, then back at her. “I’ll call you later.”Emily nodded. “Thank you …” She bit her lower lip as she stared at Al who brought his father’s corpse with some of their team members to his car. “I’m so sorry for Arturo’s death. I know you’re close with him.”“Yes, he’s more
They didn’t explore Santorini further because they were too busy with each other. A week passed swiftly, and they only spent most of their time in the hotel room.She giggled and shook her head. “What should we tell Mom and Dad if they asked what we did on our honeymoon?”“They won’t ask because they once were young too.” He chuckled.“But we must bring some souvenirs for them and also for the children. I also want to buy something for Pauline. You, too, should buy something for Al.”He closed his eyes, pretending to let out a sigh, but then he opened his eyes again and grinned. “Fine! Let’s hunt for the gifts!”Later, Nikos drove them to Fira, the capital of S
They finished the ceremonies, and some guests already left because they would have a wedding reception at Hoffner’s Hotel. Jacob booked the hotel for the reception, and Samuel gave him a special price.They met with Samuel and Amy’s children: Shane, Melanie, Sammy, and Vivi. Later, the children played with Jason and Mia.Amy hugged her distant cousin. “Congratulations on your wedding.”“Thanks, Amy.” Then she whispered, “At first I was insecure with you since I knew Jacob still loved you. But now, I know he already got over it.”Amy shook her head and smiled. “He didn’t have any feelings left for me.” Then she whispered, “Look how he stares at you? It’s the sign of a man who loves h
The musician played the hymn “Amazing Grace”. It was the sign for the wedding ceremony to begin.Elsa nodded at Mia. “It’s your time, sweetheart.”The little one smiled and nodded. “Yes, Grandma.” She walked to the back of the aisle then started stepping forward through it by spreading the flower petals, following the song.The guests smiled to see the adorable little girl. Jason, who glanced at his sister, also raised his thumb and smiled to support her. Mia kept smiling and looked to the right and left as she walked and spread the flower petals.After the song finished, it changed to another song “Second Chance” by Trisha Yearwood. It was a song that Pauline chose because she knew what the wedding meant
When seeing the ladies, Jimmy, Jacob’s driver, smiled and opened the limousine door for them. Meanwhile, Jacob, Al, Jason, and Daniel were already waiting at church.All the Cleaner Gold leaders were there. Some of Jacob’s staff from JJ’s Properties were there too.Jacob and Al stood outside of the church on a terrace. They could see the parking lot and the church door clearly from their place.He glanced at his wrist many times to see the time. Then he gazed at the parking lot to see no limousine had already arrived. Later, he took a deep breath to calm himself.Al chuckled and shook his head to see his friend’s obvious nervousness. “She’ll be here soon. Don’t worry, Bro!”&ldq
A week swiftly went by like flying as they were busy with the wedding preparation. Finally, it was four a.m. on the wedding day.Two makeup artists and a hairdresser already arrived at Emily’s house. They prepared the living room for working.Now, they were busy putting makeup on Emily, Pauline, Elsa, and also Mia. For Mia, the makeup artist only applied powder and lip gloss because Emily didn’t want her daughter to put on makeup while the little girl was still too young for that.Two hours later, the hairdresser and makeup artists finished their work. They left the house and went to the church because they prepared if anyone needed a makeup or hairstyle redo. It was because Jacob wanted everything to be perfect today.Then Elsa and Pauline helped
Emily stared at Jacob and the ring. She bit her lower lip because she didn’t know what to say.Jacob took a deep breath because he wasn’t ready to accept a refusal. Then he forced a smile. “It’s okay if you don’t want to marry me now. Maybe you want to enjoy your time alone first.”But then Emily shook her head. “No.” She held both of his hands. “I want to make you the happiest man, Jacob. So, it’s a yes.”Jacob immediately stood and put the ring on her finger. Then he kissed her lips and hugged her tightly.He laughed and shook his head. “I thought you would say no. I don’t know what I would do if you refused me.”She giggled and cupped his f
Jacob, Jason, and Mia went to a Chinese food bistro. Jacob already ordered by phone various dumplings for them all, wonton soup for Jason, then salt and pepper chicken, stir-fried beef with ginger, Peking duck, and seafood fried noodles.The service was fast. After they arrived, in five minutes, all the food was served. Mia frowned because she didn’t have the wonton soup either.“Dad?”“Yes, sweetheart?”“Why I don’t get the soup?”“It’s because your brother has a cold. Do you want the soup?”The little girl glanced at Jason’s bowl and nodded. So Jacob raised his hand.
Soon after the meeting ended, Jacob entered a room next to the meeting room and pressed the button from Harold three times.Then, after a minute, Harold called him. “Well?”“We have agreed. The offer is fifty trillion with fifty years of credit and a trillion of payment each year and a trillion for the down payment,” Jacob said.Harold whistled to hear the number, but he knew with various businesses the Gold Cleaner had, fifty trillion was a reasonable price. “Anyone in your team want to enter our boat?”“Nope, they are happy with us.” He was smiling when saying it. “So, it will be purely a facility, land, building, systems, and the networks we will sell and transfer to you.”
Warning: violent scene. Please proceed with precautions for readers sensitive to violent scenes.“You called him too, Al?” Jacob asked. “I also called him back then, but he didn’t pick up the call nor called me back either.” He let out a sigh. “Now we know why.”Al said nothing, but his eyes glared at Stanley. It was an unforgivable act because Stanley’s betrayal cost Art’s life.Jacob’s eyes were chilly when he gazed at Stanley. “You told us earlier that Gold Cleaner is your family and will stay like that. You even said you didn’t want to work under Montgomery and the Silent Syndicate.” Then Jacob added slowly to emphasize his words, “Now we all know it’s all just bullshit!”