Chapter 7 Revenge

He was blatantly mocking her. Amanda felt humiliated, but she had to convince Keith!

“I… I will never appear in front of you again. Just please, spare my Daddy. He didn’t do anything wrong.” Amanda pleaded till her voice became hoarse, but the stone like man did not bulge.

“Didn’t do anything wrong? You are not only useless but also illiterate.” Kieth spat viciously, making Amanda shudder again.

“Go away. Don’t dirty my eyes.” Kieth annoyingly furrowed his eyebrows. Plain disgust flashed in his eyes. 

But Amanda, instead of leaving, came down on her knees and started pleading urgently. 

“For the sake of your dead father, please, please don’t do this. He was a friend of my father! I beg of you, please…” Amanda threw the socialite image and ego out of the window and begged him relentlessly.

But Kieth simply kicked her dirty hands away. Pure rage appeared in his eyes, making Amanda fall on her back. He looked at her as if she had committed a grave crime.

“Security.” Kieth only said one word and the guards dragged the bawling girl outside. The entire staff saw Amanda being dragged and thrown out. But they remained quiet. Because if anything leaked, it would be them being dragged out.

Kieth quickly went to the bathroom and took a shower, continuously rubbing his legs red. He hated it when her hands touched him. He felt dirty. He had to wash himself clean for Amelia.

In the coming days, the headlines changed every day.

On day 1: Amelia Scott declares that she was never engaged to Kieth Williams. It was all a prank. Was Kieth tricked? Did the Scott family try to ride on the coattails of the Williams’ Empire?

On day 2: Carcinogenic elements found in Scott’s food products. Harmful substances detected in Scott’s baby food.

On day 3: Top leaders of the Scott family sued for fraud.

On day 4: Bank seals the Scott property. They defaulted on loans.

On day 5: Scott family declares bankruptcy. 

On day 6: Breaking News! Williams to take over the Scott’s business. The entire management will undergo a rigorous change!

Keith was precise with his attacks. He did not give any escape route to the Scotts. He sent the reports of Mr. Scott’s infidelity to Mrs. Scott. 

Mrs. Scott’s secret of raising a few male pets was shared with Mr. Scott. 

Scott family lost it all. He ruined their personal as well as professional lives. From noble socialists, they became beggars in just one week. Their stock prices dropped. And whatever goodwill they had, vanished in thin air. 

Kieth saw everything with cold eyes. He had pulled a lot of strings in the last month. He bought the Scott family’s shares, became a major shareholder, dug out the buried secrets, and then, played his cards.

He thought that exacting an act of revenge on the troublemakers could make him happy. But no, he was so wrong. Despite trampling the troublemakers, despite witnessing the fall of his enemy, he did not feel a shred of happiness.

All he felt, was a void! 

This past month, he had changed girls like clothes. But none of them could satisfy him. Instead, whenever they tried to seduce or touch him, he would feel like retching! 

With every passing day, only one name lingered in his mind: Amelia.

So, he sped up his revenge. He blew it up big so that every person in the world would know of it. And hoped that Amelia would come back after seeing it, after knowing that he never promised to get engaged to Amanda, that he never betrayed her.

But all that waited for him was nothing but despair.

….

Another man was drowning in despair. It was Steven. With a report in hand, he had spent three hours creating it. He should have felt happy, but he didn’t because more reports awaited him.

Amelia wasn’t heartless. After playing enough, she came and broke the lock, rescuing the trapped man from the piles of papers. Lending a hand, she generously helped in the preparation of the excursion report, while Steven worked on the budget file.

Another three hours passed in a flash. Finally, the urgent reports were dealt with. They both put the completed reports aside and blankly stared at the pile of reports in the ‘completed’ section. 

Even both of them together could not process the number of files Liam had dealt with alone in the past months. No wonder he looked like a ghost at the breakfast table. Because he had worked himself to death! 

Both Amelia and Steven looked at each other with the same thought. They must make it up to him. Otherwise, what would they do if Liam resigned? 

Cold sweat drenched their backs at the thought of surviving without Liam. They couldn’t even imagine it. It would be akin to a nightmare!

After an intensive usage of the brain, both of them felt absolutely drained. Especially, Amelia. This morning, when she woke up, she vomited her guts out. Then, she was too hungry. And now, after working so much, she felt dizzy.

She thought that it was all because of working without any rest. She didn’t pay any heed to it. But there was one thing that was troubling her, Zenia was exceptionally quiet.