Looking back at his dull and stale life, he hadn’t had a chance to have an affair, let alone be physically involved with such perfect beauty. He dedicated half of his life to that disgusting hag that he despised so much.Today was the day for him to break the restricted chains of fate!Yes!He wanted a taste of Claire!He wanted to jump on the gorgeous that all men in the city were crazy about!As his thought ran wild, he pasted a smile and said, “Miss Wilson, we can talk it out since you’ve come all the way here with such request. I’m not that hard to deal with as you think.”Claire quickly sat back down, thinking that there was a chance to reverse the situation, and asked excitedly, “Mr. Koch, will you sell us your materials on credit?”He didn’t say it specifically, but rather vaguely, “I will definitely refuse them if it is someone else, but if it is you, Miss Wilson, that’s a different story…”Claire hurriedly said, “Actually, our collaboration with Emgrand Group is very c
Daniel was bouncing off the wall as he watched Claire gulp down the tea.Now, all he had to do was wait for the sleeping pills to take effect!After drinking the tea, Claire soon realized that something was off!She felt like her head was spinning, it was very dizzy and heavy.What was going on?She was utterly shocked as a thought crossed her mind!Did Daniel drug her?!She trembled in shock and fear when she thought of such circumstances!She wanted to get up, but her legs were giving way. From the looks of it, it was impossible for her to escape by herself!While she was still conscious, she stealthily took out her phone, searched for Charlie’s contact in her chatting app, and pressed the audio record button.As the phone was recording her voice message, she said to Daniel, “Mr. Koch, I feel a little dizzy, is there something wrong with the tea?”Daniel chuckled. “No, nothing’s wrong! This tea is the top PG Tips Diamond tea bag that I got from England, fifteen grand per t
“Okay!”***A while later, an exclusive civilian helicopter roared thunderously in the sky.Inside the helicopter were Isaac and ten men in black.Isaac was donning a gloomy look. That stupid f*cker, how dare he make his move on Mrs. Wade? This was Aurous Hill! He had just signed his death wish!The helicopter flew at high speed, and before long, it arrived above Claire’s house.Charlie rushed to the rooftop, climbed directly into the helicopter, and hurriedly demanded, “Get to Elite Vault Enterprise as soon as possible!”***Meanwhile, at Elite Vault Enterprise.As Claire was slowly lying down with no strength to struggle, Daniel grinned excitedly and stretched out his hands, trying to take Claire’s clothes off!At this moment, the door was suddenly kicked open!An ugly woman with an aggressive look stampeded into the room along with a few big and brawny men!Seeing Daniel’s hands on Claire’s clothes, the woman cursed furiously, “Daniel Koch! How dare you cheat on me!”Da
The battleax gave Claire a slap across the face that sent Claire spinning but made her a little soberer.Cupping her swollen face, Claire looked at the fierce-looking woman and asked, “Who are you? What are you doing?”The woman gritted her teeth. “What am I doing? I want to kill you, you little b*tch!”Then, she turned to the bodyguard next to her. “Where’s the knife? Give it to me! I want to destroy this slut’s face!”“Yes, Miss!”The bodyguard produced a sharp knife and said, “Miss, don’t stain your hands with the slut’s blood, let me do it!”The woman raised her hand and slapped him. She snatched the knife off his hand and shouted, “Shut up, idiot!”The bodyguard knelt on the floor, petrified. “Miss, I’m sorry, please forgive me!”The woman stomped him and growled, “Get out of my way, fool!”She held the knife firmly in her hand, turning to Claire and was about to jump on her.Claire was so frightened, her body was shaking violently. She struggled desperately but the braw
The battleax caught her breath and blurted, “Listen carefully, idiot! My name is Sharon Frye! I’m the daughter of the Frye family in Lancaster! Have you heard of the Frye family? Our boss is the Wade family of Eastcliff! No matter how strong you think you are, if you mess with me, our Frye family will never spare you! The Wade family will hunt you!”“Oh?” Charlie grinned. “Listen carefully shrew, I AM the son of the Wade family in Eastcliff! I AM your boss! My name is! CHARLIE! WADE!!!”“Huh!!!”Sharon’s eyes were so wide, it almost fell off her eye sockets, her jaw dropped!She stared at Charlie like she was looking at a ghost.“You… you… you are the young master of the Wade family? How could it be! Why is the son of the Wade family in a small place like Aurous Hill!”Isaac marched forward and yelled, “Sharon Frye! Watch your tongue! He is Charlie Wade, the young master of the Wade family!”Sharon finally saw Isaac!Isaac Cameron!He…He was the spokesperson of the Wade fami
A crisp snap resonated!Sharon’s spine also broke!Another one!Both husband and wife were quadriplegics!There would never be a chance of recovery!Isaac walked forward and said respectfully, “Boss, the three hundred excavators and bulldozers I’ve mobilized have arrived. We will flatten the entire Elite Vault Enterprise to the ground with just one order from you!”“Good!” Charlie nodded and said coldly, “Notify all the workers to evacuate this place in ten minutes! Ten minutes later, bring this place to the ground like it never existed!”Both Daniel and Sharon gaped in extreme shock.All the hard work that they’ve been fighting and building, and this was how it ended?They were done, for sure. They could only be a living dead. If they didn’t have any money, who would take care of them?Charlie couldn’t care less.He asked his man to turn on the fire alarm, and immediately, the entire factory began to evacuate.Charlie carried Claire who was in deep slumber, and asked his m
Charlie slowly put Claire on the bed and carefully extracted the Reiki from her body.Immediately afterward, Claire slowly opened her eyes, waking up.“Dear!” As soon as Claire lay eyes on Charlie after opening her eyes, she got up quickly and hugged him excitedly. Then, she started to cry.Charlie hurriedly comforted her, “It’s okay baby, don’t be afraid, we’re home now.”“We’re home?”Claire lifted her head and looked around.She was surprised that it was their room. She turned to glance at Charlie and asked curiously, “What did Daniel and his wife do to you?”“No, they didn’t do anything to me,” Charlie said calmly, “Both him and his wife have paralyzed, the entire Elite Vault was nothing but ruins and rubble now. As the old saying goes, he who is unjust is doomed to destruction, literally.”Claire was utterly shocked. “What? How come? What happened?”Charlie smiled faintly. “I asked a few friends to help and save you, then we found out that the entire office building and t
Surprisingly, regarding the incident that happened at Elite Vault Enterprise, the saddest person was Lady Wilson.Due to Wilson Group’s sluggish financial condition, she hoped that Claire could persuade Elite Vault Enterprise to allow them to buy building materials on credit. It would have solved the current financial constraint that they were facing.Out of the blue, the entire Elite Vault Enterprise disappeared out of thin air in one afternoon!Right now, Lady Wilson’s worst concern was the capital fund issue. Her greatest desire was on how to raise a sum of capital funds for her company.Claire didn’t tell her grandmother what had happened yesterday. After the experience, she decided that she would focus her entire attention on the project with Emgrand Group and would not bother herself with the family affairs now, not even if her grandmother begged her to.After a night of rest, Claire was feeling rejuvenated and energetic the next morning and went to work excitedly.Charlie
Having lost it all, Jacob really looked like he wouldn't be getting back up.But fortunately, he had a pillar in the form of Elaine.In fact, Elaine would serve to be a container, whipping Jacob into shape if he got too full of himself.But on the other hand, now that Jacob was utterly despondent, she would be forcing him to smile and function in general.Elaine's attitude to the entire issue was clear as well. Even though Jacob had just lost his job, she would make him go shopping with her in Dubai even if he fell into a coma. Even if he was dead, she'd just cremate him and bring his ashes along.Hence, with Elaine's firm grip around Jacob's leash, he went on strolls, going shopping and taking selfies with Elaine everyday, eventually easing the toll on his mood and spirit.-Back at Aurous Hill, Charlie was preparing for Yolden Hart and Matilda Hall's wedding as it approached.Yolden was a schoolmate of his mother, Ashley Layna Acker, as well as Charlie's elder.And while Cha
"See you." As soon as Charlie hung up on Matilda, Don Albert's call came right after.He sounded nervous as Charlie answered the phone, saying, "Master Wade, I think I might have gone too far…""Wait, what's this about?" Charlie asked."Your father-in-law, of course…" Don Albert sighed. "You asked me to leave him hanging for a while, so I did. I even refused when he asked to book a room in Heaven Springs.""Well, that's not a problem, is it?" Charlie shrugged. "He and Zachary ganged up for some real mischief. As you are Zachary's boss, it's right that you refused him because you didn't appreciate what he did.""That's just it. I thought that approach was just right as well," Don Albert quickly said. "I wasn't playing nice when Mr. Bay of the Calligraphy and Painting Association called me either. That's when he said he'd try to save Jacob's position as vice-president, but I told him it's none of my business."I then hung up on him without much thought, only for Zachary to tell m
Meanwhile, Charlie was downstairs in Claire's office, waiting to pick her up and head home.That was when Matilda called him, asking as soon as he answered, "Charlie, do you know how Jacob is doing? He never answered any of my texts—is he going to be alright?""I wouldn't know," Charlie replied. "Both he and Elaine are in Dubai on a trip… What's wrong?""He resigned," Matilda sighed. "I only saw the public statement that the Calligraphy and Painting Association posted this afternoon. It says that he tendered the resignation himself, but it doesn't really feel that way. I wonder if he's at odds with other members of the association…"Charlie was actually surprised to hear that Jacob had resigned.He had told Zachary to expose the truth of the bronze sculpture fraud case to teach Jacob a lesson so that Jacob would understand the meaning of true pain.However, he anticipated that Mr. Bay would at least keep Jacob around with an unimportant job even if Jacob did lose some money and e
Falling apart in both mind and spirit, Jacob was crying as he disembarked and took a cab to the hotel.Elaine, who had been lying around for 24 hours, was stunned speechless as she watched him enter, crying like a child.In contrast, Elaine looked like a mother to Jacob just then as he threw himself into her arms and bawled, "Darling… That prick Mr. Bay screwed me over… I have nothing left now…"Taken aback for a moment that Jacob would bawl in her arms like that, Elaine soon came to her senses and patted his back as she comforted him, "Oh, stop crying already. Who cares about some Calligraphy and Painting groupies? We certainly don't! Just hear me out and don't ever go there again!"Jacob kept sobbing, "But I care… I want to go…"Annoyed, Elaine's hand that had been patting Jacob a moment ago slid down to his hip and pinched him viciously before he noticed."Ow!" Jacob yelped in pain, and he demanded indignantly, "What was that for?!""Shut up!" Elaine snapped, glowering. "I wa
Jacob couldn't even be bothered by the looks others were giving him, and he called Mr. Bay immediately.Mr. Bay had already gone home and was seated on the couch with his wife, watching his phone and waiting for Jacob to call and demand an explanation.Mr. Bay knew that he had to answer for this and that if he avoided Jacob, it may well be a confession that he had screwed Jacob over.So, to avoid unnecessary trouble, he decided to come clean with Jacob.Naturally, by coming clean, he meant passing the buck as his wife had suggested.Hence, as he answered Jacob's call, he immediately sighed in embarrassment, "Hey, Jacob. I'm so sorry about that…"However, Jacob was so furious he immediately started bellowing, "Mr. Bay! Are you fucking with me here?! You said that the resignation letter was more of a formality, but you just made it public instead! So, all those things you said about helping me were just a trap, was it?! You're despicable! And to think I've been so good to you, even
The repeated flights had left Jacob tormented.Even before he actually had the time to enjoy Dubai, he had already gotten sick of the place and didn't want to ever return.And on the flight, he couldn't stop his thoughts from going astray.Now that he was not getting back the money he had lost, his only hope was Mr. Bay.Fortunately, Mr. Bay was serious about his promise that he would at least save him a job as department head. That was why, despite his thoughts running astray, he never considered the thought that he would be kicked out of the Calligraphy and Painting Association.As soon as his flight landed, he didn't wait to turn off his phone's flight mode, waiting for the internet connection to return so that he could ask Mr. Bay about the meeting.Once he did, he received a ton of messages from public accounts to acquaintances—many had already found out that he had resigned from the post of administrative vice-president and wanted to ask how he was doing.And Matilda was
The Calligraphy and Painting Association was certainly efficient—soon after the meeting was dismissed, the news that the administrative vice-president had resigned was posted on their official page and social media.The notice was simple and never mentioned what Jacob had done, only that the administrative vice-president had asked to resign for personal reasons. The request had since been voted upon, and all members had agreed to it.And that was how a simple and short message kicked Jacob out of the Calligraphy and Painting Association entirely.In the city, other associations closely connected with the Calligraphy and Painting Association were the various cultural societies and circles of antique enthusiasts and the Senior University. In fact, most fans of the public page of the Calligraphy and Painting Association were from the Senior City, and every lecturer, student, and even guest lecturer were subscribed.As a matter of fact, that was entirely Jacob's doing. After his lect
There weren't that many members in the Calligraphy and Painting Association—just a handful over twenty.Hence, at Mr. Bay's request, everyone showed up at the conference at 1 pm.He chose the afternoon as there were a handful who were away on outreach, including Walker, who was subbing for Jacob's lectures.Once the entire Calligraphy and Painting Association save for Jacob was informed of the mandatory meeting, every member was there on the hour, seated primly and in attention in the huge conference room.Mr. Bay didn't waste his breath on the preamble either—as soon as he saw that everyone had arrived, he announced, "Everyone, I've gathered you here today because our administrative vice-president, Jacob Wilson, has been alleged to be involved in a certain malicious scheme."Last night, Mr. Wilson submitted his resignation to me, and after a discussion with my vice-presidents, we've all decided to hold a vote. It will be open to every member in the association as we will be decid
Having sent his resignation letter, Jacob had no idea that it would be the catalyst for his dismissal.He didn't sleep well at the rundown motel either and had dark circles under his eyes as he rushed to the airport early the next morning.Clearing the checkpoint and boarding his flight, everything went smoothly until his flight to Dubai lifted off at 10 am.-Meanwhile, the other vice-presidents of the Calligraphy and Painting Association had arrived at Mr. Bay's office.They all had the same goal—pressure Mr. Bay and get Jacob kicked out of the association no matter what it took.Naturally, they knew that Mr. Bay most definitely would have to help Jacob since Jacob was close with Don Albert. If Mr. Bay insisted on protecting Jacob, they shouldn't insist, or Jacob would hear about it, and the man would bear a grudge.Even so, as the vice-presidents entered Mr. Bay's office and closed the door behind them, one of them couldn't help asking, "So, Mr. Bay—how do you intend to deal