“The Goldings have secured the monopoly of gold-mining in the Northern Province. They’re inviting interested business families for joint-venture in exchange of future business deals” Grandma Mills explained.
“What does it have to do with us? Our business is in hospitality. Why are the Goldings suddenly interested in Mills family?” he felt something was off.
The Goldings does not need any joint-venture, with their wealth, they can develop the Northern Province on their own. It’s like giving the Mills free-lunch. But everyone knows there’s no free lunch in this world.
“What did the Henley say?”
Henleys from the West Province is another prominent family in the country that e
The next morning, the dining table in Mark’s villa was still tensed. His parents are observing his behaviour and not a single word was spoken.He was considering Amanda’s words but he thought he should let them reflect on their own first.He left without having breakfast and without uttering a single word.When he reached his office, he immediately requested for a breakfast and Adam gave his daily report.“No breakfast from the weekend nanny?” he just stared coldly at Adam.He is still in a bad mood because of his parents but when Adam mentioned the weekend nanny, he suddenly felt bitter when he remembered that Amanda is dating regularly.
“Hi Mrs. Lee, I think we can set up the blind date as soon as possible. I met her and I’m really impressed” she was so excited to meet a beautiful woman. Her son would be lucky if he ends up with Amanda.“Mrs. Wilson, yes. I think we should schedule as soon as possible. Let me ask Amanda if she’s available this coming Friday” Mrs. Lee was beaming. Finally, she can schedule a date for Amanda.She is hoping for Amanda to get married soon and she will do whatever it takes to achieve that soonest.With excitement in her eyes, she immediately called Amanda to clear her schedule the coming Friday.“Hi mom, I’m not sure if I can make it on Friday. I have to schedule for the nanny. May
“Boss, this is the profile of Brenda Seymour. Who is she?” Adam was curious.Just a few weeks ago he set up a security detail for one Amanda North. Now his boss is asking him to check another lady. And he hasn’t forgotten about the mysterious weekend nanny.For someone who was repulsive to the opposite sex, he is suddenly surrounded by three of them.“My date, this Friday” Adam’s mouth fell to the floor.Is he serious? A date?“If you don’t close your mouth at this instant, I’ll send you to the Southern Province branch immediately. Let’s see how you deal with the security there” He grunted.
Both Adam and Brenda were taken aback. He looked very irritated and any sudden movement would cause him to tear down the place.Brenda recovered immediately and took a deep breath.“Relax Mr. Mills. I’m not interested in you either” she said casually.Now it was Mark’s turn to be shocked. That’s new.“Sit down, take the photo for your mom then let’s talk” Brenda casually ordered him.He slowly walked towards the table with squinted eyes. She seems to be playing hard to get.“You may want to excuse your assistant. Or else, we’ll be swimming in his drool?”
Although Amanda was shocked, she could smell the alcohol reeking from his breath. Her heart was beating so fast but she knew the man had too much to drink.“Hun? Are you drunk?” she asked softly.“Hmmmmm” Mark grunted under his breath.He could feel the softness of her body and the chocolate scent of her body wash. He buried his face in between her shoulders and neck and he felt Amanda froze on the spot.It took him great efforts to stop himself from kissing her and he continued to pretend to be drunk.“Hun…why do you drink so much if you cannot handle it?” she was worried he might get sick due to alcohol.
Mark fell back to his sleep when he felt the door in his room slowly opened. He saw Amanda walking towards him and he immediately pull her towards him. He started kissing her forehead then her eyes. He trailed down to her nose and finally he landed on her lips. Like a hungry lion he devoured her lips until they were both out of breath.He started caressing her neck and he let his hand roam around her back. When his hand moved in front and found her breast, the woman let out a soft moan sending his senses out of control.He could not control himself anymore and he wanted to take her right then and there.He flipped the woman under him and he started teasing the woman. He wanted her to feel how she can affect him and he started grinding his manhood in between her legs.
Amanda suddenly felt all the blood in her body went to her head.“Erm..no no no. Jack, we cannot trouble Uncle Mark like that. You know your grandma.” She was stuttering and she could not look into the man’s direction.“Yes. I think Uncle Mark is a good option too. Anyway, it’s just pretending. No one knows Uncle Mark so they will not suspect anything” John winked at Mark signalling him to make a move.However, the iceman was still eating his bacon letting the awkwardness brew longer.“No, of course not. Forget it. I will convince them in my own way” she thought if Mark really wanted to help her, he would have done it already. Maybe he already had plans with Brenda. She could n
The rest of the Saturday morning went smoothly in Amanda’s apartment. She decided to just maintain a civil interaction with Mark to hide her real feelings.She was reading Penny’s medical booklet when she realized that the baby has missed a lot of vaccination shots. She felt a bit annoyed for missing this important milestone for Penny. This is dangerous.Mark noticed her crumpled look and decided to sit beside her.“What’s the matter?” he asked casually.“Penny has missed several vaccine shots?” she tried to keep her voice neutral.“I guess so, I was kind of busy the past few months” Mark reached out to see the medical
Just as announced, the Golding-Mills wedding will be held on the first day of Spring.Since Amanda’s body was still very weak, they decided to hold the wedding in a private ceremony in the Golding estate.Only the big four families were present.The Henleys, the Smiths, the Mills and the Goldings.Valerie came back from abroad as a maid-of-honour while Monica, Fiona and Brenda were tasked as bridesmaids.In the groom’s entourage, Dexter Henley is the best man while Jake, Simon and Adam were groomsmen.Jack carried the ring while the cute little Penny showered the aisle with flowers.Amanda looked like a goddess in her white dress.Her hair was adorned with flowers matched with a simple make-up.When Penny saw her, she immediately ran to her mommy and walked beside her.Jack looked confused and also wanted to join the girls but he knew this is an important event.He went to the girls and led Penn
The guards immediately secured Harley and Meredith and the whole household was turned upside down.When Amanda opened her eyes, her arms felt numb.There was an IV drip attached to her left arm.She tried to sit up but she felt dizzy instantly.When the door opened, John Fields came in with a food tray with a big smile on his face.“You, my lady, should eat more healthy foods.”“I heard you’ve been nibbling on bacons when you’re bored?” John smiled at her warmly.“Oh John, help me call Mark. I have something important to tell him” she said excitedly with a weak body.“John, I think Mark is Jack’s real father”“I know it’s a long shot. But it’s worth to run a test” she thought she said her words properly.Harley’s blurred words were echoing in her mind.‘Tattoo on lower abdomen’‘Jack of d
“They say that it’s takes a village to raise a child” General Mills said meaningfully.“It seems like you need the whole country to raise yours” he roared with gritted teeth.This is not acceptable to him.He was initially fond of Amanda and he really likes her but this action is really serious.She should not play with people’s lives no matter how repulsive they seem.“Feel free to take her” Sebastian said while scratching his head.He also doesn’t know how to save his face right now.Even though they are good friends with the Mills family, everything can be put aside if it concerns a person’s life.The old men were still bantering about Amanda’s action when they heard Mark laughing from the guest room.“I told you she’s getting bolder” he said to the old master Golding.“She’s, she’s done this before” he s
The next day Amanda woke up in a happy mood.She rang her bell and ordered the servant for her breakfast.“Get me Nellie” she said when she was greeted by a new servant.“My lady, I’m afraid Nellie won’t be able to serve you anymore” the servant said with tearful eye.“Why?” she asked in confusion.“She’s being punished my lady, in the garden” the servant could not help her tears anymore.“She will be beaten to death if she did not reveal who ordered her to assassinate young master Mills” the servant said pleadingly.“A-a-assassinate?” she said in shocked.How could it be?She only ordered Nellie to drug the young master and to sleep with him.She never ordered for an assassination.Is it possible that someone wanted to murder young master Mills?She could not be implicated, but she could not let Nellie die beca
“Meredith could not bear a child; I always knew your eggs would come in handy”“We hired a surrogate to conceive the child”“The father comes from a rich family.”“Either family, we could ask for support for the child” Harley said shamelessly.“Why use other person’s sperm then? If you want to have a child with Meredith why use other people?” she asked in disbelief.“Believe it or not, I don’t want Jack to know that he has half-siblings” Harley tried his best to show his sincerity.“Half?” she scoffed.“Why? Are your offspring only consist of upper or lower part?”“How could you call someone ‘half’?” her hatred is visible in her cold stare.“I know you don’t want to believe me. Anyway, I’m not from a rich family” he said self-deprecatingly.“But for our s
Mark felt goosebumps in his arms.He looked inside the house wanting to curse at the old man.“I asked grandpa to bring me” the little boy said defending the old man.“Well, he shouldn’t. Not without me or your mom”“Whatever Harley said to you, just ignore it. Don’t let it affect you, okay?” he hugged the little guy tighter.“It’s okay, dad. I just looked at him.”“We didn’t have any resemblance at all” he said while kicking the ball up and down.“Does mommy know?” Mark doubted Amanda would agree to this meet-up.“No, she said she would stay in her room until the announcement has been cancelled”“Knowing her, she won’t come out anytime soon” he chuckled at her mom.“Jack, what does he looked like? How did you feel when you saw him?”“Were you excited?” he som
“Would you like to send a reply?” Jack enquired referring to the letter.She scribbled some notes and passed the paper to Jack.“Let the servant send it. You don’t need to go there yourself” she reminded him.“I want to go. Unless you want to play ball with me?” she just grins at Jack.Jack knew she wouldn’t play outside with him.“When are you coming out of your room?” Jack was about to leave when he turned around to ask her.“When they retract the marriage announcement” she said honestly.Jack just shrugged his shoulder then close the door.He went directly to the old master’s study room and knocked.“Grandpa, can I meet Harley today? Mom doesn’t want to leave her room until the announcement is cancelled” he started.“She said that?” the old master wanted to confirm.Although he has expected Amanda
She hasn’t finished her slice when she heard a knock and her father came in.When he saw what she’s eating, he immediately ordered the servant to take it away.“Where did you get this rubbish?” the old man asked.“This is not from the kitchen. Who gave it to you?” he looked around and found the open letter.When she still did not reply, the old master summoned Uncle Ben.“Fire the servant who brought her food” Uncle Ben immediately nodded his head.“I-I-I bought it. The servant has nothing to do with it” she would not allow the poor girl to get fired.“Fire the whole kitchen staff” Uncle Ben again nodded his head.“You still want to lie to me?” Sebastian challenged her and started reading the letter.She could only press her lips in defiance.“Mark sent it for me” she admitted instantly when she saw Uncle Ben pulling ou
“Golding? Mom, are you related?” he asked in confusion.“Yes” both Goldings replied casually.“We already tried to trace it before haven’t we Sebastian?” Mrs. Mills recalled their relationship.“Yes, I think our common ancestor is 10 generations back. But then, who cares” Sebastian agreed.“Your mother treats me more of an enemy instead of a relative, anyways” he just shrugged his shoulders.“Don’t worry son, everybody is related to everybody in Diamond Country” General Mills added.“That’s why it’s important to handle your matters cautiously” the general sighed.“Dad, I need to talk to Meredith. I need to know if there are other people who used my seeds” he explained.“No one used your seeds. I made sure that the clinic would seal your donations and not to release it before”“Tsk, wha