“Okay, okay, you should go and get prepared for tomorrow. We'll be signing a contract with Roadways and Bridges Inc. after all,” said Alex. His eyes shone with a ruthless twinkle.‘Suffer the consequences of pissing me off, Madame Joanne.’Dinner that night had the Assex sisters in tears.Dorothy Assex said to her mother, Claire, “Mom, this is what we call real food! The ones you cooked were inedible at best.”Beatrice’s stomach was chock full of food as she looked silently at Alex.After swallowing down the last piece of roasted pork in gravy, Claire licked her lips and said, “I came from a wealthy family and never had to do any household chores. Your father used to say that I should have been a hand model. Consider yourselves lucky that I even cooked for you!”She then turned to Alex. “Jer… Alex, why don’t you wash the dishes? Also, you’re still unemployed, right? Then it’s set. You’ll be cooking for us from now on.”Claire returned to her true self after having a sumptuous me
Alex took a glance at Emma and thought, ‘What a coincidence.’He walked to the sofa with Dorothy in hand and wiped the sofa slowly with some tissue before turning to her. “Come sit here, wifey. Mr. Hawk is still having a meeting now. We’ll just wait here till he’s done, then we’ll be able to sign the contract.”Dorothy nodded and sat on the sofa politely.Alex took a bottle of water out of his bag and opened the cap before handing it to her.The two acted as if no one was around, as if Emma and Ethan were nothing but thin air.Emma couldn’t hold back her anger any longer. She stood up and approached the two. “Dorothy, I asked you a question. Are you deaf? What contract are you here for? Who even told you to come here to sign a contract?” Dorothy took a few sips of water and handed the bottle to Alex. “Do you want some too?”“Sure!” Alex placed his lips where Dorothy’s lips were on the bottle and drank some water as well.Emma was enraged. She felt like something was going horr
The two remained seated, ignoring every word Ethan said.Ethan furrowed his eyebrows and his expression turned cold. “Hey, you two. I’m asking nicely for you to leave. I said that South Cali Structures would no longer be working with you.”Emma smiled brightly, still acting as cocky as ever. “Did you hear that? Why are you still here? Are you really that shameless? Oh, right, I heard you guys changed the company name to something like Dorothy-Alex Constructions and don’t have any working capital, so that means you’d go bankrupt if you don’t earn some money! Hey loser, Rockefeller. You should break it off with her while you still can. Why don’t you work as my slave? I might pity you if I’m in a good mood!”Alex replied calmly, “I think it’s still a little early to say who will be pitied in the end.”He then turned to Ethan. “Ethan Hawks, right? You’re not in charge of South Cali Structures just yet. Let’s wait till your father arrives. Only he has a say in this.”Ethan was enraged.
Emma’s eyes widened in disbelief as she watched Alex and Dorothy walk into Thomas’ office.She immediately turned to Ethan. “Baby, what’s happening? What contract is your father signing with Dorothy?”Ethan shook his head. “I’m not sure too. I’m not that familiar with how things work in my dad’s company.”Emma huffed frustratedly. “Dorothy’s damn company used to be one of our subsidiary companies. They’re this close to going bankrupt. If your dad does work with such a small company, he’d run into a lot of problems during the process. You have to convince your dad, or else it’d be too late!”“Uhm… yeah, I know, I know.” Ethan dismissed her remarks, clearly bothered by his father’s expression earlier. He could tell something was amiss.Alex and Dorothy left the CEO’s office after just ten minutes. The contract had been signed successfully.Before they came, Charles had already discussed with Thomas about the details of the contract. They had even settled the terms and conditions be
As the yelling continued, Ethan walked out of the office.Emma rushed over to him. “Baby, this woman said that Dorothy-Alex Constructions had signed the contract for the Five Rings Project. Is that true? Please tell your dad that he shouldn’t! Only Assex Constructions could sign this contract. Didn’t you promise me that? Go, just go in and tell—”Ethan interrupted her. “Emma, please leave. Let’s not see each other ever again.”Emma froze. “What? What did you just say, Ethan?”Ethan turned to the guards. “If she won’t leave, make her.”“Yes, master!”Emma finally realized that he had broken up with her.She was infuriated. “Ethan Hawk, you jerk! Don’t you remember what you promised me in bed last night? You bastard! How could you break your promises? You’re inhumane, go rot in hell!”Suddenly, a guard slapped her hard across the face.“How dare you insult our young master? Do you have a death wish?”“Throw her out now!”Ten minutes later, at Assex Manor.The old lady was in
Claire hated this family.She hated the woman, Madam White, especially, as she would always boast about her son-in-law to the point that it was getting very annoying. Claire clicked her tongue out of frustration. “What are you guys doing here?”Madam White chuckled. “I’m here to look for a nice place to buy, what else? Oh, did you think I’m here just to window-shop like you?”Beatrice huffed. “How would you know if we can afford a villa or not?”Madam White laughed louder. “Of course I do, we’re neighbours after all! How would I not know? I heard that your villa will be taken away by the Assexes, which is probably why you need a new place soon! But do you guys know that villas in Senna Port cost more than ten million? Not just anyone could buy a villa in this area, you know? There’s no way you could use a twenty million dollar fake cheque here.”Madam White’ son-in-law asked, “Twenty million dollar fake cheque?”She cackled and pointed to Alex. “That’s Claire’s son-in-law. He h
Priscilla led them to the models.Madam White was secretly observing them from the other side. She said mockingly, “Young lady, your colleague over there is going to be doing charity work. How could that family ever buy a property? I’m their neighbour, so I know them well. They’re just bluffing so they could seem richer than they really are.”The saleswoman nodded and smiled. “It doesn’t matter, she’s a part-timer anyway! So, Madam White, have you decided on any of the villas here? Would you like me to bring you to the actual site?”“Yes, let’s go!”After looking around the area, the family of three came back to the main hall. Madam White was very excited, she was fond of every single villa in this area.The saleswoman seemed to be excited too. She thought, ‘Thank god I ditched that poor family for these people. Looks like I might actually sell one villa today.’With this thought in mind, she enthusiastically gave them a few suggestions.However, Madam White’ son-in- law repli
Beatrice could feel her ears ringing, it was as if her brain had malfunctioned.Her favourite idol, the one and only Zendaya, had done… that with her brother-in-law. She couldn’t believe it at all.“How could this be?’‘How?’She looked up to look for Alex and noticed that he was looking at the river from the balcony. He wasn’t moving a muscle, it was hard to tell what he was thinking about.She just couldn’t resist herself and rushed over.“What’s up with this? Explain this to me!” Beatrice’s face was twisted as she showed the news article on her phone to Alex.“What’s up with what?” Alex took a glance at her and furrowed his eyebrows. He then took her phone to read the news article.He couldn’t believe what he was reading, it was just too ridiculous.The photo was from last night, a photo of him leaving The Hilton with Zendaya. However, the article was completely false, everything was made up. They claimed that their fingers were intertwined, looking into each other’s eyes l