"Jadie, this is the last straw. You're not a kid anymore, stop being so childish!" Zach warned Jadie, his voice shaking.

Jadie nuzzled her face into Zach's chest, his clothes soaking wet from her tears.

"We've been joined at the hip since we first met. You promised that you'd never leave me. Zach...can you promise me that you'll never fall in love with someone else? If you do, I'll be alone..."

Zach and Jadie had been friends since they met at the orphanage. Only the two of them could understand the hurdles they had gone through together.

However, Zach was a greedy man, and nothing could ever be enough to quench his thirst for power and status.

'If only I'd thought of having the Jent family in the first place, then I would have Yvonne by now...This power battle between the Young and Jent families is way too tempting, how could I say no?

'Perhaps there might be others who aren't swayed by the temptation of money, but one thing's for sure, no one would ever refuse power. Once I hav