Jackson was surprised to learn that Matthew wasted no time firing Elaine.Nayla had a slight suspicion that Jackson felt pity, smiling ever so slightly.'If Elaine knows this, she'll get her hopes up,' Nayla thought.Jackson looked at Alessandra. "That being the case, Miss Fraga, you had better leave and contact someone else. Perhaps Augusto or even my future brother-in-law."Alessandra smiled mockingly. "Where are my manners! I'm forgetting to congratulate you!""Miss Fraga, you'd better not get involved in this matter." Jackson's gaze hardened. "You wouldn't be offering congratulations right now if you hadn't messed around with my sister's previous fiancé.""PFFFT!" Nayla covered her mouth with both hands.Alessandra was irritated by the audience. "Is this how you work at this company?""Miss Fraga, you are blocking the counter. Excuse me." Nayla straightened up.Alessandra rolled her eyes and stepped a

Matthew still didn’t see the correlation between the two facts.“Mr. Alvares, what does Nathan and Gustavo being half-brothers have to do with your request not to destroy your family?” he asked.“Mr. Sterling, let’s be honest: I know, I followed a bit of the history involving you and Nathan. Nathan, unfortunately, was raised by that damned Vicente, and grew up believing he deserved to inherit this conglomerate. Well, you entered the picture, and both fought fiercely. You won, but you still hate Nathan.”“It’s not quite like that...” Matthew gestured.“It may well be.” Ernesto shrugged. “Now, you want to arrest my son Gustavo, not because he is accused of being a drug dealer, but because he is Nathan’s half-brother.”Matthew understood, reacting in an icy and indignant manner.“Mr. Alvares, you are crossing the line here,” Matthew warned him. “I am not ‘persecuting’ Gustavo. It just so happened that Kirk Camargo was an employee of the Silva Oil Company, a company owned by my maternal f

Sheila crossed her arms, dissatisfied. “Matt, you have so much to do, and tomorrow is Jacque’s wedding to Zachary. Remember that Jacque will be Linda’s sister-in-law.”“Good thing too, because she has nothing to do with her older brother.” Matthew smiled maliciously. “She even hates him for it.”“Mr. and Mrs. Sterling, I didn’t come here to defend what my son is being accused of.” Ernesto sighed. “But I want fair treatment. I don’t want you to despise my family because Nathan joined it as my stepson.”“I already said this has nothing to do with Nathan!” Matthew bellowed.“Then, we understand each other.” Ernesto pointed to Sheila. “Mrs. Sterling, I have you as a witness.”Ernesto made a gallant gesture to Sheila and withdrew.Matthew fumed with rage seeing how Ernesto had the nerve to involve his mother in the conversation!Sheila waited for the door to close to finally understand what was happening. “Now can you explain better why you got so upset with that poor gentleman?”“Because

Jacqueline and Zachary’s wedding took place. The beautiful couple looked radiant in the gazebo while the priest delivered the wedding sermon.The media was on standby, delighting in photos, reels, shorts, and everything else.Cindy, however, wasn’t worried. She had managed to get some subordinates to handle that while she attended the ceremony as a guest, sitting next to Jackson.Also at the altar, Linda was killing it as the maid of honor while Matthew fulfilled his duty as the groom’s best man.“And by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife: Mr. and Mrs. Zachary Loss. You may kiss the bride!”Zachary gave a modest kiss while the guests applauded and smiled.Emmanuelle wiped away tears with her gold-embroidered handkerchief while Charles mentally hoped Zachary would go easy on his little princess during the honeymoon.The newlywed couple stepped down from the gazebo under a shower of rice.Later, the reception began, with a buffet being served. The guests were d

Matthew didn’t care if Bella wanted to talk to him or not. He was already pulling up the chair and sitting down.“What do you want to talk to us about?” Bella stiffened.“How is your older brother doing? I’m talking about the one who hasn’t committed a crime yet.”“If by ‘hasn’t committed a crime yet’ you’re talking about Nate... He’s fine, with Elaine.” Bella replied, smiling mockingly.“Don’t think I’m going to cry out of jealousy.” Matthew smiled proudly. “After so many bad things, Nathan finally did something beneficial for me, getting my wife pregnant so I could make her my ex.”“You’re only saying that to convince yourself it wasn’t a bad thing.” Bella put her fear aside and giggled defiantly. “Come on, Mr. Sterling! Nobody likes being cheated on!”“I didn’t like it either, but it all ended for the best when I got Patty back. As it should be.” Matthew asserted with a romantic touch in his voice.“You shouldn’t have given in to popular pressure after the charity auction. You guys