All Chapters of The Grand System : Chapter 31
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Chapter 31
After getting home and relaxing for some moments, Mr. Williams checked his wristwatch and rose as Stella offered Mrs. Morrison a herbal tea. “I will be going home now. I have an important meeting to attend.” “Thank you very much, Mr. Williams, for being there for me on bad days. I appreciate it. God will repay you in abundance,” Mrs. Morrison said. Mr. Williams smiled. “You are always welcome.” The moment Mr. William left, Mrs. Morrison started the topic with Master. “Augustus, what are you hiding from me? Which master are you?” Augustus sighed. If he says the truth, who would believe the truth anyway? What is the point of saying it? “Mom is talking to you, Augustus,” Liam added. “I’m not the master that Mr. Lucian is talking about,” Augustus said. “Then you might have some connection with that master,” Mrs. Morrison asked. “I don't want to be repeating myself, Mom. I cannot hide from you.” “The way you show courage at Mr. Lucian’s company depends on someone or so
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Augustus shed tears of joy as he leaned his back on the wall of Private Key bank. He went there to confirm his account balance because he thought he might have received a fake alert from the unknown master. The notification he received didn't show the master's name or account number. All he saw was 95 million 35 thousand dollars. Augustus had thought he would never forgive Liam and Mrs. Morrison, but the happiness that was flowing within him made him forget the pain of how they treated him badly. If not for old Mrs. Morrison, who took everything he owned, the master might not make him a millionaire. Augustus called the private number back but it failed. He then went to the restaurant to have a good meal and then used the opportunity to relax and think of what he would use the money for. The first thought that crossed his mind was of his daughter. He must take her out of Mrs. Morrison's house so that he can show her love he failed to do since her childhood. Days went by and
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The old Mrs. Morrison stayed in the corridor, eavesdropping on what they were saying since she wasn't comfortable because she thought Stella would take revenge on her once she realized her father had been rich and wanted to take her away.Once Travis and Stella finished laughing, old Mrs. Morrison waited for them to say something, but silence crawled for a while.“What happened?” Old Mrs. Morrison thought to herself as she placed her palm on her mouth. “Have they known I am here?”She wasn’t sure, and so she stayed a little longer, trying to figure out what was happening between them. A soft sign came, and a soft voice of Travis followed. “I want to tell you something and I don’t know how to put it.”“What is that?” Stella asked.Old Mrs. Morrison furrowed her face and seriously wanted Travis to say his mind, so she brought her ears closer to the door.“I don’t know how you would react. Will you promise me you won’t tell anyone?” Travis asked.“I won’t.”“Not even to Granny?”“Not e
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Stella wanted to tell Travis she had already accepted him into her heart the moment he penned her into a blank paper. She wanted to tell him she had accepted him into her heart without a request from him.But the suddenly opened door and the angry face of old Mrs. Morrison put her into a rage. Stella stood and walked out of the room with a no-one-can-stop-me sort of face. Travis and Mrs. Morrison wondered why she was angry.Was it because of Travis’s proposal or the uninvited granny? They don’t know the answer, and the old Mrs. Morrison doesn’t want to know. She pointed at Travis. “What do you think you are doing? Did I hire you to chase after my granddaughter’s heart? Don’t worry, I know what to do.”The old Mrs. Morrison walked out of the room, leaving Travis with an unclear thought. Since Granny had caught him confessing his feelings to Stella, should he run away or stay to see what happened?The following day, Travis and Stella did their work together but without uttering a wo
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Liam gave the old Mrs. Morrison a signal to stop her from talking about the family debts because the only topic Augustus could listen to for now was his daughter.Once Rocco brought Travis and Stella, he sat back beside his father, expecting the downfall of Travis. The moment Augustus raised his head, Travis looked down, staring at his and Stella’s feet. “Travis, what happened between you and my daughter last night?” Augustus asked.Travis let out a heavy sigh. He wanted to answer, but he didn’t know how to start or where to start.“Travis, don’t you hear?” Augustus raised his voice.“I confess my feelings to her,” Travis said, still staring at the floor. Augustus then looked at Rocco. “What did you think about this? I want you to judge him, and whatever judgment you place on him is what I would stand on.”Rocco grinned as he cleared his throat. “Travis did the abominable. His task is to work as a houseboy, but because of how Granny treats him, he begins to see himself through the
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Travis rose from his knees and went inside to change his clothes into the old clothes he wore the day he stepped into the Morrison mansion.He walked out and left behind every other piece of clothing they bought for him.Stella was still crying when he walked to the sitting room and headed towards the exit door. And as he was about to turn the doorknob, the voice of the old Mrs. Morrison stopped him.“Travis, why don’t you take the clothes we bought for you?”Travis doesn’t turn back because he doesn’t want to see the tears of Stella anymore. Her weeping has already shattered his heart.“If I take them with me, people would think I am rich and they won’t help me,” Travis said before turning the knob and darted out into the snow.“Now about the debt,” Augustus was saying. “Give me the account number and I will pay half of it. And if you want me to pay the other half, it is on one condition. You should move in any way you know to make my daughter happy. Travis is the only person who bro
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The old Mrs. Morrison slept late that night because she was figuring out how she would make Stella feel happy, but she found no answer before she fell asleep.She woke up early the following day, and the same unanswered question came back to her mind.How can I make Stella happy? Then an answer came. She needs to stand up, go to the kitchen, and cook Stella’s favorite food, which Travis used to cook for her.The old Mrs. Morrison believed that if she could cook Stella’s favorite food, she would be happy. Granny then started regretting that she told Augustus Travis confessed his feelings to his daughter. She didn’t realize it would cost Stella happiness. Not long after the old Mrs. Morrison finished cooking for Stella, she served it on the dining table and went to Stella’s door, knocking on it. Granny found the door unlocked and gently pushed it open while turning the doorknob. Stella opened her eyes once Granny stepped into the room, but quickly closed them back.Granny knew Stel
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The old Mrs. Morrison went to check on Stella in her room after an hour. She met her sleeping with dried tears on her face. Placing her hand on her body, Granny felt her forehead and could tell she had a fever.Granny wore a worried countenance and went into her room to get her phone, calling Doctor George.Doctor George answered the call after the fifth ring. “Good Afternoon, Mrs. Morrison.”“Afternoon. Please come to my house. My daughter is having a fever.”“I’m sorry. I will soon enter the surgery room. I won’t be able to come, but I will send a doctor to you soon”“Alright, thanks, Doctor George,” she said, hanging up the call.She also dialed the phone number of Liam and Rocco, telling them to come because Stella was having a fever. Rocco drove her father to Granny’s mansion within thirty minutes, and Granny could see worries on their faces.“Has she eaten?” Liam asked.“I cooked her favorite food early this morning. I don’t know why she refused to eat and cried instead. Now s
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“Stop crying. They must not catch me with you,” Travis said. “Be strong. Okay?”Stella nodded and cleaned her tears from her heavy eyes.Travis put back the fake moustache and made Stella look at his eyes. “Promise me you will eat and take these drugs.”“Do you want to leave me now?” Worry lingered on her face.“I will make sure we meet again. Please make sure you eat and take the drugs I gave you. Promise me so that my heart would find peace.”Stella cleaned another dripping tear. “Alright, I promise.”“I love you.” Travis made her drop her hands off him. “I love you too,” Stella said, and was about to hug him again, but he stopped her, and glanced at himself in the big mirror near Stella’s bed.Travis redressed himself so that the Morrisons’ family won’t identify him. He unlocked the door, pulled the door open, and hurried his steps to the main door.He met another doctor with the confused Morrison family in the sitting room, but he didn’t stop. He quickened his steps and turned th
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Travis was in his house watching the news when he received a call from CEO Douglass. He picked it up. “Hello.”“We’re at your gate.”“How did you know I’ve left Mrs. Morrison’s house?” Travis asked, surprised.CEO Douglass was silent and only sighed.Travis thought it was CEO Moore who followed CEO Douglass, so he dropped the TV remote and said, “I’m coming.”He went out, thinking they were here to ask him if he had gotten a wife from the Morrisons’ family, and he was thinking whether he should lie or tell them the truth. But since they’re his friends, he had no choice but to tell them the truth. Once Travis opened the gate, Uncle Warren and CEO Douglass, along with hundreds of bodyguards in black suits, puzzled him. How did CEO Douglass recognize Uncle Warren, the uncle who took care of him after he was told his parents had had an accident? Uncle Warren refused to pay his university fees, which made him lose the chance to study well. Travis took two steps back inside and held the