All Chapters of The Rightful Heir : Chapter 151
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CHAPTER 151
Liam's POVThe clink of champagne glasses and the low hum of music seemed like music to my ears as I reclined leisurely in my chair and toasted to Anna.The meeting was over now and it had gone quite well too. I knew the investors wouldn't turn down my offer. I knew fully well that if my confidence wasn't enough for their faith to return, I knew they'd do it to see me fail, which wasn't going to happen.I was now back in the mini bar of our quarters toasting to the success of the meeting and the whole journey too.“I knew you'd do it, Mr. Carter.” Anna smiled widely “I believe in you. I never doubted you for one second.”I smiled. Genuinely smiled for the first time in days. “Thank you, Anna.” I nodded. “I must say that there's no secretary like you, never was, never will be. How about a week's vacation after we return home.”“You mean it?!” her eyes widened.“Yes, I do.” I laughed. “You've really done so much for Carter Enterprises and for me personally. I'm sure it'll only be prope
CHAPTER 152
Liam's POV“It was Charles!” She exclaimed.“Charles was the mole!”“Charles?!” I asked in shock. “No. It can't be Charles. You must be mistaken.”“No Liam,” Sarah replied seriously. “I crosschecked a dozen more times just to be sure and am telling you it's Charles! Charles is the mole!”Sarah's skills had never before given me a reason not to believe her. If she said it was Charles then by all means it was Charles, but why? “Have you confronted him about this?” I asked.“No!” She replied. “Oh God no. You're even the first person I'm telling.”“Okay. Good job Sarah.” I quickly stepped aside and with trembling fingers, I began to dial Charles' number.It wasn't long before Charles answered the call.“Hello, Liam. How was the trip to Dubai?”“Oh, it went well,” I replied as calmly as I could. “Can I see you now?” I asked. “Those investors really backed me into a corner and I had to resort to desperate measures to keep them in line. I wouldn't want to discuss it on the phone so it'll be
CHAPTER 153
Liam's POV“No, that's not right. That's not true.” It was Hans who spoke up this time. “Liam didn't do any of these things!”“We have our warrant for his arrest so why don't you avoid all the drama and just come quietly.”“No. That can't happen.” I said quietly.One of the agents grinned. “We knew you'd say that.” The agent said and immediately raised his sleeve to his mouth. “We are a go. I repeat, all teams move in at once!” He spoke into a mouthpiece.My whole life flashed before my eyes in those couple of seconds and for a moment I saw myself in the worst kind of shit I had never before found myself in but all hell suddenly broke loose..All entrances and exits of the restaurant were banged open and men poured into the room, Men dressed in heavy Tactical assault outfits carrying heavy guns as well.“FBI! On the floor now!” I heard someone shout loudly.The next things that happened happened too fast and it took a while before my slow brain could even process them and know what
CHAPTER 154
Ryan's POV“What do you want?” I asked with my hands crossed over my chest.From what I had heard Moments ago, Silas had already made short work of my men and was going to kill me anyway so there was no reason to be afraid of him again.“Oh, we'll come to that.” Scratch waved off and moved leisurely to my fridge where proceeded to search through. “..but first, I need to understand why you'd go as far as organizing a hit on me. I mean I tried to be your friend! I offered you a lifetime partnership but you just threw all of that away!”He took out a bottle of beer and turned around to face me.“Tell me, Blackwood. Why'd you do it?!”“Oh wasn't it obvious?” I snapped. “I hate you Scratch! I've always hated you since the day I first saw you since the day I heard your name!”Scratch drank in silence for a while with those cruel and wicked eyes boring into mine.“Wow…” He spoke finally. “All that because of me? I'm flattered, Blackwood. But here's the thing…” He dashed the bottle against th
CHAPTER 155
Liam's POVI didn't believe that I'd ever stand before her door. I never believed that anything would bring me to her house let alone asking for her help but there I was, knocking on her door and looking behind my back.It didn't take long before she opened the door and then screamed and stepped back. Did I really look that bad?“Hello, Melissa.” I smiled. Melissa couldn't believe her eyes. For a moment she was paralyzed in fear as her eyes quickly scanned my dirty and smelly body and clothes. I didn't wait for an invite but immediately entered the room, shut the door behind me and even bolted it.“What.. what are you doing here?” Melissa asked.“I.. I.. need your help.” I didn't believe I'd ever say it, I never believed that I'd turn to her for assistance but here I was.“Me?” Melissa asked in sheer shock. “My help, huh? And what would make you so desperate as to turn to me for help?”“I need to hide.” I blurted out. “I need a place to lay low for a while. I'm.. people are after me
CHAPTER 156
Ryan's POVI told him everything. I told him all that had happened and I told him even more to motivate him, to force him into changing his mind.I told him about how I had secretly alerted Charles to tip his mom off when my father sent me and some of his men to pay a social call at Liam's house months ago, I told him all about the masked warnings I'd dropped him and even Tobias. I needed him to believe that I wasn't the enemy.Liam still had his gun up but I could tell that he was slowly believing us and was beginning to relent in his threats.“All he says is true.” Charles chirped in. “Listen carefully to what he's saying. I never worked directly for William Blackwood, I've always been working for Ryan here and trust me, despite what you think, he's got your best interests at heart. He wants the same thing.”“Yeah? And what's that?” Liam snapped.“We all want to stop William Blackwood,” Charles replied calmly.Charles was about the only loyal person I had left standing after the man
CHAPTER 157
Liam's POVI'd be lying if I claimed to know what was going on. With the levels of betrayal and backstabbing, I really wasn't sure of who to trust. I really wasn't sure of who to call my own at least until this whole thing blew over.Ryan had barely stepped out of the room when he returned only this time he didn't come alone.Right there behind Liam was Silas Scratch! The most dreaded assassin in the history.“Well look what we have here.” Silas grinned. “A little reunion by the looks of it.”Silas had a gun pinned to the back of Ryan's head and another one aimed directly at me.Charles wanted to react but I knew he had no time. There was no way we could beat Scratch when he had his fingers on the trigger.“Don't even think about it, Old man.” Scratch grinned. “Move and Junior here gets his brains blown out!”Charles slowly held up both hands.“What do you want?” Charles asked.“Why don't you ask Junior here?” Scratch nudged the back of Ryan's head with his gun.My mind quickly began
CHAPTER 158
Liam's POV“Its all over for you now.” Blackwood growled as he held up his phone for me to see the screen.My eyes widened as I had a good look at the screen and realized what he was doing. He had secretly and one handedly sent a text to someone named Agent Londonderry!I was stupid to have let him keep his hands in his pocket as we spoke!“They’ll be here in under a minute. You should’ve stayed away kid.” Blackwood smiled smugly, still holding the phone up for me.For a while, I stared at the message on his screen. Because he had typed it one-handed and blindly, words were misspelled but the meaning still stood out clearly.I had to react, I had to act fast to get out of that situation but first…With all my strength and with everything I had left in me, I swung an unexpected punch at Blackwood's face.I heard the satisfying thud as my fist connected with his jaw knocking him instantly to the floor. I had always wanted to do that and it felt good!I was already scanning the area, ca
CHAPTER 159
Liam's POVI was truly frightened. I'd be a fool not to admit that I was. His words suddenly made my heart begin to thump wildly in my chest.I exchanged quick glances with Sarah and I could see the fear in her eyes too. Blackwood's words sounded like a death sentence!“What the matter?” He asked following my silence. “No witty comeback? No snappy remarks?”I wanted to talk, I really wanted to say something back to him but I was afraid my words would fail me.. I didn't want him to get that satisfaction that he had successfully gotten under my skin.I lunched forward, hit the end call button and disconnected the call.“Get agent Londonderry!” I told Sarah. “Reach him now! I want you to get to him now!”My words carried urgency and desperation. Sarah didn't wait to be told twice. She knew exactly what was at stake. She knew the dangers that lay ahead so she immediately got to work with her fingers flying across the keyboard with speed.While Sarah worked, I paced to and fro nervously. I
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Liam's POV“Sarah!” I called immediately. I burst into the safe house. My heart was still beating very fast, too fast to be honest. At this point it wasn't beating because of mom, no. I was lucky that this agent Londonderry had reacted quickly pulling my people out of harm's way before the house was burnt but be that as it may, I now had an equally big problem to deal with.Sarah was sitting in a chair at the far corner of the room and something pressed at the back of her head with a med kit open in front of her.My eyes quickly darted to the side where she had set up her laptops and computers and I groaned painfully. The screens were smashed, the keyboards were destroyed and the CPUs were all smashed too!“Melissa!” Sarah spoke with tears in her eyes. “Melissa did this!” she said. “How…? Why..?” I asked dryly.“She.. she attacked me from behind! Knocked me out and trashed the whole place before leaving!” Sarah replied.“The phone! Where's the phone?” I asked in alarm.“She…” Sara