All Chapters of THE HEIR'S REVENGE : Chapter 21
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46 chapters
chapter 21
“I don't think so too because I checked and confirmed that he wasn't doing any official review.” Brandon nodded. “I was near the north gate last afternoon when I saw him. The man looked professional and detailed. I got a picture.” I looked at Brandon. He is becoming more useful to me these days. I looked at the photograph. The man was talking to someone in the Campus uniform. He had medium height, had a solid build and had a stillness about him. He was the kind of person that has been trained to keep their body quiet, he was probably a former police officer or in the military. “Send the picture to me.” I told Brandon. I felt my phone buzz. Brandon had sent the pictures immediately. “Thanks for this, I'll work on this..” “You don't have to. I have already had two people watching from the main gates since Saturday morning.” I didn't stop glaring at him. “Don't worry, you don't have to worry. These are people who are opening me favours. They know his face.” I didn't stop
chapter 22
For the past few days, Lily has been getting better after that incident in school. I've asked her not to go to school for the meantime until we get the necessary security for her. After breakfast on a lazy Saturday morning, she entered my office and played ‘queen’. She had asked me to join her but I was busy arranging some documents for a meeting with Anderson on Monday. “Aren't you going to ask me when you'll start going to school again?” I asked her when I looked up and saw how engrossed she was during her playtime. Suddenly she looked up at me, her face suddenly swollen. It just seemed like her face was asking me why I was suddenly bringing up a sad topic. I looked at her again and smiled. “Hmm.” “I do want to go to school, I do want to see Mia but I don't want another woman grabbing me.” She said I slowly but it meant so much to me. My heart broke again just hearing her say that. “You don't have to worry. I'll make sure that no one grabs you ever again. You don't have
chapter 23
“I brought some news for you, young master.” Henry said, making me wonder what it was now. Today was a Saturday and I really wanted to stay home with Lily and spend some time knowing fully well that my weeks were always so busy. I looked at Lily who was busy with her game and I nodded, signaling him to talk. “We received a letter.” I was quite taken aback. Who would send a letter to my address? None of my colleagues would do that, neither will the people who work for me do that too. “The letter is from Sophie.” Henry said, handing over to me. She says she wants to speak with you and that it was urgent. The letter which seemed to be sealed before wasn't anymore because Henry had read that to know the content. I had given him the power to do that. Most times, I didn't have time to read letters and people who always sent them were silly. Some of the letters being sent to me are usually love letters from student in my school who think they are in love with me. Most of the tim
Chapter 23
I took a deep breath when I started dressing up to see Sophia, I kept wondering if this was really a good idea. Could I do this? I was having doubts but it didn't matter because I'd already decided that I was going. I'd already asked Henry to get the car ready for me. The restaurant that Sophia had chosen was Elara, the kind of place where the waiting list was up to three weeks, where dress codes are needed. I'd been to the restaurant in the past but that was only once briefly when I had a meeting with Gerald Anderson. I arrived exactly twelve minutes late on purpose. I wanted Sophia to get anxious, I wanted to think that I wasn't coming. She had specifically said in her letter that she wasn't going to leave until I showed up and I'm sure she must have said that to her followers. Let them all wait. Henry had checked her account and found out that she had gone live a few minutes ago. I wasn't surprised. Typical Sophia. Always trying to turn every problem into an opport
chapter 24
She has come clean even though I didn't expect that from her. Coming to me like this didn't cancel everything that had happened between us in the past. Those viral videos she made mocking me which I found out about a few days ago didn't disappear suddenly, the photo she had also taken of me didn't disappear as well. It was all real and it didn't give my mother back the days she lost, working in that house. "Can I ask you something?" I said. "Yes." She responded. “The livestream you had done this morning and the photographer across the street.” I watched her expression. “Was all of this planned as one of your contents?” She glared at me for a while, probably surprised that 8 had caught on. Then she looked away and that told me everything I needed to know. “This meeting is real, Ethan. I know what you are thinking. That I'm probably trying to use you but..” “Aren't you?” “No. I'm not going to lie to you. I thought that I could show people that we already talked and that we
Chapter 25
I knew about Hargrove's plan four days before he made his move. Hargrove was my enemy, the man I called Enemy. Gerald Thompson called me on a Tuesday evening while I was reviewing the pharmaceutical filing Reeves had sent over. He didn't call often in the evenings. Gerald was the kind of man who respected the boundary between working hours and personal time When his name appeared on my phone at eight forty-seven at night, I picked up immediately knowing the kind of man he was. "There's something you need to know before Thursday's meeting," Gerald said. He had learned quickly that I didn't need it. "Hargrove has been speaking to several board members individually over the past two weeks. He's been building support for a proposal he intends to introduce at the full meeting. He hasn't shared the written proposal with anyone yet but the conversations he's been having give a clear enough picture." "An oversight committee," I said. A brief pause. "You already know." "I suspected
chapter 26
Hargrove was four seats to my left. He was dressed in his usual dark suit, his silver hair immaculate, his expression carrying its standard mild authority. He nodded when I sat down, professional and neutral, the nod of a man who has no personal feelings about anything that is about to occur.Gerald opened the meeting. Three routine items were handled in the first forty minutes — quarterly reporting from the real estate division, an update on the east district acquisition completion, a staffing matter in the banking sector that required board acknowledgment.I moved through all of it efficiently. I had read every document in advance. When questions came I answered them directly and without hesitation, and I watched, without appearing to watch, the way certain board members registered each answer. Recalibrating. Updating their assessment.Then Gerald moved to the next item."Mr. Hargrove has requested time to introduce a governance proposal," Gerald said. "Edward."Hargrove stood.He w
chapter 27
I didn't see Emma. Maybe because I wasn't interested in seeing anyone like her or anyone who looked like her. She didn't look like Emma Clarke who always took care of her skin, the one whose dresses always looked like the ones in hot celebrity shows. She was sitting on the bench like every normal person, only that she wasn't normal. Not Emma Clarke.It was Brandon that had seen her. We were crossing the quad after my morning lecture. Brandon as usual was carrying my laptop bag. She was sitting on her coat, her hands on her laps, the exact expression of someone who has been waiting for a while. She looked different. Not in a good way but different anyways. I spent one second confirming it before I decided to change direction. I didn't understand why she looked so unkempt even when she lived with Daniel. She was wearing just an ordinary black coat, her hair parked in a ponytail without any particular attention. Something was wrong.“Give me a few minutes.” I turned to Brandon w
chapter 28
“How did you know where to find me?” I asked her, surprised at how intentional and precise she was at waiting for me. Emma never waited. She was always the one who people waited for. The one who people always wanted to be around. I was surprised at how bad she looked even with the amount of money that Daniel or was it Victoria? Was Victoria maltreating Emma?As much as she looked bad, she still had her charm. And she was taking a risk. For me.We were outside where people were sitting and watching. It was already so dangerous for her to be seen with her ex but openly? It would cause chaos. Not just for her but for me too. Daniel would come after me, not like he'd win but that could ruin reputation “I met you at the same time as before. I waited for you.” I nodded. “Did Daniel mention anything specific about who he was going to approach for the address.” “No. Just someone.” I wasn't really worried. That information wasn't really accessible anywhere but I was a bit bothered abou
chapter 29
After my class, I met with Henry later in the day when the driver came to pick me up. We didn't discuss much because the driver was there but immediately we got home, we went to study and that was where we sat.Henry offered me a cup of coffee which the cook had already prepared just seconds before we drove in. I was definitely sure that it was Henry that asked her to do it. Henry was never unsure. Instead he worked from a place of preparation. When we got to the study, he sat across from me and I told him everything that Emma said without leaving out a thing.He didn't interrupt me even once. He only listened to what I had to say and let me finish before he asked me a simple question. “Twelve days?” He questioned and I affirmed. “Before the end of the month.” “That changes everything.” He was right. We've been working with a certain timeline but now, we won't. If we work with the twelve days that would mean that we'd have to rush and Henry hated rushed work. “Then we need to h