All Chapters of The Dragon General's Vengeful Return : Chapter 161
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When Roman is getting ready for work the next day, Stephanie has retrieved the whale’s tooth, and she goes on to tell Roman the entire truth. She has contemplated on this issue for a while now, and she can't keep it anymore. A secret can grow to such a size that it would destroy the marriage. She doesn't want something like that for her and Roman. She loves him too much. She exhales only after she has told Roman everything, but there is still no reaction on his face. He is still knotting his tie ans getting ready for work. “I've known that Anthony Petrov is interested in you, but I chose not to say anything. There is no reason for me to be angry, you're a beautiful woman and I know other men would admire you.” He smiles, finally. “But Roman, this is very disturbing for me, even though I appreciate how well you are taking this,” she shakes her head as her lips are turned down in a frown. “I could never marry the same man I am praying for the wrath of the dragon general to fall o
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Roman notice something that causes him to stay awake at night, and it has to do with his friend, Gaston Youngman. When he was making the exit plan for the corrupt President Jerry, he immediately picked his friend, because of his upright spirit, but like every mortal man, Gaston has his weakness too. His is his pride. He prides himself with all his good qualities, but he has forgotten that no man is an island, and has chosen to see the dragon general as his enemy. It has always been the dragon general's style to be silent and anonymous, he would always do things that would benefit the country, without consulting even the President. Past leaders recognize this, knowing that the dragon general is even bigger than a nation, because he is always called around the world to help other countries. The few times that he visited the government house to sit with the Presidents, they considered it to be the highest honour of their lives. For Gaston, he wants the dragon general to come submit
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“Sir, we have just impeached the President of the country, and we are waiting for you to come and take over as our president!” One of the Congressmen of a foreign country tells Anthony Petrov, over the phone. Anthony is sitting in his chair and turning around with a grin on his face. This is what he has worked so hard for. Spent so many years cultivating trust and winning these kind of people over, and it has finally worked. He turns in his chair to face the beautiful view from his window, and he exhales. “Are you saying that your country is now without a leader?” He asks with a smile on his face. “Um, we won't exactly say that, sir. You are our leader. The true savior of our country…” He smiles again, raising his eyebrow. “That gladdens my heart more than anything, but it breaks my heart because I won't be available to come right away.” He hears the man's excitement drops down a few notches. “Sir, I… I don't know what to say. We have been looking forward to receiving you. So
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Exactly four months after she started to work with the security team of the president, Oksana opens her mail box and her heart jumps when she receives a parcel with the government official stamp. She knows what it is, but she can't stop shaking when she takes it into the house. She hardly closes the door with her foot and grabs a scissors to snap the tapes, and from it, she receives the passports and official documents that confirms her and Alex are now naturalized citizens of this country. She jumps and screams for joy, running to one point of her apartment, down to the next. Alex is in school, else she would have lifted him up and turn him around and around in happiness. This is the best day of her life. She knows that Gaston had a heavy hand in this, because it would have normally taken long years to be able to get such citizens, and she has not even reached half of the criteria that she was supposed to meet in the first place. How can she forget him, the singular man that h
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One thing about Finna is when someone disrespects her, she would never forgive, and go to the highest lengths to make sure that they pay. After what they have done, she is determined to make sure that Oksana pays, even with her life. She sits in her car and watches as Oksana drives away, and then Willow follows in her own car. Finna lips moves as she memorizes Oksana’s plate number. For all she knows, the foreign bitch stole the car. She writes it down and then digs deep into her phone book to find the number of someone who can help her. She can call John and tell him all about it, but he would snort and take days before doing anything about it. That's not what she wants. She wants hell to be unleashed on Oksana today, so that she would never try to disrespect her ever again. “Hello, is this the head of immigration? I'm Mrs Finna Kent,” she says in her formal high pitched, sweet bitch voice. “Yeah, I remember when you came to my house for dinner with your wife, how is she by t
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Finna and John are in their best clothes. Standing by the door, grinning through their anxiety, but they still can't stop fidgeting. The Professor is not one to have personal visits to people's homes, and even though they are very honored, it's a great source of trouble for them. Von Kent is the first person that shows up, and he briskly walks to the door, forgetting to greet Finna with the fondness that he used to have. “Did you people make sure that everything is in order?” “Yes, Uncle, we even hired the best caterers in town.” John nods. “Good, then. I brought the most expensive wine I could find,” he raised the paperbag in his hand. “Let's hope that will be enough to convince the Professor to allow us to keep working for him.” John nods with understanding, but Finna eyebrows knots because she is lost. “Uncle Von, what are you talking about? The Professor is mad at us?” She raise her eyebrow, looking from her uncle in-law, to her husband. John is very fond of keeping thing
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Suddenly, all the Professor's attention is turned to Finna, and neither her parents, nor her husband, likes any bit of it. He thanks Finna for the dinner, since she is the hostess, and then he leaves. Her parents stay back, because the air is very heavy with a discussion they must all have. As soon as the Professor is out of the gate, John turns to Finna with his face so full of scorn. “What the hell was that, Finna?! Do you realize that you might have just put the entire Kent family in jeopardy?!” “Not just the Kent family, but the Beerson family too! We have convinced the Professor that we are going to get Stephanie to agree to be his wife, but now you have used your chatterbox of a mouth to destroy everything!” Finna scoffs as she walks away from all of them. “Did you see Anthony Petrov's face? I made his fucking day! If it wasn't for me, all of you would have been toast!”John follows after her, everyone else is right behind him, and he grabs her hand very roughly. “Our jo
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With a new heaviness of grudge in her heart, Pumpkin walks into the room. It's such a big room that it could be the size of a full apartment for some people. Athena and Alex have made a fort out of sheets and they are quietly reading storybooks. As soon as the door opens, their attention is drawn, and their eyes blinks rapidly in shock. “Pum– Pumpkin?” The words struggles out of Athena's mouth. “What are you doing here?” “What does it look like? I'm here for a sleepover!” Pumpkin scoffs. She is already being mean, but Athena can't hide her happiness. This is the first time that her cousin is coming for a sleep over, and she is all bubbling on the inside. She stands up and hugs Pumpkin around her neck, just for as long as he is willing to allow it. “Help me set this up in the corner. Be very careful with it, is expensive.” She says. Athena agrees, and they work slowly to put the dollhouse down. Once the excitement has died down a bit, Pumpkin and Alex seize each other up wi
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Pumpkin is horrified, the last thing she needs is more confirmation that her cousin is better than her in any way. She screams and trash her legs, saying that she won't believe it until she sees the highly rare dollhouse. Now, Athena has a lot of toys, and keeping them in her bedroom is going to be overwhelming, so her father agreed to customize the room next door to be her playroom. That's where this dollhouse is. “It's just a dollhouse, Pumpkin, you don't have to get upset about it.” Athena sighs, but Pumpkin falls on her knees and lets out a small, disappointed whimper from her lips. In front of her eyes is the same dollhouse that her father said it would be easier to move a mountain than to get it– the pink princess limited edition! She pulls at her hair and tries to stop the tears from swelling in her eyes, but she can't stop the overwhelming emotions. She sits on her folded legs and stares at the dollhouse, as if waiting for something divine to jump out of it. Athena is c
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Roman has gone into the burned playroom to inspect it, and the first thing that happens is his jaw tightens when he sees the remnant. Toys that he thoughtfully bought for his daughter, to make up for the poverty of her first few years on earth, have been burned to useless wools. He has a pen in his hand, and he goes around inspecting things and trying to understand what happened. He has to make sure that it never happens again, because his family has lived here and built memories in this house. He doesn't want them to be ever harmed. A soft feminine clearing of the throat makes him turn around. His wife is leaning against the door, she is in her scrubs when she has just gotten back from work. “Please, don't come in here, Steph. I don't want you to get anymore upset,” he shakes his head. “I'm not going to be upset, Roman,” she walks into the room and stands next to him, hand rubbing his back. The only reason he isn't raging is because he doesn't want to scare his family. He