All Chapters of The Dragon General's Vengeful Return : Chapter 11
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Mr Beerson's eyes almost pop out of the sockets with shock. “Did you just ask my beautiful wife and I to stay in your servants’ quarters?!” He barks with rage. “Never have I been more insulted in the many years that I have walked the earth!” Mrs Beerson bemoans. She turns to her daughter, who is too shocked to retract her husband's order. “Is this how you are going to treat your own parents, Stephanie?! After all the sacrifices we've made for you?!” Stephanie opens her mouth to speak, but Roman beats her to it again. “What sacrifices, pray tell?” He asks, tilting his head to the side. “You mistreated her and my daughter for seven years and you were the reason that she was a cripple! Now that she has a mansion, you arrogantly demand to live with her?!” “If you never wanted to accommodate us, then you should have said so from the very beginning!” Mr Beerson shouts. “My wife and I will be just fine on our own!” “Yes, Stephanie! When the Dragon General finally kicks you and your p
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John Kent spits on the ground as he watches the construction workers work the heavy duty vehicles to clear the huge blocks off the ground before they start rebuilding the destroyed section of his house. Thanks to Roman Croft. He is indeed a rich man, but this is an expenditure that he wasn't expecting to make. His assistant, Henry, is standing right behind him. “Sir, who did you say is the lunatic that did this to your house? I don't care if he was a soldier, does he know who you are?” John grunts before he starts to walk back to his car. “Heard his name is Roman Croft, the disgraceful husband of Stephanie.” “The staff said he came in an army uniform, but his name is not on the system.” The driver opens the door for them, and drives away as soon as they get in. “That's because the army has a lot of secret recruits, those kinds of records are not readily available to the public, but fortunately, I have a lot of connections.” John's phone rings, and he mutters something before
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Stephanie and Athena haven't gotten used to owning such a big house. They have been fascinated with the huge garden, and for the first time in their lives, they are trying their hands on gardening. Carmen has been assigned to make sure that they are safe and have everything that they need, so he follows them around. First, it was weird, and they don't understand why the rich looking man has made himself their bodyguard. Stephanie begged him to stop, but he would just go and hide behind a tree. Stephanie notices that he isn't going anywhere for anything, so she has decided to just allow him to be…As he is working in the garden, Athena keeps glancing at Carmen. He is closer than usual today. “Mummy, is that man going to throw us out of the house because we are in the garden?” Athena whispers to her mum. “Honey, I don't think he is going to do that. You know that he is Daddy's friend.” Athena smiles as she stands up straight and waves at Carmen. “Hello, Uncle Carmen! Do you want
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As Stephanie walks around the store, picking what she wants, she notices that about ten of the attendants are walking around with her. They giggle with friendliness and offer their advice on colours that they think fits her the most. It wasn't like this when she came in, so she is very certain that Carmen's special gift card was what made them change their attitude. They are on another floor, going through the shoes, even the limited editions that are not to be sold to everyone. Stephanie is shopping, but in the back of her mind, she wonders how much the limit on the mystery card is.Once she pretended to be needing the bathroom, so she goes back to Carmen and Athena, where they are waiting for her. “Carmen, I don't want to spend so much money, what if the gift card has a limit?” She whispers to him, hands bunched up in worried fists. He only chuckles. “Mrs Croft, you don't have to worry about that. Athena, can you tell your mother that it's a really special gift card?” Athena
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Athena looks back, tempted to run away and hide in the first hole that she can find. The children are still staring at her as if she's a freak. “Ewwww! I don't want to play with the dog girl!” One girl squeezes her face. “Luna is not telling the truth! There is nothing like a dog girl!” Luna the girl jerks her neck back with an offended frown on her face. “You don't believe me? Fine, I will go and get Pumpkin!” Athena almost faints. Pumpkin is here?! She is frozen at a spot, even though she wants to leave. She stands there until the girl returns with Pumpkin. At this point, more children are drawn to this drama…Pumpkin laughs when she sees Athena. She couldn't recognize her immediately because of the fancy clothes that she is putting on. “Wow, do they allow even the poor people into the funfair now?!” She snorts. “Do you know this girl, Pumpkin? Luna said that she is a dog girl!” Pumpkin folds her hands while watching the panic grow on Athena's face. She knows that Athena is
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Finna let's out a scoff. “Are you guys seriously falling for this?! You think that a beggar like Stephanie was somehow given a black card by her husband?! That's obviously a fake card!” Hillary gently takes the card from Stephanie and examines it very carefully. “Don't say that, Finna, I work as a manager in a bank, and I can identify a real black card. This is an authentic one.” Stephanie's jaw hangs in the air. Carmen pranked her? This wasn't just a ‘special’ gift card? “Give me that!” Finna snatches it from Hillary, and holds it up to the light, but there is no way for her to know if this is original or fake. She is just being very bitter, because the husband that she has boasted about for years has never had a black card in his life, or given her one. Why her useless sister? And where did her useless husband get the card? “Well, there is one way for us to find out if the card is indeed limitless. Let us go to the donation stand and see how much we can get out of this fake
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Stephanie is having the best night of her life. The research team insisted on buying her and the ladies drinks, and they moved to the bar. They all gathered around her, and asked her more and more questions. “Where do you live, Stephanie?” “At the Tara estate?” “Ohhh. That's where the ultra wealthy stay!” Hillary says. “Why didn't you tell me that your sister is so rich, Finna?” Finna is seated a few stools away, and she has refused to join the fun. Even if someone tries to involve her, she completely ignores them. “What's your husband's rank in the army?” Another lady asks. “My brother is a lieutenant.” Stephanie stops and tabs on her chin, trying to remember. “That's weird, he never told me. I have no idea.” She murmurs. “Well, it doesn't matter, does it? He gave you a black card and you live in the most expensive estate in the city. What more is there to want?! Cheers to a happy life! Cheers to Stephanie!” The glasses clink, and the ladies let out a collective whoop. The
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Even though Stephanie finally climbs her bed, she finds out that sleep has escaped from her eyes, no matter how hard she tries. How can she sleep when she knows that she might have put her husband into trouble by losing such a valuable debit card. She tried to remember everything that happened that night, and who was the person who was closest to her the time she vividly remembered the card being with her? Finna. Stephanie immediately assumes a sitting position and gasps her hand over her chest. “No, she is my sister. There is no way that she would do something like that to me. She can't steal from me.” Stephanie shakes her head. She strongly believes these words, but she needs to call her sister just to get the thoughts out of her mind. She stands up and walks over to the window, her phone ringing loudly as she prays that Finna is kind enough to pick up at such an odd hour…“Hello?!” Finna's irritated voice came after many missed calls. “Jesus, Finna, thank you for picking u
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Finna's jaw drops to the ground. “Do not lie to me, lady. I can literally get you arrested for messing with me.” She threatens. The woman blinks with shock. “Ma'am, I am very professional, and I don't lie. You don't believe me? I will print it out for you.” She gives her the printed out paper and Finna glances through, it's indeed her sister's legal card. She almost rips the paper because of how tightly she is grabbing it. “How do I find out who issued the card for her?” Finna clicks her tongue, trying not to look so upset. The banker tilts her head slightly to the side. “Ma'am, that's very confidential. There are only a few hundred of these cards in existence and they cost a ton. The only way you are getting that information is if Mrs Croft is here with you…” Finna stands up with a huge roll of her eyes. “Whatever, I don't even need it anymore.” The banker stands up. “Would you like to check if you meet the criteria to open a bank account with us? We have really good services
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John Kent has to attend a meeting in the Western state of Sigador. It's a gathering of some of the most successful business people and every year, someone gets the Sigador humanitarian award. It's a very prestigious award, and every powerful person in the country has one. Well, except the Kent family. John's father, Raymond Kent, worked so hard to get one, but he actually died without getting it. Not even when the Kent family tried to implore the organizers to grant him a postmortem award, they refused…John has sworn to get this award one day, and stand in front of everyone and dedicate the award to his father….He is on the private plane to Sigador for the award, but he can't keep his mind settled. On his laptop note software, he has written Roman Croft over and over again, up to a hundred times. Roman is all over his mind. He seems to have hidden his identity well, but John is going to unwrap him. He has checked every nook and cranny of the Internet, but there is not a sin