“Hey, how dare you touch him like that?!” Nadia yelled.The two bodyguards standing behind them immediately moved forward about to strike Maxwell but Gerald stopped them, a smirk forming on his lips as he retracted his hand back to his side.“Leave him. Atleast he now has the feeling of touching me, I like how protective he is of you, Ms. Arabella,” George responded, the next second his smile vanished from his face as he glared at Maxwell.“Let’s go love,” Gerald said, holding Nadia’s arm as they walked away.Maxwell’s eyes narrowed on their backs. This wasn’t the end yet.Arabella tugged at his shirt, peeling his gaze from them back to her. “Maxwell, what the hell is wrong with you?! Don’t you know who that is? Even if you’re trying to be protective of me, you should still be careful.”Maxwell smiled, holding her assuringly. “Wife, you should be scared. If there’s anyone who should be careful then it should be them.”Arabella scoffed with a raised brow. She didn’t understand why Maxw

Arabella glanced at her husband wondering what she would say. Looking at everyone here, they couldn’t stand up to her husband no matter the succesful businesses they all claim to have, even the Lukes couldn’t be compared to him. The Forest Hills company dominated the markets and so many people wanted contracts with them. Would he tell them who he was?“Small investments,” Maxwell calmly responded.Nadia chuckles. “Oh? Then tonight must be a rare experience for you then.”The classmates let out an awkward laugh.“What industry are you in, Mr Green?” Gerald asked with a smile as he lifts his wine glass to his lips.Maxwell raises a brow. “You’re not fit to know that.”Gerald chuckled softly before going into full blown laughter. “Are you serious? You don’t have to be ashamed of what you do, Mr Green that you would want to lie your way around. Most men built their companies after graduation but I suppose everyone has their own limits. We all know that you depend on your wife for everyth

Nadia chuckled and then scoffed. “Well, we can’t say who will be proven wrong but we all know and for now let’s just wait until he comes to prove who is right and who is wrong.” The waiter returned at that moment with a middle aged man in a formal suit. A small gold badge on his label identified him as the hotel’s luxury consultant. “You sent for me, Miss Sterling. What’s the matter?” The man asked politely. Nadia gestured towards Arabella. “Mr. Halbert, could you take a look at that necklace? Some of us here believe it might be the Jewel of the Blue Sea.” Halbert’s brows pinched as he turned towards Arabella, his eyes immediately sharpened. He too had heard about the legend of the necklace and the stories surrounding the mysterious man who had purchased at the auction. Hearing that it was being wore by this woman piqued his interest. But deep down, he had doubts that it could be a fake after all there were many fake pieces going around. “That might not be true, ma’am,” Halbert

THE VALLIS RESIDENCE.The Vallis estate stood quietly at the outskirts of the city, its towering iron gates guarded by rows of armed security. Inside the main hall, the atmosphere was tense.Two old men sat across from each other. One was Victor Luke, the head of the Luke family. His expression was dark, his fingers gripping the armrest of his chair tightly. Besides him sat Magnus Magnum, the patriarch of the Magnum family. His eyes were filled with suppressed fury. The death of his daughter had already placed a shadow over the Magnum household. Now another incident had pushed matters even further.Both men had come to the head of the Vallis family, Alexander Vallis for a reason.At the far end of the hall, Alexander sat, staring at the older men before him with a narrowed, sharp gaze. His fingers tapped slowly against the polished table as he listened to their complaints.“What you are telling me,” he finally said calmly. “Is that a single man crippled the heir of the Luke family a

Rowan raised a brow at the desperation in Fred’s voice. “So you are sacrificing your own daughter for yourself?”Fred shrugged slightly without responding. Ashley was stunned. She knew her father didn’t have any love for her but she had thought that since she had nurses him to good health, he might at least have grown a little remorseful. But now, it seems that she was wrong about him all along.“Take her into the van,” Rowan ordered. As they dragged Ashley roughly off the floor, Rowan stepped in front of him and raised her chin up and their eyes met.“Don’t you worry beautiful. We are taking you to a place where we would we all enjoy ourselves,” He sneered, exposing his yellow teeth and a breath which stank.Ashley threw her head to the side and stared at her father who looking back at her with a cold, distant gaze in her eyes. “I hope you rot in hell!” She spat out disdainfully.Fred’s lips parted slightly to form words but before she could listen to what he had to say to her, sh