All Chapters of THE WAR GOD'S RECKONING : Chapter 11
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28 chapters
11:She's Not Singing It
"So who is signing the termination?" The lady asked, breaking the silence, her gaze landing on the Smith's who shriveled back in fear, not wanting to take the consequences."She's... she's...the one who'll sign it." Dan stuttered, pointing at Fiona, turning all attention to her.Instantly, the lady turned to Fiona, but the next moment, she froze, her heart nearly burst out her chest?This lady? Was this group insane?Before she left the company to come sign the termination. Her superior had shown her Fiona's pictures and instructed her that under no condition was she allowed to agree to Fiona signing it.Though she didn't know what was happening, she was going to follow the orders, thus she turned away from Fiona facing Dan."Why should she sign it?" She inquired, her voice holding a hint of authority."Well...well....." Benjamin stammered, also not able to say why they wanted Fiona to sign it.They all knew they couldn't tell the other party why they insisted Fiona should sign it."S
12:There's A Clause
"Max?" The Smith's frowned, eyes held contempt as they glared at the figure who had strided into the office.The lady's expression also darkened, but didn't say anything and just watched as Max walked into the room then straight towards Fiona.Fiona on the other hand felt her breath coming back. Just now, she felt suffocated under the overwhelming pressure the Smith family placed on her.But the moment Max walked into the office. All the pressure disappeared and it felt the safest.She couldn't help but feel a wave of guilt in her heart. This man truly loved her, she could tell and besides, she knew what had happened five years ago was not his fault either.Besides, he also hadn't had it easy in the past five years, so it was wrong to take out all of her anger on him and most importantly, she shouldn't have talked to him the way she did the day before."I'm here now, don't worry, no one would be able to force you to do what you don't want," Max whispered, grabbing Fiona's hands, then
13:I'll Listen To You
Stepping outside the company, Fiona took a deep breath. Finally, she was able to escape from the hands of those blood suckers.Well, it was all thanks to the man before her. The same man she had yelled at the day before when he had tried to stand up for her.It seemed like he had known about this and that was why he didn't want her to agree, but she was too emotional to see that and rather scorned him. That was her mistake."What's wrong, why are you standing there?" Max's gentle voice came, pulling Fiona out of her thoughts."I...." Fiona stuttered, struggling with the choice of her words, eyes red as she didn't know what to say.She felt really terrible for yelling at this man the day before. If she had known, she would have listened to him. Instead, she chose to trust her family over him.The same family who had cast her out of the company. The same set of people who had tried to marry her off for profits.She had thought maybe she could finally earn a place in their hearts. But it
14: Moral Blackmail
Hearing the voice, Fiona's expression changed. Max also frowned slightly as he recognized the voice.That was his mother-in-law. There was no mistaking that. She was definitely the one."I said open this door! Do you want me to bring it down?" Morgan's yell came as she pounded on the door pulling the two out of their thoughts."Don't worry, I'll go answer it," Fiona stopped Max who was about to stand.Walking to the door, she took in a deep breath. She knew whatever her mother wanted wasn't something nice.Besides, she was sure it was her family who had sent her. Otherwise, her mother would never come visiting.In the past five years, ever since she was kicked to the curb, her mother came to see her only twice.The first was when she was ordered to abort the child but she refused. And the second was when she was forcefully taken away so she would be married off.Apart from these, her mother never called, nor texted to see how she was. If it were not for Amelia, she didn't know how she
14: Moral Blackmail
Hearing the voice, Fiona's expression changed. Max also frowned slightly as he recognized the voice.That was his mother-in-law. There was no mistaking that. She was definitely the one."I said open this door! Do you want me to bring it down?" Morgan's yell came as she pounded on the door pulling the two out of their thoughts."Don't worry, I'll go answer it," Fiona stopped Max who was about to stand.Walking to the door, she took in a deep breath. She knew whatever her mother wanted wasn't something nice.Besides, she was sure it was her family who had sent her. Otherwise, her mother would never come visiting.In the past five years, ever since she was kicked to the curb, her mother came to see her only twice.The first was when she was ordered to abort the child but she refused. And the second was when she was forcefully taken away so she would be married off.Apart from these, her mother never called, nor texted to see how she was. If it were not for Amelia, she didn't know how she
15
Thoughts
"Wait!" Fiona called, stopping Morgan from leaving as she wrestled with her emotions.On one side was her mother even though she didn't act like one. But she was still her mother anyway. On the other side was her husband, one who had given up a great opportunity for her.What would she do? She was caught up in a dilemma.Leave her mother and choose to be with her husband? No, that didn't seem like a good choice.Does that mean she'll have to leave her husband for her mother and get herself into a problem?No, that didn't seem like a good choice either.So what would she do?"Come on, why are you still hesitating, let's leave already," Morgan broke the silence, grabbing Fiona's hands wanting to leave."I..." Fiona stuttered clearly torn between the two moral choices laid before her."Are you still hesitant?" Morgan frowned, noticing Fiona didn't leave."Are you choosing him over me?" Morgan snapped, glaring at Fiona. The tears before had seemed to have disappeared all of a sudden."But
16:leave
Morgan froze, eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets. She couldn't believe what she just heard. Did Fiona really just said she was not going to come?How was that possible? When did Fiona come back to her senses? How was that possible?"Fiona.....""I think your time is up and it's time for you to leave instead," Max interrupted Morgan who was about to say something.Since Fiona was able to come back to her senses, there was no need to let her mother rile her up again, his efforts would go to waste if that were to happen, so it was better to stop her."I....""You should leave," Max added, his voice calm but firm leaving no room for Morgan to argue."You....." Morgan gritted her teeth, pointing at Max, veins bulging out of her neck.If she could, she would have probably torn Max apart in that instant. After all, he was the one who had spoiled her plans.."Leave, you're not welcomed here," Max repeated, his voice deeper and a hint of threat could be felt in them.Morgan swallowed, fe
18: Let's Go
If he was the one, he was not going to be scared of the explosion, after all, it was going to have no effects on him, but this time, there was another life involved.Getting into the car, Tiger raised his legs and kicked the front part of the car that had crushed the old man's legs."Bang!"A loud sound resounded throughout the place and the crowd couldn't help but scream while some covered their eyes since they thought it was the explosion.Looking over, they noticed that the fire had not yet gotten to the car. But just now, the violent kick from Tiger had caused the friction to increase and thus, the fire was only a few seconds away from the car.Tiger couldn't care less and grabbed the old man whose legs had been relieved of the weight, turned around, and jumped away."Boom!"A loud explosion resounded throughout the whole bridge just right after Tiger jumped and the bridge shook a little.Tiger landed a few meters away from the fire and then placed the old man on the floor, then t
19
Giving in
(The Next Day)"Max, I've prepared some documents; I will go look for a job today," Fiona said, looking at Max who was still all relaxed on the sofa."Why do you have to look for a job?" Max narrowed his eyes looking at Fiona.Though he knew that her family had taken away the company from her after the incident five years ago, he planned to help her get it back, so there was no way he was going to let her work."I don't have a job and you don't have a job. Do you want us to starve to death?" Fiona rolled her eyes at Max walking towards the doorShe had already thought about it the night before and had already decided that she was going to get a job.After she needed to support Max. Though she knew he said not to worry there was no way she wouldn't worry.She believedMax sighed looking at Fiona. At first, he wanted to say, "Even if you don't work and spend lavishly every day, you wouldn't be able to spend all of my money."But there was no way he was going to be able to say that. In t
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Watching Over
"Grandmother, I've signed it." Fiona broke the silence, calling Ethan's attention to herself.She was still a little bit shocked, though the shock didn't prevent her from signing the contract."Since you've signed it, I would take the contract to the company and finalize everything." Ethan offered, taking the contract from the table and standing up."But...""You don't have to worry, I'll represent you this time around." Ethan shook his head interrupting Fiona."Also, it's just past eight; I suggest you resume to the company and start working on the product you signed the contract for; I'm afraid they would have zero patience to get their products," Ethan said."Yes grandmother, I'll go to the company today." Fiona agreed and stood up.After all, she was ready to go out, so there was no need for her to change. Also, just as her grandmother had said, they had to start with the production of the product right away.The company was a technological company, and they produced chips, proces