All Chapters of The Son-in-Law Apocalypse Revenge : Chapter 71
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE“What? What did you say?”“Did I stutter?” Juliana said as she struggled to deal with the uncertainty that crept into her mind immediately she let out the outburst. “Shit! Did I just say that?” She whispered to herself.Desmond’s eyes widened in disbelief, he couldn’t believe the words that he heard. Taking a look at Juliana, he attempted to know if she was joking but the young lady sitting in my next to her didn’t seem like she had that type of time to play around.“Juliana I..I…I don’t know what to say.” Desmond stuttered, then he sighed and wiped his face with his right hand as though he was trying to get rid of the shock he felt inside of him.“Why didn’t you tell me Juliana?”“So that you could turn me down?”“You never can tell Juliana, you should have said something.”“Well, I guess I wasn’t sure of what to say.” Juliana retorted, then she sniffled and sighed almost at once.There was another round of silence in the car as the two of them looked at each othe
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO“Juliana, Juliana? Where are you going?” Desmond asked but Juliana was already out of the car and walking through the driveway towards the main road.“What the hell is this?” Desmond asked as he unbuckled the seatbelt around him and opened the door of the car, storming out immediately.“Come on Juliana, don’t be like that. We can talk about it.” He called out to Juliana but she refused to even turn to look at him as she continued to stride through the driveway.Seeing the strong determination in her to get away from him, Desmond got back into the car and drove towards her as soon as he turned on the ignition.He honked severally for Juliana to stop walking but she paid no attention to the blaring sound of the horn. Left with no other option, Desmond had to drive faster as he tries as much as he could to avoid hitting her from behind on the narrow road.As soon as he got beside her, he took down the glass of the right window of the cat in order to ensure that Julian
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREEMira was startled for a few seconds as she wondered who it was that knew her. As much as the voice sounded really familiar, she found it a little bit difficult to recognize the stunning young man in front of her.Desmond dragged one of the wooden seats backwards and sat on it putting his right leg in top of his left while he maintained the smile on his face.Suddenly, Mira gasped in shock as soon as she recognized him, she leaned forward towards him and widened her eyes.“Desmond! Is this you?”“In the flesh love.” Desmond replied with a smile on his face, but Mira was still in doubt as she observed him closely for a few seconds.“How? How are you?…..”“Changed?” Desmond stole the words from her as she didn’t know what to say exactly.“Yes? You look entirely different. In a good way, in a pleasant way.” She continued while her eyes were still glued at the dashing young man in front of her.For a few more seconds, she continued glancing at Desmond admiring everyth
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR“How is that?” He asked looking directly into her eyes.“Have concluded the divorce with your wife?” Mira asked with a firm voice shortly before she took off her eyes from Desmond who seemed to be staring into her soul.“Well..”“Well what?” Mira asked impatiently as Desmond seemed to be taking a lot of time to respond to the question she asked.“Yes Lara, we are officially divorced.”“Great! That’s wonderful news.” Mira said with a smile gradually appearing on her face.She seemed really excited hearing that Desmond was finally free, but on a second thought, she got a hint of something and turned a straight face.“How do you feel Desmond?” She asked Desmond as the feeling that she may have been insensitive with her excitement crept into her mind.Desmond looked at her with a little gloom on his face which he managed to change to a smile few seconds later.“Let’s just say that it was good while it lasted.”“Are you sure you don’t wanna talk about it?”“It’s fine M
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE Almost immediately after Desmond’s last words, the waitress came back with another bottle of wine which she kept on the table and hurriedly left at once.“Care for a glass of wine?”Mira silently accepted the offer with a slight nod still holding on to her straight face as she waited for some explanation for Desmond. Ideally, she felt she needed to gulp down some alcohol to be able to digest whatever he was going to say in addition to what she had already witnessed.Desmond uncorked the the bottle of red Spanish wine which was the exact replica of the first one, then he carefully grabbed it from the base and filled the two glass cups halfway while he maintained a slight smile on his bright face.As soon as he kept the bottle back on the table, he took one of the wine glasses and handed it over to Mira “Here you go.” He said as he extended his right hand towards her.Mira looked at him for a few seconds, then she reluctantly accepted to the wine glass from him a
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIXDesmond cleared his throat twice, then he took the wine glass from the table and gulped down the entire content immediately.“Easy Desmond, that’s enough.” Mira said as soon as she saw Desmond pouring the wine into his mouth. But before she could finish up her words, Desmond was done with the wine and placed the wine glass on the table.“Give me that. Let me have that, I think you have had enough.” Mira said with an imperative tone as she leaned forward and took the bottle of wine which Desmond was about to take so that he could pour more wine into his glass.Desmond sighed gently seeing the disapproval on Lara’s face especially regarding his drinking, so he sighed and leaned backwards.Suddenly, his mind came to the realization of the nice aroma which had been hitting is nose for more than ten minutes.“The food is getting cold Lara, we should eat now.”Mira looked at the food with some doubt in her eyes. As much as the food smelled really tasty, she didn’t want t
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVENThere was a few seconds of silence between them, their eyes met with each other and stared for quite a while without blinking.Mira was relentless, she was determined to get an answer right away from Desmond as she curiously stared right into his eyes without any desires to blink or look off.“I am listening.” She said with a soft but firm tone.Desmond sighed, then he leaned forward towards her and exhaled sharply while Mira waited patiently for him to speak.“I used to work here as a chef, but I own it.”“What? How?” Lara’s voice lashed out tones of curiosity and shock at Desmond, then she observed the place closely, that was when she got the hint. “Kane Diner.” She thought to herself as she joined the dots together. Her eyes widened with the sudden realization.“Yes Lara, this place has been in my family for decades and I decided to maintain it even though it appears so old fashioned.”“You own this place?”“Yes Lara, I own it.”“And you chose to work here as
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT“I may lose my position in the company if I don’t marry Jamie.”“Can they really do that.” Desmond asked almost immediately with her eyebrows raised in deep curiosity.“My father can be desperate when he wants to be, and Jamie…Jamie would definitely be able to make that happen. He has a lot of connections all over the world.”“I see.” Desmond said with a little smirk but Mira was a little bit offended that he was reacting trivially to the matter at hand.“I am serious Desmond.”“I know Lara, I know.”“Then why are you acting as though you don’t understand the level of seriousness that this issue carries?”“Are you trying to make fun of me Desmond?”“Oh please, how can you even say that Lara?”Mira was silent after Desmond spoke. She didn’t know what she was going to believe as the reaction she got from him was unexpected. He seemed unperturbed.“Come on Lara, let’s get out of here.”Taking a look at Desmond for a few seconds, then she sighed and turned her gaze t
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINEMira was silent, she refused to look at the man standing close to her for a second time, he seemed to be sparking some reactions in her body.“Lara, what is going on? Who is he?” Desmond said in a very low tone but Mira only turned to look at him for a few seconds without saying anything.“Go on Lara, tell him who I am.” The man said again with a smirk on his face, causing Mira to turn her gaze to him.“Do I need to tell him myself, Lara?”“That’s enough Jamie! What are you doing here?” Mira retorted sharply, trying to keep a steady composure. She looked at the man with a stern face.“Oh, that’s him?” Desmond said with a little whisper the moment he realized that the strange man was Lara’s Fiancé. He turned to look at him closely before he returned his eyes to the windshield of the car.“I see you haven’t lost your voice, I was bothered you couldn’t speak anymore Lara,” Jamie said, but Mira refused to react to his peskiness.“You still haven’t answered my question
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CHAPTER EIGHTYMira was a bit startled by the words that the man standing close to her said, she knew what those words meant, but she chose not to react in a way that was going to show that she was afraid of her father.“My father doesn’t make decisions for me Jamie, I am not a baby.” Mira managed to say after a few seconds of getting a grip of herself.“You know what this means right? I am sure you won’t be able to live with the consequences of your decisions.” Jamie warned.“Lara, out of the car now!” He ordered, his voice startling Mira who shivered for a second. Desmond who was alarmed by the hoarse tone also, opened his eyes and turned to see what was happening.“Didn’t you hear me, Lara? I said, out of the car, now!”“I am not going anywhere with you Jamie, I am no longer interested in getting married to you, is that too difficult to understand?”“You lie, Lara, you lie.”Jamie grabbed the handle of the door to the car and pulled forcefully, but the car was locked and he couldn’