Before Diana could speak, a servant rushed in to announce the presence of Julia’s paternal grandfather. Clark Jiang, CEO of the popular Jiang group in North City.“Quick, quick, let him in!” Raymond chimed.The Jiang family were a top family in North City and weren’t meant to be belittled. For Alice to even get married into such a family was an honour for the Liu’s.“Congratulations Ray, your grandson is getting married. May his home be blessed and fruitful,” Clark said, beaming with smiles as he walked into the living room which was now somewhat vacant since most of the Liu have gone into the second villa.“Thank you! It’s a honour to have you here!” Raymond said politely. “No need to be so polite towards me, Ray. We all family.” Clark then motioned for his bodyguards to bring over the wedding gifts he had prepared.“I was planning to attend the wedding tomorrow but a friend of mine is in town. He is the helmsman of the Deng family so I do hope you won’t be offended if I don’t make

“You people are going to be the death of me!”Clark felt like he was going to vomit blood. How can the Liu family be so stupid?“I had already offered you a price for you to sell it to me but still you had it discarded!”“Grandpa, why are you making a fuss over this? Morgan has already said he will get you the authentic leaves. That good for nothing can’t afford such an expensive bag of leaves. You must be mistaken!” Julia said, confused.SLAP!To everyone’s surprise, Clark slapped Julia on her face.“Shut up! Are you calling your own grandfather a liar!” Clark hollered. “Your parents have spoilt you rotten that even you can term me as muddle headed.”He gritted his teeth and stared at Raymond with suppressed fury. “Since I have delivered the gifts already, there is no more reason for me to stay here!” With that, Clark walked out of the residence in anger leaving the Lius struck with confusion.Raymond was dumbstruck. He couldn’t comprehend or understand Clark’s actions at all. Rive

The next day, the Liu residence was bubbling with all kinds of activities as they busied themselves to prepare for the wedding.Julia, on the other hand received a message from Henry and she immediately began to look for Odessa. She seemed to have got over the slap yesterday very quickly.“Odessa!” She called out. “Look, there’s a new restaurant that just opened and we need to try out today. You just came into town so we need to get you acquainted with the city.”Odessa frowned, glancing at the many works that were yet to be done. “Julia, today is the day of the wedding and there is a lot to be done. We can go to the restaurant afterwards.”“No!” Julia half yelled surprising Odessa. She inhaled sharply. “I mean, this restaurant won’t open after today so we have to go. Leave the work for the servants.”Odessa was confused. “What restaurant chooses the days to open?”Julia gritted her teeth in anger.Why was she being so stubborn?!“If she doesn’t want to go, I will go with you,” Diana

Seeing that Odessa was serious, Julia immediately panicked. She stole a glance at Henry who was staring at scene sullen faced.She instinctively grabbed Odessa’s hand ro apologize. “Hey, listen. I’m sorry okay. No need to leave and he is welcome to stay as well. Right, Henry?”Henry nodded slowly.“Alright then, lead the way,” Riven said.Henry gritted his teeth but he led them towards the private suite that he had booked for them. Odessa leaned towards Riven and whispered. “I didn’t know that you were this hungry.”Riven let out a small smile.“You seemed to have been enticed by his offer to introduce you to people that would help your company grow. In that case, since he wants to help, we can’t refuse right?”He was only curious to see what Henry would do. The Aurora Corporation was under his control as well as the Sterling Corporation, if he wanted to expand the both companies into North City, he didn’t need help from anyone.Odessa on the other hand after hearing his words felt h

As soon as he said that, Henry and his friends stared at Riven, their jaws dropped in astonishment. Even Julia was stunned.Why would Henry admire their loving relationship and even give them a gift of five hundred thousand dollars?!That’s impossible!Odessa too was surprised but she was a smart woman. Even though Henry had told her that he had gathered his friends together so she could make connections, she could see that there was a hidden ‘but’ to this.No one would help someone out just for free and this cheque he had given to Riven was definitely out of ill intentions. She decided to play along.“Thank you, Mr. Bo. Your investment is really appreciated and would go a long way,” she said with a grin, placing the cheque in her bag.“Fuck!”Henry was so enraged that he almost spat out blood. He never thought that Riven could come up with such an absurd reason to pocket the money!After a long and awkward silence, someone beside Henry couldn’t take it anymore.“You bastard, this mon