House of Alister: The Hidden Heir

Chapter 5

Daniel just walked away from magret who was in shambles, a small smile tugged at the corner of his lips as he walked away, he was definitely not going to have any business to do with the Carringtons neither would he reveal who his identity was to them, at least, not yet. He was going to conceal it as much as he wished to play games with them.

The first game was with Margret and the second game was an offer with his Beautiful Wife Sophie, one thing he knew of about The Carringtons was that they are users.

Daniel could predict that in one way or the other, The Carringtons was going to use his beautiful wife Sophie as leverage to gain the Alisters help.

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Meanwhile, Margaret sat on her couch in the living room, her fists clenched tightly with her nails digging into her palms. The anger that burned inside her felt like fire in her chest. She had just endured the greatest humiliation of her life—her plans with the Allisters had been completely destroyed, and she had been forcibly removed from the headquarters for causing a scene.

Soon, Dominic Carrington whom Margret had just summoned stormed into the living room with a dark expression.

“What did you say happened, Ma?” he demanded with his voice sharp as he sat himself onto the armchair opposite Margaret.

Margaret’s lips pressed into a thin line. She had already explained it over the phone, but now seeing her son’s face twisted with frustration made the moment even more satisfying.

“They’ve cut off all tiers with us, Dominic,” she said with fury. “Every partnership, every sponsorship, everything we’ve worked for… gone. Terminated and gone as of this morning.”

Dominic’s fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white. “Ten years… TEN YEARS we spent building that deal, Ma! Ten years, and now it’s just—gone?!”

Margaret leaned back, speechless. She stared at her son in anger.

“What do we do now ma?” Dominic said but Margret didn't utter a sound.

He brought out a tablet from his pocket and swiped through the headlines. His eyes opened in shock at the trending news on the headline. He read out loud. ‘Mr. D takes full control of Allister Industries.’

"Ma! look." Dominic said as he gave Gave margret the Phone to look at the trending video.

Margret took the phone and barely shoot a glance at it, she looked at Dominic in shock, "Are you saying that there is a new Ceo?"

"Yes! yes! exactly. I guess that is why there is a shift in power." Dominic exclaimed.

He walked over to his iPad and read the headlines outloud,

'The Allister Group have finally found their long-lost son, who has taken over as the new CEO under the name Mr. D.'

Margaret froze, For a moment, the words didn’t make sense. Long-lost son? Mr. D? Her mind spun as she tried to connect the dots, could the Mr. D be Daniel who has appeared to him at the office? That couldn’t be. useless Daniel can't possibly be the same man the world was suddenly praising as the new face of power. He is not even eligible to be a cleaner in the Alistairs company.

"Dominic!" Margret called.

Dominic flinched slightly at the sharp tone in his mother’s voice. “What is it, Ma?” he asked, startled by the sudden change in her expression.

Margaret slowly stood up and started pacing the room with agitation. Her mind raced every detail of her encounter with Daniel earlier replaying in her head.

"I met Daniel today.

Dominic’s brows drew together. “Daniel? useless Daniel? Sophie’s husband? What does he have to do with the important matter on ground."

Margaret stopped pacing and turned toward her son, "What if Daniel is The Mr. D?".

Dominic failed to comprehend what Margaret had just told him "Huh?"

He stared at his mother as if she had lost her mind. “Are you talking about Sophie’s unemployed husband as the heir to Allister Industries?” Dominic let out a laugh at what margret had just said, “Ma, that’s insane. It’s impossible. Mr. D is some visionary powerhouse.

Margret looked at Dominic, feeling convinced at what he had said. There was no way a looser like him can be the great Mr. D. It was definitely not true, he quickly dismissed the idea of.

"OK, son! So what next? we have to do something!!" Margret pressed anxiously.

"Mum,I don't know.But one thing I know for sure is that we need to make a good impression about us to this Mr. D. we need him by our side, somehow." Dominic said as he ran his fingers through his hair.

"And how do we do that?" Margret asked, looking at him.

At this point, Daniel and sophie walked in into their discussion, they had both met at the front of the house.

Dominic’s words died in his throat the moment he saw them.

Daniel walked in with that same calm, unreadable look on his face, one hand in his pocket, the other rested lightly on Sophie’s waist. Sophie, on the other hand, looked sorry, she has just heard this news about their company.

She walked forward to Margret whose eyes burned at the sight of Daniel, "I am sorry about what happened Mum."

"It's okay, Sophie. It's not your fault."

"What are we going to do now!" she asked as her gaze moved from Dominic to margret.

"strike a deal and you Sophie are going to do that!"

"What?"