The Legendary God Of War; the rise of August Reed

You are just a woman!

“Shut up! How dare you? Are you in the right state of your mind at all? Or has your brain turned into dust? How dare you talk to your brother like that?” Ms Winston retorted furiously with knitted lines on her forehead.

She had always regarded the males in the family to be the stronghold and also the backbone of the family whereas someone like Caroline could never hold a torch to them.

How dare she talk like that when she was just a housewife? She was supposed to be at home taking care of her crippled husband and thus was supposed to hand over the company at once, yet, she was seemingly stubborn. It seemed she had to be taught a thorough lesson.

Seeing she was siding with him as expected, Mark felt more thrilled. Now he was sure Caroline would have no choice but to give in.

“Look here, I am warning you for the last time. Take that pen and sign off the ownership of the company to your brother or else I won't hesitate to kick you out of the family.

“You should be grateful that your brother is here to take over and what you should do is help him alongside the other family to bring more good to the family. That's what I wanted, the growth of this family, but it seemed you are too muddled up to see that.” Ms Winston continued and the more she talked, the more furious Caroline was become.

This time she didn't break down into tears like before, instead she stood strong.

“No! I won't sign it. Grandma, you are a woman just like me and yet, you are condemning me? If I wasn't capable, I wouldn't have transformed the ten million dollars being given to me into a billion-dollar company.

“I can't do it! I can't hand over the right of the company to mark even if it kills me. I can't!” Caroline retorted with a straight face.

Raising a brow, mis Winston replied. “Is that so? Do you mean to tell me that you want to go against me? You have no respect or regard for me any longer?”

“Grandma, I don't know what has become of Caroline or who is putting such nonsense into her head. She has changed from the sister I used to know, and I think we should just kick her out of the family once and for all. Perhaps if she has stayed in the street for a while she will learn from her mistakes.”

Mark chimed in, fueling the anger even more. How he had waited for this opportunity and now the time had come. He didn't care about the blood ties he had with Caroline even for once. If she wanted to be his sister, she shouldn't hesitate this much.

Ms Winston stared at him before moving her eyes to Caroline once again.

“So, have you decided yet? Do you still want to be stubborn in front of me? Look, I can't let a woman handle the family business at all. Yes, I understand the fact that you are the one who brought it to this point.

“But you are just a female. You need to focus on your marriage and provide me with grandchildren. Is that so much to ask for? It isn't like your brother won't be given your allowance every year. How about this, sign off the document and your brother will be paying you twenty-five dollars a month? How about that?” Ms Winston spoke with a smile, but her words sounded even more ridiculous to Caroline.

Kids? Become a housewife? Be paid just twenty thousand dollars a month? From her own company that was worth billions of naira and had been generating an annual revenue of a hundred million dollars? And what? She would be paid twenty-five thousand dollars a month.

In total, that was just three hundred thousand dollars in a year out of a hundred million. Though there were some expenses the company would need to cover with part of the money but still, the twenty thousand dollars was simply a measly amount.

How could she take care of herself, her parents, and her crippled husband? Caroline couldn't help but start chuckling and this shocked them. The anger in her chest had transcended to another level, and she was ready to unleash it.

“Excuse me, old woman. Do I look like a fool to you or what? I said I won't sign the company off to mark. If you are going to kill me, then be ready to do that fast else you won't get me to do anything for you with just mere words.” After she had laughed to her heart's content, she stopped and spoke sarcastically.

“Grandma, are you hearing what this bitch is saying? Let's kick her out of the house at once!” Mark was infuriated. If such were to go on, he wouldn't be able to hold himself back from strangling her.

Sighing, Ms Winston replied. Anger was also brewing inside her. “I will ask you one more time. Hand over the company!” A deadly glint appeared in her eyes and she looked like she was going to do the unthinkable.

But then, even at that, Caroline wasn't moved. She kept a straight face and spoke.

“No!” Caroline snorted.

“Is that so? Then don't blame me for being ruthless.” Ms Winston replied. Since her words couldn't her through, perhaps it was time to use force. “Guards!” She suddenly yelled, and two burly men emerged from the shadows.

Seeing this, Mark was overjoyed as he knew something interesting was going to happen.

Hmp! Caroline, you are done for, today. I will get this company no matter what! He thought to himself when Mr. Winston spoke.

“Go, grab her and force her to sign the document before kicking her out of the house!” Ms Winston said coldly and ushered the men to charge at Caroline.

“Yes, ma.” The men nodded and immediately started walking towards Caroline.

This made fear clung to her heart and she became panic-stricken, wishing the ground would open and swallow her.

But before the men could get to her, someone kicked the door open and then bellowed.

“No one will force my wife into signing off the company. If you have two heads, then try it and see.”