2025-02-17 01:13:41In the afternoon.
Everyone was sitting at the grand dining table of the Hamilton mansion. There were many maids serving the food.
Jake, however, didn’t touch the food.
Delma glanced at her grandfather.
“Ahem, your bank cards are now working,” Elmond said. “They won’t get frozen again.”
“Huh, so I should get all happy now and eat?” Jake harrumphed.
“Jake, I apologize in my grandpa’s stead,” Delma frankly said while looking at him.
After her open apology, Jake’s anger melted and his hunger dominated his other feelings.
He started eating all the dishes served on his plate to quench the hunger of four days.
“Isn’t Delma so wonderful?” Jake’s mother, Felicia, whispered in his ear.
“Mom,” Jake whispered back. “Even the maids look fit. But look at Delma. She has three chins. I can still look past that. But her health must be a mess. I don’t think she’s even capable of getting pregnant. If she’s like this, imagine how she’ll be five years down the line. She will make me pass out with her fart alone.”
Felicia was just forcing herself to smile because Delma’s grandfather, Elmond, was looking at her.
On one side of the table, Jake and his four family members sat down. On the other side, only Delma and Elmond were sitting.
“Why are there only the two of you?” Jake asked. “Where are you other family members? Are they too busy with their work?”
Delma slightly frowned from hearing his words.
“My wife, Delma’s parents and siblings all died in a plane crash more than a decade ago,” Elmond said, shocking Jake.
Jake didn’t know that.
His family members already knew that information, but they still felt pity for Delma now.
“After losing everyone, Delma started eating food without control,” Elmond added. “I’m not trying to give excuses, but what I said is the truth. All of my wealth belongs to her.”
Felicia and Brett’s eyes were shining. Prisha’s eyes, even more so.
After all, if Jake were to marry Delma, then all of her wealth will become Jake’s wealth, too.
If it’s Jake’s wealth, then it’s Prisha’s wealth, too.
Just the value of Ordinance Park would be worth over a trillion dollars. And their Ordinance company was worth even more.
Jake would be utterly blind and stupid to forgo this kind of an opportunity, his family members thought.
Just the food items on the table would be worth thousands of dollars, probably more than the monthly income of Jake’s family, which they earned through their fast food shop.
Jake’s family members naturally felt very lucky and blessed to be sitting at that perfectly veneered wooden table.
Jake, however, didn’t seem to be in sync with his family members.
Delma, on the other hand, ate only cucumbers and carrots.
It was very difficult for her to not touch the prawns, chicken, and beef even though these delicious items were right before her.
When she tried to go for a prawn, her grandfather slapped her hand and restricted her.
Delma broke out a smile and apologized.
Felicia rooted for Delma, “You can do it. I know you can!”
Jake felt her mother’s words to be cringe-worthy.
Prisha and Davis asked Elmond about the paintings on the walls. He patiently told them about the paintings and their worth. Some of the paintings were worth over half a billion dollars which boggled the minds of Prisha and Davis.
Prisha asked, “If a great painter draws my painting, how much will it be worth?”
“It won’t be worth a dollar,” Jake replied.
“Brother!” Prisha grabbed a handful of prawns and stuffed them in his mouth, nearly choking him.
Delma wished Prisha did that to her. She could only swallow her breath for the time being. (When am I going to eat to my heart’s content again?) She looked stressed and depressed already.
Dieting was much more difficult than she thought.
And this was just the first day!
“Once I get slim, we’ll have a grand wedding, Jake,” Delma voiced her mind. “The wedding cake will be bigger than this table. The pool will be full of pristine wine. We’ll have our painting drawn together.”
Her words absolutely stunned and awed Jake’s family members.
Jake squeezed his lips together a little. “No offense, Ms. Delma, but what if I don’t like you even after you lose your weight?”
“J-Jake! How can you talk like that?” Felicia was shocked by her son’s attitude.
“It’s okay, Aunt,” Delma softly said. “What I want is not a horse but a husband, so… if you don’t like me even after I get slim, then you’ll be free to go. Your family doesn’t have to pay the 100 million dollars I gave them, either.”
Felicia and Brett were relieved to hear that, but they were also nervous on the inside.
“Hmph,” Jake snorted. “You think I’ll believe the words of someone who forcefully brought me here? Even if you do lose weight and look pretty, I’m not marrying you.”
Those words concluded the lunch.
Jake’s parents wanted to scold him and teach some sense to him, but they didn’t get the chance as Elmond took Jake with him.
After walking through many corridors and halls, they eventually reached a dead end.
“Why are we here, Grandpappa Almond?” Jake asked, still appearing mildly annoyed.
“It’s Elmond. Not Almond!” Elmond, suppressing his anger, put his hand on the wall, and his palm was scanned by it. “And don’t call me Grandpappa. Mr. Elmond, or Sir Almond will do.”
A secret door opened in the wall, startling Jake very much. “Whoa…”
Elmond entered the elevator and told him to get inside.
However, Jake was hesitant. “Where will this take us?”
“To where your worth can be calculated,” Elmond replied. “Come inside. I’m not going to eat you.”
After Jake doubtfully entered, the elevator went underground and arrived at a facility which looked futuristic with many humanoid robots working on different projects.
They all greeted Elmond with realistic voices.
Their movements seemed pretty fluid as they created weapons pretty fast.
These weapons were simple guns but wave energy weapons, which could kill people from miles away without even alerting them.
Jake was so shocked by everything he silently followed Elmond who took him to the central chamber.
“Old man, did you bring me here to make my clone and then kill me?” Jake asked without hesitation.
Elmond calmly replied, “Follow me…” he entered the central chamber which was nothing but a room full of shelves with different items inside. “Each one of these items holds a special power within them.”
“Power?” Jake wondered. “You mean like laser weapons?”
“No,” Elmond shook his head. “Why don’t you try picking one?”
“I can?”
“Yeah, if you are qualified, then they will react with you,” Elmond stated.
“Is that so?” Jake casually went here and there, and his eyes noticed something that looked like a tree bark, which was placed in the center of the chamber. “Is this an item, too?” He picked it up and sniffed it. “It smells good.”
“Be careful. That’s the supreme shedding system,” Elmond warned. “If it gets annoyed, it can easily make you go bald.”
“Haha, that was a good joke,” Jake laughed and said, “I wonder what this tastes like.” He brought it closer to his mouth and licked it.
“You fool!” Elmond rushed over, but the tree bark soon turned into dust. Elmond’s feet skidded into a halt. His eyes swelled in shock as he stared at Jake in astonishment and disbelief. “I-Impossible.” He was taken aback. “Y-You, you got chosen by the shedding system? A loser like you?”
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