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Chapter 16
A furious red flush crept up Margaret’s neck. “No. No, there has to be a mistake.” She stepped forward, shaking her head frantically. “There’s a mix-up somewhere. We didn't do anything wrong. We didn't offend anyone.” She pointed desperately toward the gifts. “These were brought here specifically for my eightieth birthday! This is completely humiliating!” She glared at the four men. “Do you understand what you're doing? This is my eightieth birthday!”The lead delivery man maintained a completely impassive expression. “Ma'am, we understand.”“No, you don't!” Margaret’s voice shook with mounting rage. “You cannot just walk into my home and start hauling things away like common thieves!”“We're only following the direct orders we received.”“This is ridiculous!” She spun around to face her stunned family. “Who gave them this instruction?”Nobody answered. Nobody had a clue.The delivery man simply held the retrieval document a little higher. “This is the order we received, and we will s
Chapter 15
Before anyone could react, another sound cut sharply through the heavy air of the hall.Knock! Knock! Knock!The crisp, authoritative rapping instantly arrested everyone's attention. Every head snapped toward the entrance. Emily caught her breath in a tight gasp, Richard lowered the diamond ring he had been holding in mid-air, Margaret furrowed her brow in confusion, and David whipped around, completely forgetting about James.Another double knock followed. Knock! Knock!A maid hurried toward the heavy oak doors, calling out, “Who is it?”“Delivery,” a voice called back from the threshold.The maid swung the door open, and four men stepped into the foyer. They wore matching uniforms, complete with official identification badges and the unmistakable brand colors of DHL, one of the largest and most prestigious delivery networks in the city.The moment guests recognized the company emblem, a wave of stunned gasps rippled through the room.“DHL?”“Wait...”“DHL delivery?” someone whispere
Chapter 14
Nobody moved. The heavy words James had spoken seemed to freeze the very air in the hall, leaving an absolute, suffocating silence in their wake. The sneers and mocking laughter had vanished completely. Even those who had spent the entire evening treating James like dirt were now staring at him with a sudden, uneasy dread. There was something terrifying about the flat certainty in his tone, the cold steel in his eyes, and his utter lack of hesitation. It sent a sharp chill rippling through the crowd. How could a man they had written off as useless look Margaret Anderson, the eighty-year-old matriarch of the family, dead in the eye and utter such a threat? Quiet whispers began to break out along the edges of the room. “What’s gotten into him?” “Has he lost his mind?” “Did he actually just threaten Grandma?” David’s hand was still pressed against his throbbing, reddened cheek, but even the pain was temporarily forgotten in his sheer disbelief. He gaped at James as if staring at a t
Chapter 13
Mrs. Margaret Anderson’s voice suddenly rang through the hall, sharp and dripping with contempt. “In all my eighty years, I have never seen a proud fool like James.” The hall went dead quiet. Margaret looked him up and down, her lip curling in disgust. “He is not just poor. He is also proud and arrogant. Imagine someone who has nothing behaving as though the whole world belongs to him.” She brought her wooden stick down against the polished floor with a loud crack. “Is this the scrub you are trying to use to form whatever you think you are forming?” Pointing the tip of her cane directly at James’s chest, she added, “Huh?” A few guests snickered, and David’s sharp, mocking laugh followed almost instantly. “Oh!” He stepped forward with a wide, theatrical grin. “I guess he is calling his fellow woodlums so they can commune.” The entire hall erupted into laughter. David spread his arms wide, looking around at the caterers and the tables piled high with expensive food and drinks. “Maybe
Chapter 12
David Anderson’s mocking laughter suddenly cut through the room. “Hah!” He laughed again, deliberately mimicking James’s voice. “This gift should be returned back to the Morrison family immediately.”The cruel mockery drew a wave of laughter from several guests. David slowly turned toward James, his eyes narrowing with amusement. “And who do you think you are? Richard?” A few more chuckles rippled through the audience as David took a deliberate step closer. “How did you suddenly find your voice? I thought you were already shrinking in that corner. How did you suddenly gain your voice?”More laughter erupted around them. David folded his arms across his chest, preening under the attention. “Oh, I get it now. You want to be a superhero.” He gestured broadly toward the mountain of expensive gifts. “You think these gifts are for your wife, Emily? You think she’s the reason they brought all of this?”He glanced around the room dramatically. “Maybe the Morrison family is interested in her.”
Chapter 11
Upon hearing her grandmother’s suggestion, Emily fell silent.She stood there as though someone had suddenly taken away her voice. Everything was happening too quickly. Her family was pressuring her to divorce James, Marcus was offering himself as a replacement, and the mysterious Morrison family had appeared with gifts so extravagant that the entire family was desperate to uncover their purpose.But Emily could not make sense of any of it.Why would a family so powerful take an interest in the family? The two families were not even on the same level, why had the Morrisons sent these gifts?At that moment Emily’s eyes drifted toward the items arranged throughout the meeting room. The expensive television, the rare medicinal herbs, the diamond necklace, the jade ornaments, the imported wine, and the other valuables were dazzling beneath the bright lights.No one would send such an astonishing collection of gifts without a reason.But if that was truly the reason, they want something, t
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