The Return Of the Merchant Heir

Chapter Three: Meeting Zane

The name of the famous french cuisine that marina was about to mention got stuck in her throat.

"What are you saying, Zachary?"Marina blurted out confused. 

"Why did you marry me?" 

"Hey, Zachary cool down, you are just upset and your brain is hot now, do you want iced tea to calm down? Let me get you some tea".

" I said, let's DIVORCE!!!and before that tell me why did you marry me? "

" Stop replying to me with a question, Zachary, I'm getting mad at you. I have already said sorry, why are you so grumpy like a baby, Blake wouldn't... "

" Oh my , Blake wouldn't do what? Interrogate you, give you a chance to explain yourself or what? The more I interact with you now, I can feel that something is weird here".

" Why did you marry me? You are my wife but you call me Zachary or Hey but Blake you met for a few weeks became your babe. Now, you are subconsciously comparing him to me".

" Listen up, Marina, all I want is simple, a divorce and a reason, the reason why you feel so relaxed playing me for a fool".

" You want to know, okay I satisfy your desire. You weren't meant to marry me but bella. To be exact, bella and you were childhood sweethearts" 

"our two families were so close due to the fact that your parents once saved my grandpa so an engagement was made between you and bella but at that time, I was so jealous and competitive of bella"

" I wanted everything she had so I set my eyes on you. I persuaded my parents to let me replace Bella and they agreed at the time. Why? You are curious right?"

" You weren't as poor as you are now, and your parents had a good relationship with some high ranking people, as descendants of imperial chefs".

" So you were useful to my family, I casually butted Bella out and tossed her to the east so that I could marry the naive you?"

"I married you when you were 20 so that I could get the will from your dying parents and who knows maybe some important contacts"

" But it was a pity, you had no business sense, you just messed up the whole thing and the business came down. But I realized I felt a little affection for you so I kept you and also you make a pretty good shield" 

"Ahh"Zachary screams as he holds his head, influxes of his lost memories come rushing back to him.

"You, you should apologize to yourself? And l pity you, Blake isn't the saint you are thinking he is. Thanks to my now recovered memories,

 I now know that he's that son of a bitch your worthless brother sold my necklace to"Zachary sneered.

Marina has never been scolded in her life by Zachary, to her, he was a coward who couldn't even defend himself. " You, you are my impossible , you would not survive out there without me backing you, why are you being stubborn?"

"I won't survive, well let's see about that? But now I need my divorce from you"Zachary smirked while throwing the divorce papers right at her face"

"Just you wait, I will get revenge for this, just you wait?" Marina signed the papers angrily.

"Get out of my house right now, take your cheap self out of my family's property Zachary and never show your face again, we are over"

"I never wished for more, seeing you everyday would be a torture but I can't leave yet no while you still owe me?"

"Did you perhaps forget my necklace that your brother and mother sold? "

" What? Cat got your tongue "Zachary teased Marina seeing her terrified expression.

Marina was scared but she quickly composed herself"And so what? Isn't it just a broken necklace, how much will it cost? Tell me and I will refund you with the money "

" Heh! I don't need your money, I just need my necklace, provide it before the week runs out"Zachary stormed out of the office.

...

"No freaking way, Mom, I am not going to let uncle Zephyr and that illegitimate thrash of his rule over Dad's sweat. This is absurd"

"There's nothing we can do,your brother is missing or maybe even dead?

"You are still inexperienced and the board is tilting slightly towards your uncle, at this stage he may move from being acting director to a permanent director. We need to start making plans for the future in case we lose.... "

" Enough Mom, we won't lose this war, my big brother is alive, I will find him at all cost"

" Hahaha Hahaha hihihihi I am alone again? Mom, father I am sorry, I failed both of you"Zachary laughed like a mad man inviting the gazes of the people beside him.

"I will have my revenge but how?I have no money except $100, it's not enough for anything, I need to leave that house before nightfall. Maybe I should speculate on stocks, it has been long though I.... What the heck? Zachary screamed as he stepped out of the way of the speeding Maybach.

"Oh my God, I am sorry? Are you alright?" A young handsome man with wavy blonde hair and an impressive height of 186 cm stepped out of the car.

"It's alright, it's was kinda my fault as well?" Zachary said as he raised his face up.

"You, you, who are you?" Zachary and Zane echoed at the same time.

"How do you look so similar to me?" The handsome man said as he gawked at Zachary who looked eighty percent similar to him. It was as if he was carved from the same mole as Zachary.

"I should be asking you that? you almost ran me over with a car,Who are you? "Zachary asked somewhat angrily. Why was he interrogating me , did I steal from him?

"Sorry, I am Zane black from ZZ conglomerate" Zane corrected himself as he realized his earlier rudeness.

"I'm Zachary, a pleasure to meet you zane?"Zachary said as his expression eased up a bit.

"This, this is so surreal, we look alike, you think this will be a sign that we can be friends?" Zane asked with a hint of expectation and caution. 

" I have a lot of questions to ask you if you don't mind? Can we meet again if you are not busy?"

"Well, I'll think about it but I am really busy right now, I am looking for a job?" Zachary replied.

" That's no problem?ZZ conglomerate will be hiring some staff very soon, you can come for it, this is my card by the way"Zane said as he handed Zachary a card.

" Well okay? "Zachary agreed 

" Well till we see next time, Zachary? "Zane smiled as he drove away in his Maybach.

“Mom, I might have found my brother".