Ch. 411..420
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 411
Ted Summers was in a full-blown rage, desperately wanting to punish the culprits behind his wife’s mishap.
Nobody expected him to kneel down in front of Alex Rockefeller suddenly. It was a shocking turn of events!
Betty Dawson’s eyes opened wide in disbelief while Hailey Lawson covered her mouth and let out a loud gasp. The rest of the people looked on in bewilderment.
Even Alex Rockefeller was taken aback by surprise.
He had no idea who Ted was. “Who are you? Is this how you greet people?”
Ted got onto his feet hastily and smiled. “It’s all a misunderstanding, Mr. Rockefeller!”
He never intended to kneel down, but his legs gave way out of surprise. After all, Ted was also a free agent of the Divine Constabulary. He had previously witnessed Alex sending a hunk named Steel Tower flying with just one punch at Serenity Villa.
Two days ago, he heard from Sky Melvis that this very young man killed Scott Pattingson of Alaska’s Pattingson family. The Pattingsons were enraged and began plotting to avenge Scott’s death. Even with that, Sky was adamant that they defended and covered Alex. That meant the Pattingsons could not match up to Alex’s importance.
As for the Summers family, they were nowhere near equal to the Pattingsons, so how could he, Ted Summers, get on his wrong side?
Betty hollered loudly, “Did you have too much to drink, darling? Can’t you see how badly I got beaten up by this little rascal here? There is no misunderstanding! Crush him, darling! Take him down! Otherwise, I want a divorce!”
Smack!
Instead, Ted threw a hard slap on his wife’s face.
“A divorce, you said? Sounds good to me! I’ve had enough of you, you annoying, burdensome woman!”
“Get the divorce papers ready!”
Ted roared and gave his wife three more slaps on the face.
Betty was completely dumbfounded and dropped to the floor. There was fear in her eyes, and she trembled.
She never actually thought of splitting with her husband. It was simply a threat to coerce Ted into doing what she wanted. It always worked, until today. A feeling of panic washed over her as she started to realize the severity of the situation. She knew that she would be nothing if she left Ted and the Summers family.
“Darling, I was just kidding! I will never divorce you!”
Everyone from Belle Blossom was wholly bewildered at the scene unfolding before their eyes.
They looked at Alex with admiration and reverence, while the ones who criticized him were very ashamed.
Hailey thought to herself how lucky she was. Alex just kept giving her surprises, each one more amazing than the one before.
“Mr. Rockefeller, did this bitch trouble you? Do not worry, my friend. I am a just person. If she was in the wrong, please, go ahead and hit her as many times as you want! ” said Ted to Alex as he ignored Betty’s pleas.
“Do you know me?” Alex asked.
“Of course I do! I am Ted Summers, and I serve under Captain Melvis,” replied Ted.
Alex nodded. “It wasn’t anything serious, to be honest. Your wife had an allergic reaction to something she ate before coming to this beauty salon. However, she kept saying that it was the salon’ s fault and went full on thrashing the place and beating up the employees. Look at my godsister here. Look at her swollen face from all that beating! I told her to calm down, but do you know what she said? She said she wanted to kill me!”
“What on earth?!” Ted became extremely furious.
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Betty Dawson immediately shouted, “Nonsense! This crappy beauty salon is to be blamed for my swellings!”
Once again, Ted Summers slapped her across the face. “Shut your mouth! If Mr. Rockefeller said it is an allergic reaction, then an allergic reaction it is! If you talk any more nonsense, I will hit you until you lose your teeth!”
Shaking his head, Alex said, “If your swellings were from the products used by the beauty salon, you wouldn’t be suffering this much since the inflammation would be localized. I think you’re allergic to seafood. Did you eat any of those before coming here? Lobsters, crabs, fish, shrimps… Didn’t your doctor tell you that you are severely allergic to seafood?”
In an attempt to refute Alex’s assessment, Betty vehemently denied that she had consumed any seafood before coming here.
Alex poked his finger on her stomach.
Instinctively, Betty opened her mouth wide and started throwing up. The vomit was extremely disgusting and reeked of seafood, with pieces of raw fish still visible.
The crowd covered their mouths and looked at Betty in repulsion.
“How dare you frame Mr. Rockefeller’s godsister? Are you tired of living?”
Ted served his wife another beating.
It wasn’t long before Betty emerged with bruises and swells, much to Hailey and her employees’ satisfaction.
“I think that’s enough. She has probably learned her lesson.” Alex decided to let the whole thing slide, Sky Melvis being the big reason. After all, the Divine Constabulary did provide him assistance numerous times and it was only reasonable for him to return the favor.
He promptly woke the unconscious Faye up. With her help, Betty left the salon gingerly.
Ted wrote a check of thirty million dollars and gave it to Hailey. “I am so sorry for what you had to go through, Miss Lawson. Here is a little apology.”
Hailey looked at him in shock. She dared not accept the check as she turned toward Alex.
“Why don’t you accept it? You can’t be paying out of pockets for an employee’s loss, right?” Alex replied.
Feeling dazed as if stuck in a dream, Hailey accepted the check with trembling hands.
A massive disaster resolved as if it was nothing more than a minor altercation. Hailey found it unbelievable.
Ted’s friends, initially coming along to provide support, trained their sights on Alex, buming his face into their memories and making it a point never to cross this young man. They were silent throughout the altercation but were truly shocked by what they had just witnessed.
“I guess that is it. Let me treat you to dinner next time as a gesture of my sincerest apologies, my friend. Goodbye,” said Ted.
Alex smiled. “The dinner’s on me. You should invite Sky and Anna too.”
He found Ted a reasonable and sensible man and was willing to return the favor. After all, having a friend was always the better option, especially if that friend was a Summers.
Ted was thrilled. Suddenly, his phone rang.
Excusing himself, he picked up the call.
“What do you mean when you say Doctor Andrew is busy? I wonder what he is trying to get at, refusing to operate over and over again. Is he trying to screw his career here in California?”
Alex’s eyes twinkled after overhearing the conversation. He waited until the call ended before asking, “Is anyone in need of an operation, Mr. Summers?”
Ted was in a fit of anger. “Damn that foreigner of a doctor! A Main Hospital neurosurgeon kept turning down our requests to operate on my father. He said he had to go back to Switzerland and would only do it when he returns in two weeks. Two weeks! How can I wait that long?”
“Let me see what I can do,” said Alex.
Ted was puzzled. Who could Alex be talking to?
Before he could voice his concerns, Alex’s call to Andrew went through. “Hey, Andrew! I heard you’re headed back to Switzerland? I need your help. Can you postpone your return by a few days?”
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Andrew never had plans to return to Switzerland. He was still in ecstasy over Alex Rockefeller’s treatment and subsequent cure of his chronic pancreatitis.
After a series of tests, the results were surprising, to say the least. He had been completely cured, with all numbers returning to their normal levels. It was astonishing news for an experienced professional in the medical field, one that was also the brain behind several critical breakthroughs.
As a professional, he understood the difficulty that came with. achieving such feats.
Before this, he did not believe in the existence of such a wonderful branch of healing. Until Alex showed him the way, that was.He was just thinking of a way to express his gratitude to Alex when he called.
“My dear Rockefeller, who did you hear it from? I am not going home… Oh! I remember now! There is this despicable lady, one of the most unreasonable and obnoxious women I have ever met I think she is the daughter-in-law of California’s Summers family? Anyway, she hit my assistant and demanded that I perform surgery on the old man. Gosh, if it wasn’t the most ridiculous thing I’d ever heard!”
Andrew complained over the phone. It was all cleared up.
The woman in question was Betty Dawson. She had arrogantly gone to Main Hospital with and beat up the staff, the reason why Andrew refused to perform the operation and lied to the Summers family, saying that he was returning to Switzerland.
Ted Summers was almost a Mystic-level fighter and could listen to the conversation with ease. He was infuriated when he found out that his wife was the reason Andrew refused the surgery. With the Summers family’s influence and power, it was puzzling that they would fail to secure a foreign doctor’s services.
“I sympathize with you, Andrew. I met that lady today and taught her a good lesson. But that patient is my friend’s father. It is why I wanted your help,” said Alex.
“Oh, Rockefeller, you are my God! You should have told me earlier. I will never refuse anything you ask of me! Well then, your friend should send his father to the Main Hospital as soon as he can. I will see to the patient myself.”
After hanging up the call, Alex looked at Ted and said, “You heard it. Go ahead!”
At that, Ted embraced Alex tightly. “Thank you so much, Mr. Rockefeller! If you ever need my help, please give me a call. Whatever it is, I will be there for you, no questions asked!”
After Ted and his people departed, Hailey immediately ordered her employees to clean up the mess done to Phoenix Hall. She had to comfort them too.
“Cathy, Jade, I meant what I said earlier about paying out a million dollars for each slap you received. The distress you endured today is but the manifestation of your merits. Cathay, I know you were on your knees for half an hour. Here are another five million dollars as compensation. Claim it from the finance department before you leave for the day.”
Hailey was extremely generous, but that was also a strategy to get on her employees’ good side. The ladies, upset about the incident, immediately broke out into smiles.
A million dollars for a slap on the face? Where could one get such a sweet deal?
They’d were willing to get slapped a few more times on the face!
The other employees beside them were green in envy, regretting the missed opportunity when they should have gone for it.
“Also, here is my godbrother, Alex Rockefeller. He is an amazing doctor. If you need help with any illnesses or ailments, he might take a look if you ask him for a favor!” Hailey seemed to be in a good mood and introduced Alex to her employees.
The ladies in the beauty salon had been personally selected by Hailey herself. Not only were they excellent conversationalists, but they were very attractive, with pretty faces and wonderful figures to match.
Alex’s actions were definitely witnessed by everyone, and the ones with functioning brains would immediately know that he was not an ordinary person.
With Hailey’s introduction, several ladies there began to thirst for Alex.
“Thank you so much, Mr. Rockefeller. We were so close to getting beaten up! How can we ever repay the favor?”
“The only way we can demonstrate our gratitude is by presenting ourselves to you! Why don’t you allow me and Jade to serve you?”
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“I consider myself a good masseuse, Mr. Rockefeller. Won’t you give me a chance to show my skills?”
“I want to scrub him clean in the bath…”
Immediately the ladies crowded around Alex Rockefeller. Some even started touching him.
Alex was shocked. No matter how powerful he was, there was no way he could resist the incessant seduction from these ladies.
Fortunately, Hailey Lawson promptly came to his rescue.
“Okay, okay, hold yourselves, my girls. He has a wife already, sorry!”
Hailey led Alex into her office and breathed a sigh of relief after shutting the door. “I owe you so much, Alex. Thank you for today! Here, this check is for you.”
Alex eyed her office before replying, “No way. This is the Summers family’s compensation for the damage done to your beauty salon. Why should I take it instead? Moreover, I do not require money.”
“Well, your mother needs it! Destroying the Rockefeller Group in three months is no easy feat, and she needs all the money she can get. Without you, I would not have gotten this check, and worse still, my beauty salon was moments away from shutting down. You deserve it.”
“No, I have enough money. Keep this for yourself!”
They went back and forth as Alex backed into a couch. He lost his balance and stumbled onto the couch together with Hailey.
Hailey landed on top of Alex’s body. They looked into each other’s eyes as their bodies touched.
One second passed, and another…
Ten seconds passed…
Hailey looked flustered as she shook her head and said, “No, we can’t do this!”
She stood up with a flushed expression, ruffled her hair, and sat on one end of the couch.
Alex retreated to the other end as they sat a meter apart and quickly explained, “I didn’t mean it that way, I… I should leave.”
It was at this moment that the doors were pushed open. In came a distraught Charles Carter.
“Hailey, I heard you angered the Summers family… Alex! Fancy meeting you here!”
Charles came immediately after learning of the incident and did not even stop to ask for clarification from the employees of the beauty salon.
Shocked, Alex and Hailey secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily Charles came in late. Otherwise, he would have seen them in an embrace, which would have made things so much worse.
They currently sat pretty far apart, much to their relief. “There’s nothing to worry about, Charles. An unreasonable woman came in and thrashed the place around,” Alex stood up and said.
Hailey quickly explained the entire incident to Charles, who then told Alex, “You are our savior, Alex! I’m treating you to dinner tonight, no buts! Let’s drink to our heart’s content!”
He paused briefly and suddenly thought of something. “A very close buddy of mine, Thomas Hawk, is the chairman of South Cali Structures. They are looking for a lot of construction materials as they recently received a huge project. Perhaps Dorothy’s company would like to cooperate with him?”
At the same time, over at Assex Manor.
With a smile on her face, Madame Joanne said to Emma Assex, “Good job getting together with the son of Chairman Hawk, Emma! This will be our business soon, and we can kiss Dorothy Assex goodbye! I want to destroy her company, but let us first take back her residence today!”
Emma smiled and nodded. “Wonderful, I have been longing for this for a long time!”
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“I consider myself a good masseuse, Mr. Rockefeller. Won’t you give me a chance to show my skills?”
“I want to scrub him clean in the bath…”
Immediately the ladies crowded around Alex Rockefeller. Some even started touching him.
Alex was shocked. No matter how powerful he was, there was no way he could resist the incessant seduction from these ladies.
Fortunately, Hailey Lawson promptly came to his rescue.
“Okay, okay, hold yourselves, my girls. He has a wife already, sorry!”
Hailey led Alex into her office and breathed a sigh of relief after shutting the door. “I owe you so much, Alex. Thank you for today! Here, this check is for you.”
Alex eyed her office before replying, “No way. This is the Summers family’s compensation for the damage done to your beauty salon. Why should I take it instead? Moreover, I do not require money.”
“Well, your mother needs it! Destroying the Rockefeller Group in three months is no easy feat, and she needs all the money she can get. Without you, I would not have gotten this check, and worse still, my beauty salon was moments away from shutting down. You deserve it.”
“No, I have enough money. Keep this for yourself!”
They went back and forth as Alex backed into a couch. He lost his balance and stumbled onto the couch together with Hailey.
Hailey landed on top of Alex’s body. They looked into each other’s eyes as their bodies touched.
One second passed, and another…
Ten seconds passed…
Hailey looked flustered as she shook her head and said, “No, we can’t do this!”
She stood up with a flushed expression, ruffled her hair, and sat on one end of the couch.
Alex retreated to the other end as they sat a meter apart and quickly explained, “I didn’t mean it that way, I… I should leave.”
It was at this moment that the doors were pushed open. In came a distraught Charles Carter.
“Hailey, I heard you angered the Summers family… Alex! Fancy meeting you here!”
Charles came immediately after learning of the incident and did not even stop to ask for clarification from the employees of the beauty salon.
Shocked, Alex and Hailey secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily Charles came in late. Otherwise, he would have seen them in an embrace, which would have made things so much worse.
They currently sat pretty far apart, much to their relief. “There’s nothing to worry about, Charles. An unreasonable woman came in and thrashed the place around,” Alex stood up and said.
Hailey quickly explained the entire incident to Charles, who then told Alex, “You are our savior, Alex! I’m treating you to dinner tonight, no buts! Let’s drink to our heart’s content!”
He paused briefly and suddenly thought of something. “A very close buddy of mine, Thomas Hawk, is the chairman of South Cali Structures. They are looking for a lot of construction materials as they recently received a huge project. Perhaps Dorothy’s company would like to cooperate with him?”
At the same time, over at Assex Manor.
With a smile on her face, Madame Joanne said to Emma Assex, “Good job getting together with the son of Chairman Hawk, Emma! This will be our business soon, and we can kiss Dorothy Assex goodbye! I want to destroy her company, but let us first take back her residence today!”
Emma smiled and nodded. “Wonderful, I have been longing for this for a long time!”
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Overheating the phone conversation, Alex Rockefeller’s expression darkened.
After the previous encounter, the Assex family had stopped for a while but returned to wreak havoc, just like cockroaches that wouldn’t stop appearing even as they were exterminated.
Both husband and wife rushed home as quickly as they could. Upon arriving at the doors, they heard Claire Assex’s wailing. She sat on the floor with a swollen left face, messy hair, and a lost slipper.
Beatrice Assex stood haughtily by the side, cleaver in her hand. Obviously, she had been beaten as well, with blood streaming down her nose.
“If you come any closer, you are all going down with me!” she yelled.
Dorothy and Alex entered the house at that very moment.
“Are you okay, mom?”
“How could you, Uncle!”
Dorothy teared tip seeing Claire’s swollen face, while Alex went over to Beatrice and removed the cleaver from her grasp.
He gently pulled her behind. “Stand down and get your nosebleed stopped. I will do the fighting,” he calmly said.
Beatrice looked at him, and strangely, she felt safe in his presence. Tears that had been pooling in her eyes fell like drizzles of rain.
“Who? Who hit my sister?”
He looked at the uninvited guests coldly.
Present in the house were Madame Joanne, Anderson Assex, and Emma Assex with two unfamiliar men, obviously their bodyguards. In them, Alex saw the presence of inner forces, a telltale sign of a fighter.
Oh? Did they feel secure just by having two beginner level fighters?
It was exactly how Anderson felt.
He started hollering, “You’re here too, fool of a Rockefeller! Great, we don’t have to look for you again. You know how to fight, right? Let me see if you can challenge my bodyguards!”
Alex walked toward him with a cold gaze in his eyes.
“I’m asking one more time, who hit my mother-in-law and sister-in-law?”
“I’ll go easy on you if you admit now.”
Emma stared at Alex with intense hatred in her eyes. The wound from the previous altercation where he stabbed her palm with a letter opener hadn’t yet healed completely and left an ugly scar behind.
“Are you playing dumb, fool of a Rockefeller? You injured my hand the last time. Now, I will break both of yours!”
Madame Joanne despised Alex too and immediately ordered both the fighters, “Bruce, Willis, take him down! I want him talking to me on his knees!”
“Easy!” One of the bodyguards snickered as they quickly approached Alex.
Emma looked at him condescendingly and said, “Let me tell you, Rockefeller, they are fighters! Have you heard of a fighter? They are strong and scary! If you get on your knees now and chop two of your fingers off, I may consider forgiving you.”
Alex smirked but said nothing.
Beatrice pointed to one of the bodyguards. “It’s him! You… You should be careful! Should we call Michelle Yowell over?”
She did not think that Alex stood any chance against the fighters.
The fighters suddenly lunged at Alex.
Slap!
Smack!
Instead, they received a massive slap on their respective faces. One was instantly knocked out while the other broke his nose and collapsed onto the ground with blood spewing out.
Alex went ahead to step on his hand, snapping it in two.
The entire Assex family was in complete shock.
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“Impossible!
“How did he do it?”
Emma Assex cried out in surprise, unable to accept what had happened. This was never supposed to happen! Things should have turned out the other way!
Alex Rockefeller knocked out the groaning bodyguard with a kick and looked at Emma condescendingly with a smirk on his face.
“So these are the strong and powerful fighters you hired? Gosh, are you sure they’re not from the film studio? I wonder if the Assexes are too strapped for cash to hire actual fighters after losing the opportunity to work with Waylon Realty?”
He was humorous, assertive, and dominant.
Madame Joanne and the rest watched on in fear.
Beatrice Assex was shaken tip, though she started to think that Alex looked like Mask, her secret lover.
‘No, no, it can’t be! Mask is from the authorities. It can’t be him!’ she shook her head.
“Outrageous!”
Madame Joanne trembled in anger. After spending so much money hiring the fighters, they turned out to be complete weaklings. She glared at Anderson Assex, since he was the one responsible for getting these people. Obviously, he had been duped.
“You think you’re so great, aren’t you? Hit me then! Beat me tip!” she screamed.
Alex shook his head. “You have lived a long life, madam, why can’t you understand? They are your family. How could you do this?”
Madame Joanne angrily retorted, “Who are you to speak? They seized the Assex Construction City’s South Subsidiary Company, ended our business relationship with Waylon Realty, and threatened to purchase our goods for dirt cheap! You and that nasty wife of yours are to blame!”
Alex shook his head again. He knew that there was nothing he could do. The old lady had been as unfair and biased as she could get, never once thinking about how badly they treated Dorothy and her family!
“Get out! This is our property, not yours!” Anderson yelled.
“This is my house!” Claire Assex wasn’t going down without a fight. “I got this for my wedding, and nobody else can take it away from me!”
Madame Joanne snickered. “I bought the property years ago before my son’s marriage. You do not own a single brick of the house. Claire Assex, you greedy tramp! You were the one behind his death, and now you are coming for his wealth? Not on my watch!”
Dorothy Assex interjected, “Grandmother, you can’t possibly be so unreasonable! Mom is the victim here!”
“She is not! If she did not get into a fight with him, why would he run to the desert, huh? She started it all.”
Outraged, Claire jumped up and shouted right at Madam Joanne’s face, “It’s always your son! Why didn’t you say anything about him having affairs and cheating on me? If he hadn’t cheated just for me to catch him in the act, do you think the fight would’ve happened? Do you remember what you said? ‘It is a man’s nature to cheat. You should let it slide.’ How can I accept such nonsense?!”
Alex finally understood why Madame Joanne hated Claire and her daughters.
The old lady blamed her son’s death on her daughter-in-law and extended the hatred to Dorothy and Beatrice.
“I came here to give you my last warning. Three days, you have three days to leave this house. Otherwise…” Madame Joanne never planned to be reasonable right from the start.
Alex smiled. “This house is not that valuable anyway. I wonder why you have to be so ruthless and cruel? Don’t you want Assex Construction?”
Emma snickered. “So you think you can bring us down just by the little tricks you have in your sleeves? Keep dreaming then! We will destroy you soon.”
“Who says you can leave?” Alex said calmly.
Alexander was furious. “What more do you want?”
“You hit my mother-in-law. I’ll give you two choices. One, get down on your knees and let her hit you back. Two, I break your legs and let her hit you back. So, which is your choice?”
“How dare you?”
“Why wouldn’t I?”
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Alex Rockefeller approached them slowly, one step at a time.
Seeing the bodyguard with a broken leg on the floor, Anderson Assex was terrified out of his wits. ‘Crazy! He’s crazy! No, I don’t want to be wheelchair-bound for the rest of my life!’
Immediately, he chose the first option and kneeled in front of Claire Assex.
Claire’s eyes bulged wide in astonishment.
Meanwhile, Beatrice, still holding onto Claire, stole a glimpse at Alex. ‘He seemed a little different today, a little manlier than usual. Just like Mask.. No, no, it was a mere illusion.’
“Do it, mom!” she said to Claire.
Smack!
With tears streaming down her face, Claire slapped Anderson. “We will leave this very house in three days,” she cried. “After that, we will sever our ties with you!”
“Great! I look forward to that!” Madame Joanne leaped in joy.
“Go live under a bridge, you hobos!” Anderson roared.
Right after they left, Claire collapsed in Beatrice’s arms and started wailing, crying, and cursing at Anderson.
An idea presented itself into Alex’s mind as he quickly ran out the door.
Madame Joanne and the rest were about to get into their car as their mouths flttttered, seemingly in a conversation.
Focusing his Chi onto his ears, he heard…
“Emma, talk to that friend of yours, Mr. Hawk. We will be signing the contract with South Cali Structures tomorrow. After that, bring him home. Let’s have dinner together. I’ll be sure to give you a huge present during your wedding!”
“Thank you so much, grandmother!” Emma was thrilled.
Madame Joanne continued, “Good job, keep it up! You are my granddaughter, Emma. I don’t even care for Dorothy and Beatrice Assex. Who knows if they’re actually my granddaughters, anyway.”
“Do you mean that they are the children of Claire Assex and another man?” Emma asked.
“Don’t you think she looks like someone who could do such things? Years ago, she was wildly popular. Even your father was once infatuated… Okay, that’s all for now,” muttered Madame Joanne.
Emma looked at her father with surprise in her eyes.
When the vehicle left, Alex came out from the bushes, stroking his chin with his hand. ‘South Cali Structures, is that your trtunp card?’ he wondered.
‘Say goodbye to them, then.’
He went back into the house and saw Claire wiping the tears off her face. He thought it was a rather pleasing sight to behold.
Suddenly, she raised her head and said, “You are my son-in-law, aren’t you, Alex Rockefeller? Didn’t you say you have twenty million dollars? Buy me a villa tomorrow!”
Dorothy interjected, “How could you say these things, Mom! He needs the money. We can rent a place for now and purchase our house later when the company starts earning a profit.”
“Sure, let’s go shopping for a villa tomorrow. Why don’t you start browsing through some of the houses on the internet? I think l should start cooking,” Alex nodded.
Claire was thrilled and scurried to the computer while Alex entered the kitchen and started preparing dinner. He felt someone approaching from behind and assumed it was Dorothy. Without even turning his head, and said, “Your mother is feeling upset tonight, darling. I was just trying to make her happy. After all, you have to buy a house anyway.”
He then turned around , grabbed her by the waist, and was just about to kiss her when…
He saw who she was and instantly stopped dead in his act.
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An attractive woman stood right there. It wasn’t his wife, Dorothy, but his sister-in-law, Beatrice Assex!
His eyes opened wide in horror as he quickly pushed her away.
“It’s you?”
Bam!
Beatrice took a few steps back and slammed into the refrigerator.
“You shoved me!”
Beatrice exclaimed while looking at Alex. Usually, she would have immediately admonished Alex, but now she behaved like a frail woman, entirely out of the ordinary.
Alex retraced his hands awkwardly and said, “Sorry, I thought you were Dorothy.”
Oddly enough, Beatrice was not mad but covered Alex’s nose and lips with her hand instead.
Alex was taken aback. They never had such an intimate encounter. Except for that night, of course, where she came onto him after being drugged.
“What are you trying to do?”
He pushed her hand away.
Beatrice suddenly asked, “Are you Mask?”
Alex was shocked and kept thinking to himself, wondering what he did to expose his identity.
Before he could deny it, Beatrice continued, “You must have imitated him after watching his video, right? No, you don’t look a single bit like him.”
She stomped on his foot and quickly left the kitchen. ‘That was a good scare. I knew it couldn’t be him!’
Beatrice breathed a sigh of relief.
Mask was an assertive, dominant, attractive yet, loyal person. Even though Alex had a similar mannerism and hairstyle, the vibe he gave off was completely different. The weakling in the kitchen and the dominant Mask were two distinct beings!
‘I’m going insane.’
Beatrice entered the living room and was quickly roped into the house search by Claire Assex.
“Come here. I want to look for a twenty million dollar villa.”
“Twenty million?! That’s expensive!” Beatrice exclaimed.
“What do you know? He has that much money. If we don’t use it, his mother will! That lady, Brittany Rockefeller, is crazy. Wanting to destroy the Rockefeller Group in three months? Can you believe it? Well, I don’t! I’d rather use the money to buy myself a villa than let it go to waste! Ah, one with a swimming pool too… I love swimming!”
“Even though Maple Villa is a perfect choice, but… Things would get awkward if Brittany returned.”
Claire was still fearful of her.
“Why don’t you get one with a ten million dollar price tag instead?” Beatrice suggested.
“No, I want a twenty million dollar villa!”
This time, the real Dorothy entered the kitchen.
“Are you sure you want to buy a villa for Mother?”
This time, Alex made sure he knew who it was before pulling her into a deep embrace. “Of course! Where else can you stay? Your mother doesn’t want to live in Maple Villa for sure.”
“But the money…?”
“Don’t worry about them.”
“Can you at least tell me where you’re getting the money from?”
Alex answered, “Relax, it’s legitimate cash. My mother was very wealthy but only learned about it recently.”
Of course, he could not say that he had scammed it off some unlucky dude. Then she would never want to use it.
“Shoo! The kitchen is not your place.” Alex gently pushed her toward the door.
“Let me help you. I can wash the vegetables.”
“Your hands deserve better.” Alex shook his head.
“What for then?”
Alex grabbed her hand and gently kissed it.
“For my lips.”
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“Okay, okay, you should go and get prepared for tomorrow. We’ll be signing a contract with Roadways and Bridges Inc. after all,” said Alex. His eyes shone with a ruthless twinkle.
‘Suffer the consequences of pissing me off, Madame Joanne.’
Dinner that night had the Assex sisters in tears. Dorothy Assex said to her mother, Claire, “Mom, this is what we call real food! The ones you cooked were inedible at best ”
Beatrice’s stomach was chock full of food as she looked silently at Alex.
After swallowing down the last piece of roasted pork in gravy, Claire licked her lips and said, “I came from a wealthy family and never had to do any household chores. Your father used to say that I should have been a hand model. Consider yourselves lucky that I even cooked for you!”
She then turned to Alex. “Jer… Alex, why don’ t you wash the dishes? Also, you’re still unemployed, right? Then it’s set. You’ll be cooking for us from now on.”
Claire returned to her true self after having a sumptuous meal.
“I’m busy, and I’ve got an appointment now. See you!”
Alex stood up and left.
“Come on, a little money, and you get all cocky and whatnot…”
Dorothy got onto her feet too. “I have work to do. I’ll be in my room.”
Claire then turned her attention to her youngest daughter.
“I have assignments to complete!” Beatrice ran up the stairs.
“Who is washing the dishes then?”
“You are! See, even if you are a hand model, your husband still left you for another woman!”
“You insolent brat…”
***
Miranda called Alex at eight-thirty that night. She was finally done with work and was now back at her hotel room at The Hilton.
“What do you mean I have to treat you at the hotel?” Alex instinctively declined.
After all, a lone woman and a lone man in a hotel room did not seem too appropriate. But then again, Miranda’s illness was rather unusual and quite intimate. His treatment would be a little embarrassing, to say the least. The hotel turned out to be the perfect spot.
Half an hour later, Alex arrived at the room.
After a knock, he opened the doors and saw Daya. Surprised, Alex looked at the room number. “Did I come to the right place?”
“Yes, you did. Come in!” Daya smiled.
Upon entering, he saw Miranda coming out of the bathroom with dripping wet hair. A white towel wrapped around her body, her silky long legs were exposed, much to Alex’s excitement.
Miranda greeted Alex lavishly.
‘Damn, are foreign women so accessible?’ he thought, as he tried to avert his eyes.
However, her attire made the treatment a little easier. The process was quite embarrassing, with Miranda rushing into the bathroom and a blushing Daya.
The treatment was a success, curing Miranda of her annoying illness. She promised to write a flawless article endorsing and promoting the benefits of traditional medicine.
Not wanting to stay arty longer, Alex took his leave.
“It’s getting late, I’m leaving too,” said Daya.
They then left The Hilton together. Unbeknownst to them, however, a paparazzo was busy capturing photos of them walking out the hotel lobby in close proximity.
***
Emma Assex sat intimately with a man over at the office of South Cali Structures. The man was Ethan Hawk, son of Thomas Hawk and owner of South Cali Structures.
Thomas was in a meeting at that time while they waited outside.
With Ethan, Emma was confident that she would seal the deal.
The more she thought of how she could finally crush Dorothy’s company after the deal was secured, the more excited she became. Wanting to please Ethan as much as she could, she even placed her thigh on his lap. Right at that moment, Dorothy and Alex entered.
“Why are you here?” Emma’s expression darkened.