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Chapter 52
"Breakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing life."
-A.A. Gill-
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It was the beginning of fall and the weather had gotten a little bit colder. The streets were turning golden reddish hues and since their house was close to the park, they could see the beauty of fall at its finest each time they went to work and back. Things had been strangely serene, there were not much conflict going on. It had been a rather peaceful time for the family.
Irina had not done anything unusual, Carson also mysteriously gone from Vian’s life which she really did not expect at all considering his personality, but she did not wish to overthink it and took it as a good sign. Though Adonis had been increasing his guard on her lately in fear of something bad happening, but Vian had been safe and it was all that mattered at the moment.
Their grandmother had als
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"Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open."-Jordan Peterson-***The hustling and bustling in the building was more intense than usual that day. All the staffs made sure the large meeting hall was prepared for all the guests who would arrived. These people were of importance, many major investors and stakeholders would come to join the meeting. They put out a bit of time out of their busy schedule just to be there and their time was expensive so everyone had to make sure everything was perfect.Adonis arrived a bit earlier since the traffic was not so bad that day. He walked in and was greeted by the receptionist. He asked who has come and the receptionist gave a full list of all the meeting guests who had arrived in there. He went through it and thought the majority had arrived, the meeting time was scheduled for another hour so he thought he would meet up with Filippe and earned some advices from him as w
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"Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest."-Kin Hubbard-***Vian was sitting in her office enjoying her work as she took her fashion brand development progress in between writing a few articles and testing different products from the companies she would review. Her mood was rather bright that day, she had finished a bunch of tasks and felt super productive. The only thing left was to check up on another grand family event. It might seem strange for ordinary people to see her family attending so many major family events but the circle she was in, such events were entirely normal and the next one she was quite excited for because the extended family members from Europe and all over the world would come to celebrate as well.Although some of them she was not exactly entirely familiar with, she always enjoyed the festivity and this time she felt even better because no one could mock Adonis for being unemployed and shamed he
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"We've all got the blood in our hands. We only receive what we demand."-Jack Johnson-***Irina had just gotten back from home and she was surprised when she saw Adonis sitting in the living room. His facial expression was a bit dark, but it was not the kind derived from sorrow or anger. She took a step back when her eyes met Adonis. She was not sure why the man looked so serious but she had a bad feeling about it. She was making an attempt to walk away but before she could do so, Adonis stopped her with his words.“Stay where you are.” His voice was husky and cold. She had never heard the tone coming out from him when Vian was around but he was familiar with such tones from other men, for she had heard it before several times. She stopped in her track and turned to look at him.“What do you want? Aren’t you just waiting for Vian? I am not Vian so I wish to go back to my room right now.” She
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"I wish I could give you everything you wanted. But even a good gift is a bad gift if given at the wrong time."-Tiffany Reisz-***The situation at the St Regis Houston was rather festive that evening. The Sterling had chosen the place to be their gathering area since the manor was not large enough to hold the entire family member properly and some of them who came from abroad needed a place to reside and the hotel room would accommodate just perfectly.As the main members of the sterling family, both Irina and Vian had arrived earlier along with their parents and siblings. It was one of the few time Vian could meet her other cousins, Irina’s younger twin brothers. The two early teen boys with completely distinct personalities arrived wearing matching pair of tuxedo, one wore white and the other wore black. They looked like the younger, male version of Irina however their eyes were different shades of blue, approached them
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"The secret of life is knowing what you want and asking for it."-Lailah Gifty Akita-***After the party, their grandmother had to return to the hospital once more because her health had started to become unstable again. Vian thought she should go and visit her at the hospital just to pay attention. That morning she took a day off from work just to go and visit Greta and much to her surprise, Adonis stated he would also come with her to the hospital.“Are you sure you want to do this?” Vian questioned because she felt a bit uneasy letting Adonis accompany her when he had works to do, but the man gently assured her that it was fine and he would not have too much things to catch up to even if he was to go with her.“I don’t want to leave you alone too much especially during these times, Vian. As your husband I am responsible for your security and I think lately things have been a bit fragile in the f
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"Intentions do not insulate us from the consequences of our actions."-Jon D. Harrison-***There was always a consequence for everything. Even though it might not show up now at this moment, you would never know when karma would bite you in the face for the sins and crimes you committed in the past. It was supposed to be Greta’s last day at the hospital because the doctor told everyone her health was becoming better and she could go home.Life in hospital was incredibly boring because all a patient could do was to lie down on the bed and did absolutely nothing. Even with company around it could still end up being incredibly boring and the old woman felt the same way even though her first son and daughter in law, better known as Cynthia’s parents were accompanying her simply because they wanted to gain back her favor after their daughter did the unforgivable.Since Greta had disowned Cynthia, she also had somew
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"Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us."-Boris Pasternak-***Everyone gathered around for Greta Sterling’s funeral. Of course, it was all mere formality and staged since no one actually cared for the old woman. It might not be shown straight to the face, but everyone secretly despised her. When she died, they all put fake facades, crying their fake tears and pretended to be good family members, but they were all just gazing each other as if they were staring at their enemies instead of family.The priest was speaking in the podium reading a few holy passages about how her soul would eventually be in heaven with the angels and all of her good deeds would be accepted by God and her legacy would forever be remembered by those around her when in reality everyone knew she was going to hell for all the pain she had inflicted upon others, not to mention all the underground dirty works she had invested in which de
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"I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people."-Maya Angelou-***Everyone was still trying to cope with the shock of what had just happened. They still refused to believe that Vian had become the leader of the household, considering her young age and ordinary family background, it was unlikely that she was the one chosen. The probability was so low that not even her parents were present."Once again, it is the decision of the late Madame Sterling. There is nothing I can do about it." The lawyer calmly said hoping he could just get out of there as soon as possible. The longer he stayed there the more chaos there would be.He faced Vian and handed her over a few documents she needed to sign as an official mark of her being the inheritor of the family fortune. Vian looked a bit hesitant at first since she herself still could not believe it but in the end, she grabbed a pen and sign
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