Chapter 4

I gulped in my saliva when he mentioned my name, I never digested why my dad kept talking about the future?. I grabbed a glass cup and poured some wine into my cup and sipped it all at once, dropped the glass cup gently, and exhaled slowly

"yes Father, the future needs to be sealed in gold" I replied

"I'm glad you said that and that's why I have found a wife for you," he said

my eyes nearly popped out after he said that,

"WTF!" I said unconsciously

"you heard me right, I have a found wife, a woman who will work hand in hand with you and seal the future of the family and the company. A pure gem ready to be harvested by the Pendragons only" he said

"Father, you have got to be kidding me!, what's the meaning of this?" I asked rudely

his smile disappeared instantly and this sent chills down my spine

"Does this face look like a man who is joking, what were you expecting?" he asked

"I already have a girlfriend father, I love her with all my heart"

he grabbed his glass cup and smashed it on the wall with anger, my heart nearly flew out of its place, his anger was more dangerous than mine

"over my dead body will my sons marry poor and worthless women as their wives, I allowed you to flirt and have fun with your poor lover but that time has come to an end now. You are going to marry a beautiful angel from the Rhee's family, one of the families I respect and adore"

I walked straight to the door in anger and stood there, facing the bulletproof door, I asked

"what if I chose not to marry this girl, what will you do?"

"I will disown you and make you suffer, your inheritance will be gone and I shall make every human in this country hate you. Life will be unbearable for you my dear, you might even end your own life due to the immersed suffering, it's something you wouldn't want to see my son" he said

I couldn't even move an inch after he said that, I haven't been threatened like that in my entire life.

"you can think about it, the clock is ticking, not under my watch will you marry a girl who can't boast of ten million dollars in her account, a lady whose fake rich status was made a reality by your foolishness" he added.

I walked out of his room with anger and tears gathered in my eyes, Alexia would cry out her soul if she heard this and it was only a matter of time for her to find out the truth.

I left my father's house and went straight to a local bar, I drank to stupor and my head was filled with foggy memories, the threat my father gave to me rang bells in my head and I felt empty with each glass of beer I drank. I thought of running away, never to return alive but I got reminded of the sufferings that come from a poor life

One where I have to work under someone who is not my father, the pain of being abused and disrespected by peasants all in the name of teamwork.

"give me your best cigar" I called out to the bartender

"This is a non-smoke bar, I would advise you go smoke elsewhere," he said

I looked into his eyes with anger and he got frightened, I sniffed hard and drew close to his ears

"hand over the most expensive and best cigar you have or else you and everyone you know in this fucked up city would be sorry. Don't mess with me, you are nothing but a poor bartender so get going with my order" I whispered into his ears

I looked around and noticed the preying eyes on me but I wasn't bothered, the bartender gulped his saliva and rushed out, he came back a few minutes later with some packets of attractive cigars. I took two and smiled, I lit them up immediately and puffed the smoke in the air, I felt a bit calm as the smoke slowly spread

"Hey, I thought you said this was a non-smoke bar, why is that motherfucker smoking, who the hell does he think he is" a tall white dude stood up and approached the bartender

"how much is the cigar?" I asked the bartender

the man looked so confused as he was skeptical about who he would answer first and I kept my eyes on him to see his next line of action

"one costs $1,000" he said with fear

I brought out my phone and demanded for an account to transfer to when the the white dude yanked the cigar out of my mouth and crushed it with his boot. I stared at his foot and watched the perfectly wrapped cigar turn into dust, my eyes were completely covered in anger.

I took a deep breath in and tried to contain the anger but this same dude yanked the second one off my hand and smashed it too like it was nothing, I smiled as the bartender stared at the both of us with shock. He was completely lost for words but I slowly stood up and stared at the dude in the eye

"what are you going to do now?, I will beat you to pulp if you make any move here" he threatened

I simply dialed my bouncer's number and ordered him to come

"Who are you calling?, your daddy can't save you," he said and pumped his muscles hard

I sat down and acted cool because he was heavily muscular, I sipped my beer and waited patiently for some magic to occur. And to everyone's surprise, two of my bouncers attacked the dude, then punched him hard and everyone watched the show, I drank my beer with delight and paid for the crushed cigars before I purchased another one.