“Burn those who burned me!”

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Jonathan lowered his tone.

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“Regardless…it doesn’t igive /iiyou /iithe /iiright /ito imake /iiup /ilies about imy /iifamily/ii!/ii” /i

Kai stepped directly in front of Jonathan. At six foot three inches, Kai towered over Jonathon. His gaze was filled with hatred as he stared at him.

i“/iiYou /iiknow /iiBrooks/i, iI’ve been /iiwanting /iito /iimeet /iiyou personally/i. iI /iireally /iidon’t /iicare /iiabout /iiwhat /iiyou /isaid iabout /ime…I iknow /iiyou /iiwould /iinever /iibe /iiman /iienough /ito isay /iisuch /iiwords /iito my /iiface/ii…/iibut /iiyou /iinsulted imy /iifiancé/i…ithat /iI isimply /iicannot /iiallow/ii./i”

Jonathan’s face turned pale as he backed away slowly. Turning to face my father, Kai continued.

i“/iSo itell me /iiRochester/i…Does iyour /iiboard /iiknow /iiabout /iiyour /iidirty /iidealings/ibi?/i/bb” /b

Calvin’s eyes widen in fear, I’m sure he wanted to know just how Kai found out about his underground business deals with the overlords of North Bay.

Before Calvin could respond, one of his board members Martin Keys stepped forward.

“iWhat /iiis /iiit /iithat /iiwe /iidon’t /iiknow /iiLord /iiChristiansen/ii?/ibi” /i/b

“I’d ilike /ito iknow /iithat /iias /iiwell/ii./ii” /i

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Another board member stated. When Kai first gave out the party invitations, he made sure to invite ba /bfew of Calvin’s board members.

Calvin nervously turned towards his board members, his face ghostly pale.

“I–I idon’t /iiknow what /iihe’s /iitalking /iiabo-/i”

“I’m talking iabout /iiyour /iidirty /iidealings /icreating ifront /ipanies ifor /isome of North Bay’s most despicable crime lords. You iand /iiSteven /iBrooks ihave /ibeen iinvolved /iin itax /ievasion, moneyundering, and all itypes /iof illegal activity for years.” fneaa9 ???? ????s? ???????s ?? f?i?n?d?n?o?v?e?l?/fneaa9

“THAT’S A iLIE/i!!!”

Jonathan ran forward; his face filled with fear.

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“iMy /iifather /iwould never-”

“Your ifather /iiis /ia crook, as is your igrandfather/ii./ii” /i

Kai’s tone was t as he nced at Jonathan.

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Jonathan’s face fell. As Olivia tried to hold his hand, he suddenly yanked it from hers.

“iLet /iigo /iof ime/ii!!!/i”

Stunned, Olivia began to cry.

“iJonathan/ii, /iiwhy /iiare /iiyou-/i”

i“/iI ishould /iihave never /iichose /iiyou /iiover /iiGrd/ii! /iiMy /iigrandfather /iiwarned /iime/ii!/ii” /i

Jonathan stormed out of the ballroom. Olivia turned towards me.

i“/iiYou /iitreacherous /iibitch/ii!!! /iiThis /iiis /iiall /iiyour /iifault/i!!! I’m id /iimother /iitried /iito /iihave /iiyou /iikilled/ii!! /iI wish she iwould /iihave /iseededi!!!!/ii” /i

bI /bsmiled smugly as Olivia’s true mask finally showed. Finally, everyone got to see the real her!

Olivia stormed out of the ballroom after Jonathan. Leaving Calvin now by himself. Martin Keys

walked over to Calvin, disgust in his face.

“iI /iihope /iiyou /iiknow I’ll /iibe /iireporting /iithis /iito /iithe /iiboard/ii. /iiBy /iitomorrow /iimorning, /iI’ll ihave /iiyou /iiremoved/ii./ii” /i

With that, he also left the ballroom. Calvin’s face was filled withplete despair. Tears falling down his face; he turned to me.

i“/iiG/ii–/iiGrd/i…howi…./iihow /iicould /iiyou /ido ithis /iito /iiyour /iiown /iifather/ii? /iiYour /iiown /ifamilyi?/i”

“Family?”

I scoffed. These people had no idea what i‘/iifamily/i‘ was. Pulling out the marital contract my father signed the day I informed him of my proposal from the Christiansens, I turned to the final page.

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i“/iDo you iknow what /ithis isi? /iiNo/i? This is a iparental /irelease agreement…and guess iwhat/ii…/iiyou /iisigned /iiit/i.”

Calvin’s eyes widen in panic as he snatched the contract from my hand.

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“That’s impossiblei! /iiI /iiwould /iihave /iinever /iisigned /iisomething /iilike /iithat/ii! /iI iwould have /inever igiven /iiup /iithe /iopportunity ito /iibe /iconnected ito-/i”

Calvin halted his words realizing he was about to say too much. I decided to finish it for him.

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“What…connected to iHouse /iiChristiansen/ii? /iOh iI /iiknow/i…I ialso /iiknew /iithat /iiyou /iiwere /iso iwilling /ito isell /ime ito /iithe /iihighest /iibidder/ii, /iithat /iiyou /iiwouldn’t /iihave /iieven /iibothered /iireading /iithat /iicontract/i. iAfterall/ii, /iiyou /isigned iit /iithinking /iithe /iiChristiansens /iiwere /iigoing /iito /iihave /iime /iihere /ias a ive/ii. /iiUnfortunately /iifor /iiyou/i, iyou /iisigned /iover iyour /iiparental /iirights/ii./ii” /i

Horror stricken Calvin’s face. He couldn’t believe what he was reading.

“iSo /iiyou /iisee/i…iyou’re /iinot /iimy /iifather /iiand /iithe /iiRochesters /iiare /iinot /iimy /iifamily/i. iAs /iof iJune /ii25th/ii, /iiI /iiofficially /iibecame /iiGrd /iiTeagues/i. I iguess /iI ishould /iithank /iiyou/ibi; /i/biif /iiyou hadn’t /iibeen /iisuch /ia idisgustingly /iigreedy /iifather/ii…/iiI /iiwould /iihave /iinever been /iiable /iito /iilegally /iibe /iithe /iidaughter /iiof /iimy /iitrue /iimother/ii…/iiDiana /iiTeagues/ii./ii” /i

Calvin dropped to his knees, his tears falling on the paper. Suddenly, Kai signaled for security.

i“/iiIf /iiyou /iicould /iiplease /iiremove /iithis /iiman /iifrom /iimy /iiballroom/ii…/iihis /iipresence is /iino /iilonger /iirequired/ii./ii” /i

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