Zack terminated the call right away.
Despite being hung up on, Clive was not angry at all.
He smirked coldly. “You can refuse to acknowledge me as your cousin, Zack, but I’ll get my way one way or another.”
Alice was pouring him a glass of water when she heard his comment. She said, “You’re now family. What do you mean get your way? Whatever reason he keeps his identity a secret, Zack is Serena’s husband.”
I’ve been his rival for many years, and none of us ever get the upper hand. Now that I have the chance to climb over his head, I got to make use of the opportunity.”
Clive grabbed the glass and took a couple of gulps. “Zack wound me up badly. I must get my payback when he returns from his business trip. I’ll contact Serena to come along when he buys me dinner. I bet he’ll have to call me his cousin then.
“Honey, I’m walking on air just thinking about my nemesis bowing to me because I’m the older cousin.”
“I think you’ve gone mad.”
Alice replied amusedly. “He’s your peer. Are you going to force him to acknowledge you if he doesn’t want. to?”
I’ll give him a hard time and call him rude in front of Serena if he doesn’t acknowledge me as the older cousin.”
Alice was speechless.
She could imagine her man having a discreet showdown with Zack
Zack was a little worried at first now that Clive saw through his cover. After hanging Zack fell deep into contemplation and soon felt at rest.
Clive was furious because he felt sorry for his sister and not Serena.
on Clive’s call,
Before Elisa could let go of her feelings for Zack, Zack did not have to worry about Clive telling Serena the truth about him.
Not only that, but Clive would also figure out ways to keep Zack’s identity under wraps.
Zack could flaunt his affection for Serena before Clive too.
Once he was back from the business trip, Zack would be on his best behavior during the dinner with Clive in case the latter might try to start something and make him look bad in front of Serena because he was Serena’s cousin.
As for admitting Clive to be the older cousin…
It was not like Clive would bite him if Zack refused to acknowledge him.
Uff! Zack felt like he was between a rock and a hard place.
Rubbing his temples, Zack was at his physical limit and called someone to make a quick trip to the pharmacy for him.
Back at the study on the second floor of the Buchams‘ residence, the head of the household was busy at work.
Josh’s torso was against the desk as he leaned in to read the text messages sent in the group chat. It was an arrangement to protect Zack’s privacy. The head of the family was informing everybody what. information about Zack could and could not be released.
All credit should go to the head of the Bucham household that Zack’s privacy was protected from everybody including the press.
“Julian.”
“Speak.”
“You’re amazing. I think the public must be curious about you.”
The head of the household lifted his head and glanced at Josh before uttering, “Didn’t Zack arrange a blind date for you? You could’ve used your weekend to woo your wifey instead of watching me work here. I asked you to help me, but you said you prefer to slave away at York Corporation.”
Josh replied, “I invited my future brother–in–law to dinner tonight.”
Julian rolled his eyes. “You should be taking Ms. Sox out to dinner if you want to win her heart, not her brother. Look at you. When are you going to say goodbye to singlehood?”
“I’ll win her heart through my brother–in–law.”
“That’s a silly move. You should start with your mother–in–law, no, future father–in–law. It’s easy with your mother–in–law. Mothers–in–law tend to warm up to sons–in–law rather quickly.”
Pursing his lips, Josh answered with a smile, “I’ll build a relationship with all of them. Jasmine will have no choice but to fall into my arms when the whole family pressures her.”
“Knock, knock.”
Someone was at the door.
Josh sat upright immediately.
“Come in.”
The door was pushed open, and a bodyguard came in with an invitation.
Josh thought that it was an invitation for Julian to a banquet. Unexpectedly, the bodyguard walked straight to him and handed him the invitation. “Mr. Bucham, this is an invitation sent by Mr. Stone. The Stones will be holding a banquet tomorrow night and have invited you to join”
“Me?”
Josh took the invitation skeptically and questioned, “The Stones are holding a banquet, and Clive had someone specially send it over? Also, the banquet is tomorrow night? Why so sudden?”
Other families might make their banquet known a few days in advance. Some even gave guests ten days of notice so they could get ready.
Was this a last–minute decision by the Stone family?
Josh remembered how Audrey recognized her two nieces and he guessed the real purpose of the banquet.
‘She must wish to introduce her two nieces to Wiltspoon’s elites.
“Hehe, what does Zack think about it?”
“Mr. Stone also had a message for you.”
“What message?”
“Ms. Sox is among the invitees.”
Josh’s eyes glimmered.
He grinned and asked the bodyguard, “Has the messenger from the Stone family left?”
“No, he’s still outside awaiting your reply.”
Josh did not even open the invitation to read it and simply said to the bodyguard, “Tell him I’ll be there on time tomorrow night.”
“Yes, sir.”
The bodyguard respectfully took his leave.
Josh placed the invitation on the desk. “I guess I won’t be able to mess with Clive anymore the next time I see him.”
“Ms. Sox has no relationship with Clive. Those words should be said by Zack instead.”
Julian set his work in order, put down the phone, leaned back, and said with a vague smile, “Now, do you understand the reason I don’t want to get married?”
“That’s just because you haven’t found the right person. Look, Zack was so stubborn before too, but he had completely surrendered now. He flips out if Serena ignores him, and he quarrels with her for days. before she can even explain herself.
“Elisa and Jasmine also have a good relationship, so it’s natural that the Stone family invited Jasmine to the banquet. They extended the invitation to me out of consideration for Jasmine. Since they’ve given me this opportunity, I can’t just let it go to waste, right?”
The York and Stone families did not see eye to eye. In the past, Josh helped Zack set many pitfalls for Stone Group and schemed against Clive to steal their business.
In Stone Group, just the mention of Zack’s and Josh’s names was enough to make the employees gnash their teeth.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.