Chapter 6

Adrian gave a few more instructions before hanging up the call. “Celine Blanche… You’ll pay with your life.” *** The next day, Adrian got up early and prepared breakfast. When Rue woke up and saw what he had done, she was shocked. “Adrian, why did you…” He smiled. One of the reasons he came home was to try and lessen her burden. “Breakfast is ready. Could you wake Ada and Sam for breakfast please?” he asked. Rue sighed because she no longer recognized her son. However, she was relieved that he was back. She did not plan to ask for more. Soon after, Adaline and Samantha stirred and walked out of their rooms. Upon seeing that Adrian had made breakfast, Samantha was surprised, but it soon turned into disappointment. She was disappointed because she thought that was the only thing he planned to do upon his return. “Sam, have some breakfast,” Adrian said to her. Adaline walked over and sat down on the couch. “If all you learned these past seven years was to cook, you’re pretty much useless. Is this all you’re capable of?” Adrian smiled sadly but did not say anything in return. Samantha sat down and spoke to Rue. “Mother, I’ll be heading to Alyanz later to find Celine. I want to get my company back. Ada will be going off to university soon. We can’t support her studies without the company.” Rue was anxious. “Sam, Celine is trouble. She won’t hand the company back to you and might even think of other ways to attack you.” “I have to try,” Samantha said. Rue stopped protesting because she knew Bailar was Samantha’s sweat and tears. “All right then, I’ll go with you. If there were more of us, she would be less likely to do anything.” “Yes, Sam, we’ll go with you!” Adaline chimed in. Rue nodded. If everyone went together, Celine probably would not get physically violent. If it was one life, it would not be that much of a problem. But if a whole family was involved, things might blow up. Adrian said, “Sam, Mother, don’t worry. I’ll get Bailar back.” Samantha glanced at Adrian but did not say a word. She pretended to not hear what he said. *** Swallowston, Alyanz Chamber of Commerce. This was the city’s biggest chamber of commerce and a lot of the corporations and companies were under it, including Bailar. Devin was the reason Samantha had been kicked out of Alyanz. Together with Celine’s help, they managed to bankrupt Bailar. Samantha had been forced into giving away her company to Alyanz. Today was the first day of the takeover, so Celine announced a few days ago that there would be an agreement-signing event to take over the House of Bailar from Samantha in an attempt to gain more investments and partnerships. A crowd had gathered at Alyanz Tower, among which included executives from several corporations. After breakfast, Samantha, Rue, Adaline, and Adrian arrived at the crowded building. Samantha walked up to the door and spoke to the security guard, “Hello, I’m Samantha Cowell. I need to speak to Ms. Celine. Please let us in.” The guard was named Chris Tatum and was a relative of Celine’s. He was Alyanz Tower’s head of security. Chris turned to Samantha, then looked at her from head to toe with a perverted smile on his face. Samantha was beautiful. With her pencil skirt on, her long legs looked enticing. On top of that, she had a pretty face and an air of elegance. Chris was enjoying just ogling at her. “You’re Samantha Cowell? Did you see what the sign says?” Chris smirked and pointed at a warning sign not far from them. Samantha turned around and saw the sign that said, “Samantha Cowell and dogs are not allowed.” When Samantha read that, she was triggered. She felt sad and wanted to cry. Humans had dignity, but Celine had put hers on the same level as dogs. “Do you see it now? You have the same status as dogs. Do you think you can get in? Piss off.” Chris waved his baton at her. Samantha took a deep breath to suppress her anger, but Adaline was not going to let Chris humiliate Samantha. “You’re comparing Sam to a dog? You’re just a security guard. Who gave you the guts? Get out of the way!” “Oh? Throwing a tantrum are we?” Chris smirked. “What are you going to do? Bite me?” He challenged them. “I think what you need is a good beating.” Adrian was angry and slapped Chris in the face. Chris flew backward and the smug look on his face fell away. A few of his teeth flew out and he hit the ground. Adrian’s sudden outburst shocked Samantha and she went to stop him. “Are you crazy?!” Adaline and Rue were shocked too. Chris was a relative of Celine’s. Beating him up would mean trouble. “You… You hit me?” Chris shook as he shakily got back on his feet. Adrian frowned. “You best believe I’ll have you killed.” Chris wiped the blood off his face, picked up his baton, then yelled. “Trying to be smug, huh? Beat him up!” All the surrounding security guards rushed over. Chris took the lead, but before his baton could hit anyone, Adrian slapped him again. His skin broke and blood started oozing out. Adrian then took a step forward, picked him up, and punched him in the jaw. Crack! Chris howled in pain. His jaw cracked and he made a gurgling sound. The other guards who were rushing over immediately stopped in their tracks. Adrian let go and Chris fell to the ground and writhed in pain. He looked at Adrian with fear in his eyes. Samantha, Rue, and Adaline were stunned as they watched the scene unfold. They knew that things had gone out of control. Snapping out of it, Samantha took a deep breath and yelled, “Adrian Xander, have you lost your mind?! Do you know that you just got us into a lot of trouble?!” “We need to leave now!” Rue was almost in tears and tried to pull Adrian away He had beaten up Celine’s men. She surely would not let this go. “Move!” Adaline yelled as tears fell because she saw that Adrian was refusing to leave. She was disappointed in him for being so impulsive. Adrian looked at his family and saw that they were all shaking. He said, “Mom, Sam, this is nothing. I’ll get General Summers to settle this. Let’s head inside.”