Chapter 6

Houston could not tolerate Sean talking back to him. Full of contempt, Houston, answered back, "What is wrong with you, Sean? Are you deaf? Did you not just hear what Luis said?"

"Even now, you two still think you could get the contract?" At this moment, all the members of the Thompson family all wore very delighted expressions.

From the perspectives of all present, Sean and Maisie getting their hands on the contract seemed impossible. Now that Luis had added oil to the flames with his own appearance to reconfirm that the contract was meant for Houston. Now, even the crowd was convinced that Houston was the one who obtained the contract instead.

Luis turned around to face Sean. His face clearly expressed that the man before him was nothing but a joke. "How could my family's contract be handed over to someone like you? You two sure make a great team; one of you is scumbag, and the other is a woman with terrible luck. When I get back, I’ll be sure to fire my secretary for being so careless as to hand the contract to the wrong people."

Before, Luis was all over Maisie, but she repeatedly rejected his advances. Luis’s harshness in this tirade was completely understandable.

"Hey Luis, take it easy. They must have used some trickery behind our backs to get their hands on the contract." Houston smirked as Luis stepped in to defend him.

Luis faced Houston, replying, "Save your breath, Houston. Why should I let my secretary stay when they can’t even get trivial things like this done without causing me trouble?"

In this period of time, Luis was really living a life full of excitement, as if he had explored a new uncolonized land just waiting to be discovered. Thanks to Houston, Luis was brought all around town to visit pubs and be entertained.

Prior to this, Luis never visited such places. His family was strict, preventing him from being exposed to such lifestyles. But now, with Houston’s guidance, who was a veteran in nightlife entertainment, Luis had lived his life on cloud nine for the last half a month.

But most critically, the moment he fell in love with Maisie, he requested her to spend a night with him. Without a second though, Luis was rejected.

Being an honored member of a prestigious family, Luis had monumental ego. From his point of view, it was Maisie's honor to be offered an opportunity to serve him: a member of an esteemed family. However, ever since Maisie did not appreciate his offer, Luis had this hatred buried deep in his heart, and had always wanted to get back at her. By helping Houston to obtain this huge contract was his way of getting his revenge on Maisie.

'As soon as she’s expelled from the family, I bet she’ll come crawling back to my side.'

The sight of both Luis and Houston chit-chatting about how well their business partnership was getting alone, Sean shook his head and laughed out loud.

'It seems that negotiating with these idiots would be nothing but a waste. I think I need to make George come here for a trip as well.'

Houston took the initiative and spoke to the old Madam Thompson. "Granny, do you think this would be the right time to declare the successor to Thompson Pharmaceutical Group?"

"Indeed!" the old Madam Thompson delightfully replied. She glanced over at Sean and Maisie with cold, unfriendly eyes and said, "I hereby declare the future successor of the Thompson family to be Houston. Maisie, please do not blame Granny; I am against you, but we all witnessed the bet you had with Houston. That being said, you may kindly take your leave!"

"What?" Maisie felt like she had been struck by lightning. She could not bring herself to believe that her respected Granny would be so careless.

Sean, on the other hand, could not tolerate how things were progressing. He spoke up. "Granny, this contract was truly going to be officially handed to Maisie; if you don’t believe it, perhaps you should personally look into it and clarify it yourself!"

"Stop this nonsense this instant!" Old Madam Thompson raised her voice, trembling with rage.

Sean was known for being the worthless mud of the Thompson family. If not for the Thompson family’s dignity, she would have forced both Sean and Maisie to be divorced a long time ago.

Who are the Quarles family exactly? They are but one of the ten outstanding, prestigious families from the Great Central Land. Second-rate beings like Granny herself did not even have the privilege to pay George a visit. Now, Sean had requested for the matriarch of the Thompson family to personally go forth to clarify the contract; it was as if he was trying to taint her dignity.

Maisie answered back, hurriedly, "Granny, what Sean said was absolutely true; this contract was indeed to be handed to me by the head of the Quarles family himself."

"Hahahaha! The head of the Quarles family brought this contract to you? Maisie, my dear, did you Sean tell you this? I never would’ve expected you to pick up this big talking habit." Houston laughed in a corner hearing what Maisie had said.

Luis, arrogance on his face, added, "Mrs. Thompson, are you trying joking around here? My father is a very busy man; who do you think you are to even conceive that he would personally hand you a contract? You’re dreaming!"

The whole office building was filled with laughter. Everyone present thought that Maisie was lying.

"Maisie, my dear, you really let me down!" Old Madam Thompson’s face gradually turned expressionless and cold as a stone.

"I… I…" Maisie was on the brink of bursting into tears.

Early that morning, the head of the Quarles family, George, handed the contract to her very own hands. It all happened so suddenly, Maisie could not get any contact information and George left immediately after handing it to her. Right now, in the face of accusation, she could not prove herself innocent.

Sean patted Maisie’s shoulder, "Maisie, my dear; if you’re innocent, you have nothing to fear. Please excuse me for a moment!" Sean left the scene.

Staring at Sean leaving, Houston sarcastically added, "Hey, where’s the scumbag going? Did he figure out how much of a liar you are?”

"He must be! If it were me, I would’ve been too embarrassed to even stay around!"

"Absolutely; it’s all rubbish. There’s no way Sean has anymore cards up his sleeve!"

All the Thompson family members smirked away. For these five years, everyone looked down on Sean, so it was natural that, even today, no one believed Sean could bring about a miracle.

With all the suspicion, Maisie's beautiful face was now as pale as a white wall, her hands drenched in cold sweat. Whether Maisie could be freed from all these suspicions and accusations would be all up to Sean.

'Oh, Sean. You can’t let me down now!'

Upon arriving at the main entrance of the company, Sean immediately made a call. "George, your beloved son is now causing a ruckus at the Thompson company. He claims that he sent the contract to Houston. I hope you’ll make your way here at lightning speed to settle this."

"Sure sure sure, Mr. Young. By all means, please rest assured. I am on my way there now!" George made a U-turn and headed straight to the Thompson Pharmaceutical Group despite still being on his way to his own company.

Sean walked back to the crowd after the call and the crowd focused their eyes solely on him.

Again, Houston spoked sarcastically, "So, what was that? Is the head of the Quarles family coming over to rescue you guys?"

"You’re absolutely right," said Sean calmly.

With Sean’s reply, the whole family members, who now recognized Houston as the future heir of the family, all burst into laughter once again. They all thought that Sean was still trying to make a scene. Old Madam Thompson, on the other hand, was even more worried. Sean’s eyes did not waver.

'How could Sean know some big-shot like George, whose position is so high that none of us here could ever reach?'

"What a load of bullsh*t!" Luis was enraged now.

Luis knew his father like the back of his hand. If Sean was claiming that he knew his father as well as he did, all this had to be an unforgivable joke.

Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap!

Just then, a graceful woman in a black office uniform came walking down the hall of the Thompson family's office. She respectfully handed Luis another contract. "Boss, this is the contract you requested me to prepare."

"Excuse me? A contract?" Luis took the document. He could not shake a strange feeling, and his face started twitching.

The Thompson family was shocked as well. Sean and Maisie retrieved the contract early in that morning; where did this extra contract come from?

Houston asked, fearful, "Luis, what…what is happening now?"

"What’s going on? Fake! That contract must be fake!" Luis's expression changed drastically.

The graceful lady in the black uniform was Houston's secretary. She brought a contract with her and handed it to her boss, completely testifying the fact that Sean and Maisie indeed retrieved the first contract earlier that morning.

"A fake contract?" The Thompsons all looked visibly shaken.

Forging a contract with the Quarles group was a huge issue and could bring disaster to the whole Thompson family.

Luis again, with a cold stare, glared at both Sean and Maisie. "You guys have some nerve bringing forward a forged document? There will be consequences, you know?"

"Nonsense! Who in their right mind thinks their contract looks fake?"

The next second, a loud voice echoed down the hall. A fierce man, storming with rage, entered. George Quarles, head of the Quarles family, had arrived.