THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 21 – 30
BY SIR ZACH
CHAPTER 23
My brother is not a good guy like me that would give you a warning or a second chance. If he could treat his loyal subjects like he does, who are you that he cannot get rid of?
For the sake of Valen, I am willing to talk this much.” He patted her shoulder again. “Good luck.”
With that said, Rex also left the dining room.
Mulan’s fat tears fell one after another before they started to run like a broken tap.
She staggered to sit on a chair and lowered her head as she cried silently for a while.
The servants had cleared the table and left a while ago when Rex was still talking to her, so she was the only one left in the huge dining room.
Mulan felt an unbearable pain tearing at her heart. It was so terrific that she clutched her chest.
“This is not true,” she shook her head.
How could she believe it? She had grown to love Maverick for decades. They had attended the same basic school, went to the same University, and studied the same course.
For him, she abandoned her family’s company to learn how to take care of a child and tolerate his excesses.
Although her family was not among the top dogs, but they were wealthy enough to be the top in any other country.
When she found out that Maverick had suddenly gotten a child from nowhere, she was infuriated. She investigated, and even now, she was still investigating to know who the cursed woman was, but no matter what she did, she couldn’t find Valen’s mother.
Although she had been around Maverick for decades, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Maverick had no idea she had been stalking him from childhood. She was too insignificant for him to pay attention to.
When she heard that Maverick was looking for a nanny for his son, she went to apply. After all, she was raised with the hopes of becoming Maverick’s wife, so it was easy for her to pass the test and became Valen’s nanny with the ‘hellish’ training she went through.
Which ambitious woman would love an illegitimate child born to the man they breathe for?
Mulan was such a woman. She might have been Valen’s nanny for six years, but her love for the child is questionable and Maverick wasn’t blind to that fact.
That was why he didn’t think of her when he was discreetly searching for a mother for his son.
“Maverick, h– how could you do this to me?” Her low voice broke.
She shook her head again in denial, “this is a dream, yes, a dream. I need to return home.”
She got up and cleaned her pretty face before leaving with her head held high and shoulders straight.
She is a proud woman, so she wouldn’t want the servants to think otherwise.
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THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 21 – 30
Valen stared with narrowed eyes at the servants who had their heads bowed in front of him.
“I told you to get these leaves out of my sight!!” He roared and overturned the small glass table in front of him.
The maids shivered at the clacking sounds of the dishes hitting against each other before landing on the white rug below their feet.
“Clean this mess and get out, all of you!”
“Y–yes, little master!” The three maids hurriedly answered and went on their knees to start cleaning the mess.
Valen left them in the room and strutted out, heading to his father’s room.
Using the stairs from the third floor, he stopped at the second floor, in front of his father’s study room.
He was too small to open the door, so he stood by the door with hands folded on his chest, waiting for the door to be opened.
Not up to three seconds, the door clicked open and Valen walked into the dimmed room. A silhouette of two people could be seen, sitting in the room.
Valen didn’t look afraid. If anything, he had a serious look on his face to communicate his displeasure.
“I don’t want that lady living in this house. Whoever she is, I don’t want to know, send her packing,” he said the moment he walked in.
“She’s your mother now,” Maverick answered behind the desk. He had something in his hand but because of how dark the room was, the object could not be seen.
“What mother? Mulan told me my mother was dead.”
“She’s your stepmother,” Rex replied.
“I refuse! A person like that cannot be my mother–”
“You have no choice,” Maverick butted in.
“I do. I’m old enough to make my decisions.” Valen disagreed.
“Not under my roof, boy,” Maverick raised his head from the object in his hand to see the little child in front of his desk.
Valen stared at his father for a while before opening his mouth, “I want to move out.”
Silence reigned in the study room for a long time before Maverick answered with a slight nod, “Alright.”
“Huh? Brother!” Rex raised his voice at his brother’s response.
Valen glared at Rex who immediately shut his mouth.
“I’ll move out today. I’ll take Mulan with me.” Valen said.
“I have no problem with that,” Maverick said.
Just when Valen turned and was about to leave, Maverick continued.
“Young man, you can only move out after you turn 18.”
Valen and Rex simultaneously turned to look at Maverick.
He didn’t even spare anyone a glance as his fingers stroked the object in his hand.
“Brother…”
“Are you playing with me, Mr. Maverick?” Valen narrowed his eyes at his father.
“You have two options. Either you get your freedom at 18 or you get your freedom at 7.”
Rex widened his mouth in shock. However, Valen curled his lips.
“What’s the catch?” He knew his father wouldn’t give him a free pass. Getting his freedom at 7 must come with a condition.
“Stay in the mansion until I find a solution to your problem,” Maverick said with his head lowered to stare at the black object.
Valen pursed his lips and thought about it for a while before he nodded. “Deal, but–”
“No, young man, you have no right to lay conditions. Since you have chosen to stay in the mansion for a year, you will accept all that’s inside the mansion.” Maverick cut him off.
“I don’t like that thing you brought home!” Valen protested.
“Her name is Jeslyn,” Maverick corrected.
“Whatever”, Valen rolled his eyes.
“She doesn’t like you either, so it’s mutual,” Maverick added.
“She’s stupid for hating me.”
“I bet she sees you as a worse creature for hating her too… she’s cute,” Rex chuckled.
“Gross,” Valen sneered.
“Yeah, you hate cuteness, I forgot.” Rex sat upright and stroked his beardless jaw.
“Return to your room. The kitchen will prepare you another set of veggies.” Maverick commanded. “Dad, I hate-”
“You made a deal. You’ll accept all that’s in the mansion and that includes the food you are given and the people in it.” Rex chimed in.
“You are ganging up against me.” Valen glared at Rex. “Hmph!” he humphed, stamped his small feet, and stormed out.
The two men watched as the little boy left the room before Rex pressed a button on the remote he was holding. The door closed, but a flat screen displaying what was happening outside the room was put on.
Rex sighed. “Brother, why don’t you tell Jeslyn? It seems she’ll keep fighting Valen if-”
“Let it be. She doesn’t have to know”
“Oh? Ok… so, about the Yu family…”
“Shake them a little,” Maverick interrupted.
“Hmm… What strategy do you prefer I use this time?”
“Kill the old man.”
“Ah! brother, that would be causing chaos.”
“Hmm…” Maverick raised the object he had been stroking and it turned out to be a black gun. He got up from his chair and started to walk towards a bookshelf.
“Get Pink out and send them to stay beside her.” He said before the shelf turned and he walked into a dark passage with stairs leading downwards.
Rex sighed, “finally.”
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THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 21 – 30
*Jeslyn’s room….*
On the bed, Jeslyn tossed and turned. She had been wondering why she reacted that way with that little cutie. She was angry, but reacting that way was too much, right? After all, he was just a child.
“Aish!”She sat up and ruffled her hair in frustration.
“It wasn’t Valen’s fault, it was the fault of the adults around him,especially that evil woman.” Jeslyn narrowed her eyes at nothing.
Thinking about Mulan, her calm mind suddenly flared up.
“How could she treat someone’s child like that?… I’ll just take care of Valen myself… No, I’m not good with children… Wait, I’m angry, but I don’t know if he has eaten. A stubborn child like Valen certainly wouldn’t want to eat anything, I would do the same if I were in his shoes.”
Jeslyn sighed and got out of bed to go check up on Valen.
Walking along the corridor, she didn’t know which room he was but kept on walking.
“Where is his room located?… He cannot be on the ground floor, the second floor belongs to his father, the third floor has my room, and… his room should be here too, since I was married in the first place to be his mother, right?”
While she was talking along the passage, she spotted Valen coming from the other end.
“Speaking of the devil.” She murmured and a smile subconsciously appearing on her lips. She increased her pace to meet up with him.
Valen, on the other hand, saw Jeslyn coming towards him, he saw her smile but he only smirked and also increased his pace. Staying around cute ladies is dangerous and he doesn’t want to have anything to do with this lady.
Valen got to his door before Jeslyn could catch up with him. Seeing this, Jeslyn started to sprint towards him but before she could get to him, it was a second too late… The door was shut against Jeslyn’s face.
“Valen!” She called while tapping the door but got no response.
“Hey, little Valen, open the door, we need to talk””
Silence.
“Fine, I’m sorry I got mad. It shouldn’t have been directed at you but at your father and that nanny.”
Silence.
“Baby Valen, I’ll not repeat that next time. Just open the door.”
Jeslyn waited and waited but the door was not opened.
She got scared and started to ring the doorbell and sometimes banged on it. She was worried that the child wouldn’t eat. It was normal practice for kids like Valen. For some reason, she felt anxious and scared that something might happen to him.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 21 – 30
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