THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 3: CHAPTER 1 – 10
SIR ZACH
CHAPTER 10
A long while later, the three had finished eating and had switched to eating diced fruits when someone walked in on them at the dining area.
“Kimberly, why are you just coming?” Jeslyn asked.
“Hi,” she greeted everyone else before responding to Jeslyn. “Damien didn’t let me leave.”
“Ah, does your brother know you went to see Damien behind his back?” Jeslyn asked with a raised brow and a teasing smile on the corner of her lips.
“Miss Jeslyn, please don’t tell him,” she begged with her palms joined.
“Of course, I’m not talkative but… I have a condition.”
“Oh, hope it’s not beyond me?”
“Not really. The family is going on a picnic, I would like for you to come along.”
“But… I’m… Alpha Chaos might not like to see me.” she walked forward and took a seat close to Piper with a sad pout.
“Compared to me, you’re fortunate.” Piper butted in.
“How so?”
Kimberly had long awoken and had been with her two sisters in the quarters that was given to them. Although she has seen Maverick a few times, he doesn’t give her special treatment as his sister. He treats her the same way he treats his workers– indifference. That made her wonder if Maverick disliked her.
Now that she was hearing Piper say she was more fortunate, she wanted to know in what way.
“Maverick just acknowledged me a few days ago after 22 years. I’m not even sure if Rex will be ok with that, let alone acknowledge me.” she sighed one more time.
“I’m also not sure if Rex will consider me his sister when he meets me.” Kimberly also stated her fear.
Piper patted her on the shoulder. “No matter what, you’re better than me. At least you three share the same father. They were on good terms with their dad before the man died, unlike my mom.”
The atmosphere was starting to become gloomy and Jeslyn wasn’t a fan of such.
“You two,” she sighed and shook her head. “Allowing you to live in his house is already enough to tell you he has accepted you. Your brother isn’t one to say too many unnecessary words. He believes that his actions are more than sufficient to tell you he has approved of you as his sisters.
“As for Rex, well, he has a mind of his own but he’s always in support of his brother’s decisions. I’m sure he won’t take long before he acknowledges you. Just give it time and please stop giving me these faces, I’m not your boyfriend.” she rolled her eyes playfully at the cute faces they were making.
“Hahaha… I can imagine you being someone’s boyfriend. Let’s see, you wouldn’t have been a nice guy at all.” Beverly chuckled.
“Oh my, don’t think so badly of me. I’m an advocate for faithful partners. Especially married couples,” Jeslyn defended.
“Oh really? With your undying love for handsome and cute faces, I’m sure that if you were a man, you would have become another Rex–”
“I heard my name, what are you guys saying about me? That I’m bad?”
Rex’s voice drifted in from the sitting room.
“Oh dear, you should start explaining yourself, hehe,” Jeslyn chuckled evilly while the others either smiled or chuckled too.
“Ahem,” Beverly cleared her throat and said; “This is why it’s not good to talk about people behind their back.”
“Hahahaha…” Jeslyn and Co laughed out loud.
“Yes, I know that, which is why I don’t talk behind people’s backs. Meanwhile, I’m interested in knowing what you ladies were saying behind my back.” Rex entered the dining room with his white teeth on display.
“Nothing, brother, we were just saying–” Piper froze when she realized she had forgotten her place.
“Go on, I’m listening,” Rex shifted his gaze to her, though his smile had shrunk a little, but come on, this is gossip!
When it comes to gossip, Rex has no enemy.
“I– Ahem…” Piper suddenly felt awkward with Rex’s hot gaze on her.
“Brother-in-law, men shouldn’t fancy gossip like you do,” Jeslyn came to Piper’s rescue.
“Oh, my dear sister-in-law, I have missed you so much!” Rex rushed to Jeslyn’s side and held her hand.
“Do you truly miss me or my cooking?”
“Hehe,” he laughed sheepishly.
“Hmph,” Jeslyn snorted and continued eating her fruit. “I’ll make you something delicious on one condition.”
“Anything, my sweet Sister-in-law!!” he shouted with great enthusiasm.
“Those two, what are they to you?” Jeslyn pointed her knife at Piper and Kimberly.
Rex moved his eyes along with the knife and finally understood what Jeslyn meant. “Aren’t they the two family members living at my brother’s house?”
“No, they are your two sisters living at their brother’s place.” Jeslyn corrected, causing Rex to sigh.
“Brother,” Piper got up from her seat. “I have abandoned our mother and come to you and brother Maverick… Can you please accept me now?” she said with a pained voice.
Rex didn’t look at her or say anything for a long time. It seemed like she was battling with his inner self or something.
“Brother-in-law, don’t be too hard–heartened to these soft ladies. Your brother already loosened up, you should too. Didn’t you save Piper the other day? Isn’t it because you couldn’t rest your mind knowing that–”
“Hai, sister-in-law, do you have to lie about that too? Who talked me into taking action?”
“Tch, stop lying to yourself and using my words as an excuse. We both know that if you didn’t mean to go, nothing I said would have made you change your mind.” She rolled her eyes.
Rex sighed. “If I catch you lying to me about your relationship with that woman, I won’t only cut you off but also make you suffer more than you already have.”
It took Piper a long time to believe Rex was referring to her. When she finally did, she immediately replied; “I promise!”
“Mn. You two, welcome to the family.” he said dismissively before returning his cold gaze to Jeslyn, then like a chameleon, his lips broke into a sweet smile. “I have–”
Jeslyn stretched, interrupting his words. Like a tired person, she said drowsily; “Brothers should be lenient on their sisters as they would their women.” she yawned and got up. “Why do I suddenly feel sleepy? Let me go and have some quality sleep.”
Just as Jeslyn was about to get up from her chair, Rex immediately stopped her with panicking eyes, “Hey, Sister-in-law, where are you going? I did what you asked me–”
“Oh? What did I ask you? You haven’t done anything yet. Maverick patted Piper’s hair and spoke to Kimberly with a soft tone. When Kimberly was In a coma, Maverick went there to see her a few times… including–”
“What are you saying? I went to see them too. I visited Piper three times and Kimberly twic–” Rex froze when he realized what Jeslyn had made him do. Shit! He wanted them to believe he doesn’t like them so they could continue to believe vulnerably in front of him. But now…
“Brother, you– you…” Piper dashed out of her seat and ran up to Rex. Before he knew it, she dived into his arms and broke down in tears of joy.
At first, Rex froze when he had body contact with Piper. He slowly relaxed and returned the hug with a pat on her back to soothe her.
Seeing this, Jeslyn smiled. “Hai, I feel blessed to finally see this. You, Kimberly, aren’t you going to share a hug with your siblings?”
Kimberly smiled with her lips sealed. She also wanted to but doesn’t know how Rex would react to it.
Rex glanced at her and sighed. What is he to do? Was there a choice? So he beckoned for her to join the ‘hug of unity.’
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THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 3: CHAPTER 1 – 10
Sometime later, Rex also joined them on the table, while Jeslyn left to prepare him something to eat.
While the brother and two sisters were trying to get to know each other better, Beverly was on her phone. She glanced at Piper and asked, “Piper, why did you take the blame?”
Piper turned to her with a skeptical look. “What blame?”
“See for yourself,” she handed her phone to Piper to read the article. It was a public announcement posted by Rainbow Entertainment, stating exactly what they wanted Piper to say at the hospital, and the message was written by Manager Sarafina on behalf of Piper.
While Piper was still reading, her phone beeped and when she checked, it was her Manager’s message.
[ Piper, I’m very sorry for betraying you, my daughter was kidnapped and left hanging on a thin rope. Someone was holding scissors to cut the rope if I didn’t type the message. I’m so ashamed right now…]
Piper didn’t finish the message before calling Manager Sarafina but no one answered.”Pick up your calls, please!” Piper panicked. She was having a bad feeling about this and needed to hear from her manager immediately.
“What is going on?” Rex asked with a frown.
“I’m sure you don’t know,” Beverly told Rex everything she heard Manager Sarafina and the people from Rainbow Entertainment talked about the time that she and Inspector Fin went to visit Piper at the hospital. By the time she was done talking, Piper was looking more worried than ever.
This morning, Manager Sarafina told her she would be going to press charges against her Agency. It seems Manager Sarafina and her hidden daughter were kidnapped.
Rex sighed after she heard the full story. “Did you forget you have brothers? Or should I remind you that your brothers can solve your problem?”
Piper froze when she heard that. Seeing this, Rex shook his head and left the table. While leaving, he said under his breath, “Only I am allowed to bully my sisters.”
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THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 3: CHAPTER 1 – 10
*Rainbow Entertainment…
The CEO and board of directors were seen in a meeting room. Some were frowning while others were smiling.
“CEO Lim, I don’t think you did the right thing.” A young woman spoke up.
“Hey, Maria, your opinion is not needed in this matter. It was long concluded in the last meeting. No one told you to not be there!” A middle-aged man shut the lady up.
“Mr. Wilson, do you know the gravity of what you’ll have done? If you do, you wouldn’t be sitting here and spouting rubbish.”
“Ms. Maria, what do you know that we don’t? Please enlighten us.”
“Yes, Maria, go on,” they said with obvious sarcasm.
Maria smiled and shook her head. She got up and said, “I’m withdrawing my shares from the company.” She declared.
Everyone gasped in shock. Soon, they slowly settled down and Mr. Wilson smiled with squinted eyes.
“I’m ready to buy your shares, Ms. Maria.”
Maria glanced at him and snorted without saying anything.
“Ms. Maria, I may not know why you’re suddenly doing this but if that’s what you want, I can’t refuse you. You are the second biggest shareholder in this company and should be respected. However, I’m sorry that things cannot go as you want this time.
“Piper was brought up from nothing and raised to be the phoenix of Rainbow Entertainment. If we allow her to leave just like that, it will deal a blow to this establishment and that alone will be more disastrous than you leaving.
“If after what I’ve said you’re still hellbent on leaving the company, then, I’m willing to buy your 26% shares.”
Some of the shareholders rolled their eyes. With how diplomatic he sounded, one would think he wasn’t happy to add 26% shares to his 30% shares, making him the biggest shareholder; bigger than his brother who has 40% shares.
“I’m willing.” She said with all seriousness.
CEO Lim smiled faintly. In no time, he got the shares transfer documents ready and watched as she signed them. Then he wired the money for the shares to her.
Before Ms. Maria left, she said;
“CEO Lim, you made me laugh. You sounded like you did that artist a favor. If Piper wasn’t an asset, would you have done so much for her to be the phoenix you’re talking about?
“If I’m not wrong, the company has not been fair to Piper. That girl is strong-willed and has been doing most of the work on her own. She was sidelined by this company a couple of times, yet she raised her head high and fought her way to where she is right now. If you ask me, CEO Lim, I’d say, the company owes Piper a debt of gratitude.
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