The Heir

“Max, let’s go.” Victoria held him by the hand and tried to pull him out of the study.

“Wait,” he said and pulled his hand from his wife. “Let me hear him out. Go on, tell me, Franklin.”

“Let’s have a bet if your wife…” Franklin turned his gaze to Victoria and back to Maximillian. “Will succeed or not.”

“I guess you will bet that she wouldn’t.” He put his arm around Victoria’s shoulders and pulled her closer to him. “So, what’s the catch?”

“Whoever lost will kowtow and admit his mistakes.” Franklin sneered.

Maximillian lowered his gaze on his wife, who was looking at him intently at that moment.

“Deal,” he muttered.

“Great.” Franklin pocketed his hands on his jeans and walked away.

Victoria clenched her hands against the fabric of his shirt.

“Why did you do that, Max?”

He cupped her face and brushed his thumbs on her cheeks.

“It’s all right, love. I have nothing to lose. It does not even involve money—”

“I am not feeling good about this, Max.” She let out a long sigh as she put her hands down.

“Cheer up, Victoria. I believe in you. You can win this war and prove yourself to everyone. You have it in you. It’s just that they always take your chance away. But I promise you, it won’t happen again…” Maximillian planted a kiss on his wife’s forehead, then to the tip of her nose, before kissing her on the lips.

fail on this project…

above her lips to silence her. “There is no way you will lose everything because I am

on his chest. “If I ever lost my job, we would leave this town, find a

you are

Victoria smiled. “Of course.”

cook for dinner, or we should just have it delivered?” Victoria asked

cooked something for dinner,” he said

her own before

each other’s hands, they

his mother-in-law, was already standing by the foyer when they got inside the house. It seemed that she

kissed her on the cheek. “Max and I were thinking if we should cook or

“How’s the meeting?”

Victoria glanced at him. “Well, Grandma wants us to

looked at her

to

risky for

“And I volunteered.”

what?” Laura did not sound proud

volunteered. Grandma gave me

grasped her daughter’s arms and shook her. “What’s gotten into you, huh? You

now, he still could not imagine how Victoria managed to live her life under the pressure of her family. Laura seemed

Max. This

her husband,” he said through gritted teeth. “I have the

face turned

what, I think you should be