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.

this

“There is no way you will lose everything because I am

you. How sweet of you.” Victoria wrapped her arms around his waist and leaned her head on his chest. “If I ever lost my job, we would leave this town, find a new place and start all

he agreed. “And maybe, when you are finally free, we can focus on building

Victoria smiled. “Of course.”

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

check first if your mother cooked something for dinner,”

own before he could open the door

hands, they headed to the main

the foyer when they got inside the house.

her on the cheek. “Max and I

“How’s the meeting?”

to get that billion-dollar estate

looked at

one dares to take the

indeed risky for

“And I volunteered.”

Laura did not sound proud of her daughter’s

Grandma gave

“What’s gotten into you, huh? You will just put

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

this, Max. This

teeth. “I

face

should be asking yourself what’s gotten into