The Pinnacle Of Life

Alex excused himself and rushed off to Assex Villa by car. He couldn’t help but mumble complaints in his mind on the way there.

‘Who knew Claire was stone gambling at the Antique Street too? Did she see me? If she knew that I got myself rare glassy emeralds from all three ores I bought, she would surely force me to hand them over like she always does!’

Unfortunately, Alex ran into California’s rush hour—every road was as jammed up as they could be.

Alex took forty-five minutes to reach Assex Villa.

Upon entry, he realized that all three members of the family were present.

There were another two men and a woman in the villa too. Alex was able to recognize the woman—a middle-aged woman and one of Claire’s best friends. They often hung out together. He vaguely remembered that her name was Lucia Whitney.

Lucia was speaking to Claire. “Oh Claire, Brandon is a good man. I watched him grow, you know? He’s now the department manager of a listed company and his yearly salary is over a million. Where could you ever find such a catch? Just say yes and you won’t have to pay back the 500 thousand dollars. We’d be family then, right?”

Upon listening to those words, Alex was furious.

‘Who the hell is this Brandon guy? He looks like he’s in his thirties. Who is he proposing to?

‘Dorothy?

Beatrice, right?

angrily. “If any of you dare to f*cking try stealing

dirty glares at Alex and huffed. “Why are you here, you

no respect for Alex as Claire often bad-mouthed about

side and whispered, “Not me,

what do you

Brandon, visibly annoyed. “That guy likes

‘Huh?’

Alex was shocked.

was most likely forty-six years old by now, but this Brandon was only in his early thirties. Why would he like someone with such a

look bad herself. She was wearing a pair of tight jeans and a white bodycon tshirt. She

guy was into

a few years, right? She’s so bored that she has to pick fights with me. Maybe getting a date would redirect

old is he anyway? Do

joined in on their conversation as well. “I don’t care, I just won’t agree to this! Look at that guy, he looks oddly cunning. He’s definitely up to no good. He lent Mom money just so he could force her into marriage. Hey, Rockefeller, aren’t you quite the fighter?

that it was a waste of energy and time to even

anything when she came back?” Alex asked. He was concerned about his emeralds, there was a lot of Chi stored in them after all. If he were