Chapter 187: Mary's deal

Chapter 187: Mary's deal
“ Things are not good at all, Shawn. No one wants to lose the project, and we all know Antonio as a man of his word,” Vale said to Shawn over the phone.

“ What are you saying, once Zade becomes the CEO, he'd have the power to keep the contract signed.” Shawn tried to convince.

“ That's the problem, no one trusts Zade's capability, he's never handled any business or company before.”

“ So are you saying I give up?”

“ What I'm saying is, you can't dispose of Antonio being the CEO.”

Shawn gritted his teeth before hanging up the phone. He shouted in rage and smashed the glass cup of wine in his hand against the wall.

“ I've done everything! Why can't I defeat him, why!?” He yelled.

Still fuming, his phone buzzed with a call. He glanced at the screen to see Dayse's name and ignored it.

The phone kept buzzing, and after the third time she called, he got frustrated and picked it up.

“ Hey baby, I've been calling you..”

“ What do you want?” He yelled over the phone.

“ Hey, Shawn, is everything okay?”

“ I'm currently not in a good mood so just say what you want.”

He heard her exhale sharply before her fake sweet voice mumbled over the phone. “ Babe, do you remember the money I asked for the last time.

‘ Of course, that is what this is all about.’ Shawn scoffed in his mind.

“ Remember, Tamara's firm is down, so we're currently struggling and need some assistance, but some money will help first, and I know you love me and would not want me to suffer.”

“ Is this all you can do?”

“ Huh?”

“ Is asking for money all you can do for me?” He asked. His nose flared with anger. “ I haven't seen any value you claim to possess. I have enemies, and you've done nothing to be of assistance.”

“ Shawn, you…”

“ Ain't you ashamed of yourself? For being so useless?”

“ Shawn!”

“ Don't you ever call me!” He yelled back. “ Don't you ever call my name if you don't have any solution to my problem, and stop asking for money like some charity case.”

With that, he hung up the phone.

“ That's all she knows best, always money and money, she only knows how to demand from me.” He mumbled angrily to himself before another call came in.

“ Did she not know…” his anger halted when he saw the caller. It wasn't Dayse.

“ Hello.” He said after picking up. “ He's booking a flight?”

“ Yes, Mr. Oliver booked it just now.”

“ For what? To where?”

“ I overheard that they're traveling back to Italy, to cancel the project.” The spy said.

“ I'll get back at you.” He hung up the phone, grunting before calling Zade.

“ Hey, I was about to call you,” Zade said over the phone.

“ He's going to cancel the project.”

“ Really? He indeed wants to play dirty, so what are we going to do now?”

“ We would..” He paused. There was something about Zade's tone that seemed off. He was always sounding pissed, frustrated, and pained whenever they were talking about Antonio.

But right now, there was a hint of hostility in his tone, but he wasn't quite sure if that was towards him or Antonio.

“ Don't worry, I'll find a way to take care of this, I'll come up with a plan.” He replied, not wanting to take a chance.

“ Don't forget to share it with me, I want to help in every way I can.”

“ Sure.” He nodded and hung up.

Shawn exhaled deeply, conflicted about whether to trust Zade or not. “ There's no reason for him to betray me; he's currently mad at Antonio, as long as he doesn't know the truth, I can keep using him. He doesn't have to ever know that I'm his father.”

He muttered to himself. “ But for now, let me deal with this myself. Nothing will go my way if Antonio is still alive.”

Then he remembered what Mary, his spy had said over the phone. He'd promised Mary to set her up as Antonio’s spouse through an arranged marriage, since no one knew he was already married. In exchange, she'd always update him on Antonio's movements.

“ He's traveling. He's booking a flight.” He mumbled then immediately sent a text message to Mary. “ What kind of flight did he book?”

“ Mr. Oliver has recently taken a liking to the new private plane invented, and that's the plane he booked.” Mary texted back.

The plane.

Yes. That's it.

That's the answer to his problem.

Shawn smirked evilly and dialed a final call.



“ Are we not going to eat? I'm starving.” Tamara grumbled, her face twisted with hunger as she held her stomach. “ We've not eaten anything since last night.”

“ Tamara, I'm trying to get us money…”

“ Just call Shawn or something.” She cut in angrily. “ He's your boyfriend and a millionaire, so why are we starving?”

“ I just did! He spoke to me like I was trash because I asked for money.”

“ I'm sure he didn't really insult you..”

“ He did, and I'm not calling him again.”

“ So what? We die of hunger?”

Dayse sighed, slumping onto the sofa.

Tamara kicked the hair with her disheveled hair. “ We have to do something, we can't keep living like this, I have loans to pay, and I don't have any money.”

She cried, ran her palms through her hair as she felt like she had hit rock bottom.

‘ How can I be this broke? How would I move among my peers without them laughing at me and mocking me.’ She said dejectedly in her mind.

“ We can't go down like this; there's no one to help me. We have to figure something out by ourselves.” Dayse said.

“ Should we..just sell Eloise's house?” Tamara suggested.

“ Will Mason accept that? Isn't that the only thing he has left?”

“ Not really, he still has a car, and the house is not entirely his.”

“ It doesn't mean he'd sell it.”

“ So what do you suggest we do?” She asked, feeling emotional.

“ Our only way out right now is Antonio, we have to bring him on our side and…”

Tamara gagged, cutting Dayse’s short.

“ Are you okay?”

“ Hm.” She nodded. “ My stomach seems to be acting up because I've not eaten, but I'm…”

She gagged again but this time rushed to the restroom. Dayse went after her immediately.

She didn't vomit anything but she was feeling nauseous.

Dayse looked at her closely and suspiciously. From her face, eyes, and the morning symptoms Tamara has been having lately, she knows what that means more than anything.

“ Why are you looking at me like that?” Tamara asked upon seeing Dayse's face drained of color.

“ Tamara.” She called softly. “ You're pregnant.”

She froze up instantly.