Third Person’s POV
Cindy’s nervousness turned into fury when she saw Mike sitting on one of the chairs. “What the hell are you doing here?” she asked angrily. “You have no right to be here, you leech!” she added, which widened Mike’s eyes and the board’s eyes on him.
“Excuse me, but who are you? I am the one who should ask you that. This is the first time that I saw you.” he replied, making himself confident.
“Didn’t the b**** tell you about me?” she asked, glaring. Alder took her hand, trying to calm her.
“Whose b**** are you talking about?” Mike asked, trying to act innocent.
“I see; this is how you fooled Cindy. But sorry to say, acting innocent is not going to work with me,” she replied,
“This is Ms. Clover Ellington, and she is here as Mr. Dennis Mills’s heiress.” One of the lawyers that Lincoln hired said,
“What???” Mike stood up and shouted, and everyone looked at him. He thought he shouldn’t have acted that way and should calm himself, so he sat down again.
“What is so shocking about it, b*****d?” Cindy asked, still glaring at him,
“Ms. Ellington, Mr. Mike Lopez appears here with Ms. Cindy Mills’s last will of testament, which says that he and her best friend Dr. Lin Uy will be the beneficiary of all her wealth that her father left her.” One of the board members said,
“And do you think Cindy will do that?” she asked,
“Well, as far as I know, she would rather give her wealth to charity,” he replied, “But they said that they were the only people who were close to her, and we know that, so we believe them,” he added.
“How can Cindy give them her inheritance if she still had her mother, Aunt, and me, her best friend?” she asked, and everyone looked at Mike with contempt. “Do you think Cindy has that disease that caused her death? She’s strong as a bull and was training hard, being health conscious, as she was,” she continued.
“What about the will that they brought with us?”
“It’s a fake. Didn’t you take the authentication process?” she replied, asking.
“And how can we be sure that you didn’t do this just because you wanted their money?” the board asked,
“Lincoln,” Alder said, and he nodded and handed the original copy of Mr. Dennis Mills’s last will. Clover’s name, as well as Cindy’s, was written there as the heiress. The board that acted as the CEO nodded his head in approval.
“Everyone, we will be following this will because Cindy’s signature was here as well.” he said, “I think you’re going to rot in jail. Mr. Lopez,” he added, smirking at him. Cindy knew that this man would never like Mike. She was not particular about his name, but Cindy knew she could trust him ever since she started handling their company.
“No, this can’t be. Cindy gave me and Lin the company. She loves us so much that she treats us as her family!” Mike shouted. “You never saw that woman before this; how can you be so sure that what she showed us was real? You previously saw Dr. Uy and me with Cindy and knew how close we were. We would almost have gotten married if Uncle Dennis had not died.” he added, which made Cindy come closer to him and give him a straight on his face. He fell, holding his face.
“How dare you call him uncle when you’re along with Lin, who was behind his death and Cindy’s?” she asked angrily. “Don’t you fu****g say their names, you ba****d!!!” she added.
“What are you talking about?”
“This is what I am talking about,” she replied, motioning Lincoln to turn on the screen. He followed immediately, and everyone was shocked, looking at the screen. It was a video from Cindy’s apartment when they admitted that they killed Dennis and when they paralyzed Cindy’s body.
“You didn’t know that there was CCTV there, right? If you are close to Cindy, just as you said, how come you didn’t know about it?” she asked mockingly. “And I, whom you never saw before this, knew about it and handed them to the police already,” she added. Fear, worry, and anger were on Mike’s face. He planned to run away, but as soon as he started to walk out of the meeting room, the police came and took him.
As everyone was shocked, Cindy sat down and asked everyone to do the same. “I don’t think I can handle and manage the company. I am going to send someone on my behalf. But before that, I will let the acting CEO be in charge for now. I am living in Alaska, and I don’t think that this man beside me will let me stay here and be away from him.” she told them.
Alder looked at how confident Cindy was, and he was sure that everyone would be intimidated by her if she was still alive. She walked, talked, and thought superior, so he thought being a business tycoon was her forte. He felt sorry that he needed to take that away from her. But the palace was alright at all, he thought. She could still act superior in being a queen.
He looked at Lincoln, who was standing behind her. He was such a good friend and believed her just like that. He thinks that the way they communicated was their secret code or something. Everything was settled so fast because Cindy worked hard while in Canada. She had contacted her friend and given him a few instructions, which he had done accordingly.
Cindy ended the meeting, and they all went back to the hotel. An attorney will handle the case she filed against Mike and Lin, and her victory was inevitable.
“Now that everything is settled, are you ready to return to the palace?” Alder asked. They were in their hotel room, and Cindy sat on the couch, thinking about something. “Hey, what are you thinking?”
“Nothing, it’s just that I suddenly thought about my Aunt,” she replied,
“Why, is there anything unusual about that?” he asked curiously.
“I don’t know. I remember meeting her with Dad, but she was my mother’s sister. That’s what I understand when they talk,” she replied and then looked at him. He was staring at her when he sat beside her. Their eyes locked on each other, and when Alder was about to kiss her, “Don’t think that I have already forgotten the fact that you marked me without my permission,” she said.
“I am thankful that you helped me, but it doesn’t mean that I am just going to close my eyes and forgive you,” she added, and he sighed.
“Fine, but at least I deserve a kiss,” he said and kissed her. She closed her eyes because she knew that she couldn’t help but submit to him when it came to intimacy. She responded that she desired him as well. They never actually mated, and what they did was make out, but Alder satisfied her every time.