A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 181 Sudden Danger

Pregnant women tended to sleep a lot, but Leon didn’t know that Ashley was pregnant.

Ashley just got done with her meeting when Leon arrived at the office. Her secretary told her that Leon was here. Ashley said, “I’m tired, tell him that I’m not here!”

“Why are you avoiding me?” Leon pushed the door and walked in.

Ashley was taken aback. She hadn’t seen him in a few days. She noticed that he looked more languish and he didn’t shave his stubble. She looked away and said to her secretary, “Could you leave the room?”

Leon and Ashley were left in the room. Ashley said without even looking at him, “Tell me, what do you need from me, Leon?”

Leon wasn’t used to her cold and indifferent tone of voice. He looked at her and also noticed that she got skinnier. He asked concernedly, “Ashley, are you very busy at the company recently? You seemed like you got skinner.”

“No? I’m just on a diet!” said Ashley wintrily. “Leon, you should leave if you don’t have any business with me! I’m busy!”

***

N City.

William suddenly received a call from Liam, “Will, bad news!”

“What?” said William with a deep voice.

“I received an email just now. It didn’t seem like they were trying to blackmail us as they weren’t asking for money. But if the news gets out it will be bad for the Rowland group, the company might be in trouble! I think someone is purposely creating some bad rumours about the company out there.” Liam moved his mouse, “I just forwarded you the document, take a look at it!”

William opened his laptop and clicked on the email. He frowned deeply upon seeing it, “What is this?”

The document was a manuscript, incidents related to the Rowland group were written in detail on it.

“It is found out that the Rowland Group was only successful today because John Rowland became rich through smuggling, tax evasion and speculation. A few days ago, the chairman of the Rowland Group, John Rowland, retired and handed over the company to his son, William Rowland. They are doing legal businesses right now but they should still be charged for their crime back then. Stay tuned if you want to find out more!”

The paragraph was written on the document! NôvelDrama.Org is the owner.

This news was not out yet, but the Rowland Group would be in crisis if this were to get out.

Not only their stock would drop, but the whole group would also be in hot water. It didn’t matter that the news was a baseless rumour and just plain slandering. Any bad rumours could instantly bring down the Rowland Group.

“I see the picture now! Trace and investigate where this piece of news came from. I’ll go back tomorrow. Make sure to hold the media back and find out who the culprit is within 24 hours,” said William calmly. “Also, don’t let my father know about it! His heart isn’t doing very well recently.”

“Understood” Liam nodded.

In G City.

“Peter, have another drink!” said Darcy as she winked seductively. She held the glass high and talked flirtatiously. She snuggled against his chest, she had a light and translucent pyjamas on which was vaguely covering her soft and nice body. She was sexy.

Peter leaned on the soft couch and answered with a hum. He took the glass of alcohol from her hand and chugged it. He had a shady and dark look in his eyes.

At this moment, his phone rang.

Peter pushed Darcy away and his eyes turned stern. He said in a frigid tone of voice, “Hey, dear Ms. Rhodes. Why is it not out yet?”

Darcy didn’t say anything. She poured more alcohol into the empty glass and had no emotions on her face. But at the same time, she was reaching out her hands and caressed Peter’s bare chest. Peter, who was on the phone, tensed up.

“You know what I’m going to do to you if the news is not up by tomorrow!” yelled Peter as he hung up the call.

“Peter, what are you scheming?” said Darcy in a soft voice.

Peter gazed at her coldly, though his hand was reaching into Darcy’s wide open front. He fondled her breast playfully.

Darcy started to moan alluringly.

“Do you want me that badly?” said Peter in his deep and malicious voice. He then smirked, “Or are you just using me as Liam’s replacement?”

“Hmph! And you’re treating me like a prostitute!” said Darcy as she drew circles on his chest. She rubbed herself against his body and explored his abdomen region with her hand, “We are just fulfilling

each other’s needs!”

Peter didn’t say anything anymore. He put her soft body on the bed and took off her thin pyjamas. There wasn’t any love and tender during their sex, it was plain lust mixed with hints of anger.

The air was soon filled with an erotic scent and non-stop moaning sound could be heard…

“Mom, are you getting along with Mr. Rowland?” asked Dan worriedly.

Only Sherry and Dan were in the room. Sammy and Susan were watching something on the television in the living room.

“Of course, Dan. I’m getting married to William, what do you think about it?” Sherry had made her decision, but she still wanted to know what Dan would think about it. “What do you think about having William as your dad?”

Dan pondered briefly and said, “You like Mr. Rowland, don’t you?”

“Do you not like him?” asked Sherry nervously. She was worried about what Dan thought of William and she cared about his opinion. After all, she and Dan depended on each other for all these years and went through many things together.

Dan shook his head and hugged Sherry abruptly, he said in a low voice, “If you like him, then I’ll like him too. Get married and give me a sister.”

Sherry was touched. She hugged him back tightly and suddenly, she thought of what William had told her the other day, “You cannot hug another man other than me. That includes Dan and Sammy!” She laughed just thinking about it.

Dan was her son. She wouldn’t go around hugging random man, but why couldn’t she hug her own son?

“I thought you didn’t like girls?” said Sherry.

“I don’t like girls who are not my family. I like you and will love my sister!” said Dan happily. He had a longing look on his face, “If I have a sister, I will protect her with all my might…”

“Well, what if it was a brother?” asked Sherry as she blushed.

Dan thought for a bit and said, “Then you and Mr. Rowland should work harder to give me a sister also. A brother would be fine too. Don’t worry about it, mom! Sammy and I would love them all!”

“That’s my child! My good boy!” said Sherry as she hugged him tightly again.

At this moment, Sherry’s phone suddenly rang. Her heart started thumping seeing the caller’s name.

“Mom, is it Mr. Rowland?” Dan knew immediately that it was William just by looking at his mother’s face.

“How did you know?”

“You’re bright red!” Dan gave Sherry a big sloppy kiss, “Mom, I’ll go to Sammy and Grandma Susan and watch tv with them!”

“Grandma Susan?” Sherry was taken aback. Her phone continued to ring.

“Yeah, Mr. Sutton said that we have to call her Grandma Susan from now on. She will be our grandmother! Mom, she will be Mr. Sutton’s second wife!”

“What?” Sherry was shocked.

“Mom, hurry up and pick up that call!” said Dan. He then closed the door for Sherry out of courtesy.

Sherry took a deep breath and picked up the call, “Hello?”

“Did you miss me?” said William with his deep and magnetic voice.

Sherry blushed, “Are you doing well with you jet-lag?”

“My dear, I miss you!” said William. Sherry felt like she was dreaming as she could hear his voice so close to her ears even though they were miles away. Her heart started to beat faster.

Of course she missed him. But she was embarrassed to tell him straight out like this.

William was disappointed as Sherry wasn’t saying anything, “No? Then I’ll hang up!”

Sherry got nervous hearing that he was going to hang up the call. She answered quickly, “Miss…”

Then she heard his melodious laughter.

“You are pulling my leg!” She covered her face as she said, “Stop laughing!”

“My dear, were you a good girl when I was away?”

***

Sherry started to work at the Cohen Group again after William was stationed overseas. She was still working as Cohen’s secretary.

The first thing she saw on her first day of work was the news about the Rowland Group in the newspaper.

It had a big headline to it – Exposing the Rowland Group.

Sherry was stunned. Tax evasion, speculation, smuggling, bribing. The story seemed too real. This would definitely bring the Rowland Group knee-deep into trouble!

Cohen also saw the news, “Sherry! Have you read the newspaper?”

Sherry was holding the newspaper, “Dad, what should we do? William is still in A Country!”

“Don’t worry, the Rowland Group has substantial resources. They aren’t afraid of no slandering. This is obviously planned defamation, every company will face something like this once in a while. You should trust William that he could solve this issue!”

“But he’s not here right now!” growled Sherry, “Dad, I’m going to see Liam now!”

“I’ll get Keegan to bring you there!” said Cohen worriedly.

Keegan appeared at the right moment, “I’ll drive you there, Sherry!”

Without any explanation, Sherry called Liam.

“Liam, what happened?”

“Sherry, can you head to the Rowland Residence? I’m worried about John!” said Liam without any further explanation. “I’ve contacted Will and he will be coming back as soon as possible!”

“Is it an enemy of the Rowland Group?”

“Somebody posted this in an internet café in W City. We still couldn’t find the culprit yet! But don’t worry, we will find him!”

In a mansion in G City.

Peter smiled as he read the newspaper in his hand, “The game has just begun!”

“Do you plan to destroy the Rowland Group?” said Darcy as she walked over.

“What if I do?” said Peter as he arched his brow, “He made Lucille go mad, do you not want revenge? This is no-nonsense. More pieces of evidence are coming up and even if the Rowland Group survive that, they will be investigated thoroughly!”

“Sometimes I wonder if you really loved my sister!” said Darcy with a crooked smile on her face. “You and William don’t love her, and the one who actually really loved her was Reggie!”

Peter scoffed, “What’s so good about love? If I really want your sister, why would I wait until now?”

“What’s your beef with William Rowland anyways?” asked Darcy as her soft body trembled. She said shockingly, “You know, he is not that easy to defeat!”

“Well, that’s why I’ve been planning this for so many years! The only way to destroy him is to make him disappear from this earth!” said Peter with a gentle tone of voice, even though the content of his speech was brutal.

“Isn’t he your best friend?”

Peter scoffed again seeing the shock expression on Darcy’s face, “Yes, we are!”

“And?”

“And what? It’s more fun this way. I’ll destroy him and the Rowland Group!” said Peter with a dark and villainous look in his eyes. He gritted his teeth and said, “The best day of my life will be the day I see him lose everything!”

“Ugh! You’re terrifying!” said Darcy as she raised her glass. “But no matter what, I want that bitch Sherry to have a fate that’s worse than death! I don’t care about anything else.”

“Wait and see! I will make him suffer two times the pain he inflicted on me and Lucille!” Peter sneered. “Sherry Murray is not even worth mentioning! Wait for it, the news tomorrow will be even better!”

Destroying William and the Rowland Group. This was his goal for the past 30 years!