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Doom!
Madam Lewis was beginning to run mad.
But little did she know that that wasn’t all.
All of her warehouses had also caught fire. Not only were the goods in them burnt to the ground, even the buildings collapsed.
After hearing yet another heart wrenching news from the manager, Madam Lewis suddenly screamed out loud.
Her scream pulled her husband out of the dreamland abruptly.
The man was having a very sweet dream. In his dream, his daughter’s former school got shut down and Mrs. Babington was thrown into prison, screaming and pleading with him to have mercy.
But he was simply laughing at her nonchalantly.
Just when he was about to speak to her, he heard an ear piercing scream beside him. It was his wife’s voice.
He instantly woke up.
“What’s wrong?” He quickly inquired worriedly.
His wife was looking miserable and her face was completely white like she’d just seen a ghost.
Did she have a bad dream while he was having a nice one?
But Madam Lewis began to weep and he was thrown into confusion.
She couldn’t possibly be crying over a dream…
“What’s the matter, why are you crying?”
“M-my-my goods-” The woman’s lips trembled. “My warehouses…”
“All gone. Gone.” Her entire body quivered as she wept.
Gone?
“What do you mean gone? Gone where?” Minister Lewis who was half sleepy asked with a puzzled expression on his face.
Madam Lewis sniffled, “My goods-the ships capsized and caught fire. My warehouses too-every single one of them has caught fire and all the good in them perished.”
Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.
Minister Lewis had a hard time processing all that his wife had just said. “What?!”
He couldn’t believe his ears.
How come?
All at once???
He blinked blankly in disbelief and stared at his wife.
“How did you find out?”
“My manager called just now.”
Shit. The man was shocked.
He’d given his wife billions of money to start her jade business. It had been over five years now, and her business had not just been doing well but it had been flourishing.
How could everything just vanish like that?
He’d invested a lot of money in that business.
He just couldn’t seem to fathom that a whole lot of money was gone. Just like that.
He gaped at his wife.
The woman was crying profusely.
His heart broke. He slowly reached forward and pulled her into his embrace.
“It’s okay. It’s going to be fine. Stop crying.” He patted her shoulder gently.
Although a huge amount of money was just lost, he couldn’t possibly watch his wife suffer.
The world would mock her. He would never let his wife be subjected to mockery in the society. Never.
“Stop crying, things like that happen. The way out is to find a solution, not to cry.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll find something to do about it. Let’s go back to sleep first.”
After about half an hour of being consoled, Madam Lee finally stopped crying and agreed to go back to sleep.
Hugging her from behind, Minister Lewis went back to sleep with his wife.
But a few seconds later, ‘grrrr grrrr’.
The ringing sound of a phone woke them up, disrupting their peaceful sleep again.
This time, it wasn’t Madam Lewis’ phone that was ringing. It was her husband’s.
The man groaned and reached out his hand towards the bedside drawer. Without looking, he hung up the call and put his phone on silent.
But soon afterwards, his other phones also began to ring.
Exasperatedly, he resigned to his fate and kicked off the blankets.
He heaved a sigh and picked up one of the phones from the drawer top.
He swiped the answer icon and a loud voice came on. “Have you seen the news?!”
It was a friend of his-a minister like himself-that was on the phone.
Minister Lewis was utterly infuriated.
The news? By this time?
“You called to ask me just that?”
Who the hell did that?
What sort of measly prank was that?
Calling him in the middle of the night to ask if he’d watched the news.
“Man, switch on your TV. It’s not a joke! I’m serious!!”
The tone with which the man on the other side of the phone spoke was serious and urgent.
Minister Lewis’ brows furrowed at this.
What could the problem be this time around? Was the country in chaos?
He couldn’t help but wonder as he wandered around in search of the remote control.
When he found it, he turned on the LED TV that was in their room.
The TV was already tuned in to the news channel so as soon as it turned on, his face was what came up.
The man frowned.
“What’s this?”
He increased the volume, just a bit-so that he wouldn’t wake his wife up.
The Newscaster: “Our correspondent also gathered that the minister was not only involved in bribery and corruption and squandering of government owned resources, he was also involved in drug trafficking, putting the lives of millions of citizens in danger.”
“Despite committing all of these crimes, he didn’t stop there. Minister Lewis went ahead to commit another abominable crime to his family. It was gathered that the highly respected Minister Lewis, who millions of people looked up to, is also committing an extramarital affair.”
“The identity of his lover was disclosed. It turned out to be Miss. Alicia Dawson, an average model in the industry. It doesn’t stop there. The two have a child together who is already three years old.”
“We sincerely hope that the government will see to this issue and bring justice to place for the crimes committed by the minister.”
“Moving on…”
“Did you see that? Did you hear everything that stupid woman just said? How could you have been so careless? How did you let this happen?!!!” The man on the other side of the phone was yelling profusely.This content is © NôvelDrama.Org.
Minister Lewis had not yet hung up the call. The phone was still pressed hard against his ear.
He sat there at the edge of the bed, compels dumbfounded.
He felt the earth spin around him and his eyes wavered dizzily.
The news about him just now hit him like a bomb. He had no idea what just happened, or how it happened.
How did all of this news get out?