#THE_LAST_MINUTE_GROOM
©Sir_Zach
EPISODE 63
Inspector Fin didn’t know why Maverick would want to know about the Half-heart organization. Those evil creatures that treat ladies with zero respect would certainly not be Maverick’s cup of tea because Maverick respects women more than anything else.
See Maverick didn’t respond and just continued to sip his drink in silence. Telling his friends about what he knows would rob them on the bad side. Matt has to treat Jeslyn before anything else and as for Fin, the stubborn idiot might just complicate things.
Also, Jeslyn is too weak, both in health and heart. She needs to shed that softness before other matters. The battle in front of her does not require her to have any form of weakness.
Maverick downed his drink, lost in thought, and didn’t hear what Inspector Fin was saying until he was tapped.
“Hey, what are you thinking? This is weird. You have never lost yourself before.”
Maverick gave him a flitting glance before he continued with his drink.
“I was upstairs when I heard your sister causing a ruckus. That sister of yours is so brazen that I couldn’t help but chuckle when I heard her words.”
“So?”
“Why don’t you let her find peace in your comfort? She was not wrong though. She did nothing bad, the fault is your mother’s. Why are you punishing your innocent sister?”
“Do you like her?”
“She’s not bad. Can I?”
Maverick ignored him for a while before he spoke again. “Teach her to not be like her mother.”
“You mean she’s difficult?”
“Her head is filled with rubbish. Clean it up.” Maverick was not worried that his sister would give his friend a hard time if they eventually start to date. If anything, Piper should be the scared one because the stubborn inspector Fin would break her and pull out her arrogance like he was dealing with a child.
Inspector Fin laughed out loud. Maverick might be an introvert but whenever he is with his friends, he tends to talk more. After all, these friends had been with him since childhood. They were with him when he had the happiest moments of his life, they were there when he experienced his most heart-wrenching memories, and they were still there, having his back when he needed them the most.
Just that sometimes, these friends of his plays too many expensive jokes on him, like the one that changed his life forever, so he was mad at them. Despite being mad at them, it didn’t mean he won’t support them or protect them when need be.
“To start with? Does your sister have a serious boyfriend?” Inspector Fin asked while browsing through his phone. “If she does, I might leave them be, but if she doesn’t, I’ll shove the guy out…” he frowned when he saw Piper’s profile.
“She loves someone? Who?” Inspector Fin looked at Maverick, expecting an answer from him.
“You know who to ask,” why would he care about things like that? He h@ťěs that woman and wh@ťěver child came out of her especially when the child belonged to the Xu family whom he wants to raze to the ground so badly.
“Hahaha… Rex, the news channel.”
Rex’s head is filled with gossip. Even though he might not like Piper, it doesn’t mean he won’t have her news in his head, just like every other celebrity.
…
The next morning, the news that was supposed to be concealed was making headlines when Piper woke up to her Manager’s call.
“Piper, what did you do?!”
Piper rubbed her eyes in annoyance. Who likes being woken up from sleep after drinking tons of bottles before sleeping?
“What? I’m already feeling feverish, please don’t yell. It hurts.” She sounded like a withered child who was tired of crying.
“Piper? What is wrong with you? Did you drink too much again?”
“Manager Fina, please, can I have the day off? I’m tired.”
Manager Sarafina was shocked out of her wits. The only time Piper ever called her Fina in such a low pitiful voice was the day she caught Piper m@$tvrb@ting in her dressing room with Alpha Chaos’ photo on her desk.
It happened after a romantic scene she shot with one of the best male artists. Though the scene was intense. Real s3x was supposed to happen but Piper kicked against it and a body double was used instead.
When Manager Sarafina went to check on Piper to see how she was getting ready for the next $h00t, she met the forbidden scene after opening the unlocked door.
Manager Sarafina thought of resigning at that moment. She didn’t care if it was a breach of contract. Even though Country M was very bad, this kind of case was rare and it would never be tolerated.
However, seeing how broken Piper was on that day after she yelled at her and insulted her, Sarafina couldn’t bring herself to ignore the child. She was just twenty and lacked love and affection from all her family members. Her mother was busy scheming or ki||ing people every day of her life.
So what Sarafina believed was that Piper’s brain turned the love and admiration she had for her brother into something forbidden because Piper had never known what a man’s love was.
Although Manager Sarafina wasn’t sure if that was the case, she truly hoped it was because if news gets out, Piper would be doomed for life.
“Where are you right now?” Manager Sarafina asked.
“I’m in my room… at the Villa.” Piper sniffed and held her aching head. Her face was red and her hair looked messy. She looked really sick but the girl didn’t want to call for help, so she fell back into bed and curled herself under her blanket, shivering slightly.
By the time Manager Sarafina got to the house, Piper’s body was so hot that her temperature could cook rice.
She immediately rushed her to the hospital and the doctor asked for something unimaginable! Piper was short of blood. Her blood was rare and the only people who have the same blood type as her are Maverick and Rex. The two people who wouldn’t blink an eyelid if she died.
Manager Sarafina immediately called Piper’s mother who rushed to the hospital to see her daughter. Seeing that she was still breathing, she breathed a sigh of relief but when she heard what the doctor had to say, she collapsed on a chair.
How? How would she dare ask that of Maverick and Rex? They’d rather donate their blood to animals than give it to Piper. The mother held her forehead in frustration.
“Doctor, is there no blood in the hospital? How about you make an announcement for donors? I’ll pay any amount the person asks for, please.”
Who doesn’t know Madam Caroline would think she loved Piper to the moon, however, her reason for being so caring was because if anything unspeakable happens to Piper, her link to the Xu family will be shattered and her enemies will come for her.
“Ma’am, we have checked the blood bank but we don’t have Rh-null blood type. We never have it in store. From the last meeting the doctors attended, new statistics were introduced which showed that less than 5 people had that blood time in Country M…”
“Fish them out for my daughter!!” She screamed.
“Ma’am, it’s not as easy as you think. The people are under the umbrella of the Lu family’s Young Masters, meaning, we can’t have them donate blood for us unless Master Maverick or Young master Rex gives their permission.”
Madam Caroline pulled out her phone and dialed Rex’s number, but as usual, he didn’t pick up. Due called her people to track where Rex was and found out he was in Country Y.
She turned around and hurried out of the hospital, heading to Maverick’s residence.
At the mansion, Vera was discussing with the maids that seemed to be familiar with her when a guard hurried in to use the telephone.
“What are you doing?” She asked the guard.
“There’s an urgent message for the Master.” The guard responded.
“I’ll inform him. What is the message?” She got up from the chair, waiting for the guard to speak.
The guard deliberated for a while before he spoke. “Madam Caroline Xu is here to see Master.”
“Who is that?” She asked.
The guard frowned slightly but knowing her position in the house, he told her. ” She is the Master’s mother.”
Vera took in a sharp breath. So Maverick still has a mother and nobody has ever mentioned her? That’s weird.
She headed to Maverick’s room. A while later, she arrived at the door and took a lot of time deliberating if she should knock. When she finally did, the door was opened from the inside and Vera plodded in. She was wearily looking around the dark room as she took her step like she was afraid to step on the ground.
“What Is it?!” Maverick’s cold voice sent a shiver down her spine. She missed her steps and fell to her knees. His voice caught her by surprise because she couldn’t see anyone inside the dark room.
“I– I came to inform you that your mother is here to see you.”
“Leave,” Maverick commanded and Vera immediately escaped. She was glad to have been released.
Maverick continued what he was doing when Vera came in. Soon, his phone started ringing nonstop. It was his mother calling. If he didn’t see her, the stubborn woman won’t leave.
In the sitting room, Madam Caroline was staring at Vera with surprise in her eyes while Vera was offering her a glass of water.
“Vera? Is this really you?”
Vera smiled faintly. “It seems mother knows me too.”
“Mo– mother?” She furrowed her brows slightly. Although Vera had always been her choice of bride for her son, this girl had never called her mother before. Why the sudden change?
“Mother, please accept the water. Your son will be here in a while.”
Madam Caroline couldn’t contain the joy that erupted inside of her when she heard that. She called Maverick her son! This means Maverick has started to see her in a good light.
‘Good, good, this girl will surely marry my son.’ She thought.
“Your legs must be hurting, mother, let me massage them a little.” She smiled and started to massage the woman before she replied.
It’s been more than thirty minutes and Maverick still wasn’t downstairs.
“Ehm, child, please help me go and tell your husband that I am still here.”
Vera’s smile slowly disappeared before she nodded and headed upstairs, however before she could climb the stairs, Maverick was seen coming down with his hands in his pockets.
His cold eyes swept past Vera and landed on his beautiful young mother.
The woman hurriedly got up from the chair and stood with her hands in front of her. She was figetting with her fingers, trying to think of how to put her words before the tyrant.
“S– son?” Her voice which sounded cheerful and loud a while ago suddenly went downcast.
Maverick stood by the stairs looking at her without saying anything.
“Son, please don’t keep your mother quiet, talk to me for once!” Her eyes started to turn red but Maverick’s brows didn’t twitch, let alone frown.
Whenever Maverick gives her this silent treatment it drives her mad. She preferred he scream at her, yell at her, and call her names but this child was not like Rex who would grind his teeth and say what he wanted to say.
She swallowed and decided to do what brought her here. Her son has little patience. He might order her to be thrown out if she wastes his time.
“Your sister is fighting for her life in the hospital.” She looked at him, hoping to see a reaction but she didn’t. “The doctor said she needs blood. I can’t find Rex and he won’t answer his phone.”
“Send her out,” he said to the guards standing around before he turned to leave.
“Maverick, she is your sister! Would you watch your sister die because you h@ťě me?!”
Maverick continued to walk upstairs without responding.
“Maverick, Jeslyn won’t like this if she hears–” Vera shrank her neck when he stopped to glare at her.
“Will you tell her?” His deep voice sounded thr_@tening.
Vera hurriedly shook her head before he turned and walked away.
After he left, Madam Caroline sat unceremoniously on the sofa like someone who just lost her soul and started to bawl her eyes out.
“What wrong has your sister committed that you have to be this heartless towards her…” She continued to lament while Vera looked at her with pity.
She was a mother too and understood how Madam Caroline was feeling. She looked up at the stair landing. Seeing that Maverick was not there, she immediately called Jeslyn.
At the hospital, Piper was seen receiving blood from a donor. Madam Caroline was excited that there was someone who could talk to her son, but she refused to give the credit to Jeslyn, rather, she praised Vera for being her helper and also invited Vera over to her place.
Meanwhile, the news of Maverick and Piper’s relationship was all over the internet. While some people already knew about it, others who didn’t know were so shocked that they couldn’t speak. The worst of it all was that Lu Maverick is one and the same as Alpha Chaos!
The world erupted in chaos when his pictures were published along with his identities.
One didn’t need to ask who published them because it was the Xu family’s media houses. Davis called Maverick afterwards.
“Do you like the surprise? That’s my little token for disrespecting me at your club last night.”
“What difference does it make?” Maverick ended the call after that.
That’s right. What difference does it make? Can anyone come for his life after knowing his identity? Will his business go down? The only person’s life Davis was putting in danger was Piper’s. Since he also introduced her as Maverick/ Alpha Chaos’ sister, his enemies might want to use her against Maverick but unfortunately, they would be banking on the wrong person.
Meanwhile, in Rose City, Mr. Wales had been trying to reach Jeslyn but couldn’t. He was so frustrated that he couldn’t even find joy in his Assistant’s embrace anymore.
The Chen family were the only ones who knew that Jeslyn was still alive. Her so-called dead body was provided by Mr. Wales to deceive the people and to drive the reporters away from their lives.
After seeing the news and realizing that Alpha Chaos was his daughter’s husband, meaning his Son-in-law, the man has been going crazy, trying to reach Jeslyn.
Mr. Wales wasn’t the only exception. Christine was so mad that she could ki|| anyone who interrupted her right now.
“Jeslyn, how dare you steal him away from me?!”
On her desk were pictures of a Young and handsome boy in middle school uniform.
Years ago, some students from Country M came to Country A’s school for an excursion. The school happened to Christine’s school. Christine saw a guy who stood out in the group of students and begged her seniors to help her take a photo of him. Because Christine was cute, the seniors couldn’t say no. Besides, they were also taking pictures of the handsome and beautiful students from Country M.
When the names of the students from Country M were introduced, Christine grasped his name. Both the pictures she later printed and his name, were deep-rooted in her mind. Maverick Lu!