Mrs. Lark gradually opened her eyes. “Nik… Just let it be this time. Our luck ran out this time. Sign it and bail; I don’t ever want to see their faces again…” she breathed wispily. “Don’t ever show your faces again, Melanie, Alejandro!”
Seeing his mother change her mind uneased Nikolai. “Mom, are you really going to let everything the Lark family has built up and worked on be handed to… that knave? We’ll be setting ourselves up as clowns for everyone to laugh at and mock… I can’t live like that!”
Alejandro’s patience had run dry. In a fit, he walloped the contract on Nikolai’s face. “Boo-hoo-hoo, cry me a river! Find some way to cope with it, smartass, since you people brought this on yourselves. Anyway, time’s up; my time is too precious for you people to waste!”
Bodyguards that had stood by immediately fanned out from behind Alejandro and surrounded Nikolai, who tripped and fell onto his bottom in terror. “What the hell are you people trying to do?! I-I-I’m warning you, d-don’t you dare do anything stupid! Alejandro Smith, if you dare… I’ll remember this and make you pay!”
Mrs. Lark was scared enough that she dared not go on another fainting spell so that she could shield her son. “How dare you! Alejandro Smith, we will not be bullied!”
Miklan could not stomach their antics anymore. He picked up the contract from the floor and handed it to Nikolai. “God, Nik, just sign it already, man. What else can we do at this point, huh? We’re never leaving this place if you continue to run that mouth of yours. Besides, coming here was you and Mom’s idea, was it not?”
Nikolai leveled his brother with a glare, scowled at Alejandro, and finally, reserved his worst glower for Melanie. “You… Just you wait!” he hissed.
He could throw a million nasty threats, but he still had to sign it. When he was done, Alejandro finally nodded in satisfaction. “Great! You all may leave. Don’t you worry, tough guy; Melanie will definitely be waiting for your comeback, as will I. I eagerly await your return, Chad. I can’t wait to see whatever tricks you have to make me pay!”
Instantly after that, he turned to Melanie and handed the contract to her right in front of the Larks. “From now on, the Larks’ company is all yours to manage.”
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