Chapter 58 - Keep You Company

Hillary strolled into the Beau's villa later in the evening. She was directed to the garden where grandfather Beau was waiting for her.

Grandfather Beau lifted his head up when he heard her heels clicking against the marbled floor of the gazebo.

"Good evening Father" Hillary greeted with a smile.That smile she had longed practiced and had always looked unnatural. She was not fond of this old fox and one could same for grandfather Beau. He had never liked this woman. He wondered what his son had seen in her, that had led him into marrying such a woman. And this has resulted to his son's untimely death.

"Speak" Grandfather Beau said nonchalantly as he signalled his butler to pour a cup of tea for them. He most certainly knew her reason for visiting. Hillary hesistated to speak when she observed grandfather's butler was still standing there.

Grandfather Beau glanced at her when he didn't hear her voice, he slowly followed her gaze which stayed on his butler.

He understood her silent gesture, but he couldn't care less. As far as he was concerned, his butler was far more reliable and far more loyal than this sinister daughter in-law of his.

"You can speak" Grandfather Beau said, not bothering to give in to her gesture. He felt more safe with his butler around, because one could not fathom the crazy and devious ideas that runs through this woman's head. He wouldn't know if she had decided to kill him.

Hillary frowned slightly when she realized her father in-law had no intention of sending his butler away to give them some privacy, but her lips immediately parted to give that familiar smile which he hated so much.

She secretively glared at the butler before turning to her father in-law.

"I'm here to know the decision you have made regarding the matter we talked about" Hillary said with a small smile.

"What matter would that be?" Grandfather asked back, making Hillary crease between her brows.

"Oh! you mean the issue about usurping my son's wealth?" He asked with a hint of mockery.

"I..." Grandfather raised his hand to interrupt her.

"Is this the reason why you have asked to see me? Tsk Tsk...Let me be clear with you Hillary, you can't get what doesn't belong to you" He said with a serious tone.

"I'm not usurping anybody's properties. I'm only asking for what's rightfully mine" Hillary said with a careless shrug as she smiled.

"Then you need to rethink" He said as he leaned back against the chair.

"What if I inform Jake about the his father's will which his grandfather is hiding away from him and his brother. Father in-law I wonder what Jake would do. If I remember correctly he is just like you, calm and but with a scary mind of his own" Hillary threatened as she sipped her tea while grandfather Beau let out a soft chuckle.

"I'm not hiding it from him or his brother, but from this daughter in-law of mine" He said with a smile.

"How long do you think you can prevent Henry's will from bring read?" Hillary asked in a hint of anger in tone as she watched grandfather Beau's ridiculing smile at her.

"As long as you keep clinging to the Beau name and you refuse to repent from what you've done and until you face retribution for bringing so much pain to the Beau family" Grandfather said emotionally, making his butler walk up to his side instinctively. He still hasn't forgotten how Hillary's argument with the chairman had resulted to him having a cardiac arrest the last time she visited. And he certainly knew that Jake would have his head on a platter, if anything was to happen to his grandfather.

"I'm sorry Madam, but the Chairman must have his rest now" Grandfather Beau's butler said politely, making Hillary glare at him. If looks could kill he'd be a dead a thousand times over.

Hillary looked from him to her father in-law.

"Father I think you should reconsider, because it's been six years and my patience is running out" She said before standing up to leave.

"Hillary" Grandfather Beau called out to stop her.

"For the years you've spent with my son as his wife and for the peace for my grandchildren, I can consider increasing your shares by 2% that will make give a total sum of 7%. That's how far I can go. You can use that to live a good life at least" Grandfather Beau said. Hillary stared at him quietly as if she was considering his idea before letting out a dry laugh.

"Grandfather take good care of yourself" She said before walking out.

Grandfather sighed exasperatedly, before turning to his butler, "Call Mr Adrian immediately" He said taking his butler by surprise. He couldn't remember the last time the chairman had asked for Mr Adrian's services. He could feel a headache coming.

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Jake smiled when he saw his buddies sitted at the VIP lounge waving at him. He had received a call earlier that they would be hanging out tonight, and most especially Phil was back.

"Jake my master" Phil was the first who stood up to greet him. He pulled Jake in for a hug before looking at him with a huge smile plastered on his face.

"Welcome back, you Libertine" Jake said with a smile of his own.

"Like I didn't learn from you" Phil replied with a short laugh while the others joined. A long round of greetings and handshaking ensued before they all sat down.

Phil sat by Jake as he gave him a look over. Among all five friends Phil was the closest of Jake's friends. They had this extra layer of friendship that existed between them, maybe it could be because they were distant cousins.

"Where's Blake?" Phil asked curiously. It was common knowledge that the young man like tagging along his elder brother when they went out.

"You should ask Rick" Mike replied before Jake could say anything. Phil looked from Mike to Rick.

"What did you do to my little man, you jerk?" Phil asked Rick with mock anger.

"I didn't do anything. The young man couldn't take a joke. I think is scared he might get raped and his virginity would be taken from him soon, if he kept following his brother around" He said jokingly making the others laugh.

Everyone knew how Rick won't stop teasing Blake about his chastisity.

"Not everyone would want to be a sperm donor like you, so you should stop teasing him"

"Speak for yourself. I wonder who has been travelling around the country looking for foreign ladies to play with" Rick said.

The guys continued to talk for a very long time, as they tried catching up on the things they've missed out on in each others life. Phil had the floor as he told all about his ecounter and experience with his foreign chicks.

"Jake I heard you've been revirginizing" Phil said with hint of mockery in his voice, making Jake turn to him with a slight frown.

"Who said that?" He said turning to Mike and Rick with a glare, while they shrugged in denial.

"It doesn't matter who told me. But I have a gift for you, and you can't turn me down" He said with a smile before turning around to signal the girls behind him.

"Meet Stephanie, she's here to keep you company tonight" Phil said as he signalled Stephanie over.