A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 211 Flies

"Miss, just call him Mr. Rowland; you don't need to know his name!" Daniel blinked his bright eyes and looked at William, who just hung up his call. Daniel pouted and said to him, "This lady wants to know your name, I told her to call you Mr. Rowland!"

William overheard his son just moments ago as he called him daddy to a stranger. This left him quite surprised and shocked. Earlier, William already noticed that this woman was flirting with him, so he pretended to need to make a call to get rid of her. But he was unexpected that she’d follow him here.

William gently held Daniel’s hand, looked at that woman, and said, “Son, you need to get your eyesight checked. She was an old lady. How could you call her Miss?”

With this said, William took his son into the VIP room.

The waitress was left shocked; Old lady? Did she look old? Did she need to go get a facelift again? Was her wrinkles noticeable?

“I’m telling mommy!” Daniel looked at William disapprovingly.

“Tell her what?” William asked.

“That you’re too slick!” Daniel looked up with his little face, “You attract too many women, just like that bad guys on TV!”

“What! When did I go hit on a woman?” William said as he laughed.

“Maybe not this time, but what about next time! You better not, or I’ll make sure you never see mommy again!” Daniel took this chance to threaten William, but his tiny hand never left William’s grasp.

It appeared that he was really concerned with William’s behavior.

“Son, are you trying to help your mommy keep her place?” It just dawned on William that Daniel followed him out because he knew that waitress was flirting with him.

By god, his son must be a genius, right?

“Of course! Mommy didn’t notice, but as her son, I have to help mommy get rid of bad things. I don’t want mommy to feel sad!”

“Do you think this kind of woman would be a challenge to your mommy?” William joked as he squat down to look his son in the eyes. He was glad that his son would protect his mother like this, but also worried whether he was overprotecting her.

Daniel pouted, “I won’t even let any women approach you!”

“Ah hahaha…” William laughed. His son’s adamant tone made him laugh.

“What’s so funny?” Daniel asked as he raised his eyebrows.

“You are a little detective!” William held Daniel up and continued to tease him, “You little rascal, I’m not a male fly.”

“But there are female flies! It’s all too much!” Daniel continued to pout, “If you don’t want to be a male fly, then you’d better ignore them!”

“You little devil!” William touched Daniel’s nose, “Go on, daddy promises to only want your mommy! Come on, call me daddy!”

“No way!” Daniel said, “I’m heading in!”

“Stubborn kid,” Looking at Daniel’s back, the corner of William’s lips raised, then he got up and headed in the VIP room.

“Where’d you two go?” Liam said as he saw the two walk in.

"Nowhere!"

"Nowhere!"

The duo answered together in sync.

Daniel glared at William, then sat next to Sherry and whispered into her ear, “Mommy, you better keep an eye on Mr. Rowland, or someone’s going to steal him away!”

“What!” Sherry was stunned and looked at William.

“What are you two whispering about?” William laughed as he asked them.

Sherry began to blush and quickly shook her head, "Nothing, it’s nothing!"

“We’re talking about female flies! There was one near you just now, so I’m telling mommy to remember to bring a fly swatter with her at all times, so she can swat them anytime!” Daniel sat upright in his seat and said calmly.

“What female fly? How do you even tell from looking whether a fly is male or female?” Sarah confusedly asked.

“Brother, how does a female fly look like?” Samuel also asked with curiosity.

“Right! Are there even flies in winter? Maybe there are certain species of flies that are available even during winter! Where is it?” Liam also chimed in.

“Hah!” William suppressed himself from laughing out loud, “He’s talking about a flirty waitress!”

“OH- My god!” Liam shouted, “My nephew’s so funny; he must have inherited a sense of humor from me. Come here, boy, come home with uncle tonight, OK?”

“Inherited from you? Stop kidding yourself!” William gave Liam a light shove.

“Doesn’t inheriting come from mommy and daddy?” Daniel pondered and asked.

Everyone was shocked; William continued, “Yes, it’s from mommy and daddy; you’re daddy’s son, so of course you inherited from me!”

“No, I’m not, Samuel is!” Daniel disapproved.

“You both are!” William hinted.

A waiter brought in the drinks, and Samuel ran to pour drinks, “Let me pour the juice!”

“Hold on, Samuel, let me!” Sarah was afraid that Samuel would spill the juice onto his clothes.

“Sarah, Samuel can handle it; he even pours us tea at home. Samuel is a good little boy who loves to work!” Sherry praised Samuel with pride. “Let him pour you a glass!”

“Alright!” Sherry’s eyes began to turn red. This was her child; she never raised him for a day, yet he already knew how to pour her juice. “Be careful, dear!”

In the end, Samuel poured a glass for everyone; Liam and Sarah’s eyes were both red.

William then said, “Samuel, after lunch, go to Liam and Sarah’s house, OK?”

“Will Daniel go too?” Samuel asked in a behaved manner.

“I don’t want to go, I still have stuff to do! You go, Samuel!” Daniel rejected.

William froze in place, “You don’t dare to go by yourself?”

Sarah was slightly worried, “Will, he might get a bit scared; no hurry!”

“I’m not afraid! I’ll go with Ms. Sarah! How come Daniel calls Mr. Liam uncle, and I have to call him Mr. Liam? Why can’t I call him uncle?” Samuel looked up and asked William.

“Ugh! You can call him uncle too! Daddy forgot to say so!” Just thinking about his mistake, William was filled with cold sweat.

“Daddy, I won’t go back home tonight; can I sleep with uncle?” Samuel looked up admiringly at Liam.

“Does Samuel like Uncle Liam?” William asked again.

“Mhmm, I do!”

“Does Samuel like me?” Sarah couldn’t wait and blurted out.

Samuel nodded again. “I do too! Ms. Sarah smells like mommy too! I like Ms. Sarah!”

Hearing this, Sarah instantly burst into tears.

“What’s wrong, Ms. Sarah?” Samuel saw Sarah began to cry and reached his tiny hands over to try and wipe away her tears, “Don’t cry, Ms. Sarah!”

Sherry was touched by this scene before her. Maybe it won’t take long before Samuel starts to call Liam and Sarah as daddy and mommy.

***

“I told you not to act rashly, Peter. William is not the fool you think he is. He’s seen through it all already. You’re only disgracing yourself by doing this.” Alexis let Lara go and William gave her a blank check.

They will have no any relation.

She knew that she was no match for William, so she planned to leave for France, when she suddenly received Peter’s call.

“Was it he who locked you up these past few days?” Peter was not surprised, “Are you scared now?”

“Let it go, Peter!” Lara said, “You’re no match for him. I won’t be involved in anymore of your plans. Just drop it! I know you can’t win.”

She hung up and removed the SIM card, then threw it in a nearby trash can in the airport. She looked back at the greenery behind her, then pulled her luggage into the main lobby.

It’s all over now, goodbye! She had completely given up!

Peter put his phone down; he looked eerily calm. Of course he knew William had some nerves, but he underestimated him.

Over at the Rowland Group.

In the Afternoon.

William returned to the company after lunch.

Liam came along.

With regards to the investment project overseas, Peter made his final presentation.

Everyone present was listening close. William calmly sat at the head of the table, with his hands on the arm rests, as he listened attentively. The entire plan was flawless, but the better it sounded, the more cautious one had to be. William didn’t display any thoughts he had, but remained quiet.

Once he finished with his presentation, Peter looked at William, who still did not express anything on his face. His quiet demeanor made people both respect and fear him.

“Approved!” After a long time, William spoke, “Prepare the funding this afternoon. Peter can go speak with Finance!”

Liam said nothing as he stared sharply at Peter. Peter seemed to catch a drift from Liam’s stare, but he only looked back at Liam quietly.

“I’ll take care of it right now!” Peter said and left the meeting room.

William and Liam remained alone in the room.

“He doesn’t seem to be repentant at all! Damn, what a heartless man. If this project fails, it’ll ruin the company! When can we punish him? I can’t stand it!”

William laughed as he shook his head, “We’ll talk in my office!”

“Alright!”

The two of them headed to the President’s office.

What was strange was that Peter did not do anything. Once the project was approved, the transfer of the funds proceeded without a hitch.

William was a bit taken aback; he really did not know what Peter had planned.

On the third day of John’s departure.

Peter came into William’s office.

“Peter, what’s the matter?” William remained calm.

Peter sat down across from him and handed him a document. “Here is a list of the joint projects between Houston Group and the Rowland Group. One of the projects has a problem; about 100 million went missing without a trace. I checked the bank accounts, but the money’s not there. It’s not on the accounts, but the receipt has your signature.”

“What are you trying to say?” William raised his eyebrow and calmly asked.

“Commercial bribery!” Peter uttered. “Around the time you signed this, the mayor’s sister-in-low suddenly had an extra 50 million in her Swiss Bank account… And a new villa, which was purchased under your name.”

“Speak, Peter; what do you want?” William said.

“I already know that you found out about everything! Yes, I swapped your children. Do you want to know the whereabouts of your biological son?” Peter asked in a low voice.

William blinked. It seemed that Peter didn’t know that William already knew Daniel is his biological son. He looked on at Peter as if he was looking at a clown. “Are you certain you’re my older brother?”

Peter was shocked; he didn’t expect William to ask him this, “Do you know who I am?” Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

“Peter, the members of my family are quite smart. If you stop now, I’ll pretend that nothing ever happened, and we can be brothers. If you don’t, not even I can guarantee what will happen next!” William gave him a gentle reminder.