His Devious Rule

"Mrs. Wilson, why should I compromise my son\'s safety for you?" Alvin taunted Janet for expecting him to listen to her.

He wasn\'t going to suffocate Zane with security or trouble Anya who wanted nothing but a normal life for Zane. If Janet continued to irritate them, he might end up revealing the news himself.

Janet felt like a bucket of cold water poured over her. She had no ground to reason with Alvin other than, "I-I gave birth to you." Her voice quivered.

That\'s what Alvin hated the most. If he could change that fact, he would have done it a long time ago.

Alvin watched her eyes go anywhere but his eyes. If gaze could slice through muscles, Janet would have dropped dead there a long ago.

It was solely her choice to give birth to him. It was her decision to leave him in the Matthews mansion. Does he have to be filial for her?

When he went to her doorstep with a mountain of hopes, even if she had hidden him and given him just a small corner without giving him much attention, he wouldn\'t have grown up mocked by Gianna, Matthews, and Sallow family all his childhood. Then he probably would have done anything Gianna asked for.

Alvin received the checkbook and pen from Rob and signed the cheque. If she was expecting him to keep an eye on her dirty secret in return for giving birth to him, he had a response to that.

"My wife paid you back by saving your drug addict kids." If Anya hadn\'t done it, the career and life Janet was talking about would have vanished overnight. Anya had saved the lives of two brats and protected Janet\'s reputation by going against her principles.  Alvin didn\'t feel like he owed Janet anything after that.

Bernard and Linus\'s expressions changed while Krystle shrugged. Staying in the entertainment industry as a model and social media influencer, she knew about Janet\'s kids a long time back.

Alvin who tore the blank cheque, paused looking at the unfilled space in the cheque. He turned to Janet, "You aren\'t worthy of a blank cheque."

If she ever had shown a hint of affection towards him or Anya or Zane, he would have happily given the blank cheque.  Thus, he bluntly asked, "Let me hear the price."

Fear and embarrassment morphed into anger. Janet bellowed at Alvin, "Alvin Matthews, I don\'t f**king need your money."

She wasn\'t trying to protect her career because she wanted money. She wanted to earn and live her life. She never wished for a penny from Alvin or his family.

Bernard wasn\'t in a position to correct Alvin. Janet needed to just support Alvin when he was fighting against the Matthews family. Despite knowing everything happening in Alvin\'s life, she cared about herself.

What could he tell Alvin?

Forgive her? Even Bernard was infuriated that Janet never treated Alvin like a son.

He held Janet\'s hand and tugged at her, "Let\'s leave." It was the only wave to cool Alvin before he lost his temper.

Janet shrugged Bernard\'s hand and retorted to Alvin, "I am not a bloody escort or surrogate mother."

Against her scream, Alvin was unbelievably cool. He propped his head on his fist and watched her indifferently.

Janet was annoyed by his countenance and hissed, "Would you call your wife an escort too? Didn\'t she give birth without telling you?"

\'Pak.\' A resounding slap landed on Janet\'s face.

Bernard was shocked while Linus hoped Krystle wasn\'t going to grab Janet\'s hair and smash her head anywhere. His father might not be able to take the blow.

Alvin who had clenched his fist, slowly breathed out looking at furious Krystle. If not anything, Krystle always supported Anya and couldn\'t tolerate anything against Anya.

Linus quickly held Krystle who bellowed at Janet, "Utter another word against Annie, and I will chop your tongue." She couldn\'t believe Janet compared Anya to her. Anya wasn\'t drunk to sleep with Alvin or didn\'t abandon Zane.

Linus tugged his Hot-Headed out of the living hall seeing her thrusting for blood.

Janet didn\'t mean to say Anya was an escort. She was trying to tell them if he couldn\'t tolerate Anya having such labels, how could he label her that? She held her cheek in disbelief but her anger didn\'t subside.

Alvin glanced at Rob who stood unemotional. "How much could she earn in twenty years?" He was reimbursing her in advance as once the news leaks, she loses her reputation and has no work. He had no plan to release a statement for her or help her in PR.

Rob, who had every detail of Janet, made a rough calculation depending on lowering popularity due to Janet\'s age. "Approximately 210 million through movies and endorsements. It won\'t be more than 250 million if she is honored with lifetime achievement awards." His voice was crisp and precise.

Janet snapped out of disbelief and saw Alvin writing on the cheque. She grabbed the cheque and tore it into pieces. Her hand raised to throw the pieces on Alvin but shook violently when her eyes met with the deadly dark gaze of Alvin.

She swallowed hard, stumbling back. She stammered due to fear clutching her throat and anger bubbling in her nerves, "I would rather beg than take your money." She cried out.

She really didn\'t need his money. She just wanted to live her life without the worry of her buried secret threatening her or her career or the peace of her family. She didn\'t want her other two kids to get bullied by her name.

Alvin plainly said when every nerve of him was itching to strangle her to death, "Get out."

Rob could have dragged Janet out of there but he went to call the maids to do it.

Bernard again tried to tug Janet out before she could say something more and worsened the situation.

Janet shuddered after hearing Alvin. How could she leave without confirming Alvin was going to stop Casper?

"Isn\'t your son alive? Why can\'t you take the case back?" She shrieked at Alvin, struggling to break through Bernard\'s hold.

Rob paused hearing her. Now, he wanted to punch her in the face.

Janet shrugged Bernard and rushed up to Alvin. Her voice turned grave and hard when asking Alvin, "Would you dare to leave your company for your son?"

Alvin had worked day and night to reach where he was. So she assumed his business was more important to him, just like Casper giving importance to business and her husband prioritizing his work.

Rob\'s eyes widened. He felt like Janet was giving new ideas for Alvin to follow Anya. Alvin was capable of leaving the whole company to Rob and Ean. Rob could only hope Alvin doesn\'t consider Janet\'s question seriously.

Janet misunderstood Rob\'s expression. She snickered and pointed at Rob, "Not just him, even your wife will dump you."

She assumed Anya, being a recipient of a reputed award, wouldn\'t like a husband who has nothing. "Your son will despise you."

Which kid would like to say his father was a loser?

Her intention was to let Alvin know how important a career was to her, just like their business. However, she put it in the wrong way and provoked Alvin to take the drastic step.