The Billionaire’s Pretty Thief

Max was sobbing and Crystal stood beside him consoling him. “Max, it’s alright, hush now,” she said. His tricks were now made plain to her already.

This is his normal way to behave, especially when he knows that his niece won’t disobey him. Pretending like he is crying, he said to her, “Why should I stop crying, Crystal? When my little niece has grown so big that she now wants to control everything and chase me out of her life and house. I will leave,” he said drastically, bowing his head down.

Although Crystal is aware of his Uncle’s tricks she isn’t an ungrateful person to brush Max’s sacrifices he made for her all these years. Taking a step behind, she scurried to her seat wanting to hear what his uncle had to say. “Max, this is not what I planned to do, I mean making you weep, but then…” she broke out when Max cut it firmly.

“What did you mean, Crystal? I’ve spent the past thirteen years of my life taking care of you, your father’s company, forgetting about myself, my own life only for you to grow up and throw this shit to my face? wow! well done. I didn’t marry because of you, I settled down prematurely with no plans of my own just because of you. If I wasn’t there for you, by now you would have been in an orphanage somewhere, or at least adopted by some people who wouldn’t show you love the way I did,” Max’s words were like a dagger, each word he spat out of his mouth made Crystal want to cry, he was right, and just because he did all these things for her shows that he is a good person and means well for her.

“I am sorry Max, I didn’t mean to raise this feeling in you, I sincerely apologize for doing so,” she explained bowing her head in disgust.

A slow sensual smile spread through Maxwell’s lips as it curved plainly beside his mouth. He knew his tears would cause his niece to be remorseful, and that is why he always allowed himself to cry that much, he never wanted her to have reasons to talk about the company again because he would only end up in a complicated matter.

Besides, he has other plans for his niece, the earlier the better.

“It’s alright, I know we are all reliable to make mistakes, but spotting those mistakes and trying to redeem them in the perfect direction will only do us good,” he let out.

One thing that kept bothering Crystal the most was the fact that she had not seen the documents before, Max refused to show her anything that had to do with her father, and her father’s will was never exposed, she wondered why.

All these things always make her mad especially when she thinks about it, this only succeeds in making her mad at her uncle. “When do you plan on handing the company over to me?” she blurted out daring not to stare at her uncle’s deep eyes that were filled with sorrow.

Staring at Crystal, Max had this shocked expression on his face, he thought he had succeeded in wrapping his niece around his tiny finger, guess he was far from that truth now.

“The company is in recession,” he blurted out. This is another of his silly words, he always plans it but this time, he seems to convince Tia more because it drives him toward his plan.

“What the hell are you talking about, Max? it has not been up to six months ago when I gave you twenty million Francs, what do you always do with that kind of money?” she asked in frustration.

It is evident that she is tired of fighting for this man, nothing always comes out positive for him apart from the fact that he wants to get better by tricking his niece and sending her to the front to protect the company.

“I know, Crystal, but then, the company is not doing well as planned, and bills to settle every month, and workers to pay too,” he said sadly.

T-Bay company and co is a renowned company, known for its extravagant products and services they rendered not only nationally, but also internationally.

It produces children’s toys and accessories that range from zero to ten years old, but now, she can’t seem to understand why the company isn’t booming as before, it surely had to especially now when the birthrate has increased in the country, and everyone is purchasing one or two things.

Crystal rubbed her temple lightly, she felt like Max was simply lying to her, yet with no proof, she had no way to get at him other than believing him. “Ohh! something must be done then, or you sell the company,” she spat disgustingly seeing it as the only option.

“Sell it? of course, that wouldn’t be the option, I have a plan, and I would like you to cooperate with me, we can have the money to boost it in less than night, you know,” he explained.

Maxwell’s plan was already evident, he wants Crystal to steal from those men she always does all the time. She didn’t want to.

“Max, I am tired of tricking men and stealing their money, I do not want it. Just give me the company, let me be in charge, I bet things will be better this time,” she begged her uncle.

Each of them had their different evil plans, it was governed by selfishness, they all wanted to be in the position of ownership, but by rights, it belonged to Crystal, Maxwell didn’t just want to hand it over to her. Glaring at his niece, he knew he had to convince Crystal, the earlier the better, things needed to speed up as fast as possible.

“You can’t say that Crystal, this isn’t going to be like the other men you’ve had to trick from, the deal for this one is heavenly, you must just play along,” he explained wriggling his forehead.

“How much is the deal?” she asked eyeing him. It is not as if she is going to accept it anyway, she is curious about knowing it, especially as Max was overjoyed while saying it wishing her to accept it. Maybe when she hears the prize, it might motivate her.

“The money involved is thirty million francs CFA,” he spat. “What?” She exclaimed opening her mouth.