The Will 1

Two weeks before.

Charles walked into William's working room very hastily. He had just gotten a call from Dimitri, the butler of the Hunters' Manor. "William! Dimitri just called me."

William immediately looked up from the financial report he was reading. "What's the problem?"

"Your father," replied Charles.

William took a deep breath. "What's with the Old Man?"

"This morning, he asked your family's attorney to come to his manor," explained Charles.

"What is he going to do by contacting his attorney? Does he want to leave everything to me?"

Charles shook his head. "Dimitri said he had other plans."

William straightened his body. "What do you mean he has other plans? He doesn't want to make me his heir?"

Charles could only shrug his shoulders. "I also don't know the plan Dimitri is referring to. He didn't provide detailed information."

William immediately closed the financial statements of his family's hotel in Manhattan and threw them on his desk. He snorted. "I will meet him. Hurry up and get everything ready."

"You mean you're going back to Paris?" asked Charles.

William chuckled as he looked at Charles. "Where else can I find that old man other than Paris? Quickly!"

Charles nodded his head and immediately left William's room. As he walked out, he contacted the Pilot who used to fly William's private jet to prepare for their flight to Paris.

As soon as Charles left his room, William banged on his desk, cursing his father. "Dang it! What is that man planning? I will not let what is rightfully mine fall into the others' hands."

Just as William was annoyed with Charles's information, his cell phone suddenly rang. Without seeing who called him, William answered the call with a little curt. "Who's this?"

The sound of a woman's flirtatious laughter greeted William. "You didn't forget your promise to me, did you, Willy?"

William frowned. "Who are you?"

"Only one day I left you, and you've forgotten me?" replied the woman who called William.

"I'm not in the mood to deal with women. I have other business to attend to. Don't call me again," William said sharply. He then hung up the phone. After that, he blocked the number of the woman who had just called him.

"Why do these women always show up at inopportune times?" William grumbled.

This time the telephone on William's desk rang. He pressed the answer button, and Charles directly spoke to him. "We're leaving in an hour."

"Okay. Tell Jake to wait in the lobby. I'm going back to the penthouse to get my passport," William pleaded.

"Okay." Charles ended his phone call with William.

William took a deep breath and immediately got up from his chair. He then buttoned his coat and walked out of his office.

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11 PM Paris time.

The jet that was carrying William arrived in Paris. As soon as he got off the plane, William headed for the black Rolls-Royce.

"Good evening, monsieur," said the driver who opened the door for William.

William nodded slowly and quickly got into the car. He took a deep breath and leaned his head back against the back of the chair. When Charles got into his vehicle, the driver who picked them up immediately closed the car door.

The driver then returned to the car, and they left the airport where William's private plane landed. On the way to his family's manor, William watched the flickering streetlights of Paris as he thought about what his father was planning. He suddenly asked the driver who picked him up.

"Hey! Does the Old Man have another mistress?" William asked the driver who picked him up.

The driver glanced at William briefly in his rearview mirror. "I don't know about that, monsieur."

"Have you never seen him with a woman?" William asked again.

"No, monsieur. The last time I dropped Monsieur Hunter off with a woman was six months ago. After that, I never saw him with a woman except for Naomi," replied the driver who drove William.

Charles, sitting next to William, noticed the annoyance on William's face. William never liked going back to Paris, even though Paris was his hometown. He prefers to manage his family's hotel chain in Manhattan.

William finally returned to silence while staring at the road his car passed. Paris. A city that is often said to be a city full of love. But for William, Paris is a city that makes him hurt. William must accept that the two women he loved left him behind in this city.

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After traveling for an hour, William finally arrived at the Hunter family's manor. The butler of his family was already standing in front of the mansion and immediately greeted William.

"You look thinner, monsieur," said Dimitri.

William only sighed softly in response to Dimitri's words. He then asked him. "Is the old man asleep?"

Dimitri shook his head. "He's still in his working room. It seems he was deliberately waiting for you."

William frowned.

Dimitri laughed softly. "He knows everything you do. Including your sudden return."

"Of course, he knows everything," William quipped. He then stepped into his family's manor.

As William entered his family's manor, Dimitri turned his attention to Charles carrying William's belongings. "You told him about the will?"

Charles nodded his head. "He wouldn't be here if he didn't know about the will."

"Good then," said Dimitri.

"By the way, why did you tell me about that? Wouldn't Monsieur Hunter be mad at you if he found out you leaked that to me?" asked Charles.

"I've been taking care of William since he was little. I know everything he's been through, and I don't want him to lose anything so precious to him again," replied Dimitri.

"You seem to love him very much," said Charles.

Dimitri smiled crookedly in response to Charles' words. "Hurry up and take William's things to his room."

Charles nodded and immediately walked after Dimitri, who had entered the Hunter family's manor first.

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Alexander Philip Hunter, William's father, slowly raised his head after hearing his working room door slamming loudly. He chuckled when he saw William walking towards him in his room.

"What brought you home suddenly, son?" asked Alexander.

William walked over to his father's desk, staring at him intently. "There's no need to mince words. You must know why I'm here."

Alexander frowned.

William stood before his father and resumed his speech. "What are you planning? I admit our relationship is not good. But that's no reason to get rid of me as the heir to the Hunter family."

Alexander laughed softly after hearing William's words. "To be honest, I could have removed you as the heir to the Hunter family. But, since you've come home, I think we can discuss it."

William clenched his fists after hearing his father's words. But he tried to stay calm and took a deep breath. "Okay. It looks like we have something to talk about now."

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