The Pinnacle Of Life Chapter 1
As night fell in California, the Assex’s residence was filled with brilliant light and cheerful noises.
Today marked the birthday of Madame ire of the Assex family. Despite her age, she was still the
epitome of elegance and beauty. More remarkably, was the beauty and grace of her two daughters.
One of them was deemed California’s most beautiful; and the other was said to be the best looking in
her college. Countless men who had been drooling over their beauty seized the opportunity, and came
to wish Madame ire a happy birthday.
“Madame ire, I present to you, The Pearl of the East Sea. Wearing it will help yourplexion.
Happy birthday!”
“Madame, I present to you, a pair of jade scepters. Wishing you eternal youth and may all your wishes
come true.”
As the gifts were presented to her one by one, the look of delight could not be hidden on Madame
ire’s face. She was feeling overjoyed.
Like a bolt from the blue, a young man wearing a pair of worn out jeans rushed into the vi looking
distressed. He said to Madame ire, “Mum, my mother is very sick and needs immediate attention.
Could you please lend me half a million dors?”
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Everyone was in shock and stared at the young man. The disgust on their faces was apparent. He had
the audacity to not onlye in empty-handed, but to ask for half a million dors of hand out. Had he
gone insane?
A faint voice in the crowd asked, “Who is this person?”
A man in a suit arrogantly said, “Who else can it be? He is Alex Rockefeller, the son-inw of the Assex
family. The useless husband of Lady Dorothy! He is but a husband only in name, Lady Dorothy is a
virgin. Otherwise, none of us will be here today!”
The vi was bursting withughter as he finished his sentence.
A beautifuldy sitting on the couch looked at Alex with disappointment. She was Alex’s wife, Lady
Dorothy Assex. They had been married for almost a year, but Alex’s status in the family was worse
than that of a nanny. He was never even allowed to enter his wife’s room.
A year ago, on the day of their wedding, Alex’s parents were involved in a traffic ident. His father,
William Rockefeller, was pronounced dead on the spot; his mother had been in aa up till now. To
make matters worse, his father was framed for corruption, and hispany as well as all the
properties had been seized. Alex was expelled from the house of Rockefeller. A man who was once
treated as a young prince had turned into a nobody overnight. Naturally, his money-loving mother-in-
law despised him to his very core.
In order to afford his mother’s medical bills, he had to sell off the only house that he had under his legal
ownership, and it was still nowhere near enough to pay for the exorbitant fees incurred by her
treatment. He had just been notified by the hospital that he had toe up with half a million dors for
a critical operation immediately, otherwise, his mother would only have three days of life left. Alex had
exhausted all other options, he had no choice but toe to beg the Assex family for money.
Looking at Alex’s desperate begging, embarrassing her in front of her guests on her birthday, Madame
ire’s face turned red with fury. She took a piece of her birthday cake and threw it at Alex and said,
“You are such garbage, the only thing you know how to do is beg for money from us every day.
Do you think our money grows on trees? Is it not enough that we give you a stipend of ten thousand
dors every month? You dare toe here begging for half a million dors? Your mother’s medical
expenses are like a bottomless pit. There’s no need for an operation, just prepare for her funeral
already!”
Alex immediately let go of his tightly held hands.
Lady Dorothy finally stood up and handed some tissue to Alex. She then said, “Mom, you should be
more civil about this, there’s no need to get physical.”
At this moment, Beatrice, the younger sister of Dorothy, said sneeringly, “Sister, why are you still
defending this trash? Look at him. Has he contributed a single cent since he came into our family? Has
he ever given a gift to me and Mother? No! What else can he do apart from asking our family for
money? I think you should leave him as soon as possible. There are many young, talented, and eligible
men here today. Any one of them is a thousand fold better than him.”
As they heard the words of Lady Beatrice Assex, all of the young men couldn’t wait to speak up.
“I agree! Being married to this loser is truly unfortunate for Lady Dorothy, it’s much better to get the
marriage annulled immediately!” said one young man. “I’m willing to marry Lady Dorothy immediately, I
will provide a dowry of a mansion in Beverly Hills worth thirty million dors and another twenty million
dors in cash.”
Someone else immediately shouted, “Thirty million dors mansion in Beverly Hills? That has to be the
cheapest home in the neighborhood! I am willing to give a mansion worth eighty million in Beverly Hills
if you marry me, Lady Dorothy!”
Another shouted, “Me, me, me! As long as Lady Dorothy marries me, all of Jones’s Family’s billions in
assets will be yours.”
Alex’s face had gone pale with humiliation. Dorothy’s face had also turned pale. She was depressed
because of the words her mother spoke next.
Madame ire was pleased to see everyone offering such sky-high dowries for her daughter’s hand in
marriage and said, “Gentlemen, please settle down and listen to what I have to say. Truth be told, my
daughter Dorothy recently came upon a problem and identally ran into Sir Gaston Gates of
Thousand Miles Corporation.
Sir Gaston has threatened to run our Assex Construction out of business. Whoever is willing and able
to help Dorothy out of this mess, you have my blessing for my daughter’s hand in marriage.”
She did not mention that Sir Gaston had asked for thepanionship of Lady Dorothy, otherwise, he
would run the Assex family out of town.
Alex was fuelled with anger and eximed loudly, “I will not agree to that, Dorothy is my wife…”
Madame ire pped Alex across his face and said, “Who is your wife? Are you not aware that you
are a nobody? You have no right to speak.”
She asked again, “Gentlemen, what do you say?” After hearing of the threat of Gaston Gates, all those
who were vying to marry Lady Dorothy changed their attitude drastically and did not utter a single word.
Thousand Miles Conglomerate was the leading corporation in California. Their assets were worth
trillions of dors. A single word from the Gates family could make the world tremble.
What was more frightening was the fact that Lex Gunther, the owner of Thousand Miles Conglomerate,
known as Lord Lex, was the Don of California’s underground world, with unfathomable power and
influence. None of them were crazy enough to be making enemies of the Thousand Miles
Conglomerate just for Lady Dorothy’s hand in marriage.
Witnessing the utter silence of the moment, Madame ire’s heart sank a little with restlessness.
Suddenly, someone said, “Alright, I will settle this matter with Thousand Miles Conglomerate, and once
it’s done, I will marry Lady Dorothy.”
Everyone’s head turned and all eyes were on a young man wearing a Giorgio Armani suit with
extraordinary temperament walking in with his head held high.