After returning home with Beatrice that day Luke decided to tell her everything that was happening without conceding anything from her.
Beatrice was too stunned to process what was happening, this last forty-eight hours of her life have been nothing but shocking.
First, Luke was revealed as the the chairman and founder of Archman Group, then this morning her mother-in-law decided to hand over all her shares to her.
She had initially thought nothing much about the shares, but after things were properly explained to her about how the power structure in Archman Group worked, she was shocked to see how powerful the twenty percent shares were at the Group.
Not only did the shares give her control over thirty percent of Archman Group total asset, but it gave her power to go against the chairman, meaning as long as she had that twenty percent shares, she would have the twelve board executives on her side, since she was the only one that had the means to against the chairman when necessary.
Though the twelve board executives didn't have any share in the group, they still headed the group with Luke and thus were very influencial within the group.
Things just got crazier now because they were now on the brink of war. It could happen anytime from now leaving her mind in a chaos.
Luke on the other hand felt guilty towards his wife, this were really bad times for all this event to converge like this, he just didn't know how to comfort her.
Beatrice on the other hand suddenly grabbed Luke's hand tightly, "Can you win this war against the Great nations?"
Luke nodded, "Don't worry I'll definitely win this!" He said firmly with confidence.
"I'm sorry you have to go through all this at this time, but I promise you, I'll definitely win this and make it up to you however you want" Luke said with a smile as he caressed Beatrice cheek to comfort her.
"Then will you be safe?" She asked with worry in her eyes. Luke couldn't help but laugh loudly, "Don't worry, there's nothing on this planet that can hurt me, you can be sure of that!" Luke said with confidence brimming in his tone.
Forget earth, even an advance civilization 8 specie could not touch him. Who was he? He had received the legacy of the founding ancestors of his civilization who were considered the brightest mind the wider universe had ever seen.
The worry in Beatrice subsided a little bit, though she was new and didn't know much about Archman Group since it was shrouded in mystery, what she did know was that, it was powerful enough to force the great nations to form an alliance just to stand a chance against them.
This was enough for her to believe that Luke would not be defeated easily and might actually possess the power to turn this around.
She clutch on to that thought and started wishing she was right, Beatrice comforted herself with this.
Luke was impressed by how strong Beatrice was mentally, he had been initially worried about how he was going to comfort her and make her worry less, but she found a way to assure and comfort herself.
"What can I do to help?" Beatrice suddenly asked. She was determined to stand by Luke no matter what the outcome would be, maybe this way she could pay Luke back for saving her seven years ago.
Luke couldn't help but smile, to think he was worried that Beatrice would be scared, but it seemed he was overthinking it.
"You being by my side it's already enough for me!" Luke said with a bright smile.
This was indeed a nice feeling, in the past he braced through all this event alone but now it seemed like those days of he fighting alone were gone, he was no longer alone and had someone on his side.
Beatrice couldn't help but also smile after seeing Luke's bright smile, she felt that everything was going to be okay as long as they were together.
....
Luke went to his study after Beatrice had gone to sleep late in the night.
"Contact the Shaw couple" He still remembered that he had promised to invest in their project, he wanted to fulfill that promise before things became hectic.
Linda was the one who answered the call.
"Mr Archman, it's there any problem?!" She asked anxiously. It was 1 am and Luke was contacting her, anyone would have been scared.
Luke on the other hand was surprised to see Linda in her sleeveless nightwear, he couldn't help but clear his throat.
"Apologies for calling you so late, I want to talk to you about our partnership now, I want to sort it out before things become hectic.
Linda was surprised, "What do you mean by things becoming hectic?' she asked genuinely confused.
"You'll know very soon! I'll transfer twenty billion dollars into your account right about now" The moment Luke finished his statement, Linda received a message from her bank.
"But wait Mr Archman, this is above what we requested!"
"Then I expect it to go smoothly then, I wish you success in your project" Luke responded.
At this moment, Linda was left speechless. After everything she did, Luke was still willing to be professional about their cooperation, All she could say to Luke was "Thank you!' This was genuinely from her heart.
She just realized she never deserved to be with Luke from the very beginning.
Luke on the other hand just nodded before ending the call. After ending the call with Linda,
"Contact President Selina"
After a while, the president of Gold country picked up the call, "Mr Archman to what do I owe the pleasure?" President Selena was dressed in official attire, this meant she was yet to retire for the day and was still working.
"Well done, smiling at my face then stabbing me in the back, well done madam president!" Luke said coldly.
President Selena was surprised to hear Luke's cold words, "Mr Archman, what do you mean by this?" She asked with a frown.
Luke sneered, "You know exactly, what I'm talking about!"
"Mr Archman, I don't know what you are talking about, can you clarify?
"Herh, Do you mean you tell me you don't know anything about what's currently happening in the country?" Luke asked.
"I don't understand what you are getting at, can you be more clear?" Selena was clearly getting frustrated at Luke accusation.
"Tell me then, a few months ago why did you request the Archman private forces to withdraw from Inspections?"
Selena was caught off guard, this happened a few months ago, and it wasn't a major issue in anyway or was she missing something?
"Well during that time, we were handing military control to you, the nation's army had nothing to do and would have been discharged, so my administration came up with a solution which would make them still useful.
It's there a problem with that?" Selena explained.
Luke raised an eyebrow, from the looks of things it seemed like Selena didn't know anything about what was going on, it may be possible that her subordinates did this without her knowledge.
"So you're telling me you currently have no idea what's happening within the country right now?" Luke asked.
"Mr Luke are you playing some sort of game with me?" This time she called Luke by his first name, did Luke call her at this time just to mess with her?
Luke couldn't help but heave a sigh after hearing this, he was glad to know that at least Selena wasn't involved in this mess.
"Listen carefully to what I'm about to tell, Gold country has currently been invaded by the great nations, they've assembled a 50,000 strong army within our boarders"
"Impossible!" Selena immediately rejected what Luke was saying.
"Are you sure you aren't mistaken? It's impossible to assemble such a large force unnoticed, especially within our territory when you have control over everythi..." Her sentence gradually grinded to a stop as the realization suddenly dawned on her as to why Luke asked about an event that happened a month ago.
Selena was smart, she knew that the only thing Luke didn't have control over was the habours and airports.
She was the one who personally requested that Luke gave that control to her government.
"It seemed like your controll over your underlings have been pretty lax for them to pull such a stunt on you"
Selena was left speechless, this was all too much information for her to digest, she didn't think the great nations would use such despicable means to fight them.
"Do you have a plan to stop this?'' Selena asked after she had gathered her thoughts.
"I'm working on it, but for now don't make any suspicious moves that will notify the enemy that we are aware of their plot, find a reason to meet me at the Crystal Citadel as soon as you can.
Don't trust anyone in your entourage, they might be with the enemy for all we know, be careful!" Luke said before hanging up.
...
8:00 GMT
50 kilometers from the Gold Coast sea boarder,
BOOM! BOOM!
Large explosion were heard under sea sending shockwaves of 60 kilometers at a 400km/h which caused a
A tsunami Wavelength of 60 meters in all directions.
After the explosion, a large mushroom cloud could be seen formed it the sky.