BXBX NOVEL Chapter 156 - Adam's Proposal
It wasn\'t looking good for Adam, and Angela knew that even if she tried to protect him, if her grandfather willed it, she wouldn\'t be able to go against him. However, when she turned to look at Adam, his red eyes were steady and calm as they looked directly at the family head without fear.
Adam had run many different scenarios through his mind before reaching the Maxwell Family Headquarters and had thought of an idea that could either be what propels him upwards, or gets him killed.
[Big risks, big rewards] thought Adam to himself, knowing that it was the best option that he had.
He knew that he was reckless in most situations and didn\'t listen to his Hunter\'s mind despite it being against his ideas, but he believed in his luck, his capability and that everything would work out.
However before he said anything, he looked down at Angela, wanting to get her permission before saying anything that would get her involved and make her take a risk as well.
The only thing that could not only get him out of the Maxwell Family, but also massively increase his influence and support, was his wit, confidence and words.
"Angela do you trust my judgement and would you be willing to take a risk with me?" asked Adam.
"I might die in the process and you might lose some influence in your family if we fail. But if we succeed it will all be worth it" said Adam.
Angela thought about it for a few seconds, then nodded her head and accepted, which shocked everybody in the room. She trusted the weak and insignificant individual to that extent, which was surprising and infuriated Damian even more.
Every time Damian tried to speak to Angela, she would ignore him, yet she trusted a random weak guard that she had never been seen with before.
However, to Angela, it wasn\'t like that.
Adam seemed capable and trustworthy and she was also the one that had dragged him into the Maxwell Family meeting and got him in the predicament he was in.
Even if it wasn\'t because she felt guilty, she wasn\'t taking much risk if she accepted and was sure her grandfather and Wayde would protect her, while Adam was staking his life.
Adam had not only offended Damian, but had also invoked his jealousy, which had made him an enemy of Damian. Even if he managed to survive after his plan failed or the Maxwell Family let him go, he knew Damian would try to kill him and probably succeed in doing so, so he had no choice but to succeed.
"Maxwell Family Head, I have a proposal" stated Adam respectfully.
He knew he could easily be crushed by the Maxwell Family Head and his fate rested on whether or not the Maxwell Family Head would accept his proposal, so he had to be respectful.
Everybody in the conference room was shocked once again by what Adam said, and so was Angela who was unsure of what he was going to say next.
"Do speak" permitted the family head.
"Can you agree that an alliance with the Epstein Family is the best solution and that it not only solves your predicament, but will also allow you to expand your territory and become the strongest family in New York with the help of their resources?" asked Adam.
"Yes that is true" agreed the family head.
"Then if a young candidate for family head were to make that happen. Would they deserve to be confirmed and hailed as the next family head?" asked Adam.
"Yes, they should" affirmed the family head, who agreed with what Adam was saying.
"Then you shouldn\'t have any objections to my proposal. If Angela, with the assistance of me and Wayde, can persuade the Epstein Family head to ally with the Maxwell Family, Angela should be made the next family head" said Adam.
All of his previous obvious questions were merely a trap to get the family head to agree to his proposal, and the family head had fallen right into it.
If Adam could help Angela become the next family head, while also increasing the power of the Maxell Family massively, it would immediately make him the friend of the family head that controlled New York.
It would also make him the Maxwell Family\'s benefactor, as without him helping them ally themselves with the Epstein Family, they wouldn\'t have stood much of a chance against the Lin Family.
This would make him untouchable in New York and he would be given all the resources, money, methods and knowledge that he needed.
Hearing Adam\'s proposal, the head of the Maxwell Family couldn\'t help but laugh to himself.
"Hahaha. I commend your bravery, but this proposal of yours puts the whole Maxwell family in danger. The risk is too big and it is very unlikely that you will be able to do so. We must act immediately if we want to survive this battle with the Lin Family, so unfortunately I have to..." said the Maxwell Family, who was interrupted just as he was about to decline Adam\'s proposal.
"Three days, all I need is three days. After that, you can follow Damian\'s plan or do whatever you want" interrupted Adam, who didn\'t want to miss out on the golden opportunity, that would also guarantee his life after he left.
Without it, if he wasn\'t with Angela and Wayde who could protect him, Damian might follow him or send people after him, which would not only put his life in danger, but also that of his aunt and his friends.
He needed to succeed here, otherwise, everything he worked for would be lost.
Adam\'s proposal was absurd and very unrealistic, but his confidence and bravery were admirable.
3 days was not a long time and not much would happen in it, but it was still a risk that the family head wasn\'t willing to take on a random mid-level Novic Cultivator that he knew nothing about it.