"Is this a dream or what?" The guests asked themselves as they admired the present. "What is all this?" Julia's uncle, who was advising Raymond a while ago asked as he made his way towards where he stood. "Son, why didn't you tell us you have something up your sleeves instead of bearing all the insults we melted on you?" He asked playfully. "Nothing. I didn't want to give my gift back there." He shrugged. Meanwhile, Niko and Adam had left the scene to avoid being seen. "Isn't this SV Carmel edition?" Someone asked "Of course and the last time I checked, it cost $300,000" his colleague replied as they continued to admire the car. "It's $370,000 now. Shipping fee is not included." Another chirped in. Instead of berating Raymond now, they were now admiring him as they wondered how he was able to present such an expensive gift to his in-laws. "I guess it is a loan." "He must have tangible collateral to take that as a loan. He is rich, he is just pretending to be some poor

"Is it the underrated son-in-law or just Raymond?" Austin smirked with his arms crossed on his chest. "Are we friends?" Raymond smirked. "No." "Do you want to be my friend?" "No." "Then stay away from me else I will tell the CEO you are troubling me. Jaime wasn't bluffing when he said the CEO would relieve anyone from their job if they tried to bother me." He smirked. Taken aback by his rendition, Austin's mouth fell open. He was thinking he could still ride on Raymond like he always did before. "Aren't you tired of bullying him?" Antonio asked, joining them with Julius closely behind. Ever since they pulled that stunt on Sarah, the two had become best of friends. "I'm not bullying him," Austin replied in self-defense. He was stylishly moving backward, scared that the three would lynch him. "I don't want to see you around him else I will tell the CEO what you and Jaime are plotting against Ray. Or do you think I don't know?" Julius was the one speaking now. "Don't

"Maria, come help handle the children." Jacinta, Adam's wife, called the maid who wasted no time in appearing at the doorway. "Mom," Birdie, the younger one scowled, running behind Jacinta. "What's it? I told you after lessons…" "Diner, bath then sleep." She cried. "Then what?" "I don't want to go with Maria. She said she won't talk to me again." She cried, using her little palm to wipe her face. Maria was chuckling at the show Birdie was putting up. Being the younger one, she always wanted things to be done her way even when she had been warned not to. Earlier that day, Maria had just finished bathing Birdie and her brother. She wanted to dress them up for school but Birdie refused, saying she wanted to dress herself. In the process of trying to pick up her clothes, she fell face-first to the floor but luckily for her, the children's room floor was padded so she didn't sustain any injury. To make her stay in place, Maria threatened to report her to Jacinta only for he

"The defaulters will receive a mail and I expect you all to comply with your punishment. Go on, have a nice day, and always remember, we are a team and only together we can win." Xavier ended his speech with a smirk and after running his eyes around the boardroom, he took his leave. To prevent being a scapegoat, those who hadn't received the message refused to look in his direction. They were all scared. This was the finest time a CEO in Dexx was taking interest in a mere worker. While all these were going on, Raymond's focus was on what he had intended to accomplish that day. He had decided to get the documents that bound his father's company and that of Dexx together. The only place he could get the documents he wanted was the Partnerships Department, unlike his company where the Human Resource department was responsible to be in charge of these documents. "Let's do this." He said to himself as he rose. Mayor had long left the scene to continue his study. He was bent on ge

"Nothing," Raymond muttered. He was expecting Niko to tell him exactly what he wanted him to do. "He should go for it," Adam said. The phone was on loudspeaker so he could hear all their conversation. Niko raised his head at once. He was not in support of Raymond working side by side with Xavier. He felt it was a trap from Xavier's end. "Are you not in support of it?" Adam asked after seeing his expression. "Uhm…" he scratched his temple with the tip of his fingers before digging his hand into his hair. "Well, it's just a suggestion. You can counter it if you want." Adam shrugged with his hands folded across his chest. "It's not that. I just feel Xavier is trying to take advantage of him. Remember, he gave him the task of bringing FreeBie down whilst he would take all the glory at the end of the day. He wouldn't mind giving him more daunting tasks as time goes on." He explained. "You're right." Adam nodded in agreement. He hadn't thought of that before. Raymond on the