“And how did I humiliate you when in fact, I did the opposite?” Carter asked, his gaze unwavering. “Defending Damian means that we are good employers. Since he is our employee, whatever achievement he will have, we are already on behalf of it.”“Then, what happened earlier was only for show?” Carson asked, suppressing a smile, thinking that Carter was always on his side, and would only do things that benefit him.“No. I really defended him.”The irritation suddenly registered on Carson’s face. “But why? You know who he is.”“And that gave me more reason not to let those people ridicule him like that,” Carter answered as his gaze became colder. “If he is the missing heir, we should protect him as he’s a part of our family, although we can’t confirm it yet.”“Family?” Carson asked, his tone sarcastic. “I can’t defend someone who punched me, humiliated me, and continued to belittle me as he thought he was much better than me.” He clenched his fists. “I am the heir. No one can take it awa

“ARE YOU subtly confessing that you did something to sabotage my award?” Damian asked, smirking as he raised an eyebrow. “No. I’m just saying that you expected to get the Social Impact Award, but you know what? The board of directors realized you didn’t deserve it at the right time. That I deserve it more than you,” replied Ethan in a mocking tone. “It was a sudden change of judgment, so they weren’t able to inform you anymore, but they informed me beforehand so I could prepare myself.”Damian’s eyebrow raised higher, seeing that Ethan was being unusually talkative for today. “Then you should have said that as a part of your speech. Why are you telling everything to me even though I’m not interested?”“Not interested? You can’t fool me, Damian. It is seen on the cameras how shocked and frustrated you are when they called my name instead of yours,” Ethan said, smiling from ear to ear. He pointed at Damian’s phone afterward. “I guess you are not yet aware of what was happening. Look at

While Damian was on the stage, he clapped loudly and encouraged every guest to do the same. Seconds later, the whole place was filled with people cheering for Damian. “Congratulations, Damian!” Carter shouted like a proud brother as his smile went from ear to ear. “What are you doing?” Carson muttered, his brows furrowing. “Showing you a lesson.” Carter stopped clapping this time as his smile converted into a wicked one. “I know that you are threatened by his existence, and to be honest, everyone does.” He looked at Luther and Ethan, who were sitting on their side. “But remember the position you have as the Ferremento family’s next heir. It is yours no matter what they say.” Carson couldn’t help but smile as he felt reassured by Carter’s words. However, when he looked at the stage, he scowled. ‘You are irritating me more than you should, Damian. I will make sure to take you down after this,’ he promised himself. But never did Carson think that at that moment, what he was planning

“Alright. I will not pull you out from the Mid-Century Elegance Events but it will only be for formality. I already instructed Diana not to give you another set of workloads after finishing your current tasks,” Veron said.Damian was about to disagree but Veron spoke again. “You have so many tasks at hand, and I can’t risk your well-being despite the need to train you. You also have tasks from your organization, too,” Veron explained, and the worry was evident in his expression. “You are making me proud now, Son. So you can relax for a while and enjoy the fruit of your hard work.”Hearing those words from Veron, Damian smiled. “Thank you, Father.”“You are welcome.” Veron’s smile widened. “ Just in case you will be overwhelmed by the work, contact me immediately. And you don’t need to work in the restaurant—Just observe the process and see if there is anything we can improve. I will delegate it to the Strategy Department.”“Okay.” Damian smiled and caressed the clip he attached to hi

“No,” Damian answered without hesitation.“What?” Harris looked at Damian in disbelief. “Then, how brave of you to go here even if you are not in a high-ranking position, huh!”“Remember the guy who humiliated me in the accounting office while you were not around? It is him.” Cassandra stood up and flirtatiously clung her hands to Harris’ arm, intentionally pressing her chest against him. “Can you take revenge on him for me?”“Is that so?” Harris asked, gritting his teeth, annoyed. “Then you are dead now.” He looked at Damian intently.However, Damian only shook his head, and the side of his lips rose. “I don’t bring any personal grudges in business and work, so whatever issue you have against me, you can contact me after business hours, although I’m still busy on other things after this.”“You—” Harris was about to react, but Damian didn't even let him finish his sentence.“Let’s go back to our main problem here.” Damian turned his direction toward Jeffrey and asked, “Are you sure he