Mumblings had begun to occur while Marcus was giving his speech, “Is he being serious!?”“I wonder why they aren't revealing his identity”“So what exactly is the purpose of this press conference?” “You can never be too trusting, especially with these rich ones, always finding ways to flaunt their wealth,” one of them responded. What Marcus hadn't revealed and what they were unaware of, was that Adam the mysterious heir was present and was within the crowd, hearing the side talks and comments, and he couldn't help but laugh to himself. He and his grandfather had come to an understanding that Adam wasn't ready to be announced to the public, he still had his personal life to sort out. At the last minute, Marcus had agreed for Adam to remain incognito. Williams, who had been looking forward to meeting the new heir, was extremely upset after hearing Marcus’ speech. He wasn't going to meet and introduce himself after all. Bringing along the gift felt useless now that he couldn't pres

Like the Red Sea, the crowd parted to let the man through. Williams went completely still at the sound of the voice; the voice sounded oddly familiar and with the authoritative tone he had spoken with, Williams had an inclination of who it might be. Still gazing at Adam, and with a smirk on the fool’s face, he figured his suspicion was right.Composing himself and his countenance, he broke eye contact with Adam, turned to face the intimidating stare of Marcus Raine, and gulped subtly. A flush appeared on his neck and he smiled nervously at Marcus, sputtering and struggling to find the right words, after all, it was the almighty Marcus Raine; the richest and most powerful man in their country,“N-no Sir” shaking his head, he replied “Yes S-sir there is”Marcus nodded at him, and looked him over, his gaze landing on the clutched item in Williams’ hand, narrowing his eyes at him “Who are you? I do not believe I know you, nor invited you here. Who are you again?” Marcus questioned in a po

Williams’ eyebrows pinched together, and he shuffled on his feet, swallowing loudly once more he pulled out the golden envelope from his pocket and handed it over to Marcus, his hands trembling as he did Marcus looked the envelope over, and without opening it, he faced the security beside him and instructed him“Get Martins for me this minute” the security bowed and hurried to go call the man in question. Williams didn't understand what was happening, and his mind began racing, sweat building on his face. Adam smiled knowingly, Martins was Raul’s second-in-command and he would be able to prove that Williams hadn't been invited for the event. Turning to his right slightly, he saw Martins and the security walking briskly towards them. “I'm here Sir,” Martins said as soon as he got beside them, Marcus nodded in acknowledgment, and he faced Williams as he spoke, “I'm not aware of any guest by the name of Williams Bates, I need you to check our guests list to confirm.” Williams's face

Back at the press conference, everyone still had not gotten over the situation “That man really does have guts. To think he was posing with someone else’s invite!” “Williams Bates has always been a cunning fellow. I've known the guy for a while, he's not to be trusted” One of the conspiringly whispered, cupping both hands to her mouth "I heard he stole someone's wife after getting rid of him, and that he's currently going bankrupt" Those around her gasped and exclaimed, covering their mouths in shock as the lady nodded her head. "Karma came quickly for him then, if that news is true" Those gathered nodded their heads, while some shook it in pity. "Serves him right I must say" one other responded. The gossip had been going on for a while after Williams had been thrown out, and it wasn't going to stop anytime soon or today. Oblivious to the gossip and mumblings going on amongst the crowd, with Marcus still by his side, Adam approached the top journalist of Light Voice Press, th

A few days after the event, Adam sat in his office, on the topmost floor of Raine’s conglomerate head office, the office was made of glass, and Adam could view the city from his office, he had a personal balcony of his own, even a small lounge he could use to entertain visitors, as well as a room, kitchenette and a full-on bathroom and toilet with a small walk-in closet. His desk was strewn with papers and files that needed attending to, since his takeover, he had been swamped with work and was thankful for the way his office was built, he had a feeling he would be staying back at the office for a while if he was going to meet up; he had a lot of companies under him that he had to oversee and all, so work was going to be much for him. Adrien occupied one of the seats in front of him, Adrien relaxed in the seat, almost slouching on it. Although they had important business and issues to discuss, yet Adrien sat in a relaxed manner. Adrien had him paid a visit, following the event o