Akash walked into the Robotics department at Arizona Group the next morning. The team members raised eyebrows as they gave Akash an awkward stare.Akash tried to pretend he didn’t know the reason for the stare. It was obvious they were surprised to find him here after he had made that post.“Good morning, Mr. Akash,” some who cared to greet did, while some immediately diverted their gazes the moment his eyes met with any of them.Akash nodded to the greeting and cursed August under his breath for making him come back here like a loser. He inhaled deeply and headed straight to his office.The moment he got in, he loosened his tie and finally cursed out loud.“Having a blast, Mr. Akash?” Akash turned around to find Sharon standing at the doorway, her arms folded as she rested her side by the doorway.“What were you expecting when you decided to come back? A welcome party from us?” she asked again and straightened up. “You think the world revolves around you, don’t you?” She chuckled wit

“I couldn’t believe that bastard. He literally told me to my face that he won’t give up on my mum! The same darn person who is going to cause her death in a few weeks. Is that even reasonable?!” Akash blurted angrily on his way back from work.After the meeting with Dave earlier this morning, he had been uneasy. He had tried to reach out to August the moment he left the office by calling and texting, but he got no response. This only added to the tension.“He knows something is up. Dave has never been easy to fool,” August replied.Akash didn’t remember August had ruined his phone, so he had been trying to reach him. It was later that evening that he finally got across to him after August apologized for not reaching out to him sooner.“You know that and still let me go fool myself!” Akash hit the brake and parked by the side of the road because he already seemed distracted.“Calm down, Akash. It was a 50-50 case,” August replied with a cool tone.“You aren’t making sense right now,” A

Akash answered the call without checking the caller’s ID.“Hello, am I speaking with Mr. Akash?” A feminine voice spoke over the phone.“Yeah, you’ve got him,” Akash replied, sparing a glance at Dave, who was staring at him as if curious about his caller.“Sir, I am sorry to inform you that your mother has just passed away and….”The voice trailed off. Akash's body went stiff for a moment, then the phone slipped from his hands freely, his hand slowly coming down to stay by his side. His whole weight suddenly felt too heavy to hold on, and the only thing that would relieve him at that point was slumping on the floor.“Akash?” Dave called and made to touch him, but was surprised when Akash lunged at him and grabbed his collar. “You bastard! You killed her!” He yelled at Dave as Brooks rushed to get him off his boss, but Akash was annoyingly strong at that point.“You killed her!” Brooks managed to get him off Dave and stood between them. “Stay back, Mr. Akash, or I will be forced to cal

The atmosphere in the spacious auditorium was electric as reporters from various media outlets, their cameras poised and pens ready, eagerly awaited the unveiling of AKIRA, the highly anticipated superhuman AI robot. The stage was bathed in soft, ambient light, with a large screen behind it displaying the sleek silhouette of the robotic marvel.The host walked onto the podium as everyone settled, with Dave taking his place in the front seat set aside as the high table, trying not to dwell on the call he had received from August. He would be kidding himself if he believed August had sincerely called him to congratulate him.“Sir, you don’t look good. Is anything wrong?” Brooks, who was sitting at the chair behind him, moved forward to ask.Dave drew a deep breath and forced himself to focus on the event. “Yes, I’m fine,” Dave said, diverting his gaze to the right end of the high table on the stage where Akash and his team sat, a table in front of them with speakers at their mouths. Aka

August stood in front of the ABC Construction building, which towered above most of the companies in the area. It was the leading construction company in the world, and the CEO was about to retire.He had been thinking for the past few days about how to accomplish his new task. The ABC Construction Company secured big construction deals worth millions, while smaller construction firms settled for smaller deals worth a few thousand. Now, August had come to the conclusion that he would acquire the company by owning the majority of shares.Now, he had more than enough to buy shares. After AKIRA became affiliated with the Trillion-dollar company, investors started to take notice of the company both domestically and internationally. For the last few days, the number of shareholders in the Trillion-dollar company had increased drastically. Their new building now stood among the other big companies, elevating their status.August advanced into the company’s building. He was going to negotiat