Andrea followed behind Richard, who was walking in front of her. Both of them were wearing tight clothes intended for riding. Richard's pace was uncharacteristically unconcerned with his surroundings. He walked at his own pace while talking to Smith, who was beside him and was talking about his schedule today."In two or three days, they'll have what you asked for ready." Smith looked back at his screen and saw that a message from Bryce had reached him, from which he knew what Bryce was reporting. "Sir, Bryce says what you requested has arrived." He relayed that to Richard.Richard smiled slightly and nodded his head. "They're right on time. Tell him to eat the apple." This was a message they used as a code, and only Bryce and Richard knew what it meant.Smith nodded, he obeyed what Ethan told him. "I'll tell him, sir."She then retreated from there, while Andrea, who had come along with them, seemed to be strolling leisurely and enjoying herself. Occasionally, she played with her ha

Richard, who was outside, was currently busy with his work. He was holding a meeting with the shareholders of the companies affected by his decision.Those shareholders who were divided, with some choosing to side with Richard, were now asking for his help so that the company that held their future funds would not be completely ruined just because the head of the company that had a larger amount of shares sought trouble with Richard."We plan to take over the leadership of the Lord's company." The representative of the association spoke to Richard.The round table filled with those who favored Richard started to get noisy, talking about it with the person next to them."Right!" one of the others exclaimed. "It's not right that we have to bear the loss just because of their actions, sir. This is a personal matter that they did without discussing it with us first, but what happened after their actions was detrimental to us.""We and our families are being threatened because of this, sir

"There's no reason to hate is there?" Andrea answered Richard's question flatly as if she didn't care what Richard would do to her. From the look in her eyes, the woman did not seem to show any fear in the figure of Richard, who had now caught what she was doing openly. Instead, Andrea showed an arrogant attitude she had never shown before in front of Richard and the others in that place.She clearly looks like a different woman from the graceful woman she was before. This time, behind the calm figure of her eyes, she looks like she is holding madness, something that is clearly being held back and suppressed all this time so hard by Richard and the people who are watching her.It's not that Andrea didn't know that she was being watched by many of Richard's staff who kept watching her for almost twenty-four hours, they kept watching her like she was under house arrest, all her activities and what she did were constantly being noticed by them which were then reported to Richard.Richar

"Your master hasn't had breakfast yet." Smith, who had gotten the report earlier, was now trying to speak cautiously to him.Since this morning, Richard seemed to be in a bad mood. He was gloomy and looked colder than usual, making the others reluctant to talk. Even breathing around him felt tense. His servants seemed to avoid him, leaving only Smith, who had to face him alone as he was his servant.Richard didn't move a bit from his place. He had stayed there a few hours ago, watching the condition of his father, who was being treated by the medical staff who worked for the Marrison family.Richard's glance turned to Smith. "You don't have to think about it. I'll be fine. Get back to work. Put out another news story to bring back the stock prices of the previous companies. Switch the news until the previous news is completely buried."Since he had already gotten a confession from Andrea, he had no reason to keep getting them into trouble. Even though it was confirmed that some of the

"I understand, sir. I will endeavour to make sure that this kind of thing will never happen between us again in the future." Mr. Thompson, who looked tired of the situation he had just faced, spoke in a low tone.There was something that they were both aware of in the situation, something that they shared because they had the same responsibility. Richard understood why Mr. Thompson was sad but seemed to be mourning his dead daughter, because he was the leader of his family, his failure made him feel guilty but at the same time he realized that it was the best thing that could happen.While Thompson understood that Richarad as the leader needed to take the right action, it was the right thing for him to kill Andrea who had created a bad situation for him, he understood that Richard considered Andrea a traitor who deserved to die.He silently admitted that he could not possibly be so strong as to finish off his own daughter with his hands, no matter how much he loved his daughter. That'