Stephanie swallowed hard at Ryan's words. No one stopped him and Brenda as they left the suddenly quiet place."I need to check the CCTV," Stephanie said when she was able to get her tongue back, which seemed to have been tied by Ryan's accusation. What does he even know that makes him so bold as to accuse her of cheating on him?Stewart jumped up from where he had been sitting. "Is this… necessary?" He asked his sister."Yes." Stephanie turned to the people gathered around her. "Who is in charge of the surveillance camera?"A chubby man came forward. He bowed slightly before leading Stephanie and the curious people who would do anything to know how the case would end.Stewart tried not to show his nervousness as he went with them. The CCTV system wouldn't have recorded audio, would it? If it only recorded the visuals, there would have been footage of Ryan hitting him. Since he had not been able to

The gate guard couldn't believe the guy dressed in navy blue suit was laughing. Does he seem like a joke to the man? Of all time, this isn't the time a random person should come here and cause a scene. The new boss would be here any moment from now. "Actually —" Ryan started to say but the gate guard interrupted him."Didn't you hear what I said? I said you should go." Each passing second was making the gate guard more furious. Inside the compound were the rest of the workers lined up, ready to give the new boss a very remarkable welcome. Would this man, this serious man, be the one to ruin all the plans everyone has made?"I am—"The gate guard stamped his foot on the ground. "Have you not been listening to me?" He snapped. "We. All of us…" the gate guard pointed toward the gate. "All the workers in this company are inside there, lined up, waiting for our new boss. This isn't the time for you to be here. Do you get it?" He snapped the last part of the sentence.Ryan smiled. "I am th

Ryan shocked Brice more with his reply. "What if they knew? Everyone starts from somewhere."Brice scoffed. "What?" Definitely, Ryan has too much confidence for someone who doesn't have any experience in this job."What exactly are you getting at, Mr Ryan?"Ryan shrugged. "I am just trying to tell you that you don't have to be worried about the fact that I am not used to this. I can learn anything." Brice stopped pacing around. He had tried to think of anything that the board of members might have seen in Ryan to have made him the executive director, but so far, he had not been able to figure out any reason why someone like him would be placed in a position like this."Mr Ryan, what exactly were you expecting when you came here? Did you by any chance think that you were coming here to laze around?" "I—"Brice raised his hand to stop Ryan. "I am not done, Mr Ryan. This is the only way

Ryan knew what Brice was trying to get at. The bad omen that he had spoken about earlier. But Ryan ignored him. He wondered why anyone would choose to cause a commotion here of all places.Deep down, Brice knew this was his chance. It couldn't be a coincidence that on Ryan's first day here a commotion is happening and Brenda isn't here to sort things out. It was clearly the universe working with him to see that he gets his rightful position that had been given to this inexperienced man. "Shit! Will you just shut up?" Ryan heard a female shout just as they got down from the staircase. As they got nearer, Ryan heard something crashing. Somehow, it reminded him of Stephanie. It seemed like a long time ago since the incident leading to their divorce happened but it had only been two days.People had gathered around, some of them were taking video of what was happening. A man was sweating furiously, he had a frustrated look on his

"Don't tell me you ditched martial arts," Ryan said.Piper stopped screaming. She looked at Ryan very well. She realized that his face looked damn familiar. His voice sounded familiar too. Where had she seen him…? "Brother Rye!" She shouted. The pain in her eyes vanished and it became replaced with excitement. Ryan let go of her hand and immediately, she rushed into his arms, hugging him tightly."I can't believe I fucking ran into you after all these years," she said after pulling away from him. "Wow. Your martial skills are fucking impressive," she added. She touched her arm that had hurt badly when Ryan held her but as soon as he released her, the pain vanished. Not even a single mark was on her arm."You gotta teach me that skill, brother Rye," Piper said.A phone fell from the hand of one of the people who had become an instant photographer and was covering the scene. No one und