Laxus and Luther entered Mr. Golden’s study room and met Mr. Golden and the man from Zayomi seated as though they were panel of judges. Something about their appearance made both Laxus and Luther doubt themselves, although they tried to act as though it was nothing.“I will just hang around in the house,” Abby said loudly.She had led Laxus and Luther to the study room, and both young men thought that Abby would be present, and somehow, the thought of her being present made both of them feel better. As though Abby sensed how they were feeling, she touched Laxus tenderly and briefly, drawing his attention to her.“You are going to win this, don’t worry about it,” Abby said in a whisper before leaving the study room.Luther saw the gesture, but he did not hear was Abby told Laxus, buthe was downright jealous and angry. Why didn’t Abby bother to say anything to him? Because Luther was certain that whatever Abby said was to motivate Laxus. The more time they spent in Mr. Golden’s mansion,

Linnie was becoming quite restless and lonely just sitting in the living room and waiting. It was as though she was waiting for a bomb to drop. It had been more than an hour now since Luther and Laxus went into the study room for their presentations, and Abby also made herself scarce, so it was just Linnie.She had watched a boring show from the TV, dozed off for a second, allowed her mind to wander into diverse territories, and now, she was wishing that she was elsewhere but here. Linnie looked around, and again, she realized the amount of luxury that Abby had grown up in, unlike her. It made Linnie angrier and jealous, and even more so, that Abby had the attention of both men; Luther and Laxus. She was just like a statute that no one even had an interest in, and she had managed to snag Laxus’s attention, but the same Abby had stolen the moment away from her.“I hate her!” Linnie groaned internally, so much so that she wished that something horrible would happen to Abby.Linnie was

Laxus was not expecting a visitation from Bowman that Sunday evening, but he was very pleased and relieved that Bowman thought it wise to pay him a visit, at least. It would take his mind off things and equally get to talk to Bowman face to face; Laxus always preferred it to phone conversations.“This is not usually the face of someone who has won something big, Laxus,” Bowman observed as he sipped his glass of brandy that Laxus has presented to him.“It is because I just don’t feel happy, no matter how hard I try,” Laxus responded.Bowman looked at Laxus and wondered why he wasn’t particularly happy. This was one of the biggest contracts that any company, especially one that was just beginning would be lucky to have, so he could not understand why Laxus was not jumping for joy or even making a press statement about it. Laxus had already explained all that happened at the lunch meeting; Luther’s presence, and Bowman was certain as hell that it was Darwin who pushed Luther into attendi

Laxus arrived at work and went about his regular company tour as usual with Bridget following behind, but Laxus deliberately did not go towards the hamburger store, and he also refused to talk about it.After that, he went right back to his office, and Bridget also went in with him to inform him about his schedules for the day.“Bridget, I need you to set a reminder regarding a meeting with the Zayomi company for mid-noon today. We would be having the meeting via a Google meeting, being that it is the first time,” Laxus informed her.After he was declared the winner, a few hours later, even though it was on a Saturday, he had received a congratulatory message from the Zayomi company and also an offer for a meeting on Monday to talk more about the contract and how it would be implemented.Bridget’s eyes popped open in awe. “The Zayomi company?” Bridget could not help but ask.“Yes,” Laxus answered, looking at Bridget and seeing the raw and pure awe in her eyes. “You know the company?”

Laxus was the first to catch himself and clear his throat, because he suddenly realized that Bridget was standing right behind him. Then he walked into the store and Bridget followed.“Good morning, Mr. Laxus,” Nessy equally cleared her throat and greeted professionally.Meanwhile, Bridget threw Nessy a disgusting look, but Laxus did not notice it, because his full attention was glued on Nessy and how she looked standing right in his hamburger store, in that apron, and looking beautiful. Ironically, Laxus had never seen Nessy that way before when they worked for Mr. Henry, or maybe he was too carried away with trying to work so hard so that he would be able to afford basic needs, and also, Linnie and Luther’s betrayal was still very fresh in his heart.“You can drop the formality, Nessy; I have repeatedly told you this,” Laxus said, not minding that Bridget was standing right there.“This is a formal place, sir,” Nessy said, reminding Laxus.She seemed rather uncomfortable to Laxus, a