"I am still undergoing treatment so I won't be able to come with you to the company tomorrow.
But I have already prepared someone that will be waiting for you already." Mr. Ford said.Elvis acknowledged his words with a sudden nod and went ahead to say with a forced smile."Have all the rest that you need, Father. I am going to take care of your company from now on and I am going to give it my best." Elvis added.There was a smile on his father's face as he spoke the words to him."You have always been a brilliant kid since you were young. I am sure that you will be able to pull this off." Mr. Ford acknowledged.Elvis knew that it was already time for him to leave already. He was served the best food that could only be gotten from the Villa, but he could hardly finish his meal.He had a fresh bath and by the next morning, it was time to leave. The doctor had already told him that he could not always bother his parents and from what he had gotten from the maids, they were still fast asleep.Afterward, he was given the pair of suits that had been specially prepared for him.But it turned out that they weren't his size, he had to make do with his previous clothings that had gathered dust over the years of hardship on the street.Sipping in a really deep breath, Elvis gradually made his way out of the house.Elvis drove himself to the company but drew a pause a few points away from the place, using his legs to walk afterward.The gates were already widely open and he could not help but marvel at the beautiful sight of the gates that lay before him.Laced with linens of gold and silver. The company had met with really great turns since the last time that he remembered.But as Elvis continued to walk, he noticed a really strange sight right before him. One that made the cold expression on his face go deeper even.It was Dustin, walking with Sonia right in his hands. Immediately Sonia laid her eyes on him, her face made a swift twitch into anger.For Dustin, a cold smirk was dangling on his face as he didn't know what was going to him.Finally, they got over to each other, and for a while, none of them was ready to spew out another word from their mouth."Are you so obsessed with me that you have to start searching for me? Wait, do you think that I am going to listen to your wild appeals?"Sophia scoffed with a trace of amusement in her voice."Well, too bad for me. It's already over between us and besides, the divorce agreement already has your name on it." Sonia added once again.A chuckle expressed his sorrows and clouded his anger that clouded his emotions."Obsessed?""You want me to go back to my punk?" He finally added."You?" Sonia's hands were already stretched angrily towards him, wanting to rip him apart into two halves.But before she could get to fulfill her wish, Dustin already stopped her."Leave me alone Dustin let me treat this fool a lesson that he is not going to forget in a long while." She growled."Do you want to waste all our efforts? After everything that we have gone through to get this cooperation?" He finally said."You should listen to him." Elvis expressed coldly.These words brought a sudden calm to Sonia's raging body as she braised herself up."Count this as one of those of your Lucky days." She glared at her with so much hate and anger in her voice."I don't think that the reason is to see you." Dustin finally revealed but that got Sonia even more confused than she was already as she went ahead to say."Then if he isn't here for that, what other reason would he be here?" She inquired swiftly wanting to know more."He was sacked from his previous job. Of course, he is here to beg for a job and nothing other than that." Dustin could not withhold his shrill laughter, letting them out almost immediately"Well then, he should start heading back already cause nobody is going to take you in.""And what makes you think so?" Elvis inquired with a calm expression on his face.Immediately he spat out the words from his mouth, he burst out into swift laughter almost immediately and Sonia could not hold hers back either."Are you serious?" Dustin laughed so hard that a drop of tear escaped from his mouth.Finally, there was a sudden pause as he went further to say."Just take a really good look at yourself. Aren't you a big fool to think that everyone in that company is going to take you in?This guy has the biggest delusion that I have ever seen all my life. What more is going on in that head of yours." Dustin mocked turning over towards Sonia as she finally added."Maybe he thinks that soon he is going to be the owner of the company? The grand heir?" Sonia added finally."Just maybe. And you will be the one working as a cleaner instead?" He added but that only made the both of them burst out into laughter.Immediately he spat out the words from his mouth, and everyone in the room burst out swiftly into laughter."Even if the world is to come to an end. The both of us know that isn't possible?" He finally said."You are struggling to get a project that you transformed yourself into a con artist to outsmart the opposition. Your company is standing on one foot so why do you think that you can't become a cleaner one of these days."The words made Dustin pause almost immediately as the words struck him right in his core.The truth that was just spoken was more like a stick in his heart, making him glow and clutch his hands in fury."Is that a threat?" Dustin inquired swiftly."Let's consider it more like a bet," Elvis added.He was fuming with so much anger, gasping for breath even though his bloodstream was the only system in his face let's see what you are going to look like in three months," Dustin growled but the words only made Elvis chuckle."I don't think that it's going to take that long." He added, plugging Dustin into even more fury.Dustin's phone made a beeping sound and he knew that it was time for him to leave already.Staring right into Elvis's eyes, he growled and went ahead to say."Make your words today, 'cause I am going to remind you of them and make sure that you pay for your carelessness." He finalized, walking away from the place with the stamping foot.Elvis watched as Dustin and his ex walked away and muttered on his breath."I guess you are the one that would be doing the marking this time." Elvis's hands were clenched tightly.Elvis walked ahead gradually into the company but as he was about to walk through the gate, someone crossed his hands over the door."And where do you think that you are going to?" A glare was above me."Let me see. I am not going to roast corn. Neither am I going to bank bread." There was a really cold stare on his face.The guard continued to stare at him with a thick frown on his face."You are going to get a job aren't you?" Oh let me see. That of a cleaner right?" The guard said with a tint of mockery written all over his voice.But Elvis could not tell exactly the point that he was heading to."Pardon?" Elvis farrowed but it only made the guard even more angry than he was already. But even at this, Elvis was still able to keep his cold calm."Cut off the crap man. Do you think that I don't know who you are? The man whose face is all over the media for licking the company's secret?" The guard blurted out."And you still have the guts to come here? Have you no shame?" He thundered almost immediately, his voice laced with so much anger.Elvis could already feel anger rising badly but he drew a really deep breath in an attempt to control his anger."And what makes you think that I am guilty as accused?" Elvis could not help inquire, staring right into the eyes of guards."Because even without being told. I already know that you are guilty." He spat making Elvis's eyebrows meet with a quick farrowed.Before going forward to speak, he shot a swift glance at Elvis, taking every single note of him from his head to his toe and the frown hanging initially on his face deepened even more.He scoffed."I mean, just take a really good look at yourself. You are too bad to be true." The guard mocked."Your clothes look like they haven't been changed in years nor have they been deepened in water for a long time." He mocked Elvis.His hands were already clutched but Elvis was still doing a great job in controlling his rising anger."Well, too bad to disappoint you but I am not here to get a job neither was I guilty of any charge."
"Have you gone deaf or something? I said "answer me right this minute." Ms. Precious thundered at once again.His facial expression was clouded with so much confusion, trying to figure out what was going on in his head.But the more that he thought about it, the more confused."I sent him away?" He replied like someone with a stutter."And which way did he go?" Ms. Precious fired at him once again.For a while, he could not get himself to say any further words and he didn't register the exact route that he had used in his head."I don't remember ma'am." He responded with a sorry look on his face."You will be sorry for this when I eventually return." She stormed off from the place swiftly, stamping her foot on the floor.After a while, she realizes that it would be easier for Richard to recognize Elvis since they meant recently and she was only shown pictures of him from previous years.Turning around towards the guard, she lashed out at him."Get before me bastard and don't make me r
Elvis and Ms. Precious go back to the office where he is taken round the company by Ms. Precious who shows him everywhere."And this is your office," she said as she opened the last office, revealing an extravagant room. Elvis looked around in surprise, this was the biggest office he had seen since he was shown around. "It used to be your father's, Mr. Ford's office. But now that you have become the new President, it now belongs to you," she explained. He walked over to the President's seat and sat on it, he slowly felt the softness of the chair. He sighed weakly, then closed his eyes. "And what may I address you as?" He suddenly asked. Ms. Precious smiled, then replied, "Ms. Precious, your secretary and guardian as instructed by your father," Elvis nodded in satisfaction. He slowly opened his eyes and sat straight."Send the company's documents to me," He said, dismissing her with a wave of his hand. Without a word she left the office.Elvis sat up from the chair, he went over
For the next few minutes, Silas and Elvis were struggling on who was going to retain the documents. Thinking it was the same Elvis from high school he molested each day, Silas didn't giun until Elvis pushed him aside then he fell on the floor with a thud. Smirking, he rose, dusting his butt with his gaze fixed on him. "I didn't mean to push you that hard. You would have just stopped when I asked you to." Elvis scowled. People were loitering about but no one gave them any attention. "Get into the elevator." Silas snapped. "Why? I'm already on my way out." He replied, trying to brush past him but Silas grabbed his arm then pulled him into the elevator. Still wearing his evil smirk, he grabbed Elvis by the cuff of his shirt. Gritting his teeth in anger, he yelled, "What has come over you?" "I already told you. I'm sorry, okay. I didn't mean to hurt you." He mumbled, gasping for breath. Instead of letting him go, Silas tightened his grip on the cuff watching Elvis eyes water as he
When Ms. Precious returned to the office, she was surprised to still see Elvis seated with his legs across the other. "You said you wouldn't be here when I return." She said, flopping on her seat. "I changed my mind. Do you have a problem with that?" He asked, raising his brow at her. "Not at all." She replied, chuckling softly. After a brief silence, she cleared her throat to get his attention and when she did, she pushed her hair behind her ears. "Aren't you going to tell me what happened? Your neck is still reddened. Who tried to kill you?" She asked, her face masked with worry.As if that was not enough, she left her seat then went to his side, "Tell me, it's time we involve the police because the next time the perpetrator will kill you." She said, "I don't think so." He said, chuckling as the discomfort Silas would probably be facing at the moment. "It's not funny. Please tell me what happened so in case your father asks I will have an answer to give him." She said, towerin
Sarah flipped her hair to a side with a broad smile on her face. She knew Elvis had seen her and so she wanted him to be aware she had seen him too. "Mister, your direction." The cab man said,breaking the uncomfortable silence in the car. "Is she your passenger too?" He asked, nodding at Sarah. "Of course I am. Am I posing a threat to you?" She asked with a light chuckle."I'm sorry, I will pass." Elvis said hurriedly and even before the cab man could say a word, he had stuttered out of the car. Clenching his fists, he began to walk down the road with a scowl on his face. The least person he wanted to see was Sarah but there she was — smiling back at him. "I should have looked properly before boarding." He snapped, fist pumping the air. "Hey, be careful. Do you want to hit me?" Sarah asked, jolting Elvis in the process and making him stop on his track. Frowning, he swirled in her direction, "Why?" He asked with a large scowl. "What are you talking about?" "You ought to be in
Elvis sighed in frustration as the shop owner raked him from his head to his feet. He knew exactly what the shop owner was thinking and the more time he spent looking back at him, the more he became angry. "Please leave, I don't haggle prices here." The shop owner finally said. "What are you talking about?" Elvis asked, pretending to be unaware of what he was driving at. "Since you are dumb, I will explain to you just once." He paused then continued. "In this shop, all clothings and accessories are of fixed prices. We don't haggle prices for whatever reasons." The man replied. "I wasn't trying to haggle prices with you.""Then…" "I want you to package everything I have selected and then I will pay for each item." He explained. Throwing his head backwards, the shop owner burst into an annoying laughter causing a lone tear to escape from Elvis eyes. When the customers enquired on why the shop owner was laughing, he was quick to tell them and they began to make jest of him. "Ever
Smirking, Elvis dug his hand into his hair then began to tug on it. Dustin's company was the least of his choices for emerging winner but it turns out he won, beating other competitors by a large margin. "Sir… are you still there?" Ms. precious asked, she had suspended her activity, awaiting response from his end but he wasn't replying. "Yeah." He muttered, biting the corner of his lips as he racked his brain on what to do. "When should I announce the result of the nomination? You are the president and whatever you ask me to do, I will." She added. Ms. Precious added her last sentence, thinking he was finding it hard to come up with a decision because of his father. "Mr. Ford wouldn't know about this." She said, seconds later when he still didn't say anything. Elvis couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle since he found her words amusing. "You know what… just suspend the announcement until a week later. I need to take some things into consideration." He said, still chuckling. "