“[Breaking News: Just now, the Grandmaster of Technology had joined the International contest holding in the presidential villa…]” The board of directors silently watched the news while nodding their heads.“Good one!” Leo broke the silence.“This will be very good for our company in terms of promotion and new clients.” Another investor nodded his head approvingly.“Why are we not looking at the other bad side?” The hired investor rubbed his chin acting as if he wasn’t referring to them.“What do you mean?” Leo’s brow furrowed while Jamal raised a disgusted brow.“I mean, what if he doesn’t win? Success isn’t an everyday medicine, you know.” The hired investor curled his lips.“Are you mentally sane? Why should you be talking about that?!” One of the major shareholders fired at him.“But -” The hired investor wanted to speak but was rudely interrupted.“In things like this, we have to be positive. don’t forget we are investors, if anything happens to our company’s finance, we are done
“The contest will begin now.” The host began.Cold chills rushed up his spine when he saw different personalities and their gaze on each of them. Was it the president? Or his vice? Or the honorable guest of an established career. He has never been so nervous and scared before.“As experienced technologists, today’s challenge was picked from deteriorating companies, the participants shall be solving the problem of Cybersecurity Threats Continuity, Data Protection, and Privacy and Lagging using the application on their laptop screen.” The host meticulously explained to them. “This case has been constantly happening in most companies which leads to fold up or crash, but today, we must seek a permanent solution to it.” The host continued, walking down from the stage.Honestly, the task was so critical and confusing that some participants even muttered between themselves. They never expected it to be so difficult, without starting, some of them had imaginary beads of sweat forming on their
“H- How did this happen?” He asked angrily.“Yes.” Leo faced Dennis. “A fire can’t start up in broad daylight without anything happening.” Leo indirectly urged him for an answer.“I was on my way to meet the chairman at the presidential villa when I got a call from the security guarding the branch, they informed me of a sudden fire which made me rush down there. I witnessed it with my eyes as the building exploded, burnt down into ashes, leaving only iron bars.” Dennis told the story to them sadly and they shook their head dolefully.“This is bad!” One of the investors screamed in pain.“That was a lot of money! Over $300 to $400 billion spent in building that magnificent structure.” One of the shareholders held his head, unable to withstand the news.“Not even this contest can make us recover such a loss. We are done for.” Leo informed him bluntly.“I can’t let this go just like that.” He clenched his fist in anger. “I will make sure to get to the button of this.” He gritted his teet
Just as he wanted, they fell for his trick and he was ever ready to try them wherever they were going.“Have you called him?” Madam Theresa shrugged with her eyes scanning the isolated hallway.“He said he will be here in a few minutes, we just have to wait.” Madam Felicia said, her eyes looking left and right while hitting her phone softly on her palm.Meanwhile, at the other corner, Jamal was dressed in a completely black outfit and nose mask. He pinned his back behind a long van that gave him a clear view of what they were doing; he could also hear what they were saying - maybe not so clear.“Do you think he is trying to stand us up?” Madam Theresa panicked more than the person in question, Madam Felicia sighed in disgust.“Will you calm down and wait? Don’t poke me, it’s not like I’m with him there.” Madam Felicia was so annoyed that she yelled at her co-wife in anger.They were the only ones in the creepy street and all they heard were rustles and weird sounds which scared them.
“Rich men do this but I had no belief that your father will follow them.” He sighed, about to leave the table but she stopped him by grabbing his hand.“Jamal.” She called out to him. Because of the eyes that were slowly turning to him, he reluctantly sat down. “It hasn’t gotten to the point of getting mad, has it?” She asked him sadly.“Of course, it has.” He paused. “If it was a case that I was a poor man, it would have been understandable. But right now, I have money and he is also aware that we are dating, why is he trying to arrange you for someone else?” He questioned annoyingly, staring at Melanie’s clueless eyes.“Well, if that’s what he wants, I won't fight with him. Besides, I have so much on my tab that I can’t afford to fight for a woman, At least I know, no one fought for me.” He informed her seriously, walking away from the restaurant.Melanie was in tears, no matter how she tried to control herself, they kept on rolling down her cheeks. She quickly grabbed her handbag a
Surprisingly, she was wearing a white silk dress, sleeveless and transparent, with her hair gathered into a bun. As soon as his eyes locked with her, she felt ashamed, and embarrassed, and had the sudden urge to do what she came for."Jamal, please just let me." She whispered.He was so surprised because that was the last thing he expected from her, why was she doing this? And how come she came into his mansion, straight to his bedroom without getting any security alert?"You can't do this, Melanie. Do you want to regret it?" He grabbed her hand, stopping her from making any progress."I'm not going to regret anything, Jamal. I want this." She urged him sadly with her eyes. "If I don't do this, I might regret it for a lifetime." She added."Talk to me, what's the problem?" He asked, staring at her with concern permeating through his eyes."I told Dad everything he need to know about our relationship and that we have decided to get married soon, it's not happening anytime now." She beg
"WHAT?! How? When?!" As he questioned seriously over the phone, he grabbed his car keys and rushed out of his office.The news he just heard had shattered him so much that he shoved people in the hallway and ignored their greetings."Why did you do this to me??" He questioned in annoyance as he barged into Mr. Alcantara's office.Mr. Alcantara was on a phone call and reacted startled upon seeing him, he quickly ended the call and shot him a dirty look."What is the meaning of this, Jamal?!" Mr. Alcantara fired at him."I thought we made an agreement and you accepted to let her be with me, why did you send her away without my consent?!" He questioned him angrily."Is that why you barge into my office this early morning disrespectfully?!" Mr. Alcantara yelled in his face."Yes because I have never seen a businessman that lacks integrity. We already agreed and reached a conclusion, why did you breach that??" He was annoyed and petrified that yelling at Mr. Alcantara couldn't soothe him.
"What kind of statement is that?" He laughed after hearing the news Dennis had brought for him. He scratched his hair roughly, entering the bank with him.Dennis went ahead to call the attention of the manager so their need would be given a solution."How can I -" The manager stopped talking when he found him familiar. After all the news spreading here and there, the manager had learned to respect everyone and mind his awful behavior."You are still working here." He smirked."Yes sir." The manager bowed down. "How can I help you, sir?" The manager asked courteously."Yeah -" He narrowed his gaze to Dennis, signaling him to speak."Yesterday, we were informed by customer service in this bank that the fund in my boss's account is too much and has exceeded the account limit. When did that rule begin?" Dennis explained, raising a brow."My apologies, it seems the customer service personnel is a new staff or didn't check your star level in the bank." The manager meticulously explained to