"What do you mean, Mr. Oddie?" Joe asked the same question that everyone in the meeting room was thinking."Well, I got the same plan from someone yesterday. Someone who came to me personally, and asked me to work with his company," Oddie explained."How could that happen? While this design is purely the result of my thoughts," Joe defends.Oddie was silent, he didn't respond to Joe's defense, because he already felt disappointed by considering the man as a plagiarist."If this is the design you are referring to for the new project, then I choose to cancel our partnership, Mr. Joe. I can't work with someone who takes ideas from others," Oddie said. He got up from his seat, followed by the other investors."Wait! You can't do this, Mr. Oddie. You've signed a partnership between our companies, and You can't just cancel the agreement." Joe looked at Oddie with a deep gaze, as if giving a code that what he was saying now was the truth. "Have a seat, Mr. Oddie and to the other investors."
Joe stepped his heavy feet into the apartment. From the living room, he could clearly see Jesslyn who had gone home ahead of him cooking and serving the cooked food on the dining table."Hey, are you home?" Jess looked at Joe, she immediately went over to her husband and picked up the briefcase that the man had brought. That behavior has been applied since the past few months, she wants to improve her relationship with her husband and she always tries to be a good wife."Yes," Joe replied briefly. "By the way, did you leave early today? Are you not working overtime today?" He asked.Jesslyn shook her head, she walked over first to put her husband's briefcase onto the sofa. "No, I didn't. I'm trying my best not to take overtime anymore. If there is an urgent task, then I will do my best to finish it as soon as possible."Joe nodded. "I'm not against you working late or coming home late, as long as you let me know first, Jess. I don't want you to feel constrained because you're married
Exactly one hour before Rosetta reached her daughter's apartment, a woman suddenly stopped her taxi."What's going on? Is she trying to rob us?" Rosetta asked the taxi driver in a half-panicked tone.The taxi driver looked confused as he stared at the woman walking toward his car door."Open the door!" The woman exclaimed.The taxi driver decided to get out and ask what was happening because the streets were quite crowded."I just want to talk to the woman in the back seat, and I have a personal problem with her."Hearing the woman's words, Rosetta was naturally shocked. "I've never known you, nor do I have any problems with you. Tell me what you want!" Rosetta ordered. "I just want to discuss the document containing the design of your son-in-law's new project." Hearing that, Rosetta instantly fell silent. Inevitably, she got out of the taxi and followed the woman who invited her to speak privately at a cafe not far from their current position."Can you say it now? What exactly do yo
"So, Mom, do you want to explain what happened?" Joe took the matter in his stride, not wanting to be provoked, although inwardly, he felt the emotions that were bubbling up because of his mother-in-law's behavior. Rosetta glanced at Jesslyn, then looked down again because she couldn't bear to get an angry look from her daughter. After preparing herself for about two minutes, she explained what had happened. "Zack asked me to take the laptop. He said he just wanted to borrow it to make a cover letter. Being too happy to hear that Zack wanted to work after a long time, I took the laptop secretly," Rosetta explained with a deep bow. She even dramatized the situation by wiping her eyes, which were not wet."If Zack wanted to borrow my laptop, why didn't he tell me directly? Why are you stealing my laptop? Especially since it's the laptop I use for work. If he or you need a laptop, you can borrow my old laptop, not the one you brought!" Joe suppressed every sentence he spoke, indicating
Jesslyn was snuggled up in a blanket with Joe, her husband. She sank deeper into her husband's embrace to calm her unsettled heart. "What's wrong? Do you regret and disagree with my decision? If you want to give Mom a third chance, I have no problem. I did everything for your comfort," Joe said. Jesslyn shook her head. "Don't take back your decision, Joe. I'm proud that you made the right decision in our relationship," she snapped. "So, what you're saying is that I've never made the right decision all these years? Is that it?" Joe pretended to sulk. He let go and moved Jesslyn's body away from him, which made her purse her lips in displeasure. "It's not like that. It's just that you've been too kind, so it's easy to be controlled and taken advantage of by someone," Jesslyn explained while trying to hug her husband again."Really? So, I'm not a weak and useless man, am I?" Joe raised one eyebrow, teasing Jesslyn, who looked annoyed at not being able to hug her husband back and retu
Jesslyn gazed sadly at her chaotic family. She had deliberately watched the bouncers' eviction in action. "Are you okay?" asked Joe, he grasped his wife's hand tightly when he saw the look of torment in her eyes. "You still have time to forgive and give them another chance. I know, it hurts you to see them in distress." Jesslyn shook her head. "Don't change the decision you made, Joe. You're now the leader of a thriving company, and your overly benevolent and pitying behavior will allow your enemies to exploit that loophole to destroy you," Jesslyn retorted firmly. She tried to look good before her husband, even though her heart broke. "All right. Shall we go now?" asked Joe. He asked for his wife's consent to leave as soon as possible. He didn't like seeing Jesslyn sad, and he tried to minimize the sadness as much as possible. "Yes, we're going to the company now." ***Lucas stared sourly at the resignation document Jesslyn handed him. He never expected that the woman who had n
Ben organized his clothes into a small closet in his new room. He rented a small apartment that was only enough for one person to live in right after he left Rosetta, Zack, and Noona in front of their foreclosed house. It was only now that Ben could afford a new place to live, as he had just gotten his paycheck today. For the past two weeks, he could only stay at one friend's house after another until payday. After hearing Rosetta's explanation, Ben didn't intend to go to Joe and ask for his house back. He was aware that his wife was at fault here, not the son-in-law he had always despised."Forgive this father of yours, Jesslyn. If I could have realized my mistake sooner, my life wouldn't have been this messy. And I wouldn't have kicked you out and abandoned you, my daughter. Even though your life has improved, your father's heart still can't feel at ease before apologizing in person. But, are you willing to apologize to your father, my daughter?" Ben mumbled to himself as he stare
This time, the case that ensnared Aaron brought down his throne of power. Sarah was not that easy to pressure, even threatened. And now, here is Aaron. He is right in the cell that will be his home for the next six years, without support from anyone because he lives alone without a family. "I didn't expect that the person who was always hailed as a very good person dared to take fraudulent steps to bring down his enemy," Aaron quipped when he met Joe for the first time after the design theft case was over. Joe raised one eyebrow. He didn't understand what Aaron was saying because, from the beginning, he didn't know about the problem between Sarah and that man."I don't care what you say. I just came here to say goodbye. I consider all your devious deeds to be your efforts to entertain me and my wife's, and yes ... I am very entertained," Joe said. He flashed a smile. His heart was happy when he saw the grim expression imprinted on Aaron's face. "Geez, if you were a gentleman, you