At Evans Group, news reached Lawyer Raphael that Richard had declined the offer of him being the CEO's lawyer. Lawyer Raphael couldn't accept the offer either because his workload as the senior lawyer of Evans Group was too much and he enjoyed being a senior, rather than being a lawyer under the CEO. Even though it was a promotion on his part he couldn't accept it.He summoned Richard to his office and immediately the latter came, Lawyer Raphael closed his laptop and went up to meet Richard who was leaning in the door unfazed."I heard you refused to work as the CEO's lawyer." Lawyer Raphael stated, trying as much as possible to cool himself and maintain his poise."It wasn't my utter motive. I meant with the CEO and he told me to decline the offer myself." "You met with the CEO?" Lawyer Raphael asked immediately, he processed Richard's words in his head and busted into a peak of hilarious laughter. "You want to cover up with that false story?"Richard regretted in an instant why he
Richard arrived at the bar where he first met with Chris but Chris was nowhere to be found. Letting out a deep sigh, he hurried down to reserve a seat for the both of them and ordered for few drinks.He didn't realize how much time had passed and he had finished up the bottles of drinks he had ordered, luckily for him, they were non-alcoholic so he could drive without getting penalized for driving when drunk."He's not even here yet? I've been waiting for three hours now." Richard murmured, he paid the waiter and left the bar only to find Chris leaving his car as they caught sight of each other."I'm so sorry for the delay, I was caught in traffic." Chris apologized, beads of sweat already gathering on his forehead to make his excuse look real. "Shall we?" He asked as he gestured for Richard to follow him inside the bar.Richard rolled his eyes at Chris when the latter had already looked away and was heading towards the bar. He had no choice but to follow him in.When they were alread
Chris left the bar with immersed frustration and anger and even ignored the waiter who wanted to give him a VIP card for being the first to order such an expensive wine from their bar. The waiter didn't mind the fact that he was ignored he thought Chris would be back some other time and he'd eventually accept the card.Meanwhile, Chris wasn't in his right state of mind. He locked himself up in his car and didn't know if he could drive safely home. He needed time to think and was already wasted due to the hard alcohol the wine contained.Larry's name kept lingering in his head. He shook his head severally, trying to get the thought about Larry off his head. "He would be a hindrance to all my plans." He muttered under his breath, resting his head on the window, as tears threatened to fall down his eyes. He raised his sleeves and rubbed his fingers in his mother's bracelet, letting the tears from his eyes for being such a disappointment.He managed to reach his phone and called Cosmos to
The sun flickered through Chris's window. The birds chirping from his window. Chris nonchalantly removed the bedsheet from his body as he let out a sigh of exhaustion before sitting upright on his bed.A banging headache struck his head as he groaned in pain. A reminisce of the previous day flashed through his head. Larry's name haunted his thoughts. He fell back on his bed, face-palming himself. "I wish I seize to exist." He muttered under his breath.Letting out a sad smile, he took his mother's letters from the drawer. This would be the one hundredth time he had read through it and he always did so anything he was sad or felt like he had failed. With a stained cheek, Chris continued to weep over the fact that he wasn't useful after all and couldn't make his mother's wish come through and his enemies would surely win this time over him.He heard a knock on the door disrupting his moment of agony but was too lazy to stand up and open it. Chris heard the creaking sound of the door and
Chris was taken aback by Yue Wang's words. The way she seriously blurted it out made him surprise even more. "Do you know the chairman that much to conclude this way?" A low laugh escaped her lips. "Yes, I do. And I know him enough not to have any hopes about the both of us getting married. I knew he had his plans for me just as he told me.""Huh?" Chris raised his brow, Confusion etched on his face. This wasn't the Yue Wang he knew. The happy and cheerful lass seemed scary and too serious. For some reason, he blamed himself for sharing all his burden with her which he thought made her seem that way. "Can you explain? What happened between you and grandfather?""You see..." She stated as she started narrating how it all started between her and the chairman.It all started with the day he came to visit her father's company in China. It was her father Mr. Wang who invited him over for a business meeting."I'm so glad you came Mr. Conrad." Mr. Wang welcomed Chairman Conrad with a bright
Yue Wang finished with her narration, and Chris's lips opened in awe, his jaws dropped, and his breathes hitched as he didn't know his grandfather would go as far as finding a bride for him and claiming she was his bride.What was the actual test he was trying to make Chris fall into? Chris had a lot of questions flowing in his head and all these questions were about the chairman. He couldn't stand it any longer but at the same time, he couldn't do anything about it. If Yue Wang was to be his bride, he should have just said to then making it the hard way."I still can't believe this. What was his ultimate motive?" Chris massaged his temple, his brain couldn't continue the series of thoughts so they started aching, literally."I don't know myself." Yue Wang said, immediately she wanted to make addicted to her words, the grumbling of her stomach interjected, making her bury her face in Chris's pillow in embarrassment.Chris knew this wasn't the time to make jokes or laugh but he couldn'
"The lipstick on your lips is rough," Coldie said, halting in his steps as he leaned closer, pointing at the lipstick stain on the side of her lips.Embarrassment washed over her face and Chris however, spilled his hot coffee on the servants who was serving him his breakfast. Noticing the havoc he just did, he immediately apologized.The servants bowed and ran away to get her faced washed while Chris hid his face, lowering his gaze on his food as he ate in silence."Com'on, it shouldn't be that bad." Yue Wang tried to laugh it off but Cosmos remained unfazed.Chris tried to steal glances at the both of them who were in an awkward position and Yue Wang gave him some signals asking for his help but Chris was guilty for whatever Cosmos said about Yue Wang's lipstick. "Fuck! Do I have any on my lips?" He muttered under his breath, rubbing his lips with his thumb but he was relieved when his lips came out clean. He stood up from his seat and headed to where both Yue Wang and Cosmos were s
"What is this?" Richard's eyes darted on the iPad. The image on the screen blew his mind off as he gazed at Raphael who seemed to be at ease with a peaceful smile on his face, anyone could tell he wasn't easily bothered about anything which made him get on Richard's nerves even more.Raphael adjusted his tie, leaning closer to the table that was separating the both of them. "That's the man lingering in the rumors as the Chairman's son and that woman behind him, doesn't she bring back old memories?"Richard lost it, he hit his fist on the table, dropping the iPad to avoid damaging it. Raphael had a smirk on his lips, a look of accomplishment plastered on his face. "She does, huh?" He asked in affirmation noticing the way Richard reacted at the mention of the woman in the photo."Have you been tailing me? You have no right to do that and I'll sue you even though you're a lawyer." Richard said furiously pointing his index fingers at him with a warning look.Raphael took a sip of his tea