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I Am Not A Fool Chapter 87
"So hard to hear from you, Dakota?" Willy spoke into their connected phone, his voice sounding like he was sulking.It had been a few months since their graduation from university and each of them was now busy looking for jobs, pursuing their dreams or aspirations, including Dakota and Willy.Dakota, who was sitting in a cafe, was staring out the window as he listened to Willy. "Well, I have something I'm doing, so I'm a little distracted." He was indeed focused on something at the moment."Ah, about my offer last time, I was wondering why you turned it down?" Willy sounded curious on the other end of the line. "Why did you refuse to work at my mother's company?" Even though everyone hopes to work in a big company with connections, Dakota refuses. "I didn't offer you because I knew you or felt indebted to you because of the many favours you did, like last time. But because I recognized your potential, I felt the company would really need someone like you." Willy explained.Dakota ran
I Am Not A Fool Chapter 88
"Ah, so you are a chef." Dakota smiled stiffly. He felt guilty because of her previous thoughts. He shouldn't judge someone based on their appearance alone. Even though he used to be judged by many people just by his appearance, he felt no different from those people.The man who had almost finished his food glanced at Dakota, then raised the food with a small gesture. "Thank you for the food, and sorry for startling you earlier." The man said it sincerely, and Dakota cursed himself for having misjudged the man and carelessly pitied him.Dakota shook his head. "Not a problem."But the man didn't seem to accept. "I have to pay for what you gave me." He insisted.Dakota didn't feel he needed to go that far. "You didn't have to bother, I helped you without much thought." Dakota rejected him.The man got up from where he was sitting and threw the empty food wrapper into the trash can that was a short distance from their seats. "You can't do that. I'm a man of principles. If someone gives
I Am Not A Fool Chapter 89
"Don't make that confused face, I know you're a rich man." Dave chuckled at Dakota.Dakota narrowed his eyes to look at Dave. "How did you know-""Know?" Dave cut in. "Don't get confused, just look at the clothes you're wearing. How could I not recognize you." Bright Dave pointed at Dakota with his glance.Dakota looked at what he was wearing, and he nodded. Lately, he had been paying more attention to his appearance because everything was going well. His investments were in a safe situation, trading was going smoothly, and he would also build a company together with Anna in the future, so he paid attention to his appearance. Since he could spend his money on extravagant expenses like the clothes from luxury brands that he wore, he just adjusted it. After all, he was no longer a poor Dakota but a successful investment in his field.Dakota finished his meal, and he wiped his lips with a tissue. "What can you offer from the investment you want? I don't think it matters much to me if it'
I Am Not A Fool Chapter 90
"When are you going to start deciding to become the head of this company?" Anna walked beside him.They were at the company office they had discussed for a few weeks. The office was already up and running. But Dakota only came for a small tour accompanied by Anna.Dakota stares at the minimalist office while observing what the employees are doing there and noticing if anything is missing from the place. He would soon add his needs to Anna's. "I can't join you now."Anna looked at him in surprise. "You still have no intention of joining?" Anna stopped them near the corridor that connected each room.From the beginning, Dakota did not intend to focus only on that matter. He asked for Anna's help for a reason. He wanted Anna to be hia representative there while he worked on other things simultaneously. "I can't stay with just one company. That's why I'm proposing this partnership with you. I'll still be a part of the company but I won't stay." He explained. "All work will require my perm
I Am Not A Fool Chapter 91
"How could this man pay for it." The man looked at Dakota with both eyebrows knitted together; earlier, he had been clumsy and lost for words when Anna said that he did not pay for the food, but Dakota was the one who bought it. He then turned his gaze to the entire restaurant. "Look, this place is a fancy restaurant. It's not a cheap franchise restaurant, so there's no way she can afford it." He then laughed at Dakota.The man seemed to be enjoying the time he was making fun of Dakota in front of Anna. While Anna stared at him with dislike, she felt annoyed by the man's presence. But Anna chose to keep quiet because she saw Dakota was calm enough to respond to the man.Dakota smiled faintly at her with a look that belittled his remark. He knew he didn't need to panic or get emotional with such a frivolous remark. "What if this isn't a franchise restaurant?" He glanced around the room. "I know what kind of restaurant this place is. Choosing this place means I'm agreeing to pay for the
I Am Not A Fool Chapter 92
The man named Allan almost unleashed his punch on Dakota. But he managed to hold back with all his might, considering that the place was quite prestigious and he didn't want to be marked by the restaurant, which would make him blacklisted from the guest list forever. "Stop lying to me, Dakota, I know you. Something like that couldn't have happened to you." he snorted, belittling Dakota with a glint in his eye. "The people in that place are professionals. How could you, with no experience, join them."It made sense. Dakota was the one who made the requirements for hiring her workers. He wanted people with high skills in each field, but that didn't mean he rejected people who were still starting their careers. His benchmark is on the applicants' potential, while experience he believes will add up over time."You don't know that I'm a professional at what I do?" Dakota toyed with his words. He seemed to be sitting calmly while his demeanour was so relaxed, unlike Allan, who tried to inti
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"But doesn't it feel unattractive?" Dakota asked him. At first, Dakota felt happy that she could prove hi,self in another way in front of Allan. But then he feels that something is missing if he is just doing a proof. He didn't think that it meant anything to her. The satisfaction he received was non-existent.Allan looked at her with a crooked look. "What do you mean?" He didn't understand what Dakota was saying at all.Anna secretly hid a laugh behind the hand that covered her lips. She knew Dakota was up to something, and she hoped what Dakota was about to do would be a lesson to the man.Dakota glanced away slowly, then back at him. "There has to be something at stake for this to be fair." Proving himself in front of Allan would give him nothing but shut the man up by shaking him mentally through what he never expected. Allan responded to Dakota's words coldly. He didn't think about betting because his goal was only to humiliate Dakota, while Dakota ignored that gaze. "If I can pr
I Am Not A Fool Chapter 94
Allan looked at Dakota carefully. Then, he noticed something different about Dakota. "He does look a little different," Allan murmured. The thing he just realised from Dakota is that the man no longer looked hesitant like before. His eyes seemed full of confidence when looking at people directly, while he used to always try to avoid the gaze of others.Dakota caught his gaze. "Just ask David, and he'll explain. Or you can ask Anna. He also knows a lot about D&Na Corp." Dakota pointed at David and Anna with a gesture of her eyes.Anna looked straight at him. "Alright, if you're ready to listen, I'll explain. Listen carefully." Anna changed her sitting position. "D&Na is a company made up of the two of us, with Dakota as the largest shareholder and then me. For now, I'm the one who monitors the company's running. At the same time, Dakota prefers to get regular reports and then make major decisions on important permits that the company must carry out." Anna glanced at Dakota for a moment.
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"What is this? Why is the news like this?" the aunt stared at the screen dumbfounded.The news they prepared and presented to the media to attack Dakota suddenly turned around and attacked them. Moreover, the news exposed their family's confidential matters."It is known that the family of the O'connor family heir's adoptive father before returning to the O'connor family treated the heir with bad manners." The man presenting the news spoke loudly with the news. "They took the money from her father's death insurance without giving any of the money left to Dakota."They were dumbfounded, looking at each other. Not understanding how it could have happened. They had no idea that news about themselves would be exposed to the media. They weren't necessary, so they didn't think the press would target them."How did they find out about that?" They were stunned. Even Dakota didn't know about her adoptive father's insurance, and his will wasn't read in front of her. She hadn't received any supp
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Chapter 148
"What the hell is Dakota doing to us?" Said the uncle, who was currently on the side of the road not far from Dakota's company.They were all forcibly evicted by the security guards and threatened to be reported to the authorities if they were still there. So, with the people forced to leave, they looked disgruntled and upset."I don't accept what he did to us." The aunt coaxing Dakota with her sweet words now showed her true face. "She can't just kick us out."The people strolling and blocking the other pedestrians seemed to be very indifferent to the other people. They walked and stopped, walked and stopped again without caring.There were three women and two men, but none cared about Dakota.The woman who had blonde hair and looked younger than them looked at her brothers with a similar look on her face. "He can't be allowed. We must teach Dakota a lesson." The woman privatized hi,."Lesson?" The woman who approached Dakota earlier turned his attention to the woman. "What do you me
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Chapter 147
"Dakota, you're such a joker." The woman, whose face looked shocked a moment ago, now turned soft. She chuckled while patting Dakota's arm.But Dakota had a different expression. He ignored what the woman was doing and just glanced at her with her gaze looking down because they were quite short and too close to her.The woman touched Dakota's hand like she was used to doing that every time she met Dakota. She didn't seem awkward at all, even though to Dakota, what she was doing was a nuisance.The woman's eyes widened, and with her face as friendly as possible, she spoke, "You are very easy to joke with. I can tell that you're a good person." She complimented Dakota, flicking her gaze towards the others, and the men greeted the woman's words with pitched exclamations. "After all, we're the ones who took care of you when you were little. If it wasn't for us, you wouldn't be in this place right now." She spoke with pride."That's right!" The others exclaimed. "We are the family that too
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Chapter 146
"I told you to let me in!" Snapped the man, Dakota's uncle, while Dakota's status was unknown.Because the news about Dakota circulated across the country and appeared in the newspapers, people who recognized Dakota recognized Dakota's picture, which was only taken briefly because the O'Connor family still guarded his identity.But for people who intersect with her, of course, Dakota's silhouette is so easy for them to recognize. Therefore, the uncle is currently in the leading company owned by the O'Connor family to find Dakota."Sorry, but you can't come in." The guard at the building's main door blocked his uncle Dakota's attempt to break in.Since they were so insistent on getting in, they seemed normal at first. But when asked what their purpose was and if they had made a schedule to meet, the people, instead of answering argued to be allowed to enter.The man with slightly bleached hair near his ears brushed off the guard's hand. "I told you I was his uncle! Didn't you hear me?"
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Chapter 145
"How could this be Dakota?" The voice of a woman in the crowd on the street, staring at the street billboard that showed an announcement about Dakota.The woman stared wide-eyed at Dakota's appearance, which had changed 180 degrees from the Dakota she once recognized. The woman tightly clenched her hand that held her bag tightly, her eyes did not move from where they were, listening to the news being aired all over the country.She was Gea, the woman who rejected Dakota's love five times because Dakota was just a poor man. Gea used to really dislike Dakota because of Dakota's poor status. She was upset that a poor man like Dakota dared to like someone like her.But now, Gea seemed frustrated to know the truth. "I should have just accepted it back then." She regretted it. "If I was with him, my life wouldn't have been possible like it is today."She grumbled in annoyance, her past suddenly came back into her head, she remembered the figure of Dakota who used to like her but she rejecte
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Chapter 144
"I heard that there are many guests coming today." A glamorous woman in a dress cut low on the chest spoke to a man before her.The man nodded. "Yes. I saw from the guest list that the guests invited by them are three times more than the guests they usually invite." The classic-looking man responded.Many people dressed in luxurious clothes in the ballroom of the residence occupied by the O'Connor family as one of their leisure homes.They wore hand oes, clothes, and jewelry from world designers with limited items. They seemed to enjoy the party even though the main event had not started.Their conversations varied, ranging from simple greetings by those who rarely met because they had their own busy schedules, talking about business and what was trending among the upper-class people, to talking about their respective lifestyles as show-offs."Almost everyone who comes to this place is critical." In the middle of the party, the other guests were observing the guests.The woman with br
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Chapter 143
"I got a lot done today." Dakota stretches his shoulders in the spinning chair before the computer screen.A few days ago, James had given him various assignments that suddenly became jobs he had to take care of and learn about.Starting with learning about their family tree, the company run by their family, and the people involved with their family, all Dakota learned because of James' orders to him.James wanted Dakota to know that as a basis, then after he understood it, James made Dakota tour each of their subsidiaries, but Dakota was there to accompany him and look around.For a whole week, Dakota's schedule was packed with things James had in mind after observing him. Dakota still remembers that just when he thought his schedule was over, James said, "It's time to introduce you to the public. You've prepared everything you need to know, and now it's time for you to emerge as the heir of the O'Connor family.""I have prepared the guest list. Mr. James said you need to look at it
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Chapter 142
"Hands off!" she snapped at the officer loudly. "What are you doing?" he looked panicked and worriedly at Dakota. "Sorry I came late, sir."All of them looked shocked and couldn't believe what they saw, especially the manager and the security guard, who recognized the man with the cane as their senior officer in the mall. The man was the highest leader of their branch mall. He was the managing director.The manager looked nervous. He read the situation and tried to realize what was happening. "Mr. Director, what are you doing here?" he looked confused. "Don't you have an important meeting today? Why can't you?" Those questions came to mind.As he said them one by one, he was like getting the scattered puzzle pieces and being able to put them together clearly, then his face turned anxious and panicked looking at Dakota.He looked at Dakota with a fierce look. "No way, so he owns this mall, like he said? he's not lying?" the man thought to himself.Dakota glanced at him with a slight sn
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Chapter 141
"Come to the watchdog room section. Some people are giving me a hard time in this place," Dakota said right after their call was connected."You're currently at the mall, sir?" the voice on the other end sounded panicked. Without giving Dakota a chance to answer his question, he spoke again, "Yes, sir, I'll be right there." He ended their phone call. He ended their phone call.Dakota contacted one of the highest-ranking staff in the mall. It was true that Dakota did have the largest share there. But he did not run it and take a position as one of the board of directors there because his work was already too much, and he just wanted to take his profit opportunities.Being an investor for them was much more flexible because he couldn't divide his time while he had a lot of work.As their call ended, the woman looked at him with a laugh. "What are you doing? Who did you call?" She chuckled. She really couldn't believe that Dakota was the one who owned such a big mall.Even being one of t
