"What happened in there, Leanne? What notification were they speaking of?" Lily asked eagerly, anger present in her voice. Leanne said nothing, deep in thoughts and disbelief of what had just happened. There was a lot going through her mind, so she couldn't come to a conclusion just yet. "Leanne!""Hold on a second, Lily. Let her think. I'm also curious to know, but then again, let her be. She'll tell us when she's feeling better." Bruce remarked softly, his hand was placed over her shoulder, an attempt to comfort her."Damn! That dude was so annoying. Who the hell is he? I'm so confused right now, I don't even know what to think. This is so annoying." Lily said in anger, her body twitching in severe agitation."Justin...." Leanne whispered softly. Her voice was almost inaudible but her friends were able to hear her."What did you say?" Bruce asked without hesitation, a frown swallowing the shape of his forehead."What if it was Justin?""What Justin?" Lily asked in a mocking tone, ro
Justin watched the woman beg. He had first swore in his own heart and good soul that he wouldn't lift a finger. Not for her sake.Her eyes were soaked with tears, glittering in the sunlight as he stared from above her.Was this what he wanted? he thought. His heart was already stifling with guilt. To watch an innocent woman cry holding on his shirt? Not exactly. She was only unlucky enough to get caught up in the figurative battle he had drawn with Bruce and Lilly. But now, here she was, begging to have her business saved."I am sorry, I did not know who you were. I had no idea that you were who you say you were. Please I beg of you. Don't do this to me. I worked hard to make this business flourish and stable." Leanne seemed to be right at the edge of her wits. It wasn't of her to be acting this lowly at the time.Justin did not say a word to her. Rather he watched as she continued to beg. He was prepared to be stone hearted."Please, get off me" he finally said. "It's already done.
Leanne was embarrassed. Very embarrassed. The thought that she had been begging all this while at the feet of an ordinary low life who was merely pretending to be rich enraged her so much that whatever grief she felt at the time got pushed aside. In her eyes Justin was just no more than a pest. Lilly and Bruce could not have been wrong. She trusted them since they all came from well known affluent families. How could they ever lie to her?Justin rolled his eyes at the situation. Just what he expected to happen was exactly what was going on. Just at the moment he was about to call off his punishment, there she was standing eye to eye with him, anger visible on her face."I see that you are a trickster," Leanne accused. "Now I regret that I ever came to beg such a low life as you. You are not worth even standing before me, you rat."She immediately pushed him off her car. Justin did not know what would happen, so he was not able to break his fall by having a strong footing. Before he k
"Yes, it has to be the new heir." Leanne agreed, with one finger above her lips like she was fiddling a nonexistent moustache. "I see... There must be a misunderstanding somewhere. This person might not know who I am, I believe. Hence why they are making decisions that would typically go against Nelson Drogonuv. What a problem this is." "I believe so too," Bruce said. "Nelson has never been the kind of man to make such brash decisions. I would never believe he did this. There is no way he could have built such an impressive business empire from the scratch from making such decisions.” "So you see, you have really nothing to worry about." Lilly added, quite positively with a smile stitched to her face. "Bruce as he has said, manages one of the Drogonuv's business. He would surely find a way to link you up to the people at the top. Something can most definitely be done about this. You musn't give up now." Leanne looked down on the floor, trying her best to be positive before looking
A few days after the seizure of Leanne's boutique, Justin's found himself craving the thrill of the outside world. He had been cooped up between office walls for sometime now, attending meetings and stamping papers. It reminded of the main reason he had left he did not want to accept his father's offer in the first place. The office, the world of business and corporations, was just so bothersome to him. He had to do something about it before it would do anything to him.At end of a stressful day after running away from his associates, he went for an outing, taking himself to a fancy restaurant where he could go have a little bit of recreation.Tastena was a place he had always craved to go for their exquisite taste and all the beautiful rumours he has heard about them from well trusted mouths: Diana used to go there every evening. That was until she got bored of the place and moved to the latest in thing of the town as she had always done.He scraped from her tongue very reliable in
Meeky hid his menacing smile at the couple's reply to Justin behind an unmistakable and surprising look. He sighed out loud and the attention of everyone at the table was on him."What do you want here, Justin? Nobody invited your miserable being to a meeting this meaningful.""I wasn't speaking to you." Justin said sharply, then faced Meeky's audience once again. "Are you really going to do this? I know people have to take risks with investments, but you all know that this is too good to be true.""You know for a moment there, I could practically hear the intelligence in the way you speak. But judging from looks, you're in no place to give us that advice." An elderly man cut in. He appeared to be in his late fifties and had some kind of honorable ambience to him. "That is absolutely true. Look at him." Another man added immediately. "This professional looking man would never scam us like that. And I am sure of that. But I can't say the same for you. Look at that shirt." The man scof
Justin was now at a little eatery not far from Tastena. He had left the classy restaurant not long after his little altercation with Meeky, without even eating his food. Sitting there and watching Meeky only made him feel angry, so he paid for the untouched meal and left. Now in the little eatery, he sat unbothered and had his meal."It's an hour and ten minutes now, old man. Where is he? You said he went to get something, didn't you?" The man who had confirmed the disappearance of Meeky's car retorted angrily."The name's Mr Robert to you. And how do you expect me to know where he went? I've been seated here with you all the whole time.""But you had said...""It was just an assumption, young man. Stop making the rest of us feel scared that we may have been scammed. Maybe something's holding him back." Robert added, a thoughtful look on his face. "Or how about we go outside and look for him? He could be parked somewhere else. You know, to avoid distractions and all.""Yes. Let's go."
"Please sir, we never knew that it would turn out this way. He seemed like such a responsible man." Robert said calmly, his voice extremely sober from the shame and guilt he felt, having to come back to the same man he did not listen to barely an hour ago. Justin glanced at him one more time, fighting the urge to say something bad to him. He looked away, and took a sip of his drink."If you're not going to help us find him, then at least, give us his number." A woman pitched in. She was feeling irritated by his behavior even when they were the ones who brought it upon themselves. "We might be able to reach him." The others nodded, agreeing with what she had said."Look, all of you, I didn't come here to be disturbed. So, I would very much like it if you left." Justin finally said something, something they didn't consider a good enough response. "But... But, we can't just leave. What about Meeky? What about the money we gave him?" One of the men asked."I never said you shouldn't get