"A splendid day, Mr. Justin, what can I do for you?" The manager's voice was eager and cheerful in the way he spoke. "You seem to be in a not so good mood. Is anything the matter?"Justin wondered if he should tell him anything in a brief thought of seconds. He shrugged it off immediately. "Don't worry about how I sound," he said. "See... I wanted to know if the Leanne Boutique is one of dad's investments. Is it?"Justin hoped earnestly within him for an affirmation. "Well, yes. As a matter fact, the company has a close to eighty percent share in the business's stock." The manager's words sounded like honey to Justin's ears. A honey of sounds. So much that he could feel himself vibrate from how good it made him feel. Sweet sweet revenge."Good, good." Justin smiled rather wryly."Is anything the matter?" The manager asked again."Well, there is. But I will leave stories like this for another to be told. What I want from you right now is to pull out all our assets and investments from
"Yes, how may I help you?" The Cashier asked, her face in a frown wondering if she had gotten herself more weirdos as customers once more."Not much," one of the men said in response. "We are here to shut down the boutique. Drogonuv is shutting it down due to its bankruptcy." The Cashier couldn't believe her ears. It seemed it was from one problem to another. Today, it seemed, was cursed with the high chance of coming across weird men with an absurd level of audacity."What?" She asked, trying to clarify her hearing, but before she could complete her words the men had begun to announce to the populace in the boutique that they were closing the place down.Bruce and Lilly were just as shocked, both holding bags of clothing in their hands. "Who are these ones now?" Bruce complained, feeling tired already of the strung out day."The Leanne Boutique is now the sole property of the Drogonuv, we advice that all of you in here should leave. We are shutting this place down.""Are you sure
Leanne's face wore all the elements of surprise and confusion. She was speechless for a second, but she immediately regained herself. Her eyes flashed with fury as she began to speak."Excuse me?" She scoffed, turning to look at Bruce and Lily in disbelief, before turning back to the man who had just addressed her. "What do you mean by that? Bankrupt? How?" She was trying as hard as she could to keep her voice down and be calm. But the intensity at which her blood was boiling within her fought against it. "Well, like I said before, this boutique is being closed down for bankruptcy, so I advise that you all exit the building immediately.""What the hell are you talking about? How would my boutique be bankrupt and I of all people, am not aware? How dare you drive my customers out?" Bruce and Lily nodded in agreement and walked up to her."Calm down, Leanne. I know this is utterly ridiculous and extremely annoying. But, just try to catch your breath for a moment." Lily advised, rubbing
"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