"What are you getting all worked up for? I heard it's only temporary," Anna brushed her newly polished nails with an unperturbed look.Jack on the other hand couldn't keep calm. "Even if it is only temporary, he signed away the shares and now that bastard wants to chew more than he can swallow.""He dares to ask for our shares. How dare he!"Anna finally reacted, hearing this. No one knows she owns fifteen percent of the shares in that company except Alan. How did that son of a bitch find out? "Originally, I wanted to wait until your brother's lawsuit was over but I guess I have to act fast now."A sinister look adorned her face. Seeing this, Jed knew a plan was brewing in her mind."What do you mean mom? What are you planning?" He asked suspiciously. "If it's about taking care of that bastard, I sent an order for him to be killed but he still managed to attend the meeting in one piece. I do not think he is as ordinary as he appears.""That lowlife isn't our concern now," Anna spoke
It seemed like the temperature of the room reduced as soon as Jed spoke. Eric's brown eyes darkened and his fists clenched by his side.All these days, he hasn't been in contact and has managed to keep his emotions in check. But just hearing her name just now was enough to work up the emotions he had stabilized.He really underestimated how much she affects him. Jed sat down on his bed, seemingly oblivious to Eric's changing temperance.But Ben misunderstood the situation and thought a brawl was about to take place. "Woah... Woah... Woah, dudes... Don't claw at each because of girls who aren't even aware of your feelings or will replicate it."He stood and talked sensibly like an elder advising his children."Your feelings are meant to be unrequited. Can't you two see that now? You have your whole lives ahead of you. Don't turn against each other because—"He didn't expect four pairs of cold eyes would glare at him. "Shut up!" He made a gesture of zipping his lips and backed away. H
'Although I have the largest share ratio in my hands, those are just an illusion created by Alan. To cement my position in the company, I need to own more significant shares of my own,' Jed's fingers directed the mouse cursor to display Carter's information.It's said this man has recently, secretly mortgaged his portion of shares to an underworld loan shark because he needed to finance his crypto currency trade.Jed couldn't help but shake head at this man's foolishness. Trading coins was unadvisable because today it could go up and tomorrow down.It was unpredictable and detrimental. One might get lucky but one could also encounter losses.Besides, when Carter mortgaged his shares, they were still valuable; the Jetti's empire was striving then, unlike now that they were struggling in deep waters.Now the shares were almost worthless and the loan shark wanted to sell them off. Carter had lost all the money he placed in crypto and even incurred debts so he wasn't in a suitable position
"And the winner of this project is..." The class held their breath as they waited for Mrs Andrews, their General Biology lecturer to complete her statement.Although they had been told previously that they would have to do a class project where they would be grouped, she didn't mention the date.That morning, she suddenly announced an impromptu project to the class to test if they had been following her so although most of the students weren't prepared, they had to swallow their grievance and act fast.Who didn't want to score additional marks? Their test scores were really low except some geniuses that got past average marks and some even full marks."Group 5b!" She looked at a group standing by a lab desk, looking dashing in their lab coats. The class turned to their direction and concealed envious gazes while clapping."Although everyone did well, they were the only ones that gave the most accurate observation to my test," Mrs Andrews was beaming with a smile.She even clapped alo
Jack smiled but he didn't say anything. The shareholders felt uneasy. It was like Jack knew something he wasn't telling them."If anyone tries to move closer or stop me, I'll have you thrown out by the bodyguards," He warned ferociously.The staff didn't dare act so rashly anymore. Mr Spencer quickly whispered to the other shareholders that he had called Jed.But the shareholders felt he didn't do the right thing and would only make the matters worse. Although Jed was capable, he was Jack's half-brother and they would surely clash.Jed was so young. Would he be able to withstand Jack?"While my father is absent, I will be in charge," Jack declared, seemingly unaware of the exchange between the shareholders."Young master," One of the shareholders immediately contended. "You still haven't told us why the chairman is absent. You can't sit there or take charge without the chairman's consent.""Who are you to question me?" Jack bellowed in anger. The shareholders weren't intimidated by h
The caller paused; probably wondering why Jack's voice was lowered but he shrugged and continued with his report."Young master Jetti, we have collected some test samples from the hospital to aid with our investigation.""The test results are out?" Jack asked in a false, surprised tone. "Yes sir and some particles of Tetrodotoxin were discovered in your father's system. That poison is a contraband in this country. It's a surprise someone managed to smuggle it in and pull a fast one on the chairman!"Jack's composure cracked a bit. He didn't expect them to find the species of the poison so soon but he had to pretend to be oblivious.Glancing at the door like a thief trying to steal something, he questioned in a hushed tone,"So my father was poisoned with tetrodotoxin? I have heard of that deadly poison before. I didn't expect I would come in contact with it as soon as possible. D.P.O, you have to get justice for my father!""We understand your grief, young master," the D.P.O sympathi
Jed was startled awake. His gasp aroused attention from Ben and Eric. They exchanged a look and directed their gazes to him.Ever since Jed got back to class, they could feel something was bothering him. But they expected him to open up to them yet he didn't say a word."Dude, what's wrong with you?" Eric asked as he submitted their notes to the H.O.C for the lecturer's assessment. Jed didn't hear the question because he was lost in thoughts. Brother? Why would that strange, young girl address him as brother?Who was she and what sort of a dream was that?He really felt frustrated. There were so many mysteries he wanted to solve but had no solution to."Jed," Ben shook him, snapping him back to reality."Huh?" He looked at them absentmindedly, confirming he didn't even hear Eric's words.Ben shook his head. "What's wrong with you?"Jed leaned in and explained everything he had learnt at the Jetti's headquarters to them in a hushed tone.If Eric was speechless then Ben was shocked. "W
Ping! Failure! Ping! Failure! Failure! Jed almost pulled off his headphones in frustration. He keeps trying to penetrate into the broken footage, trying to retrieve it and repair it but all to no avail. Some minutes have passed now and he still isn't able to retrieve the deleted footage. He glanced at the screen showing the portion of footage that was occupying the CCTV camera positioned in Anna's room, he almost choked when he saw her loosening her robe, probably planning to go for a bath. Quickly, he scrambled and hurriedly shut down the camera. He didn't need to see that! 'Ping!' Vendetta chimed. [System has found a suitable task for user] [User has to retrieve all the destroyed footage in its original form] [Minimal task level: Medium] [Reward: 6RP and 1AP] Jed paused, his eyes flickering with confusion. AP? He has never seen this appear on his screen before. Besides, what does task level insinuate? 'Ping' [System is going to undergo some upgrade soon so some terms