Claire watched everyone in the office and understood from what she saw that something wasn't right. She reasoned it definitely had something to do with the news she was carrying but in her heart, the news was a good one only that it was unexpected, at least to her. Seeing her boss slumped in a chair and Fim biting his fingers while the guests showed no such expressions, she knew once that the guests must have gotten the better of her boss.“Sir, I have some news,” she announced to her boss quietly as she walked close to him. Chuck wasn't listening to her and whatever she was saying. Fim however, took the liberty to attend to the young secretary. “What is it?” He asked her.Claire drew closer to Fim and whispered, “We just received a transaction of $15 billion from Cole Enterprise. What is going on, sir?” Hearing this, Fim shut his eyes for some seconds, sighed and shook his head gently. “Damn!” He exclaimed.“Sir, what is going on?” Claire probed in again. “You can leave now,” Fim
Joe Cole rushed to school as fast as he could, getting to his lecture hall. The lecture was far gone already and almost coming to an end. Mercury had advised him to come earlier but despite his efforts, he still missed the time. Just fifteen minutes to closing when he arrived and quickly rushed to enter the hall.His situation with Mr Hudson had only grown worse since their last encounter. The man had made up his mind to purposefully target Joe Cole as his victim, patiently looking for ways to deal with him. On the other hand, Joe Cole now made himself vulnerable to Mr Hudson's plans due to his divided attention with his business and school. On this fateful day, Mr Hudson had the upper hand.“Good day, Mr Hudson. I'm sorry…” Joe Cole greeted and tried to explain but the man shunned him with his hand, choosing rather to continue his lectures with the students than to respond to Joe Cole's greetings and whatever he had to say.The students had their mixed reactions on Joe Cole's return
Joe Cole stood still watching the man who had just threatened to fail him academically walk away and unresponsive to whatever he was asking. He gave thoughts to what Mr Hudson's threat could mean and how serious the lecturer was willing to take it. As he stood contemplating, the students began erupting out of the lecture hall, some murmuring mockeries as they walked past him. Others giggled, especially the ladies, most of whom found him admirable. Since his sudden rise, Joe Cole was drawing admiration from most of the ladies in the school. Same people who mocked and ridiculed him before, now seeking out ways to draw closer to him save for the fact that he wasn't regular in school as they hoped. His relationship with Mercury, his enigmatic moves, his good looks and attractive appearance, his brilliance and all, began popping up to catch the eyes of the beauties at KQU. Some of these ladies had finally gotten to see him in school and stopped to have a word with him. Jennifer Houston,
Joe Cole and Mercury walked through the pathways on campus with all eyes fastened on them, most of which murmured and gossiped about their relationship. The smear campaigns against Joe Cole by Jake and Emily were having their toll on campus with more and more students falling for it by the day. Their perception of Joe Cole as a babyface was fast dropping as they now came to see him as a gold-digger and an opportunist who was after the Carters and their fortune. The claims of the smear campaigns were heavily backed by Marquis which gave it even more credibility for the students to believe. Marquis supported the claims that Joe Cole was somehow playing his parents and his sister and using them to gain financial opportunities from different sources. However strong their claims were, they couldn't explain how Joe Cole managed to spend $30 million in a clubhouse in one night and give his friends $20 million the next morning. Their only theory was that he must have won a lottery but there
John sat with Betty having lunch while waiting for Joe Cole so they could talk about his plans for Alex Wayne, among other things. Since the incident at the club that resulted in the two being hospitalised, Betty had broken up with Alex and was now dating John. Their relationship was going strong and they found more to each other than they expected.John had healed about 90% save for some few marks of bruises and slight pains within those areas. Betty made sure to do all she could to aid his speedy recovery. News of their relationship also spread through campus faster than anyone could have predicted. It was now a trendy topic that John Caviar was dating the social media superstar, Betty Netty. And since she wasn't a dramatic type, people didn't really have much to say about their relationship other than the event that resulted in it.John stared across the table to behold the beautiful face that was sitting opposite him, his longtime crush. Betty was the only lady on-campus John ever
As they continued their banter here and there, John standing up to them all the way and Betty being a cool lady also joined to make her soft requests for the group to leave her and John alone to enjoy the lunch, Joe Cole and Mercury stepped up from behind.“What is going on here, guys?” Joe Cole's voice creepied in from behind the group, almost startling Emily. The group turned and behold it was their archenemy, the sole reason why they don't sleep at night nor have a healthy time during the day. The one person they wished never existed and even as he did, they wished he was far away in Africa or lost in one of those poverty-stricken countries to rot and die. Yet, like all wishes, they aren't horses for all to ride. The group had to take a direct approach to countering this ‘existential’ problem of theirs. As his voice was heard, the group began clearing the way for he and Mercury to walk pass while they looked at them disdainfully. Mercury stopped to look at her brother, Marquis, o
The tension between the groups took a twisted turn, none knew what to do next other than just take their leave. Joe Cole was finally standing up to them verbally and his statements so far were enough to toss them in a shock. Jake and his group however, had some more to try on Joe Cole and his friends before they intended to give them the big announcement that brought them there in the first place.Robert stepped forward to make the next fire for his team. “You know what? I think we need to get you two out of my student mansion. After all, Joe Cole doesn't come home anymore. He sleeps around now because your payment is due and he can't afford it.” He targeted Joe Cole and John.They all laughed at his point, what surprised them the most was that Joe Cole and his friends too were laughing. After a loud round of laughter, Joe Cole smiled at Robert. “I bought you a drink of $2 million in one night, all of you. And you think payment for my student mansion is my problem?” “I plan on gettin
The confusion in the room set everyone on edge, one minute Cilla had destroyed Joe Cole with her intended plan, making it seem like Joe Cole would have to beg or worship her. The next, Joe Cole flipped the entire thing when he asked her to go ahead and call her parents who he claimed to know. With the confusion set and everyone questioning what Joe Cole meant by being friends with the Winthrops, all attention turned to him for answers.Even though Joe Cole had spent tens of billions of dollars to purchase Winthrop Properties and had his team finalised the deal, Cilla was still ignorant of the entire deal. Her parents were yet to inform her about it for whatever reasons, and it seemed Joe Cole was about to help her out.“Come on, go ahead and call your parents, let's hear what they have to say.” Joe Cole restated to the young lady. Cilla looked at him with much confusion, Jake and the others signalled for her to make the call and put Joe Cole to shame. Cilla brought out her phone, dia