Joe Cole had just blown a dying matter back to life and set it ablaze. Rachael's smile gave the most confusing experience to everyone else, they couldn't understand why this poor young lad wanted to toy with people he knew nothing about. The Bostons and the Normans were a feared family in many elite circles, almost as much as the Sullivans. The former were a family of political dynasty and have ties within the government at all levels, even with President Carter. The latter were a family of banking dynasty, they run the most powerful banks in the country and beyond, they could crumble empires at will and their opponents feared them. Both families were multi-billionaires, much richer than Kelvin.Kelvin couldn't stand the catastrophe Joe Cole was bringing to his daughter's event. “Joe Cole, that's enough!” He yelled, almost disrespectfully. “I can't have you ruining my daughter's event and breaking her heart, please stop this and apologise to them now.” “No, Dad. He will do no such th
“Mercury Carter,” “Wait what?!” Joe Cole reacted. “Mercury Carter?!” He asked again to be sure. Rachael chuckled gently and smiled softly. Joe Cole asked the mean Jenner girl to repeat the name and probably explain better.“Mercury Carter of course. The Mercury Carter. The First Daughter of the United States. President Carter's daughter.” Jenner repeated and made it more clear who she was talking about.At this point, the cat had been let out of the bag and all Kelsey could do was cry, knowing that everyone now knew her wish and would laugh at her because it was impossible to come true. She ran to her father who looked at her with a pitiful face, she hugged him and his face showed how hurt he was to see his daughter go through such heartbreak on her special day.“So, Mercury Carter is her celebrity icon?” Joe Cole asked again, nodded his head without giving any sign that he knew her or he would be able to help the birthday princess.The two bullying families drew closer to him to glo
Kelsey's shocked reaction got the guests’ attention more seriously, they began to wonder if she was really speaking with who they thought she was, that would mean, Joe Cole just made magic. They all watched on in amazement while she tried to get herself together. A few seconds later, she returned to the phone to properly speak to Mercury. Those around the table had peeped in to see who the caller was and it was Mercury, this left them all in shock. The two bullying families were still in doubt, they thought Joe Cole was playing a trick on everyone. He couldn't possibly be calling Mercury Carter just like that. “Stop fooling around, that's not true!” They yelled at the frantic guests. Rachael laughed at their unbelief and made efforts to help them out. “Hey Diji, display the call on Joe Cole's phone on the main screen here.” She instructed Joe Cole's artificial intelligence assistant.Within seconds, the video call was casted on the main screen in the event, wide and bright enough fo
“Mr Cole, now that Kelsey is engaged, can we talk?” Mr Kelvin came to Joe Cole and asked for their meeting to begin. “Oh, your assistant is with them, maybe we can wait for them to be done.” Realizing that Rachael was with the girls giving them a tour of the car, he suggested he halt the meeting till the girls were done.Joe Cole already knew the impact his strategy had made, all the while Diji had whispered to him what the men were whispering about him, and he knew they were ready to do whatever it took to have a deal with him. “It's fine, we can proceed with the meeting.” He answered and offered for them to lead the way. “Oh, that's great.” Mr Kevin answered, his eyes bright and his face shone with an excited smile. The time had come for him to know why Joe Cole wanted to meet with him in the first place, and even more importantly at the moment, he needed Joe Cole more than Joe Cole needed him.The men walked past the starring guests and found a place to sit and talk business. “So,
It's been several weeks since Joe Cole and the event of Kelsey's birthday party. He didn't only make Kelsey's dreams come true, he also secured his deal with Mr Kelvin effortlessly. There has been many waters under the bridge since then, rumours spreading across various circles concerning Joe Cole and his dealings across town. Most of the rumours were kept from the notice of the students at KQU, their parents were trying to keep the matter silent so Joe Cole doesn't grow bigger at school over their children. So far, Joe Cole had delivered on his end of the deal for Michael Wonderstone and Kelvin Kalaway. They sold their shares at Wonderstone Enterprise to him as agreed, giving him the majority stake he needed to launch a privatisation of the company. The Sullivans had no choice than to sell off their shares in the company since the new owners were taking it private. It was their idea to Michael Wonderstone and now, it has backfired on them. Joe Cole took Wonderstone Enterprise privat
Joe Cole back in school, it was the King and Queen of Campus Event and everywhere was bubbling with the buzz of the event. It was the only thing that was talked about by the students and this year's was going to be bigger than the previous years and the biggest of all time. Jake and Emily as the hosts had made their plans and were as busy as they could get. The entire school channelled all concentration on this one event and nothing else mattered.The biggest anticipation was Joe Cole and he remained the talk of campus as everyone wondered what wonders he might pull this time around. The speculations about his true identity remained as they were, almost everyone had their own theory and every corner held on to one. It was the big expectations of the students to see what car Joe Cole would bring in since the entry level began at one million dollars car valuation and Joe Cole's current car was worth three hundred grands.In the days leading to this massive event, male students were alre
“Hey, buddy, where you at?” He asked immediately Joe Cole picked the call. His voice carried a sense of urgency and concern.“I'm good, John. Is there a problem? You sound like there is a problem. What's happening?” Joe Cole responded with a shared sense of worry. John's voice made him think something was wrong.“Yes, pal. There is a problem and that problem is you not being here to participate in the King and Queen of Campus Event. What, bro?” Joe Cole laughed over the phone. “I told you already, I don't care about that childish competition from Jake and Emily. I've got bigger fish to fry.” The phone was on speaker for all to hear and Joe Cole's words discouraged them the more. “You may say so, Billionaire, but for some of us, this is the only fish we have to fry and we don't want to spoil it.” John responded, challenging Joe Cole's dismissive statement.“Where are you, Joe Cole?” Mercury asked him over the phone.“I'm in Switzerland with your father for a meeting.” He answered.Th
Joe Cole and President Carter are in Switzerland for a diplomatic trip. President Carter had asked Joe Cole specially to join him on the trip and he had a surprise for him. The trip took three days, it was a G7 Summit and Joe Cole was one of the Presidential entourage. It was the biggest honour of his life to accompany the most powerful man in the world to a meeting of the most powerful world leaders.All through the event, President Carter introduced him to other presidents, prime ministers, and heads of states who were present at the meeting. He had dinners with these powerful state rulers and also had meetings with them. During one of those meetings, he was drawn into an interesting conversation. “So, President Carter tells us we all need to make allies with you but he didn't tell us why, so can you, young man?” The Chancellor of Germany said to Joe Cole in the gathering of other state rulers.Joe Cole chuckled, “He does me more honours than I deserve.” His response came with ever