Mega Hit: The Man With All The Power

Chapter 4: The weakness of the poor.

Ivan stood rooted on the same spot, his body was shaking violently and he looked as if he was going to break down at any moment. 

At that moment, his emotions were very complicated, he was even in turmoil. Lucy entered the room again, but she was fully dressed. She seemed to be searching for something and did not spare Ivan a single glance. 

Ivan choked slightly, it was as if something was stuck in his throat, but he knew that he had to tell Lucy about their child. She might change her mind....probably. 

"Lucy, have you really made up your mind?" He asked instead, holding unto the last string of hope. Lucy finally raised her head to look at him, but contempt and disdain was obvious in her eyes. She looked at him as if he was a joke.

"Why should I change my mind? I would have left you since all this days, but when I thought of that boy, I could not do it." She said and his eyes reddened.

"O...our child, h...he died yesterday." He finally said.

Lucy was stunned for a while, seeming to be processing what he had just said and when she realised it, her countenance stiffened and she gritted her teeth.

"Ivan!!! could you be anymore useless? You could not even do anything for your son, I only left for a few days and you failed to look after your son? You knew that my account has been frozen and I am working hard to get money but you? You don't even have anything, no good job, no status, no nothing, Ivan, I am even starting to question your existence in this life." She said, her chest was heaving up amd down in anger. 

Ivan was overwhelmed with guilt and regret, he was also hurting but what could he do? It was not like he was happy with what happened to their son. He was just helpless....and useless.

Lucy stormed out of the room instantly while cussing in whispers, she looked as if she could not stay in his presence anymore.

Tears of anguish filled his eyes and it nearly turned into madness, he felt an ache in his heart as if something inside him had broken or torn apart. The pain of losing his son and the pain of seeing his wife with another man, it was all too heartbreaking for him.

That night was meant to be a sleepless one for him.

....

Sure enough, Ivan could not sleep a wink for the whole night, there were dark circles under his eyes and he looked feeble. After showering and dressing up in his usual shirt and pant, he went to his work place.

He still had to work or else....

The moment he entered his department, the manager went to him.

"The Boss called for you." He said with folded arms, there was a tiny smirk at the corner of his lips and it gave Ivan a bad feeling.

"Okay." He nodded and the guy left after giving Ivan a meaningful glance, but Ivan ignored him and walked towards the main office.

Ivan knocked on the door twice before a deep and impatient voice told him to enter and he did.

"What do you want?" the moment he entered, Jack's voice sounded, his head was buried on his laptop and his assistant stood quietly by his side.

Seeing Jack once again made Ivan balled his fingers into fist but he took in a deep breath and endured it, he did not want to lose his job.

"Sir, you called for me."

He had to swallow the bitter feeling in his gut at the humiliation.

"Oh! so it's you, you are fired, pack your things and leave." Jack said simply the moment he raised his head to see who Ivan was. Ivan was startled.

Fired? For what reason?

"Sir, why am I fired all of a sudden? I have never done...."

"I am the boss here and I will decide who I want in my company, your presenceis irritating so I want you to leave." Jack said emotionlessly and Ivan felt as if he had been thrown into an ice cage, his whole body was rigid.

He was the one that was cheated on but he still had to lose everything, why?

"Sir, I have never....."

"Do you want me to call the security to throw you out?" Jack's assistant threatened and Ivan gritted his teeth in indignation. 

The moment he left Jack's office, he went to his office dispiritedly and started packing his things, his colleagues saw him and for once, his name became a topic.

"Is that not Ivan? He still dared to leave his office before the closing hour."

"He sure has guts, who didn't know that he got this job through a back door?"

"The funny thing is that it was even his wife that helped him, so hilarious."

"He is just too useless and pathetic, his wife is so pretty, he does not deserve her at all."

"The woman must have been charmed, who would marry such a useless man?"

"Forget it, talking about him is ruining my good mood."

"Seeing him already ruined my day, fuck!"

"He is a basically a piece of shit."

"I am sure that he would be sacked soon."

"Wait, he has things with him, could it be that he had already been sacked?"

"Good for him, he is not needed here anyways."

"Hahaha, that useless thing will finally leave, we would be able to breath in fresh air again."

Ivan ignored their taunts and left his office in low spirits. It was not that he does not care or was not bothered by the ridicules and jeers, he was just helpless. This was not the first, second or third time but he had endured it all.

He did not know how this people knew his wife or why they cared about him but there was nothing he could do, he had to beg his way in to get this job but still, he lost it.

What had he done wrong? He lost everything, his son, his wife and now his job, just like that?

He had decided to continue working and forget about what Jack had done, but still Jack did not let him go. He even took his means of livelihood from him, how was he supposed to cope from there onwards?

All these made him realize what power and money could do.