Mackenzie Milton got home earlier than usual that day. Usually, when board meetings were held, he came back home late. But not today. Today, the board meeting had ended on a rough note and Mackenzie could not bring himself to stay back at the company for work. The other board members, he knew, would go back to work in their different departments to finish work for the day, but he just could not do so. He entered the house in the usual silent manner about him. Mackenzie was a quiet man who hardly spoke, and did so only when he found it necessary. Or that was the man he used to be before he got himself involved with Cassandra. He met an almost drunk Cassandra in the living room, sipping on alcohol straight from a bottle. "Oh, for goodness sake." He muttered under his breath. He was tired of having to come back from the office every day just to meet Cassandra drunk or in the process of getting shitfaced."Cassy, are you at it again?" He asked the woman who just took another swig from t
After being rejected for the first time in his life by a woman, Alex went to the club to party away the night like the undisciplined, spoilt child he is. He woke up with an extreme hangover the next day and stayed inside for the whole day being nursed by his mother. When it was finally the day for his inauguration as CEO, Alex lay in his bed in silence. His eyes were wide open and he had barely gotten any sleep last night because of the excitement of today's event. Now, at seventeen minutes past eight in the morning, he contained his excitement by being silent. He looked at the wall clock opposite his bed at intervals. Once it was nine, he would start his preparations for today. He knew that starting his preparations by nine would make him late, but he did not mind. He was basically the CEO now, and if they could not wait till he was at the ceremony, that would be their business. His father, Mackenzie had already left for the company earlier with his mother. She had insisted on follo
Cade nodded. His father was the only one who could mutter a word. Surprise sat on the faces of the occupants of the board room. The board member who had made a speech and was about to pronounce Alex the CEO went back to his seat out of fear that this might be a ghost. Cade smiled at their shocked faces. "But you were pronounced dead." a member managed to speak. "Yes, I was, but I wasn’t dead, only missing." Cade replied.His words made the reporters snap out of their reverie. The cameras began to click rapidly, and questions were being asked from all over the hall. Everyone was shocked to their core, and they all wanted to know how it was possible that he came back from the dead.“Settle down, I know everyone has a lot of questions, and I’m willing to answer as much as I can before we conclude this event. But I can’t do that in this chaos.”Cassandra who had been silent sat up properly. She looked at Cade as though she could will him with her eyes to disappear. But when he did not d
Her mother came running to Hailey's room thinking she was in some trouble. Since Hailey became pregnant, she had been extra careful with her, and always doted on her to make sure she delivered the millionaire’s baby successfully. "What's the problem, darling?" Her mother asked as she got to Hailey's room. "Look." She said to her mother while pointing at the television with the remote control in her hands. The mother looked, but now the camera was directed at a board member talking. Her mother was confused. What did the man on the television have to do with anything? "What's going on?" She had to ask to be sure she was not missing anything. "Just keep watching, mom." "Okay?" Mrs Bellwether was puzzled and had an amused look on her face. She watched as Hailey said, and after a minute, the camera was on Cade again. It was then that Mrs Bellwether got the message Hailey was trying to pass. It was Dennis on the screen. "Dennis?" She asked, more confused now. "Yes, mom," Hailey
Cade finally spoke up. He had gotten the reaction he wanted, to his satisfaction. He had seen the unmistakable surprise in Alex's eyes. Had seen Alex’s mother pass out in front of everyone. Had heard his father call out his name as though he were unsure of Cade's existence. He also had a good time watching the board members wonder aloud and in surprise. He was not the only one that was pleased by the reaction, even Gale could hardly keep a straight face at this time. "Gentlemen." Cade began. "Please can we be calm?" It was almost physically impossible for the men to calm down. As for Cassandra, she obviously could not, because she still had an awestruck look on her face. "I will tell you all about everything now," he said. He looked around, noting that his call had been effective. The men were calm now and listening expectantly. Cade gestured to Gale who understood and went to sit somewhere in the room. Then Cade kept his glasses on the table in the room and began his narration.
“You can’t make demands like that. You’re not even a board member, but you seem to keep forgetting your place just because we let you be part of some meetings out of courtesy.” Gale said to Cassandra.“It’s fine, Gale.” Cade said with a smile and everyone turned to him, even his mother was surprised that he wanted to agree to Cassandra’s term.“She’s right. I’ve been away for a long time. It’s only proper that we let the board members decide if they still trust me enough to lead the company as I have done in the past. A vote is fine with me.”Gale stared at Cade with an incredulous look. But the look that Cade gave to Gale was trying to tell Gale to trust him. “Okay then if both parties consent, we shall have a vote.” Mr Kieran said. Alex wriggled uneasily in his seat. Even though this was his mother’s idea, he was very sure that he had created a wrong impression of himself to the board members already and did not stand a chance at being the chosen candidate to be made CEO. He tugge
Cade's role as CEO had begun to play out, and in less than a month of assuming his office again, he had slowly begun to bring the Milton Conglomerate back to the normalcy it had before his absence. The news of his arrival back at the company made some of the stockholders who had pulled out of the company come back to invest in the company. They knew that Cade was an excellent CEO and would lead the Milton Conglomerate well, which will in turn help their stocks be safe with the company. However, a few who thought it was late did not come back. But Cade knew what to do, and after a month, they had come running back, and new stockholders partnered with the Milton Conglomerate. What Cade did was increase the profits of the stockholders as a bait; when they thought of how much profits they would count, they came back to the company. Most of them bought more shares and held more stock with the company than they did before. At a certain percentage, the profit levels stop increasing and stay
Chaos was beginning to take over the Bellwether family. The news of the Dennis they knew and maltreated now being a CEO to one of the most influential companies in the country made them all surprised and afraid. Their fear stemmed from the sheer disobedience that they had carried out against their Papa's will. Before Papa died, he had willed all his wealth to Cade, who was known as Dennis to the Bellwethers, but Papa's children had refused to give their father's wealth to Dennis. Papa had entrusted his will to the hands of a very close lawyer friend of his, but somehow, his children had found a way to manipulate the will to their own favor. Papa's first son, had found a way to steal the will from Papa's lawyer and made a fake copy of Papa's will while he kept the original copy to himself, because he knew that Papa's lawyer would refuse a bribe. Now, they were afraid that Cade would come to know of this mischief that was carried out by them. They were all in this crime. What would happe