David looked at his wife to see if she had woken up from the conversation on the phone or heard the conversation at least. However, judging from her calm breathing, his wife was not at all disturbed and was fast asleep.
David lay back down with his back to his wife after putting his cell phone back on the nightstand. It was the first time he'd gotten the phone again in a long time. How long had it been since he left for some reason? Five years already? David sighed. Don't want to think about it first and then fall asleep.
In the morning, David checked his cell phone. There was joy when he saw the message. Finally, someone rented back his services. But his smile only lasted a moment. Those who send messages and hire his services are actually his loyal customers. David should be happy, but the fact that his loyal customers regularly hire his services is just to belittle him. He was someone who liked his wife first. And maybe still today.
"That's enough. The important thing is that I will get money to buy necessities in this house.” David immediately took a shower. His wife was no longer in bed. Seems to have gotten up and gone to the dining table. David rushed.
At the dining table, there is already the mother-in-law and his wife.
"Tsk! What's the matter of being so tidy? At least your activity is just chill anymore. You lazy person."
David ignored that and sat down in a chair. "Someone hired my services. I will buy the food needs later when I get home," said David. Hoping to say that he would be at least a little appreciated.
"Hmm." The response given by the wife was just that.
“Huh, the money you make from your work is only a small amount. What needs do you mean?”
Again, David ignored it. He ate breakfast made by his mother-in-law.
"Who hired you?" the wife asked with eleven raised eyebrows.
David looked at his wife. It was silent for a moment before answering a few seconds later. "Jack."
"Oh, Jack?" David could see a small smile forming on that pretty face even though Lily tried to hide it.
"Jack? Isn't he your ex-boyfriend, Lily?"
Lily looked at her mother and then nodded without hesitation. Not concerned with David's feelings in the slightest.
"Hmm," answered Lily.
David's gaze shifted to his mother-in-law when the woman said something that hurt him. "Why don't you try to get close to him again? I think he still wants to be close to you, Lily. Looks like he'll be more useful than this husband of yours."
Tak!
David put the glass of drinking water on the table with a bang enough to make the two women stare at him. One with a confused look and the other with a cynical look.
"Huh! No need to look sour like that! What I said is true!”
David stood up. "I'm leaving now," he said. Then immediately rushed after taking all the equipment he needed.
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Srett…
Srett…
Srett…
David vigorously scrubbed the toilet porcelain. The hands that had been used with rubber gloves moved flexibly to clean the porcelain surface until clean, after previously applying some chemicals to make the work easier. Sweat dripped down his forehead and the philtrum. His gaze was focused. He has been working as a home-to-home cleaning service for almost five years already. A job that many people despise. Not infrequently, there are even customers who underestimate him. Staring at him with a look of disdain or if not giving him a reward for his services in a dishonorable way. Throw it on the floor and then step on it. David could do nothing but take the money that had been stepped on until it was a little dirty and damaged.
"Hahh..." David took a deep breath. He finally finished. He immediately cleaned up his equipment.
David could see Jack struggling with his laptop. Seems like he's doing a job.
"I've finished everything," said David from a meter away from Jack's position. Jack glanced at him, then purposely covered his nose.
"Tsk. Don't get too close. You stink. Three meters away from me," said Jack arbitrarily with a condescending look. David was used to this treatment by Jack. But he had to be patient. David didn't want to make a mess. Especially if he has to give up his wages after cleaning the men's toilet for hours just because of unnecessary fights.
"Huh." Jack snorted. He wanted to make David angry. There was a certain satisfaction in his chest by doing that. Condescending this man is a hobby for him. The reason he regularly hires David's services to clean his house is that he likes to humiliate David. Moreover, David never fought him. This man is really weak. He deserves to be humiliated like this.
"I've done my job. Now is the time for you to pay for my services," said David. He wanted to get out of here in a hurry.
Jack snorted. He stood up and took out a few dollars from his wallet. "Tch! This!" Then he threw it in David's face until the money scattered and fell. David closed his eyes. While Jack smirked in satisfaction.
"Why? Still not enough? Oh, yes. I forgot you are so poor! You don't know if Lily always complains about you? What kind of man are you? You can't just make your wife happy!" David was still trying to calm down.
'Chill, you can't get carried away with anger.'
TAP!
Jack threw money again at David's face. "Because I'm kind. I'll give you a bonus. Take that!" he said in a high-pitched voice. David stared at the money strewn on the floor nearby. He crouched down to pick up the pile of money. It didn't matter how Jack looked at him.
Step. Step. Step.
David could see the shiny black shoes that Jack was wearing were already in front of him. He looks upward to see a Jack.
“Kiss my shoes. Then I will give you a lot of tips," he said so easily and with a small grin. David was of course surprised to hear Jack's words.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that? David, did you forget?” Jack raised an eyebrow.
"What do you mean? What did I forget?” asked David, not understanding.
"Wow, you really are a bad husband. Today is your wife's birthday!"
Ah! David forgot! What date is it now? Is it really his wife's birthday?
“I'm sure you don't have the money to make your wife happy on her birthday. So I want to be kind to you. Kiss my shoes, and I'll give you lots of tips. How is it? A very attractive offer, isn't it, David?” Jack looked at David deeply, not forgetting that grin. He was sure that David would not refuse his offer.
“Okay,” David finally agreed. Making the grin look wider on Jack's face. He felt very satisfied to be able to humiliate David like this.
To be continued…
David's face was face to face with the toes of the shiny shoes that Jack was wearing."Come on. What are you waiting for? You didn't change your mind, did you? Don't waste my time."'For your wife, David.' So, finally, David kissed the toe of Jack's pointy shoe. Then immediately stood up straight after that."I've done it," said David.Jack nodded his head. "Haha, yes I know. You are so easy to belittle. This!" This time, David slapped the money on his right cheek.“Tips for a loser like you. Now take all the scattered money and all your equipment and then immediately get out of here. I can't stand the smell of your stinky body. Hurry up!" Without many words, David took all the money. This is quite a lot of money. He can buy a lot of necessities to eat at home and a birthday cake to celebrate his wife's birthday. Surely his wife would be pleased. David was very excited. He couldn't wait to see his wife smile.David carried a lot of plastic in his hands. Tonight, there will be a big an
“What do you mean by the boss?” Jack couldn't believe what he had just seen and heard. They all just bowed respectfully to this poor David?! Ha!'What a joke that wasn't funny at all!' he thought, feeling disapproved of what had just happened."Hey! David! Quickly say this is just a misunderstanding! How can a poor person like you be the boss of this elite group of men?” Jack looked at David with a sharp look. David looked at Jack.Several people nodded their heads in agreement with Jack's words. Then laughed mockingly. Some even deliberately recorded to capture this embarrassing moment to be ridiculed later. Or maybe they will spread it on the internet later."Boss! Are you okay? Do you need us to punish these people who have treated you so badly?!” said someone who used to be David's right-hand man. The man did not seem to accept his boss being treated casually like this. In the past, his boss was very authoritative and highly respected. He is known for his cold and cruel personalit
“Boss, where are you going?” Bruno immediately confronted David, who was walking fast.“Go home,” David replied in a lazy tone."Then please get in the car, boss. There." David pointed to a luxurious black car that had been neatly parked. David raised an eyebrow."No need. I can walk.”"In that case. Let me accompany you on foot.” Those words actually annoyed David."Can you guys go?" asked David.Bruno lowered his head. Not daring to look at David with the piercing gaze that he hadn't seen in a long time. It still looks just as scary as before. He missed that authoritative figure."Haaahh..." It was the umpteenth time David sighed."Can't you see how I'm doing now, Bruno? There's nothing more you can expect from me. I've turned into a coward. There is no more power left. No more money. No more fit and muscular body. My greatness has completely disappeared. Replaced by misfortune that keeps on coming. I'm so bad. So why else do you come to me? Go. If things get any worse, I suggest th
Lily watched the luxurious black car that took her husband away. Do not know where. Lily felt her heart tighten because of what her husband did. Her face was down. There is deep regret now. David had never acted like this before. Lily clenched her fists. Of course, this is all her fault. And now she really regretted it.“Lily.” Jack came from behind, embracing her hips. Unlike before, this time, Lily completely dodged. It made Jack seem surprised to see Lily’s change. Lily had been really friendly to him before. Did not refuse his seduction at all. But after what happened earlier, Lily’s attitude changed 180 degrees to him. Jack clenched his fists. In just a matter of minutes, things have changed so much. His brows knit together, his angry look clearly visible. But Jack tried to hide it from Lily. No! He hasn’t lost at all. After all, not necessarily the poor David is a boss, especially a billionaire. If indeed he is a billionaire, then maybe for the past five years he has been comfor
“Listen carefully, if you don’t apologize to my boss for the baseless accusations you harshly uttered to him earlier. So I won’t hesitate to put you and your husband in jail. Don’t mess with us. You really don’t know who you’re dealing with, Mrs. and Mr. Aisley!” said Bruno again, with narrowed eyes.Mrs. and Mr. Aisley looked nervous. But they don’t seem to want to apologize. It was very disgusting for them to apologize to that David, whom they often called the unemployed fat pig.“We don’t want to!” she said, trying to look fierce. She looked at Bruno.“You really think I believe your threat, huh?! I also have a police nephew! I can ask him for help! Your words have no effect on me at all, huh! I thought you were a great man! In fact, it’s the same with the fat pig! Huh! I’m so sorry I complimented you earlier, damn it!”Bruno snorted. This old lady really has no manners. His boss really has great patience to have a mannerless neighbor like them.“Bruno. No need to be served anymore
“David, come with me,” said the mother-in-law. David was confused but kept his feet following his mother-in-law from behind. Apparently headed for the kitchen.“Now tell me. What other trouble are you doing, huh?” she asked in a very annoyed tone.“I’m not causing any trouble, mother.”“Then who are they, huh?! There’s no way they suddenly came here. With you? Who are you, huh?! Don’t lie to me. They’re definitely not your friends. I know that you have absolutely no friends here. You’re just a stranger who came out of nowhere and got to know my daughter and you framed her to marry you so you could stay here. You’re just a parasite. So it’s very unlikely that you have friends as cool as them,” said her mother-in-law breathlessly because she spoke in one breath. Her condescending look was clear in David’s eyes.David clenched his fists. “Are you going to keep accusing me like that?” David asked. His face was down. For some reason, this time, he felt like he really wanted to fight back.
“Don’t kneel,” David said. He crouched down to help his wife up. Lily sobbed.“I’m sorry, David,” said Lily. David knew Lily changed only because of the treasure he thought David still had. Though it will not completely be his anymore. David knew that, even if he was asked to return, he had a lot to face. Maybe even his life would be at stake. That was why David was still a little hesitant. But seeing the change in his wife, who seemed to have the opportunity to love him, David thought it didn’t matter.“You must have hypnotized my daughter!” the mother-in-law did not accept what was happening in front of her.“Mother,” Lily warned her mother.But instead Lily was glared at by her own mother. “Are you stupid or what, Lily?! Don’t be so easy to believe! Could this poor husband of yours have a plan! You know, he just got the money. Or maybe what Mr and Mrs Aisley said is true that he stole. Then he used the money to hire these thugs! Admit it, David! They are not your subordinates! “ Th
Creak.David could finally enter the store. The moment he entered, all the gazes of the people in the same room immediately turned to look at him. Including Lily, as well as his mother-in-law. But his mother-in-law looked at him like she didn’t know him at all. David knew for a fact that his mother-in-law would be very embarrassed if everyone thought she had come with David, whose appearance was so unseemly enough to come in here. With the naked eye, everyone could see from his appearance that he was not someone from the upper class who could shop in a luxurious place like this.“Excuse me sir, can I help you?” David looked at the saleswoman. From the look on her face, David could tell she was pretending to be friendly. The frown on her forehead, and the stare, as well as her smile that seemed very forced, showed that she didn’t like David’s presence here.Creak!“David!” An exclamation with a high enough tone stole everyone’s attention.“What’s wrong, Onyx?” the saleswoman asked Onyx
David felt strange about Lily's behavior tonight, who suddenly gave him a big enough gift. Even though the woman knew that it wasn't his birthday, not even their wedding anniversary. But he also still didn't protest much when he got the gift even though he was very surprised."I hope it's not something gross or scary in it. You know I don't like that kind of thing."Lily chuckled but didn't say a word. She just stared at the box and motioned for David to open it immediately. Because David also couldn't hold back his curiosity, he opened the box and immediately saw that there was only one object there. One small object immediately caught her by surprise when he took a closer look at it.A pregnant test pack showing two blue lines. He looked alternately at his wife and at the object, in utter disbelief. A surprise he never expected. His brain immediately turned. It meant that what Lily had called a cold this morning was actually a symptom of pregnancy. And she was only able to tell him
As he had previously imagined, when he announced himself as the new president of the Baldovino Group, a lot of media was highlighting it. Now his name is again a trending topic in the media. Leading two conglomerate companies at the same time is clearly not something easy. There are even many other businessmen who also did not expect that in the end, he would get these two important positions.In almost every way David has to deal with the media which always doesn't want to be left behind about the new innovations that will come to the two big companies.Even when he chose to heal for a while at the mall alone, there were still many journalists who followed him and even interviewed him halfway."How did you first decide to run two companies at once? What about Mr. Baldovino?" asked one of the young female journalists now walking beside him. The young woman did not use the mic at all like journalists in general. She didn't even use his cell phone to record David's voice either. Maybe s
At first, Diego tried to restrain himself. He tries to stay sane. But in the end, he wasn't strong either. He screamed loudly while holding his mother's body. His screams were of course heard from outside. People who happened to be passing by around the apartment immediately stopped and in a few seconds only stared at the apartment without daring to enter it.However, several men who at that time were also doing their morning exercises had the courage to enter the apartment to make sure that there were people who needed help there. Because some of the men entered, in the end, other people also followed, including several teenage girls who were no less curious after hearing the screams.They were so shocked when they saw Diego crying hysterically. Even more surprised when he saw the person Diego was currently sitting on. A woman with a blue face and neck was reddened by rope marks.They just looked at each other for a moment because they were too surprised to see that. But then one of
Even though the police haven't found the perpetrator of her son's murder, Carina is very sure that the culprit is David. Indeed, if you think about it using logic, who else would do this to her son? Since they are now bankrupt and impoverished, surely people who used to be Alessio's business rivals or people who hate Alessio are now very satisfied when they see their situation. There was no longer anything they needed to do to bring Alessio's family down even more.The thing that was on Carina's mind right now was that her son still had a grudge against David after that night. Alessio obviously will not forget when David humiliated them in front of many people, especially in the morning they were humiliated again and kicked out of the Baldovino residence. Carina was absolutely sure that Alessio wanted revenge on David but lost in the end so it ended like this.In two days, she just locked herself in the room and tried to calm herself first before then taking action to avenge her own s
Alessio obviously didn't want to lose because he was the one who started this fight. If he just gave up, he would end up embarrassing himself in the end. He didn't want to be humiliated again. His price is already cheap enough now. He didn't want to be the butt of David again.After a few minutes, they fought in the warehouse, and both of them were covered in blood. Either just use their bare hands or also use some of the tools in the warehouse. David has absolutely no guns. It was a little inconvenient for David. As for Alessio, he has a knife and several sharp objects. Fortunately, David was able to grab the weapon during a fight.The person who excels here in terms of fighting--whether with bare hands or also using weapons-- is David."I know that it's not easy to accept defeat. I know you won't want to lose again here because it will embarrass you for the umpteenth time. But if you still want to live and still think that your life is something precious and must be guarded this tim
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Before the day of determination that will determine who the winner is. David decided to call Alessio. This time he really wondered what Alessio was feeling knowing that he would lose. He did this solely to repay Alessio's arrogance towards him at that time. This is the time for revenge for belittling his father-in-law."Now, you have absolutely no chance to say those arrogant words," said David when his call was picked up. Video call so that David felt very satisfied when he saw that depressed and annoyed look. David was sure that right now, Alessio was thinking up all kinds of cunning plans to prevent his defeat from happening. But all the cunning plans that Alessio tries to come up with will be completely useless."According to our agreement, Alessio. You will hand over all the treasures that you have taken from Mr. Baldovino."Alessio was silent for a moment hearing that masculine voice from the other side. Sounds very heavy and also intimidating to him.'Shit! How could I lose?! E
David was very satisfied to see his sales traffic this month. Artificial intelligence technology will never be rejected by today's humans. What's more, he is indeed good at seeing opportunities from today's market tastes. He also most often markets his products to generation Z, which is already dependent on technology and artificial intelligence. Technology has become a necessity that will never be rejected by today's young generation. Not only the younger generation actually, but all generations. As long as they have the money to buy the multifunctional robot. Not only helping one job, but bu also helping several other jobs.David was so happy because of this. He even saw several YouTube channels that are now discussing their products. Many of these content creators review every product from their company and even review their shortcomings which can be an important note for David.Obviously, he was no longer the type of person who would get angry when it was mentioned the shortcoming
David began to show the prowess of the robot. All the commands he gave to the robot were carried out properly. His abilities were absolutely perfect like the last time he and his team conducted trials.All the guests who saw the scene were amazed. They even clap. Very loud applause. David and all of his employees feel very happy because they get such a big appreciation.On the day of the launch, everything went well. David can present his product perfectly. It was very surprising because all the guests who came at that time immediately bought the robot he made without blaming it that David set a fantastic price for each unit of the robot. Some even ordered more than one! That's so awesome!“I have to admit that I am impressed by what you are presenting. I am someone who closely follows the news of your business fight with Mr. Alessio Baldovino. As someone whose name is just being known in the business world, you exceeded my expectations," said one of the guests at the product launch e