Sean growled, standing up for his mother. “Don't talk to her like that!”“What are you going to do about it, boy?” Caesar spat the word boy like it was very distasteful.Looking around the round table, Sean realized that there was nothing he could do. Every person here was way bigger and more powerful than he was, and they were solidly behind Caesar.Sean folded his lips, biting back the words on the tip of his tongue, eager to roll off.“So do we have a deal?” Caesar asked but before he could open his mouth to speak, he raised a hand. “Careful. Beware of the consequences before you start talking.”Sean glanced at Moriah, feeling helpless.Once again, she tried to stand up to him. “Caesar, believe me when I say this. That Amelia girl is lying. Don't you think that we should-”Clement hit the table with his hands, the loud sound shocking us. “What the hell? I know you love the little shit but for crying out loud, stop defending him!” He spat, his gaze filled with hate for Sean. “He’s a
“Cruz residence, please call back later and we'll respond to you.” The automated message droned in his ear and with anger, Sean slammed the phone back in its cradle.“Fuckkk!” He roared, tossing q couple of books to the floor.Hands on his waist, Sean paced around, thinking of what to do. A week passed after he walked out of the meeting and every day since then, Sean has been waiting for the other show to drop.It didn't.Then came with it the realization of something even worse…they were waiting to see him fail and then they would swoop in.Sean was on the edge of losing hope and at this point, they might as well punish him because he might never find proof to show them that they're wrong.Sean had set out to reach out to Amelia after the commotion at the Lambert family estate but no surprise, her cell wasn't going through.Next step, he tried the family's residential hotline since he still had it from the numerous times he had to deliver something there.Unfortunately, that was a de
“Welcome, Mr Lambert.” Rebecca greeted with a warm smile on her face, her iPad folded to her chest.“Rebecca. How're you?”“Fine.” She answered with a pep in her tone. “But you…you don't look so good.”Sean scrubbed a hand over his face at the reminder. Last night, he barely managed to get a lick of sleep, brainstorming options to get out of his current predicament. “Gee, I feel so much better now,” he commented dryly.Rebecca looked around before lowering her voice. “I know that things have been going on with the company and all but I believe that everything's going to work out.”Sean nodded, slightly comforted by her words. “Thank you.”“That being said, we have a ton of work waiting for us.” Rebecca flashed a smile, launching into the series of meetings she had planned out for him.She turned around to pick something up but as she wanted to face him, she managed to collide with a tall, skinny guy who just kept moving without even stopping to check on her.“Hey!” Sean called out but
Sean couldn't get over what Clement said to him in his office.Surely, Caesar wouldn't be that mad that he would ask Sean to leave. Besides, he might be the head of the family but that doesn't give him the right to lord it over everyone.Giving into the allegations lobbies at him isn't an option, neither is being sent away from the family.Sean was barely settling in.That thought process gave him the energy he needed to work harder.Thanks to Rebecca's quick thinking, Sean was able to divert his search into something more hands on.If Amelia and her parents weren't cooperating, then the next person would be their representative.It was a hassle to get through to the lawyer, despite the fact that Rebecca had to lie about it but after a couple days of talking, he managed to fix a lunch appointment with Rebecca.Although he was going to be disappointed because Sean planned to show up himself.“Forward important calls to me, I'm leaving.” He told Rebecca, strolling past her desk.Thankfu
“If I were you, I would be very careful of my words Mr Lambert,” Mark said slowly, interlocking his fingers in front of him. “Between you and I, I would reckon you stand more to lose than I do if this goes south.” Mark held his gaze and took a swig from his glass. “So what's it gonna be? Are you going to sit down and talk or throw around threats?”He was right, and Sean hated it.Mark might not know how much he had to lose if Amelia and her parents had their way but the obvious was quite damaging already.The business world ran on trust, pure and simple.If one person decides to go into business with you, it simply means he or she trusts in your track record and business acumen to ensure that you don't fuck it up.As small as that might seem, that's what keeps major companies running. The moment that trust is gone, so does the credibility of the company and things go downhill from there.Sean had an obligation, not only to the family but to the thousands of staff that they employed wh
“The day everyone's been waiting for has finally arrived. Please join me, let me take you through this event.” The news reporter droned from the TV, backing the entrance to a courthouse. “Today, two families will be going head to head in a court battle, trying to figure out who is the liar amongst them. They are none other than the Cruz,” the camera moved to show Amelia, Mina mad Jason walking up the stairs to the courthouse. The reporter was smart, incepting them before they could get past the door. “Do you have anything you wish to say? Maybe to your fans or people watching…” Mina took the lead, her children backing her up. She looked stunning in a floor-length cashmere blue gown with sparkles all around and her face beat to perfection. “Well, first of all, I would like to say a big thank you to our supporters and people who believed in us. The truth will always prevail, no matter how much they want to shut us down.” Finished with her speech, Mina thanked the reporter and went into
Nothing tastes quite as good except the feeling of victory thrumming through your veins, and that pumped through Seans, keeping him invigorated all week after the news came out.The Cruz family went into hiding and Sean even overheard that they had been banned from some social gatherings.Ha, that served them right!Sean threw himself back into work, more excited to get new work out. He worked so hard that he almost ran Rebecca to the ground.He had to give her two days off to recover while he hung back at the office, going over some documents.Currently, Sean had a lot of projects he was working on but keeping in line with his mission, he tried to be up to date on each, making sure he went through the daily updates being sent to him.It was through that, that he discovered what went wrong.The Atlas project was finalized and sent to Rebecca who was supposed to get approval so they could begin working immediately but now…it was lying on his desk, a large red sign on it.Sean was confu
Moriah stood up, feeling attacked. “I still don't understand why you're coming to me with this, Sean.”Sean scoffed. “Is that supposed to be a joke? You're the only one who can help me.”She threw her hands up in the air. “Urgh, it's just one project, Sean. You have like thirty others that have been approved…why don't you go on with that one and leave this one?”He squinted. “Is there a reason you're being so evasive?”“No.” She looked away. “I'm just saying that you need to forget about Atlas, is all.”“I have a ton of people depending on me for this project to work and now after all my efforts, you're telling me to let that go?”She looked him square in the eye. “That's exactly what I'm telling you.”“You're the fucking CEO, why can't you do something?” He yelled, frustrated.“I'm sorry Sean, but you need to leave. I have things to do.”“But-”“Go. Now.” His loving mother was gone, replaced by the stern businesswoman who was well respected.Sean grabbed the copy of Atlas and stormed