"I've been waiting for you." Andrea looked excited, walking beside Richard, who did not reduce the speed of his steps at all.She walked into a house deserted by family members, except for the servants, who always greeted and escorted her when she went out. Being alone most of the time, she did not pay attention to her surroundings and was less responsive to people trying to keep up with her.It was only when she heard Andrea's heavy breathing trying to keep up with her that she shortened her pace. "What are you waiting for me for? I'm sure all your needs in this place have been taken care of by the others. If there's anything you need, just tell them."Andrea chuckled shyly. "They gave me what I needed as you said, sir. But I waited for you because of something else. I did not expect you to be gone for so long." She gave the man a quick glance.He was about two days away from home, which wasn't too long for him. Usually, she could be gone for even longer than that, and no one would p
Andrea followed behind Richard, who was walking in front of her. Both of them were wearing tight clothes intended for riding. Richard's pace was uncharacteristically unconcerned with his surroundings. He walked at his own pace while talking to Smith, who was beside him and was talking about his schedule today."In two or three days, they'll have what you asked for ready." Smith looked back at his screen and saw that a message from Bryce had reached him, from which he knew what Bryce was reporting. "Sir, Bryce says what you requested has arrived." He relayed that to Richard.Richard smiled slightly and nodded his head. "They're right on time. Tell him to eat the apple." This was a message they used as a code, and only Bryce and Richard knew what it meant.Smith nodded, he obeyed what Ethan told him. "I'll tell him, sir."She then retreated from there, while Andrea, who had come along with them, seemed to be strolling leisurely and enjoying herself. Occasionally, she played with her ha
As Richard told Andrea yesterday, the whole country was abuzz with the news that several companies' stock prices had plummeted to almost rock bottom.Many people from all walks of life discussed the news, and the media covered it on a large scale and spread it across the country, so practically everyone knew about it."They should have thought before doing it? Why would they choose an opponent they can't fight?" Smith muttered as he watched the news on the television.He knew about the destruction because Richard ordered him to make short work of the companies that were messing with him.Even though he knew they were wrong, the massive losses they faced still made him regret it. Those people could have stayed safe, but they chose to make war for themselves, and now, their actions are only destroying themselves.Smith shook his head, grabbed his suit, and put it on neatly for duty. "It was all because they were too greedy, in the end greed killed and destroyed their own bodies." He wal
Richard, who was outside, was currently busy with his work. He was holding a meeting with the shareholders of the companies affected by his decision.Those shareholders who were divided, with some choosing to side with Richard, were now asking for his help so that the company that held their future funds would not be completely ruined just because the head of the company that had a larger amount of shares sought trouble with Richard."We plan to take over the leadership of the Lord's company." The representative of the association spoke to Richard.The round table filled with those who favored Richard started to get noisy, talking about it with the person next to them."Right!" one of the others exclaimed. "It's not right that we have to bear the loss just because of their actions, sir. This is a personal matter that they did without discussing it with us first, but what happened after their actions was detrimental to us.""We and our families are being threatened because of this, sir
"M... Mr. Richard?" she stammered while hiding her hands frantically behind her body. She stared in confusion at Richard's presence there even though she had previously confirmed that he was in his room.Richard looked at her with a small grin. "Are you surprised to see me here?" He approached her casually. "You didn't think that I would come, did you?"Richard snorted softly, looked at the woman coldly, and was never completely at ease with her existence. For that reason, he deliberately placed her closer, deliberately let her move and pretended not to know while talking as if he was trying to trust her.As he suspected, she was just biding her time. Something that felt elongated about her was proving to be true and was now happening right in front of her eyes."What are you doing?" Richard asked in his calmest and quietest tone.He wanted to see how far Andrea would go in front of him. The woman smiled awkwardly, still with her hand hiding the injection Richard had seen in her hand.
"There's no reason to hate is there?" Andrea answered Richard's question flatly as if she didn't care what Richard would do to her. From the look in her eyes, the woman did not seem to show any fear in the figure of Richard, who had now caught what she was doing openly. Instead, Andrea showed an arrogant attitude she had never shown before in front of Richard and the others in that place.She clearly looks like a different woman from the graceful woman she was before. This time, behind the calm figure of her eyes, she looks like she is holding madness, something that is clearly being held back and suppressed all this time so hard by Richard and the people who are watching her.It's not that Andrea didn't know that she was being watched by many of Richard's staff who kept watching her for almost twenty-four hours, they kept watching her like she was under house arrest, all her activities and what she did were constantly being noticed by them which were then reported to Richard.Richar
Andrea shook her head. "No... no way." She stared in disbelief at what Richard was telling her. Her eyes that just a short while ago looked tired from the torture, now seemed to light up again. "You couldn't have done it. I won't tell you how I did it."Richard smiled casually and went back to playing by tapping his fingers on the table again. "Why do you think I can't possibly do it?"He smiled, too, at the question, although his smile seemed weak. It was clearly to mock and belittle Richard. "Because you can't do it, you're too naive to be able to behave like that. You're not that bad. People like you really shouldn't own anything and do anything related to big things because you will find it difficult to make decisions that involve other people's lives."He observed Richard, before executing his plan, he first watched and understood Richard's movements. He finds out what Richard's weaknesses are and what he can do to make Richard weak and sympathetic to him.Then, he found out that
"Your master hasn't had breakfast yet." Smith, who had gotten the report earlier, was now trying to speak cautiously to him.Since this morning, Richard seemed to be in a bad mood. He was gloomy and looked colder than usual, making the others reluctant to talk. Even breathing around him felt tense. His servants seemed to avoid him, leaving only Smith, who had to face him alone as he was his servant.Richard didn't move a bit from his place. He had stayed there a few hours ago, watching the condition of his father, who was being treated by the medical staff who worked for the Marrison family.Richard's glance turned to Smith. "You don't have to think about it. I'll be fine. Get back to work. Put out another news story to bring back the stock prices of the previous companies. Switch the news until the previous news is completely buried."Since he had already gotten a confession from Andrea, he had no reason to keep getting them into trouble. Even though it was confirmed that some of the