"No way." Albert denied the confession, Richard said. He refused to believe it. "You must be joking! Stop lying, and let us go. Stop these people right now!" he shouted.Albert was in a rather crazed state. His calm gaze and the demeanor that he tried to appear like a leader no longer seemed to hold within him. He revealed his true character, and Richard labeled him as a greedy person. A person who did not know what should be his and what he should not expect.Richard took a step back, looking at Albert with an unexplainable gaze, but to Albert, that gaze was insulting. He felt Richard was judging and labeling him as pathetic. That made her temper flare up even more. He could not accept such an insult.Richard sat on the edge of the table with his arms crossed over his chest. "What's wrong with you?" Richard found Albert to have a complicated personality, more like Albert had a personality problem with his manipulative and impulsive attitude at times. "How can someone like you get awa
Richard exited the building and walked towards the hill where the helicopter he was staying in landed. Behind him, some of the people who handled the commotion earlier went with him as they were driving and ensuring Richard's safety."Where are we going, sir?" asked the man driving the luggage hall, looking back at where Richard was sitting.Richard caught a glimpse of it and turned to stare out of the window. The heli they were in had climbed up and revealed a view of the place. "Go to building Emerald." Richard folded his arms and leaned his shoulders on the chair."Yes, sir." The man nodded his head and turned to look ahead, taking the heli even higher.While Richard gazed down, he looked at the beautiful green area with houses that were quite far away from each other. He smiled slightly at what was in his mind. "It's not a hard thing to have if I want it. It's those who expect more than I get who should realize their place."Albert, the person he was referring to, was oblivious to
Dave stared at Richard intently, his hands clenched tightly as he met Richard's gaze, who stared back at him. "Damn, why is he acting like that in front of me? How dare that guy stare back at me? What a bitch!" he thought to himself.The man wasn't brave enough to take direct action for now, seeing how Richard was staring at him coldly and the deep look in his eyes somewhat made him wary. He hesitated to respond more boldly, considering he didn't know what Richard would do to him in return.Richard averted his gaze. He looked back at the elevator that was still moving down floor by floor. He was quite relaxed and calm, but the people behind him did not look calm at all. Their faces showed tension and annoyance very clearly."Honey, what are you doing?!" Rita snapped at Dave while shaking her hand. "Why did you leave it at that?" she was unhappy at Richard's treatment of her.The woman was seen grumbling irritably, her spoiled attitude making Richard's ears sick to hear her loud whinin
Rita who had momentarily hesitated to pick up her phone and point it at Richard, clenched her jaw tightly. She looked angrily at Richard, who managed to play them and make them hesitate over and over again.But she didn't want to lose in this ego game. She didn't want to let Richard go so easily and let her ego get hurt by letting Richard win without a fierce fight from them."I am Rita Ortega, a celebrity with two million followers, and that man is nothing to me." She thought to herself, giving strength to her mind not to back down and flinch in the face of Richard, who was acting sickeningly in front of her. She felt that she had to teach that man a lesson no matter what.She gritted her teeth in front of Richard while advancing her steps. "Don't be afraid of his words. He's just toying with us. He won't really be able to do that to us." She looked at her friends, persuading them to act like her.Rita realized that her friends were mentally weakened by what Richard had said. They sh
"Are you sure you'll do it?" Richard reassured her.He planned to ignore what happened to them, not wanting to make a big deal out of it because he thought it was a waste of time, not really worth it. He had been through a lot today that had left him mentally exhausted, and he had no intention of making a fuss over this kind of small thing just because their egos were ignited by it.But if they fussed over him even more and didn't let him go, then he would take action without hesitation. He was going to make them realize what a mistake they had made to him and regret what they had done. When Richard decided to take action against them, then he would no longer hold back and think that they deserved forgiveness or anything like that.Rita smiled. She underestimated Richard's words, which sounded doubtful to her. "Sure, you think I'm joking, huh? I will really do it." She started playing with her phone again in front of Richard.Followed by her friends, who also got off the elevator, ign
"I tried to come as soon as you called, but it seems I kept you waiting too long, sir." George bowed his head to Richard.He was out of his office, having just returned from lunch. George was about to buy himself a coffee at a café near the building, but just as he entered and was about to queue up to make his order, he got a call from Richard, which made him cancel his intention. Without a second thought, he quickly turned on his heel and walked out of the café.George ran as hard as he could at his age and was almost five. His head seemed to be empty as he received orders from Richard that were more important to him than a cup of coffee after his lunch.Richard nodded his head. "You're not late, no problem." He had no objection to that, especially since he was quite aware that he had not asked George first before giving him the order to come within five minutes. He even admitted that his attitude just now was rather annoying.George smiled. He was relieved that he didn't make Richar
After his divorce from Jasmine, Richard had only been so busy in the past week, there was so much going on in his life, and in that short period, he felt like himself again. He didn't lose himself in the time he spent with Jasmine a few years ago, but keeping himself in his status as Richard, the fishmonger at the market, certainly made a lot of changes to him.He was not as free as he was as Richard Marrison, who could make people who belittled or underestimated him instantly shut up on the spot, making them see how much ability he had. Richard had to hide in the character he had set up just to find sincerity, which, in the end, he did not get."I feel so tired." Richard got up from his bed.Things had disappointed him, but he didn't just slump down and dwell on his disappointment with Jasmine. Richard quickly turned away because he realized that Jasmine's character like that could never be fixed. He never loved anyone. He only loved himself and wanted someone to unite him without hi
"Come inside. We've been waiting for you." Jhonas put his arm around Richard's shoulders and directed him to go inside his house, with a warm, friendly smile on his face that continued to appear there.Richard nodded his head with a faint smile on his face. He walked into the place while taking in the entire small house that seemed to contrast with his own, yet miraculously, there was something that made Richard feel very comfortable there.In a place that could be considered cramped with many things and family members living in that one house, Richard found a very rare appearance. He saw the smiles on their faces so friendly that the warmth greeted him gently. Richard felt completely welcomed, not as someone with the background he had, treated with respect because of his status, but more like what he was, as their guest."Meet this, my mom, Maggie." Jhonas pointed to a middle-aged woman in a simple knitted pakiana. Her face clearly showed the lines of life framed by a shady smile tha