“Hello, Miles. How are you today?” Mr. Blaine’s voice came through the call with a calm tone.“I’m well, Mr. Blaine. What about you?” Miles made sure to extend the warm welcome to his father-in-law.“I’m fine as well.” Mr. Blaine chuckled slightly. “Also, please call me by my first name. You may be my son-in-law but this is not the nineties, okay?”“Got it, Jonathan.” Miles was actually hesitant to say the man’s name in this manner. “How may I help you?”“There’s an upcoming antique fair taking place in the city and I’d like you to come with me.” Jonathan went straight to the point. “After your last visit to the mansion, I was quite surprised that you picked out a jade box that was worth millions of dollars for me. Unfortunately, my wife had ruined things with her temper.” He allowed a moment of silence to pass at this point. “On that note, I understand you left the mansion on my birthday, feeling incredibly hurt and disrespected by my family. As the patriarch of the Blaine family, I’
Fisher McCall has been getting worried for the past few days now. As the manager of Styleon Group Corporation, he couldn’t help but feel this way. Ever since this company was established, the best contract deal that has been bagged to date is the one with Eckre Empire Headquarters by Sales Director Lola. Ever since she did the impossible and got this deal with the most prominent company in the city, Styleon had begun depending on the huge corporation to rise beyond their imagination. It was because of this that Fisher now felt utterly apprehensive. This is because This is because Eckre Empire Headquarters and Styleon had just started the project of the contract deal that Lola bagged when Eckre Empire Headquarters suddenly announced to the city that it was basically going on an indefinite halt. The issue here wasn’t the almost $2 billion they got from Eckre Empire Headquarters, as that company had no intention of taking their money back. Still, it was important that the project proce
Fisher was in shock as he got a head nod of confirmation from Miles. He couldn’t believe that the chairman of Styleon Group Corporation had purchased another company so fast. He had heard the rumors of how expensive the land that Jettex Industrial Limited was being constructed on was due to it being auctioned to powerful family members. Miles smiled. “At the end of the day, Styleon was never a company that I built from the ground up. I simply bought out the majority of the shares and became the chairman. The same cannot be said for Jettex Industrial Limited though. I built that one from scratch, and I have full control over it.” He shifted his gaze to the company manager. “Since you now know about it, I might as well tell you everything. I have agreed with the city authorities to make Jettex Industrial Limited the next biggest company in the city, successfully replacing Eckre Empire Headquarters.”“What?!’” Fisher jerked in his seat. “Boss, is that even possible?! Eckre Empire Headqu
Lucas Jerald had returned to the Styleon Group Corporation building once again. At this point, the gatekeepers were starting to wonder what this man’s deal was. What or who exactly did he come looking for?As soon as Lucas Jerald got to the reception area of the building, he went straight to the receptionist who he had grown familiar with at this point due to his frequent visits.“Mr. Lucas, you’re back. I hope you’re having a much better day today.” The male receptionist smiled professionally at him. “Are you here to check if Miss Lola Blaine is available once again?”“Yes, please,” Lucas spoke with formality. Unfortunately for him, he had not been able to get a meeting with Lola. He wanted to meet this woman so he could beg her to help convince her husband to save The Jerald Shoppers from closing down due to bankruptcy. The awful situation was now affecting his family’s source of income and they know that it was all because of him. Lucas was certain that the kings of the underworld
“Miles, I had no idea…..” Lucas was struggling to say his words coherently. He was just too stunned at what he had just found out.Miles looked at Lucas with an ominous smile. “Of course, you had no idea. Because I simply kept it a secret.” He then turned to resume his work. For minutes, the office was quiet as Miles focused on his work on his laptop. A confused Lucas tried to call Miles’s attention but Eden quickly stopped him from making any attempt. Therefore, Lucas was made to remain on his knees while Miles was busy.It took about fifteen minutes before Miles finally brought his attention back to the kneeling man. “Alright, Lucas, you can speak now. What exactly were you looking for my wife for?”“It’s you I was looking for,” Lucas spoke with wide eyes. “I heard that you were no longer an employee here as you had lost your gatekeeping job. Also, I've never visited your house before so I didn’t know how to locate you. I would have asked Lesley or Miss Blaine for direction but as
Lucas was quiet for a while. “Mr. Miles, I’m going to need time to think about this. Most importantly, I need to inform my family. I’ll get back to you with the reply. Is that okay?”Miles shook his shoulders. “It’s your choice to make, so the decision is absolutely up to you. But once the establishment shuts down, the $10 million offer will be immediately off the table.”Lucas nodded and left the office. Miles and Eden stared at each other with a smile as they silently conversed with one another.A few days later, the class reunion is finally here.The venue was well designed as the hosts included people like August Leonard. People in suits and luxurious dresses were catching up at the venue.“Oh my goodness, it’s been so long since I saw you. How has it been in Thailand?”“It’s been going well. What about you? I heard you’re now a huge make-up artist in the film industry. I always knew you were going to shock that industry with your gift.”These were adults who knew each other while
Miles and Lola had quickly become the center of attention at the class reunion. People who didn’t even normally speak to them back in college were now trying to act like they’d been best friends since forever. Of course, Miles and Lola tried to keep away from these pretentious people but they just kept flooding back towards them.“What is this, Abigail?!” Mark gritted his teeth as he watched the people around Miles and his wife. “I thought you said that Miles would definitely be humiliated if he should show up at this class reunion of yours. You said everyone despised him because he was poor and classless, so what am I looking at here?”“Hey, don’t be mad at me!” Abigail was getting pissed at her boyfriend. “How the hell was I supposed to know that Miles would suddenly show up looking like he was born extremely rich family?!” A devious idea suddenly popped into her head, causing a wicked smirk to break out on her face. “Since we know that Miles is nothing but a poverty-stricken man w
Once Ethan found out that the woman of his dream had been poached by another man, he approached this Collins Webber with a gentlemanly demeanor, willing to talk through it and even offering to let the woman they both desired to be with choose for herself. Unfortunately for Ethan, Collins felt angered that the son of a lower-class man actually felt he could compete with him. Thus, he had his men beat the hell out of Ethan that night until Ethan was hospitalized where he spent two months in a coma. After Ethan refined his consciousness, he told his father everything. Infuriated beyond words, Ethan’s father reported the situation to the police, simply demanding that Collins Webber apologize to his son, or else he would take the matter to court. The James family did not expect to suddenly find the police turning their backs against them, and they later understood that it was because the Webber family had paid them off. Following this, Ethan’s father took to the media to expose the tyran