“My brother will no longer bother, or…. It’s more like he is forbidden from touching a hair on your body. In exchange, I had his son, Drake McArthur, transferred to a different continent and he has been provided with a luxurious life that would continually be funded.”“Oh.” This was definitely news to William. He had no idea that Drake had actually been moved out of the continent. In a way, William felt bad for Drake. That guy lived his life unknown to the world to be a member of one of the most powerful families in the world. That was sad, but still, it gave him no right to treat people the way he did. At the end of it, he deserved much worse than what he was getting right now.“So….. does this mean that Grand-Uncle Augustin already knows my identity?” “Yes and no,” Billiard answered with a calm tone. “All my brother knows for sure right now is that you’re definitely a member of the McArthur family, but he has no idea how close you are to me.”“Yet.” Mike Barathea held the pat
Meanwhile, at William’s apartment,“Cheers to the great achievements of our buddy!”The air was filled with the sound of glasses being clunked together as Ian, Laura, Amma, Drew, Jed, and Armando were here celebrating the announcement with William.“Man! I still can’t believe it.” Drew stared at William with astonishment. “It was unbelievable when I read on the news that the executives in the headquarters had sent your profile to the conglomerate conference hosts that you’ll be the one representing the McArthur conglomerate.”“Yeah, but….” Armando tapped William’s shoulder with a smile. “I’m really happy for you, buddy.”Yeah.” Amma smiles while checking William out. “Honestly, I knew that it was only a matter of time before the headquarters noticed your incredible ability, but I never expected that this would be their first way of nurturing you further.”“Though, I have to admit that I am worried about you,” Ian spoke with an ominous gaze. “That conference…. I heard that it’s n
The next day, William attended the conference. William found the meeting much more interesting than he had anticipated.Before the meeting began at all, William found the attendants belittling him with the subtlest of behavior. Whenever they conversed with him, walked by him, or even so much as glanced at him, William could tell that they did these simple actions with a layer of disdain towards him.“These bold fools.” Mike Barathea, who had followed William to the conference as his assistant as instructed by the McArthur patriarch, was getting pissed at these not-so-passive behaviors directed at them. “They know full well that we hold the tongue of the great McArthur family and yet, they still dare treat us with such underhanded means.”“Head Butler Mike, c’mon. I know you’re just saying that for me, so I don’t get overwhelmed before the meeting starts.” He smiled warmly as the older man looked away out of embarrassment. “These people care less about the power that the McArthur f
By the time William was done with his commentary on the other representative’s work, the entire hall had gotten silent. The representative who was unfortunate to be on the receiving end of William’s ‘lecture’ was now struggling to maintain a calm façade. Internally, he was fuming with a mix of embarrassment and anger. He did not expect William to know so much. It wasn’t just William’s knowledge that shocked the crowd, though; it was more so the absolute confidence he had shown while pointing out the flaws in the other representative’s work. It was like this wasn’t William’s first rodeo. He has spoken with so much assurance, backing his every point with statistics. By the time he was done, those who had bothered to look into his commentary found little to no flaw. William’s commentary was simply too astonishing for a first-time attendee. Some of these representatives who had judged William before even meeting him were now awed.“Who exactly is that young man? Where the hell did the M
Until now, there has never been news of a conglomerate sending a mere intern to represent them on a global scale. Therefore, many reporters already had their eyes on William. Though they never expected him to actually shine during the conference meeting, they simply wanted to interview him on being the first intern in the world to be trusted by such a powerful conglomerate to represent them at such an important meeting.But then, William didn’t wait for these reporters to interview him in private before he showed them why the McArthur conglomerate had chosen him to represent them. He had single-handedly taken down multiple conglomerate’s prestige by humiliating their representative in the span of half an hour. It was simply incredible. It had never been done before, until now, that is.“Mr. William Chain, I doubt there’s anyone who has any more questions for you.” A female representative slowly stood up. “But I’m sure I speak for a lot of us when I say we would love to hear what you
Following the location that was given, William and his entourage arrived at a high-end nightclub. Opting for a bit of normalcy in a place like this, William went inside with Head Butler Mike, Abigail, and the seven second-in-commands McArthur bodyguards only. As for the rest of the McArthur bodyguards, they quickly dispersed in various positions, surrounding the entire building and keeping a close eye on things just in case anything went wrong.Once they were inside, they confirmed their identity with the bouncer who immediately alerted the club’s manager. It didn’t even take up to a minute before a lean and handsome middle-aged man rushed out to meet them.“Good evening, Mr. Chain.” The manager glanced at the nine other faces standing behind William. “Um, I’m guessing these people are with you?”William shook his head with a smile. “They are.”“Alright then. Please, come with me.” The manager quickly regained his composure from the brief moment of confusion and he began leading the
The silence that followed was heavy with tension. E.R. Dominique, despite the side she was clearly on, felt the weight of William’s words. “The way you spoke today was quite impressive.”William glanced up to find the older woman smiling at him. He nodded in reply. “Thank you.”“You handled those antagonists better than I expected.” E.R. Dominique allowed another moment of silence to pass, though brief. “To be honest, I never saw this coming.”“See what coming?” William frowned slightly.“That you would actually be working at a company owned by the McArthur family.” E.R. Dominique giggled. “It’s actually annoying how they managed to recruit you before I could even convince the Parker family to do the same.”William’s eyes widened at this revelation. He had no idea that this elder representative had the intention of having the Parker family recruit him to work at their conglomerate. He couldn’t even understand how she assumed he would even be interested in doing this in the first.E.
E.R. Dominique stared at William softly. “I want you to not give up on Miss Camilla. Mr. Chain, she is currently living a life of misery with Bashan Khan. Though she’s still afforded a life of immense luxury and is constantly dotted in like a princess. Unfortunately, her relationship with her fiancee at the moment is anything but peaceful. In fact, it has gotten worse compared to how things were before she returned to America.” “The marriage?” William clenched his jaws; Luke had just bitten on an unpeeled lemon and was being forced to eat it all.E R. Dominique shook her head. “That’s actually a major reason things have become even messier. Camilla is hell-bent on stalling that from happening. When she confused in me, she revealed that you asked her to wait for you.”William felt a mixture of ease and happiness rush through him at these words. He recalled these words when Camilla contacted him for the last time. He had begged the love of his life to wait for him against all odds, an