Marshall scrunched his eyebrows when he heard what his son had suggested. After the agreement that he wasn't going to risk his life to resume right now, he found himself missing Archie's company. Despite whatever happened, he knew that Archie's presence would help to calm his nerves as the doctors had suggested but he was more worried than anything."Sir, I've been standing here all day. May I call in the investors?" Simon spoke, cutting into his thoughts and drawing him out of his abyss. "Oh, yeah. You can tell them to come in. Let's hear what they have to say." He smiled at his dutiful assistant. Simon stared at his boss but couldn't help but feel for him. There was absolutely no way that he was fine with the way he was acting but he had no choice after all. It was only just a few people who would be able to relate with his feelings, to others they might feel like he was doing too much. After all, he had all the wealth in the world yet was still lonely."Uh... I'd propose that we
"Welcome, ladies and Gentlemen. I'm sorry for the slight delay I was busy making sure that certain things were in place. I hope you're not too angry." Ryder strode in with a lot of charisma, causing the men to stare at themselves with a smiles on their faces. Marshall only stroked his chin as he stared at his son who was trying his best to secure this deal. They didn't know that he didn't have their best interests at heart instead, he was only going to do this because of what he could gain. "Yeah, we thought that you weren't going to show up anymore but I'm glad that you are already here. This is lovely to watch and hear. Are you the heir?" One of the investors, Mr. Dax inquired, loving the way that Ryder had approached the situation."Well, I can't say yet. I hope that I merit the position. In my father's company, it's all about hard work than just birth position. The last person might head the Group later on in the future which I think is the best." Ryder answered with a small smi
Archie smiled when he saw that the people were staring at him in shock. He was sure that there was nothing wrong with him but he looked at them. "Oh, thank you all so much for waiting for me. I didn't think that it would be possible." He spoke and they stared at him tiredly. "Archie, right? I've heard so many exploits that you've done for the company. I've been looking forward to meeting you." Mr. Dax spoke.Marshall was happy with what he was seeing. "You don't know what he had done for this company. It's just that we've been dumbing down on his achievements because he's still in school and we don't want him to be a bit distracted, it can be a lot for a young man." He announced proudly Simon chuckled at the way Ryder's mouth opened in shock. "I don't know how much you've heard about him but I tell you that it doesn't hold a candle to his light. He's a phenomenal man. He handles business affairs in ways that get us wondering how he even managed to do it." He added, making sure that
"What the hell are you doing?!" Simon yelled when he saw the duo fighting each other. With Archie's frail state, he still managed to lock Ryder's head in a tight grip. They were about to fall over the railing.Simon rushed toward them and punched Ryder in the back, making him stagger. Call it favoritism but wasn't that what Ryder also wanted to do? He wanted to kill the boy because he felt that he was being cheated which was false. He looked around for a minute, hoping that the camera caught him. "You are dismissed, Ryder." Ryder opened his mouth to counter the order but was shocked when he saw Simon pointing at the camera. His Dad was going to do more than just kick him out of the company if he discovered that he was truly doing something against his preferred heir. "You all are going to regret this, mark my words! I will make sure that you all regret this! I hope you realize that he's not the best candidate before it's too late! I will take over my father's company, no bastard so
"How would you say that you want me fired?" Ryder demanded from his stepbrother. This was ridiculous. He scoffed at the way Archie was giving instructions to him. "I don't know who you think you are but I'll have you know that you are nothing but a ..." Archie raised his finger at Ryder, silencing him immediately. "You have refused to accept defeat. I am not in competition with anyone, especially you, but if you listen to me, you'd also know that there is a thin line between having an ego and just being plain blind to your faults. I have tolerated you enough. You should consider yourself lucky that I allowed you to work here in the first place. In case, you suddenly forgot, you aren't licensed to be here. Pray tell, what are your qualifications? Aren't you a bloody dropout?" He fired at him."No, not really. I'm not a dropout. It's your father that tried to make me one. Look who's talking... You're just a bloody high school student likewise, this is just so ridiculous! How the hell w
Archie's resumption to school was more of him being forced to do this rather than loving to go to school. He was cranky because as much as he would like to say that he wasn't bothered by his step-siblings' antics that would be a total lie. He had a lot of things to do which didn't include only having a spat with them. Miss Rose walked into the class and was surprised to see Archie frowning. Not only that, he was without his usual seat partner, Bailey. She cast a glance around the class as she tried to understand what was happening. "Good morning everyone." she greeted.There were a few grunts from the class. "Good morning Miss Rose." Few people chorused. "Did something happen over the weekend? "Miss Rose inquired from the students when she saw their solid looks. They didn't look like they were happy to be in school which was quite strange considering that a lot of people found school as their means of escape. Now seeing them acting this way was quite unsettling. "All right, if yo
Chef Hansen stared at the woman before him, not knowing how to begin his sentence. He had a few suspicions, but that wasn't his jurisdiction. There was no way that he would have been involved in dishing out information to her. Miss Rose noticed his hesitancy and smiled at him. "I know that you're a bit reticent to tell me what exactly has been going on, and that's great. I wouldn't dispute that. However, you wouldn't blame me for thinking that you are just trying to cover up some of their evil deeds. "Why don't you just tell me what you know about them? I know that there's been a lot of friction but the cafeteria is a place where children always discuss. If I need any information, I think I should come here, and I know that you would want to tell me exactly what has happened." Chef Hansen shook his head. "All right, I'm only telling you this because I believe that you would know how to handle this. A few days ago, a group of students came to eat, and I overheard them discussing. So
Bailey proceeded out of the school premises as soon as school was over as though the hounds of hell were after her. "Bailey, wait up!" He called and she came to a halt. "Are you going somewhere?" He inquired from her when he saw her bolting down and rushing toward her car that was already waiting for her. "I want to have a word with you." Bailey chuckled, "You want to have a word with me? That sounds like something that the principal would say. Is everything fine?" She answered and he looked around."Are you sure that you're fine? I've been trying to reach you all these while but it hasn't been going through. What happened to your phone?" Archie expressed his concern.Bailey looked down at her phone, "Oh, I changed it, all on my mom's orders. I didn't want to create suspicion. I wasn't able to reach you too because my mother has been watching me like a hawk." She explained too. "I don't know what you mean." He answered."What I mean is, my father has assigned guards to me. The mom