"Sir… did you just say you'd offer five hundred million dollars because of Mr Jonah?" The MC asked, eyeing the clothes Ryan was putting on.
"Is anything wrong with that?" Ryan asked, a smile at the corner of his lips as he watched Jonah's shocked face."Nothing… Sir," the MC said, smiling uneasily to conceal his surprise.Jonah dashed toward Ryan, he pulled Ryan's shirt, pure fury in his eyes."Is this a joke to you, Ryan? Do you think you can afford a minute of my time?""I knew it," the woman on the table who had murmured earlier when Jonah was humiliating Ryan said. "I knew from his clothes that he was joking."With the microphone still with the MC, he hissed. "That was a costly joke. I almost believed him.""If you have a difference to settle, do it somewhere else," someone said."Five hundred million dollars? I knew it was impossible," someone chimed in.The same way time stopped when Ryan first saw Stephanie is the same way time stopped just now."I'm Elizabeth," the woman said. "I've a boyfriend and we are getting married next month." She raised her hand, showing him the ring on her finger.Ryan found himself laughing. The woman caught him."You're beautiful," Ryan said and smiled again."You're handsome too. You're the second most handsome person I have ever seen," Elizabeth said."So, who are you?" She dropped a file on the table. "I'm a lawyer. I guess you might need my help."Ryan opened the file and looked through it. According to her CV, she's a lawyer in one of the well-known law firms all over the world. The Keith and mint law firm.Ryan looked at her again. This time, with a frown on his face. "How did you know I might need your help?""Does that matter?" Ryan looked at her CV again
"Contract? What contract?" Ryan asked."The one she wanted to get from the Lt group. Anderson got it for her yesterday.""So why are you telling me?" Stephanie pulled away from Anderson and glared at Ryan. "Just so you know that divorcing you is the best thing that has ever happened to me." She didn't wait for Ryan to say anything before she walked away. Anderson looked at Ryan and Elizabeth for some minutes, as if unsure of whether he should remain here or go after Stephanie, but he soon went after her after some moments.After they left, Elizabeth burst into laughter. Ryan looked at her with a brow raised."That woman still loves you," she said."What made you say that?" "Didn't you see the way she was hugging that other guy awkwardly? She was just trying to get you jealous," Elizabeth said.Ryan shrugged. "She's right about me showing up here. I almost forgot that she
The look on Patton's face softened. Ryan could swear he saw a flash of pain in the man's eyes."I know doctors in Germany who have treated rare cases like your son's own. If you want testimonials, I can tell the doctors to send some of those people's numbers to you so that you could call them and hear for yourself how those people are living a healthy life now."Mr Patton looked down, the look of pain was now becoming evident on his face."We've tried. My wife and I have tried a lot of doctors but…" his voice was becoming hoarse. "Nothing has changed.""Like I said, I could ring the doctor right now so you can hear from him."Patton took in a deep breath and looked at Ryan. "What exactly do you want?""I want you to expose everything the Lt group is up to.""Like?""The women that have been victims of Mr Edison's assault and were considered scandals," Ryan said.<
In a split second, it all made sense to Ryan. Those two boys that were fighting, It has been a scheme to distract him. It was while he was watching those boys that the two men got into his car. The handkerchief had almost touched his face when Ryan moved his head backward. He took his gun that had been lying on the console and pointed it at the two guys. Seeing that the men were not moved by the sight of the gun, Ryan let out two shots at the men. Their groans filled the car. Ryan collected the handkerchief from the man holding it and tossed it in the passenger seat in the front."Jed?" Ryan asked and the two men nodded.Ryan shot them again. No one paid any attention to them. The crowds were pulling in on the two fighting boys."I've no use for people like you," Ryan said and shot one of the men in the chest.The second man raised his injured hand. "I don't want to die," he said in
"Is that all we need?" Brenda asked Anna for the hundredth time that morning.If Brice and Anna had not been there, Ryan would have teased Brenda about why she was making so much fuss."Yes, ma'am. I got all the necessary information," Anna said."The lawyer would arrive any moment from now," Ryan said."Alright. Mr Brice, you've anything to say?" Brenda asked. The others turned to Brice, he had a frown on his face. "I'm just thinking if it's okay to have a car on my tail.""I almost forgot. I have been noticing a car on my tail since yesterday," Brenda said, turning to look at Ryan."I also noticed a man walking after me. Anytime I look back, he'd pretend as if he's talking over the phone," Anna said.They all kept quiet, waiting for Ryan to talk. "There has been nobody on my tail." How could there be? He was the one who sent guards to watch the other three and protect t
Ryan watched Anna walk slowly to the dead child on the sofa. He was expecting her to burst into tears, jump around hysterically and scream her lungs out but she didn't do any of that, she knelt by the sofa and held the girl's hand.The action was familiar to Ryan. When a worker, back in his house in New York, had come to him to announce the death of his mother. He'd ran to her room, thinking that the worker had made a mistake. Inside his mother's room, everyone was crying. He even saw a drop of tears run down his tough father's face, but he had been emotionless. He had wanted to cry, he had wanted to throw himself on the floor, shout, scream and do a lot of things, but he had not found the energy to do it. He had just held his mother's cold hands and stared at her.Ryan bit hard on his lower lip as he watched Anna trying to process the death of her daughter. He tried to find words to comfort her, but his brain was completely empty.Anna Sa
Ryan was only eight when his mother had started drawing the painting. Ryan had asked why she was drawing a lion of all animals. She has looked at him for some minutes before continuing her drawing. It was later that she told him that he would understand about the Lion when he gets older…"Mr Ryan?" Ryan heard Brice call.He walked back to the couch and sat down. He took a sip from the coffee before setting the cup back on the table."That painting… I was looking at it," Ryan said."Oh. It was my wife who bought it." He shook his head. "She has a very bad taste when it comes to buying things."Ryan wanted to stand up and punch that mouth of Brice that he used in talking badly about his mother's painting."Of all the pieces of art to buy, she went for that shabby looking thing." Brice Sat down opposite Ryan after casting a disgusted look at the painting."Shabby?" He continued when he saw
"Yes. Scared," Ryan shouted."Well… I mean…" Brice ran his hand through his hair."I want all these to be over as quickly as possible but how do we do that if one of us who is supposed to be of help is pulling back in the name of some lame excuses?"Brice looked at Ryan and looked away. He had never seen Ryan look so mad."Miss Anna's kid was murdered. How'd you feel if you were in her shoes and someone else is bringing in a resignation letter?" "Well, Mr Ryan… I… I understand it now.""You're coming back to the company.""Okay, Sir," Brice said before he even realized what he was saying. He saw the look on Ryan's face soften."Were you waiting to hear me shout before you agreed to come back?"Brice could not help a smile. Just how Ryan could be this cool was something he was yet to understand. He had never for once thought Ryan could be scared of what was h